With Support Or Frame Patents (Class 359/892)
  • Patent number: 11668998
    Abstract: A matte box assembly has a body that allows an optical filter to be installed at the frontmost portion of the body. The matte box assembly has a lens coupler that can couple the body to a lens without causing damage to the lens. The matte box assembly has a flag that can pivot against the body to shield light from a desired direction. The matte box assembly provides various attachment points for accessories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: TILTA INC.
    Inventors: Wenping Zeng, Kefeng Zhou
  • Patent number: 11493181
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a snowflake projection lamp, including a housing, a concatemer optical lens arranged at the front end of the housing, a main control board and a projection component arranged in the housing, and a rotating shaft component connected to the lower end of the housing, where the front end of the housing is provided with an opening, the inner side of the opening is provided with a first surrounding wall, the concatemer optical lens includes a mounting base and a lens group, a first groove is internally provided with a sealing ring, and the concatemer optical lens is pressed on the first surrounding wall of the housing through the sealing ring; Lamplight of a high-brightness light source component passes through a film driven by a motor component to project multiple dynamic spots with different sizes and snowflake patterns in a designated region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Inventors: Huazhu Zheng, Yunyun Lu, Caijian Zheng, Wenzhen Ouyang
  • Patent number: 11204509
    Abstract: A kinematically engaged yoke system (KEYS) for multiple-order-diffraction engineered material may comprise a harness comprising a frame and a plurality of semi-kinematic keys disposed on the frame, wherein the semi-kinematic keys are configured based on a MOD-side mechanical profile of a plurality of segments of a multiple-order-diffraction engineered material, and wherein the MOD-side mechanical profile, when engaged with the semi-kinematic keys, functions as a fiducial that provides alignment between neighboring segments; and one or more shims disposed between one or more pairs of neighboring segments of the plurality of segments of the multiple-order-diffraction engineered material, wherein the one or more shims facilitate alignment of the one or more pairs of neighboring segments of the plurality of segments based on a translation across one or more surfaces of the one or more shims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
    Inventors: Dae Wook Kim, Rongguang Liang, Oliver Spires
  • Patent number: 11184512
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a filter mounting structure, which includes a lens connecting pad and a first filter frame. The lens connecting pad is provided with a rotation adjusting ring and a mounting ring. The mounting ring and the rotation adjusting ring form a fastening connection therebetween. The mounting ring is provided with a limiting groove. The first filter frame is provided with a limiting block. The first filter frame is attracted on the mounting ring. The limiting block is received in the limiting groove. The rotation adjusting ring rotates to drive the mounting ring to rotate, and the mounting ring rotates to drive the first filter frame to rotate. The filter mounting structure further includes a second filter frame movably attracted to an end of the first filter frame away from the mounting ring, the second filter frame is rotatable relative to the first filter frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Shenzhen Velium Precision Optics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xi Liao, Wei Lu
  • Patent number: 10841493
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an optical filter associated with a lens unit having a first end includes a filter part, a filter frame, and an attachment part. The filter part includes a first filter area that transmits light rays of a first wavelength band and a second filter area that transmits light rays of a second wavelength band. The first wavelength band and the second wavelength band include a common wavelength band. The filter frame holds the filter part. The attachment part is coupled with the filter frame and is detachably attached to the first end of the lens unit. When the attachment part is attached to the first end of the lens unit, a distance between the filter part and an aperture within the lens unit is longer than a distance between the first end and the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomoya Tsuruyama, Akihisa Moriya, Nao Mishima, Takayuki Sasaki, Jun Yamaguchi, Tatsuo Kozakaya
  • Patent number: 10725364
    Abstract: A projector has: a plurality of light sources, a plurality of phosphor wheels to which are affixed a plurality of arc-shaped segments of phosphor that takes as excitation light the light from the light sources to emit light, a synthesizing optical system that synthesizes light emitted by the plurality of phosphor wheels, and a phosphor rotation control unit that controls the rotation of the plurality of phosphor wheels such that the timing at which the quantity of light emitted by the phosphor wheels becomes a minimum value differs for each of the plurality of phosphor wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Shigeo Hamamura
  • Patent number: 10505155
    Abstract: According to a flexible OLED device production method of the present disclosure, after an intermediate region and a flexible substrate region of a plastic film of a multilayer stack are divided, the interface between the plastic film and a glass base is irradiated with laser light. The multilayer stack is separated into the first portion and the second portion while the multilayer stack is kept in contact with the stage. The first portion includes the intermediate region and an OLED device which are adhered to the stage. The OLED device includes a functional layer region and the flexible substrate region. The second portion includes the glass base. The intermediate region adhered to the stage is removed from the stage while the OLED device is kept adhered to the stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Sakai Display Products Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Kishimoto, Kohichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10477166
    Abstract: A wavelength conversion device includes a main body, a first reflective layer, a second reflective layer, a first wavelength conversion layer and a second wavelength conversion layer. The main body has at least two sections. The first and second reflective layers are disposed on the main body and aligned to the sections respectively. Materials of the first and second reflective layers are different. The first and second wavelength conversion layers are disposed on the main body and aligned to the first and second reflective layers respectively. The first wavelength conversion layer is adapted to convert an excitation light beam into a first excited light beam having a first wavelength. The second wavelength conversion layer is adapted to convert the excitation light beam into a second excited light beam having a second wavelength. The first and second wavelengths are different. Besides, a projector using the wavelength conversion device is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: I-Hua Chen
  • Patent number: 10451958
    Abstract: A wavelength conversion device includes a rotating device and a base member which is rotated by the rotating device. The base member includes a wavelength conversion portion which is disposed in an annular shape on a first surface of the base member, a first region which is located further inside than the wavelength conversion portion, and a second region which is located further outside than the wavelength conversion portion, and is larger in surface area than the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shigekazu Aoki, Akira Egawa, Shunji Kamijima
  • Patent number: 10423849
    Abstract: The arrangement comprises a filter region (10) filtering electromagnetic radiation and a shielding component (20) inhibiting propagation of electromagnetic radiation. The filter region comprises a central filter region (11) and a separate peripheral filter region (13). The shielding component comprises an aperture (21). The aperture is arranged above the central filter region. The central filter region and the peripheral filter region are optimized for different angles of incidence (?, ?) and provided for measurements by individual sensor regions (18, 19).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: ams AG
    Inventors: David Mehrl, George Kelly
  • Patent number: 10416442
    Abstract: A color wheel includes an inner ring, including translucent regions which are diagonally distributed; and an outer ring, including fluorescent regions and a translucent region, the fluorescent regions including green fluorescent regions and yellow fluorescent regions, the green fluorescent regions being diagonally distributed; wherein, the angles of the translucent regions of the inner ring are greater than or equal to the angles of the green fluorescent regions of the outer ring, the angle extension lines of the ring-shaped green fluorescent regions passing through the center of a circle fall within the ring-shaped translucent regions of the inner ring, such that the green light generated in the green fluorescent regions passes through the translucent regions after being reflected, and the yellow light generated in the yellow fluorescent regions is projected to a red light filter after being reflected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: IVIEW DISPLAYS (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Gao, Steve Yeung, Yuan Zhao, Hongji Lai, Manying Ning
  • Patent number: 10276476
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of forming the semiconductor device are provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, an interconnection structure, an oxide semiconductor (OS) transistor and a contact structure. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The interconnection structure is disposed on the first surface, and the oxide semiconductor (OS) transistor is disposed on the second surface. Also, the OS transistor includes a back gate disposed on the second surface of the substrate. The contact structure is formed between the OS transistor and the interconnection structure, and the contact structure is electrically connected to the back gate. The contact structure penetrates through the substrate for electrically connecting the interconnection structure to the OS transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Xiang Li, Ding-Lung Chen, En-Feng Liu, Yu-Cheng Tung
  • Patent number: 10156729
    Abstract: An optical wavelength converter includes a first substrate, a first wavelength conversion material, and a second substrate. The first substrate has at least one first segment. The first wavelength conversion material is contained in the first segment for converting a first waveband light into a second waveband light. The second waveband light is reflected by the first segment. The second substrate is arranged beside the first substrate, and has at least one second segment. The first waveband light is transmitted through the second segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Keh-Su Chang, Yen-I Chou, Chi Chen, Meng-Han Liu, Jau-Shiu Chen
  • Patent number: 10139715
    Abstract: A light source device includes a light-emitting element; a base that includes a plurality of segment regions and that is controllable so that light from the light-emitting element sequentially enters the respective segment regions; a fluorescent member that is provided in at least one of the segment regions and that includes a fluorescent material that is excitable by light from the light-emitting element and configured to emit light with a different wavelength from the light emitted from the light-emitting element; and a filter that is provided so as to correspond to at least one of the fluorescent members, which is configured to transmit at least a part of light from the fluorescent material, and which is configured to transmit a part of light that is transmitted through the fluorescent member among the light from the light-emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takafumi Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 10133163
    Abstract: A light source unit, includes: a semiconductor laser device that emits laser light; a wheel substrate that has a light entering surface and a light exiting surface, and includes one or more phosphor-containing regions each contains one or more kinds of phosphor converts the laser light into light having a wavelength different from a wavelength of the laser light; a motor that faces the light entering surface of the wheel substrate, wherein the motor has a rotational shaft that supports a center of the wheel substrate, and is configured to rotate the wheel substrate; and a condensing optical system that faces the light exiting surface of the wheel substrate, and condenses light that has exited from the light exiting surface of the wheel substrate, the condensing optical system comprising a lens having an optical axis that substantially coincides with a reference axis of the light that has exited from the light exiting surface of the wheel substrate, wherein the lens is sized to cover the center of the wheel su
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Seiji Nagahara
  • Patent number: 9863608
    Abstract: A light emitting device assembly comprises a wavelength conversion device, a drive device and an adapter. The wavelength conversion device comprises a wavelength conversion layer having at least one wavelength conversion region for receiving an exciting light and converting it into an excited light. The drive device comprises a drive surface used to drive the wavelength conversion device to move, so that a light spot of the exciting light acts on the wavelength conversion device along a preset path. The adapter coaxially connects the drive device and the wavelength conversion device and enables a light ray to arrive at the wavelength conversion device on a side facing the drive device and inside an axial-direction projection of the drive surface on the surface of the wavelength conversion device. The drive surface and the wavelength conversion layer at least partially overlap along the projection surface of the axial projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiliang Wu, Fei Hu
  • Patent number: 9645345
    Abstract: An optical element holder includes receptacles for retaining optical elements, and is configured to move a selected optical element into an optical path whereby a light beam passes through the selected optical element. The optical element holder is configured to retain the optical elements in a manner that mitigates or avoids misalignment of the optical elements, thereby mitigating or avoiding unwanted deviations in the path of the light beam. The optical element holder may be part of a microscope or other optical instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Molecular Devices, LLC
    Inventor: Lawrence Lee
  • Patent number: 9638384
    Abstract: An assembly of a decorative trim on the exterior surface of a plastic cover lens of a headlamp. Locking means are molded on the outer side of the plastic cover lens, which extend out in a transverse direction (Y) pointing at an angle from the surface of the plastic cover lens. The decorative trim comprises locking means receivers into which the locking means engage, and at least one snapping means on the decorative trim and one complementary snapping means are provided on the plastic cover lens for securing the decorative trim against the transverse direction (Y).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Hella KGaA Hueck & Co.
    Inventors: Eudard Japs, Lars Tillmann
  • Patent number: 9529258
    Abstract: The present invention provides an energy-sensitive resin composition, a method of manufacturing a polyimide film or a polyimide molded product in which said composition is used, and a method of forming a pattern in which said composition is used. The composition supplies a polyimide resin exhibiting exceptional thermal resistance and low permittivity even by a heat treatment at a low temperature. The composition contains polyamic acid obtained by reacting tetracarboxylic dianhydride and diamine, a solvent, and a compound (A) decomposing by the action of light and/or heat and generating a base and/or an acid. The method of manufacturing a polyimide film or a polyimide molded product includes forming a coating film or molded product comprising the composition and decomposing the compound (A) in the film or product through exposure or heating. The method of forming a pattern sequentially includes forming, selectively exposing, developing and heating the film or product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunihiro Noda, Hiroki Chisaka, Dai Shiota, Kazuya Someya
  • Patent number: 9470887
    Abstract: A color wheel is suitable for being disposed at a transmission path of an illumination beam emitted from a light source of a projection device. The color wheel includes a disc. The disc is suitable for rotating with respect to an axis. The disc has a non-light converting region and a light converting region. The disc has a first reference surface and a second reference surface opposite to the first reference surface. The disc has a plurality of first disturbing portions and a plurality of second disturbing portions. The first disturbing portions are located at the first reference surface and in the non-light converting region. The second disturbing portions are located at the second reference surface and in the non-light converting region. The first disturbing portions and the second disturbing portions are structurally continuous relative to the disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Te-Ying Tsai, Tsung-Ching Lin, Pei-Rong Wu
  • Patent number: 9470975
    Abstract: The present specification relates to a photoresist resin composition, a touch panel including a bezel pattern manufactured by using the photoresist resin composition, and a display device including the bezel pattern manufactured by using the photoresist resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Dongchang Choi, Kwang Han Park, Kyung Soo Choi, Geun Young Cha, Sang Chul Lee, Heeyoung Oh
  • Patent number: 9436021
    Abstract: The present application provides a tunable optical filter, including: a substrate, a tunable filter unit, a temperature control unit, and an enclosure, where: the substrate, the tunable filter unit, and the temperature control unit are placed inside the enclosure, where the enclosure includes a light incidence window and a light emergence window; the substrate is disposed adjacent to the light incidence window or the light emergence window, and configured to support the tunable filter unit; the temperature control unit is disposed on a surface of the tunable filter unit, and configured to adjust a channel wavelength of the tunable filter unit by means of temperature control; and optical paths of the light incidence window, the tunable filter unit and the light emergence window are aligned. The present application further provides an optical receive component, an optical transceiver component, and a multi-wavelength passive optical network system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fei Ye, Jianhe Gao, Xuejin Yan
  • Patent number: 9051397
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 for example independently of each other are hydrogen, C1-C20alkyl, (II), COR16 or NO2, provided that at least one pair of R1 and R2, R2 and R3, R3 and R4, R5 and R6, R6 and R7, or R7 and R8 is (III); R9, R10, R11 and R12 for example independently of each other are hydrogen, C1-C20alkyl which optionally substituted; or R9, R10, R11, and R12 independently of each other are unsubstituted or substituted phenyl; X is CO or a direct bond; R13 is for example C1-C20alkyl which optionally is substituted, C2-C12alkenyl, C4-C8cycloalkenyl, C2-C12alkinyl, C3-C10-cycloalkyl, phenyl or naphthyl both of which are optionally substituted; R14 is for example hydrogen, C3-C8cycloalkyl, C2-C5alkenyl, C1-C20alkoxy, C1-C20alkyl, phenyl or naphthyl; R15 is for example C6-C20aryl or C5-C20heteroaryl; R16 is for example C6-C20aryl which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more C1-C20alkoxy or C1-C20alkyl; are in particular suitable as photoinitiators for co
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Yuichi Nishimae, Hisatoshi Kura, Kazuhiko Kunimoto, Ryuhei Yamagami, Keita Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9042719
    Abstract: Provided herein are devices and system to magnetically, rotably secure a lens filter to a camera. Generally the devices and systems comprise a magnet assembly and a lens filter assembly threadably engageable. Also provided are magnetic lens filter systems comprising the engaged magnet and lens filter assemblies and an attachment assembly securable around a camera lens and magnetically attachable to the magnet comprising the magnetic lens filter, magnetic adapter assembly or magnetic adapter. Further provided are camera systems comprising the magnetic lens filter systems rotatably affixed thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Inventor: Ye Xu
  • Patent number: 9001293
    Abstract: A display device and color filter substrate thereof are provided. The color filter substrate includes a substrate and a green color filter disposed on the substrate. A concentration of halogen in the green color filter is less than 10 ppm. The green color filter has a transmittance spectrum G(?), and CMF_Z(?) is the color matching function defined by International Commission on Illumination (CIE). A peak intensity between 380 nm and 780 nm of G(?)×CMF_Z(?) is in a range between 0.33 and 0.4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Kuei-Bai Chen, Shiuan-Fu Lin, Shiang-Lin Lian, Chen-Hsien Liao
  • Publication number: 20150070480
    Abstract: The present disclosure introduces an optical component attachable to a mobile communications device and operable to spectrally filter images taken by a camera of the mobile device. Systems introduced herein include the optical component, the mobile device, and an illumination source for directing light at a specific wavelength/intensity into a human mouth, such that images taken by the camera record human mouth tissue responses to the light for cancer screening purposes. Such cancer screening may also utilize a database of other response images from other patients, which may be transmitted to the database by the mobile device and/or other mobile devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: FORWARD SCIENCE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Pikkula, Robert Whitman
  • Patent number: 8960928
    Abstract: There is provided a pellicle which comprises a pellicle frame having eight or more jig holes in the outer wall for receiving jig pins of pellicle handling jigs; the jig holes are arranged such that the pellicle frame can be held by two or more pellicle handling jigs at the same time, and preferably the jigs holes are on the outer walls of the all frame bars so that the pellicle frame can be held by the jigs at both the longer frame bars and the shorter frame bars at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuichi Hamada
  • Patent number: 8941916
    Abstract: A filter holder for correlative particle analysis during imaging microscopy methods or methods of the elemental analysis including a receiving element with a filter support and a fastening unit. The plane filter support is designed as pressure piece and is movably arranged in the receiving element to be movable at a right angle to the surface of the filter for the purpose of tensioning the filter. The fastening unit includes a clamping element which encloses the filter at the circumference of the filter and is held by a tensioning element which is supported in the receiving element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH
    Inventors: Heino Heise, Ulrich Kohlhaas
  • Publication number: 20150015977
    Abstract: A digital camera filter frame reduces the load imposed on an autofocus motor provided in the main body of a camera due to a reduced weight, and prevents a situation in which the optical axis of a lens barrel of a digital camera varies when the digital camera filter frame is fitted to the front side of the lens barrel, and collides with something hard during use. A ring-like filter frame main body is produced by molding a polymer elastic body, and a filter lens having a specific effect is fitted to the ring-like filter frame main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventor: Yutaka Karasawa
  • Publication number: 20150015978
    Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a color filter, ink droplets are printed on a substrate such that a colored pixel is formed on the substrate. The colored pixel has four corner portions and one or more non-corner portions within the colored pixel. Ink droplets are printed on the four corner portions, respectively, and then one or more ink droplets are printed on the non-corner portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kodai KONNO
  • Patent number: 8934184
    Abstract: A color filter includes a substrate and a plurality of pixel units. The substrate defines a plurality of pixel areas. Each pixel area has a plurality of first sub-pixel areas, and each first sub-pixel area has a first area and a second area. The pixel units are formed on the substrate corresponding to the pixel areas. Each pixel unit is disposed in a corresponding pixel area and includes a plurality of color subtractive filter films and a plurality of color additive filter films. The color subtractive filter films are disposed in the first areas of the first sub-pixel areas of the corresponding pixel area, and the color additive filter films are disposed in the second areas of the first sub-pixel areas of the corresponding pixel area. A color display device with the color filter is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Ching Wang, Lee-Tyng Chen
  • Patent number: 8922920
    Abstract: A self-positioning light filtering device including a rotational bearing having concentric outer and inner components rotatable relative to one another. The inner component defines an opening for receiving the tip or other component of a light-emitting device. A transparent filter member filters optically harmful light emitted from the light-emitting device. The filter member and the inner component of the rotational bearing are rotatable relative to one another. A counterweight below the rotational bearing causes the filter member to remain in an upright position when the inner component of the rotational bearing rotates relative to the outer component. A replaceable filter member for the filtering device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Inventor: James Gordon Mace
  • Patent number: 8908302
    Abstract: An exposure method for color filter substrate is provided. As shown in FIG. 7(a), exposure is performed while a substrate 20 to which a photoresist has been applied is being transported in the Y direction, to simultaneously form first layers 81 and layers 91 in first non-display regions 51 (regions indicated by hatching sloping upward to the right) and the display region, respectively, on the substrate 20. Next, as shown in (b), the substrate 20 is rotated by 90 degrees, and exposure is performed while the substrate 20 is being transported in the X direction, to form second layers 82 in second non-display regions 52 (regions indicated by hatching sloping upward to the right). Thus, dummy PSs 71 and dummy PSs 72 arranged with desired pitches and having desired shapes can be formed in the first non-display regions 51 and the second non-display regions 52, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei Matsui, Ryosuke Yasui
  • Patent number: 8896946
    Abstract: A color filter suitable for being disposed on a substrate is provided. The color filter includes a plurality of pixel units separately disposed on the substrate so as to define a plurality of blank regions thereon. A color display apparatus applying the color filter is also provided, wherein the color display apparatus includes a driving circuit substrate, the color filter and a display medium layer. The color filter is disposed on the driving circuit substrate. The display medium layer is disposed between the driving circuit substrate and the color filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Yao-Chou Tsai, Fang-An Shu, Wen-Chung Tang, Ted-Hong Shinn
  • Patent number: 8861106
    Abstract: Systems for generating uniform monochromatic electromagnetic radiation that include an electromagnetic radiation source and a bandpass filter assembly to filter electromagnetic radiation emitted by the electromagnetic radiation source. The systems also include an optical integrating sphere to receive the filtered electromagnetic radiation and to uniformly scatter the filtered electromagnetic radiation within the optical integrating sphere, wherein the optical integrating sphere comprises an output to emit the uniformly scattered, filtered electromagnetic radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: John R. Moore, Randall W. Zywicki
  • Publication number: 20140285914
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a display device is disclosed. The method can include bonding a display body to a filter body, irradiating light and separating. The display body includes a first support unit and a display unit. The first support unit includes a first substrate, a first metal layer, and a first resin layer. The display unit has a first region and a second region. The filter body includes a second support unit and a filter unit. The second support unit includes a second substrate, a second metal layer and a second resin layer. In the bonding, the display unit and the filter unit are disposed between the first and second substrates. The light is irradiated onto the first and second metal layers. The first substrate is separated from the first resin layer and the second substrate is separated from the second resin layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tatsunori SAKANO, Kentaro Miura, Tomomasa Ueda, Nobuyoshi Saito, Shintaro Nakano, Yuya Maeda, Hajime Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20140268793
    Abstract: A filtering media for refrigerated display merchandiser for use with a refrigerated food merchandiser and which is ordinarily exposed to prevailing ambient light. The filtering media is at least a partial a cylindrical element that encircles a fluorescent light or LED light strip disposed within the merchandiser. A translucent sheet which functions as filter media to prevent harmful light from reaching the foods stuffs is disposed about the cylindrical element. The sheet is held in position via an arcuate element or with other means that retains the sheet in position. More than one sheet can be positioned on the cylindrical element which, itself, may be either transparent or translucent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventor: Leo D. LaRose
  • Publication number: 20140268385
    Abstract: A self-positioning light filtering device including a rotational bearing having concentric outer and inner components rotatable relative to one another. The inner component defines an opening for receiving the tip or other component of a light-emitting device. A transparent filter member filters optically harmful light emitted from the light-emitting device. The filter member and the inner component of the rotational bearing are rotatable relative to one another. A counterweight below the rotational bearing causes the filter member to remain in an upright position when the inner component of the rotational bearing rotates relative to the outer component. A replaceable filter member for the filtering device is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventor: James Gordon Mace
  • Publication number: 20140240861
    Abstract: A luminance filtering assembly provides a translucent plate that extends from a vehicle visor to minimize the glare from sunlight and glares without restricting a line of sight. The translucent plate includes a tint. The translucent plate attaches to the visor through a strap that adjusts vertically and horizontally to accommodate for different user heights, lines of sight, movement, and intensity of glares. A fastener clamps down on both the visor and a visor end of the strap to secure a desired height for the translucent plate for an extended position. For storage, the fastener clamps the translucent portion against the visor for storage to form a retracted position. An adhesive portion on the translucent portion also serves to secure the translucent plate to the visor in the retracted position. A slot in the translucent plate receives one end of the strap, sliding laterally for horizontal adjustments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventor: Wayne Fujisaka
  • Patent number: 8797663
    Abstract: A filter for an illumination device may include wedge-shaped lenses arranged about an opening of the illumination device and pivotable between open and closed positions. When pivoted to a closed position, the lenses substantially cover the illumination device opening and block or filter radiation emitted therefrom. When pivoted to an open position, the lenses lie substantially perpendicular to the plane of the illumination device opening, allowing radiation emitted from the illumination device to pass through the opening unfiltered. In one aspect, the filter may include radially inner and outer supports, and each lens element may be pivotally attached to, and pivot about a radially extending pivot axis extending between, the inner and outer supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Anton M. Bouckaert
  • Patent number: 8786944
    Abstract: A device for holding filters for a microscope includes a filter wheel (20) rotatable about an axis of rotation (16) and a drive unit (14) for rotating the filter wheel (20). The filter wheel (20) comprises a basic body (44) rotatable about the axis of rotation (16) and at least one segment (46-54) selectively connectable to the basic body. The segment (46-54) comprises at least two housing areas (58, 59) each holding at least one filter (11). Another housing area may provide a transmission range (36, 59) for unfiltered transmission of light. A second rotatable filter wheel may be arranged at a location displaced along the axis of rotation relative to the filter wheel, and may have its own respective transmission range for unfiltered transmission of light, whereby a filter on either filter wheel may be aligned with the transmission range on the other filter wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH
    Inventors: Ingo Böhm, Dirk-Oliver Fehrer
  • Publication number: 20140192404
    Abstract: A filter wheel assembly includes a filter wheel and an optical assembly. The filter wheel includes a plurality of viewing openings. The optical assembly includes an optical element secured within an aperture of a housing. The optical assembly is securable to the filter wheel at a viewing opening by a magnetic force. An optical apparatus includes an optical assembly receiver and first and second optical assemblies. The first optical assembly is securable to the optical assembly receiver and the second optical assembly is securable to the first optical assembly by a magnetic force to align the optical assembly receiver and the optical assemblies. Methods of aligning apertures of optical assemblies with viewing openings of a filter wheel or an optical assembly receiver and securing the optical assemblies to the filter wheel or the optical assembly receiver using a magnetic force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: CELLOMICS, INC.
    Inventors: Dirk John Vandenberg, III, Keith R. Heffley
  • Patent number: 8752985
    Abstract: A gobo support assembly, for a stage lighting fixture, has a disk-shaped gobo; a gobo support having a first seat for housing the gobo; and a gobo carrier wheel rotating about an axis and having a second seat for housing the gobo support; the gobo carrier wheel and the gobo support being connectable in sliding manner in a direction substantially perpendicular to the axis, and being locked mutually by a reversible click-on locking mechanism to hold the gobo support in a given position inside the second seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Clay Paky S.p.A.
    Inventor: Pasquale Quadri
  • Patent number: 8736991
    Abstract: A color filter array includes a substrate, a light shielding layer, and color filter patterns. The light shielding layer is on the substrate and has openings exposing a surface of the substrate. Besides, the light shielding layer has a height H. The color filter patterns are located in the openings of the light shielding layer. Each color filter pattern has the maximum film thickness Lc and the minimum film thickness Ls, and the difference between the maximum film thickness Lc and the minimum film thickness Ls is ?L. The maximum film thickness Lc of each color filter pattern satisfies (m×H)<Lc<(n×H), wherein m comprises about 0.83, n comprises about 0.91, the height H of the light shielding layer satisfies a<H<b, wherein a comprises about 1.6 um and b comprises 2.22 um, and the difference ?L is less than about 0.39 um.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Shiuan-Fu Lin, Cheng-Yue Lin
  • Publication number: 20140139793
    Abstract: A display device and color filter substrate thereof are provided. The color filter substrate includes a substrate and a green color filter disposed on the substrate. A concentration of halogen in the green color filter is less than 10 ppm. The green color filter has a transmittance spectrum G(?), and CMF_Z(?) is the color matching function defined by International Commission on Illumination (CIE). A peak intensity between 380 nm and 780 nm of G(?)×CMF_Z(?) is in a range between 0.33 and 0.4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventors: Kuei-Bai Chen, Shiuan-Fu Lin, Shiang-Lin Lian, Chen-Hsien Liao
  • Publication number: 20140140688
    Abstract: Provided herein are devices and system to magnetically, rotably secure a lens filter to a camera. Generally the devices and systems comprise a magnet assembly and a lens filter assembly threadably engageable. Also provided are magnetic lens filter systems comprising the engaged magnet and lens filter assemblies and an attachment assembly securable around a camera lens and magnetically attachable to the magnet comprising the magnetic lens filter, magnetic adapter assembly or magnetic adapter. Further provided are camera systems comprising the magnetic lens filter systems rotatably affixed thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventor: Ye Xu
  • Patent number: 8699158
    Abstract: A light-altering filter for use by military and law-enforcement personnel in lowlight environments is disclosed. The filter can be placed between a lit computer monitor screen and the face of the computer user. Light coming from the monitor screen is modified by the filter so that the night vision capabilities of the computer user are not adversely affected, and splash-back reflective illumination of the user is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Spectrum Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Kirk Kreutzig
  • Patent number: 8670197
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate for a display device, wherein generation of a region which is not filled with the components of a liquid material is suppressed by simple processes during the formation of color layers by a coating method such as an inkjet method using the liquid material, thereby achieving good display quality. Also disclosed are a method for manufacturing the substrate for a display device, and a display device. The substrate for a display device comprises, on a principal surface thereof, banks formed of a resin material, and color layers arranged in a plurality of pixel regions surrounded by the banks. The color layers are formed of the liquid material, and the bank is provided with an impregnated region containing the components of the liquid material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Okumoto, Satoru Kishimoto, Kenji Takii, Naoko Inui
  • Patent number: 8608329
    Abstract: A phosphor plate includes a glass layer, a wide-angle reflection dichroic filter and a phosphor layer. The wide-angle reflection dichroic filter is disposed on an exit surface of the glass layer. A first blue light and a second blue light of the incident ray are transmissible through the wide-angle reflection dichroic filter. The phosphor layer is disposed beside the wide-angle reflection dichroic filter. By the phosphor layer, the first blue light is excited as a first green light to be outputted and the second blue light is reflected to the wide-angle reflection dichroic filter. The second blue light and a portion of the first green light outputted from the phosphor layer are reflected by the wide-angle reflection dichroic filter, so that the portion of the first green light is transmitted through the phosphor layer and the second blue light is excited as a second green light by the phosphor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignees: Delta Electronics, Inc., National Central University
    Inventors: Fu-Kuo Sun, Keh-Su Chang, Chien-Cheng Kuo, Cheng-Chung Lee
  • Patent number: RE45210
    Abstract: A projection device comprises a color wheel module, wherein, the color wheel can be detached from the color wheel module. The color wheel module can be detached from the body of the projection device, so that users can conveniently change, clean or maintain the color wheel as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Mao-Shan Hsu, Yu-Hsi Wu