序号 专利名 申请号 申请日 公开(公告)号 公开(公告)日 发明人
161 DISPLAY DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A DISPLAY DEVICE OF THIS TYPE PCT/EP2013002028 2013-07-10 WO2014012635A2 2014-01-23 SCHWANTNER STEPHAN
The invention relates to a display device (10) of a motor vehicle, comprising at least one display element (32), by means of which at least one value (34, 36) can be displayed as a result of the emission of light rays by the display element (32) and the display luminosity of which can be adjusted. The display device also comprises detection equipment (42) containing a control unit (44) and at least one detection element (38) for detecting the ambient luminosity surrounding the display element (32), the display luminosity being adjusted by means of the control unit (44) in accordance with at least one signal that characterises the detected ambient luminosity and that is transmitted by the detection element (38) to the control unit (44). The detection element (38) is designed to detect the light rays emitted by the display element (32) and to transmit at least one evaluation signal that characterises the detected light rays to the control unit (44), said unit being used to check the functional capability of the display element (32) in accordance with the evaluation signal. The invention also relates to a method for operating a display device (10) of this type.
162 MULTIPLE CONTROLLED ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES FOR VISIBLE AND IR MODULATION PCT/US2012044569 2012-06-28 WO2013003548A3 2013-04-04 REYNOLDS JOHN ROBERT; WALCZAK RYAN MICHAEL; RINZLER ANDREW GABRIEL; VASILYEVA SVETLANA; DYER AUBREY LYNN
An electrochromic device (ECD) includes an electrochromic cell and, optionally, one or more additional electrochromic cells where all cells are parallel, and where at least one of the electrodes of one of the cells comprises a single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) film. The electrochromic cells allow the control of transmittance of two or more di fferent portions of the electromagnetic spectrum through the ECD. One cell can control the transmittance of visible radiation while the other cell can control the transmittance of IR radiation. The ECD can be employed as a "smart window" to control the heat and light transmission through the window. The ECD can be in the form of a laminate that can be added to an existing window.
163 METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SURFACE AND APPARATUS THEREOF PCT/KR2011004708 2011-06-28 WO2012002701A3 2012-03-01 JOO JAE HYUN
The present invention relates to a method for changing a color or a light transmittance of a surface part of a target along one side. The surface part of the target includes a solvent and a plurality of particles dispersed within the solvent. The gaps among the particles or the positions of a plurality of particles are changed when the electric field is applied to the solvent and a plurality of particles. The color or the light transmittance of the surface part of the target is changed according to the strength, direction, applied time or applied number of the electric field. The strength, direction, applied time or applied number of the electric field are changed in association with an input signal through a user using the target, a signal obtained through the target or a signal obtained through a sensing means provided to the target.
164 METHODS FOR FORMING AN AMORPHOUS SILICON FILM IN DISPLAY DEVICES PCT/US2009047780 2009-06-18 WO2010008754A3 2010-03-25 CHOI SOO YOUNG; CHEN JRIYAN JERRY; WON TAE KYUNG; YIM DONG-KIL
Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods for depositing an amorphous film that may be suitable for using in a NIP photodiode in display applications. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a substrate into a deposition chamber, supplying a gas mixture having a hydrogen gas to silane gas ratio by volume greater than 4 into the deposition chamber, maintaining a pressure of the gas mixture at greater than about 1 Torr in the deposition chamber, and forming an amorphous silicon film on the substrate in the presence of the gas mixture, wherein the amorphous silicon film is configured to be an intrinsic-type layer in a photodiode sensor.
165 OPTICAL DETECTOR CONFIGURATION AND UTILIZATION AS FEEDBACK CONTROL IN MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED OPTIC AND ELECTRONIC ARRANGEMENTS PCT/US2005037422 2005-10-19 WO2006044887A3 2009-04-09 PIEDE DAVID; SHASTRI KALPENDU; MONTGOMERY ROBERT; GOTHOSKAR PRAKASH; PATEL VIPULKUMAR; NADEAU MARY
An improvement in the reliability and lifetime of SOI-based opto-electronic systems is provided through the use of a monolithic opto-electronic feedback arrangement that monitors one or more optical signals within the opto-electronic system and provides an electrical feedback signal to adjust the operation parameters of selected optical devices. For example, input signal coupling orientation may be controlled. Alternatively, the operation of an optical modulator, switch, filter, or attenuator may be under closed-loop feedback control by virtue of the inventive monolithic feedback arrangement. The feedback arrangement may also include a calibration/look-up table, coupled to the control electronics, to provide the baseline signals used to analyze the system's performance.
166 Carrier-depletion based silicon waveguide resonant cavity modulator with integrated optical power monitor EP14172997.0 2014-06-18 EP2829906B1 2018-11-28 Hui, Yu; Bogaerts, Wim
A carrier-depletion based silicon waveguide resonant cavity modulator is provided, wherein the modulator comprises a silicon waveguide based resonant cavity, the resonant cavity comprising an optical modulation section and an optical power monitoring section, wherein the optical power monitoring section comprises an integrated lateral PIN diode comprising a doping compensated I region having a high defect density and a low net free carrier concentration. The doping compensated I region may be formed by performing a P-type implantation step and an N-type implantation step with overlapping ion implantation windows.
167 TUNABLE WAVEGUIDE DEVICES EP17701210.1 2017-01-04 EP3400635A1 2018-11-14 EVANS, Peter W.; LU, Mingzhi; KISH, Fred A.; LAL, Vikrant; CORZINE, Scott; OSENBACH, John W.; YAN, Jeanne
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including a laser including a layer having first and second regions, the first region including a void; a mirror section provided on the layer, the mirror section including a waveguide core, at least part of the waveguide core is provided over at least a portion of the void; a first grating provided on the waveguide core; a first cladding layer provided between the layer and the waveguide core and supported by the second region of the layer; a second cladding layer provided on the waveguide core; and a heat source configured to change a temperature of at least one of the waveguide core and the grating, where an optical mode propagating in the waveguide core of the mirror section does not incur substantial loss due to interaction with portions of the mirror section above and below the waveguide core.
168 MULTI-SENSOR EP16854302.3 2016-10-06 EP3359930A1 2018-08-15 BROWN, Stephen Clark; SHRIVASTAVA, Dhairya; ZEDLITZ, Jason; FRANK, Trevor; WANG, Jue; MCGONIGLE, Brian; RUMER, Alexander; MULLINS, Dennis; KANESHIRO, Kevin
Various implementations relate generally to a multi-sensor device. Some implementations more particularly relate to a multi-sensor device including a ring of radially-oriented photosensors. Some implementations more particularly relate to a multi-sensor device that is orientation-independent with respect to a central axis of the ring. Some implementations of the multi-sensor devices described herein also include one or more additional sensors. For example, some implementations include an axially-directed photosensor. Some implementations also can include one or more temperature sensors configured to sense an exterior temperature, for example, an ambient temperature of an outdoors environment around the multi-sensor. Additionally or alternatively, some implementations can include a temperature sensor configured to sense an interior temperature within the multi-sensor device. Particular implementations provide, characterize, or enable a compact form factor. Particular implementations provide, characterize, or enable a multi-sensor device requiring little or no wiring, and in some such instances, little or no invasion, perforation or reconstruction of a building or other structure on which the multi-sensor device is mounted.
169 SUBSTRATE FOR DISPLAY DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING SAME EP14814419.9 2014-06-02 EP3012820B1 2018-04-04 KIMURA, Yukihiro; FUKUYOSHI, Kenzo
A display device substrate is provided with a transparent substrate, a frame portion, a first transparent resin layer, a black matrix and a second transparent resin layer. The frame portion is provided on the transparent substrate and formed in a frame region that surrounds a display region, containing carbon as a major colorant and having light shielding properties. The first transparent resin layer is formed on the transparent substrate in which the frame portion is formed. The black matrix is formed on the first transparent resin layer, dividing the display region into a plurality of openings having a matrix shape and containing an organic pigment as a major colorant. The second transparent resin layer is formed on the first transparent resin layer on which the black matrix is formed.
170 LIGHT MODULATION DEVICE AND LIGHT MODULATION METHOD EP15776434 2015-04-10 EP3130958A4 2017-11-01 YONEYAMA MIKIO; KAWAKAMI HIROTO; ONO TAKASHI; MATSUURA AKIHIKO; KATAOKA TOMOYOSHI; TANAKA KATSUYA; TACHIBANA MASAHIRO; OYAMA YUYA
A light modulation device detects a power of the modulated optical signal modulated by each of an I-component optical modulator and a Q-component optical modulator, synchronously-detects a component of a frequency fd from the power of the modulated optical signal, outputs a dither signal of a frequency fd/n (where n is a positive integer equal to or larger than 1) applied to a first bias voltage or a second bias voltage when adjusting the first bias voltage or the second bias voltage, outputs two dither signals having a frequency fd/m (where m is a positive integer equal to or larger than 1, where n
171 SPECTRAL INVERSION DETECTION FOR POLARIZATION-DIVISION MULTIPLEXED OPTICAL TRANSMISSION EP15804462.8 2015-12-02 EP3227749A1 2017-10-11 CALABRO, Stefano; SPINNLER, Bernhard
Disclosed herein is a modulator (50) for polarization-division multiplexing (PDM) transmission. The modulator (50) comprises first and second DP-MZMs (12, 28) associated with first and second polarizations, each DP-MZM (12, 28) having an input for an in-phase and a quadrature driving signal for modulating the in-phase and quadrature components of an optical signal according to respective transfer functions, and a detector (58) suitable for detecting light comprising at least a portion of the light outputted by the first DP-MZM (12) and a portion of the light outputted by the second DP-MZM (28). The modulator (50) is adapted to superimpose a first pilot signal on one of the in-phase and quadrature driving signals of the first DP-MZM (12) and on one of the in-phase and quadrature driving signals of the second DP-MZM (28), and a second pilot signal on the respective other of the in-phase and quadrature driving signals of the first and second DP-MZMs (12, 28). Further, the first and second pilot signals are chosen such that the signal detected by said detector (58) is indicative as to whether the slopes of the transfer functions are different for the in-phase and quadrature components of one of the first and second DP-MZMs (12, 28) and identical for the other of the first and second DP-MZMs (12, 28).
172 DISPLAY DEVICE AND MEANS TO MEASURE AND ISOLATE THE AMBIENT LIGHT EP12711580.6 2012-01-02 EP2659306B1 2017-09-13 VETSUYPENS, Arnout Robert Leontine; CHARLIER, Olivier Jacques Achille; WOESTENBORGHS, Wouter M. F.
173 POLARIZER AND POLARIZATION MODULATION SYSTEM EP13899938 2013-12-20 EP3073302A4 2016-11-09 TU XIN; FU HONGYAN; LIU WANYUAN
The present invention provides a polarizer and a polarization modulation system. The polarizer includes at least one MMI multi-mode waveguide, where one side of each MMI multi-mode waveguide is connected to an input waveguide, and the other side is connected to an output waveguide; an end portion of the side, on which the output waveguide is located, of the MMI multi-mode waveguide is provided with an adjustable portion, and the adjustable portion is connected to the output waveguide; and the polarizer further includes a controller connected to the adjustable portion, where the controller is configured to perform control to change a material property of the adjustable portion, so that the output waveguide outputs optical signals in different polarization states. The present invention implements adjustable polarization, and the structure is simple.
174 Method and apparatus for controlling the backlight intensity of a liquid crystal display (LCD) using detected intensity of ambient light EP07109225.8 2005-02-28 EP1818715B1 2016-05-25 Lowles, Robert; Drader, Marc; Robinson, James
A portable computing device includes a housing having an external surface, and an event notifier, a display device, and a light controller disposed within the housing. The event notifier includes an event notification lamp, and a light conduit terminating at the external surface for conveying light between the event notification lamp and the external surface. The display device includes illumination means for improved visualization of information rendered on the display device. The light controller is coupled to the event notifier and the illumination means. The light controller is configured to determine the intensity of ambient light external to the housing via the light conduit, and to adjust the intensity of light emitted by the illumination means in accordance with the determined ambient light intensity.
175 Method and apparatus for controlling the backlight intensity of a liquid crystal display (LCD) using detected intensity of ambient light EP10183277.2 2005-02-28 EP2273309B1 2016-05-04 Lowles, Robert; Drader, Marc; Robinson, James
A portable computing device includes a housing having an external surface, and an event notifier, a display device, and a light controller disposed within the housing. The event notifier includes an event notification lamp, and a light conduit terminating at the external surface for conveying light between the event notification lamp and the external surface. The display device includes illumination means for improved visualization of information rendered on the display device. The light controller is coupled to the event notifier and the illumination means. The light controller is configured to determine the intensity of ambient light external to the housing via the light conduit, and to adjust the intensity of light emitted by the illumination means in accordance with the determined ambient light intensity.
176 LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE EP10780434 2010-05-17 EP2437104A4 2016-03-02 KUMAKI TAKAYA
177 GENERATING OPTICAL PULSES VIA A SOLITON STATE OF AN OPTICAL MICRORESONATOR EP13710786.8 2013-02-28 EP2962156A1 2016-01-06 HERR, Tobias; GORODETSKY, Michael, L.; KIPPENBERG, Tobias
A light pulse source (100), being adapted for generating repetitive optical pulses, comprises a continuous wave (cw) laser (10) being arranged for providing cw laser light, an optical microresonator (20) being made of a resonator material, which has a third order (Kerr) nonlinearity and an anomalous resonator dispersion, wherein the cw laser (10) is arranged for coupling the cw laser light into the optical microresonator (20), which, at a predetermined relative detuning of the cw laser (10) and the optical microresonator (20), is capable of including a light field in a soliton state, wherein soliton shaped pulses can be coupled out of the optical microresonator (20) for providing the repetitive optical pulses, and a tuning device (30) being arranged for creating and maintaining the predetermined relative detuning of the cw laser (10) and the optical microresonator (20) based on a tuning time profile being selected in dependency on a thermal time constant of the optical microresonator (20) such that the soliton state is achieved in a thermal equilibrium state of the optical microresonator (20). Furthermore, a method of generating repetitive optical pulses is described based on soliton shaped pulses coupled out of an optical microresonator (20) is described.
178 LIGHT MODULATION ELEMENT EP13867394.2 2013-12-27 EP2940513A1 2015-11-04 GOI Kazuhiro; ISHIHARA Hiroki; OGAWA Kensuke; ODA Kenji; KUSAKA Hiroyuki; MATSUMOTO Ryokichi; UEMURA Hitoshi

An optical modulation device configured of a planar optical waveguide, includes: a light incidence unit which allows light to be incident on the planar optical waveguide; a Mach-Zehnder interferometer which includes a first optical splitter section branching the light incident on the light incidence unit, two arm portions guiding the light branched by the first optical splitter section, a phase modulation unit linearly disposed on each of the two arm portions, and a first optical coupler section combining the light guided from the two arm portions; a light launching unit which launches the light combined by the first optical coupler section from the planar optical waveguide; and a traveling-wave electrode which includes an input unit and an output unit, and applies a voltage to the phase modulation unit. Also, the planar optical waveguide has an outline including two sides each of which intersect with an extended line in a longitudinal direction of the phase modulation unit in a plan view, the input unit is formed on one of the two sides, and the light incidence unit and the light launching unit are positioned in a region different from a region in which the traveling-wave electrode is formed in a plan view.

179 Calibration of displays having spatially-variable backlight EP14179095.6 2008-02-01 EP2860721A3 2015-07-29 Seetzen, Helge; Whitehead, Lorne A.; Ward, Gregory John; Stuerzlinger, Wolfgang; Wan, Chun Chi

A display has a screen which incorporates a light modulator. The screen may be a front projection screen or a rear-projection screen. The screen is illuminated with a light from an illuminator comprising an array of individually-controllable light sources. The light sources and elements of the light modulator may be controlled to adjust the intensity and frequency of light emanating from corresponding areas on the screen. The display may be calibrated to compensate for differences in intensities of the light sources.

180 PHOTODETECTOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDED WITH SAME EP08765516.3 2008-06-12 EP2154731B1 2015-05-13 BROWN, Christopher; KATOH, Hiromi
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