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The comb like electrodes to drive the orientation of the liquid crystal through the lateral electric field in the IPS (In plane Switching) LCD panel has a construction that the comb like electrodes are optically reflective, are projections in the gap area and have curved surfaces in the cross section of the electors.

The IC tag comprises a three-dimensional antenna and an integrated circuit. The three-dimensional antenna is configured in such a manner that a plurality of planar antennas, each capable of performing emission and reception of radio waves by itself, are arranged at angles so as to be not parallel to each other. The integrated circuit is also connected to the three-dimensional antenna and performs transmission or reception of a signal via the three-dimensional antenna.

Disclosed herein is an optical system for a camera. The optical system for a camera includes: a first lens having positive refractive power and a meniscus shape concave toward an image; a second lens having negative refractive power and a shape concave toward the image; a third lens having the positive refractive power and a shape convex toward an object; a fourth lens having the positive refractive power and a shape convex toward the image; and a fifth lens having the negative refractive power, a shape convex toward the object and concave to the image, and one or more inflection point provided on an image surface.

A method of recording an object image of a first hologram as a second hologram is provided. A first hologram is recorded at a first angle of reconstruction and a holographic recording medium is provided. An object beam is directed through the first hologram at the first angle of reconstruction to reconstruct the object image on the recording medium. The recording medium is struck with a reference beam at a second angle of reconstruction to form a wave interference pattern with the object beam. The second angle of reconstruction is between 45 and 90 degrees. The wave interference pattern is recorded. A switch is provided that includes a hologram that has an angle of reconstruction between 45 and 90 degrees. A reproducing light source is positioned to direct light through the hologram at the angle of reconstruction to form a holographic image at a predetermined distance from the hologram. The switch includes a detector that detects the presence of an object proximate to the holographic image. The axis of the detector beam source is not perpendicular to the plane of the medium to which its hologram is affixed.

The invention discloses a camera lens, which comprises a first lens with negative focal power, a second lens with positive focal power, a third lens with positive focal power, a fourth lens with negative focal power, a fifth lens with positive focal power and a sixth lens with negative focal power from an object side to an image side in sequence, wherein the second lens has a convex image-side surface, and is made of glass; the third lens has a convex image-side surface; the sixth lens has a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface; and the camera lens meets a conditional expression that: -1.7<f2/f4<-0.7, the f2 is an effective focal length of the second lens, and the f4 is an effective focal length of the fourth lens. The camera lens disclosed by the invention can effectively eliminate aberration, meet the demand of high pixels and reduce costs while guaranteeing miniaturization.

A mask (105) for EUV lithography includes a substrate (107), a multi-layer coating (108) applied to the substrate (107) and a mask structure (109) which is applied to the multi-layer coating (108) and which has an absorber material, the mask structure (109) having a maximum thickness of less than 100 nm, preferably not exceeding a maximum thickness of 30 nm, particularly preferably 20 nm, in particular 10 nm. Also disclosed is an EUV lithography system having such a mask (105) and a method for optimising the imaging of such a mask (105).

A transparent display device includes a screen that has a plurality of light deflecting elements that are separated by transparent areas, and a projector device. The projector device is configured to direct light onto the light deflecting elements and not onto the transparent areas. The display device may include a first screen and a second screen separated longitudinally relative to the projector, wherein each screen respectively has a plurality of light deflecting elements. The projector is configured to direct light onto the light deflecting elements and not onto the transparent areas of the two screens such that light from the first and second light deflecting elements appear in different virtual depth planes. Alternatively, a single screen may have first and second pluralities of light deflecting elements of different optical powers, such that light from the first and second light deflecting elements appear in different virtual depth planes.

An LED light bulb includes a bulb shell, a bulb base, a stem, conductive supports, an LED filament, and a supporting arm. The bulb base is connected to the bulb shell. The stem is connected to the bulb base. The conductive supports are connected to the stem. The LED filament includes a filament body and two conductive electrodes. The conductive electrodes are at two ends of the filament body and connected to the conductive supports. The filament body is around the stem. The supporting arm is connected to the stem and the filament body. In a height direction of the LED light bulb, H is a distance from a bottom to a top of the bulb shell. A first height difference is defined between the two conductive electrodes and is from 0 to 1/10H. The filament body is curved to form a highest point and a lowest point. A second height difference is defined between the highest point and the lowest point. The first height difference is less than the second height difference.

A holographic waveguide LIDAR having a transmitter waveguide coupled to a beam deflector and a receiver waveguide coupled to a detector module. The transmitter waveguide contains an array of grating elements for diffracting a scanned laser beam into a predefined angular ranges. The receiver waveguide contains an array of grating elements for diffracting light reflected from external points within a predefined angular range towards the detector module.

A zoom lens comprises the following lens groups in the order from an object side: a first lens group having a positive refracting power; a second lens group having a negative refracting power; a third lens group having a positive refracting power; and a fourth lens group having a positive refracting power; wherein, upon zooming, at least the first lens group and the fourth lens group move to the object side; and wherein the third lens group comprises a negative meniscus lens with a convex surface on an image side and with both side faces thereof being exposed to air, which is located nearest to the image side.

A retardation plate characterized by being obtained by laminating a homeotropic liquid-crystal film formed from a homeotropic liquid-crystal polymer of the side chain type or from a homeotropic liquid-crystalline composition comprising the side chain type liquid-crystal polymer and a photopolymerizable liquid-crystal compound to a stretched film having a retardation function. In the retardation plate, the retardation in the thickness direction can be regulated to a value in a wide range.

An image projection apparatus (i.e., a projector), having a light source unit 200, being disposed within an inside of an about box-like housing 100, a light modulation unit 300, and a projection optic unit 400 for projecting the image light from the light modulation unit, enlargedly, wherein the projection optic unit has a lens group including a plural number of lens elements, which are disposed symmetrically with respect to an optical axis, and a lens element having a configuration asymmetric with respect to the optical axis, sequentially, directing from the image display element towards projection of the light. And, further there is provided a reflection mirror, being attached in a part of the housing, to be set up at a predetermined position along with the optical axis of the projection optic unit within an outside of the housing, and thereby reflecting the image light emitted from the projection optic unit, and further the reflection mirror has an free-curved surface configuration being asymmetric with respect to the optical axis of the projection optic unit.

A light control film includes a light shielding layer and a light diffusion portion, and, when an area of a part where the light shielding layer is in contact with one surface of the base material is set to S1, and an area of a part where a low refractive index portion is exposed between light incidence end surfaces is set to S2, the light shielding layer and the light diffusion portion are formed so as to satisfy (S1−S2)/S1×100≧50.

A projecting lens for projecting a light of an image generating device onto a screen is provided. The image generating device has a light valve. The projecting lens includes a first lens group and a second lens group. The first lens group has an imaging optical axis and a first effective refractive power. The second lens group has a second effective refractive power, and is disposed between the first lens group and the light valve. The light projected from the light valve to the second lens group generates an intermediate image, which is focused on the screen via the first lens group to form an image. A center of the image and a center of the light valve are located on the same side of the optical axis, and a center of the intermediate image is located on the other side of the optical axis.

The zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a rear unit including one or more lens units, a distance between every adjacent lens units varies during zooming, and an aperture diaphragm on the image side of the first lens unit, a combined focal length of the rear unit at a wide-angle end being positive. One lens unit LG on the object side of the aperture diaphragm is made of a solid material, and includes an optical element GnNL having a negative refractive power and another optical element having a positive refractive power, and the predetermined conditions are satisfied.

The imaging lens is provided and includes: in order from the object side, a negative first lens whose concave surface is directed toward the image side; a second lens of a planoconcave lens whose flat surface is directed toward the object side or a biconcave lens whose surface having a larger absolute value of radius of curvature is directed toward the object side; a third biconvex lens; a stop; a positive fourth lens whose surface having a smaller absolute value of radius of curvature is directed toward the image side; and a cemented lens of a positive fifth lens of biconvex shape and a negative sixth lens of meniscus shape, the cemented lens having a positive refractive power, and an Abbe number v₃ at d-line of the third lens satisfies a conditional expression (1) v₃<43.

A projection optical system and an image projection apparatus that are small in size and can achieve projection with a wide angle while a good image forming performance is assured includes a first lens group having a negative refracting power and a second lens group also having a negative refracting power. The first and second lens groups are arranged in order from the projection side. The first lens group includes a negative meniscus lens that has a concave surface directed to the projection side and formed as an aspherical reflecting surface.

To provide a transflective liquid crystal display device in a vertical alignment mode that is capable of displaying bright and high-contrast images in a wide viewing angle range, a liquid crystal layer is interposed between a pair of substrates opposite to each other, and display is performed in a predetermined pixel unit. The liquid crystal layer is composed of liquid crystal having a vertical alignment in an initial state, specifically, having negative dielectric anisotropy. Signal lines through which signals are supplied to the pixels, are formed on the inner surface of either of the pair of substrates. Convex portions made of a dielectric material are formed around and/or on the signal lines on the inner surface of either of the pair of substrates.

A three-dimensional (3D) display including a display panel and a phase retardation film is provided. The display panel has a plurality of first pixel regions and a plurality of second pixel regions that are arranged as an array. The phase retardation film is disposed on the surface of the display panel. The phase retardation film has a plurality of first retardation regions and a plurality of second retardation regions that are alternately arranged. The first retardation regions have the same phase retardation, the second retardation regions have the same phase retardation, and the phase retardation of the first retardation regions is different from that of the second retardation regions. All the regions of the phase retardation film have the same transmittance. A display method adaptable to the 3D display is also provided.

A partial image is cut out from an input image. A first classifier judges whether the partial image includes a face facing a direction within a first angular range. Another classifier judges whether the partial image includes a face facing a direction within another angular range that partially overlaps with the first angular range. The partial image is judged to include a face facing a direction within a specific angular range, which is the first angular range from which the portion that overlaps with the other angular range has been removed, if the first classifier judges that the image includes a face facing a direction within the first angular range, and the other classifier judges that the image does not include a face facing the second angular range. Each classifier is generated by machine learning, and judges whether images include faces facing directions corresponding to predetermined angular ranges.