55 results about "Lateral field" patented technology

Described herein are single-sided lateral-field optoelectronic tweezers (LOET) devices which use photosensitive electrode arrays to create optically-induced dielectrophoretic forces in an electric field that is parallel to the plane of the device. In addition, phototransistor-based optoelectronic tweezers (PhOET) devices are described that allow for optoelectronic tweezers (OET) operation in high-conductivity physiological buffer and cell culture media.

Disclosed are methods for forming FinFETs using a first hard mask pattern to define active regions and a second hard mask to protect portions of the insulating regions between active regions. The resulting field insulating structure has three distinct regions distinguished by the vertical offset from a reference plane defined by the surface of the active regions. These three regions will include a lower surface found in the recessed openings resulting from the damascene etch, an intermediate surface and an upper surface on the remaining portions of the lateral field insulating regions. The general correspondence between the reference plane and the intermediate surface will tend to suppress or eliminate residual gate electrode materials from this region during formation of the gate electrodes, thereby improving the electrical isolation between adjacent active regions and improving the performance of the resulting semiconductor devices.

A semiconductor device has a semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer on top of the substrate, a lateral field effect transistor with a drain region and a source region arranged in the substrate and a gate arranged above the substrate within the insulating layer, a drain runner arranged on top of the insulator layer above the drain region, a source runner arranged on top of the insulator layer above the source region, a gate runner arranged on top of the insulator layer outside an area defined by the drain runner and the source runner, a first coupling structure with a via for coupling the drain runner with the drain region, and a second coupling structure with a via for coupling the source runner with the source region.

This application describes a medical device (230) for obtaining optical tissue properties of a target material. The medical device (230) comprises an elongated body (231) having a longitudinal axis (232) and an optical fiber being integrated within the elongated body (231). The optical fiber has a second fiber end (242, 242a, 242b), which is arranged at a side wall (233) of the elongated body (231) and which provides a lateral field of view with respect to the longitudinal axis (232). According to an embodiment many optical fibers are integrated each having an optical outlet (242, 242a, 242b) around the elongated body (231). Using the outlets (242, 242a, 242b) to do diffuse optical tomography and also use optical fibers to do an optical inspection, one can get information on the presence of tumors in a volume around the medical device (230) and a tissue characterization in the vicinity of the medical device (230). Thereby, an optical biopsy may be carried out, wherein no real tissue is removed. According to another embodiment an optical detection system is integrated into a real biopsy needle (330) allowing inspection and taking real biopsy simultaneously.

A system for capturing aerial images, the system comprising at least one camera unit, the camera unit comprising at least one overview camera, a plurality of detail cameras, and a frame for holding the cameras, each detail camera having a longer focal length than the at least one overview camera, each detail camera mounted at a different angle laterally so that the fields of view of the detail cameras overlap to form an extended lateral field of view.

A sensor for sensing a property of a plurality of analytes includes a substrate having a resonant frequency that varies based on contact with a predetermined property of an analyte. The substrate has an analyte contact surface and a non-analyte contact surface located opposed to the analyte contact surface. The analyte contact surface is configured to receive a plurality of analytes. A plurality of pairs of electrodes are operatively connected with the nonanalyte contact surface, each of the electrodes being spaced apart one from another.

In a display apparatus, a first display substrate includes a common electrode to which a common voltage is applied. A second display substrate facing the first display substrate includes a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode. The first and second pixel electrodes formed in one pixel region are spaced apart from and insulated from each other. A first data voltage having a first polarity with reference to the common voltage is applied to the first pixel electrode, and a second data voltage having a second polarity different from the first polarity with reference to the common voltage is applied to the second pixel electrode. Thus, a fringe field is formed between the first and second display substrates and a lateral field is formed in the second display substrate, thereby improving a transmittance and a response speed of the display apparatus.

An acoustic wave sensor having a piezoelectric substrate shaped to generate lateral electric fields. The sensor has a pair of electrodes deposited upon a reference surface of the substrate. A sensing surface that is opposite from the reference surface is adapted to be immersed in an environment, such as a gas or a liquid.

A system for capturing aerial images, the system comprising at least one overview camera, a plurality of detail cameras, and a frame for holding the cameras, each detail camera having a longer focal length than the at least one overview camera, each detail camera mounted at a different angle laterally so that the fields of view of the detail cameras overlap to form an extended lateral field of view, the frame attachable to the floor of an aircraft above a camera hole, thereby providing the cameras with a view of the ground below the aircraft through the camera hole.

A spectacle system is disclosed for shifting the field expansion property of peripheral prisms from the upper and lower peripheral visual fields toward the central visual field of a person with peripheral field loss, and particularly hemianopia, while maintaining the lateral field expansion. In terms of perceived image, the spectacle system includes image-shifting devices that shift the perceived images from the central missing visual fields toward the upper and lower peripheral visual fields. The image-shifting devices are placed out of the central visual field and do not interfere with the normal central or foveal vision of the wearer. The spectacle system can be fitted onto one or both carrier lenses of a pair of spectacles and includes at least one image-shifting device. The image-shifting device includes a plurality of image-shifting elements. In one embodiment, the image-shifting device includes a plurality of image-shifting mirror elements that are arranged to form a Fresnel-like mirrors based prism. In another embodiment, the image-shifting elements can include either a plurality of image shifting mirrors or a plurality of image-shifting prisms that are oriented such that the optical axis of each image-shifting element forms an acute angle with the horizontal visual meridian of the person wearing the spectacles.

A liquid crystal display device (100) has a liquid crystal display panel (1), which includes a first substrate (10), a second substrate (20), and a liquid crystal layer (30). The first substrate includes a first electrode (11) provided for each pixel, and a second electrode (12) for generating a lateral field across the liquid crystal layer in cooperation with the first electrode, whereas the second substrate includes a third electrode (21) for generating a vertical field across the liquid crystal layer in cooperation with the first electrode and the second electrode. Each pixel is capable of switchably presenting a black displaying state where black displaying is performed with a vertical field being generated across the liquid crystal layer, a white displaying state where white displaying is performed with a lateral field being generated across the liquid crystal layer, or a transparent displaying state where a rear face side of the liquid crystal display panel is visible in a see-through manner with no voltage being applied to the liquid crystal layer.

Thermographic inspection of an internal component (28, 34) of power production equipment (20) by inserting an ultrasound energizer (74A) into an inspection portal of the equipment to contact an exterior of the component, and inserting a camera scope via a second portal into an interior (52, 54) of the component. A motorized drive (66) may mount on a pilot fuel port (58) of a gas turbine to move the scope robotically within a combustor (28) and transition duct (34). A distal camera housing (69) on the scope pivots (64) and contains an infrared camera with a lateral field of view (85) that rotates about an axis 78 by rotating (73) a distal mirror head (70) on the housing or by rotating (73′) the housing (69′). Circumferential sets of thermographic images are acquired by rotating the field of view and translating it along a navigation path in the component interior.

A semiconductor device including a lateral field-effect transistor and Schottky diode and method of forming the same. In one embodiment, the lateral field-effect transistor includes a buffer layer having a contact covering a substantial portion of a bottom surface thereof, a lateral channel above the buffer layer, another contact above the lateral channel, and an interconnect that connects the lateral channel to the buffer layer. The semiconductor device also includes a Schottky diode parallel-coupled to the lateral field-effect transistor including a cathode formed from another buffer layer interposed between the buffer layer and the lateral channel, a Schottky interconnect interposed between the another buffer layer and the another contact, and an anode formed on a surface of the Schottky interconnect operable to connect the anode to the another contact. The semiconductor device may also include an isolation layer interposed between the buffer layer and the lateral channel.

An array substrate for a transflective liquid crystal display device is disclosed. The array substrate includes a substrate; a plurality of scanning lines and data lines on the substrate, crossing each other to define a plurality of pixel regions; a transmissive electrode disposed in the transmission region; and a reflector disposed in the reflection region and not subjected to a voltage. A lateral field is generated in the reflection region. The transflective LCD of the present invention achieves the maximum light efficiency in both reflection and transmission modes.

This application describes a medical device (230) for obtaining optical tissue properties of a target material. The medical device (230) comprises an elongated body (231) having a longitudinal axis (232) and an optical fiber being integrated within the elongated body (231). The optical fiber has a second fiber end (242, 242a, 242b), which is arranged at a side wall (233) of the elongated body (231) and which provides a lateral field of view with respect to the longitudinal axis (232). According to an embodiment many optical fibers are integrated each having an optical outlet (242, 242a, 242b) around the elongated body (231). Using the outlets (242, 242a, 242b) to do diffuse optical tomography and also use optical fibers to do an optical inspection, one can get information on the presence of tumors in a volume around the medical device (230) and a tissue characterization in the vicinity of the medical device (230). Thereby, an optical biopsy may be carried out, wherein no real tissue is removed. According to another embodiment an optical detection system is integrated into a real biopsy needle (330) allowing inspection and taking real biopsy simultaneously.

This invention provides a liquid crystal orientation agent which can inhibit the decrease of the charge storage and voltage holding ratio and render high quality of liquid crystal display element in the form of horizontal electric field without imprint and afterimage. The liquid crystal orientation agent comprises polyimide polymers and polyamic acid polymers consisted of diamines and tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride, in which more than 50 mol% total diamines are p-phenyldiamines and more than 30 mol% total tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride are cyclobutanetetracarboxylic acids.

A liquid crystal display device (100) includes a liquid crystal display panel (1) including a first substrate (10), a second substrate (20), and a liquid crystal layer (30). The first substrate includes a first electrode (11) provided for each pixel, and a second electrode (12) for generating a lateral field across the liquid crystal layer in cooperation with the first electrode. The second substrate includes a third electrode (21) for generating a vertical field across the liquid crystal layer in cooperation with the first electrode and the second electrode. Each pixel is capable of switchably presenting a black displaying state where a vertical field is generated across the liquid crystal layer, a white displaying state where a lateral field is generated across the liquid crystal layer, and a transparent displaying state where a rear face side of the liquid crystal display panel is visible in a see-through manner with no voltage being applied to the liquid crystal layer. The first electrode includes a plurality of linear portions (11a), the plurality of linear portions being arranged so that at least one of the following exists in a plurality: the direction that the linear portions extend and the pitch of the linear portions.

This invention relates to an in-plan switching electrophoretic display device (IPS-EPD), comprising a layer of electrophoretic material (2), being sandwiched between a first and a second substrate (3, 4), a pixel of said display further comprising a first and a second electrode (5, 6) for locally controlling the material of said electrophoretic layer. The first and second electrodes (5, 6) are positioned on essentially the same distance from said first substrate, so that an essentially lateral field is generated in said electrophoretic layer (2) when a signal is applied over said electrodes (5, 6), in order to enable transflective operation. The display device may further comprise an optionally patterned reflector (8), and a light schielding layer (7).

A method of organizing and ordering pulse width modulation image data is disclosed, so that it may be displayed on the pixels of a scrolling color display. The method includes a method of formatting received image data into a different form suitable for driving a pulse width modulated display and a method of distributing image data across a series of different image modulation segments to minimize flicker and gray scale errors. The method includes means for reducing lateral field effects between adjacent pixels in different data states.

A semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer on top of the substrate, a lateral field effect transistor comprising a drain region and a source region arranged in the substrate and a gate arranged above the substrate within the insulating layer, a drain runner arranged on top of the insulator layer above the drain region, a source runner arranged on top of the insulator layer above the source region, a gate runner arranged on top of the insulator layer outside an area defined by the drain runner and the source runner, a first coupling structure comprising a via for coupling the drain runner with the drain region, and a second coupling structure comprising a via for coupling the source runner with the source region.

The purpose of the present invention is to sufficiently correct chromatic aberration of magnification through a common optical element in the later stage while aligning the direction of an image of all fields of view. A wide angle optical system (3) comprises a first group (6) having negative and positive lenses (4, 5) with negative refractive power, a second group (7) having a reflective-refractive optical element (14), and a third group (8). The reflective-refractive optical element (14) includes a first surface (11) on the object side, having a first transmitting surface (11a) and a first reflecting surface (11b) disposed surrounding the first transmitting surface, a second surface (12) on the image side, having a second transmitting surface (12a) and a second reflecting surface (12b) disposed surrounding the second transmitting surface, and a third surface (13) that is a conical transmitting surface disposed between the first surface (11) and the second surface (12) and having an apex angle toward the object. The wide angle optical system (3) satisfies the following expression: vn > vp alpha / 2 > 90 DEG - theta k Where vn represents the Abbe number of the negative lens (4), vp represents the Abbe number of the positive lens (5), alpha represents the angle of the apex angle on the third surface (13), and theta k represents a half field angle (0 < theta k < 90 DEG) of principal ray in the minimum angle of view within the lateral field of view.

A method of organizing and ordering pulse width modulation image data is disclosed, so that it may be displayed on the pixels of a scrolling color display. The method includes a method of formatting received image data into a different form suitable for driving a pulse width modulated display and a method of distributing image data across a series of different image modulation segments to minimize flicker and gray scale errors. The method includes means for reducing lateral field effects between adjacent pixels in different data states.

The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for creating interactive virtual tours. In one embodiment, panoramic imaging systems characterized by a 360-degree lateral field of view and a vertical field of view that is usually less than 180 degrees are utilized and polynomial-based interpolation algorithms are used to correct distortions in the input panoramic images, video or rendered scenes, permitting the use of an arbitrary panoramic imaging system characterized by the ability to generate a seamless 360-degree panoramic view of the imaged scene in each single image frame. The input panoramic images, video or rendered scenes are used to create spherical environment maps that are packaged into completely immersive (giving the impression of being there) virtual tours that are rendered on a display device by a viewing engine that corrects perspective distortions in the spherical environment maps contained in the virtual tour packages and permits a plurality of viewers to view any portion of any of the panoramic scenes in the virtual tour package in a manner that is free from distortions. The present invention also discloses a control engine for representing the individual panoramic scenes contained in the virtual tour package in multi-dimensional space and / or time and for transmitting control signals to the viewing engine that cause the viewing engine to render any particular panoramic scene selected by the viewer and any view window on the selected panoramic scene desired by the viewer. Furthermore, the control engine communicates bi-directionally with the viewing engine and provides a means of indicating which particular panoramic scene is currently viewed by the viewing engine as well as a means of indicating what portion of the selected panoramic scene is currently displayed by the viewing engine.

A system for capturing aerial images, the system comprising at least one overview camera, a plurality of detail cameras, and a frame for holding the cameras, each detail camera having a longer focal length than the at least one overview camera, each detail camera mounted at a different angle laterally so that the fields of view of the detail cameras overlap to form an extended lateral field of view, the frame comprising a center support, each side of the center support supporting at least some of the cameras.

The invention relates to a liquid crystal orienting agent and a transverse electric field system liquid crystal display element. The transverse electric field system liquid crystal display element is with excellent afterimage retentivity and high pressure consevation rate and the liquid crystal orienting agent for this end. The said liquid crystal orienting agent is composed of polyamic acid and polyimide, wherein the at least 50-mol% of tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride is a thing originating in a pyromellitic anhydride, At least 0.5-mol% of diamine is a thing originating in a diamine compound containing a fluorine atom, it contains 40-89mol% of polyamic acid, based on the sum of the polyamic acid and polyimide.

Described is a lateral field emission device emitting electrons in parallel with respect to a substrate. Electron emission materials having a predetermined thickness are arranged in a direction with respect to the substrate on a supporting portion. An anode is disposed on a side portion of the substrate, the anode corresponding to the electron emission materials.

The invention relates to imaging systems in which during imaging of an object a matching medium is used to match the object to its surroundings. An interface device is used for phase contrast rim-imaging of the object, which comprises a compartment in which a deformable matching material is contained which can be pushed to the side when the object to be imaged is compressed. Thus, a lateral field of view for X-ray phase contrast mammography may be increased.

The invention relates to imaging systems in which during imaging of an object a matching medium is used to match the object to its surroundings. An interface device is used for phase contrast rim-imaging of the object, which comprises a compartment in which a deformable matching material is contained which can be pushed to the side when the object to be imaged is compressed. Thus, a lateral field of view for X-ray phase contrast mammography may be increased.

A nematode collected from Diaprepes abbreviatus was identified and described as a new species, Steinernema diaprepesi n. sp. The new species can be distinguished from other species of the genus by the following characteristics: Males: Spicule averaging 79 (71–90) Fm; the ratio D % (distance from the anterior end / esophagus length×100) about 80; the ratio SW (spicule length / anal body width) about 1.8. Females: Vulva with short, double flapped epiptygma; tail terminus usually with 5 mucrons. Infective juveniles: Body averaging 1002 (880–1133) Fm, EP (distance from anterior end to excretory pore)=74 (66–83) Fm; tail length=83 (65–91) Fm, and E % (EP / tail length)=89.6 78–114). Lateral field pattern variable, the formula for the arrangement of ridges from head to tail is: 2, 6, 7, 8, 4, 2. The portion with 8 ridges is the longest. This new species can be differentiated from the 3 closest species, S. feltiae, S. glaseri, and S. oregonense by characteristics of their sequences.