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System, devices and methods are presented that provide an imaging array fabrication process method, comprising fabricating an array of semiconductor imaging elements, interconnecting the elements with stretchable interconnections, and transfer printing the array with a pre-strained elastomeric stamp to a secondary non-planar surface.

A light-emitting device (10) using an LED is proposed. This light-emitting device (10) is provided with a packaging substrate (1), a light-emitting element (2) which is mounted on this packaging substrate (1) with its face down, a fluorescent member (3) that is arranged face to face with a light-extracting surface (S) of the light-emitting element (2) without contacting the light-emitting element (2) and an optical member (4) which receives light that has been emitted from the light-emitting element (2) and made incident thereon through the fluorescent member (3), and aligns the incident light toward the outside of the device. Light, emitted from the light-emitting element (2), is made incident on the fluorescent member (3) to excite the fluorescent material so that the fluorescent material re-emits light having a wavelength different from that of the incident light. Those light rays, emitted from the light-emitting element (2), which have not been absorbed by the fluorescent member (3) and have passed through the fluorescent member (3) and those light rays that have been emitted from the fluorescent material are made incident on the optical member (4) and are aligned. Because the fluorescent member (3) is not made in contact with the light-emitting element (2), it does not receive the heat from the light-emitting element (2) through heat conduction, and consequently becomes less susceptible to degradation due to heat. Moreover, with the face-down mounting structure, the fluorescent member (3) and the optical member (4) can be placed closer to the light-emitting element (2) as long as they dose not contact the light-emitting element (2). Consequently, the service life of the fluorescent material or the fluorescent-material-mixed resin that tends to deteriorate can be lengthened, lights can be extracted more efficiently, and light rays can be properly aligned in a predetermined direction.

The invention has an object of providing an organic electroluminescence element with a large emitted light quantity, an exposure unit and an image-forming apparatus both using the element. The organic electroluminescence element in accordance with the invention has, on a substrate, an anode acting as a hole injection electrode, a cathode acting as an electron injection electrode, a plurality of light emission layers each having a light emission region and a charge generation layer injecting electrons into the light emission layer lying close to the anode and injecting holes into the light emission layer lying close to the cathode, these layers being arranged between the anode and the cathode, and is configured so that the work function of the charge generation layer is set higher than the ionization potential of the light emission layer lying close to the anode.

The light-emitting apparatus includes a light-emitting element, a base body having, on its upper principal surface, a placement portion for emplacing thereon the light-emitting element; a first reflecting member formed in a frame-like shape and attached to the upper principal surface of the base body so as to surround the placement portion; a second reflecting member formed in a frame-like shape and attached to the upper principal surface of the base body so as to surround the first reflecting member; a light transmitting member provided inside the second reflecting member so as to cover the light-emitting element and the first reflecting member; and a first wavelength-conversion layer for converting a wavelength of light from the light-emitting element, the first wavelength-conversion layer being provided inside the light transmitting member disposed above the light-emitting element, spaced from the first and second reflecting members.

Providing an exposure unit using an organic electroluminescence element with a large emitted light quantity.The organic electroluminescence element has, on a substrate 31, an anode 32 acting as a hole injection electrode, a cathode 33 acting as an electron injection electrode, a first and second emission layers 34 and 35 each having a light emission region, and a charge generation layer 38 injecting electrons into the light emission layer 34 lying close to the anode 32 and injecting holes into the light emission layer 35 lying close to the cathode 33, these layers being arranged between the anode 32 and the cathode 33.

Disclosed herein is a Light Emitting Diode (LED) lens for a backlight. The LED lens includes an LED light source, a lens body, and a beam shaping element. The lens body is configured such that the LED light source is accommodated in the lower portion thereof, and light emitted from the LED light source is radiated in vertical and lateral directions of the lens body. The beam shaping element is fastened to the top of the lens body and is configured to adjust light beams radiated through the upper surface of the lens body. Accordingly, the uniformity of luminance and color can be increased and, at the same time, the overall performance of the system can be improved.

A light emitting assembly includes a metal substrate for dissipating heat from the assembly. The metal substrate includes an electrically insulating layer or coating on at least one side. Circuit traces are applied to the electrically insulating layer using either thick or thin film techniques. At least the ends of the circuit traces include a metallic section to which leads of light emitting elements are soldered or wire-bonded. A metallic section is provided adjacent the light emitting element to transfer heat to the underlying substrate and / or to reflect light from the element away from the substrate. A clear finish retards tarnishing of the reflecting metallic section.

The present invention relates to thin-film solar cells of the CIGS-type. A characteristic feature of the invention is the use of two integrally formed buffer layers, a first ALD Zn(O,S) buffer layer (7) on top of the CIGS-layer (3) and a second ALD ZnO-buffer layer (8) on top of the first (7) buffer layer. Both buffer layers are deposited in the same process step using ALD (atom layer deposition). The invention also relates to a method of producing the cell and a process line for manufacturing of the cell structure.

The information processing apparatus equipped with a liquid crystal display apparatus that is usable in the face-to-face usage style. When the display direction is switched into the facing direction and in a normal usage state, the liquid crystal display apparatus exhibits an excellent visual recognizability and complicated operations are unnecessary. The image information, the picture direction of which has been inverted upside down, is outputted from the information processing unit 2 to the display unit 1 in such a manner as to be coupled with the picture direction change instructing member 3. At the same time, the luminance information at the time of the picture upside-down inversion, which has been set in advance into the luminance adjusting member 4, is supplied to the display unit 1 so as to change the luminance simultaneously with the picture inversion. At this time, the luminance of the display unit 1 at the time of the picture upside-down inversion is changed to a higher luminance, thereby making it possible to enhance the visual recognizability from the facing side.

The invention discloses a seven-piece optical lens for capturing image and a seven-piece optical system for capturing image. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens along the optical axis comprises a first lens with refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens with refractive power, a third lens with refractive power; a fourth lens with refractive power; a fifth lens with refractive power, a sixth lens with refractive power, and a seventh lens with negative refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the seven lens elements is aspheric. The optical lens can increase the aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.

A lighting device includes: a plurality of LEDs arranged in an at least two-dimensionally dispersed manner; a transparent resin layer that covers the plurality of LEDs in an integrated form; a photo-detecting unit that detects an intensity of light emitted from the plurality of LEDs using a photodetector, the photodetector being arranged inside, on a surface, or in the vicinity of the transparent resin layer; and a power supply circuit unit that controls driving of the plurality of LEDs based on a detection output from the photo-detecting unit. Here, the number of the photodetector is smaller than the number of the LEDs, and the photodetector detects an intensity of light emitted from the LEDs and propagated through the transparent resin layer.

Provided are photodiodes, image sensing devices and image sensors. An image sensing device includes a p-n junction photodiode having a metal pattern layer on an upper surface thereof. An image sensor includes the image sensing device and a micro-lens formed above the metal pattern layer. The metal pattern layer filters light having a first wavelength.

A light emitting assembly includes a metal substrate for dissipating heat from the assembly. The metal substrate includes an electrically insulating layer or coating on at least one side. Circuit traces are applied to the electrically insulating layer using either thick or thin film techniques. At least the ends of the circuit traces include a metallic section to which leads of light emitting elements are soldered or wire-bonded. A metallic section is provided adjacent the light emitting element to transfer heat to the underlying substrate and / or to reflect light from the element away from the substrate. A clear finish retards tarnishing of the reflecting metallic section.

Disclosed herein is a Light Emitting Diode (LED) lens for a backlight. The LED lens includes an LED light source, a lens body, and a beam shaping element. The lens body is configured such that the LED light source is accommodated in the lower portion thereof, and light emitted from the LED light source is radiated in vertical and lateral directions of the lens body. The beam shaping element is fastened to the top of the lens body and is configured to adjust light beams radiated through the upper surface of the lens body. Accordingly, the uniformity of luminance and color can be increased and, at the same time, the overall performance of the system can be improved.

A radiation detection apparatus of the present invention includes an optical detector disposed on a substrate and having a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements which convert light into an electrical signal, and a scintillator layer disposed on the optical detector and having a columnar crystal structure which converts radiation into light, wherein the concentration of an activator of the scintillator layer is higher at the radiation incident side opposite the optical detector and is lower at the optical detector side. The scintillator panel of the present invention includes the substrate and the scintillator layer disposed on the substrate, wherein the concentration of the activator of the scintillator layer is higher at the radiation incident side and is lower at the light emission side.

A lamp module is constructed of a light source part made of a semiconductor light emitting element, and an optical member for distributing light emitted from the light source part. The light source part includes a surface-emitting laser element in which plural light emission parts are parallel arranged on a surface, a mask which is disposed on a surface of the surface-emitting laser element and includes plural mask openings for exposing the light emission parts, and fluorescent substances with which the mask openings are filled. By forming the light source part in a monolithic configuration, an array pitch of the plural light emission parts can be decreased, a light source can be miniaturized and also a lamp can be further miniaturized.

An optical image capturing system, from an object side to an image side, comprises a first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh lens elements. At least one of the first through sixth lens elements has positive refractive power. The seventh lens has negative refractive power. Both of the image-side surface and the object-side surface of the seventh lens element are aspheric and at least one of the two surfaces has inflection points. The second through seventh lens elements of the optical image capturing system have refractive power. When specific conditions are satisfied, the optical image capturing can have a large aperture value and a better optical path adjusting ability, so as to improve imaging quality.

An inorganic light-emitting diode structure includes a transparent substrate and an inorganic semiconductor having a conduction layer and a light-emitting layer over and in contact with only a portion of the conduction layer. A first metal contact is in electrical contact with the conduction layer and a second metal contact is in electrical contact with a second contact portion of the light-emitting layer so that a current supplied between the first metal contact and the second metal contact through the inorganic semiconductor causes the light-emitting layer to emit light. A dielectric layer is located over at least a portion of the light-emitting layer and a reflective layer is located over at least a portion of the dielectric layer. The reflective layer encapsulates the light-emitting layer exclusive of the portion of the conduction layer in contact with the light-emitting layer.

An intraocular implant for implantation into the interior of an eye is disclosed. The intraocular implant includes a body member, the body member has an anterior surface and a posterior surface, and has optical properties, and, at least one mirror, wherein the at least one mirror is contained within the body member.

An illumination system for increasing a light signal from an object passing through a reflection cavity. The reflection cavity is defined by spaced-apart, opposed first and second surfaces disposed on opposite sides of a central volume. Preferably the first reflecting surface forms an acute angle with the second reflecting surface. A beam of light is directed into the reflection cavity so that light is reflected back and forth between the first and second surfaces a plurality of times, illuminating a different portion of the central volume with each pass until, having ranged over the central volume, the light exits the reflection cavity. The “recycling” of the light beam in this manner substantially improves the signal to noise ratio of a detection system used in conjunction with the reflection cavity by increasing an average illumination intensity in the central volume.

A solar cell includes a first electrode on a substrate; a plurality of pillars on the first electrode; a semiconductor layer on the first electrode, wherein a surface area of the semiconductor layer is greater than a surface area of the first electrode; and a second electrode over the semiconductor layer.

In an image sensor device, an insulating interlayer structure having an opening is formed on a semiconductor substrate on which a semiconductor device and a photodetector are formed. An electrically conductive pattern, e.g, copper, fills the opening. A diffusion preventing pattern is formed only on the electrically conductive pattern. A color filter and a lens are also provided in an optical path of the photodetector. The diffusion preventing pattern is not disposed in the optical path of the photodetector. Thus, the image sensor device having the copper pattern may be easily manufactured.

It is presented a method for controlling a light level of light emitting diodes, LEDs, comprised in a light sensor segment comprising a light sensor and a plurality of LEDs, the method comprising the steps of: turning on all LEDs in an LED segment, comprising at least one of the plurality of LEDs, detecting a light level associated with the LED segment, by detecting a light level using the light sensor, repeating the steps of turning on all LEDs in an LED segment and detecting a light level, until all of the plurality of LEDs are turned on, and for each LED of the plurality of LEDs, controlling a light intensity of the each LED of the plurality of LEDs, the intensity control depending on the detected light level associated with an LED segment containing the each LED of the plurality of LEDs. A corresponding light sensor array, backlight for a display system and liquid crystal display are also presented.

A topical ophthalmic composition comprised of povidone-iodine 0.01% to 10.0% combined with a steroid or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. This solution is useful in the treatment of active infections of at least one tissue of the eye (e.g., conjunctiva and cornea) from bacterial, mycobacterial, viral, fungal, or amoebic causes, as well as treatment to prevent such infections in appropriate clinical settings (e.g. corneal abrasion, postoperative prophylaxis, post-LASIK / LASEK prophylaxis). Additionally the solution is effective in the prevention of infection and inflammation in the post-operative ophthalmic patient.

A topical ophthalmic composition comprised of povidone-iodine 0.01% to 10.0% combined with a steroid or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. This solution is useful in the treatment of active infections of at least one tissue of the eye (e.g., conjunctiva and cornea) from bacterial, mycobacterial, viral, fungal, or amoebic causes, as well as treatment to prevent such infections in appropriate clinical settings (e.g. corneal abrasion, postoperative prophylaxis, post-LASIK / LASEK prophylaxis). Additionally the solution is effective in the prevention of infection and inflammation in the post-operative ophthalmic patient.

A light which can emit light continuously can be added to a cellular phone (1) while demands for reduction in size, weight, and thickness are being satisfied; by providing a cellular phone equipped with a camera (13) for taking a moving picture of a subject, with a lighting device (12) for illuminating a subject by means of a light-emitting diode, a switching device (21) for turning on a lighting device (12), a light distribution lens for condensing light radiated from the lighting device (12) toward the subject, and a transparent cover for protecting the light distribution lens on the subject side, which is the front side, of the lighting device (12).

Feed oil is subject to atmospheric distillation, to thereby be separated into light oil or light distillate and atmospheric residue oil. The light distillate is catalytically contacted with pressurized hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst, resulting in a first hydrotreating step being executed. In this instance, various fractions of the light distillate produced in the atmospheric distillation are subject to hydrotreating in a lump. The atmospheric residue oil is then separated into a light matter and a heavy matter. The light matter is subject to second hydrotreating in the presence of a catalyst to produce refined oil (light matter), which is mixed with refined oil produced in the first hydrotreating to prepare a mixture. The mixture is used as gas turbine fuel oil.

An illuminating device comprises a first light source in which LED chips are arranged in an array shape and a second light source in which LED chips are arranged in an array shape. The two light sources of each illuminating device are arranged such that the main light-emission optical axes of the light sources are perpendicular to each other. Moreover, a time-division switching mirror is provided at a crossing position between the main light-emission optical axes. The first light source and the second light source alternately emit pulses of light. The pulsed emission is a method of supplying a large amount of electric currents to the LED chips in a short time period, and a light-emitting amount increases compared to a steady-state emission of the LED chips. The time-division switching mirror becomes a transmitting state when the first light source is lighted, and becomes a reflecting state when the second light source is lighted.