912 results about "Light sensitivity" patented technology

An image sensor for capturing a color image is disclosed having a two-dimensional array having first and second groups of pixels wherein pixels from the first group of pixels have narrower spectral photoresponses than pixels from the second group of pixels and wherein the first group of pixels has individual pixels that have spectral photoresponses that correspond to a set of at least two colors. Further, the placement of the first and second groups of pixels defines a pattern that has a minimal repeating unit including at least twelve pixels. The minimal repeating unit has a plurality of cells wherein each cell has at least two pixels representing a specific color selected from the first group of pixels and a plurality of pixels selected from the second group of pixels arranged to permit the reproduction of a captured color image under different lighting conditions.

This invention provides an image capturing lens assembly, in order from an object side to an image side comprising: a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens element; a third lens element; a fourth lens element having at least one of an object-side surface and an image-side surface thereof being aspheric; a fifth lens element with positive refractive power having a convex image-side surface, at least one of an object-side surface and the image-side surface thereof being aspheric, and the fifth lens element is made of plastic; and a sixth lens element with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface, at least one of an object-side surface and the image-side surface thereof being aspheric, and the sixth lens element is made of plastic. By such arrangement, the photo-sensitivity and the total track length of the image capturing lens assembly can be reduced. Furthermore, the aberration and astigmatism of the assembly can be effectively corrected for obtaining higher image resolution.

A scanning camera with a rotating drum has one or more sensors characterized by a non-radial optical axis. With two sensors on opposite sides of the drum and facing in substantially the same direction, stereoscopic recording of a panorama is accomplished as the drum rotates. The adjustment of convergence between stereoscopic viewpoints is described that improves the viewing and interpretation of stereoscopic images. Rapid rotation of the scanning camera produces panoramic motion picture recording, with the final frame speed dependent on the sensitivity and speed of the sensor, the resolution desired, and the capabilities of the recording device. The preferred embodiment employs rotating fisheye lenses for a substantially full-sphere field of view. Additional sensors in the same arrangement are used to increase resolution and light sensitivity through multiplexed or additive recording of the image data. Recording image information using film, either internal or external to the camera drum, is also described as a cost-effective alternative to digital media storage.

LED calibration systems and related methods are disclosed that use the photo-sensitivity of LEDs to correct for variations between LEDs during initial production and over the lifetime of systems using LEDs. The disclosed systems and methods include methods to set the color or color temperature produced by a group of LEDs during the manufacturing of a device such as a lamp, an LED display, or an LCD backlight, and maintaining such color or color temperature over the operating life of such a device. The methods involve measuring the intensity and / or wavelength of light produced by each LED within a group of LEDs and adjusting an amount of light generated by the LEDs to produce precise color and intensity from the group of LEDs. Two methods that operate some of the LEDs in photovoltaic or photoconductive mode to measure the light intensity produced by other LEDs in the group are presented. The first method uses an additional light source as a reference and determines the light intensity emitted from each LED relative to such reference, while the second method determines the light intensity emitted from each LED relative to each other.

An image capturing lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side: the first lens element with positive refractive power, the second lens element with refractive power, the third lens element with positive refractive power, the fourth lens element with refractive power, the fifth lens element with refractive power, and the sixth lens element with refractive power, at least one surface of the sixth lens element thereof being aspheric and having at least one inflection point. By such arrangement, total track length and the photosensitivity of the image capturing lens assembly can also be effectively reduced while retaining high image quality.

An image sensor for capturing a color image is disclosed having a two-dimensional array having first and second groups of pixels, arranged in rows and columns, wherein pixels from the first group of pixels have narrower spectral photoresponses than pixels from the second group of pixels; and the placement of the first and second groups of pixels defining a pattern that has a minimal repeating unit including at least six pixels, so that at least some rows or columns of the minimal repeating unit are composed only of pixels from the second group and some rows or columns of the minimal repeating unit are composed only of pixels from the first group, wherein the rows or columns that are composed only of pixels from the first group are composed of at most two colors of pixels from the first group.

Display calibration systems and related methods are disclosed that use photo-sensitivity of LEDs to correct for variations between LEDs during initial production and over lifetime for display systems. The display devices include arrays of LEDs and use photo-sensitivity of the LEDs to correct for variations between LEDs. Such LED arrays can produce images directly as in LED billboards and sports arena scoreboards, and smaller Organic LED (OLED) displays, or can produce the backlight for LCD screens for instance. Variations in LED brightness and color can be compensated for in order for such a display to have uniform color and brightness. This compensation is performed in the embodiments disclosed by measuring the signal induced on each LED by uniform incident light as a measurement of the photo-sensitivity of the LEDs.

An image sensor array and method of fabrication wherein the sensor includes Copper (Cu) metallization levels allowing for incorporation of a thinner interlevel dielectric stack with improved thickness uniformity to result in a pixel array exhibiting increased light sensitivity. In the sensor array, each Cu metallization level includes a Cu metal wire structure formed at locations between each array pixel and, a barrier material layer is formed on top each Cu metal wire structure that traverses the pixel optical path. By implementing a single mask or self-aligned mask methodology, a single etch is conducted to completely remove the interlevel dielectric and barrier layers that traverse the optical path. The etched opening is then refilled with dielectric material. Prior to depositing the refill dielectric, a layer of either reflective or absorptive material is formed along the sidewalls of the etched opening to improve sensitivity of the pixels by either reflecting light to the underlying photodiode or by eliminating light reflections.

Nucleic acid vectors encoding light-gated cation-selective membrane channels, in particular channelrhodopsin-2 (Chop2), converted inner retinal neurons to photosensitive cells in photoreceptor-degenerated retina in an animal model. Such treatment restored visual perception and various aspects of vision. A method of restoring light sensitivity to a retina of a subject suffering from vision loss due to photoreceptor degeneration, as in retinitis pigmentosa or macular degeneration, is provided. The method comprises delivering to the subject by intravitreal or subretinal injection, the above nucleic acid vector which comprises an open reading frame encoding a rhodopsin, to which is operatively linked a promoter and transcriptional regulatory sequences, so that the nucleic acid is expressed in inner retinal neurons. These cells, normally light-insensitive, are converted to a light-sensitive state and transmit visual information to the brain, compensating for the loss, and leading to restoration of various visual capabilities.

An image capturing lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side: the first lens element with positive refractive power, the second lens element with refractive power, the third lens element with positive refractive power, the fourth lens element with refractive power, the fifth lens element with refractive power, and the sixth lens element with refractive power, at least one surface of the sixth lens element thereof being aspheric and having at least one inflection point. By such arrangement, total track length and the photosensitivity of the image capturing lens assembly can also be effectively reduced while retaining high image quality.

Solid state CMOS active pixel sensor devices having unit pixels that are structured to provide improved uniformity of pixel-to-pixel sensitivity across a pixel array without the need for an additional light shielding layer. For example, unit pixels with symmetrical layout patterns are formed whereby one or more lower-level BEOL metallization layers are designed operate as light shielding layers which are symmetrically patterned and arranged to balance the amount of incident light reaching the photosensitive regions.

A CMOS image sensor array and method of fabrication wherein the sensor includes Copper (Cu) metallization levels allowing for incorporation of a inner interlevel dielectric stack with improved thickness uniformity to result in a pixel array exhibiting increased light sensitivity. In the sensor array, each Cu metallization level includes a Cu metal wire structure formed at locations between each array pixel and, a barrier material layer is formed on top each Cu metal wire structure that traverses the pixel optical path. By implementing a single mask or self-aligned mask methodology, a single etch is conducted to completely remove the interlevel dielectric and barrier layers that traverse the optical path. The etched opening is then refilled with dielectric material. Prior to depositing the refill dielectric, a layer of either reflective or absorptive material is formed along the sidewalls of the etched opening to improve sensitivity of the pixels by either reflecting light to the underlying photodiode or by eliminating light reflections.

LED calibration systems and related methods are disclosed that use the photo-sensitivity of LEDs to correct for variations between LEDs during initial production and over the lifetime of systems using LEDs. The disclosed systems and methods include methods to set the color or color temperature produced by a group of LEDs during the manufacturing of a device such as a lamp, an LED display, or an LCD backlight, and maintaining such color or color temperature over the operating life of such a device. The methods involve measuring the intensity and / or wavelength of light produced by each LED within a group of LEDs and adjusting an amount of light generated by the LEDs to produce precise color and intensity from the group of LEDs. Two methods that operate some of the LEDs in photovoltaic or photoconductive mode to measure the light intensity produced by other LEDs in the group are presented. The first method uses an additional light source as a reference and determines the light intensity emitted from each LED relative to such reference, while the second method determines the light intensity emitted from each LED relative to each other.

A novel Bragg grating filter in optical waveguiding fiber with suppressed cladding mode coupling and method of producing same is disclosed. The novel grating structure is induced in both the core and the cladding of the optical fiber irrespective of the photosensitivity of the core or cladding to actinic radiation. Such core and cladding of the optical fiber need not be chemically doped to support the grating. The method incorporates an ultra short duration pulse laser source. Electromagnetic radiation provided from the laser propagates to a diffractive element positioned a specific distance to the target material such that the diffracted electromagnetic radiation forms a 2-beam interference pattern, the peaks of which are sufficiently intense to cause a change in index of refraction.

An image sensor for capturing a color image is disclosed having a two-dimensional array having first and second groups of pixels wherein pixels from the first group of pixels have narrower spectral photoresponses than pixels from the second group of pixels and wherein the first group of pixels has individual pixels that have spectral photoresponses that correspond to a set of at least two colors, with the placement of the first and second groups of pixels defining a pattern that has a minimal repeating unit including at least six pixels with at least some rows or columns of the minimal repeating unit composed only of pixels from the second group of pixels, and including ways to combine similarly positioned pixels from at least two adjacent minimal repeating units.

This invention provides an image capturing lens assembly, in order from an object side to an image side comprising: a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens element; a third lens element; a fourth lens element having at least one of an object-side surface and an image-side surface thereof being aspheric; a fifth lens element with positive refractive power having a convex image-side surface, at least one of an object-side surface and the image-side surface thereof being aspheric, and the fifth lens element is made of plastic; and a sixth lens element with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface, at least one of an object-side surface and the image-side surface thereof being aspheric, and the sixth lens element is made of plastic. By such arrangement, the photo-sensitivity and the total track length of the image capturing lens assembly can be reduced. Furthermore, the aberration and astigmatism of the assembly can be effectively corrected for obtaining higher image resolution.

Methods and compositions containing oxytocin or an oxytocin analog, specifically carbetocin, are provided for the prevention and treatment of autism spectrum disorders, related disorders and symptoms of such disorders. The methods and compositions of the invention are effective in the treatment of social withdrawal, eye contact avoidance, repetitive behaviors, anxiety, attention deficit, hyperactivity, depression, loss of speech, verbal communication difficulties, aversion to touch, visual difficulties, comprehension difficulties, and sound and light sensitivity. Additional compositions and methods are provided which employ oxytocin or an oxytocin analog in combination with a secondary or adjunctive therapeutic agent to yield more effective treatment tools against autism spectrum disorders and related disorders.

This invention provides an optical image capturing lens system comprising: a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens element; a third lens element; a fourth lens element; and a fifth lens element with negative refractive power, at least one of the object-side and image-side surfaces thereof being aspheric, and at least one inflection point is formed on at least one of the object-side and image-side surfaces thereof; wherein the system at least has one front stop and one rear stop; which are positioned between an imaged object and the third lens element as well as between the third lens element and the fifth lens element, respectively. By such arrangement, photosensitivity and total track length of the system can be reduced, and the aberration and astigmatism of the system can be effectively corrected. Moreover, the focusing performance thereof can be improved.

A multi-gate structure is used and a width (d1) of a high concentration impurity region sandwiched by two channel forming regions in a channel length direction is set to be shorter than a width (d2) of low concentration impurity regions in the channel length direction. Thus, a resistance of the entire semiconductor layer of a TFT which is in an on state is reduced to increase an on current. In addition, a carrier life time due to photoexcitation produced in the high concentration impurity region can be shortened to reduce light sensitivity.

Photo-thermo-refractive (PTR) glass is a multi-component silicate glass having photosensitivity in rear UV region. A novel process is disclosed for PTR glass sensitization to visible region by means of two-step illumination followed by thermal development. This disclosed process utilizes a first illumination at approximately 325 nm followed by a second illumination with radiation in the visible spectral region out of the region of original photosensitivity of the PTR glass which enables fabrication of complex holographic optical elements for visible region such as plane elements, lenses, curved mirrors, combinations of complex elements and optical correlators. The same process provides a positive increment of refractive index in the bulk of the PTR glass and, therefore, can be used for refractive optical elements recording, such as lenses and waveguides.

The invention discloses a method and a device for controlling exposure time. The exposure time is determined through detection on the jitter grade of a terminal and further in combination of a corresponding relationship between the jitter degree and the exposure time; the lower the jitter is, the longer the exposure time is; in other words, when the jitter degree of the terminal is lower, the terminal automatically enters a mode of image quality priority; and through the prolonging of the exposure time for the decrease of light sensitivity, namely an sensitivity ( ISO) value, the quality of photos is improved.

The invention provides a method and a device for improving an effect of a camera shooting in dark. The method comprises the following steps of: setting a maximum limit value of light sensitivity of a sensor of the camera; setting a lower limit threshold value of image brightness of a picture; judging whether the brightness of a viewed image is less than the lower limit threshold value of the image brightness; if not, entering into a normal photo mode; and if yes, entering into a darkness photo mode. According to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention, the ambient brightness is judged through the brightness of the viewed image, and if the ambient brightness is judged to be at a low light state, the light sensitivity of the sensor is adjusted to be the maximum limit value, an exposure time is adjusted, and the brightness of the photo can meet the required brightness, so that the effect of shooting in dark is improved, and the photo with higher brightness is obtained under the condition without changing the sensor of the camera.

The invention discloses an automobile drive simulation system based on a flexible transparent OLED and a control method of the automobile drive simulation system. According to the technologies of the automobile drive simulation system, display of basic vehicle information (including an automobile speed, an engine rotation speed, a cooling water temperature, a battery charge state and the like), augmented virtual reality navigation, pedestrian sensing, front vehicle anti-collision early warning, lane departure early warning, high-light-sensitivity night vision assisting, and vehicle-mounted communication display are involved. The devices of the automobile drive simulation system comprise a flexible transparent OLED display screen, a micro-processor, a camera, a sensor, a GPS chip, a laser millimeter-wave radar, a 3G network chip, a communication and electric power hardness and the like. The automobile drive simulation system is placed on a windshield in front of a driver, can effectively overcome the defects that an automobile head up display system is large in size and contains a small amount of display information and the like, effectively avoids the potential safety hazards which may be caused when the driver checks a central display screen and diverts attention, enables information to be more visual and easier to read, achieves stronger feeling of reality, provides more abundant information and is lower in energy consumption.

A color filter to increase the low light sensitivity of an image sensor. The color filter has two narrow band color filters and one wide band filter. Also disclosed is a unique way of processing a tri-stimulus signal to dynamically adjust color contrast depending on the illumination conditions.

A scanning camera with a rotating drum has one or more sensors characterized by a non-radial optical axis. With two sensors on opposite sides of the drum and facing in substantially the same direction, stereoscopic recording of a panorama is accomplished as the drum rotates. The adjustment of convergence between stereoscopic viewpoints is described that improves the viewing and interpretation of stereoscopic images. Rapid rotation of the scanning camera produces panoramic motion picture recording, with the final frame speed dependent on the sensitivity and speed of the sensor, the resolution desired, and the capabilities of the recording device. The preferred embodiment employs rotating fisheye lenses for a substantially full-sphere field of view. Additional sensors in the same arrangement are used to increase resolution and light sensitivity through multiplexed or additive recording of the image data. Recording image information using film, either internal or external to the camera drum, is also described as a cost-effective alternative to digital media storage.

An imager having color sensitivity in any lighting condition is provided by replacing at least one of the green color filtered pixels in a Bayer pattern array with an non-color filtered pixel and providing a different integration period for each color channel. When replacing a color filtered pixel with a non-color filtered pixel, the benefits of both color sensitivity and light sensitivity may be harnessed by providing the color filtered pixels with a longer integration period than the non-color filtered pixels. Color information may be interpolated by performing subtraction logic using non-color and color filter information from adjacent pixels in back-end processing. Integration times for each color channel can be adapted to minimize filter transmission and sensor absorption differences within each frame of data. Temporal displacement of colors of moving objects by having different integration periods may be corrected in back-end processing. Back-end processing may also correct motion blur.

The invention relates to an application of a carbazole oxime ester compound serving as a photoinitiator in a photopolymerisable acrylate composition, the photopolymerisable acrylate composition containing the carbazole oxime ester compound and an application thereof. The composition presents excellent suitability by the combination of the specific photoinitiator and specific photopolymerisable acrylate monomer, and has high storage stability, higher light sensitivity in a short wave position, and excellent dissolvability performance; and when the composition is polymerized, the composition has the advantages of fast solidification speed, little pollution, energy conservation, high exposal efficiency and small exposal dosage, meanwhile, the solidified image pattern is fine and complete without defect and scum, and the membrane has good hardness.

A method of creating a region of index change in a photopolymer includes providing a photopolymer having a photosensitivity to light of a particular wavelength and creating a region of index change in the photopolymer by applying direct write lithography to expose the photopolymer of the region to light that includes the particular wavelength.

Disclosed is a composition of a negative-type photosensitive polyimide which is solvent soluble, which is excellent in adhesiveness, heat resistance, mechanical properties and in flexibility, which shows characteristics of alkali-soluble highly sensitive negative-type photoresist upon irradiation with light, The composition according to the present invention comprises a photo radical initiator and a solvent-soluble polyimide which shows negative-type photosensitivity in the presence of the photo radical initiator.

The invention discloses liquid photosensitive imaging alkali developing electric resistance welding ink and production method. The ink comprises alkali solulbility photosensitive resin 30-50 %, heat-proof novolac epoxy 5-20 %, firming agent 0.3-1.2 %, firming accelerant 0.1-0.3 %, active diluent 5-15 %, solvent 5-15 %, photo-initiation agent 3-9 %, auxiliary agent 1-3 %, pigment 0.5-0.8 %, brasque 15-30 %; When it is produced, the alkali solulbility photosensitive resin is weighted by mass percent and dispersed evenly by dispersion machine, it is abraded to that fineness is smaller than 15 mum, the viscosity is adjusted by solvent to 50-80ps(25DEG C), the liquid photosensitive imaging alkali developing electric resistance welding ink in the invention is obtained. The operational charactisteric of the invention is simple, development is quick, and the ink also possesses characteristics that heat-proof quality is good; construction is convenient, adhesive force achieves first class; solidness is bigger than 4H.