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...that two musicians were responsible for the invention of color print film? Fascinated by photography, Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes worked together to produce an easy-to-use, practical color film. They worked full time as music teachers and gave concerts while experimenting during their off hours in Mannes' kitchen. Their success earned them full-time, well-paying jobs at Kodak and their efforts resulted in Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7940340 | Multilayer body with electrically controllable optically active systems of layers A multilayer body (1) having an optically active first layer system (10) is described, in which case the first layer system (10) is an optically variable device (OVD), and the optical effect of the first layer system (10) can be influence... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7929065 | Solar energy driven LCD hanging-brand for advertising A LCD hanging-brand using solar energy for advertising, which includes a transparent base, a transparent scaling cover, a PCB board, a picture layer, a LCD sheet, a solar sheet, LEDs, a storage battery and a metal coil. One or more color transparent films can be mou... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7898602 | Display apparatus On the display surface side of a DV display apparatus which performs image separation via a parallax barrier, a normally-white TN liquid crystal section is arranged such that a viewing angle direction heads toward the passenger seat. In a case where display is perfo... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7889283 | Liquid crystal display device appreciating room Provided is a liquid crystal display device appreciating room making it possible to prevent glare or external-image-projection on the basis of external light so that persons can watch the screen of a liquid crystal display device satisfactorily. The appreciating roo... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7800702 | Liquid crystal display device, liquid crystal cell, transparent substrate, and method of manufacturing liquid crystal cell To provide a liquid crystal display device capable of outputting a sound of a sufficiently large volume by use of a liquid crystal cell which displays an image. A liquid crystal display device includes a thin front glass substrate having an outer surface in which a ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7782408 | 3-D molecular assembly and its applications for molecular display and moletronics A three-dimensional molecular assembly and method of formation are provided. The molecular assembly is formed on a substrate. The molecular assembly comprises: a first monolayer of seed molecules for initiating self-assembled molecular growth, the first monolayer fo... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7742112 | Memory device, data recording method, and IC tag A memory device includes first electrodes, second electrodes, third electrodes, heaters, and memory cells between the first electrodes and the heaters. Each third electrode is provided on the heaters, and each second electrode is provided at a side portion of the he... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7738047 | Systems and methods of all-optical Fourier phase contrast imaging using dye doped liquid crystals Under one aspect, a phase contrast imaging system includes a coherent light source emitting a coherent beam directed toward a sample area; a lens arranged to collect at least part of the beam from the sample area; an element Fourier transforming the collected beam i... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7719620 | Heat curing device and method of fabricating liquid crystal display device using the same A heat curing device includes supports positioned in a chamber to support a substrate, the supports having sections, and protrusion structures formed on the sections of the supports to contact a dummy area of the substrate, wherein the supports may be rotated with r... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7453528 | Plasma display apparatus There is provided a plasma display apparatus capable of reducing the cost and complexity of fitting circuit boards to a chassis base. The plasma display apparatus comprises a plasma display panel (PDP), a chassis base having a first side attached to the PDP, the fir... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7442566 | Liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method for the same On a glass substrate, gate bus lines, data bus lines, and TFTs are formed. Then, on the substrate, an insulating film, covering the gate bus lines, data bus lines and TFTs, is formed, and a positive type photoresist film is further formed thereon. Next, through expo... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7427693 | Polar liquid crystal Compounds that are useful in compositions for flat panel displays, for example, are provided. The compounds provided are polar, and are useful in low threshold voltage mixtures. The compounds provided have the general structure: CpCOCH2[A] | 09/23/2008 |
| 7421375 | Organic electroluminescent device and driving method thereof The present invention relates to an organic electroluminescent device and a driving method thereof. The organic electroluminescent device according to the present invention comprises a plurality of scan lines in a first direction, a plurality of data lines in a seco... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7405793 | Discotic liquid crystal based electronic device using interdigit structure electrode The present invention relates to an electronic device, based on discotic liquid crystalline material, to methods of production of such a device, and to uses thereof. ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7390434 | Method and apparatus for producing film from polymer solution, and optical polymer film A dope containing cellulose acylate as a main content of polymer is cast on a front surface of a moving belt in a method of producing a film from a solution. A drying apparatus is confronted to a back surface of said belt to evaporate a solvent in the gel-like film.... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7372628 | Display screen A display screen for a projection device is disclosed, wherein the display screen includes a substantially rigid translucent backing structure, and a viewing surface disposed on the backing structure, wherein the viewing surface has a frosted appearance. The display... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7362407 | Method of fabricating liquid crystal display device Disclosed is a method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device including forming a UV-hardening sealant on at least one of the first and second substrates, dropping a liquid crystal on one of the first and second substrates, attaching the first and second subs... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359063 | Heterodyne array detector A method and apparatus for correcting an input beam (102) that uses an array of detectors (114) sensing a scanning fringe pattern to generate phase error information which can be corrected by a physically adjacent beam correction device such as an arra... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7347160 | Needle pointer type meter It is possible to eliminate the problem that a conductive part to a light source is subjected to stress by operation of a needle-pointer, thereby improving reliability. A needle-pointer type meter includes: an indicator plate having a first see-through portion and a... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7336094 | Carriage for liquid crystal module A plurality of individually retractable racks on which a single module is mounted on each rack is disposed on the upper and middle tiers of a portable carriage main body. Provided to the lower tier of the carriage main body are a operating panel for setting work con... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336244 | Optical device and three-dimensional display device An optical device includes a transparent material layer having a desired curved surface configuration, a layer including a variable refractive index material having a dielectric constant anisotropy, at least two transparent electrodes arranged to sandwich the transp... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336337 | Liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same A liquid crystal display device and a method of fabricating the same are disclosed in the present invention. The liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate having a thin film transistor array and a common line with a UV-ray irradiation path passing UV-... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7327135 | Testing apparatus and testing method using the same An exemplary testing apparatus (200) for testing electronic device (280) includes a workbench (210), a conveyance board (221) for supporting the electronic device to be tested and a testing device (270). The conveyance board is sli... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324182 | Object rotating mechanism using liquid crystal flow In a rotating mechanism including a pair of members 11 and 11 having opposed surfaces B which are opposed to each other and provided to be relatively movable in a state in which the opposed surfaces B are opposed to each other, a liquid crystal LC prov... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7317233 | Anchors for microelectromechanical systems having an SOI substrate, and method of fabricating same There are many inventions described and illustrated herein. In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a MEMS device, and technique of fabricating or manufacturing a MEMS device having mechanical structures and anchors to secure the mechanical structures to... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317876 | Medium access control for retro-reflectors A method, a device and a system for communications to and from a retro-reflector device (302) is provided. The retro-reflector device (302) receives a first frame (400) encoded in an input beam (106). The retro-reflector device (302 | 01/08/2008 |
| 7300167 | Adjustably opaque window An adjustably opaque window including an external pane, an internal pane, a light transmission control layer and a shock-absorbing layer is provided. The external pane and the internal pane provide a cavity between them, and the light transmission control layer and ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7290875 | Electro-active spectacles and method of fabricating same A composite lens assembly comprising an electro-active lens assembly, a first lens wafer, and a second lens wafer is provided. The electro-active lens assembly has an upper substrate layer with a planar upper surface and a lower substrate layer with a planar lower s... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7268535 | Hi-pot testing device with transfer table automatically connecting to testing signal generator An exemplary hi-pot testing device (2) includes a testing table (20), a transfer table (21) movably supported on the testing table and configured to support a product (200) to be tested, and a hi-pot testing signal generator (27) u... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264162 | Optical adjustment of working range and beam spot size in electro-optical readers Working range and laser beam cross-section are adjusted in an electro-optical reader for reading indicia by applying control voltages to a pair of variable lenses to change the shape of a liquid therein. An aperture stop maintains a constant beam cross-section as an... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7259802 | Liquid crystal panel, apparatus for inspecting the same, and method of fabricating liquid crystal display thereof A composite liquid crystal panel that interacts with an inspection station to simulate operating liquid crystal displays, and methods of fabricating and testing such liquid crystal panels. The composite liquid crystal panel enables the application of operating volta... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255811 | Tolane derivatives and liquid crystalline medium Tolane compounds of the formula I wherein R1, R2, L1, L2 and L3 are as defined herein, are described. Further described are liquid-crystalline media comprisi... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7255147 | Bonding device for fabricating liquid crystal display and substrate for fabricating liquid crystal display A bonding device for fabricating a liquid crystal display includes a vacuum chamber, an upper stage and a lower stage within the vacuum chamber, a stage moving system moving at least one of the upper and lower stages, a plurality of first observation holes formed th... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7250989 | Substrate bonding apparatus having alignment system with one end provided inside vacuum chamber for liquid crystal display device A substrate bonding apparatus for a liquid crystal display device includes a vacuum processing chamber, a lower stage provided in an interior of the vacuum chamber, an upper stage provided in the interior of the vacuum chamber and having at least one first through h... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7245347 | Variable aperture stop with no moving parts A variable aperture stop with no moving parts is disclosed. The aperture stop comprises a first region comprising a first optically transmissive medium, a second region comprising a second optically transmissive medium, and an electro-optical structure adapted to se... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7230416 | Inspecting apparatus for liquid crystal displays An inspecting apparatus (20, 40, 50, 60) for liquid crystal displays includes a base plate (21, 41), a connecting device (200, 400) mounted on the base plate, a working table (25, 45, 55, 65) supported on the connecting device, and an ele... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7230670 | Method for fabricating LCD A method for fabricating an LCD by liquid crystal dropping includes the steps of (a) loading a first substrate and a second substrate on a bonding chamber, (b) bonding the first and second substrates, (c) venting the bonding chamber for applying a pressure to the bo... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228157 | Display window of a mobile phone A display window of a mobile phone, which prevents a deposited layer from being exposed and being oxidized/corroded, thereby improving not only the quality of the display window but also the reliability on the mobile phone provided with the display window. The displ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7221514 | Variable lens and exposure system A lithography apparatus having variable lenses. ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7215418 | Inspection of transparent substrates for defects Methods, apparatus and systems for the detection of defects in transparent substrates such as glass sheets are disclosed. The methods, apparatus and systems are capable of detecting optical path length variations in transparent substrates smaller than 100 nm. ... | 05/08/2007 |
