Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Mitsutoshi Kuno

Masahiko Enari

Shinichi Yamashita

Shuzo Kaneko

Hideo Kanno

Takahiro Oguchi

Tsutomu Toyono

Atsushi Mizutome

Shunichi Uzawa

Akihiko Yamano

Akira Fujii

Eigo Kawakami

Yoshiyuki Osada

Osamu Sagano

Takao Kariya

Kazunori Iwamoto

Shuji Aoki

Koji Uda

Satoshi Omata

Hitoshi Shindo

Mitsuji Marumo

Katsumi Nakagawa

Hiroshi Inoue

Toshiyuki Komatsu

Akihiro Mouri

Kunitaka Ozawa

Tohru Takahashi

Isamu Shimoda

Tadashi Yamamoto

Nobutoshi Mizusawa

Noritaka Mochizuki

Hiroyuki Kitayama

Masaki Fukaya

Yuji Chiba

Noritake Suzuki

Seishiro Yoshioka

Hidehiko Fujioka

Atsushi Kitaoka

Takeshi Yamatoda

A miss landing measure on a face plate of electrons emitted from electron-emitting devices by the warping of a rear plate and the face plate accompanying heat processes, such as seal bonding, is provided. Initial velocity vectors of electrons emitted from an electron-emitting area of an electron-emitting device formed on the rear plate has a distributed tendency according to an in-plane distribution of normal line directions of the rear plate so that the electrons emitted from each of the plurality of electron-emitting devices may irradiate each of the plurality of light emitting portions, corresponding to each of the electron-emitting devices, formed on the face plate.

Compensation of warping in display apparatus substrate

There is provided a characteristic adjustment method for an image forming apparatus that is provided with a multi-electron source in which a plurality of electron-emitting devices are electrically connected by wiring and arranged on a substrate and a fluorescent member for emitting light by irradiation of an electron beam, the method including: a measurement step of dividing a display portion of the image forming apparatus into a plurality of areas and measuring light emitting characteristics of at least one or more of the electron-emitting devices in the respective divided areas, and a shifting step of shifting the light emitting characteristics of the electron-emitting devices in the divided areas to individual characteristic target values by applying a characteristic shift voltage to the electron-emitting devices.

Characteristics adjustment method of image forming apparatus, manufacturing method of image forming apparatus and characteristics adjustment apparatus of image forming apparatus

An image display apparatus includes a display panel having an electron source, an acceleration electrode for accelerating electrons emitted from the electron source and phosphors for emitting light by collision of electrons accelerated by the acceleration electrode, and a detector for detecting a current flowing through the acceleration electrode during a non-display period. In addition, a controller is provided to decrease the luminance level, stop display driving or transmit warning information when the current detected becomes more than a predetermined value.

Image display apparatus and control method thereof

This invention discloses an electron source manufacturing method including the step of applying a voltage to a plurality of conductive members by applying a potential to first portions of the plurality of conductive members serving as at least part of electron-emitting devices via a wiring commonly connected to the plurality of conductive members, and applying a potential to second portions of the plurality of conductive members, wherein the potential applied to the second portions of the plurality of conductive members is set to relax the difference in voltage applied to the plurality of conductive members owing to the difference between potentials at portions respectively connected to the first portions of the plurality of conductive members in the wiring commonly connected to the plurality of conductive members.

Method and apparatus for manufacturing electron source, and method manufacturing image forming apparatus

A method of controlling a conveying device having a gripping hand for gripping an article to be conveyed and a conveying mechanism for conveying the gripping hand, wherein a pressing force applied to the gripping hand through the article being conveyed is detected and the conveying operation of the conveying mechanism is stopped when the pressing force exceeds a predetermined force.

Substrate conveying device and method of controlling the same

A substrate conveying system includes an attracting device for attracting a substrate with reduced pressure, a moving device for relatively moving the substrate relative to the attracting device, and a detecting device for detecting the pressure of the attracting device during the relative movement of the substrate to thereby obtain positional information related to the substrate.

Substrate conveying system

A substrate holding system includes a holding mechanism for holding a substrate through vacuum attraction, a vacuum evacuating device for supplying a vacuum to the holding mechanism, a first voltage source for supplying electric power to the vacuum evacuating device, a second voltage source, separate from the first voltage source, for supplying electric power to the vacuum evacuating device, and a controller for energizing the vacuum evacuating device at a higher evacuation capacity level, when the first voltage source is in operable order, and for energizing the vacuum evacuating device at a lower evacuation capacity level, when the second voltage source supplies electric power to the vacuum evacuating device, and the first voltage source is not in operable order.

Substrate holding system and exposure apparatus having the same

A method of transferring a substrate between a stage for holding a substrate thereon and a conveying hand for conveying the substrate is disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes the steps of: moving the conveying hand having the substrate held thereon to a stage attraction starting position; starting attraction, through the stage, of the substrate held by the conveying hand; moving the conveying hand to a transfer position on a side of an attracting surface of the stage remote from the stage attraction starting position; and releasing the attraction of the substrate through the conveying hand.

Substrate transfer method

A conveying apparatus includes a plurality of position limiting devices provided along the direction of conveyance and a selecting device operable to select one of or those of the plurality of position limiting devices which are effective in view of a target position, before a start of conveyance. The selecting device is further operable to select, again, one of or those of the plurality of position limiting devices which are effective in view of the current position of an article being conveyed, after a start of conveyance.

Conveying apparatus and method of controlling the same

An optical modulation device, such as a ferroelectric liquid crystal device, comprises a matrix of pixels arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, pixels on each row being electrically connected to a scanning electrode and pixels on each column being electrically connected to a signal electrode. The optical modulation device is driven by a method comprising, in a scanning selection period applying a scanning selection signal to a selected scanning electrode, the scanning selection signal comprising plural voltage levels including a maximum value .vertline.Vs.max.vertline. in terms of an absolute value with respect to the voltage level of a non-selected scanning electrode, and applying in phase with the scanning selection signal a voltage signal comprising plural voltage levels to a signal electrode so as to apply to a pixel on the selected scanning electrode plural pulse voltages including a maximum value voltage .vertline.Vmax.vertline. and a minimum pulse voltage .vertline.Vmin.vertline. respectively in terms of an absolute value, satisfying the relationship of:

Method and apparatus for driving ferroelectric liquid crystal optical

An active matrix type display panel comprising a first base plate, a second base plate, and a liquid crystal disposed therebetween. The first base plate has thin film transistors formed thereon in the form of a matrix. The second base plate has a counter electrode formed thereon. The source of the thin film transistor are connected to information signal input electrodes which form counter electrodes of capacitive elements for sampling-and-holding information signals.

Active matrix-type display panel

A driving system is disclosed, wherein a potential gradient is formed in a pixel and is utilized for driving. Particularly, there is disclosed an optical modulation apparatus, comprising: a first substrate having thereon a conductor film, and a plurality of transmission lines disposed electrically connected to the conductor film; a second substrate; an optical modulation material disposed between the first and second substrate; and means for supplying a pair of electric signals in mutually opposite transmission directions to neighboring transmission lines among the plurality of transmission lines.

Optical modulation apparatus using ferroelectric liquid crystal and

An optical modulation device comprises a first substrate having thereon a first conductor film, a second substrate having thereon a second conductor film disposed opposite to the first conductor film, and an optical modulation material disposed between the first and second substrates. The optical modulation device is driven by forming a potential gradient along the extension of the first conductor film or both the first and second conductor films, and applying an information signal to the first or second conductor film.

Ferroelectric liquid crystal optical modulation device and driving

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Mitsutoshi Kuno