Optical: systems and elements inventions 12/06

20060291019 - System and method for holographic optic trap bonding: A system and method for bonding and unbonding of small objects using small adhesive particles. The system and method includes the use of a plurality of optical tweezers to manipulate objects to be bonded and adhesive particles suspended in a fluid. The objects to be bonded (or unbonded) and the... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20060291020 - Illumination device and method using adaptable source and output format: Systems and methods for providing illumination suitable for imaging devices such as laser projection systems, wherein the illumination pattern is adjustable by modifying one or more characteristics of a controlled angle diffuser. In one embodiment, a highly collimated (e.g., laser light) beam is passed through a holographic diffuser to create... Agent: Law Offices Of Mark L. Berrier

20060291024 - In-line holographic mask for micromachining: A method of patterning a workpiece comprises providing a source of illumination, a workpiece, a holographic mask and an optical element. The optical element is positioned in the optical path between the source of illumination and the workpiece. The holographic mask is positioned in the optical path between between the... Agent: James Marc Leas

20060291023 - Operational mode performance of a holographic memory system: Aspects of the present invention are generally directed to a holographic system. Generally, aspects of the present invention are directed to allocating power of a light beam generated by a coherent light source among the various discrete light beams used in a holographic system. Specifically, a variable optical divider is... Agent: Jagtiani + Guttag

20060291022 - Optical delay line in holographic drive: The present invention relates to a system comprising a holographic data storage drive that records holographic digital data in a holographic recording medium, and which comprises: a data beam path having a first optical path length; and a reference beam path having a second optical path length; wherein one of... Agent: Jagtiani + Guttag

20060291021 - Optical device, and virtual image display: There is provided an optical device including an optical waveguide upon which a group of parallel light beams different in traveling direction from each other are incident and from which the group of parallel light beams go out after propagated by repeated total reflection through it. The optical waveguide includes... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20060291025 - Light scanning unit and image forming apparatus having the same: A laser scanning unit and a light source unit employed in the same are provided. The laser scanning unit forms a linear latent image by scanning a light beam onto a photoreceptor. The laser scanning unit includes a light source generating and radiating a light beam. An aperture substrate faces... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20060291027 - Image display apparatus: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to an image display apparatus which displays an image on a surface to be scanned and includes a light source configured to emit a light beam modulated on the basis of image information, a scanner configured to scan the surface to be scanned... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20060291026 - Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus: Even number of reflection mirrors reflecting a light beam in the sub-scanning direction is disposed on an optical path from a deflecting reflection surface of an optical deflector to a corresponding surface to be scanned, for a light beam that is incident on the deflecting reflection surface from one side... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060291028 - Laser scanning unit for splitting multiple light beams in a tandem image forming apparatus: A laser scanning unit for an image forming apparatus includes a light source for producing and projecting light beams, a polygon mirror for deflecting the light beams, a beam splitter for splitting the light beams deflected by the polygon mirror, and an image forming lens arrangement for compensating for aberration... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20060291029 - Post passivation structure for a semiconductor device and packaging process for same: A post passivation rerouting support structure comprises a relatively thin support layer above the passivation layer to support the RDL, and a relatively thick support layer for fine pitch interconnects extending from the RDL and terminating as contact structures at the surface of the thick support layer, for a next... Agent: Liu & Liu

20060291030 - Light control device and method for producing the same: A light control device 10 according to the present invention comprises a plurality of optical elements 3 between two transparent plates 1, 2, in each of which a pair of transparent substrates 31, 32 with transparent electrodes 33, 34 are located so as to face each other and a light... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060291031 - Arrangement of aperture diaphragms and/or filters, with changeable characteristics for optical devices: An arrangement making use of two-dimensional arrays consisting of individually controllable elements, for forming aperture diaphragms in the beam paths of optical devices. In an arrangement of diaphragm apertures and/or filters, in which the form, position and/or optical characteristics can be changed, for use in optical devices, at least one... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20060291032 - Driving method of an electrophoretic display with high frame rate and low peak power consumption: An image is updated on a bi-stable display (310) such as an electrophoretic display by applying a drive waveform (900,920,940, 960; 1000, 1020,1040, 1060; 1100, 1120, 1140, 1160; 1220, 1240, 1260) with a compensating impulse (C) to at least one pixel (2) in the display. An energy of the compensating... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20060291034 - Edge seals for, and processes for assembly of, electro-optic displays: An electro-optic display comprises a backplane; a layer of electro-optic material disposed adjacent the backplane; a protective layer; and a sealing layer of a metal or a ceramic extending between the backplane and the protective layer, and thus sealing the layer of electro-optic material from the outside environment.... Agent: David J Cole E Ink Corporation

20060291033 - Novel two-particle electrophoretic ink for microencapsulated flexible electronic display: Exemplary electrophoretic ink capsules for electrophoretic displays, and methods for making the exemplary electrophoretic ink capsules are disclosed. In various embodiments, the electrophoretic ink capsules can include triboelectrically charged electrophoretic particles having higher electrical conductivity than conventionally charged electrophoretic particles allowing fabrication of electrophoretic displays with lower switching fields and... Agent: Portfoliolp

20060291035 - Process for producing three-dimensional structure: A process for producing a periodic structure comprises the steps of preparing a working object which changes a property thereof by photoreaction caused by an exciting energy, generating a light having a photonic energy of intensity of one fraction of natural number divisions of the exciting energy by each of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20060291036 - Optical amplifier and optical fiber: An optical amplifier that improves the quality of WDM transmission by reducing four-wave mixing. An optical fiber has positive chromatic dispersion in a signal band and is used as an optical amplification medium for amplifying a wavelength division multiplex signal. An excitation section inputs excitation light to the optical fiber.... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20060291037 - Multi-band hybrid soa-raman amplifier for cwdm: A multi-band hybrid amplifier is disclosed for use in optical fiber systems. The amplifier uses Raman laser pumps and semiconductor optical amplifiers in series to produce a relatively level gain across the frequency range of interest. Multiple Raman pumps are multiplexed before coupling into the fiber. The Raman amplified optical... Agent: At&t Corp.

20060291038 - Optical wavelength converter: An optical wavelength converter includes: a first branch passage and a second branch passage receiving direct current light, one of the first branch passage and the second branch passage receiving input signal light; wavelength converting semiconductor optical amplifiers inserted into the first branch passage and the second branch passage, respectively;... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20060291039 - Laser condensing optical system: A laser condensing optical system of the present invention includes a laser beam source which emits a laser beam, a condensing optical system arranged between the laser beam source and a medium, the condensing optical system condensing the laser beam in the medium and recondensing light from a condensing point,... Agent: Thomas Spinelli Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20060291041 - Microscope immersion fluid applicator: A microscope fluid applicator includes an immersion fluid reservoir for storing immersion fluid and an applicator tip coupled to the immersion fluid reservoir. The microscope fluid applicator is releasably engaged to a moveable turret on a microscope. The microscope fluid applicator may be secured to an objective lens port on... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group LLP

20060291040 - Microscope system and image production method: A microscope system and an image production method utilizing a microscope having one or more setting elements for modifying at least one microscope setting, and a camera for acquiring a microscope image, which camera is operable in predeterminable image modes. At least one of the setting elements of the microscope... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20060291042 - Optical scanning zoom microscope with high magnification and a large field of view: The computer-controlled optical scanning high magnification microscope imaging system with a large field of view disclosed herein overcomes a previous inability to achieve simultaneous high magnification and large field of view in microscopes. The subject imaging system includes galvanometer scanners, a CCD camera and high brightness LED sources at different... Agent: Lackenbach Siegel, LLP

20060291043 - Interference microscope, and method for operating an interference microscope: The present invention concerns an interference microscope and a method for operating an interference microscope, in particular a 4π microscope, standing wave field microscope, or I2M, I3M, or I5M microscope, at least one specimen support unit associated with the specimen being provided. For determination of the phase position of the... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20060291044 - Surgical microscope: There is provided a surgical microscope having a horizontal movement arm portion which moves a microscope portion in a substantially horizontal direction, and a vertical movement arm portion which moves the microscope portion in a substantially vertical direction. A first elastic force generation mechanism connected with a base bottom portion... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20060291045 - Operating microscope: An operating microscope includes a base set on a floor surface, a post held for rotation around a vertical rotation axis with respect to the base, a horizontal motion arm held for rotation around a first horizontal rotation axis with respect to the post, a vertical motion arm held for... Agent: Ostrolenk, Faber, Gerb & Soffen, LLP

20060291046 - Light scanning apparatus and imaging apparatus: In a light scanning apparatus including an optical system including a beam deflection means therein and a one-dimensional light modulation device, the one-dimensional light modulation device is disposed on the object side of the optical system, and the beam deflection means is disposed at a diaphragm position. In the optical... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20060291047 - Focal device for a telescope: A focal device for a telescope includes an eyepiece tube, a main body, a fixing washer, a direction restricting member, a focus adjusting ring, a focus adjusting tube, an eyepiece, an eyepiece clamping member and a tightening ring. The eyepiece-clamping member is fixed with the eyepiece and with the focus... Agent: Paul Kuo

20060291048 - Multi-axis imaging system with single-axis relay: A single-axis optical system is introduced in the imaging channel of an array microscope in order to relay the image of the sample object onto a detector placed apart from the array. Because of the relatively large size of the single-axis system, sufficient space is available to provide simultaneous epi-illumination... Agent: Antonio R. Durando

20060291049 - Screen: In embodiments, a screen configured to change states is disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20060291050 - Screen for projection-type 3d image and projection system having the same: A screen and a projection system for producing a projection-type 3D image. The screen separates an image projected from a projector into fields for realizing a 3D image, and includes a birefringence device changing a refractive index according to a polarization direction of an incident beam and a lenticular lens... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060291051 - Three-dimensional display device: A three-dimensional image display device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the device uses a curved transmissive screen and reflectors to minimize the space associated with the device when increasing the size of the three-dimensional image. By placing a physically driven background screen over the projected image and screen, excessively diffused... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20060291052 - Autostereoscopic display with increased sharpness for non-primary viewing zones: A method and system for providing increased sharpness in non-primary viewing zones of an autostereoscopic display system is provided. The design comprises a lenticular screen arranged in juxtaposition with a front surface of an electronic display. An improvement to the design is provided, the improvement comprising fixing a distance between... Agent: Smyrski Law Group, A Professional Corporation

20060291053 - Achromatic polarization switches: An achromatic polarization switch (APS) acts on linear polarized light to provide orthogonal polarized output states over a range of visible wavelengths. In a first switching state, the APS is operable to pass light of a first polarization state therethrough. In a second switching state, the APS is operable to... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20060291054 - Method for manufacturing polarizing plate polarizing plate optical film and image viewing display: A method for manufacturing a polarizing plate in which a transparent protective film is provided on at least one surface of a polarizer with an adhesive layer interposed therebetween, wherein an adhesive is coated on a surface of the transparent protective film on which the adhesive layer is formed or/and... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20060291055 - Diffuse multilayer optical article: The disclosure describes an optical article having a reflective polarizer, a light diffusing layer, and an adhesive layer disposed between the reflective polarizer and the light diffusing layer. The adhesive layer bonds the reflective polarizer and the light diffusing layer together. The adhesive includes a (meth)acrylate monomer and a reinforcing... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20060291056 - Solid-state imaging device: By making an aperture 13a to which light of an R (Red) component enters larger than other apertures (apertures 12a, 14a, and 15a), an attenuation ratio of light of the R component can be reduced when compared with the case where each aperture has a same size. Therefore, deterioration in... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20060291057 - Polarization-modulating optical element: The invention relates to a projection system, comprising a radiation source, an illumination system operable to illuminate a structured mask, and a projection objective for projecting an image of the mask structure onto a light-sensitive substrate, wherein said projection system comprises an optical system comprising an optical axis or a... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20060291058 - Wavefront coded imaging systems: An infrared imaging system for imaging infrared radiation from an object onto a detector includes optics configured for producing, with the infrared radiation, transverse ray intercept curves that are substantially straight, sloped lines. A wavefront coding element is configured such that a modulation transfer function of the optics and wavefront... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20060291059 - Gap monitor arrangement: Monitoring of clearance gaps between a rotating component and a surrounding cowling surface is difficult in view of the general packaging constraints. Furthermore, when such operation occurs at high temperature there may be distortion in view of natural expansion and contraction over thermal gradients of the monitoring arrangement. By provision... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20060291060 - Optical element and exposure apparatus: An optical element is used for an exposure apparatus which is configured to illuminate a mask with an exposure light beam for transferring a pattern on the mask onto a substrate through a projection optical system and to interpose a given liquid in a space between a surface of the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20060291061 - Optical filter, method of manufacturing optical filter, optical system, and imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus comprises an optical system including a plurality of optical elements having finite refractive power and an electronic imaging device disposed at an image side of the optical system. At least one of the plurality of optical elements is made of resin, and an infrared-cut coating is applied... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20060291062 - Collector with fastening devices for fastening mirror shells: There is provided a projection exposure system operable in a scanning mode along a scanning direction. The projection exposure system includes a collector that receives light having a wavelength 193 nm and illuminates a region in a plane. The plane is defined by a local coordinate system having a y-direction... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20060291063 - Mirror angle control system: Conventional mirror angle control systems require a detection mirror separate from a deflection mirror. Depending on the accuracy with which these mirrors are fitted relative to each other, in products incorporating such control systems, degraded control accuracy may result. Moreover, a separate light source is needed for shining laser light... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20060291065 - Method of manufacturing optical sheet, optical sheet, backlight unit, display device, and electronic apparatus: A method of manufacturing an optical sheet provided with a plurality of microlenses on a surface of a base sheet, includes the step of applying a plurality of hemispherical liquid materials of the microlenses on the surface of the base sheet, the step of setting the base sheet in a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20060291064 - Optical film with array of microstructures and the light source apparatus utilizing the same: The present invention discloses an optical film with array of microstructures, having a first optical surface and a second optical surface for receiving an incident light. The optical film comprises at least a transparent microstructure formed on the first optical surface, wherein the microstructure further comprises: a first side for... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20060291066 - Display device for vehicles: A display device (display unit) for vehicles has a display element emitting display light. It has a reflecting member (reflecting mirror) for reflecting the display light. It has a drive means for angularly moving the reflecting member at a first speed at ordinary times or at a second speed greater... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20060291067 - Method for making collimating or transflecting film having a reflective layer: A method for manufacturing a collimating device is disclosed herein. In one embodiment the method includes a step of constructing a reflective layer. After the reflective layer is constructed, a step of constructing an optical element layer follows, including a step of forming an array of microstructures in the optical... Agent: Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP Attn:IPDepartment Docket Clerk

20060291068 - Eyepiece unit for endoscopes: The invention relates to an eyepiece unit with an eyepiece mounted in an eyepiece frame and with a coupling element for inserting the eyepiece frame. According to a first embodiment, the eyepiece is mounted so that it can slide axially in the eyepiece frame and can be fixed so that... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20060291069 - Zoom optical system: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a zoom optical system which includes a plurality of variable power optical units of which optical power varies accompanied by variable power, a fixed optical unit of which optical power does not vary accompanied by variable power, and a moving optical unit... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20060291070 - Variable magnification optical system: A variable magnification optical system for forming an optical image of an object on a light-receiving surface of an image sensor with variable magnification includes: from the object side, at least a first lens unit having a positive optical power, a second lens unit having a negative optical power, a... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20060291071 - Zoom lens and image pickup: A zoom lens is disclosed which is superior in reduction of the lens diameter and can suppress degradation in performance while a high zoom ratio is achieved. The zoom lens is formed as a zoom lens of a four-group configuration having positive, negative, positive and positive groups. The second and... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20060291072 - Zoom lens system and image-taking apparatus having the same: A zoom lens system is disclosed, comprising, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit with a positive refractive power, a second lens unit with a negative refractive power, a third lens unit with a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens unit with... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20060291073 - An imaging device having a rotatable optical element: An imaging device includes a rotatable optical element rotated stepwise only in a forward direction to produce a specific photographic effect; a manual operation device which selectively generates a forward rotation signal indicating a number of angular steps of the rotatable optical element, and a reverse rotation signal indicating a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20060291074 - Optical assembly with a lens magnification-adjusting function: An optical assembly includes a barrel including a slot, a lens installed inside the barrel for magnifying an image, a magnification-adjusting mechanism installed outside and around the barrel including an adjusting loop installed outside the barrel in a rotatable manner including a groove on a side facing the barrel, and... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20060291075 - An imaging device having a polarizing filter, and a method of controlling rotation of a polarizing filter of an imaging device: An imaging device includes a photographing optical system including an image pick-up device; a memory for storing object brightness data obtained via the image pick-up device; a polarizing filter which varies a polarized state of light incident on the image pick-up device in accordance with a rotational angle thereof; and... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20060291076 - Method of fixing optical member and optical unit: In a method of fixing an optical member for fixing the optical member to a supporting member, an intermediate member that is fused upon irradiation light is disposed between the optical member and the supporting member. By irradiating the light that is transmitted through the optical member onto the intermediate... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20060291078 - Lens barrel and image pickup apparatus: A lens barrel and an imaging apparatus are provided that can definitely detect the positions of a plurality of lens groups, do not require high accuracy components, has a high reliability, and is inexpensive. In a lens barrel provided with imaging optical systems with two or more lens groups and... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20060291077 - Optical element holder and projection exposure apparatus having the same: In an optical member holder and a projection exposure apparatus having the same, a light beam radiated from a light source may be formed into light having a desired shape by selecting one of a plurality of optical elements. An optical element holder may include a support member to support... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20060291079 - Electric light fixture: A light fixture has an elongated housing having a floor and side walls defining a transversely open and longitudinally extending outlet and a light source extending longitudinally in the housing. A U-section asymmetrical primary reflector extending longitudinally in the housing between the source and the floor is oriented to reflect... Agent: The Firm Of Karl F Ross

20060291080 - Vibration type tilting device: A tilting device for repeatedly tilting light reflected from a micro-mirror panel is disclosed. A vibration type tilting device, comprising a mirror positioned on a light path which reflects light transmitted from a digital micro-mirror panel, a mirror holder having the mirror joined to a side thereof, a coil joined... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20060291081 - Method for controlling attenuation of an optical element: A method for controlling the attenuation of an optical element. A base material, such as a resin, is selected from which to fabricate the optical element. The base material has an intrinsic attenuation or intrinsic absorption spectrum. A predetermined concentration of a first type of dye molecule is then added... Agent: Avago Technologies, Ltd.

20060285184 - Covert security coating: A multilayer thin film filter is disclosed an organic dielectric layer serving as a spacer layer in a Fabry-Perot structure. The dielectric has embossed regions of varying thicknesses wherein the thickness within a region is substantially uniform. Each different region of a different thickness produces a different color (shift). The... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20060285185 - Backlight unit for flat panel display and flat panel display apparatus having the same: A backlight unit for a flat panel display and a flat panel display apparatus having the same. The backlight unit for a flat panel display displaying a predetermined image includes: a light source which emits light; a light guide panel having an incident surface facing the light source and which... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060285186 - Dot position correcting apparatus, optical scanning apparatus, imaging apparatus, and color imaging apparatus: An optical scanning apparatus is disclosed that includes a light source unit having plural main light sources that are two-dimensionally arranged in the main scanning direction and the sub scanning direction, and plural sub light sources that are arranged between rows of the main light sources aligned in the main... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060285187 - Optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus: A light source which is a surface emitting laser including a plurality of apertures that correspond to light emitting regions arranged in a two-dimensional array and limit the regions, and a scanning optical system satisfies conditions of Dm·|βm|<ωm and Ds·|βs|<ωs, where Dm is a width of each of the apertures... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060285188 - Laser scanning device: A laser scanning device includes a device body, and a rotating polygonal mirror rotatably mounted in the device body and deflecting light projected from a light source. A cover member is mounted in the device body to cover the rotating polygonal mirror. The cover member has a slit for transmitting... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20060285189 - Amplified bimorph scanning mirror, optical system and method of scanning: An amplified bimorph scanning mirror for use in various optical systems, an optical coherence tomography scanner incorporating the amplified bimorph scanning mirror, and a method for manufacturing the foregoing are described. A method for optically scanning a target site using the amplified bimorph scanning mirror is further provided. The scan... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20060285190 - Environmentally safe electrochromic mirrors: This invention recognizes the hazards of beryllium and beryllium oxide in automotive applications and offers alternative material solutions. In particular, commercial electrochromic mirrors use beryllium comprising alloys for busbars and may also use beryllium oxide for the electronics used to power and control these mirrors. Further, this can be combined... Agent: Lawrence R. Oremland, P.C.

20060285191 - Method and structure reducing parasitic influences of deflection devices in an integrated spatial light modulator: A method of fabricating an integrated spatial light modulator with contact structures. The method includes providing a first substrate having a bonding surface, providing a device substrate having a device surface, and depositing a first layer on the device surface, the first layer having an upper surface opposite the device... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20060285192 - Method and structure of patterning landing pad structures for spatial light modulators: A spatial light modulator. The spatial light modulator includes a first substrate and a standoff structure coupled to the first substrate. The spatial light modulator also includes a mirror structure coupled to the standoff structure. The mirror structure includes a mirror body comprising at least one edge region and at... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20060285193 - Optical modulation element array: An optical modulation element array includes: a substrate and optical modulation elements two-dimensionally arranged in a first direction and a second direction, the first direction being perpendicular to the second direction, and at least a portion of the end of the hinge is disposed in a gap between optical modulation... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060285194 - Display medium, display device and display method using the display medium: The present invention provides a display medium comprising a display layer which selectively displays white or black color, and a light-modulating layer provided on the display layer including mobile fine particles which show coloration in a dispersion state, a display device using the display medium, and a display method using... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20060285195 - Display medium, display device and display method using the display medium: The present invention provides a display medium comprising a display layer which selectively displays white or black color, and a light-modulating layer provided on the display layer including mobile fine particles which show coloration in a dispersed state, a display device using the display medium, and a display method using... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20060285196 - Microcapsule for electrophoretic display device, process for manufacturing the same and use thereof: An object of the present invention is to provide a microcapsule for an electrophoretic display device which can suppress reduction in later contrast even when the electrophoretic display device is allowed to stand under the high temperature and high humidity condition, favorably, under the high temperature and high humidity condition... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20060285197 - Phase-sensitive amplification in a fiber: A method of and device for generating an amplified optical signal directly in an optical fiber by way of phase-sensitive amplification based on one or more four-wave mixing (FWM) processes. In one embodiment, an input signal and two pump waves are applied to a highly nonlinear fiber (HNLF). The input... Agent: Mendelsohn & Associates, P.C.

20060285198 - Raman, pump power control for gain flattening: The present invention aims at providing a method for controlling wavelength characteristics of optical transmission powers by Raman amplification, in which the wavelength characteristics of optical transmission powers are automatically compensated without giving any losses to channel lights to thereby improve transmission characteristics, and an apparatus adopting the same. To... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20060285199 - Optical amplification system: An optical amplification system is described which comprises an optical amplifier and an optical filter. The gain of the optical amplifier is changeable to different gain values. For every one of the gain values, a wavelength-dependent gain curve exists. At least for one of the gain values, the gain curve... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060285200 - Optical signal-to-noise ratio improving device: An optical signal processing method is disclosed that enables improvements of a signal to noise ratio of an optical signal and reduction of size and power of an optical signal processing device. The optical signal processing method includes steps of dividing an input optical signal into a first polarization optical... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20060285201 - Common-aperture multispectral objective: The disclosure describes a common-aperture, multispectral device that uses folded beamsplitters in the sensor to provide the capability to simultaneously image the near infrared (NIR) and long wave infrared (LWIR) spectral bands. The folded-path optical design makes the sensor extremely compact and lightweight without compromising the F/# or field of... Agent: Department Of The Army Cecom Legal Office, Fort Belvoir

20060285202 - Objective protector and microscope observation method: The present invention reduces or removes the need to clean an objective lens, thus simplifying the observation procedure, prevents bacteria or contamination from adhering to the objective lens, and protects the objective lens from external force that would be exerted during cleaning. The invention includes an optically transparent covering configured... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20060285203 - Microscope using oil immersion system objective and its microscopy: A microscope has an oil immersion system objective and an imaging lens to make observations by charging oil between a cover glass protecting a sample and the most sample-side lens surface. At least one of a plurality of lens units, placed on the image side of the most sample-side lens... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20060285204 - Incident light redistribution to compensate for radial gradient in detector: Nonuniformities in the efficiency of detection of individual fluorescing reaction mixtures in a well plate with a two-dimensional array well array are corrected. The nonuniformities arise both from the stimulation pattern and the detection pattern, and are corrected by adding additional segments to a pair of segmented mirrors. The additional... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20060285205 - Controlling the angular extent of autostereoscopic viewing zones: A method and system for providing an increased angular extent of autostereoscopic viewing zones received from a display is presented. The design comprises providing a first column of data having a baseline number of views associated therewith, said first column of data provided to at least one lenticule in a... Agent: Smyrski Law Group, A Professional Corporation

20060285206 - Arrangement for realizing a three-dimensional representation: The invention relates to arrangements and methods for spatially displaying images of a scene or object, in which several viewers can get a spatial impression without the use of aids. Arrangements according to the invention comprise an image display device and at least one filter array with a great number... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20060285207 - Techniques for controlling observed glare using polarized optical transmission and reception devices: Systems and methods that utilize an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the polarization angle of a light source relative to the polarization angle of a viewing filter, so as to permit adjustment of visual contrast between interposed specular media and an object to be viewed and/or photographed, wherein the interposed specular... Agent: Steven R. Bartholomew

20060285208 - Optical multilayer thin-film system: An optical multilayer thin-film system (11) includes a number of high refractive index layers (13), and a number of low refractive index layers (14) alternately laminated with the high refractive index layers. Each high refractive index layer has an optical thickness larger than that of each low refractive index layer.... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20060285209 - Tunable-wavelength optical filter and method of manufacturing the same: A method of manufacturing a tunable wavelength optical filter. The method includes steps of forming a first sacrificial oxide film for floating a lower mirror on a semiconductor substrate; sequentially laminating conductive silicon films and oxide films for defining a mirror region on the first sacrificial oxide film in a... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20060285211 - Distributed bragg reflector and method of fabrication: A distributed Bragg reflector and a method of fabricating the same incorporates a support for supporting the gaps against collapse. The method includes forming a plurality of alternating structure and sacrificial layers on a substrate. The structure and sacrificial layers are etched into at least one mesa protruding from the... Agent: Avago Technologies, Ltd. C/o Klaas, Law, O'meara & Malkin, P.C.

20060285210 - Multilayer optical film with nanoparticles: Multilayer optical films, including but not limited to p-polarizing films, have alternating optical layers at least some of which contain nanoparticles in an amount sufficient to enhance the refractive indices of the optical layers.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20060285212 - Capacitive level measurement and detection device: A device for measurement and detection of the level of a medium in a container with a sensor element, with a reference element and an electrical circuit which contains at least one AC voltage source and an evaluation unit, the sensor element and the reference element being arranged such that... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20060285214 - Fly's-eye lens sheet having light-shielding layer, method for fabricating the same, transmissive screen, and rear projection image display device: A fly's-eye lens sheet having a light-shielding layer includes a fly's-eye lens sheet body provided with fly's-eye lenses on one principal surface thereof, the light-shielding layer provided on the other principal surface of the fly's-eye lens sheet body, and a photosensitive adhesive layer disposed between the fly's-eye lens sheet body... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060285213 - Light transmitting substrate with transparent conductive film: A sufficiently high-transparent light transmitting substrate with a transparent conductive film, which is a light transmitting substrate with a transparent conductive film, includes a light transmitting substrate and a continuous transparent conductive film having a thickness of 12 to 2 nm formed on the light transmitting substrate. The transparent conductive... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20060285215 - Printing method for making a lenticular lens material: The invention generally provides a method for making a lenticular lens material using energy-curable inks and energy-curable coatings, for example, UV-curable inks and coatings, having differential surface tensions or different surface energies. The steps of the method include: (a) providing a transparent substrate sheet having a front and a back;... Agent: Gardner Carton & Douglas LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20060285216 - Scanning display: A scanning display includes a plurality of light sources, and a scanner for scanning lights from the plurality of light sources in two-dimensional directions, wherein the scanner scans the lights from different light sources in two or more partial scanning areas arranged in a first direction in a range corresponding... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20060285217 - Multi-primary color display: A device (300) to produce a color image using four or more primary colors. The device may include four or more transmissive spatial light modulators (309, 310, 311, 312) to modulate four or more, respective, light beams in accordance with four or more, respective, primary color image components of the... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek, LLP Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20060285218 - Dual tab lenses: A stack of laminated transparent lenses consists of two alternating optically clear materials in intimate contact. The materials are a plastic lens and clear adhesive. The adhesive is uninterrupted. The lens and the adhesive have refraction mismatch of less than 0.2. A tab portion is part of each lens acts... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20060285219 - Tube lens unit with chromatically compensating effect: The invention relates to a tubular lens unit that obtains a chromatically compensating effect when used with objectives having an infinite image distance and chromatic residual errors. The inventive tubular lens unit fulfils the following conditions: equation (1) CHL=CHLo−A&Tgr;2 mT &phiv;T=0, and equation (2) CHV=CHVo−1000&1gr; mT &phiv;T d1=0, wherein CHL... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20060285220 - Electrowetting cells: An electrowetting cell including an expandable joint between a body section and an end section. Such an expandable joint could include a membrane or a flange-like portion.... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20060285221 - Zoom lens system and lens barrel having the same: A zoom lens system, in order from the object side to the image side, comprises: a first lens unit having positive optical power; a second lens unit that includes a reflective optical element having a reflecting surface for bending object light and that has negative optical power; and a subsequent... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20060285222 - Zoom optical system and image taking apparatus using the same: A zoom optical system comprising, in order from an object side: a first lens unit having a negative refractive power; a second lens unit having a positive refractive power; and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, a space between the lens units being changed to thereby perform... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20060285223 - Zoom lens system and electronic image pickup apparatus using the same: wherein R1 denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of the at least one aspherical surface, and h1 denotes a length from a first intersection between a chief ray reaching a point of maximum image height on an image surface and the at least one aspherical surface to an optical axis... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20060285224 - Zoom lens system and image pickup apparatus including the same: e

20060285225 - Zoom lens for dlp projector: The invention relates to a zoom lens for DLP projector. The zoom lens of the invention comprises a focus group, a zoom group and a compensation group. The zoom group comprises three zoom units with positive, negative, positive optical power respectively. The compensation group comprises a first compensation unit, a... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20060285226 - Lens barrel for image taking lens: A heat sink is attached to a subject-side end portion of a barrel body of a lens barrel. The heat sink is provided with a large number of radiation fins formed in whorl. A heat pipe is disposed between the heat sink and a mount-side end portion of the barrel... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060285227 - Optical system and optical apparatus having the same: h

20060285228 - Manufacturing method of light-collecting device, light-collecting device and phase shift mask: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a lens, in which the method includes exposing a photoresist to light using a phase shift mask. Here, the phase shift mask includes layout portions respectively corresponding to pixels and lens, in which each of the layout portions has: a light-blocking portion... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20060285229 - Optical system and optical apparatus including the same: e

20060285230 - Macro lens:

20060285231 - Optical component and optical pickup device: The present invention relates to an optical component transmitting and/or reflecting light, which comprises at least two optical members and an adhesive layer bonding the optical members, said adhesive layer comprising a resin comprising a main chain having a siloxane bond as a repetition unit and a methyl group as... Agent: Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher, LLP

20060285232 - Lens barrel: A lens barrel which has a compact inner lens mechanism and is able to be manufactured in a small size at low cost. In the lens barrel according to the present invention, a number of shafts can be reduced by making a guiding shaft (61) to be a common guiding... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLC

20060285233 - High precision optical system and beam pathway design for a laser-based distance measuring device: A high precision, high performance optical system and beam pathway design for laser-based distance measuring, or range-finding, devices includes an etched, or etched and filled, aiming reticle in the image plane which does not require daytime use illumination, and only minimal auxiliary illumination during nighttime operation, thereby conserving available battery... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLP

20060285234 - Tapered tube lock connector for a vehicle mirror mounting assembly: A mounting connector having a tapered tube lock bore formed therein. A mirror support arm having a connector tube adapted to be received in the tube lock bore in a pressure fit arrangement. A longitudinal compression slot included in the connector tube extending along a portion of the length of... Agent: Mcnair Law Firm, P.A.

20060285235 - Wing mirror unit: A wing mirror unit (1), in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising a base plate (2), on which by means of a pivot construction a supporting frame (5) is provided. The wing mirror (1) further comprises an electric actuator, with which the supporting frame (5) is pivotal with respect to... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20060285236 - Exterior mirror assembly: An exterior mirror assembly for a vehicle having a housing rotatably mounted to a base between an operable position and a retracted position. A mirror is supported by the housing and is movable with the housing between the positions. A female detent is disposed on the shaft of the base.... Agent: Basf Aktiengesellschaft

20060279816 - Holographic combiners for illumination of spatial light modulators in projection systems: Described is an optical device for combining multiple light sources in an optical projection system. One embodiment of the optical device includes at least two light sources having first and second wavelengths, and an optical element for substantially diffracting the first and second wavelengths of the two light sources and... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20060279815 - Holographic real-time projection: The disclosed methods and apparatus relate generally to the field of communication, the media industries, and the visual arts. More specifically, they pertain to the recording, processing, transmission, and real-time projection of holographic images for purposes such as communication, entertainment, education, and decoration. The information stored within the interference pattern... Agent: Ward & Olivo

20060279817 - Inspection device: An inspection device in accordance with the present invention is configured so that a light source used for irradiating light, and a reflection-type prism that irradiates the light from the light source to a hologram provided on an inspection target that is placed downward and that diffracts light rays in... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20060279818 - Sensing absolute position of an encoded object: In one aspect of the present invention, a device for sensing an absolute position of an encoded object, comprising: a position tracking module comprising: a track illumination module configured to illuminate the encoded object with one more light beams, and to detect one or more light beams resulting from said... Agent: Jagtiani + Guttag

20060279821 - Holographic drive head alignments: The present invention relates to embodiments of: (1) a unitary holographic drive head assembly mounting structure; (2) an assembly comprising a unitary holographic drive head assembly mounting structure and a plurality of holographic drive head components and/or subassemblies; (3) a subassembly comprising a spatial light modulator, detector array, and a... Agent: Jagtiani + Guttag

20060279819 - Laser mode stabilization using an etalon: Systems and methods are provided or use with a light source which generates a light beam. These systems may include a detector which detects light beam information regarding a light beam exiting an etalon. The system then uses the detected information to determine whether multiple modes are present in the... Agent: Jagtiani + Guttag

20060279822 - Methods and systems for laser mode stabilization: Systems and methods are provided or use with a light source which generates a light beam. These systems may include a detector which detects light beam information and which determines whether multiple modes are present in the light beam so that the light source may be adjusted. These systems may... Agent: Jagtiani + Guttag

20060279820 - Replacement and alignment of laser: The present invention relates to embodiments of: (1) a unitary holographic drive head assembly mounting structure; (2) an assembly comprising a unitary holographic drive head assembly mounting structure and a plurality of holographic drive head components and/or subassemblies; (3) a subassembly comprising a spatial light modulator, detector array, and a... Agent: Jagtiani + Guttag

20060279823 - Phase conjugate reconstruction of a hologram: Methods and systems are provided for obtaining a phase conjugate reconstruction beam for use in retrieving holographic information from a holographic storage medium. These methods and systems include generating a coherent light beam that is a reproduction of the reference beam used in storing the holographic information in the storage... Agent: Jagtiani + Guttag

20060279824 - Sensing angular orientation of holographic media in a holographic memory system: A holographic memory system is disclosed. The holographic memory system comprises: a light source configured to generate a light beam; a photosensitive holographic storage medium configured to at least partially reflect the light beam; and an alignment module configured to determine an angular orientation of the storage medium based on... Agent: Jagtiani + Guttag

20060279825 - Mirror device, optical controller, and mirror element: A low-priced mirror device that has a simple structure and high reliability and can prevent excessive light input. A reflecting surface is constructed to be rotatable, and the mirror device is comprised of a mirror whose reflecting surface is rotated by a radiation pressure of an incident light that is... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20060279826 - Multi-laser scanning unit and an image forming apparatus: A multi-beam deflector and a multi-laser scanning unit including the same are provided. The multi-beam deflector deflects N incident light beams which are spaced apart from each other by a beam pitch. The N incident light beams are deflected onto N photoreceptors which are spaced apart from each other. The... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20060279827 - Wide angle beam director: A beam directing apparatus comprises a beam translator and a beam director. The beam translator is adapted to receive a beam at an input aperture and to output the beam at an output aperture, with the beam at the output aperture being parallel to the beam at the input aperture.... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20060279828 - Deep quantum well electro-absorption modulator: Double well structures in electro-absorption modulators are created in quantum well active regions by embedding deep ultra thin quantum wells. The perturbation introduced by the embedded, deep ultra thin quantum well centered within a conventional quantum well lowers the confined energy state for the wavefunction in the surrounding larger well... Agent: Avago Technologies, Ltd.

20060279829 - Electro-absorption modulator device and methods for fabricating the same: An electro-absorption light intensity modulator device is provided that comprises a first and a second layer disposed relative to the first layer so as to provide a light-absorbing optical confinement region. The first layer comprises a first insulator layer, and the light-absorbing optical confinement region comprises at least one quantum-confined... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20060279830 - Ramped rf acousto-optic q-switch driver: A device and a method for driving a transducer of an acoustooptical Q-switch. The device includes a signal processor that has an input. The signal processor is configured to output a sine wave to drive the transducer at a frequency selected to create a standing acoustic wave in the acoustooptical... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20060279831 - Micro-electro mechanical light modulator device: A micro-electro mechanical light modulator device includes a movable reflective plate, a fixed partial reflective plate, an optical gap defined between the reflective plate and the fixed plate, and an actuator configured to move the reflective plate through an operating range wherein a neutral state position of the reflective plate... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20060279832 - Colorant, particles for display device, image display medium and image forming apparatus: Disclosed are a colorant comprising a particulate base material and particles having the color strength due to the surface plasmon resonance, the particles being supported on or contained in the particulate base material, particles for display device using the colorant, an image display medium using the particles for display device... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20060279833 - Refractive index variable element: A refractive index variable element has a structure including a solid matrix, and one or more types of quantum dots dispersed in the solid matrix and having discrete occupied and unoccupied electron energy levels. The quantum dots perform a function of generating a pair of positive and negative charges upon... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060279834 - Apparatus and method for raman gain control: The invention pertains to optical fiber transmission systems, and is particularly relevant to optical transport systems employing Raman optical amplifiers. In particular the invention teaches an apparatus and method to control the Raman gain based upon power measurements at one end of the transmission fiber.... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20060279835 - Wavelength conversion system, optical integrated device and wavelength conversion method: A wavelength conversion system includes a Mach-Zehnder interferometer including two optical waveguides, a non-linear medium provided on one of the two optical waveguides, and a branching ratio adjuster for adjusting the branching ratio of multiplexed light produced by multiplexing signal light and pumping light so that the powers of the... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20060279836 - Last lens of immersion lithography equipment: A last lens for immersion lithography exposure equipment, composed of a crystal represented by formula BaLiF3. The crystal is preferably a single crystal represented by formula BaLiF3. The immersion lithography exposure equipment preferably comprises a light source which emits light with a wavelength of not more than 200 nm. More... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20060279837 - High na system for multiple mode imaging: A system for multiple mode imaging is disclosed herein. The system is a catadioptric system preferably having an NA greater than 0.9, highly corrected for low and high order monochromatic aberrations. This system uses unique illumination entrances and can collect reflected, diffracted, and scattered light over a range of angles.... Agent: Smyrski Law Group, A Professional Corporation

20060279838 - Large telescopic optical system with null alignment optics: An optical system for monitoring an alignment state of a large telescope comprises a primary mirror and an annular null mirror, which is placed at the outside of a secondary mirror. The optical system functions as a null system, where the wave front of the reflected rays from the null... Agent: Leopold Presser, Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20060279839 - Screen characteristic modification: Embodiments of modifying an optical characteristic of a screen are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20060279840 - Screen and image projection system: A screen having two optical characteristics is realized in a compact structure. As a result, a structure is provided where two types of screen surface having different optical characteristics are formed on the same side of the same sheet, and wound in a single storage tube, and it is possible... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq. Suite 1231

20060279841 - Polarizing element and optical system including polarizing element: A polarizing element usable for two wavelengths in a predetermined wavelength region and having a simple structure. The polarizing element has a two-layer structure in which a grid pattern of a constant period Λ having a triangular cross-section is formed on a substrate and a film with a refractive index... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20060279842 - Method of patterning conductive layers, method of manufacturing polarizers, and polarizers manufactured using the same: Disclosed is a method of patterning a conductive layer, a method of manufacturing a polarizer using the method and a polarizer manufactured using the same, and a display device having the polarizer. The method of patterning the conductive layer includes (a) patterning a resin layer to form grooves and protrusions,... Agent: Song K. Jung Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20060279843 - Optical diffraction element: An optical diffraction element (1) comprises a diffraction layer (4) which is divided into diffraction strips (6) alternating with intermediate strips (8). The diffraction strips comprise nano-elements (10) which are aligned in one direction and absorb radiation (b) which is linearly polarized in this direction. The diffraction element may be... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20060279844 - Diffraction optical element and production method thereof: The diffraction optical element production method includes a first step of etching an area which becomes a seventh step of a seven-step staircase shape and an area which becomes a third step of a three-step staircase shape by a depth 2L; a second step of etching areas which become second,... Agent: Venable LLP

20060279845 - Compact optical assembly for imaging a remote object: The optical system of the invention is comprised of a monolithic microlens array assembly that consists of two groups of microlenses sub-assemblies having different pitches between the adjacent lenses. A ratio between the pitches of sub-assemblies is determined by a predetermined relationship between the parameters of the optical system so... Agent: Leonid Velikov

20060279846 - Prism assembly: A prism assembly includes a first prism having a first front face, a first side face, and a first rear face, a second prism having a second front face parallel to the first rear face, a second side face, and a second rear face. The second prism is configured to... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20060279847 - Apochromatically corrected microscope objective: A microscope objective with high aperture, large object field and apochromatic correction in the wavelength range from ultraviolet to infrared. The microscope objective includes, starting from the object level: a first group of lenses with overall positive refraction power, including a cemented group with positive-negative refraction power effect, made out... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20060279849 - Lens actuating device and image pickup apparatus: A lens actuating device moves a movable lens held by a lens holder in predetermined directions. The lens actuating device has a power transmitting shaft connected to the lens holder for movement in axial directions thereof, and a fluid case having a shaft support sleeve and filled with a working... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20060279848 - Variable lens: A variable lens having an optical axis is described. The lens comprises a plurality of annuli located around the optical axis. Each annulus has respective side walls defining a chamber containing a first fluid and a second fluid in contact over a meniscus. The fluids are substantially immiscible and have... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20060279850 - Zoom lens and image pick up apparatus including the same: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens unit having positive optical power; a second lens unit having negative optical power; a third lens unit having positive optical power and an aperture stop; a fourth lens unit having negative optical power;... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20060279851 - Zoom lens system and image pickup apparatus including the same: A zoom lens system includes a frontmost first lens unit having a negative optical power and a plurality of lens units on the rear side thereof. The first lens unit consists of a negative lens element. The zoom lens system includes five or less lens elements in total. The Abbe... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20060279852 - Zoom lens optical system: A zoom lens optical system having a third lens unit including a first correction lens unit of negative (−) power and a second correcting lens unit arranged behind the first correcting lens unit in an optical path and having positive (+) power. The system can minimize aberration variation upon hand-shaking... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20060279853 - Optical path bending type zoom lens system and image taking apparatus including the same: A zoom lens system comprises, in order from an object side, a positive first lens unit including a reflective optical element, a negative second lens unit, a positive third lens unit and a positive fourth lens unit, or a positive first lens unit, a negative second lens unit, a positive... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20060279854 - Display device: A display device includes an optical region containing a plurality of pigment grains. Each of the plurality of pigment grains formed by a plurality of pigment molecules encapsulated in an inorganic material, and each of the plurality of pigment grains has a grain size not greater than 70 nm.... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20060279855 - Lens system for digital camera: A lens system (46) for a digital camera consecutively includes a first lens element (20), a second lens element (30), and a third lens element (40). The first lens element is biconvex and has a first aspheric surface (22) and an opposite second aspheric surface (24). The second lens element... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20060279856 - Optical apparatus comprising an optical component and an adjustment device and method for influencing a polarization state of the optical component: An optical apparatus comprises an optical component having at least one optical surface and a first optical axis, a socket in which said optical component is mounted, first manipulators arranged to exert forces approximately parallel to the optical axis of the optical component for varying stresses in the optical component,... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20060279857 - Adjustable optical system and method for using and manufacturing such: The invention relates to a small-size and light-weight optical system with an adjustable focal length. The invention relates to a method and system comprising an image plane on which there is formed an image of the target observed by the optical system, a first optical component with an adjustable focal... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20060279858 - Dlp projection apparatus: A DLP apparatus including an illumination system, a projection lens and a DMD is provided. The illumination system is adapted for providing an elliptic light beam, and the DMD is disposed between the illumination system and the projection lens. The DMD has a plurality of micro-mirrors, each of the micro-mirrors... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20060279859 - Directing electromagnetic energy from an area or volume source: An apparatus directs electromagnetic energy, particularly for use in defence as a directed energy weapon, means of illumination for an active sensor and/or guidance system, countermeasure, or to ignite a fusion weapon; power transmission by means of a beam; propulsion by means of a beam or inertial fusion; power generation... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20060279860 - Trailer guide: A trailer guide has an extendable arm member, a mounting element in which the extendable arm member is rotatably connected, a light element, and a biasing member. The trailer guide automatically returns to a stowed position after use when the trailer to which the trailer guide is mounted is moving... Agent: Michael L. Leetzow, Esq. Michael L. Leetzow, P.A.

20060279861 - Saftey mirror: A safety mirror for a vehicle having a side mirror, the safety mirror comprising a reflective surface attached to a rear portion of the vehicle by an attachment mechanism, the reflective surface facing toward the side mirror such that a driver sees images from an area adjacent a front portion... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20060279862 - Device and method for stacked multi-level uncoupled electrostatic actuators: A multi-level decoupled micro-actuator device comprising a first level substrate (410), a second level frame (420) stacked on said first level substrate (410), a third level frame (430) stacked on said second level frame (420).... Agent: Edward Langer C/o Shiboleth Yisraeli Roberts Zisman & Co.

20060279863 - Rearview mirror with non-parallel viewing areas: A rearward viewing mirror attached to a vehicle configured to increase the viewing area generally rearward of the vehicle, in particular, the driver's blind spot. The rearward viewing mirror includes a reflective surface configured to provide an image of objects rearward of the vehicle. The reflective surface further includes a... Agent: Galasso & Associates, Lp

20060279864 - On structure of a side mirror: A side mirror includes a main mirror facing in a substantially rearward direction, and subsidiary twin mirrors; the subsidiary twin mirrors are positioned under the main mirror, and include a supporting member, a first subsidiary mirror, and a second subsidiary mirror; the first subsidiary mirror is joined to, and adjustable... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20060279865 - Optical element, retardation plate using same, optical laminated body,and display apparatus: An optical element, with an improved adhesion strength of the liquid crystal layer, and without substantial deterioration of the optical characteristics (such as transparency deterioration, white turbidity and display irregularity). The optical element has a transparent substrate, an alignment layer, and a liquid crystal layer formed on above-mentioned transparent substrate... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20060279866 - Nd filter and light quantity diaphragming device including the same: A thin film type ND filter being inexpensive and excelling in durability. There is provided ND filter (0) comprising transparent substrate (1) and, superimposed thereon, light absorption films (3,5) and dielectric films (2,4,6), wherein the light absorption films 3.5 consist of a composition comprising 1 to 30 wt. % of... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20060279867 - Reflection type photoelectric switch: A circuit substrate is divided into a light emitting circuit substrate 60 and a light receiving circuit substrate 70, and they are disposed in a first casing 21 in a two-tier fashion, and the light emitting circuit substrate 60, which is disposed on an upper side, is overlapped with at... Agent: Kilyk & Bowersox, P.l.l.c.

20060274391 - High dispersion diffraction grating including multiple holographic optical elements: A multi-element diffraction grating is disclosed. The multi-element diffraction grating may be configured to diffract incident radiation with high dispersion using at least two holographic optical elements. The multi-element diffraction grating may include a first volume phase grating that is one of the holographic optical elements. The multi-element diffraction grating... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20060274392 - Optical safety element and system for visualising hidden information: The invention concerns an optical security element and a system for visualising items of concealed information comprising such an optical security element. The optical security element has a substrate layer in which a relief structure defined by relief parameters, in particular relief shape, relief depth, spatial frequency and azimuth angle,... Agent: Charles R Hoffmann Hoffmann & Baron

20060274393 - Controlling the transmission amplitude profile of a coherent light beam in a holographic memory system: Aspects of the present invention are generally directed to shaping coherent light beams used in a holographic system. Embodiments of the present invention are directed to beam-shaping devices positioned in the path of coherent light beams used in a holographic system to shape a coherent light beam into an essentially... Agent: Jagtiani + Guttag

20060274394 - Holographic drive head and component alignment: The present invention relates to embodiments of: (1) a unitary holographic drive head assembly mounting structure; (2) an assembly comprising a unitary holographic drive head assembly mounting structure and a plurality of holographic drive head components and/or subassemblies; (3) a subassembly comprising a spatial light modulator, detector array, and a... Agent: Jagtiani + Guttag

20060274395 - Printer driver including supply-ordering capability: A device driver, for generating control commands for driving a peripheral, includes a status store configured to store state data, which identifies a current state for each of a number of functions of a peripheral. The device driver also includes a driver engine that is operable to generate control commands... Agent: Foley Hoag, LLP Patent Group, World Trade Center West

20060274396 - Optical arrangement with oscillating reflector: An optical system includes a light source that outputs light that is incident on an oscillating reflector. The optical system includes at least one lens element, which outputs the light in a collimated beam on the oscillating reflector regardless of an orientation of the oscillating reflector. The optical system may... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20060274397 - Co-planar surface and torsion device mirror structure and method of manufacture for optical displays: A spatial light modulator is provided. The spatial light modulator includes a first substrate comprising a plurality of electrically activated electrodes and a bias grid and a standoff structure coupled to the first substrate. The standoff structure includes a central portion projecting to a first height above the first substrate... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20060274398 - Interferometric modulator with internal polarization and drive method: In one embodiment of the invention, a method of creating an internal dipole moment in an interferometric light modulating device is disclosed. In certain embodiments, the method comprises applying heat and an electrical field to a dielectric layer of an interferometric light modulating device. Prior to implementation of this method,... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20060274399 - Method and device for fabricating a release structure to facilitate bonding of mirror devices onto a substrate: A method of fabricating a spatial light modulator. The method includes providing a first substrate having a mirror layer, the mirror layer having an upper surface and a lower surface. The method also includes forming a standoff structure from the first substrate, the standoff structure having an integrated surface coupled... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20060274400 - Method and device for modulating light with optical compensation: An interferometric modulator (Imod) cavity has a reflector and an induced absorber. A direct view reflective flat panel display may include an array of the modulators. Adjacent spacers of different thicknesses are fabricated on a substrate by a lift-off technique used to pattern the spacers which are deposited separately, each... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20060274401 - Single-photon generator: A single-photon generator for generating a single photon with high efficiency at a constant frequency. A CW semiconductor laser (1) emits a laser beam of wavelength 780 nm. A photon of wavelength 780 nm is divided into two photons of wavelengths 1550 and 1570 nm by means of a non-degenerate... Agent: Patenttm.us

20060274402 - Method and system for improved eye protection safety of distributed raman amplifiers: A system and method for providing eye-safety protection during operation of distributed Raman amplifiers based on the application of continuous out-of-band amplified spontaneous scattering (ASS) monitoring in an optical communication network span coupled to the Raman amplifier, and real-time detection and analysis of changes in the monitored ASS power level,... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20060274403 - Method and device for controlling the amplitude of the wavelength spectrum of ultra-short light pulses emitted by multiple passage laser amplifiers: The invention relates to a method and device for controlling the amplitude of the wavelength spectrum of ultra-short light pulses emitted by multipass laser amplifiers. According to the invention, a programmable acousto-optic device (8) is introduced into a laser cavity of a multipass amplifier (10), in order to modify slightly... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20060274404 - Optical fiber amplifier system and method: An optical fiber amplifier system is described and comprises a first optical fiber having a doped core with a first gain spectral profile upon being pumped. The first optical fiber is adapted to receive an optical signal from a light source. A second optical fiber has a doped core with... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20060274405 - Ultraviolet curing process for low k dielectric films: Processes for forming a low k dielectric material onto a surface of a substrate comprises depositing the low k dielectric material onto the surface; and exposing the low k dielectric material to ultraviolet radiation for a period of time and intensity effective to increase a mechanical property of the low... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20060274406 - Device for optically controlled micro-manipulation of biological specimens: A device for an optically controlled micro-manipulation of biological specimens with at least one micro-manipulator with at least one motor-displaceable cytotechnical instrument holder elements, and a microscope which has at least one functional motor-displaceable element coupled with the motor-displaceable holder in such fashion that, by means of a control element... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20060274407 - Confocal microscope for imaging of selected locations of the body of a patient: A confocal imaging microscope, especially for the cellular imaging of the skin at selected locations, is ergonomic in use, compact, and positionable at the locations thereby providing for patient comfort during imaging. An imaging head (28) is gimble mounted on a multi-axis compound arm (34) to allow for precise placement... Agent: Kenneth J. Lukacher

20060274408 - Microscope for diffracting objects: The invention concerns a microscope for observing diffracting objects comprising a laser beam (2000) reflected by a first surface of mobile mirrors (2003) and (2007), passing through the condenser (2011), the sample (2040), the lens (2013), reflected by a second surface of mobile mirrors, passing through a filtering device (2019)... Agent: Vincent Lauer

20060274409 - Optical sight for preventing mechanical interference in magnification unit: An optical sight includes: an outer barrel formed with a slot; an objective lens unit and an ocular lens unit mounted to opposite ends of the outer barrel; a magnification unit including a first inner barrel tiltably disposed in the outer barrel, a second inner barrel sleeved on the first... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20060274410 - Kit for making a beverage container identifier: A device that identifies a wine glass user and can communicate helpful information related to a gathering consists of a static cling vinyl label applied to the bottom of a glass that has a space for the user to write her name and pre- printed information related to the gathering.... Agent: Mesmer & Deleault, PLLC

20060274411 - Directional screen and image projection system: To provide a directional screen which can efficiently converge light from a projector on an observer and which is hardly affected by external light. That is, multiple transparent protrusion structures are formed on a base material, and a light absorbing layer communicating in the vertical direction of each of the... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq.

20060274412 - Optical modulation element unit, projection optical unit, and image projection apparatus: An optical modulation element unit is disclosed which employs a film-type optical function member and a reflective optical modulation element and allows dust prevention for the reflective optical modulation element while preventing an increased number of parts other than optically required parts. The optical modulation element unit includes a light-transmissive... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20060274413 - Perforate projection screen with inconspicuous seams: A perforate projection screen for movies, planetariums and the like having inconspicuous seams and uniform reflectivity throughout its visible surface. The screen is made from a plurality of perforate panels and is mounted, when in use, with a dark non-reflective chamber behind the screen. Any overlapped areas of the panels... Agent: Paul E Milliken

20060274414 - Illuminating device with polarization recycling in a double prism: The invention relates to an illuminating device comprising an optical source emitting an unpolarized light beam, a polarizing beam splitter comprising a grid polarizer situated between the faces of two prisms. The light beam penetrates into the first prism through a face and reaches the polarizing beam splitter that transmits... Agent: Joseph S Tripoli Thomson Licensing Inc

20060274415 - Inexpensive polarizer having high polarization characteristic: A polarizer includes a substrate and a fine grid which is made of a metallic material and is formed on a surface of the substrate. The substrate has a plurality of projections formed on the surface thereof which have substantially mountain shapes in sectional view and are arranged at a... Agent: Beyer Weaver & Thomas, LLP

20060274416 - Patterned surface articles: The present invention relates to a method for making a substantially cylindrical tool from a substantially planar substrate, wherein the tooling has at least one patterned surface. The resulting tooling includes a patterned surface with a sufficiently strong weld that is capable of producing an article having a pattern surface... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20060274418 - Diffraction beam homogenizer optical system using wedge: In a diffractive optical element (DOE) of diffracting a Gaussian distribution beam into a uniform or quasi-uniform power distribution beam on an image plane, step height errors or other manufacturing errors yield a zero-th order beam, cause interference between the diffracted beam and the zero-th order beam and invite power... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20060274417 - Optical integrated unit and optical pickup: In order to realize a more stable recording/reproducing performance by minimizing decrease of light utilization efficiency, an optical integrated unit 1 of the present invention includes: (i) a semiconductor laser 11 for emitting a light beam 20 to an optical disk 4; (ii) a light receiving element 12 for receiving... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20060274419 - Optical multiplexer and demultiplexer: A new optical multiplexer and filter (demultiplexer), and use thereof for writing data to and reading data from optical media. An optical filter according to a first embodiment includes a receiving port for receiving incoming light, and a plurality of substantially transparent spacers coupled together to form an assembly, the... Agent: Charles Marshall

20060274420 - Optical element and method for making the same: An optical element includes a substrate having a first surface and an opposite second surface; a first film stack formed on the first surface, having a plurality of first film layers with predetermined thickness or layer numbers; and a second film stack formed on the second surface, having a plurality... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20060274421 - Solid-state light sources for curing and surface modification: The systems and methods described herein relate to solid-state light sources capable of generating radiation beams for, but not limited to, the treatment of surfaces, bulk materials, films, and coatings. The solid-state ultraviolet source optically combines the light output of at least two and preferably as many four independently controllable... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20060274422 - Optical unit for projection display apparatus and projection display apparatus: An optical unit has a first lens holder holding a first lens and a second lens holder holding a second lens, the first lens holder and the second lens holder being mounted on a common lens base. The first lens holder is movable in the direction of one side of... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20060274423 - Optical film containing fluorinated photopolymerization initiator, antireflective film, polarizing platen and image display unit including same: An optical film comprising a support and a layer containing a cured product of a composition which contains a fluorinated photopolymerization initiator and an ionizing radiation-curing compound.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20060274424 - Immersion objective lens, fluorometric analyzer, and inverted microscope: An immersion objective lens includes a front lens, a lens frame which supports the front lens, and a liquid preventive frame which is attached around the lens frame. The liquid preventive frame includes a liquid bulb holding wall which holds a liquid supplied onto the front lens. A distal end... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20060274425 - Variable shape lens: A variable lens (100; 200; 220; 240; 250; 300; 350) comprises a chamber (125), with an optical axis (90) extending through the chamber (125). The chamber (125) contains a first fluid (130) and a second fluid (140) in contact over a meniscus (150)>extending transverse the optical axis (90). The perimeter... Agent: Philips Electronics North America Corporation

20060274427 - Two-group zoom lens and an electronic imaging apparatus having it: where f1 is a focal length of the first lens group, fW is a distance from the surface top of the surface nearest to the object side of the first lens group to an image forming surface at the wide angle end, fT is a focal length of the whole... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20060274426 - Zoom lens and imaging device: A zoom lens of rear focus type in which a total lens system is able to be miniaturized by further miniaturizing a prism, without deteriorating an optical performance. The zoom lens has a first lens group (GR1) to a fifth lens group (GR5) having refraction powers of a positive, negative,... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060274428 - Document camera having zoom-indication function: A document camera is used to show image of an object on a display. In the document camera, a first image data of the object obtained by a video-capturing device is derived into a second image data and a third image data by an image processor in response to a... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20060274429 - Lens system: A lens system includes, in sequence from an object side to an image side, a first lens group having negative refractive power; a second lens group having positive refractive power, which includes a composite lens with aspheric resin layers formed on object side and image side thereof, respectively; and a... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20060274430 - Retractable lens barrel: A lens barrel including standard optical elements for standard photography and an insertable optical element, including a standard-optical-element drive mechanism which positions the standard optical elements on a common optical axis in a ready-to-photograph state, removes a part of the standard optical elements off the optical axis, and moves the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20060274431 - Multi-band lens: An optical lens system that focuses both a first band of wavelengths and a second band of wavelengths onto a common focal plane. In some cases, the lens system includes a first region for focusing a first band of wavelengths onto a focal plane, and a second region for focusing... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20060274432 - Systems configured to provide illumination of a specimen during inspection: Systems configured to provide illumination of a specimen during inspection are provided. One system includes catoptric elements configured to direct light from a light source to a line across the specimen at an oblique angle of incidence. The catoptric elements include positive and negative elements configured such that pupil distortions... Agent: Daffer Mcdaniel, LLP

20060274433 - Image forming optical system: An image forming optical system which comprises a negative lens unit and a positive lens unit arranged in order from an object side. The negative lens unit includes, in order from the object side, a first negative lens and a second negative lens, or a first negative lens, a second... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20060274434 - Combined laser source having deflection member: A combined laser source includes: a plurality of semiconductor lasers which contain emission elements emitting a plurality of laser beams and being separately and hermetically sealed; a plurality of collimator lenses which collimate the plurality of laser beams emitted from the emission elements of the plurality of semiconductor lasers; an... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060274435 - Lens barrel incorporating a rotatable optical element: A lens barrel includes an imaging optical system including a plurality of lens groups located on an optical axis; an insertable/rotatable optical element which produces a specific photographic effect when rotated on the optical axis; and a drive mechanism including a motor which moves the insertable/rotatable optical element between an... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20060274436 - Lens holder, lens-centering device and method of centering lens: A method for easily performing of centering operation is provided. A lens holder includes a lens barrel and an optical lens. Plural recessed portions are formed in the outer circumference of the lens barrel at regular intervals circumferentially. The recessed portions are recessed toward an inner circumference having a diameter... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060274437 - Articles including films with mating structured surfaces: Articles produced according to the present disclosure include a first film having a structured surface and a second film having a structured surface. The structured surface of the first film is releaseably mated with the structured surface of the second film. In some exemplary embodiments, such articles may be optical... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20060274438 - Dual paraboloid reflector and dual ellipsoid reflector systems with optimized magnification: A condensing and collecting optical system comprises two asymmetric reflectors. The first and second reflectors comprise a portion of an ellipsoid or paraboloid of revolution having parallel optical axis. A source of electromagnetic radiation is placed at one of the focal points of the first reflector to produce radiation that... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20060274439 - Optical system using tailored imaging designs: Ultra-compact concentrators and illuminators that approach the thermodynamic limit to optical performance can be realized with purely imaging strategies. Two-stage reflector systems where each optical surface is tailored to eliminate one order of aberration—so-called aplantic designs are described. The contours are monotonic functions that can be expressed analytically—important in facilitating... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20060274440 - Optical system and display apparatus: A display apparatus which has a mirror with a free curved reflective surface of which curvature fluctuates with inflection points, a liquid crystal display (LCD), a back light and a polarizer. Light of an image which was modulated by the LCD is reflected by the free curved reflective surface and... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20060274441 - Remote controlled crossview mirror: A remote controlled crossview mirror assembly for use on a vehicle that allows a vehicle operator to adjust an arcuate mirror leftward and rightward to improve the field of vision directly in front of and to the side of the vehicle. To operate the assembly, the operator first activates an... Agent: Artz & Artz, P.C.

20060274442 - Wing mirror unit: A wing mirror unit for a motor vehicle comprising a mirror foot and a mirror housing connected to the mirror foot. The mirror housing is adjustable between a folded orientation and an unfolded orientation. The wing mirror unit further includes an actuator arranged to move adjacent surfaces of the mirror... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20060274443 - Exterior rear view vehicle mirror with reversible housing: An external mirror for a vehicle is disclosed which includes a housing (1) which can be affixed to the vehicle, a mirror pane (2) and an adjustment member (3) onto which the mirror pane (2) is secured in a reference position. The mirror pane is rotatable in reference to said... Agent: Mcnair Law Firm, P.A.

20060274444 - Microscopy system and method: A microscopy system comprises a microscopy optics and a stand supporting the microscopy optics. The stand has a plurality of hinges, of which a first group comprises a position detecting sensor for sensing a hinge position and a second group comprising an actuator for the change of the hinge position.... Agent: Potomac Patent Group, PLLC