Optical: systems and elements inventions 02/07

20070041066 - Hologram recording method and device: A hologram recording method comprising recording information of signal light as a reflection-type hologram on an optical recording medium, by illuminating the signal light and reference light on a same axis and from different sides of the optical recording medium is provided. Further, a hologram recording device including: a signal... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070041067 - Document security strip and secured document: The present invention concerns a strip for safeguarding a document, comprising a support on which there is formed in the longitudinal direction of the strip an alternation of generally metallised regions and generally transparent regions, said alternation being capable of establishing a contrast on a scale identified as global at... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20070041068 - Apparatus and methods for rapidly bringing a scanning mirror to a selected deflection amplitude at its resonant frequency: The present invention provides methods and apparatus for rapidly starting or bringing an oscillating device to its resonant frequency, and operating deflection amplitude. The invention is particularly applicable for use with an oscillating mirror used as the scanning engine of a laser printer. Control circuitry of the oscillating device first... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070041069 - Method for aligning consecutive scan lines on bi-directional scans of a resonant mirror: A method for aligning consecutive scan lines of a mirror based visual system produced by the bi-directional scan of a resonant mirror is disclosed. The actual position for the mirror is determined or measured by any suitable method. The measured position of the mirror is used to generate a first... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070041070 - Optical scanning system and image forming apparatus using the same: Disclosed is an optical scanning system and an image forming apparatus, being small in size but able to produce high-quality image outputs, wherein the optical scanning system includes a deflecting device for scanningly deflect a light beam from a light source in a main scan direction, and an imaging optical... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070041071 - Polarizing, photochromic devices and methods of making the same: A method of making an optical element including: (a) forming an at least partial coating on at least a portion of a substrate; and (b) adapting at least a portion of the at least partial coating to switch from a first state to a second linearly polarizing state in response... Agent: Ppg Industries Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20070041072 - Electromagnetic wave absorptive film and its fabrication: An electromagnetic wave absorptive film for absorbing electromagnetic waves by means of destructive interference is disclosed to include a compound layer, which has single-layer and/or double-layer wave-absorbing and/or wave reflecting grains embedded therein and a thickness equal to 1/4n times of the wavelength of the electromagnetic wave to be absorbed,... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070041073 - Polarizing, photochromic devices and methods of making the same: A liquid crystal cell including: a first substrate having a first surface; a second substrate having a second surface, wherein the second surface of the second substrate is opposite and spaced apart from the first surface of the first substrate so as to define a region; and a liquid crystal... Agent: Ppg Industries Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20070041074 - Electricallly-cotrollable film having variable optical and/or energy properties: The invention relates to an electrically-controllable device with variable optical/energy reflection or transmission properties. The invention is characterised in that the device is shaped in the form of a self-supporting film, said film being formed from a mixture comprising at least one first element which provides the mixture with an... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070041075 - Portable acousto-optical spectrometers: A portable acousto-optical (AO) spectrometer system comprised of at least one AO crystal cell device specially designed for cancellation of side-lobe noise at a desired tuned wavelength of operation. Each AO crystal cell device has a transducer attached and forms an AO tunable filter (AOTF) and forms part of a... Agent: U S Army Research Laboratory Attn Amsrl Cs Cc Ip

20070041076 - Mems device having support structures configured to minimize stress-related deformation and methods for fabricating same: Embodiments of MEMS devices include a movable layer supported by overlying support structures, and may also include underlying support structures. In one embodiment, the residual stresses within the overlying support structures and the movable layer are substantially equal. In another embodiment, the residual stresses within the overlying support structures and... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20070041078 - Addressing circuit and method for bi-directional micro-mirror array: A control substrate of spatial light modulator for a bi-directional micro mirror array includes a plurality of unit cells, each includes a common electrode at a fixed constant potential and an addressing electrode under the mirror plate on opposite sides of a pivot point of the mirror hinge, a pair... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070041079 - Interferometric modulators having charge persistence: An iterferometric modulator is formed having a dielectric with charge persistence. The interferometric modulator is addressed by a method making advantageous use of the charge persistence property, wherein the interferometric modulator is pre-charged in such a way that the pre-charging is not observable to a viewer, and the actuation voltage... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070041080 - Micro mirror unit and method of making the same: A micro mirror unit includes a moving part carrying a mirror portion, a frame and torsion bars connecting the moving part to the frame. The moving part, the frame and the torsion bars are formed integral from a material substrate. The frame includes a portion thicker than the moving part.... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070041077 - Pocket-sized two-dimensional image projection system: A pocket-sized two-dimensional image projection device adapted to a portable device is invented. The pocket-sized two-dimensional image projection device projects two-dimensional image on a projection surface with arbitrary profile and arbitrary distance from the projection device, and arbitrary attitude about the projection device. The position, profile, and attitude of the... Agent: Stereo Display Inc.

20070041081 - High performance compact external cavity laser( ecl) for telecomm applications: An optical tunable laser design (100) for the optic telecommunication industry is disclosed in this invention. This new design is economical, reliable, robust and with superior optical performances. The design offers broadband tunability, high output power, narrow laser line-width and high SMSR. And in addition, the tunable laser is distinguishable... Agent: Bo-in Lin

20070041083 - Fiber- or rod-based optical source featuring a large-core, rare-earth-doped photonic-crystal device for generation of high-power pulsed radiation and method: A method and apparatus use a photonic-crystal fiber having a very large core while maintaining a single transverse mode. In some fiber lasers and amplifiers having large cores problems exist related to energy being generated at multiple-modes (i.e., polygamy), and of mode hopping (i.e., promiscuity) due to limited control of... Agent: Lemaire Patent Law Firm, P.l.l.c.

20070041082 - High-power-optical-amplifier using a number of spaced, thin slabs: The high-power-optical-amplifier of the present invention uses a number of spaced, thin slabs (e.g., disc-shaped doped-slabs that are stacked, with a space between discs), aligned to give an amplifier both with a high active cross-section and a very high surface area to volume ratio. More specifically, the present invention provides... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20070041084 - Optical amplifier using delayed phase matching fiber: The present invention has an object to provide an optical amplifier capable of realizing a good response characteristic in a wide frequency band, even when a population inversion state is formed by a pumping light supplied to an optical amplification medium and an ASE light generated in the optical amplification... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070041085 - Optical transmission device equipped with pluggable variable optical attenuator: Disclosed is an optical transmission device with a simple configuration that can attenuate an input optical power only when it is necessary so that it falls within a predetermined range, and can suppress insertion loss when it is unnecessary. A variable optical attenuator is configured pluggable. A pluggable variable optical... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070041086 - Apparatus and method for optical amplification in semiconductors: Methods and corresponding apparatus for optical amplification in semiconductors, particularly indirect band-gap semiconductors, and most particularly in silicon. A first aspect of the invention employs certain doping elements to provide inter-band-gap energy levels in combination with optical or current-injection pumping—The doping element, preferably a noble metal and most preferably Gold,... Agent: Mark Friedman Bill Polkinghorn

20070041087 - Reflector, light source device, liquid crystal projector, and method for depositing reflecting film coatings: A reflector having a reflecting film coating which is composed of a reduced number of deposition materials and has high resistance to heat, a light source device deposited with such a reflecting film coating, a liquid crystal projector adopting such a light source device, and a method for depositing such... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070041088 - Optical pickup device: An optical pickup device has a variable-shape mirror that reflects a light beam emitted from a light source and that, by use of piezoelectric elements sandwiched between a support substrate and a mirror portion arranged to face the support substrate, corrects for wavefront aberrations in the light beam by deforming... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070041089 - Scanning imaging device for image-substraction confocal microscopy: The invention relates to an imaging device comprising means for generating two images which are filtered differently by a mask (304) and for combining same.... Agent: Vincent Lauer

20070041090 - Confocal laser scanning microscope: A confocal laser scanning microscope including an excitation beam path which focuses excitation radiation in a multiplicity of spots arranged in an object plane, and a detection beam path which confocally images the spots onto a multi-channel detector by means of pinhole stops, as well as a scanning unit which... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070041091 - Microscope: A microscope according to the present invention includes an illumination element changer capable of selectively inserting any of a bright field illumination element, a dark field illumination element, and a fluorescence illumination element into an optical axis of an objective, a field stop disposed on the optical axis and limiting... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070041092 - Composite light based adjustment: Embodiments of sensing light are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070041093 - Projector screen for use in a lighted room: A screen that blocks out ambient light and allows light from a projector to pass through it to sensors. The sensors report the color of the light striking them to a computer. The computer powers lamps so that the same color striking the sensors shines back out to the audience.... Agent: Stuart Bard

20070041094 - System for reproducing three-dimensional images: The present invention describes a system that is able to reproduce images in three dimensions, that is, stereoscopic, three-dimensional or integral, without the need for glasses or any other device in front of observer's eyes. The number of images necessary is small because the system is able to direct the... Agent: Charles N J Ruggiero Ohlandt Greeley Ruggiero & Perle

20070041095 - Display device, method of controlling the same, and game machine: A display device includes a display panel having a planar image display area, a barrier device having a barrier disposed opposing to the image display area, and switchable between an operative state for allowing stereoscopic viewing and an inoperative state for disabling stereoscopic viewing, wherein in the operative state, the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070041096 - Mirror with built-in display: A mirror device (1) which can be simultaneously used for display purposes, based on e.g. an LCD display (5) with a polarizing min or (2) placed in front of it. the reflectivity of such a mirror display is enhanced by providing at its non-viewing side a further polarizing mirror (11)... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070041097 - Method for fabricating a micro-lens mold and a concave micro-lens: A method for fabricating a micro-lens mold comprises forming a thick film on a substrate, patterning the thick film to form a micro-capillary, filling the micro-capillary with a heat curing glue liquor, rotating the substrate so that the liquid in the micro-capillary presents a circular arc shape as a micro-lens... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070041098 - Led light source lens having upper, central and lower parts: Disclosed herein is a Light Emitting Diode (LED) light source lens for emitting light in a lateral direction. The LED source lens includes an upper part, an upper part and a central part. The upper part includes an upper part reflecting surface bent symmetrically with respect to the central axis... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070041099 - Lens for forming laser lines with uniform brightness: A lens is provided for converting a laser beam into laser lines of uniform brightness. The lens has an emission plane through which the laser beam passes, the emission plane having a continuous incline. There is also provided a method for designing the lens.... Agent: Raymond Sun Law Offices Of Raymond Sun

20070041100 - Thin-profile projection system: A relatively thin-profile projection display device that employs at least two anamorphic components is disclosed herein.... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.

20070041101 - Zoom lens system having variable power element: A multiple group variable focal length lens is provided. The lens has a first lens group including a variable power lens element and is positioned in a stationary manner along an optical axis. The lens also has a second lens group moveably positioned along the optical axis. The variable power... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20070041102 - Compact zoom lens: A compact zoom lens includes a first lens group (1, 3) of negative refractive power disposed on an object side and a second lens group (2, 4) of positive refractive power disposed on an image side. Both the first and second lens groups are movable. The first lens group and... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070041103 - Lens retraction mechanism and method of the same: A lens retraction mechanism slantways retracts a lens from a shooting position to a receiving space. The lens retraction mechanism includes a base body, which includes a substrate, a guide wall disposed on the substrate and the receiving space, a lens guiding frame moveable with respect to the base body... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070041104 - Optical system: The invention relates to an optical system adapted to project a cylindrical, spherical, conical or other three-dimensional display surface onto every direction in the distance or receive images from every direction at such a three-dimensional imaging surface. The optical system is adapted to project a three-dimensional object surface 3 onto... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070041105 - Viewing device and packaging for a viewing device: A viewing device includes a housing defining an interior chamber through which light can pass. The housing includes first and second spaced apart openings communicating with the interior chamber such that light entering the first opening is viewed by a user looking into the second opening. Indicia representing an eye... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070041106 - Optical module: An optical module (100) includes a lens barrel (10), a lens (201), a filter (40), and a groove (105). The lens is engagingly received in the lens barrel. The filter is engagingly received in the lens barrel with an adhesive. The groove is defined in the lens barrel. The groove... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070041107 - Vehicle mirror with improved reflected object distance gauging indication and method: A visually perceptible target area is provided on the reflective surface of a side view mirror of a vehicle which the eye can compare and easily correlate to the image of a trailing vehicle reflected in the mirror. The target area can be provided by a view frame, which can... Agent: Beeson Skinner Beverly, LLP

20070041108 - Variable-shape mirror, optical pickup therewith, and method for fabricating a variable-shape mirror: A variable-shape mirror has a support substrate, a mirror portion that faces the support substrate and that has a mirror surface on the side thereof opposite to the side thereof facing the support substrate, a plurality of fixing portions that fix the mirror portion to the support substrate, and a... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070041109 - Darkfield illumination system: The invention is directed to a darkfield illumination system and is applicable in transmitted light microscopy and in incident light microscopy. A combination with a first, segmented mirror and a second, aspherical mirror is proposed for the purpose of uniform illumination of the large object fields occurring at low magnifications.... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20070041110 - Vehicular rearview components and assemblies: The present invention provides improved vehicular rearview assemblies and components for incorporation into rearview assemblies.... Agent: Brian J. Rees Gentex Corporation

20070041111 - Mirror with selectively oxidized areas for memory effect and method of making same: A coated article such as a mirror or window is provided, the coated article including a coating supported by a glass substrate. The coating may include at least a reflective layer in certain example embodiments of this invention. In certain example embodiments, the reflective layer and/or a layer proximate thereto... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070041112 - Laptop computer screen night vision apparatus: The present invention teaches that a biased density filter (one which does not allow all hues to pass equally but rather blocks some and allows others through) may be used over the display of a laptop computer. A conformable light barrier may extend all the way around the edge of... Agent: Barber Legal

20070035792 - Clutch mechanism of hydrostatic continuously variable transmission: A clutch mechanism for a hydrostatic continuously variable transmission in which a high pressure oil path and a low pressure oil path are shortened to change-over a transmittance of power. A spring sheet is provided of which manufacturing and assembling are simple and the number of component parts is reduced.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070035793 - Optical scanning device: An optical scanning device for scanning a multi-layer optical record carrier when positioned in a scanning location in the device, the device being adapted for scanning a first information layer at a first information layer depth within the record carrier and a second information layer at a second information layer... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070035794 - Jointed mirror arm: A jointed mirror arm includes at least two tubular pieces, connected to each other by a joint with a reflecting mirror, which, as a result of the joint, may be arranged in varying configurations and which form a beam path for the radiation, with a fixed inlet on a first... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070035795 - Artificial facet joint and a method of making same: An artificial facet is implanted and attached to the spine. The artificial facet is an assembly of components that includes a rod formed of first and second curved sections. First and second pedicle screws are connected to the first and second curved sections, respectively. The first curved section has a... Agent: Waddey & Patterson, P.C.

20070035796 - Optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus: A disclosed optical scanning apparatus for scanning a scanning surface using a light beam, the optical scanning apparatus comprises: a light source having a plurality of luminous sources; a deflection unit collectively deflecting a plurality of light beams emitted from the plural luminous sources; a light guiding unit guiding at... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070035797 - Confocal scanning endoscope system and image display area adjustment method thereof: There is provided a confocal scanning endoscope system, which is provided with a light source that emits light, a scanning unit that deflects the light emitted by the light source so that the light scans on a subject in two dimensions, an objective optical system that directs the light deflected... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070035798 - Apparatus and method to compensate for the non-linear movement of an oscillating mirror in a display or printer: A method of improving the quality of a scanning mirror based imaging system such as a printer or a display system by increasing the laser duty cycle, according to a first embodiment by adjusting the intensity parameter of the received video signals as a function of the velocity of the... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070035799 - Light scanning apparatus, method of controlling the same and image forming apparatus equipped with the same: A light scanning apparatus makes a light beam scan along a main scanning direction on an effective scanning region which has a predetermined width. The apparatus comprises: a light source which emits the light beam; a deflector which includes an oscillation mirror which oscillates about an oscillatory axis which is... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070035800 - Ultrafast optical modulator: Systems and methods for modulating light with light in high index contrast waveguides clad with substances having that exhibit large nonlinear electro-optic constants χ3. Waveguides fabricated on SOI wafers and clad with electro-optic polymers are described. Systems and methods for modulating light with light are discussed. Optical logic gates are... Agent: Wall Marjama & Bilinski

20070035801 - Light receiving element circuit and optical disk device: A light receiving element circuit is an integrated circuit configured by a light receiving element which photoelectrically converts an optical signal having an information signal, and amplifier circuits which amplify the photoelectrically converted electric signal and output the signal. The light receiving element circuit comprises a reference voltage generating circuit... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070035802 - Projection display: A projection-type image display apparatus, comprising the followings in a housing thereof: a light source 10; an illumination optic system; penetration-type image display elements 42R, 42G and 42B, or 450R, 450G and 450B, for R-, G- and B-lights; a cross dichroic prisms 41, or 410, as being an optical synthesizing... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070035803 - Optical processing: To operate an optical device comprising an SLM with a two-dimensional array of controllable phase-modulating elements groups of individual phase-modulating elements are delineated, and control data selected from a store for each delineated group of phase-modulating elements. The selected control data are used to generate holograms at each group and... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070035804 - System and method for addressing a mems display: A system and method for addressing an array of MEMS display elements, such as interferometric modulators, from a drive control. A display includes groups of display elements that are addressed with a commonly applied drive signal. In one embodiment, the groups of display elements are configured to have different response... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070035805 - System and method for addressing a mems display: A system and method for addressing an array of MEMS display elements, such as interferometric modulators, from a drive control. A display includes groups of display elements that are addressed with a commonly applied drive signal. In one embodiment, the groups of display elements are configured to have different response... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070035806 - System and method for generating images: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for generating images. There is provided a method comprising directing light through a projecting lens (28) at a first pixel position (60a) on a screen (32), and shifting the projecting lens (28) such that the light is directed on at a... Agent: Barry D. Blount Fletcher Yoder

20070035807 - Unique method for manufacturing a digital micromirror device and a method for manufacturing a projection display system using the same: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a digital micromirror device and a method for manufacturing a projection display system. The method for manufacturing the digital micromirror device, without limitation, may include providing a material stack (130), the material stack (130) including a spacer layer (140) having one or... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070035808 - Electro-optic display and materials for use therein: An electro-optic display comprises a layer (130) of a solid electro-optic material, at least one electrode disposed adjacent the layer (130) of electro-optic material, and a layer (180) of a lamination adhesive interposed between the layer (130) of electro-optic material and the electrode, the lamination adhesive (180) having a higher... Agent: David J Cole E Ink Corporation

20070035809 - High speed beam steering/field of view adjustment: The use of spatial light modulators to steer light beams and/or vary a field of view is disclosed. A dual frequency liquid crystal spatial light modulator can be controlled so as to form a blazed phase grating thereon that effects desire deflection of incident light. A dual frequency liquid crystal... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid, LLP

20070035810 - Apparatus and method for pumping and operating optical parametric oscillators using dfb fiber lasers: An optical parametric oscillator (OPO) is described that efficiently converts a near-infrared laser beam to tunable mid-infrared wavelength output. In some embodiments, the OPO includes an optical resonator containing a nonlinear crystal, such as periodically-poled lithium niobate. The OPO is pumped by a continuous-wave fiber-laser source having a low-power oscillator... Agent: Lemaire Patent Law Firm, P.l.l.c.

20070035811 - Device and method for power calibration of an oscillator: To that end, the input (31) of the control module (40) is embodied as electrically connectable to the HF switch (comprising (22) and (24)) and the output (34) of the control module (40) is embodied as electrically connectable to the HF switch and/or to the amplifier. If the HF switch... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20070035812 - Godly powers: Christopher Anthony Roller is a godly entity. “Granters” had been given my powers (acquired my powers) (via God probably). These “granters” have been receiving financial gain from godly powers. These “granters” may be using their powers without morals. Chris Roller wants exclusive right to the ethical use and financial gain... Agent: Mr. Christopher Anthony Roller

20070035814 - Euv projection lens with mirrors made from material with differing signs for the rise in temperature dependence of the thermal expansion coefficient around the zero transition temperature: A projection objective 1 for short wavelengths, in particular for wavelengths λ<157 nm is provided with a number of mirrors M1, M2, M3, M4, M5 and M6 that are arranged positioned precisely in relation to an optical axis 5. The mirrors M1, M2, M3, M4, M5 and M6 have multilayer... Agent: Grayrobinson

20070035813 - Phosphor and optical device using same: A phosphor for converting ultraviolet light or blue light emitted from a light emitting element into a visible white radiation having a high level of color rendering properties, containing a light emitting component prepared from a solid system of an alkaline earth metal antimonate and a system derived from the... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070035815 - System and method for applying a reflectance modifying agent to improve the visual attractiveness of human skin: A computer-controlled system determines attributes of a frexel, an area of human skin, and applies a modifying agent (RMA) at the pixel level, typically to make the skin appear more youthful and so more attractive. The system scans the frexel, identifies unattractive attributes, and applies the RMA, typically with an... Agent: Rick B. Yeager, Attorney

20070035816 - Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a porous dielectric layer and air gaps: A method to produce air gaps between metal lines (8(i)( and within dielectrics. The method consists of obtaining a dual damascene structure, applying a diffusion barrier layer (10) directly on the planarized surface and performing a lithography step, thus shielding the metal lines underneath the diffusion barrier layer. Optionally, some... Agent: Philips Electronics North America Corporation Intellectual Property & Standards

20070035817 - Collimatable mirror diagonal for telescopes: An apparatus for collimating a diagonal mirror. The diagonal has a 45° mirror with adjustment screws for aligning the mirror precisely with the optical axis of the telescope. The mirror is adjacent a back plate attached to the diagonal body. In one embodiment, a resilient pad is between the mirror... Agent: Knox Patents

20070035818 - Two-dimensional spectral imaging system: Systems, including methods, apparatus, and algorithms, for spectrally imaging a two-dimensional array of samples.... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20070035819 - Two-dimensional spectral imaging system: Systems, including methods, apparatus, and algorithms, for spectrally imaging a two-dimensional array of samples.... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20070035820 - Sample tube handling apparatus: A test tube (72, 72′) defines a test tube axis (75) and contains or supports an associated sample in an annular sampling region (12). At least two alignment bearings (80, 81, 81′, 82, 83, 110, 140, 142, 181, 182, 183, 184, 211, 212) engage the test tube at opposite sides... Agent: Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070035822 - Arrangement for examining microscopic preparations with a scanning microscope, and illumination device for a scanning microscope: The arrangement for examining microscope preparations with a scanning microscope comprises a laser (1) and an optical means (12) which images the light generated by the laser (1) onto a specimen (13) that is to be examined. Provided between the laser (1) and the optical means (12) is an optical... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070035821 - Microscope: The invention relates to a microscope for conventional fluorescence microscopy (Epi fluorescence) and for total internal reflection microscopy, comprising at least one light source (1) for the conventional fluorescence illumination and at least one light source (2) for the evanescent illumination, and comprising an objective (4), wherein the illuminating light... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070035823 - Compact photographing device: The invention relates to a photographing device whose bulk is intended to be reduced. According to the invention, a permanent division of the object field observed by the device is associated with a catadioptric configuration... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Gilman & Berner, LLP

20070035824 - Sighted device operable in visible-wavelength or electro-optical/visible-wavelength sighting modes: A sighted device has a sight that includes an objective lens lying on an optical axis of the sight so that an input beam is coincident with the optical axis, an eyepiece lens lying on the optical axis, an imaging detector having a detector output signal, a signal processor that... Agent: Raytheon Company 2000 East El Segundo Boulevard

20070035825 - Magnifying binoculars: Magnifying binoculars configured for observing a magnified image of an object, includes a frame configured to be worn by a user, a pair of magnifying optical system units provided for left and right eyes of the user, respectively, each of the magnifying optical system units including a magnifying optical system... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070035826 - Display device: A display device of the present invention is provided with a light source (4) for emitting coherent light and displaying an image, and an image receiving part (1) comprising not less than two screens, onto which the coherent light is projected, wherein at least one of the screens constituting the... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070035827 - Reflective screen: A reflective screen includes a light reflecting layer, and a light diffusing layer provided on the light reflecting layer. The light diffusing layer has the diffusion property that in one (A axis) of two perpendicular axial directions on a light diffusion plane, a luminance distribution curve versus incidence angle is... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20070035828 - Decelerating and locking mechanism for a projection screen and the manually operated projection screen using the mechanism: The present invention provides a manually operated projection screen having a decelerating and locking mechanism which intergrates a decelerating mechanism and a locking mechanism as a whole. The decelerating and locking mechanism for a projection screen includes a braking and locking device having a centrifugal brake shoe, a brake drum... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070035829 - Directional display apparatus: A directional display apparatus, comprising a spatial light modulator comprising an array of pixels and a lens array in which each respective section of the lens array is capable of directing light from a group of pixels aligned with the respective section into nominal viewing windows, is arranged such that... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070035830 - Two-panel liquid crystal system with circular polarization and polarizer glasses suitable for three dimensional imaging: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for three dimensional display that produce stereo images (left and right eye images) each having particular known polarization so that they can be segregated and viewed with suitable polarizer eyeglasses to create the perception in the human mind of a three-dimensional image. According to... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLPIPGroup, Columbia Square

20070035831 - 3d videogame system: A 3D videogame system capable of displaying a left-right sequences through a different, independent VGA or video channel, with a display device sharing a memory in an immerse manner. The system has a videogame engine controlling and validating the image perspectives, assigning textures, lighting, positions, movements and aspects associated with... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070035832 - Exhaust emission purifying apparatus for internal combustion engine: In an exhaust emission purifying apparatus for an internal combustion engine, for adding a reducing agent for NOx to the exhaust gas to thereby purify NOx in the exhaust gas, the mixing of the reducing agent injected by an injection nozzle with the exhaust gas is accelerated. To this end,... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070035833 - Optical component: An optical component contains two or more hidden images for authentication and antiforgery purposes. The images are successively revealed and concealed when the optical component is held between two polarisers and one of them is rotated. The optical component comprises one or more optical retarder(s) in which the images are... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070035834 - Optical disc drive: An optical system (30) comprises at least two optical detector units (60; 70), each optical detector unit (60; 70) comprising an array (61; 71) of detector segments (62a-d; 72a-d) and corresponding output terminals (63a-d; 73a-d) defining current outputs of the corresponding optical detector unit (60; 70). At least one current... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070035835 - Reflective corner cube array: The present invention relates to vibration detection devices. In one embodiment a corner reflective array is provided. The corner reflective array includes at least one corner cube. Each corner cube includes three mutually perpendicular reflective surfaces that intersect in a corner.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070035836 - Retroreflector, retroreflector assembly, and method of making retroreflector and retroreflector assembly: A hollow retroreflector includes three mutually perpendicular reflective plates each having at least one hole on a surface thereof and at least three threaded fasteners, such as screws or bolts. One of the threaded fasteners passes though the holes of each adjoining pairs of reflective plates. Beneficially, epoxy is applied... Agent: Volentine Francos, & Whitt PLLC

20070035837 - Optical pickup and optical disc apparatus: An optical pickup which includes first to third light sources each emitting a light beam each having a first to third wavelength; an objective lens condensing each of the light beams emitted from the light sources on a signal recording face of an optical disc; a collimator lens provided between... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070035838 - High contrast grating light valve: A grating light valve is provided with a plurality of spaced reflective ribbons, spatially arranged over a semiconductor substrate, the ribbons and substrate being provided with reflective surfaces. The grating light valve is configured to optimize the conditions for constructive and destructive interference with an incident light source having a... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070035839 - Optical functional film, antireflection film, polarizing plate and image display device: Provided are an optical functional film including at least one functional layer, where the functional layer comprises a copolymer having a polymerization unit derived from a fluoroaliphatic group-containing monomer in a content of 10 weight % or more and the fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer is localized on the surface of the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070035840 - Optical element and optical pickup apparatus: The present invention provides an optical element including: a substrate; and an antireflection film formed on a surface of the substrate. The antireflection film includes a plurality of lower refractive index layers, and a plurality of higher refractive index layers which are layered alternately. Each of at least two of... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070035841 - Direct beam solar lighting system: A direct beam solar lighting system for collecting and distributing sunlight into a room. The system includes a rotatable solar collector head to receive sunlight and to reflect the sunlight downward into a transition tube having a reflective interior surface. The light-concentrating transition tube reflects sunlight into a reflective light... Agent: Law Offices Of Brian S Steinberger

20070035842 - Liquid-guide plate, backlight assembly and liquid crystal display having the same: A light-guide plate includes a body for guiding incident light, and at least an inserting portion penetrating a portion of the body, wherein at least a light source for providing the light-guide plate with the light is inserted into the inserting portion. The inserting portion can be formed at an... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070035843 - Optical apparatus with flipped compound prism structures: An optical apparatus comprises a light source, an optical member and a spatial light modulator. The optical member comprises optically transmissive material and has a textured major surface receiving light from the light source. The textured surface comprises first and second pluralities of non-intersecting elongate features. The pluralities are angled... Agent: Bruzga & Associates

20070035845 - Lens element, lithographic apparatus, device manufacturing method, and device manufactured thereby: A lens element comprises a first face and a second face, where the first face comprises a plurality of concave shaped lens parts. Each concave shaped lens part is arranged to focus a portion of a beam incident on the second face via a liquid on a single flat surface.... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070035844 - Method and apparatus for reducing microlens surface reflection: A microlens has a surface with an effective index of refraction close to the index of air to reduce reflection caused by change in indices of refraction from microlens to air. The microlens having an index of refraction approximately the same as that of air is obtained by providing a... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070035846 - Method and apparatus for attaching microdisplays and other sensitive devices: A frame, termed a prism frame, is attached to a processing face of a prism assembly and used to hold a position of a compensating waveplate and a microdisplay. The compensating waveplate includes adjustment tabs that allow precise positioning of an orientation of the waveplate (e.g., waveplate angle, rotation, etc)... Agent: Scott Detro

20070035847 - Method and apparatus providing graded-index microlenses: Microlenses are fabricated with a refractive-index gradient. The refractive-index gradient is produced in a microlens material such that the refractive index is relatively higher in the material nearest the substrate, and becomes progressively lower as the layer gets thicker. After formation of the layer with the refractive-index gradient, material is... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070035848 - Imaging system, in particular a projection objective of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus: Imaging systems, in particular a projection objectives of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus, are provided. The imaging systems can have an optical axis and produce an image field which is extra-axial relative to the optical axis. The imaging systems can include a first optical element which causes a first distribution... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070035849 - Method and apparatus providing graded-index microlenses: Microlenses are fabricated with a refractive-index gradient. The refractive-index gradient is produced in a microlens material such that the refractive index is relatively higher in the material nearest the substrate, and becomes progressively lower as the layer gets thicker. After formation of the layer with the refractive-index gradient, material is... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070035850 - Method and device for reducing systematic measuring errors in the examination of objects: In the production of semiconductor or other components, the structures are normally manufactured in different planes. In the orientation of these planes relative to each other a displacement or alignment is examined, among other things, and detected as an overlay defect. To reduce a systematic measuring defect a measuring device... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070035851 - Compact zoom lens system: A compact zoom lens system includes, from the object side to the image side, a negative first lens group (1), a positive second lens group (2), a positive third lens group (3) and a positive fourth lens group (4). The first lens group is stationary, and both the second and... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070035852 - Imaging optics with wavelength dependent aperture stop: An imaging system includes a wavelength dependent aperture stop, which transmits light with different ranges of wavelengths through apertures of different diameters. Thus, different colored light will have different F-stops, which can be selected based on the power transfer and image quality requirements for the different colored light. For example,... Agent: Patent Law Group LLP

20070035853 - Portable magnifier for hand-held portable electronic device: A portable magnifier has a support member having a support surface for removably supporting a portable electronic device having a display. A holder has a pair of holding portions and is connected to the support member for undergoing pivotal movement relative to the support surface of the support member. An... Agent: Adams & Wilks

20070035854 - Adjustable optical assembly: An optical assembly, which is adjustable relative to an axis (A), includes an optics carrier (1), at least two optical components (2, 3) fixedly connected with the optics carrier (1) and axially spaced from each other, and at least one thin, partially tangentially oriented, deformation web (4) provided in the... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070035857 - Lens barrel, camera and portable information terminal apparatus: A lens barrel includes a) a plurality of lens groups each having at least one lens, b) a plurality of lens retaining frames, including a retractable lens retaining frame, c) lens retaining frame driving devices, d) a main-guide shaft member in parallel to the optical axis to support the retractable... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070035855 - Miniature confocal optical device, system, and method: A confocal optical device is described. The device includes a tri-axial scanning mirror that can provide for three-dimensional scanning of objects. In particular, the scanning mirror has a deformable reflective membrane mounted on two annular gimbaled members to provide for rotation about two orthogonal axes. The deformable membrane, which can... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP.

20070035856 - Multi-axis positioner: A multi-axis positioner comprising: a fixed part (40) having drive mounts (42, 44, 46) for receiving a plurality of drive inputs and a movable part (30) having surfaces for attaching a sample, wherein multiple drive trains, one for each of up to six motion axes, connect the drive inputs to... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070035859 - Actuator: An actuator comprises: an electromechanical conversion element; a driving frictional member mounted onto one side in an extension/contraction direction of the electromechanical conversion element; a driven member frictionally engaged with the driving frictional member; and a weight member that comprises an adhesive agent and is attached to the other side... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070035858 - Actuator and lens drive apparatus: An actuator is provided and includes: an electro-mechanical conversion element; a driving frictional member attached at one end of the electro-mechanical conversion element with respect to a direction of expansion and contraction of the electro-mechanical conversion element; a driven member frictionally engaged with the driving frictional member; and a biasing... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070035860 - Lens drive apparatus: Shafts are fixed to a base and extend in a direction parallel to a center axis of a through hole of the base. Two yoke arrangements are installed to the shafts. A lens holder frame holds a lens, which has an optical axis parallel to the central axis of the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070035861 - Laser diode bar beam reformatting prism array: Asymmetry of output beams from a laser diode bar is significantly reduced by internally reflecting the beams from an array of roof prisms positioned and oriented to rotate the cross-sectional shape of each beam by 90°. An elongated retro prism is positioned to received all of the reflected beams and... Agent: Daniel J. Burnham, Esq. Jenkens & Gilchrist

20070035862 - Hinge actuator: A hinge actuator for a wing mirror unit includes a base plate, including base shaft with mirror support; output part; coupling ring; and gear wheel. The base plate and mirror support include cooperating stops. The coupling ring is arranged so as to be rotatable with limited travel about the base... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20070035863 - Camouflaged hunting mirror: A well camouflaged, highly adjustable and viewable mirror is provided for wider viewing and greater safety during hunting. The apparatus comprises a least one mirror and a plurality of mounting means. For camouflage, the mirror's reflective surface is tinted and concave, so that reflection from the mirror is reduced. Other... Agent: Galasso & Associates, Lp

20070035864 - Multistage system for radiant energy flux transformation: A radiant energy flux transformation system including a primary linear focus concentrating collector formed by a plurality of cylindrical slat-like reflectors and a secondary elongated collector is described. The reflectors of primary collector generally have concave or planar transversal profiles and are positioned in a stepped arrangement with longitudinal axes... Agent: Sergiy V. Vasylyev

20070035865 - Outer mirror device for vehicle: In an outer mirror device for a vehicle, an electrically-driven retracting unit, a mirror surface angle adjusting unit, a mirror surface angle detecting sensor, a foot lamp device, a heater, and an ECU which is a control device, which are respectively internal mechanisms, are disposed within a door mirror visor... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070030541 - Holographic recording medium: A holographic recording medium has a recording layer including a radical-polymerizable compound, a first photo-radical polymerization initiator (A) containing a titanocene compound, and a second photo-radical polymerization initiator (B) containing at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an amino acetophenone derivative, an acylphosphine oxide derivative, a benzyl... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070030543 - Depth and lateral size control of three-dimensional images in projection integral imaging: A method disclosed herein relates to displaying three-dimensional images. The method comprising, projecting integral images to a display device, and displaying three-dimensional images with the display device. Further disclosed herein is an apparatus for displaying orthoscopic 3-D images. The apparatus comprising, a projector for projecting integral images, and a micro-convex-mirror... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070030542 - Method and apparatus for compensating for atmospheric turbulence based on holographic atmospheric turbulence sampling: A method is presented utilizing a holographic approach for linear phase conjugation to compensate for atmosphere-induce aberrations that severely limit laser performance. In an effort to improve beam quality, fine aim point control, and laser energy delivered to the target, aberration compensation is accomplished using holographic adaptive tracking that utilizes... Agent: Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration Inc.

20070030544 - Holographic printer: A single method and apparatus for producing many of the most common types of hologram from digital data is disclosed. In one embodiment the data are generated entirely by a computer as a 3-D (animated) model. In another embodiment the data are generated from multiple 2-D camera images taken of... Agent: Paul S Madan Madan, Mossman & Sriram, PC

20070030546 - Process to determine the absolute angular position of a motor vehicle steering wheel: A method for determining the absolute value of a rotational angle includes imaging a continuous segment of a code track of a code carrier on a sensor array such that the sensor array generates a corresponding output signal. The code track includes a code provided over an angular range of... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070030545 - Process to determine the absolute position of a motor vehicle steering wheel: The invention relates to a process for determining the absolute value of a rotational angle, in particular the angular position of a motor vehicle steering wheel, by means of a transceiver comprising a light source and a sensor array having a multiplicity of optoelectronic transducers, and a code carrier arranged... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070030547 - Apparatus for translational displacement of a lens in a laser focussing optical system: An apparatus is described for automatically shifting a lens of a laser focussing optical system, the lens undergoing translational motion along an optical axis, being moved by at least one motor which carries out rotational movement. This rotational movement is converted by a linkage into translational movement to shift the... Agent: Mark C. Comtois Duane Morris LLP

20070030548 - Apparatus for generating pulse-modulated signal: An apparatus for generating a pulse modulated signal having pulses corresponding to binary values of pixels of image data includes a modulation-data generating unit configured to generate modulation data in response to pixel control data and the image data, the modulation data including a predetermined number of bits for a... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070030549 - Optical beam scanning device and image forming apparatus: An object of the invention is to provide an optical beam scanning device and an image forming apparatus capable of suppressing adverse effect due to ambient temperature change on plural optical elements. The optical beam scanning device of the invention includes a single light deflector, a pre-deflection optical system for... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070030550 - Optical beam scanning device: An optical beam scanning device includes a rotating polygon mirror for scanning a beam from a pre-deflection optical system in a main scanning direction and two mirrors 23, 25 for imaging the beam scanned by the rotating polygon mirror 5 on an image plane. The device is arranged so that... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070030551 - Imaging polarimetry: To effectively reduce a measurement error in a parameter indicating two-dimensional spatial distribution of a state of polarization generated by variations in retardation of a birefringent prism pair due to a temperature change or other factors, while holding a variety of properties of an imaging polarimetry using the birefringent prism... Agent: William T. Ellis Foley & Lardner LLP

20070030552 - Optical element, optical device, mobile information terminal, and manufacturing method: A microlouver has, as a basic unit, a light-controlling layer in which a light-absorbing layer and a transparent layer are laminated together, and a plurality of basic units L and S comprising a plurality of types of light-controlling layers having different layer thicknesses or optical constants, disposed in the direction... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070030553 - Variable refractive surface: An optical element (200; 300) for providing a variable refractive surface. The element comprises a chamber (215) defined by at least one side wall (270), with an optical axis (90) extending through the chamber (215). The chamber (215) contains a first fluid (220) and a second fluid (230) in contact... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070030554 - Method and apparatus for providing color changing thin film material: An electrochromic device and methods for forming the same are provided. The device includes first and second electrodes. A layer of (GexSe100-x)100-yMny is between the first and second electrodes.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070030555 - Methods and apparatus for spatial light modulation: Improved apparatus and methods for spatial light modulation are disclosed which utilize optical cavities having both front and rear reflective surfaces. Light-transmissive regions are formed in the front reflective surface for spatially modulating light.... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070030556 - Optical frequency converter: An optical frequency converter that can use a low-amplitude, high-frequency signal for converting a wide range of optical frequencies. The optical frequency converter includes a device for modulating a lightwave of a preset frequency with a modulation signal to generate a group of sidebands thereof, a device for selecting sidebands... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070030557 - Wavelength converting optical system, laser light source, exposure apparatus, device for inspecting object of inspection, and polymer crystal working apparatus: A fifth harmonic wave is formed from a fundamental wave of P polarization via a second harmonic wave forming optical element 3, a third harmonic wave forming optical element 4, and a fifth harmonic wave forming optical element 6, and a second harmonic wave of P polarization is formed from... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070030558 - Raman-amplified optical transmission system and method for amplifying optical signals: A Raman-amplified optical transmission system (1) comprises at least one transmission fiber (4) for Raman amplifying of an optical signal (S), at least one corresponding pump (5, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3) for pumping the transmission fiber (4) at a plurality of pumping wavelengths (λP1, λP2, λP3), at least one Lumped Raman... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070030560 - Gain flattening filter for preserving the spectral bandwidth in cryogenic ultrashort-pulse laser amplifiers: A gain flattening filter preserves very broad bandwidth, and therefore very short-duration pulses in ultrafast cryogenically-cooled laser amplifier systems, while also maintaining good overall efficiency. The filter is optimized for pulses amplified in a cryogenically cooled material.... Agent: Jennifer L. Bales

20070030559 - Method for optimizing output in ultrashort-pulse multipass laser amplifiers with selective use of a spectral filter: A method for optimizing multipass laser amplifier output utilizes a spectral filter in early passes but not in later passes. The pulses shift position slightly for each pass through the amplifier, and the filter is placed such that early passes intersect the filter while later passes bypass it. The filter... Agent: Jennifer L. Bales

20070030561 - Relay amplifier: A relay amplifier provided at a branching point of an electric power line in an electric power line communication for amplifying communication signals, comprising a plurality of signal couplers provided at the respective electric power lines on both sides of the branching point for transmitting/receiving the communication signals to/from the... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070030562 - Multimode fiber optic amplifier and method of amplifying optical signals: A multimode fiber receiver includes a multimode collimator, a multimode fiber optic amplifier and a detector. The collimator receives incoming signals and provides the signals to the amplifier. The amplifier includes plural amplification stages, a limiter, a tunable narrow band filter and a microcontroller. The amplification stages each include a... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20070030563 - Multi-bandpass filter for projection arrangements: An optical filter for manipulating the spectrum of a light source is comprised of a transparent substrate and a first layer system applied to only one side, preferably an interference layer system. The substrate and the first layer system form a combined UV and IR filter (UV-IR filter) such that... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070030565 - Cross-slide stage and microscope system having a cross-slide stage: A cross-slide stage comprises a support element, a first displacement element (21) joined to the support element, and a second displacement element (31), wherein the displacement elements (21, 31) are movable in directions arranged perpendicular to one another. The second displacement element (31) defines a plane on which a specimen... Agent: Hodgson Russ LLP

20070030564 - Stereomicroscope system having an incident illumination device: A stereomicroscope system (1) having an incident illumination device is disclosed. The stereomicroscope system (1) comprises a base (13) on which a focusing column (11) is secured. Mounted shiftably on the focusing column (11) is a focusing arm (5) which has an opening that serves to receive a stereomicroscope (3).... Agent: Hodgson Russ LLP

20070030566 - Polarizer, method for manufacturing the same and backlight module: A polarizer includes a first prism plate having a plurality of micro-prisms; a polarizing film; and a second prism plate having a plurality of micro-prisms, the micro-prisms of the first prism plate and the micro-prisms of the second prism plate meshed with each other and integrated the polarizing film therebetween.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070030567 - Long time aperture optical tapped delay line: An optical tapped delay line device in accordance with the present invention is a method for and device for spatially resolving the spectral components of an optical signal, i.e., channelizing or spectrum analyzing the wavelength content of an optical signal. The device is based on a tapped optical delay line... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070030568 - High-reflectance visible-light reflector member, liquid-crystal display backlight unit employing the same, and manufacture of the high-reflectance visible-light reflector member: A reflector member of the present invention includes a silver thin film formed on a substrate and a silicon nitride protection film formed on the silver thin film. The silver thin film has the (111) orientation as the principal plane orientation. Preferably, 99% or more of the silver thin film... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070030569 - Broad band antireflection coating and method of making same: A coated article includes a broad band antireflection (AR) coating that utilizes aluminum oxynitride (AlOxNy) in the medium index (index of refraction “n”) layer of the coating. In certain example embodiments, the coating may include the following layers from the glass substrate outwardly: aluminum oxynitride (AlOxNy) medium index layer/high index... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070030570 - Injection molded microlenses for optical interconnects: Disclosed are a microlens array, and a method of positioning and aligning the microlens array on another device. Generally, the microlens array comprises an array of injection molded microlens elements, and a supporting flange. Each of the microlens elements has a generally spheroid or spherical shape, and the supporting flange... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070030571 - Vertical pixel structures for emi-flective display and methods for making the same: A vertical pixel structure for emi-flective display and a method thereof are provided. The vertical pixel structure has a substrate, a emitting pixel unit arranged on the substrate and a reflective pixel unit arranged on the emitting pixel unit. By using the vertical pixel structure the aperture of the display... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070030572 - Lens used for light-emitting diode: A lens used for a light-emitting diode (LED) includes a body having an axis and a retaining part, wherein the body of the lens is symmetrical about the axis. The lens is mounted onto an LED and further includes a first lens part and a second lens part. When entering... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20070030573 - Fluidic optical devices: A fluidic optical device, systems utilizing fluidic optical devices, methods for manufacturing fluidic optical devices and actuators are disclosed.... Agent: Joshua D. Isenberg Jdi Patent

20070030574 - Reflective film: [Summary][Object] To provide a reflective film whose reflectance drop by ultraviolet irradiation is slight and having excellent prevention of yellowing. [Means for solving] The reflective film includes a base layer made of a resin composition including an aliphatic polyester resin as a main component, a metal thin film layer, and... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070030575 - Projection display apparatus and digital zooming method thereof: A projection display apparatus and digital zooming method thereof is disclosed. The projection display apparatus receives a first image and includes a control unit, an image processor, an image scaler, a projection lens and a display unit. The control unit is for calculating an image area needed to be removed... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070030576 - Telecentric zoom lens: p

20070030577 - Variable magnification optical system and image taking apparatus provided therewith: A variable magnification optical system includes lens units that focus a ray of light from an object side on an image sensor, in which the lens unit located at a first position from the object side toward the image side includes an optical path changing element for changing an optical... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20070030578 - Lens module: Combining one or more elements of a beam shaping assembly in a lens module to, for example, reduce the mechanical tolerances in construction of the assembly. An exemplary lens module comprises a molded plastic lens with alignment features, a cylindrical surface, a focusing surface, and an aperture. The aperture is... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070030579 - Optical module: An optical module (100) includes a lens barrel (10), a lens (201), and a clip (50). The lens barrel has a groove (104) defined in an inner periphery thereof. The lens is engagingly received in the lens barrel. The clip is received in the groove of lens barrel to fix... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070030580 - Lens driving apparatus and image pick-up apparatus including the same: An image entering from the left side of the figure passes through a correcting lens unit, and forms an image on an image pickup device on the right side of the figure. The correcting lens unit includes a cylindrical outer frame and a lens arranged therein, and at coupling points,... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070030581 - Rear vision system with automatic blind zone and glare elimination function: A system (60) for automatically changing the position of the side mirrors (14, 16) of a vehicle (10) between a blind zone side mirror setting position and a blind zone/glare elimination (BGE) side mirror setting position in response to actuation of a switch (68). From the angle of the driver... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070030582 - Oval elliptical mirror with orientation line: A mirror for school buses and other vehicles, preferably a crossover or cross-view mirror. The mirror has an orientation line on its surface, which is oriented horizontal relative to the eyes of the driver of the vehicle. The mirror is preferably an oval elliptical mirror and at least a portion... Agent: Artz & Artz, P.C.

20070030583 - Color wheel: A color wheel includes a rotating shaft extending upwardly from a support face and having an engaging portion formed on the rotating shaft. A color filter plate set is disposed around the rotating shaft over the support face and includes a plurality of angularly arranged color filter plates. A first... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070024936 - Liquid-crystal-display panel and barcode reading system using the same: In a liquid-crystal-display panel (1) for displaying a barcode that is formed with bars having various widths arranged in parallel at various intervals by an electro-optic effect of liquid crystal, a direction of a transmissive axis (P1) of a polarizing film disposed on a side on which light from a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070024937 - Method for generating a hologram on a disc surface: A method for generating a hologram on a disc surface provides for the use of calibration spots burned onto a disc with an accuracy greater than one half wavelength of light.... Agent: Cardinal Law Group

20070024938 - Method and apparatus using hologram masks for printing composite patterns onto large substrates: A method for printing a composite pattern into a photosensitive layer on a substrate which includes arranging a hologram mask on a first face of a coupling element; arranging the substrate substantially parallel and in proximity to the hologram mask and such that the substrate is laterally positioned with respect... Agent: Holoptics Sa

20070024939 - Method and apparatus for mass production of holograms: A device and method for mass producing reflection holograms. Photosensitive material is drawn across an object to be copied and coherent radiation is scanned across the material and the object. The object may comprise a component which is variable, such as a counter, or a hologram. The exposed photosensitive material... Agent: Peacock Myers, P.C.

20070024940 - Method for aligning bi-directional images in a mirror display: A mirror display system comprising a multiplicity of scan lines that are combined to generate an image. The multiplicity of scan lines are orthogonally positioned in response to a slow speed cyclic drive signal (for example, sinusoidal or repetitive triangular shape). To increase the brightness of the display, and unlike... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070024941 - Optical scanner and image forming apparatus using the same: The invention aims at provision of an optical scanner in which an optics required for equalizing an optical magnification in a scanning range is produced with high accuracy, so that intervals among a plurality of scanning lines on a to-be-scanned surface are even in the scanning range. The scanning optics... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070024942 - Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus: An optical scanning device includes a light source that emits a light beam, an optical deflector at which a light beam emitted from the light source is incident, the optical deflector deflecting the incident light beam, an optical system that guides the deflected light beam to surface to be scanned... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070024943 - Light scanning device, and image forming apparatus using the light scanning device: Alight scanning device for performing laser beam scanning, which includes a polygon scanner configured to deflect a laser beam; an optical device configured to guide the deflected laser beam; a case in which the polygon scanner and the optical device are arranged; a transparent covering member which is provided on... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070024945 - Digital light-processing projection apparatus and beam splitter module thereof: A digital light-processing projection apparatus includes a light source, a beam splitter module and an optical combiner module. The beam splitter module is used in conjunction with an optical combiner module that includes combiners and a plurality of prisms. The beam splitter module comprises a beam splitter element for splitting... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070024944 - Projection system modulator reducing distortion and field curvature effects projection system lens: A modulator for a projection system includes a surface having a number of pixels defined thereon corresponding to pixels of the projection system. The pixel areas have shapes that counter a distortion of a lens of the projection system, such that distortion effects of the lens are reduced, and/or the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070024946 - Hyperspectral/multispectral imaging in determination, assessment and monitoring of systemic physiology and shock: The present invention provides a hyperspectral imaging system which demonstrates changes in tissue oxygen delivery, extraction and saturation during shock and resuscitation including an imaging apparatus for performing real-time or near real-time assessment and monitoring of shock, including hemorrhagic, hypovolemic, cardiogenic, neurogenic, septic or burn shock. The information provided by... Agent: James Remenick Novak, Druce, Deluca & Quigg

20070024948 - Multicolor display element: Multicolor display elements are disclosed that are adapted to full color electric papers, which comprises a display electrode, counter electrode, electrolyte, and display layer, wherein the counter electrode is disposed oppositely to the display electrode, the electrolyte is filled into a space provided between the display electrode and the counter... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070024947 - Vehicular rearview mirror elements and assemblies incorporating these elements: The present invention relates to improved electro-optic rearview mirror elements and assemblies incorporating the same.... Agent: Brian J. Rees Gentex Corporation

20070024949 - Single side band modulation device: A single side band modulation device includes a first Mach Zehnder interferometer and a second Mach Zehnder interferometer. The first Mach Zehnder interferometer includes at least two output arms, and the second Mach Zehnder interferometer includes at least two output arms. Terminals of the output arms are connected with one... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20070024950 - Electro-optical cell: The invention relates to an electro-optical cell (1) comprising a first (2) and a second (3) support member, an electro-optical medium (5) between the support members and an electrode arrangement (11, 12) on the support members such that an electric field can be applied, in the electro-optical medium, perpendicular to... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070024952 - Method of driving small electromechanical element and small electromechanical element array: A method of driving a small electromechanical element, which includes: an elastic portion accumulating an elastic energy by being deformed elastically; a movable portion supported by the elastic portion; and a drive source exerting a physical acting force to maintain the movable portion, is provided. The movable portion is displaced... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070024951 - Small thin film movable element, small thin film movable element array and method of driving small thin film movable element array: A small thin film movable element comprises; a movable portion supported elastically deformably and having a movable electrode at at least a portion of the movable portion; and a fixed electrode arranged to be opposed to the movable portion, wherein the movable portion is displaced by an electrostatic force in... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070024954 - Color electronic paper display device: A color electronic paper display device is provided which is easy to fabricate and can provide bright display. The color electronic paper display device includes a CF (Color Filter)-formed TFT (Thin Film Transistor) substrate in which a concave/convex layer is formed and reflecting electrode controlling TFTs and pixel electrode controlling... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070024953 - Electrophoretic display sheet, electrophoretic display, electric apparatus, and method of manufacturing electrophoretic display sheet: An electrophoretic display sheet, includes: a substrate; and an electrophoretic layer made into a film on the substrate, including a plurality of microcapsules, in which an electrophoretic disperse medium containing at least one kind of electrophoretic particle is sealed, and a binder coupling the microcapsules to one another, wherein a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070024956 - Optical source and apparatus for remote sensing: An optical amplifier is configured to amplify an injected seed optical pulse. The optical amplifier may include two or more gain sections coupled to form a continuous solid waveguide along a primary optical path. Each gain section may include: (i) an optical isolator forming an input to that gain section;... Agent: Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center

20070024955 - Stimulated brillouin scattering mirror system, high power laser and laser peening method and system using same: A laser system, such as a master oscillator/power amplifier system, comprises a gain medium and a stimulated Brillouin scattering SBS mirror system. The SBS mirror system includes an in situ filtered SBS medium that comprises a compound having a small negative non-linear index of refraction, such as a perfluoro compound.... Agent: Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP

20070024957 - Optical wdm transmission system: An optical wavelength division multiplex transmission system (1) for transmitting optical signals (S) on a plurality of wavelength channels has a transmitting terminal (2) and a receiving terminal (3) interconnected by a transmission line (5) with at least one, preferably a plurality of optical amplifiers (4). Each of the optical... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070024958 - Lens system for ultra-small camera module and image forming lens with infrared ray filtering function used therefor: The invention relates to a lens system for an ultra-small camera module using an image forming lens having an infrared ray filtering function. The lens system includes an infrared ray filter lens group for filtering infrared rays and forming an image. The infrared ray filter lens group includes a lens... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

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