Optical: systems and elements inventions 03/07

20070070476 - Three-dimensional display: In the three-dimensional display, a two-dimensional display section generates a two-dimensional display image based on an image signal, and a lens array converts the wavefront of the display image light from the two-dimensional display section into a wavefront having a curvature which allows the display image light to focus upon... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20070070477 - Hologram sheet and hologram observation sheet using same, and blinding device: A main object of the present invention is to provide a hologram observation sheet with a transmission type hologram formed integrally with other members, to be attached with various members for the use as for example an advertising medium or a decoration member. To achieve the object, the invention provides... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070070478 - Hologram recording medium and reproducing device: The present invention relates to a hologram recording medium in which all unit holograms included in an element hologram are recorded in a predetermined area and the unit holograms are redundantly recorded in the outer periphery of the predetermined area, and to a reproducing device for the recording medium.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070070479 - Holographic printer: A single method and apparatus for producing many of the most common types of hologram from digital data is disclosed. The data are generated entirely by a computer as a 3-D (animated) model or from multiple 2-D camera images taken of a real 3-D (moving) object or scene from a... Agent: Paul S Madan Madan, Mossman & Sriram, PC

20070070480 - Electro-optomechanical beam steering system, and associated methods: An electro-optomechanical beam steering system has: a first deflector for selectively deflecting an optical beam in a first field of regard centered about a boresight; and a rotation stage having a second deflector, the rotation stage selectively positioning the second deflector in azimuth about the boresight, the second deflector selectively... Agent: Kutak Rock LLC

20070070481 - Resonant optical scanner using vibrating body with optimized resonant frequency characteristics and image forming apparatus having the same: An apparatus for use in optical scanning is disclosed which vibrates at least a part of a vibrating body having a light-reflective surface, to thereby allow light, upon entry, to be reflected from the light-reflective surface in varying directions. The vibrating body includes: (a) a reflective mirror having the light-reflective... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070070482 - Large-angle agile laser beam steering apparatus and method: A laser beam steering apparatus includes a beam steering cell with an adjustable shape, with the cell having opposing Fabry-Perot filters, and a steering mechanism coupled to the cell to adjust its shape so that the direction of a laser beam emitted from the cell is changed in response to... Agent: Koppel, Patrick & Heybl

20070070483 - Apparatus for and method of forming images with oscillation mirror: An image forming method which generates a video signal corresponding to an image forming command based on a video clock signal, modulates a light beam according to the video signal, and scans the modulated light beam along a main scanning direction by means of an oscillation mirror which resonates based... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070070484 - Optical level control device, method for controlling same, and laser application device: The optical level control device independently controls the intensities of two beams having different wavelengths that are emitted from a laser oscillator, and the optical level control device comprises a wavelength-dependent wavelength plate and a polarization beam splitter. The wavelength-dependent wavelength plate functions as a half-wave plate with respect to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070070485 - Ultrashort pulse compressor: A pulse compressor. In one embodiment, the pulse compressor comprises an optical medium adapted for receiving a beam of light in an incident optical path and dispersing it into its constituent spectral colors to form a dispersed beam of light in an output optical path, where the optical medium is... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070070487 - Monitoring modulation alignment variation using photon absorption: Monitoring modulation alignment variation of optical modulators includes receiving an optical signal at an input fiber. The optical signal has been modulated by optical modulators. Photons of the optical signal are received at a photon reactive material operable to produce a reaction in response to the arrival of a predetermined... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070070486 - Monitoring modulator bias using photon absorption: Monitoring a bias point of an optical modulator includes receiving an optical signal modulated by the optical modulator. Photons of the optical signal are received at a photon reactive material operable to produce a reaction in response to the arrival of a predetermined number of photons. Reactions are produced in... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070070488 - Light modulation apparatus and light modulator control method: A light modulation apparatus including a Mach-Zehnder type light modulator, a driver for modulator outputting a control signal according to an input electric signal, a light branching circuit branching the output light signal, and a bias control circuit applying a bias voltage to the light modulator based on the branched... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070070489 - Display device with suspended anisometric particles: A suspended particle device (SPD) 4 comprises at least one compartment for housing a particle suspension 1Oa, 1Ob, means for applying a first electric field to the particle suspension IOa, 1 Ob and means for applying a second electric field to the particle suspension 10a, 10b, the first and second... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070070490 - Optical communication device provided with a reflector and method for forming a reflector in an optical communication device: An optical communication device of the invention includes a reflector for reflecting the light that has reached one end surface of a waveguide chip to turn the optical path of the light. The reflector includes a transparent thin film layer formed on one end surface of the waveguide chip by... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070070491 - Variable focal length electro-optic lens: A variable focal length lens includes a plurality of layers of an electro-optic material and alternating stacked substantially transparent conductor layers and substantially transparent resistor layers. Each layer of electro-optic material is sandwiched between a separate conductor layer and a separate resistor layer. The focal length of the lens is... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070070492 - Controlling apparatus for optical amplifier and controlling method thereof: An optical amplifier is provided with a controlling unit for controlling a gain of the optical amplifier based on input light power and output light power of the optical amplifier, as well as a gain control amount variable unit for changing the gain control amount of the optical amplifier by... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070070493 - Apparatus and method for wavelength conversion and clock signal extraction using semiconductor optical amplifiers: Provided is an apparatus and method for simultaneous optical wavelength conversion and optical clock signal extraction using semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs). The apparatus includes: a wavelength converter receiving a pump beam having input information and a probe beam having a different wavelength from the pump beam, and outputting the pump... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070070494 - Multilayer optical interference film: A multilayer optical film is disclosed. The multilayer film includes at least two adjacent optically transmissive tacky adhesive layers. Each tacky adhesive layer reflects light by optical interference.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070070495 - Zoom lens: m

20070070496 - Confocal self-interference microscopy from which side lobe has been removed: The present invention relates to confocal self-interference microscopy. The confocal self-interference microscopy further includes a first polarizer for polarizing reflected or fluorescent light from a specimen, a first birefringence wave plate for separating the light from the first polarizer into two beams along a polarizing direction, a second polarizer for... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070070497 - System and method for enhancing confocal reflectance images of tissue specimens: A system using cross polarization effects and an enhancement agent having citric or other similar alpha hydroxy acid to enhance confocal microscope reflectance images and particularly images of the nuclei of BCCs (basal cell carcinomas) and SCCs (squamous cell carcinomas) in the confocal reflectance images of excised tumor slices obtained... Agent: Kenneth J. Lukacher

20070070498 - Observation apparatus and observation method: An observation apparatus includes an incident-light illumination optical system, a transmitting illumination optical system, an imaging unit, an input device, a storage unit, an imaging controller, a microscope controller, an imaging information management unit. The imaging information management unit compares an area position, of an imaging area of the imaging... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070070499 - Optical characteristic: Embodiments of changing an optical characteristic are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070070500 - Retractable display apparatus: A retractable display apparatus (10) comprises a housing (12), a drum (14) journalled for rotation in the housing, a display sheet (16) wound on to the drum, and a slot (22) in the housing through which the display sheet can be unwound from the drum against the action of a... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.C.

20070070501 - Broad spectral range polarization rotator: A switchable apochromatic polarization rotator is provided. A first fixed waveplate has a first principal axis fixed in a first orientation. A second fixed waveplate has a second principal axis fixed in a second orientation. First and second switchable waveplates have principal axes oriented such that broad spectral range electromagnetic... Agent: Kutak Rock LLC

20070070502 - Illuminating and imaging system comprising a diffractive beam splitter: The invention relates to an imaging system in which a diffractive optical element is used by both the illumination beam path and the imaging beam path. Said diffractive element operates in the reflection mode or transmission mode according to the specifications of the system design. At least one of the... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070070503 - Security printing using a diffraction grating: There is provided an apparatus and a method of printing a diffraction grating. In particular, the present invention relates to diffraction gratings applied to a substrate (1), such as a hologram.... Agent: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation Patent Department

20070070504 - Optical device and image display apparatus: An optical device includes a light guide plate, and first and second reflective volume hologram diffraction grating members. The first member has interference fringes extending from therewithin towards surfaces thereof and arranged at an equal pitch. Each interference fringe and each surface of the first member form an inclination angle... Agent: David R. Metzger Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070070505 - Michelson interferometer based delay line interferometers: An interferometer includes a means for splitting, at a splitting location, an input light beam into a first beam and a second beam; and means for recombining, at a recombination location, the first beam and the second beam. The interferometer is designed such that the first beam will travel a... Agent: John P. Wooldridge

20070070506 - Anti-reflection film:

20070070507 - Aspherical microlens arrays and fabrication method thereof and applications using the same: An aspherical microlens arrays comprise a base, and a plurality of aspherical microlens arranged on the base and having different curvature radiuse and conic coefficient respectively, along two orthogonal axes on the base perpendicular to an optical axis, by which a degree of refraction, namely, a numerical aperture can be... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070070508 - Collimating optical member for real world simulation: A collimating image-forming apparatus comprising a first linear polarizer is disclosed. A first quarterwave plate (14) is disposed adjacent the first polarizer (12) and has its fast and slow axes at substantially 45° to the plane of polarization of the first polarizer. The apparatus further comprises a beam-splitting curved mirror... Agent: Brown, Rudnick, Berlack & Israels, LLP.

20070070509 - Lens with adjustable focal length: A lens device with an adjustable focal length is provided. The lens device includes a non-conductive liquid droplet, which is surrounded by air or immiscible liquids. The non-conductive liquid droplet is placed on a bottom plate. The bottom plate includes a set of first electrodes. The set of first electrodes... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070070510 - Single focus lens: A single focus lens comprises: a first lens of positive power having a convex-shaped surface on an object side; a second lens of a negative meniscus lens having, on the object side, a concave-shaped surface on its paraxial axis; and a third lens of an aspheric lens having, on the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070070511 - Wafer level image module: A wafer level image module includes a photo sensor for outputting an electrical signal upon receiving light, a lens set for focusing incident light onto the photo sensor, and an adjustment member disposed between the photo sensor and the lens set for controlling the distance between the photo sensor and... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070070512 - Optical member exchanging mechanism: An optical member exchanging mechanism (9) for exchanging optical members (22) includes a body (10) and a sliding assembly (20). The body has an aperture (15) and a guiding rail (12). The sliding assembly is slidably mounted on the guiding rail of the body. The optical members are mounted in... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070070513 - Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus: A zoom lens including a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, a third lens group having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power and a fifth lens group having a negative refractive power,... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070070514 - Zoom lens system: A zoom lens system includes, in order from an object, a first lens group having positive power, a second lens group having negative power, a third lens group having positive power, a fourth lens group having positive power, and a fifth lens group having positive power. Upon zooming from a... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070070515 - Zoom lens system: A zoom lens system includes, in order from an object, a first lens group having positive power, a second lens group having negative power, a third lens group having positive power, a fourth lens group having positive power, and a fifth lens group having positive power. Upon zooming from a... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070070516 - Zoom lens system: A zoom lens system includes, in order from an object, a first lens group having positive power, a second lens group having negative power, a third lens group having positive power, a fourth lens group having positive power, and a fifth lens group having positive power. Upon zooming from a... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070070517 - Zoom lens system: Providing a zoom lens system having higher optical performance, a wide, maximum angle of view of 80 degrees or more, a zoom ratio of about 2.7, and a fast aperture ratio with an f-number of about 2.8. The zoom lens system includes, in order from an object, a first lens... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070070518 - Zoom lens system: Providing a zoom lens system having excellently correcting various aberrations with accomplishing to be compact, lightweight, and slim upon being retracted. The system is composed of, in order from an object, a first group having negative refractive power, and a second group having positive refractive power. Upon zooming from a... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

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20070070520 - Two-lens-group zoom lens system: Providing a two-lens-group zoom lens system that has a wide angle of view, a fast aperture ratio with an f-number of about 2.8, a high zoom ratio, and high optical performance, and is easy to be manufactured. The zoom lens system is composed of, in order from an object, a... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070070521 - Zoom lens system: Providing a zoom lens system that can excellently correct aberrations over entire range from a wide-angle end state W to a telephoto end state T in spite of having a high zoom ratio including, in order from an object, a first group G1 having positive power, a second group G2... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070070522 - Zoom lens system: Providing a zoom lens system that has a high zoom ratio, high optical performance, and compactness, and is easy to be manufactured. The zoom lens system includes, in order from an object, a first lens group having positive refractive power, a second lens group having negative refractive power, a third... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070070523 - Dual-focus switchable lens: A dual-focus switchable lens is provided and includes: in order from the object side, a first lens group having a negative refractive power, a second lens group having a positive refractive power and a third lens group having a positive refractive power. The first lens group includes a lens having... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070070524 - High zoom ratio zoom lens system: Providing a high zoom ratio zoom lens system having a short total lens length and a small diameter of the first group despite of securing excellent optical performance, a half angle of view of 3.5° or less in the telephoto end, an f-number of 6 or less in the telephoto... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070070525 - Imaging lens: An imaging lens is provided and includes: in order from an object side of the imaging lens, a first lens having a convex surface on the object side and having a positive power; a second lens having a concave surface on the object side and having a negative power; a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070070526 - Single focus lens: A single focus lens is provided and includes: in order from an object side of the single focus lens, a first lens having positive power and having a convex surface on the object side; a second lens of a negative meniscus lens and having a concave surface of the object... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070070527 - Single focus lens: A single focus lens comprises: a first lens of positive power having a convex-shaped surface on an object side; a second lens of a negative meniscus lens having, on the object side, a concave-shaped surface on its paraxial axis; and a third lens of an aspheric lens having, on the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070070529 - Compact zoomable camera device for portable digital electronic devices: A compact zoomable camera device includes an optical module, an image sensor module and a microelectronic mechanism system (MEMS) micro-actuator. The optical module includes a first lens group, a second lens group and a light directing unit. The first lens group defines a first optical axis, and the second lens... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070070530 - Light emitting device package and backlight unit using the same: An light emitting device package and a backlight unit using the same are disclosed, wherein light advancing upward from the light emitting device package can be refracted by a lens to enable the light having a uniform intensity to be emitted upwards to the advantage of efficiency and power consumption,... Agent: Song K. Jung Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070070528 - Optical inspection device: An optical inspection device is provided herein to achieve the accuracy and convenience of inspecting optical glasses and planar optical objects. The optical inspection device mainly has the optical inspection lenses installed on the arms of a U-shape member that surrounds the object to be examined. Then, by moving the... Agent: Leong C Lei

20070070531 - Radiant energy conversion system: A radiant energy concentrating or collimating system comprising an enclosure that shields its contents from environmental effects while allowing radiant energy to transmit through its top window; a plurality of energy concentrating or collimating assemblies, each on its own pivot mechanism and each comprising a plurality of optics, a support... Agent: Zhenghao Jason Lu

20070064289 - Holographic recording medium: A holographic recording medium according to the present invention includes a holographic material layer in which information is to be recorded by irradiating the same region with information light corresponding to the information to be recorded and reference light to read the recorded information. The holographic material layer is divided... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070064290 - Device for making a reflection hologram: The present invention relates to a device for producing a reflection hologram, comprising a master hologram 1 which comprises at least one color-sensitive reflective layer, a photosensitive film 2 applied to the master hologram, and a filter 3 which is arranged on the film and through which light is passed... Agent: Daniel L. Dawes Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman LLP

20070064291 - Optical scanning apparatus: An optical scanning apparatus includes a light source, which emits plural light beam groups from plural liminous points which are two-dimensionally arranged in a grid form; a pre-deflection optical system, which transmits the plural light beam groups emitted from the light source; and a deflector, which reflects the plural light... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070064292 - Magnet on frame oscillating device: An oscillating torsional hinged device, such as a mirror, having the advantages of an oscillating device with permanent magnets mounted on the hinges, but without excessive size is disclosed. The permanent magnets are mounted in the areas of the anchor members rather than directly on the hinges.... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070064293 - Method of adjusting the resonant frequency of an assembled torsional hinged device: A method of adjusting the resonant frequency of a torsional hinged device such as a resonant mirror is disclosed. A material such as printer ink, epoxy, or solder balls is applied to the tips of the torsional hinged device to lower the frequency into a selected frequency range.... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070064294 - Optical film and surface light source using it: An optical film 10 has a transparent base film 11 made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), a prism made of photo-curing resin such as acryl modified epoxy on an incident surface 12 that is one face of the base film 11, and a hologram similarly made of photo-curing resin on an... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070064295 - Light modulator with tunable optical state: An electronic light modulator device for at least partially displaying a pixel of an image, the device comprising first and second reflectors defining an optical cavity therebetween, the optical cavity being selective of an electromagnetic wavelength at an intensity by optical interference, the device having at least first and second... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070064296 - Modulating retroreflector array using vertical cavity optical amplifiers: A vertical cavity semiconductor optical photoamplifer (VCSOA) is used as a modulating retro-reflector (MRR) as a pixel in an array. The boundary of the cavity in the VCSOA forms a mirror for reflecting an incident light as an amplified output.... Agent: Hungchang Lin

20070064297 - Wavefront correction system: A wavefront correction system using a dual frequency liquid crystal spatial light modulator to vary phase relationships of a wavefront is disclosed. A light beam from the dual frequency liquid crystal spatial light modulator can be split into a reference beam and a plurality of measurement beams to enhance a... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid, LLP

20070064299 - Apparatus and method for adjusting the resonant frequency of an oscillating device: A method for increasing the resonant frequency of a torsional hinged device having a reduced attaching area between the torsional hinges and the supporting anchors. The resonant frequency is increased by adding a material over the reduced area to stiffen the connection between the torsional hinges and the support anchors.... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070064301 - Discretely controlled micromirror with multi-level positions: This invention provides the two types of Discretely Controlled Micromirror (DCM), which can overcome disadvantages of the conventional electrostatic micromirrors. The first type micromirror is a Variable Supporter Discretely Controlled Micromirror (VSDCM), which has a larger displacement range than the conventional electrostatic micromirror. The displacement accuracy of the VSDCM is... Agent: Stereo Display Inc.

20070064298 - Four-hinge micromirror with 3 degrees of freedom: A four-hinge micromirror with 3 degrees of freedom has been invented. The size of the micromirrors can vary in a wide range from more than 10 μm to sub-1 μm. An example of CMOS-compatible low temperature SiGe process flow to fabricate this device using different structural and sacrificial materials is... Agent: Yijian Chen

20070064300 - Methods and apparatus for controlling projectors: An optical component of a projector is driven with a signal that contains one or more components that act to substantially cancel one or more unwanted oscillatory displacements of the optical component resulting from one or more unwanted oscillatory forces.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070064302 - Fast full color electrophoretic display with improved driving: The present invention provides a novel design for color electrophoretic displays. In the display, each pixel (200) comprises at least two sub-pixels (210, 220, 230), and each sub pixel is fitted with a color filter (211, 221, 231) and contains an electrophoretic media comprising two particle types (201, 202, 203).... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070064303 - Electrochemical display device: An electrochemical display device capable of irreversibly switching from a first indicating state to a second indicating state comprises a substrate (12) having an electrically insulating surface (16), and a first electrode (30) located on at least a part of said surface (16) of said substrate (12), wherein said substrate... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070064304 - Wavelength-stabilized pump diodes for pumping gain media in an ultrashort pulsed laser system: In an optical amplifier, passively wavelength-stabilized pump diodes generate pumping light to excite a gain medium (e.g., rare-earth-ion doped optical fiber or solid-state optical amplifier) near an absorption peak of the gain medium. The gain medium amplifies a pulsed laser signal coupled into the gain medium to a high peak... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20070064305 - Looped optical network with ase light recirculation and link and network survivability control system: A looped WDM optical network comprises an optical loop with optical amplifiers (12,16) between the sections of the loop (11) and with ASE recirculation in the loop. At a point of the loop a laser beam is injected and allowed to circulate in the loop with the laser beam being... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20070064306 - Optical amplifier: An optical amplifier is disclosed that includes an input monitoring part configured to monitor an input wavelength division multiplexed light; an amplification part configured to amplify and output the input wavelength division multiplexed light; an output monitoring part configured to monitor the wavelength division multiplexed light output from the amplification... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070064307 - Handsfree fieldglasses having full field of view: Handsfree fieldglasses providing increased clarity and magnification of a visual target in an outdoor application are disclosed. The handsfree fieldglasses can include eyeglasses, binoculars, and a customized connector coupling the eyeglasses and binoculars. The eyeglasses may include prescription lenses and/or polarized lenses. The lenses can have antireflective coatings, hydro-phobic coatings... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070064308 - Optical sheet and process for producing the same: Disclosed are a fine-pitch and lightweight optical sheet and a production process which can produce the optical sheet very easily at low cost. The optical sheet comprises an optical function layer formed of a thermoplastic resin. The optical function layer has been formed by shaping the surface of the thermoplastic... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070064309 - Drape assembly for surgical microscope assembly: A drape assembly is provided for maintaining a sterile field around a surgical microscope. A drape has a first opening for receiving a protruding adapter connected to a lower end of the microscope and a collar is mounted in the first opening. An adhesive portion of the collar secures the... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P. A.

20070064311 - Head mounted projector display for flat and immersive media: A head mounted display system is described. The head mounted display system may include a frame. The frame may be coupled to a head of a user. A projector head may be coupled to the frame. The projector head may provide an image. A screen may be coupled to the... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20070064310 - Image display apparatus: Disclosed is an image display apparatus for a viewer to view a two-dimensional image, demonstrated on an image display device, as an enlarged virtual image by a virtual-image optical system. The image display apparatus includes a prism (15), provided with a second planar optical surface (15c), arranged parallel to a... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070064312 - Two-unit zoom lens system, and exchangeable lens and electronic image taking apparatus using the zoom lens system: A two-unit zoom lens system which comprises a negative first lens unit G1 and a positive second lens unit G2, during change of magnification from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, the first lens unit and the second lens unit are moved so as to reduce a space between... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070064313 - Zoom optical system and image pickup apparatus provided with the same: An zoom optical system comprises a prism component which comprises in order from an object side, an entrance surface having negative refracting power, and a reflecting surface, and movable groups which are movable when either of zooming or focusing is carried out. An image pickup apparatus is provided with the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070064314 - Infrared laser light source spreader: An infrared laser light source spreader has a first biconvex lens, a biconcave lens, a convex-concave lens, and a second biconvex lens. Light from an infrared laser light source is emitted incident to the first biconvex lens, spreads and exits to be incident on the biconcave lens, is further spread... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070064315 - Image forming optical system and image pickup apparatus using the same:

20070064316 - Imaging lens: An imaging lens is provided and includes: in order from an object side of the imaging lens, a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having one of a positive refractive power and a negative refractive power; and a third lens that corrects for aberration. At least... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070064317 - Image sensor package structure: An image sensor package structure is proposed, in which the electric connection of an image sensing chip and the assembly of a housing and a lens barrel are separately carried out to avoid restriction in the packaging process and influence of outside contaminants. Moreover, corresponding faces of the housing and... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070064318 - Imaging optical unit and image pickup apparatus: An imaging optical unit including a simple and small retracting mechanism and optical members having a small eccentric error and an image pickup apparatus will be provided. The imaging optical unit for guiding light to an image pickup device is structured so that a first holding member, for holding a... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20070064319 - Lens barrel and lens system: The invention is directed to a lens barrel and a compact lens system incorporating the lens barrel where notches defined in a cam barrel to serve as bolt holes and disengage the studs are reduced in dimensions both along and around the optical axis, thereby ensuring enlarged cam formation ranges... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070064320 - Driving device, lens barrel and imaging apparatus: A driving device including: a vibrating body composed of a plurality of electric elements which are arranged to intersect in a predetermined angle, to vibrate based on a high frequency signal; a driven member having disk shape to be rotated by vibration of the vibrating body; a male screw member... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070064321 - Mirror with built-in display: A mirror display device (1) which can be simultaneously used for display purposes, based on a display (5), which display device during use provides light of a first (circular) polarization, with a switchable polarizing mirror (2) placed in front of it. The reflectivity of such a mirror display device is... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070064322 - Indicator panel for instrument and method of manufacturing the same: An indicator panel for an instrument includes a translucent resin substrate having a first face and a second face opposite to the first face, and a design film on the first face of the substrate. The design film includes a translucent portion through which a light from the second surface... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070064323 - Device and method for automatically detecting at least one fluorescent and/or light absorbing indicator contained in a liquid service fluid during the process of filling the service fluid into a machine: A method and a device for the automatic detection of at least one fluorescent and/or light-absorbent indicator contained in a liquid service fluid during the filling of a machine, in particular a combustion engine of a vehicle, with said service fluid are provided. Detection takes place in the following manner:... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20070058227 - Patterned optical structures with enhanced security feature: A security image and method for forming said image is disclosed wherein an image having a layer with a hologram therein has an additional layer of magnetically aligned flakes together forming an image that is difficult to counterfeit and is highly attractive. Preferably windows of an opaque layer provide additional... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070058228 - Image display system: An image display system includes a light valve 14 for providing image information to light converged by a converging lens 13 and for emitting the light, a projective optical system 20 including a refractive optical lens 21 for projecting the light from the light valve 14 and a convex mirror... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070058230 - Laser scanner: A laser scanner is provided with a transmission optic (20) whose laser pencil beam (18) is oriented coaxially with the axis of rotation (28) of a deflecting mirror (22, 24) and coaxially with the optical axis of the associated detector optic (58). The arrangement is such that light reflected by... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20070058229 - Volumetric three-dimensional display system: The invention features a volumetric display system. A light beam representing an image is provided from a stationary source. A projection screen is rotated, relative to the stationary source, about a rotation axis. The light beam is projected onto the projection screen at a non-normal angle of incidence. The light... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070058232 - Multi-beam luminous source apparatus, an optical scanning apparatus, and an image formation apparatus: A multi-beam luminous source apparatus, an optical scanning apparatus, and an image formation apparatus are disclosed. The multi-beam luminous source includes a first member for supporting a coupling lens and a second member for supporting a control substrate that supports a Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL). The first member... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070058231 - Tandem laser scanning unit: A tandem laser scanning unit (LSU) is provided. The tandem LSU includes a light source, a beam deflector, and an optical scanning lens. The beam deflector rotates on a light-emitting path of the light source to simultaneously deflect different light beams obliquely incident at a predetermined angle to each other... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070058233 - Light scanning unit: A light scanning unit includes a light source, a collimating unit for collimating light emitted from the light source, and a rotatory polygonal mirror for deflecting light radiated from the collimating unit. One sheet of an f-theta lens scans the light deflected by the rotatory polygonal mirror to a plane... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070058234 - Method and apparatus for maintaining a constant image amplitude in a resonant mirror system: A method for maintaining the amplitude of oscillations of a mirror system comprising a high-Q resonant mirror driven by a high speed drive signal. Sensors monitor the sweep amplitude of the high-Q resonant mirror and a parameter of the drive signal is adjusted to maintain the sweep amplitude of the... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070058235 - Optical scanning apparatus: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a first airflow guide device covering an upper portion of a polygon mirror and having respective opening portions in an upper surface and a lower surface. The lower surface opening portion can have an annular wall opened in the direction all around... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070058236 - Light modulator device: A light modulator array includes a plurality of light modulator devices, each the light modulator device including a resistor, a conductor coupled to a first end of the resistor, a post coupled to a second end of the resistor, and a reflective plate supported by the post, an insulator separating... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070058237 - Electrochromic element: An electrochromic element includes a transparent carrier on which a multilayer system is disposed, the multilayer system including an ion storage layer, a transparent solid-state electrolyte layer), an electrochromic electrode layer, and a reflector layer. The reflector layer has a porosity which is sufficient for the penetration of water or... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070058238 - Micro-electro-mechanical-system two dimensional mirror with articulated suspension structures for high fill factor arrays: The invention provides a micro-electro-mechanical-system (MEMS) mirror device, comprising: a mirror having a 2-dimensional rotational T-shaped hinge at a first end, and having a flexible connection at a second end opposite the first end. The invention also provides a MEMS mirror device, comprising: a mirror having a 2-dimensional rotational T-shaped... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20070058239 - Projection lens unit: The setting distance between a DMD element and a projection lens is maintained accurately to display a high-quality image on a screen or the like. A projection lens unit is one in which light from a light source lamp side is reflected on the DMD element as image light and... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070058240 - Design of quasi-phasematched optical frequency converters: Quasi-phasematching design to provide an approximation to a desired spectral amplitude response A(f) is provided. An initial phase response φ(f) corresponding to A(f) is generated. Preferably, d2φ(f)/df2 is proportional to A2(f). Alternatively, φ(f) can be a polynomial in f. A function h(x) is computed such that h(x) and H(f)=A(f)exp(iφ(f)) are... Agent: Lumen Intellectual Property Services, Inc.

20070058242 - Fast dynamic gain control in an optical fiber amplifier: The present invention provides methods and apparatuses for controlling a gain of an optical fiber amplifier. Gain circuitry operates in an opened loop configuration and uses a predetermined function relating a power variation of at least one wavelength region with a pump power adjustment for at least one optical pump.... Agent: At&t Corp.

20070058241 - Optical amplification apparatus having function of flattening channel output spectrum: An optical amplification apparatus having a function of flattening a channel output spectrum is provided. The optical amplification apparatus includes an optical amplifier amplifying an input optical signal and outputting an output optical signal; a pump unit pumping the input optical signal at a front and a back of the... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070058243 - Extended optical bandwidth semiconductor source: An optical bandwidth source for generating amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) across a selected wavelength range, the optical bandwidth source including a waveguide having a first end and a second end, and comprising a plurality of separate wavelength gain subsections arranged in a serial configuration between the first end and the... Agent: Mark J. Pandiscio Pandiscio & Pandiscio, P.C.

20070058244 - Oblique mirror-type normal-incidence collector system for light sources, particularly euv plasma discharge sources: There is provided a collector system. The collector system includes a first collector mirror and a second collector mirror. The first collector mirror receives EUV light from a light source at a first aperture angle via a first beam path, and reflects the EUV light at a second aperture angle... Agent: Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, LLP

20070058245 - Schiefspiegler telescope with three reflecting surfaces: The invention is directed to a Schiefspiegler telescope with three reflecting surfaces, preferably for observing the earth from space, particularly for imaging radiometers. It is the object of the invention to find a novel possibility for realizing a reflector telescope without vignetting which permits a simple construction and a simple... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20070058246 - Microscope arrangement: The invention relates to a microscope arrangement which comprises an illumination source (1), optical components for generating an illumination beam path, an objective [lens] (21) through which the illumination beam path is directed onto a sample (20) which is present in the object plane of the objective [lens] (21) or... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070058247 - Microscope with focusing device for observing depth structures in objects: The invention is directed to a telescope-type stereo microscope comprising a microscope objective, a tube lens system in each of the two stereoscopic imaging beam paths downstream of the microscope objective, a microscope viewer, and a device for adjusting the focus position by changing the distance z between the microscope... Agent: Gerald H. Kiel, Esq. Reed Smith LLP

20070058248 - Sport view binocular-zoom lens focus system: This technological Invention relates to a goggle system which incorporates a motorized focus binocular built into it, which can be used for any given purpose especially one where the user wishes to observe activities from a distance, which provides for hands free operation, save for the remote that will control... Agent: Mr. Minh Thanh Nguyen

20070058249 - Medical stereo observation system: A medical stereo observation system includes a stereo imaging unit producing a first image for a left eye and a second image for a right eye that mutually have parallax and a stereo display unit capable of displaying stereoscopically the images produced by the stereo imaging unit. The stereo imaging... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070058250 - Optical film, antireflection film, polarizing plate using the same and display device: An optical film comprises: a transparent support; and a light-diffusing layer comprising a first light-transparent resin particle and a binder, wherein the first light-transparent resin particle has an average particle diameter of from 5 to 15 μm, the light-diffusing layer has a film thickness of from 8 to 30 μm,... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070058252 - Circular polarization illumination based analyzer system: A particle discriminator using circularly polarized light projected through a channel having target particles. Light may be propagated through the channel, with some light scattered separated into forward angle scattered light, small angle scattered light and unscattered light. The forward angle scattered light may be linearly polarized and detected. The... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070058251 - Polarization beam splitter and optical system using the same, and image displaying apparatus, using the same: In the conventional polarization beam splitter, it has been difficult to improve the angle-dependence characteristic of polarized beam splitting efficiency even if the number of layers is increased. In a conventional polarization beam splitter, it has been difficult to improve the angle-dependence characteristic of polarized beam splitting efficiency even if... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070058253 - Method for producing polarizing lens with high refractive index: A manufacturing method for a polyurethane based high refractive index polarizing lens comprising polyisocyanate and polythiol, that has no problems such as the generation of bubbles, and has excellent adhesiveness. A manufacturing method for high refractive index polarizing lenses including a process for forming lens layers comprising a polyurethane based... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070058254 - Advertising sheet using micro-prism retroreflective sheet and method for manufacturing the same: The present invention provides an advertising sheet using a micro-prism retroreflective sheet with a highly retroreflective property and a method for manufacturing the same. The advertising sheet (400) includes the retroreflective sheet (410) which has a micro-prism reflective surface on a lower surface thereof, and a reinforced fabric (420) which... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20070058255 - Optical scanner and image forming apparatus: An optical scanner includes a light source; a deflecting unit that deflects and scans a light beam emitted from the light source; a scanning optical system that focuses the light beam deflected and scanned onto different surfaces to be scanned; and a light quantity correcting unit that corrects a light... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070058256 - Hybrid lens system: A hybrid lens system includes: a first lens with positive diffractive power, a second lens with negative diffractive power, a third lens with positive diffractive power, and a fourth lens with negative diffractive power. The first lens, the second lens, the third lens and the fourth lens are aligned in... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070058257 - Display device for exterior rearview mirror: An exterior mirror sub-assembly includes a reflective element, a back plate, and a display element having a light source that is activatable to emit light. The display element attaches to a display receiving portion of the back plate and the light source is activatable to emit light through the display... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn And Burkhart, LLP

20070058259 - Light-condensing member, method of manufacturing the same and display apparatus having the same: A light-condensing member includes a base plate, a main light-condensing pattern formed on the base plate, and a sub light-condensing pattern formed on the main light-condensing pattern. The main light-condensing pattern includes a plurality of main prisms extended in a first direction. A cross section of a main prism taken... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070058258 - Multiple-view directional display: A parallax optic comprises plural, spaced apart lenses which are separated by regions which are non-tranmissive of/to visible light. In some embodiments, the spaced apart lenses of the parallax optic are discrete elements of a lens array. In other embodiments, the lens elements are formed as convex elements integral with... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070058260 - Image presentation and micro-optic security system: Am image presentation system employing microstructured icon elements to form an image. In one form a synthetic optical image system is provided that includes an array of focusing elements, and an image system that includes or is formed from an array or pattern of microstructured icon elements, such as those... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070058261 - Head mount type image display system: A head mount type image display system 1 at least comprises a display device, an eyepiece optical system, an eyepiece window, an eyepiece window holder 2, a casing and a supporter 10 for fixing all these components onto a user's head. The casing covers the display device, the eyepiece window... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070058262 - Microscope objective system: A microscope objective system is provided, comprising an objective (3), which comprises an illumination beam path via which illumination radiation from a source (2) is directed onto an object (7) to be examined, as well as a partial detection beam path surrounding at least part of the illumination beam path... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070058263 - Apparatus and methods for immersion lithography: The present disclosure provides an immersion lithography system. The system includes: an imaging lens having a front surface, a substrate stage positioned underlying the front surface of the imaging lens, and an immersion fluid retaining structure configured to hold a first fluid at least partially filling a space between the... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070058264 - Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus having the same: A zoom lens in which a precise focus detection signal can be detected while a user can observe an image to be shoot without being affected by insertion/removal of an extender lens into an optical axis. A relay lens unit stationary during zooming includes lens unit L21 including a branch... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070058267 - Two-group zoom projection lens and projection display: A two-group zoom projection lens is provided and includes: in order from a magnification side, a first lens group having a negative refractive power; and a second lens group having a positive refractive power, the second lens group including a front group and a rear group in order from the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070058265 - Zoom lens and image-pickup apparatus having the same: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a zoom lens which includes first to fourth lens groups, each moving and having negative, positive, negative, and positive refractive power, arranged from an object to an image in that order. The second lens group includes a second A lens component composed... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070058266 - Zoom optical system and imaging system using the same: The invention is concerned with a small-format yet high-performance zoom optical system with a fewer lenses count, and an electronic system that incorporates it. The zoom optical system comprises, in order from its object side, a first lens unit G1 of negative refracting power, a second lens unit G2 of... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070058268 - Variable-magnification optical system and image taking apparatus: A variable-magnification optical system has a plurality of lens groups that image a light beam from the object side on an image sensor, an optical aperture stop that intercepts part of the light beam heading for the image sensor, and a reflective mirror that changes the optical axis of the... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20070058269 - Catoptric objectives and systems using catoptric objectives: In general, in a first aspect, the invention features a system that includes a microlithography projection optical system. The microlithography projection optical system includes a plurality of elements arranged so that during operation the plurality of elements image radiation at a wavelength λ from an object plane to an image... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070058271 - Lens barrel: A lens barrel for holding an optical lens system including a molded plastic lens having decentering eccentricity is provided with a location and joining mechanism that places the plastic lens with a desired axial position with an optical axis coaxial with a geometric axis and secures the plastic lens to... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070058270 - Optical lens and camera module employing the same: An exemplary optical lens (24) is provided for a camera module (20). The optical lens includes a lens portion (242) and a mounting portion (243). The lens portion is located at a center of the mounting portion. The lens portion is configured for refracting a first portion of image light... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070058272 - Lens module: A lens module (800) includes a lens barrel (20), a base (10), and a temperature compensation module (30). A first lens (201) is disposed in the lens barrel. The lens barrel is disposed in the base. The temperature compensation module is detachably installed in the base, and the temperature compensation... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070058273 - Driving assist system: A driving assist system is provided with a photographing unit which photographs an image of an area around a periphery of the vehicle, a first storing unit which stores a primary image of the trailer and the vehicle coupled together, the primary image being photographed by the photographing unit in... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070058274 - Illumination system for microlithography: The present invention relates to an illumination system for microlithography, especially for wavelengths ≦193 nm, especially preferably for EUV lithography for illuminating a field in a field plane with at least one optical integrator which splits up a light bundle emitted by a light source into a plurality of light... Agent: Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, LLP

20070058275 - Tail mirror for an automobile: A tail mirror for an automobile includes a mirror holder having a holder pivot portion, a mounting base having a base pivot portion, an adjustment seat disposed between the holder and base pivot portions, and first and second adjusters. The first adjuster connects the adjustment seat to the holder pivot... Agent: Mcnees, Wallace & Nurick LLC

20070058276 - Alignment device for automotive side view mirror: An alignment system for side view mirrors is disclosed featuring a mirror with regions of diverse curvature, with an upright alignment line in a region of greater curvature. The side view mirror is set up so that the side of a user's vehicle lies entirely on the side of the... Agent: Schneck & Schneck

20070053028 - Diffractive, polarization modulating optical devices: An optical device includes an encoding surface having a micro-relief pattern (22) over at least part thereof designed to produce a predetermined diffracted first image when illuminated in use, and an optically anisotropic layer (26) such as a polymerized liquid crystal provided whereby at least part of the micro-relief pattern... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070053029 - Replication of data to holographic medium: An apparatus for replicating holographically recorded data, comprising a holographic master media having holographically recorded data thereon; a holographic copy media; a light source for generating a master reference beam and a copy reference beam, coherent with the first object beam, the first master reference beam incident on the holographic... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.c.

20070053033 - Exposure apparatus: An exposure apparatus includes an illumination optical system that includes an optical integrator for forming a secondary light source from the light, and a variable stop arranged at or near a position where the secondary light source is formed, the diameter variable stop that defines a NA of the illumination... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.l.p.

20070053030 - Hologram optical element and surface light source device using the hologram optical element: A hologram optical element having a thin form and a high degree of light transmittance, moreover that provides superior handling ease is provided, as well as a surface light source device employing this hologram optical element. The angle at which light can be bent in this hologram optical element, has... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070053031 - Light-diffusing plate for liquid crystal display device and polycarbonate resin composition for light-diffusing plate for liquid crystal display device: Provided are: a light-diffusing plate for a liquid crystal display device which plate can give an assured or improved luminance with assured light-diffusibility, suppress itself from dimensional changes caused by moisture absorption, and also prevent the device from deterioration caused by ultraviolet light generated from a lighting unit; and a... Agent: Kilyk & Bowersox, P.l.l.c.

20070053032 - Polarisation converter: A polarisation control device is provided comprising in sequence an array of electrically switchable holographic lenses, a half wave plate and an electrically switchable beam deflecting holographic optical element. Said switchable holographic devices each operate on light having a first polarisation state. Light in a second orthogonal polarisation state is... Agent: Popovich, Milan, Momcilo

20070053034 - Replay optics for holographic displays: A holographic display comprises a spatial light modulator, SLM, arranged to display a set of tiled holographic images, and illuminating means for illuminating a surface of the SLM. Replay means are provided for focusing light reflected from the SLM surface to present a three dimensional image. The illuminating means comprises... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20070053035 - Mirror package scanning apparatus and method: An optical scanner system and method having a light source, a first mirror rotatable along a first torsion axis to reflect light from the light source, a first vibrator to vibrate the first mirror, a second mirror positioned adjacent to the first mirror and rotatable along a second torsion axis... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070053036 - Optical scanning apparatus: To provide an image forming apparatus including a plurality of laser scanning units having deflecting and scanning means which deflect and scan light fluxes emitted from a plurality of light sources, respectively; a plurality of image bearing members on which electrostatic latent images are formed by scanning the light fluxes... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070053037 - Image sensor and method for fabricating the same: An image sensor includes a substrate in which photoelectric elements have been formed, and an array of optical path conversion elements formed at a light so that the optical path converted light may be incident on the substrate, wherein each of the optical path conversion elements has different tangent line... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.c.

20070053038 - Laser scanner assembly: A laser scanner assembly comprising a rotating mirror, a first laser unit configured to generate at least a first laser beam, and a second laser unit configured to generate at least a second laser beam is provided. The rotating mirror is configured to direct the first laser beam along a... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/marvell

20070053039 - Multi-station laser processing: A laser processing machine includes several workstations for one workpiece each, a laser for generating a laser beam, and a laser beam deflecting device. The deflecting device includes a rotatably disposed deflecting mirror for deflecting the laser beam in the direction of several workstations through turning the deflecting mirror about... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20070053040 - Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus: An optical scanning device includes a plurality of light sources, a deflector, optical systems, and a plurality of light shielding units to shield flare light from an opposite optical system. Two light shielding units are arranged not to satisfy θ=n(360/x) degrees, where θ is an angle formed by a line... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070053043 - Light scanning device and image forming apparatus using the same: In an exposure unit including: a laser scanning unit emitting a multiple number of beams; a polygon mirror for deflecting the multiple beams by reflection with the same facet; an optical system including optical elements for leading the beams correspondingly to a multiple number of photoreceptor drums laid out along... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070053041 - Optical scanning device: In a scanning optical device which polarization-scans a plurality of fluxes of light by one rotary polygon mirror to form a multi-color image by irradiating beams on a plurality of photosensitive drums, respective, the fluxes of light being incident on the rotary polygon mirror have different angles with respect to... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070053042 - Scanning optical device: In a scanning optical device which deflects a light flux from a light source with a deflection scanning unit to perform light scanning to a body to be scanned through at least one optical member, the scanning optical device is characterized by including a holding member 29, a position adjusting... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070053044 - Electrostatic drive type mems mirror scanner: An object of the present invention is to provide an MEMS mirror scanner capable of achieving a scanning operation at a speed equivalent to or higher than a polygon mirror scanner and including a supporting structure for a flexible mirror, which can be driven even by drive force having a... Agent: Clark & Brody

20070053045 - Two sided torsional hinged mirror and method of manufacturing: A torsional hinged mirror structure having back-to-back reflective surfaces and suitable for use in a laser printer imaging system is disclosed. There is also disclosed an optical layer and a support structure that does not interfere with either of the two incident light beams as the two reflected beam sweeps.... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070053046 - Electrode with transparent series resistance for uniform switching of optical modulation devices: Switching uniformity of an optical modulation device for controlling the propagation of electromagnetic radiation is improved by use of an electrode comprising an electrically resistive layer that is transparent to the radiation. The resistive layer is preferably an innerlayer of a wide-bandgap oxide sandwiched between layers of indium tin oxide... Agent: Teledyne Technologies Teledyne Scientific & Imaging/teledyne Licensing

20070053047 - Polarizing, photochromic devices and methods of making the same: Provided is an optical element including a substrate; a first at least partial coating of an at least partially ordered alignment medium connected to at least a portion of at least one surface of the substrate; a second at least partial coating of an alignment transfer material that is connected... Agent: Ppg Industries Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20070053049 - Polarizing, photochromic devices and methods of making the same: A security element connected to at least a portion of a substrate, the security element including an at least partial coating having a first state and a second state connected to at least a portion of the substrate, the at least partial coating being adapted to switch from a first... Agent: Ppg Industries Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20070053050 - Polarizing, photochromic devices and methods of making the same: A method of making an optical element including overmolding an at least partial coating of an at least partially ordered liquid crystal material and at least one at least partially aligned photochromic-dichroic compound on at least a portion of an optical substrate.... Agent: Ppg Industries Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20070053048 - Polirizing, photochromic devices and methods of making the same: An optical element including: a substrate; and an at least partial coating having a first state and a second state on at least a portion of the substrate, the at least partial coating being adapted to be circularly polarizing or elliptically polarizing in at least one state and containing: a... Agent: Ppg Industries Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20070053051 - Micro-mechanical thermo structure and method for manufacturing such micro-mechanical structure: The invention relates to a micro-mechanical thermal structure for modulating a light beam and a method for manufacturing such a structure. The micro-mechanical structure comprises two layers of material with different thermal expansion coefficients in a first direction and a second direction respectively, in which the first direction is transverse... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070053052 - Spatial light modulator multi-layer mirror plate: A spatial light modulator having a multi-layer mirror is described.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20070053053 - Intelligent spd control apparatus with scalable networking capabilities for window and multimedia applications: A scalable apparatus and a network environment dynamically changes the light transparency of a single SPD device, a small number of SPD devices or thousands of such SPD devices installed in windows in automobiles, aircraft, trains, marine vehicles, residential homes, commercial buildings and skyscrapers. A scalable apparatus and a network... Agent: Oppedahl Patent Law Firm Llc

20070053054 - Method of inverting polarization by controlling defect density or degree of order of lattice points, and optical wavelength conversion element: A solving means of it solves the problem by forming (i) a control layer having a larger defect density Dcont1 than the defect density Dferro of a ferroelectric single crystal (Dferro<Dcont1) or forming (ii) a control layer having a lower degree of order of lattice points than the degree of... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20070053055 - Anti-dazzling film: The present invention discloses an anti-dazzling film that can be provided by high-speed coating and can meet market demands for an increased area and homogeneous properties and lowered cost while enjoying satisfactory scratch resistance. The present invention provides the anti-dazzling film comprises a triacetylcellulose film and an anti-dazzling layer provided... Agent: Burr & Brown

20070053056 - Viewing device with orientating imaging device: The invention relates to the provision of an optical device having first and second viewing passages which are selectively spaced apart to suit the interocular distance between a user's eyes. The device also included at least one image capturing device to allow a digital image to be captured. The invention... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP - Patent Group

20070053057 - Apparatus and method for producing multiple images of a specimen: An apparatus for producing multiple images of a specimen, having a sliding microtome, is disclosed. The specimen is secured in a specimen holder, movably in a plane. A knife having a cutting edge is arranged above the specimen that is movable along a cutting direction. Provided on the side opposite... Agent: Hodgson Russ LLP

20070053058 - Lighting assembly for a luminescence analysis apparatus, in particular a fluorescence mrcroscope, and luminescence analysis apparatus equipped with such a lighting assembly: A luminescence analysis apparatus, in particular for fluorescence microscopy, has a lighting assembly having a lighting unit which includes a preassembled module housed inside a housing; the module is defined by a LED mounted on a plate, and by an optical collimating element connected integrally to the LED and located... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070053059 - Raster microscope: A scanning microscope includes an excitation light beam, a stimulation light beam, an objective, an optical component and an optical system. The excitation light beam optically excites a first area of a specimen. The stimulation light beam triggers a stimulated emission or an additional excitation in a second area of... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, Llc

20070053060 - Display device: A display device comprising: a display cell including at least two color regions, each of the at least color regions including a right-eye pixel and a left-eye pixel corresponding to a right eye and a left eye of a viewer, respectively; and a lenticular cell including at least two lenses... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070053061 - Optical system and image pickup apparatus including the same: d

20070053063 - Display panel and display device, and electrical appliance using the same: Provided is a display panel having a high-performance antireflection layer at a low cost. In a liquid crystal display panel or an organic light-emitting diode display panel constituted by a first transparent substrate, a second transparent substrate and a liquid crystal layer between these two transparent substrates further includes an... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070053062 - Optical part and projection type display apparatus using same: The object of the present invention is to provide an optical part having an anti-reflecting membrane which is low in resistance and high in adhesion and is sharply improved in light transmittance by reducing reflectance of light, and a display apparatus using the same. According to the present invention, there... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070053065 - Diffusion sheet: A diffusion sheet interposed between a light guide plate and a prism sheet includes: a light reflection unit reflecting a feedback light toward the prism sheet again, the feedback light being returned by the prism sheet.... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070053064 - Light-diffusing film: Disclosed herein is a light-diffusing film for a backlight unit of a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display. Specifically, the current invention provides a light-diffusing film, including a transparent base sheet, a light-diffusing layer, which is laminated on any one surface of the base sheet and includes a light-diffusing resin and... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, Llc

20070053066 - Device for homogenizing light and configuration for illuminating or focusing with such a device: A device for homogenizing light contains at least one homogenizer device having an entrance surface and an exit surface for the light that is to be homogenized. An array of cylinder lenses is disposed on the input surface and an array of cylinder lenses is disposed on the output surface... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070053067 - Robust family of microdisplay projection lenses: The present invention provides a projection lens system comprising a double-gauss architecture with aspheric lens elements at the beginning and end of the lens system with a system stop therebetween and an acromatic lens element pair between each aspheric lens and the system stop. Also provided is a projection lens... Agent: Thomson Licensing Inc.

20070053068 - Imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus has an optical zoom function, with which the image imaged on the imaging device (CCD) is enlarged and reduced by moving an optical system, and an electronic zoom function, with which the image data generated by the imaging device is electronically enlarged and reduced. In an imaging... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070053069 - Variable power optical system and image pickup apparatus: An object of the present invention is to provide a compact size variable power optical system capable of producing a high quality image. The variable power optical system comprises a plurality of lens groups for forming an optical image on an image surface of an image pickup device. Among the... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20070053070 - Zoom lens system: An exemplary zoom lens system includes a negative first lens group and a positive second lens group. The first lens group includes a meniscus-shaped first lens with negative refracting power and a second lens with positive refracting power. The first lens has a concave surface facing an image side. The... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070053071 - Zoom lens optical system: where Lw denotes a distance between a first surface of an object-side lens of the first lens group and an image surface when in the wide angle position, Lt denotes a distance between the first surface of the object-side lens of the first lens group and the image surface when... Agent: Gardner Carton & Douglas LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20070053072 - Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus including the same: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a zoom lens which includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit with a negative refractive power, a second lens unit with a positive refractive power, and a third lens unit with a positive refractive... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070053073 - Motor structure with built-in lens: A motor structure with a built-in lens includes a lens mount (10), a motor (30) received in the lens mount, and a lens unit (50) received in the lens mount. The lens unit is drove by the motor to telescopically move along an axial thereof when a rotor (34) of... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070053074 - Projection display with light recycling: A light-valve system is adapted to recycle light includes a light-valve, which is optically coupled to a projection lens. The illustrative systems also includes a light recycling device, which reflects at least a portion of the light that is reflected by the light valve back along a light path of... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070053075 - Image forming optical system, and image pickup apparatus and identification apparatus using the system: An image forming optical system comprising, in order from an object side: a negative lens unit having one or two negative lenses without including any positive lens; a reflecting member; an aperture stop; and a positive lens unit having one or two positive lenses without including any negative lens.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070053077 - Customer illumination aperture structure: A customer illumination aperture (CIA) structure for lithographic exposure is disclosed, including a central part and at least one off-axis part around the central part. The off-axis part of the CIA is disposed in a symmetric manner with respect to the central part.... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20070053076 - Diaphragm changing device: The invention relates to an optical imaging device, in particular an objective 1 for microlithography in the field of EUVL for producing semiconductor components, having a beam path 2, a plurality of optical elements 3 and a diaphragm device 7 with an adjustable diaphragm opening shape. The diaphragm device has... Agent: Gray Robinson, P.a.

20070053078 - Imaging lens, imaging unit and optical device: e

20070053079 - Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus: A zoom lens with a reduced overall length having a color separating prism therein and a telecentric property with a first lens group (GI) having a positive refractive power and having a fixed position, a second lens group (GII) of the variable magnification type having a negative refractive power and... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer Pllc

20070053080 - Substrate film for optical sheet, optical sheet and backlight unit: Disclosed is a substrate film for an optical sheet, an optical sheet and a backlight unit capable of markedly enhancing utilization efficiency of rays of light and improving luminance. The substrate film for an optical sheet is made of a transparent resin and is formed into a rectangular shape, which... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070053082 - Lens drive unit: [Solution step] Lens drive unit 10 which comprises a moving lenticular body (sleeve 15 or the like) equipped with a lens, a drive mechanism which moves the moving lenticular body along the optical axis X, and a fixed body (yoke 16 or the like) which movably supports a moving lenticular... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20070053081 - Lens holding device, lens-barrel, and imaging device: The present invention provides a lens holder comprising a third group frame that serves as a holding member which holds lenses, a guide shaft that supports the third group frame when the third group frame is moved along the optical axis of the lenses, a rear barrel part perpendicularly to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20070053083 - Prism for viewing the backside of one's own human body, hair or clothing: A four sided prism which provides the full scale front view and the full scale backside of one's own self. In addition, oblique front and rear views of one's own body, clothing or hair are available. Rigid frames allow for fast assembly without hand tools. The prism can be assembled... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20070053084 - Mirror accessory: A mirror accessory includes a mirror cover, a casing cover and an attachment portion. The mirror cover includes a first material. The casing cover includes a second material. The casing cover is attached to the mirror cover to form a receiving opening configured to receive the vehicle mirror. The attachment... Agent: David E. Scott

20070053085 - Lens for rearview mirror: A lens for a vehicle rearview mirror includes a light-transmissible glass substrate, which has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first coating layer, which has a reflectivity of 10-20% and is coated on the first surface of the glass substrate and defines with... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20070053086 - Manufacturing a mirror plate or other operational structure having superior flatness by laser milling for use with torsional hinged devices: A multilevel mirror plate suitable for use with a torsional hinged mirror assembly is laser milled to provide a more effective truss structure in less time and at a reduced cost.... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070053087 - Rearview mirror assembly for motor vehicles: A rearview mirror assembly for attachment to a holding tube carried by a vehicle. The assembly includes a housing framing configured to encase a portion of the holding tube and to attach with a mirror element. A clamping bracket is also configured to encase a portion of the holding tube... Agent: Mcnair Law Firm, P.a.

20070053088 - Laminates and methods of making same: An optical sheet suitable for use in a laminate comprising at least one glazing component. The optical sheet comprises a non-metallic multi-layer optical film that has multiple optical layers, and can be, for example, a solar energy reflective film (e.g., an infrared radiation reflective film). The multiple layers are thermally... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070053089 - Color wheel: A color wheel includes a color filter set, a carrier, and a cap. The color filter set has a through hole, a first side and a second side which is oppositely disposed. The carrier is disposed at the first side of the color filter set and has a first engaging... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070053090 - Using isotopically specified fluids as optical elements: Fluidic optical elements and systems use isotopically specified fluids for processing light passing therethrough. The isotopic composition of the fluid may be adjusted to vary the optical properties. The properties of the isotopically specified fluid may be monitored and adjusted to obtain the desired optical characteristics of the fluidic optical... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20070047037 - Hologram recording medium and hologram recording method: A hologram recording medium including: a recording layer on which a hologram can be record as a diffraction grating by inducing a change in a refraction factor according to the light intensity distribution of writing light due to irradiation with the writing light; a reflection layer that reflects, on the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070047038 - Hologram recording method, hologram recording material, optical recording medium: A hologram recording method is provided and includes: a first step of forming a latent image in a hologram recording material by holographic exposure; a second step of subjecting the hologram recording material having the latent image to heat treatment so as to form interference fringes providing a refractive index... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070047039 - Hologram recording apparatus, hologram recording method, and hologram recording medium: A recording medium, a recording apparatus, and a recording method are disclosed. Where recording data are recorded as element holograms on a hologram recording medium, a synchronization signal selected from among a plurality of synchronization signals and recording data encoded for every predetermined unit amount are arrayed to facilitate reproduction.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070047040 - Apparatus and method for controlling depth of three-dimensional image: An apparatus and method for controlling the depth of a three-dimensional image. The apparatus includes: a disparity measuring unit which measures the disparity between a left eye image and a right eye image; a physical distance calculating unit which calculates the physical distance between the left eye image and the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070047042 - Hologram recording apparatus and hologram recording method: A hologram recording method and a hologram recording apparatus are provided. A hologram recording apparatus which forms information into element holograms for recording, includes: data page generating means for forming a two-dimensional matrix from a linear information sequence that is an encoding target and generate a data page; inner page... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070047041 - Hologram reproduction apparatus and hologram reproduction method: A reproduction apparatus is disclosed which reproduces, from a hologram recording medium on which digital data are recorded as an element hologram formed from interference fringes generated by interference of imaged data of the digital data as object light with reference light, the digital data. If a synchronization signal recorded... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070047043 - image projecting device and method: An image projecting device and method are presented. The device comprises a light source system operable to produce a light beam to impinge onto an active surface of a spatial light modulator (SLM) unit formed by an SLM pixel arrangement; and a magnification optics accommodated at the output side of... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070047044 - Random-scan, random pixel size imaging system: Described is a method of image dissection that utilizes random, non-rectangular scan patterns and irregular size and shape picture elements. To do this, matched faceplates would be cut from a fused scrambled fiber optic bundle with fibers of random diameters and cross sections. One faceplate would be placed in contact... Agent: Department Of The Army Cecom Legal Office, Fort Belvoir

20070047045 - Polygon mirror scanner device: Disclosed is a polygon mirror scanner device, used as a rotor, having a plurality of mirror faces on the outer peripheral face of a mirror member having a substantially tubular shape, with a tubular magnet adhered to the lower inner peripheral face of the mirror member. A depression is uniformly... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070047046 - Micro-mirror device and array thereof: A micro mirror device and an array thereof are disclosed wherein an outer frame is formed at a position distanced from a mirror plate, thereby reducing a dynamic deformation of the mirror plate, preventing degradation of beam reflected from the mirror plate, and enabling to maintain a balance of the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070047047 - Oscillation scan mirror with improved accuracy: An improved oscillation scan mirror assembly comprises a shaft, a holder having a bearing with a bearing surface supporting the holder on the shaft, a scan mirror secured to the holder. The holder and therefore the mirror are oscillatable around the shaft under an oscillating driving force, and bearing and... Agent: Kaplan Gilman Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20070047049 - Exterior mirror assembly: An exterior mirror assembly includes a mirror member, a housing and a light member. The mirror member is supported in the housing. The light member is attached to the housing to radiate light, having a luminous body and a lens mask configured to cover the luminous body. The housing has... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070047048 - Optical beam scanner, image forming device, and optical beam scanning method: An optical beam scanner includes a driving unit rotating a rotary polygon mirror that deflects and scans an optical beam; a rotation position detection unit; a rotation control unit controlling the driving unit in accordance with a rotation reference signal and an output signal of the rotation position detection unit;... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070047050 - Optical encoder and apparatus using optical encoder: An optical encoder includes a cylindrical reflective scale, a point light source for irradiating the reflective scale, and light-receiving elements for receiving the light beams reflected by the reflective scale. The pitch of the reflective scale is set to an appropriate value such that the pitch of interference fringes formed... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070047051 - Electromechanical dynamic force profile articulating mechanism: An electromechanical dynamic force profile articulating mechanism for recovering or emulating true parallel plate capacitor actuation behaviors from deformable membranes used in MEMS systems. The curved deformation of flexible membranes causes their MEMS behavior to deviate from known interactions between rigid plates that maintain geometric parallelism during ponderomotive actuation. The... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070047052 - Projector: A projector includes: a light source device, a color-separating optical system for separating a light beam irradiated by the light source device into a plurality of color light components, a plurality of optical modulators for modulating each of the separated color light components in accordance with image information, a color-combining... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070047053 - Polarizing, photochromic devices and methods of making the same: A method of making an optical element including forming an at least partial coating of at least one at least partially aligned thermally reversible photochromic-dichroic compound on at least a portion of a substrate.... Agent: Ppg Industries Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20070047054 - Polarizing, photochromic devices and methods of making the same: Provided is a composite optical element including: a substrate; an at least partially ordered polymeric sheet connected to at least a portion of the substrate; and at least one thermally reversible photochromic-dichroic compound that is at least partially aligned with at least a portion of the at least partially ordered... Agent: Ppg Industries Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20070047055 - Polarizing, photochromic devices and methods of making the same: A method of making a composite element including: forming a sheet of an at least partially ordered liquid crystal polymer having at least a first general direction, a liquid crystal material having at least a second general direction distributed within at least a portion of the liquid crystal polymer; and... Agent: Ppg Industries Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20070047056 - Apparatus and methods for solar energy conversion using nanocoax structures: An apparatus and method for solar conversion using nanocoax structures are disclosed herein. A nano-optics apparatus for use as a solar cell comprising a plurality of nano-coaxial structures comprising an internal conductor surrounded by a semiconducting material coated with an outer conductor; a film having the plurality of nano-coaxial structures;... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070047057 - Optical element: An optical element includes an airtight container having opposing first and second end face walls in a thickness direction, and side walls connecting the first and second end face walls; a first liquid sealed in the container and having polarity or conductivity; a second liquid sealed in the container and... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070047058 - Barrier and image display device with the same: A 3D image display device with a 2D or 3D image mode switching barrier is provided. The image display device includes an image panel, color change regions spaced apart from each other in a repetitive pattern and selectively change into light transmission regions or light blockage regions, and a barrier... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070047059 - Illumination path shifting: A projection assembly includes an illumination system and at least one light modulator panel in optical communication with the illumination system. An illumination path is defined between the illumination system and the light modulator panel. Further, the illumination system is configured to spatially shift at least a portion of the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070047060 - Manufacturing method of optical device, optical device, manufacturing method of faraday rotator, and optical communication system: There are provided a manufacturing method of an optical device excellent in expediency, and a technique for stably manufacturing a high performance optical device. After a single crystal film which constitutes a Faraday rotator and can exhibit a substantially rectangular magnetic hysteresis, is obtained, the single crystal film is magnetized... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070047061 - Display system incorporating bilinear electromechanical grating device: A line scanned display system includes at least three different colors of illumination provided by one or more light sources, and at least one directional illumination optical system for directing the three different colors of illumination. Also in the system is a bilinear array, having two linear arrays of light... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070047063 - Charge control agents in display media: Charge Control Agents In Display Media. Use of charge control agents in display media comprising bichromal elements increases the ability to control translation and rotation of spherical elements in their cavities more precisely, thus yielding sharper and clearer images and longer life at lower applied voltages.... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070047062 - Electric display media: A visual display system and a method for displaying information. The information displayed on the visual display system may be substantially or entirely immune to stray electric fields.... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070047065 - Electrophoretic display: An electrophoretic display includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a mesh-like body, and charged particles At least a surface of the mesh-like body is formed of an insulating material, and the mesh-like body is interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The charged particles are dispersed in... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070047064 - Methods of tightly packing elements in an electric display media: A method of tightly packing display elements in an electric display. The method involves increasing the density of display elements of an electronic display, such as rotatable elements in electronic paper, in order to increase the brightness and/or sharpness of the display.... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070047066 - Photonic bandgap fiber for generating near-diffraction-limited optical beam comprising multiple coaxial wavelengths: A photonic bandgap assembly used in a laser device for generating a near-diffraction-limited optical beam that comprises simultaneous multiple wavelengths. The photonic bandgap fiber assembly has a plurality of serially connected segments each having a photonic crystal fiber each being designed to efficiently perform Raman conversion on a pump wavelength... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070047067 - Optical amplifier: In an optical amplifier of the invention, a first variable optical attenuator is provided between a fore-stage optical amplification unit and a post-stage optical amplification unit, and a second variable optical attenuator is also provided on the output side of the post-stage optical amplification unit. When a signal light input... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070047068 - Semiconductor optical amplification device and optical integrated circuit: A semiconductor optical amplification device is disclosed that has a gain spectrum of a wide bandwidth. The semiconductor optical amplification device includes an InP substrate and an active layer on the InP substrate. The active layer has a quantum well structure formed by alternately stacking a barrier layer and a... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070047069 - 8-mirror microlithography projection objective: A projection objective provides a light path for a light bundle from an object field in an object plane to an image field in an image plane. The projection objective includes eight mirrors. The light path is provided via the eight mirrors, and is free of obscuration.... Agent: Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, LLP

20070047070 - Microscope: The present invention concerns a microscope with at least one optical element (21a, 21b) for optional deflection and/or splitting of a beam path passing through the microscope, wherein the at least one optical element (21a, 21b) is fashioned as a micro-mirror array (80) having a number of individually controllable and... Agent: Hodgson Russ LLP

20070047071 - Microscope moving unit and microscope apparatus: A microscope moving unit is provided, the microscope moving unit being capable of preventing an increase in size and a decrease in operation speed of a microscope apparatus by reducing the size of the movable parts, improving the operability of the objective lens by providing a large space around the... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070047072 - Greenough-type stereomicroscope: A stereomicroscope of the Greenough type includes a first monocular microscope and a second monocular microscope, which define a first beam path and a second beam path, respectively, wherein the first and second microscopes are arranged at a convergence angle to one another and comprise magnification systems for producing equal... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070047073 - Stereomicroscope: A stereomicroscope of the telescope type includes a first beam path and a second beam path, wherein in the first beam path a first telescope system and in the second beam path a second telescope system are provided, wherein the magnifications of both telescope systems are equal and can be... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070047074 - Apparatus for selective control of intensity and filtering of illumination: A device for selectively controlling illumination from a source that emits illumination along an optical path toward an output has an intensity control apparatus for selectively controlling the intensity of illumination at the output; a filter adapted to be selectively disposed in the optical path; and a unitary mechanical user... Agent: Plevy & Howard & Darcy P.C.

20070047075 - Device for changing objectives in optical devices, particularly in microscopes: The invention is directed to a device for changing objectives which are arranged in a work position in the optical axis of a beam path of an optical device at a distance from the object to be examined. The optical device has in particular a housing with a front surface... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20070047076 - Adjustable optical characteristic: Embodiments of adjusting an optical characteristic are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070047077 - Polymer sheet for projection screen: A polymer sheet for use in a projection screen comprises polyorgano silsesquioxane microspheres that enhance light diffusing characteristics. Also disclosed is a projection screen comprising at least two glass plates and the polymer sheet disposed therebetween. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing a polymer sheet by incorporating the microspheres... Agent: Hasse & Nesbitt LLC

20070047078 - Polarization recovery system for projection displays: A waveguide polarization recovery system both polarizes the input light energy for use with an LCD imager and converts the polarity of unusable light energy to add to the illumination of the LCD imager. The compact polarization recovery waveguide system generally includes: (1) an input waveguide that provides non-polarized light... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20070047080 - Methods of producing multilayer reflective polarizer: Methods of forming multilayer reflective polarizers are described. One method includes providing a multilayer polymer film having a plurality of alternating polymeric optical layer pairs, heating the multilayer polymer film to a temperature of about or greater than both polymers layer glass transition temperatures to from a heated multilayer film,... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070047079 - Polarizing multiplexer and methods for intra-oral scanning: A polarizing multiplexer includes a first arm with a first beam splitter to receive a first unpolarized light from an object and a first retarder coupled to the first beam splitter to generate a first right-hand circularly polarized (RHCP) beam. A normal incident beam splitter is used to receive the... Agent: Duane Durbin

20070047081 - Attenuator for high-power unpolarized laser beams: A method for attenuating an unpolarized laser beam includes separating the laser beam into two plane-polarized beams. The plane-polarized beams are polarization rotated. Each of the polarization-rotated beams is separated into two plane-polarized portions. One of the portions of one polarization-rotated beam is combined with one of the portions of... Agent: Stallman & Pollock LLP

20070047082 - Welded, multiple piece cast control arm: A control arm includes a first component having a first perimeter, a second component having a second perimeter, wherein the first and second components are cast and wherein the first and second components are welded at the first and second perimeters. A control arm includes an upper component, a lower... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070047083 - A reflector: The present invention provides a reflector typically comprising of a reflector strap and a main body, wherein, said reflector strap extends out one or more pins from the contacting surface with the main body, by connecting said pins to the coordinated holes of the main body in socket joint, said... Agent: Banger Shia

20070047084 - Diffractive optical element and fabrication method thereof: A diffractive optical element 1 comprises a first element 10 and a second element 20, whose materials are different from each other. These elements are bonded to each other, with a diffraction grating 30 created on the boundary surface between the first element 10 and the second element 20, and... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070047086 - Image forming apparatus and abnormality detecting method: A light-emission control unit controls an emission of a light beam from a light-beam generating unit based on an input image signal. A light-beam scanning unit deflects the light beam in a main scanning direction and irradiates the deflected light beam on an image carrier. An anomalous-light emission detecting unit... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070047085 - Image forming apparatus and control method therefor: This invention makes it possible to prevent any uneven density and degradation in resolution in reciprocal laser scanning using a movable mirror. An image forming apparatus forms an image on a photosensitive member by scanning the photosensitive member with a laser beam reflected by a movable mirror with reciprocating the... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070047087 - Optical film, polarizing plate and image display device: An optical film comprises: a transparent plastic film substrate; and a cured layer having a dry thickness of 100 nm or more, formed by coating a curable composition comprising: a low refractive index fine particle having a refractive index of 1.50 or less; and a binder, wherein the low refractive... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070047088 - Optical sensor based on surface electromagnetic wave resonance in photonic band gap materials and method for using same: A sensing method and apparatus using photonic band gap multilayered material. Photonic band gap multi-layers are formed from alternating layers of higher refractive index and lower refractive index materials, and may be deposited or disposed on a optically transparent substrate or a reflecting face of a prism. Light is directed... Agent: W. Edward Ramage

20070047089 - System and method of adjusting vehicle window transmission based on high beam detection: A system and method for reducing vehicle window (e.g., windshield and/or backlite) visible light transmission when high beams are detected. In certain example embodiments, a detector detects the presence of a light source above certain luminescent threshold. A controller then reduces the visible light transmission of a windshield and/or backlite... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070047090 - Microlens substrate, a method for manufacturing the microlens substrate, a liquid crystal panel, and a projection type display apparatus: s

20070047091 - Optical system using total internal reflection images: An optical system for a head mounted display includes a light pipe having two parallel surfaces along which modes can travel by total internal reflection. An illumination element allows selection of modes so that the desired modes can be transmitted along the light pipe, either axially or by total internal... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20070047092 - Led light converging system: An LED light converging system includes an LED light source, and first and second lens units aligned in sequence along an optical axis. The LED light source provides source light. The first lens unit has a first focal length, and is disposed forwardly of and is spaced apart from the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070047093 - Method and device for the immersion and cleaning of the front lens of microscope objectives: A method and a device are provided for the immersion and for the cleaning of the front lens of microscope objectives in fully automatic microscope systems, in particular inverted microscopes, for the examination of biological and/or chemical samples by which, besides an automatic immersion process, an automatic cleaning of the... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20070047094 - Optical arrangement and method for the imaging of depth-structured objects: The invention is directed to an arrangement and a method for imaging depth-structured objects and for calibrating the imaging in connection therewith, preferably for generating stereoscopic images from different observation planes at different depth levels of an object. According to the invention, in an optical arrangement for imaging depth-structured objects... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20070047095 - Electrowetting system with stable movement: Disclosed herein is an electrowetting system using the electrowetting phenomenon. The electrowetting system comprises an electrolyte solution consisting of 30 to 89% by weight of water, 0.01 to 30% by weight of a salt and 10 to 60% by weight of a polar solvent having a dipole moment. According to... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070047096 - Fisheye lens system and a fisheye zoom lens system: s

20070047097 - Zoom lens system:

20070047098 - Solid image pickup unit and camera module: A solid image pickup device includes an image pickup unit on which image pickup elements are arranged in a two dimensional form, a print on which the image pickup unit is mounted, and protrusions formed in a pattern form of a conductive material on a floor area, of the print... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070047099 - Protective articles: The invention provides protective articles comprising a backing that comprises a fluorinated polymer and a curable adhesive on at least one layer of the backing. The protective articles of the invention may be used to provide substrates or articles of the invention having a fluorinated surface. The invention also provides... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070047101 - Methods and apparatus for navigating an image: Methods and apparatus are contemplated to perform various actions, including: zooming into or out of an image having at least one object, wherein at least some elements of the at least one object are scaled up and/or down in a way that is non-physically proportional to one or more zoom... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20070047102 - Methods and apparatus for navigating an image: Methods and apparatus are contemplated to perform various actions, including: zooming into or out of an image having at least one object, wherein at least some elements of the at least one object are scaled up and/or down in a way that is non-physically proportional to one or more zoom... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20070047100 - Switching power supply unit and disk array system: An object of the invention is to provide a small and low-cost switching power supply unit with a backup function in which a proper circuit construction can be selected by simple method when it is necessary to compensate for the instantaneous drop or power failure and a disk array system... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070047103 - Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus including the same:

20070047104 - Zoom lens and image pickup device: where dz is the movable distance of the second group of lens elements to perform zooming and fw is the focal distance of the whole lens system at a wide angle end.... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070047105 - Offner relay for projection system: A projection system includes a modulator and an Offner relay. The modulator is to modulate light in accordance with sub-frames of a frame of image data. The Offner relay is to differently aim, in accordance with each sub-frame, the light as modulated.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070047107 - Lens feed mechanism: A lens feed mechanism is provided and includes: a lens frame that holds a movable lens and that is supported by a fixed lens barrel so as to be capable of moving in a direction in which the movable lens is to move; a feed screw supported rotatably on an... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070047106 - Rotatable lens set: A lens set assembly comprises an object side facing an object, an image side facing an image generated by the lens set, and a plurality of lens sets disposed from the object side to the image side sequentially. When the lens set assembly is used, the lens sets are all... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070047108 - Suspension apparatus for auto-focus lens device and a method for fabricating the same: A suspension apparatus comprises a lens holder, a suspension spring and a supporting base. The supporting base is formed with an opening for accommodating the lens holder. The lens holder is for positioning a lens unit. The suspension spring is manufactured by stamping process to form a long strip with... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070047109 - Camera module: A camera module has a lens unit and an image pickup portion. The lens unit has at least one lens and a lens holder for holding the at least one lens. The image pickup portion is provided below the lens unit. The image pickup portion has a substrate, an image... Agent: Patents+tms, P.C.

20070047110 - Lens barrel for holding lens: A lens barrel for holding a lens includes a barrel body for containing the lens. A ring shaped receiving wall is formed on the barrel body, for receiving a rear face of a peripheral portion of the lens, to position the lens in an optical axis direction. Three retaining claw... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070047111 - Prism sheet and backlight unit employed in a liquid crystal display: The present invention relates to a prism sheet for performing the function of polarization. The prism sheet comprises a prism and a polarization film. The polarization film is formed by depositing a first layer and a second layer on the prism, wherein the first layer and the second layer have... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070047112 - Lcos panel assembly of projection system and image matching method thereof: There is provided a LCOS panel assembly of a projection system comprising: a LCOS panel; a panel support supporting the LCOS panel and coupled to the quad side; a quarter-wave plate provided at the front side of the LCOS panel to polarize light; a quarter-wave plate holder rotatably supported about... Agent: Fleshner & Kim, LLP

20070047113 - High fill-factor bulk silicon mirrors with reduced effect of mirror edge diffraction: A method and apparatus for fabricating a MEMS apparatus having a device layer with an optical surface that is supported by a pedestal on a planar support layer that is suspended for movement with respect to a base support by hinge elements disposed in a different plane from the planar... Agent: Dla Piper Rudnick Gray Cary Us, LLP

20070047114 - Wide-angle mirror: A wide-angle mirror includes a back plate having an inner side formed with an annular support flange having an outer side formed with a stop ring, a mirror plate having an inner side rested on the annular support flange of the back plate and a rim rested on the stop... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070047115 - Flip-up convex mirror attachment: A flip-up convex mirror attachment for installation onto the original equipment mirror in vehicles with either a left-side or right-side driver. The flip-up convex mirror attachment attaches to the mirror surface of the original equipment interior mirror found in most motor vehicles. The flip-up convex mirror attachment contains an angled... Agent: Michael A. Bergeron

20070047116 - Mirror adjustment mechanism, wing mirror unit and method: A mirror adjustment mechanism for adjusting a mirror housing including an actuator housing and a drive mechanism arranged in the actuator housing. The drive mechanism includes an electric motor including an output shaft; a drive train having an input part coupled to the output shaft; and an output part coupled... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20070047117 - Enhancement of nmr vertical resolution using walsh function based inversion: NMR data are acquired using a phase-alternation of the tipping pulse. Averaged properties are estimated over a window length. The averaged properties are inverted to undo the effects of the averaging. A matrix defined in terms of Walsh functions is used in the inversion.... Agent: Madan, Mossman & Sriram, P.C.

20070047118 - Nd filter, and iris device and optical apparatus having the same: What is disclosed is an ND filter that enables relatively easy control of light quantity when used in an iris device and realizes excellent optical performance. The ND filter has a first region having an ND film with a uniform density, a second region having an ND film with a... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070047119 - Optical element: An optical element includes an airtight container having opposing face walls in a thickness direction, and side walls connecting the end face walls; a first liquid sealed in the container and having polarity or conductivity; a second liquid sealed in the container and not mixed with the first liquid so... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik