Optical: systems and elements inventions 09/07

20070223070 - Holographic master production and replication: The invention relates to an optical holographic master production device. This device comprises means for receiving a master (302a), a radiation source (300) for producing a radiation beam and a reflective spatial light modulator (303) placed on the other side of the receiving means with respect to the radiation source.... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070223071 - 3d display: A method of generating a Computer Generated Hologram (CGH) using the diffraction specific algorithm allows a curved wavefront to be produced from a single hogel, rather than the planar waves of the prior art. This allows a wavefront from a single hogel to generate a point in the image volume.... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20070223073 - Hologram apparatus: A hologram apparatus 1 includes a light emitter 30 that applies light onto a recording medium 10 on which a plurality of holograms 11 are provided, and a light receiver 20 that receives light exiting from the holograms 11. The light receiver 20 includes a substrate 22 having multiple light-receiving... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070223072 - Hologram reproducing apparatus: A light source 1 and a lens 11 for generating parallel light are provided on an inner surface of a housing 5. By changing the angle of a biaxially driven galvanometer mirror 2 provided at an appropriate position opposing the light source 1 and the lens 11, reflected light is... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070223074 - Hybrid reflection hologram: Hybrid white-light viewable holograms and methods for making them. The holograms are hybrid reflection holograms made using the diffractive structures or gratings of a holographic object such as a transmission hologram or holographic optical element (HOE). The wavefronts of the diffractive structures are converted into a reflection hologram by scanning... Agent: Peacock Myers, P.C.

20070223075 - Hologram apparatus: In a hologram apparatus, light from a light source 10 enters a hologram 2a provided on a recording medium 2, and light exiting from the hologram 2a is received by a light receiver 3. The light emitted from the light source 10 includes light intensity peaks corresponding to a plurality... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070223076 - Scanning microscope: The invention relates to a scanning microscope comprising a beam deflecting device (11), which directs an illuminating light beam (5) over or through a sample (21), and comprising a detector (33) for receiving detection light (23) exiting the sample. The scanning microscope comprises an extracting port (67) or another detector... Agent: Houston Eliseeva

20070223077 - System and method for laser speckle reduction: A system and method for reducing or eliminating speckle when using a coherent light source is provided. A refracting device is positioned such that a major surface of the refracting device is oblique to the axis of the coherent light and such that the coherent light passes through the refracting... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070223078 - Polarization measurement and self-calibration based on multiple tunable optical polarization rotators: Devices and techniques for generating and analyzing states of polarization in light using multiple adjustable polarization rotators in various applications.... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20070223079 - Electro-optic media produced using ink jet printing: Ink jet printing can be used in the production of electro-optic displays for (a) forming a layer of a polymer-dispersed electrophoretic medium on a substrate; (b) forming a color electro-optic layer; (c) forming a color filter; and (d) printing electrodes and/or associated conductors on a layer of electro-optic material.... Agent: David J Cole E Ink Corporation

20070223080 - Methods and apparatus for actuating displays: This invention relates to display apparatuses having an array of light modulators and a plurality of apertures formed in a layer of material. Each light modulator corresponds to one or more apertures and has a portion which may overlap a corresponding aperture, where the size of the overlap is proportional... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070223081 - Wavelength converting devices: A wavelength converting device 1 has a substrate 5 made of an electro-optic material and converts a wavelength of a fundamental light to oscillate a converted light. A wavelength converting portion 7 is provided in the substrate 5 and has a cross sectional area of 0.0001 mm2 or larger and... Agent: Burr & Brown

20070223082 - Third-order optical autocorrelator for time-domain operation at the telecommunication wavelengths: A device and method for producing a third harmonic signal from an optical pulse of wavelength k. In the device and method, an optical pulse at a wavelength k is incident on a material including at least one molecule having a formula D-U-A, where D is an electron donor group,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070223083 - Doubly-resonant optical parametric oscillator with corresponding pump recycling: The oscillator comprises two resonant cavities in which a non-linear crystal (3) is situated. The incident pumping radiation Rpe follows an emitting path across the crystal, the generated signal and complementary radiation carry out numerous emitted and return paths in the cavities, hence across the crystal and are thus converted... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070223085 - Multi-stage raman amplifier: A Raman amplifier comprises at least a first and a second optical Raman-active fiber disposed in series with each other. A first pump source is connected to the first Raman-active fiber, and is adapted for emitting and coupling into the first Raman-active fiber a first pump radiation including a first... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070223084 - System and method for implementing a boosterless optical communication system: An optical communication system includes a transmission fiber that is operable to receive at least one optical signal and at least one pump signal. The optical signal includes one or more optical signal wavelengths and a power level at approximately a minimum threshold power level. The pump signal co-propagates with... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070223086 - Optical amplifying device: An optical amplifying device disposed on a transmission path of a WDM signal includes an optical amplifier amplifying the WDM signal, a detecting unit detecting a change in a transmission wavelength count contained in the WDM signal and/or a change in light receiving level of the optical amplifier, a measuring... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070223087 - Combined day and night weapon sight: A combination day/night sight includes an image intensifying sensor/display combination and a daytime optical path length compensator that may be selectively placed within the optical path. Use of the optical path length compensator when the image intensifying sensor/display is not being used eliminates the need for moving optical elements. The... Agent: Docket Clerk

20070223088 - Display device for telescope system: A display device (4) for a telescope system is disposed between a first image plane (10) and a second image plane (20) of the telescope system. The display device includes a signal emitter (41), a converging lens group (42) positioned adjacent to the signal emitter, and a dioptric imaging lens... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070223089 - Projection-type picture display apparatus and screen used thereby: A screen for use in a projection-type image display apparatus having an image displaying element which includes a plurality of pixels for modulating light from a light source so as to form an enlarged picture on the screen. The screen includes a Fresnel lens sheet, a first sheet disposed on... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070223090 - Method for displaying a three-dimensional scene: An image display system provides a viewer with an experience of three dimensional images by presenting a composite image source. The system includes first and second image sources, a beamcombiner, a lens and a reflective element. The reflective elements reflects the image of the second image source to the beamcombiner.... Agent: Elman Technology Law, P.C.

20070223091 - System and method for laser speckle reduction: A system and method for reducing or eliminating speckle when using a coherent light source is provided. A refracting device comprising a birefringent material is positioned such that the refracting device intercepts the coherent light. The refracting device rotates thereby causing the ordinary and/or extraordinary beams to move. The human... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070223092 - Flame retardant retroreflective film structure: Flame retardant and heat resistant retroreflective structures are disclosed. Generally, the retroreflective structure includes a transparent plasticized polyvinyl chloride film, an array of retroreflective cube-corner elements underlying the transparent plasticized polyvinyl chloride film, a flame retardant and heat resistant adhesive underlying the array of retroreflective cube-corner elements, and a flame... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070223093 - Optical diffraction element of refractive-index-modulated type and projector including the same: A optical diffraction element of a refractive-index-modulated type includes a transparent DLC film formed on a transparent substrate, wherein the DLC film is subjected to refractive-index modulation so as to include a plurality of relatively-high-refractive-index regions and a plurality of relatively-low-refractive-index regions for causing diffraction of light, and the refractive-index... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070223094 - Optical element and system using the same: An optical element may include a first diffractive structure having a radially symmetric amplitude function and a second diffractive structure having a phase function. The second diffractive structure may serve as a vortex lens. A system employing the optical element may include a light source and/or a detector.... Agent: Digital Optics Corporation

20070223095 - Optical device, system and method: Methods and systems are disclosed related to optical elements. An apparatus for making an optical device can be configured to divide an angular pattern into a plurality of sub-angular regions. Then, micro-wedge configurations can be determined for directing light to the sub-angular regions. Subsequently, an array of micro-wedges can be... Agent: Mcgrath, Geissler, Olds & Richardson, PLLC

20070223096 - Parabolic trough or dish reflector for use in concentrating solar power apparatus and method of making same: A reflector (e.g., mirror) for use in a solar collector or the like is provided. In certain example embodiments of this invention, a reflector is made by (a) forming a reflective coating on a thin substantially flat glass substrate (the thin glass substrate may or may not be pre-bent prior... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070223097 - Solar energy shielding window film laminates: The invention relates to solar energy shielding window film laminates exhibiting visual light transmittance in the range of 5 to 80% with minimum progressive fading or degradation of reflective quality wherein base polyester films have a layer of adhesive sandwiched there between, the adhesive layer containing dispersed mixed metal oxides... Agent: Holland & Bonzagni, P.C.

20070223098 - Light filtering and strong light-preventing device for the front seat of an automobile: A light filtering and strong light-preventing device for the front seat of an automobile includes a base body and a strong light-preventing sheet. The base body to be positioned on the windshield or on the visor of an automobile is provided with positioning members, a collapsing mechanism and a control... Agent: Chin-fu Chuang

20070223099 - Kaliedoscope for attaching with a video monitor: Described is a kaleidoscope for attaching with a video monitor. The kaleidoscope includes a housing and a monitor holder. The housing includes an interior, a first end, and a second end. The first end has an image receiving hole for receiving light from a video monitor. The interior includes multiple... Agent: Tope-mckay & Associates

20070223100 - Optical element device for simulating the optical perspective of animals, reptiles, fish, insects, birds, and other creatures: Optical elements in an optical device simulate the optical perspective of animals, reptiles, fish, insects, birds and other creatures for a human viewer. The optical elements are one or more lenses, filters, diffraction gratings, mirrors, prisms, polarizers or apertures or combinations thereof. The optical device can be a monocle, a... Agent: William Propp

20070223101 - Optical accessory arranged to change optical characteristic of shooting lens: An optical accessory having a high optical performance arranged to change an optical characteristic of a shooting lens and to be attached on the object side of a shooting lens is provided. The optical accessory FE is to be detachably attached to the object side of a master lens M... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070223102 - Zoom lens system for use with small electronic sensor: A five-element 3:1 zoom lens system in which the first lens group has a negative power and includes two lens elements and the second lens group has a positive power and includes a pair of lens sub-groups, the first sub-group having a positive power and including a pair of lens... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20070223103 - Projection zoom lens and projection display device which uses same: A projection zoom lens includes six lens groups, four of which move along the optical axis during zooming. Of the lens groups that move during zooming, the one nearest the reducing side moves to a position closest to the enlarging side at an intermediate position of zooming between the wide-angle... Agent: Arnold International

20070223104 - Zoom lens: A zoom lens suitable for imaging an object on a photosensitive device is provided. The zoom lens includes a first lens group, a second lens group, a third lens group and a fourth lens group, which are arranged in series. The fourth lens group is disposed near the photosensitive device.... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070223105 - Zoom lens system, imaging apparatus and method for varying focal length: Providing a zoom lens system capable of obtaining higher optical performance, an imaging apparatus, and a method for varying a focal length of the zoom lens system. The system includes, in order from an object: a first lens group having negative refractive power; a second lens group having positive refractive... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070223106 - Zoom lens system and image pickup apparatus using the same: A zoom lens system includes, in order from an object side: a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power; and in... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070223107 - Zoom optical system and imaging apparatus using the same: z

20070223109 - Zoom lens: A zoom lens is provided and includes a first lens group, a second lens group, an aperture diaphragm, a third lens group, and a fourth lens group in order from the object side. The first lens group and the third lens group are fixed groups, and the second lens group... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070223108 - Zoom lens system: A zoom lens system that has five lens groups with respectively positive, negative, positive, positive, and positive refractive powers in that order from an object side to an image forming side is provided. The third lens group consists, in order from the object side, of a first positive lens, a... Agent: Thompson Hine L.L.P. Intellectual Property Group

20070223110 - Focus adjusting mechanism and portable electronic device using same: A focus adjusting mechanism (50) for use in a portable electronic device (100) with a lens module (40) is provided. The lens module includes a lens barrel (42) and a lens barrel holder (44). The lens barrel is threaded into the barrel holder. The focus adjusting mechanism includes a driving... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070223111 - Imaging lens: In an imaging lens of the present invention, various types of aberration are corrected favorably, the optical length is short, and a sufficient back focus is secured. The imaging lens comprises an aperture diaphragm S1, a first lens L1, a second lens L2, and a third lens L3, and is... Agent: Venable LLP

20070223112 - Projection objective and projection exposure apparatus with negative back focus of the entry pupil: The disclosure concerns a projection objective, which can include an object plane in which an object field is formed, an entry pupil, a mirrored entry pupil (RE) in a mirrored entry pupil plane obtained by mirroring the entry pupil (VE) at the object plane, an image plane, an optical axis,... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070223113 - Double pass illumination system: A display device is disclosed, wherein the display device comprises a light source configured to emit light, a projection lens configured to transfer the light to a display surface, at least one other optical element, and a lens disposed optically between the light source and the projection lens, wherein the... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20070223114 - Retrofocus lens system and image-taking device: Providing a retrofocus lens system and an image-taking device having small variation in aberrations upon focusing on a close object with a high imaging magnification. The retrofocus lens system includes, in order from an object, a first lens group G1 having negative refractive power, a second lens group G2 having... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070223115 - Portable multimedia based av player with magnifying lens: A portable device includes a body including an L-shaped first member including a battery compartment, and a second member hingedly coupled to rear of the first member, the second member including a projection adapted to secure to an AV player, and a well for receiving a plug; a speaker assembly... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070223116 - Holding and positioning apparatus for an optical element: In a holding and positioning apparatus for an optical element, the optical element is mounted in a mounting ring and the mounting ring is mounted via at least one manipulator unit. The manipulator unit has a linear actuating element. The manipulator unit has a manipulator head, a movable manipulator part... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20070223117 - Optical disc drive with an explosion-proof structure: The present invention discloses an optical disc drive with an explosion proof structure comprising a frame, a first guiding member pivoted to the frame, a second guiding member pivoted to the first guiding member, and a rotating member pivoted to the frame corresponding to an access opening on a side... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070223118 - Mirror with local deformation by thickness variation of an electro-active material controlled by electrical effect: A deformable mirror comprises i) an electrically insulative substrate having a substantially plane front face, ii) a first stage comprising at least two plane electrodes placed at chosen places on top of said front face of the substrate, iii) a first layer of electro-active material placed in contact with the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070223119 - Reflection-type projection-optical systems, and exposure apparatus comprising same: Projection-optical systems are disclosed that have a large image-side NA of, e.g., ≧0.45, and that allow inspection for surface-shape errors of reflecting surfaces with prescribed precision. A first reflective image-forming optical system forms an intermediate image of a first surface. A second reflective image-forming optical system forms a reduced image,... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070223120 - Vehicular interior rearview mirror for rear passengers: The present invention provides a vehicular interior rearview mirror for rear passengers, comprising a mirror inserted in a flange of a mirror housing having a rear pivot for receiving a ball formed at one end of a support bar so that the mirror housing with the mirror is rotatable to... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20070223121 - Method of making reflector for solar collector or the like and corresponding product: A reflector (e.g., mirror) for use in a solar collector or the like is provided. In certain example embodiments of this invention, a reflector is made performing at least the following steps: (a) forming a reflective coating on a flat glass substrate, (b) cold-bending the glass substrate with the reflective... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070216976 - Image reading device: An image reading device includes: a conveying unit for conveying an irradiated member that has a hologram area in a conveying direction; a first light source for applying light to an irradiated part in the hologram area; and a second light source separated from the first light source along the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070216977 - Holographic storage medium:

20070216978 - Method for preparing a hologram recording medium: Two original images to be recorded are prepared as data (S10). A plurality of unit regions, each having an adequate area to record interference fringes of visible light, are defined and positioned on a hologram recording surface (S20). A gradation pattern, with which appearance probabilities of two record attributes gradually... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070216980 - Lighting apparatus: A lighting apparatus is provided. The lighting apparatus includes a power supply housing section, a circuit board housing section, a light source housing section, a cutout portion, and a light source. An image recorded on a record medium is displayed in the state that an end portion of the power... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070216975 - Security device: A security device comprising a surface relief microstructure which, in response to incident radiation, replays a hologram viewable within a viewing zone, the hologram comprising at least a first, holographic image element in an image plane spaced from the surface of the microstructure. The device exhibits at least one further... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070216979 - Multi-state optical switch and combiner for use in a light engine and image presentation device using the same: An image presentation device (100) incorporates an optical combiner (130) that utilizes a multi-state optical switch (131, 137) for use with a plurality of colored light sources (122, 124,126). The switch (131,137) includes an electronically switchable holographic optical element HOE (131) having a first and a second mode of operation.... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20070216981 - Holographic memory medium, holographic memory device and holographic recording device: Even when a tilt error is caused in a holographic memory in a direction perpendicular to a surface including optical axes of a signal beam and a reference beam (radial tilt direction), the signal beam and the reference beam are allowed to enter the holographic memory at adequate angles relative... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070216983 - Optical scanning apparatus, image forming apparatus, and scanning-line-change correcting method: A first plastic lens and a second plastic lens constituting each imaging optical system are arranged on opposite sides of an optical deflector, so that main scanning directions of optical beams scanned by the single optical deflector become substantially parallel to each other, and the first plastic lens and the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070216982 - Two dimensional micro scanner: A two dimensional scanner comprising a first mirror (1) rotatable around a first axis (4), and a second mirror (2) rotatable around a second axis (5), said first and second reflective surfaces being formed on the same substrate (3), with their axis of rotation (4, 5) being non parallel in... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070216984 - Device with precise tip-tilt adjustment: A device assembly (216) for positioning a device (222) in a precision apparatus (10) includes a first housing (224), a second housing (226), a movement ball joint (229), and a locking ball joint (249). The first housing (224) retains the device (222). The second housing (226) is coupled to an... Agent: The Law Office Of Steven G Roeder

20070216985 - Optically addressed spatial light modulator and method: An optical device has an electrically insulating first barrier layer disposed over a first electrode layer, a photoconductive layer disposed over the first barrier layer, and a carrier confining layer disposed over the photoconducting layer. The carrier confining layer defines a volume throughout which a plurality of carrier traps are... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070216986 - Bouncing mode operated scanning micro-mirror: A MEMS apparatus for scanning an optical beam comprises a mirror operative to perform a rotational motion to a maximum rotation angle around a mirror rotation axis formed in a double active layer silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate. The apparatus may include a bouncing mechanism operative to provide a bouncing event and... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20070216987 - Methods and apparatus for actuating displays: This invention relates to display apparatuses having an array of light modulators and a plurality of apertures formed in a layer of material. Each light modulator corresponds to one or more apertures and has a portion which may overlap a corresponding aperture, where the size of the overlap is proportional... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070216988 - Multi-channel differentially encoded phase shift keyed receivers: An optical, multi-channel, Differential Phase Shift Keying (DPSK) receiver demodulates multiple Wavelength Division Multiplexed (WDM) channels using at least one interferometer. This distributes expense of the interferometer(s) over all channels of an optical signal, allowing for deployment of cost-effective, scalable, wideband, WDM DPSK systems. For example, for an 80 channel... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070216989 - Device for generating polychromatic light with a continuous spectrum: A dedicated polychromatic light generating device including optical pumping devices used to deliver radiation with at least two different excitation wavelengths and a light-guiding device used to deliver polychromatic light at an output when excited by the radiation in a non-linear interaction regime.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070216991 - Method for generating quantum-entangled photon pairs: A method for generating a quantum-entangled photon pair is such that a biexciton in such a state that the angular momentum is 0 is generated through two-photon resonance induced by irradiating a semiconductor substance, e.g., CuCl, with two parent photons (angular frequency ωi). A photon pair is then generated by... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070216990 - Optical element and method for forming domain inversion regions: There is provided a stable optical element having a fine, uniform, and wide-ranging domain inversion structure in a ferroelectric crystal. This includes a plurality of domain inversions (101) formed on an MgO:LiNbO3 substrate (100), and a groove (102) formed on the substrate surface between the domain inversions (101). The depth... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070216992 - Light guide plate luminance mixing structure: A light guide plate luminance-mixing structure includes a light guide plate containing a light input plane, a bottom crossing the light input plane, and a light output plane opposite to the bottom, and multiple point light sources being disposed in relation to one side of the light input plane; multiple... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070216993 - Optical fiber laser using rare earth-added fiber and wide band light source: A fiber laser includes in a resonator: a normal dispersion optical fiber; an anomalous dispersion optical fiber; a rare earth-doped optical fiber as a gain medium; and a mode locking mechanism, in which at least the rare earth-doped optical fiber is included as the normal dispersion optical fiber, and a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070216994 - Phase sensitive optical amplification: Phase-sensitive amplification (PSA), which is produced by degenerate four-wave mixing (FWM) in a randomly-birefringent fiber, has the potential to improve the performance of optical communication systems. Scalar FWM, which is driven by parallel pumps, is impaired by the generation of pump-pump and pump-signal harmonics, which limit the level, and modify... Agent: Brosemer, Kolefas & Associates, LLC - (lucent)

20070216995 - Optical fiber laser having improved efficiency: There is provided a method and apparatus for improved efficiency in optical fiber lasers. Specifically, there is provided a system that increases the efficiency of cladding pumped optical fiber amplifiers through a seeding technique.... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (lucent)

20070216996 - Optical integrated device and optical module: An optical integrated device includes a plurality of input optical waveguides connected respectively to a plurality of input ports provided on one end face of the optical integrated device, a single output optical waveguide connected to an output port, an optical coupler for optically coupling signal lights propagated along the... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20070216997 - Anti-reflection microstructure, anti-reflection mold body, and method of manufacturing the same: An anti-reflection microstructure including: convex portions arranged at a pitch shorter than a wavelength of visible light, each of the convex portions having a conic shape defined by an apex, a lateral surface, and a base, wherein an intersecting line between the lateral surface and a plane which passes through... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070216998 - Microscope: Microscope comprising microscope optics (25), a camera device (7) for recordal of images, captured by the microscope optics (25), of an object to be observed, and a display apparatus (12) which can be viewed by an observer for displaying the images taken by the camera device (7), wherein at least... Agent: Hodgson Russ LLP The Guaranty Building

20070216999 - Method for adjusting confocal microscope: A method for adjusting a confocal microscope which includes a microscope unit and a confocal scanner unit of Nipkow disk type, emits a light beam for image measurement on a sample, images a returned fluorescent light of the light beam by a CCD (charge-coupled device) digital camera as a confocal... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070217000 - Systems and methods for automated telescope alignment and orientation: Embodiments of an automated telescope system are operable in multiple modes, including alt-az and equatorial modes. The telescope system aligns and orients itself to the celestial coordinate system using, for example, data gained through tracking the drift of a celestial object. In various embodiments, an imager may be used to... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070217001 - Image providing apparatus: Provided is an image providing apparatus having connecting member connecting a head set and optical housing capable of adjusting displacement of the optical housing in the vertical direction to the eyeball of the observer when adjusting the eye-relief of the optical housing to the eyeball of the observer. The ball... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20070217002 - Screen synthesizing device: A screen synthesizing device includes: a display screen storing part for storing an image of a display screen; a layer reading control part for deciding whether or not a lower layer is transferred, deciding the validity and invalidity of a plurality of layers on the basis of a lower layer... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070217003 - Optical device: Embodiments of an optical device including at least two transparent layers are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070217004 - Ambient light absorbing screen: A method of creating a projection screen includes forming on a substrate a set of reflective areas directed to a first set of angles and forming on the substrate a set of absorptive areas directed to other than the first set of angles.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070217005 - Ambient light absorbing screen: A projection screen for receiving projector light from a projector facing direction includes a substrate having a plurality of features. Each of the features includes a reflective surface oriented to the projector facing direction. Each of the reflective surfaces is curved in a first direction to provide a desired horizontal... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070217006 - Winding projection screen: The winding projection screen comprises a support structure, a winding roller and a projection sheet wound on said roller. The support structure comprises a top horizontal support plane and a vertical engagement face for projecting engagement at a wall. In this way, the support structure for the winding screen itself... Agent: Husch & Eppenberger, LLC

20070217007 - Apparatus for observing protein crystals: An apparatus for efficiently observing protein crystals for use in X-ray analysis is provided. This apparatus includes an ultra-compact proximity imaging unit and a three-dimensional observation adaptor (4) attached thereto. The imaging unit includes a CCD camera (2) and a lens system (3) and an illumination system in front of... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20070217008 - Polarizer films and methods of making the same: In general, in one aspect, the invention features methods that include forming a roll of a first material into a substrate and forming a plurality of rows of a second material on the substrate, where the second material includes a metal, the rows of the second material extend along a... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070217009 - Precision polarization optimized optical beam processor: A method, element and system are provide for efficiently, accurately and without significant contribution of noise, splitting a beam of radiation or combining beams of radiation. In one embodiment of the invention, a beamsplitter front surface partially reflects incident radiation and refracts the rest of the radiation. The refracted radiation... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20070217010 - Reducing reflection: A polarizing layer is positioned between a surface and a window. The polarizing layer has a polarizing axis that is positioned to reduce visibility of the image reflected from the window.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070217011 - Optical element and image projecting apparatus: An optical element with a phase structure configured to provide a phase difference between a first polarization component of light and a second polarization component of the light which is orthogonal to the first polarization component, is provided, in which the phase structure includes a first fine periodic structure which... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070217012 - 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

20070217013 - Optical system of an illumination device of a projection exposure apparatus: The disclosure relates to an optical system of an illumination device of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus, comprising at least one first light-conductance-increasing element having a plurality of diffractively or refractively beam-deflecting structures extending in a common first preferred direction the light-conductance-increasing element having an optically uniaxial crystal material in... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070217014 - Antireflection film, process of producing the same, and polarizing plate and display device including the same: An antireflection film comprising a transparent support, a hard coat layer and a low refractive index layer, wherein the low refractive index layer is formed with a composition containing a binder polymer, a polymerization initiator and an ethylenically unsaturated group-containing hardenable compound.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070217015 - Antiglare film, method of manufacturing the same, method of manufacturing metal mold therefor, and display apparatus: It is an object to provide an antiglare film which is excellent in an antiglare function and a visual confirmation, a method of manufacturing the antiglare film, and a method of manufacturing a metal mold for obtaining the antiglare film, and the antiglare film is applied to an image display... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070217017 - Head mount display apparatus: A head mount display apparatus includes display section; eyepiece optical member for guiding light from display section to eyeball of wearer of the apparatus; and support substrate for supporting eyepiece optical member, support substrate being formed in a shape corresponding to outer shape of edge surfaces of eyepiece optical member... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20070217016 - Microdisplay: A microdisplay attached to either lens of spectacles includes: a display body; a vertical extending section attached to approximately the center of the display body in the horizontal direction that extend to in the vertical direction; and a horizontal extending section of which one end is connected to a nose... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070217018 - Head-up display: A head-up display system including an image source with a projection lens where the lens projects an intermediate image on a diffuser, forming an intermediate image on the diffuser matt surface. A first planar semi-transparent mirror is arranged to reflect the intermediate image towards a head-up semi-transparent collimating mirror. The... Agent: Venable LLP

20070217019 - Optical components array device, microlens array and process of fabricating thereof: A process of fabricating a microlens array is provided. A self-assembled monolayer is formed on a substrate to form a hydrophilic region and a hydrophobic region. A liquid material is coated on the substrate so that a plurality of liquid microlenses is condensed on the hydrophilic region. The liquid microlenses... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070217020 - Method and apparatus providing graded-index microlenses: Microlenses are fabricated with a refractive-index gradient. The refractive-index gradient is produced in a microlens material such that the refractive index is relatively higher in the material nearest the substrate, and becomes progressively lower as the layer gets thicker. After formation of the layer with the refractive-index gradient, material is... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070217023 - Liquid lens: A liquid lens comprises a cylindrical body having a pair of glass lenses which are coupled to upper and lower openings of the body, respectively; an aspheric transmitting partition lens inserted and fixed in the central portion of the body; an auto-focus lens section composed of a first insulating liquid... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070217022 - Colour correction in a variable focus lens: A variable focus lens of the type including a first fluid (A) and a second fluid (B), the fluids being immiscible and having different indices of refraction wherein the lens function of the variable focus lens can be selectively controlled. The refractive indices of the two respective fluids (A) and... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070217021 - Ghost image elimination in an image sensor employing a variable focus lens: In an image sensor incorporating a variable focus lens of the electrowetting type, means are provided for reducing or substantially eliminating the occurrence of ghost images. A variable focus lens of the above-mentioned type comprises a housing (5) provided with a first fluid (A) and an axially displaced second fluid... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070217024 - Zoom lens system and image pickup apparatus using the same: A zoom lens system having, in order from an object side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power; a second lens unit having a negative refractive power; a third lens unit having a positive refractive power; and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power, wherein during... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070217025 - Zoom lens system, imaging device and camera: A zoom lens system comprising a first lens unit of negative power, a second lens unit of positive power and a third lens unit of positive power, wherein in zooming, the lens units move respectively along an optical axis so that an interval of first lens unit and second lens... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070217026 - Bent type zoom optical system, and imager, information processor and electronic camera apparatus incorporating the same: The invention relates to a bent type zoom optical system comprising a positive first lens group having a reflecting member and remaining fixed upon zooming and a second lens group adapted to move upon zooming, and having a high zoom ratio and a short entire-length, and an imaging apparatus or... Agent: Richard M. Rosati, Esq. Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070217028 - Bent type zoom optical system, and imager, information processor and electronic camera apparatus incorporating the same: The invention relates to a bent type zoom optical system that is reduced in terms of the whole size and thickness albeit including two reflecting surfaces in an optical path and having a high zoom ratio, and an apparatus incorporating the same. The zoom optical system comprises the positive first... Agent: Richard M. Rosati, Esq. Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070217027 - Zoom lens system: e

20070217029 - Lens device: The present invention provides a lens device provided on a lens barrel for a television camera, the lens device comprising: a master lens; a flange-back adjusting mechanism for moving the master lens forward/backward in an optical axis direction; a flange-back adjusting unit including the master lens and the flange-back adjusting... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070217030 - Projector lens system: To provide a compact and low-cost projector lens capable of appropriately performing temperature correction and obtaining excellent image quality although using a plurality of plastic lens elements, a first lens unit having negative refractive power and a second lens unit having positive refractive power are provided from the screen side,... Agent: Gregory A. Stobbs

20070217031 - Aspherical lens and process for the production thereof: An aspherical lens formed of a high-refractivity low-dispersion glass, which is useful for constituting a compact and high-function image-sensing optical unit and which is formed by precision press-molding, the optical glass having a refractive index (nd) of over 1.83 and an Abbe's number (νd) of 40 or more and comprising,... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070217032 - Zoom lens device: When a cam barrel 24 is rotated on an outer periphery of a fixed barrel 23 during varying of power, a lens holding frame 22 that has cam followers 27, which engage with cam portions 29 provided in the cam barrel 24 and forward movement guide openings 28 provided in... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070217033 - Imaging lens: It is to provide an imaging lens that can maintain telecentricity, sufficiently correct various aberrations, and acquire an excellent resolution, while being small and light. The imaging lens comprises, in order from an object side towards an image surface side, a first lens which is a biconvex lens, a diaphragm,... Agent: Koda & Androlia

20070217034 - 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 directed to the object side on an optical axis and having a positive power; an aperture diaphragm placed between a top position of an object-side surface... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070217035 - Lens unit: A lens unit includes a front group, a stop, and a rear group, in order from the object side toward the image side. The front group includes at least: a first lens having a negative meniscus shape; a negative second lens formed from a plastic and having an aspherical surface;... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20070217036 - Lens barrel and optical apparatus: The present invention is directed to a lens barrel that is simplified in structure with the reduced number of components and is facilitated in assembly and associated adjustment. The lens barrel enables an appropriate frictional force against the rotation force caused by manipulating rotary operation rings such as a zooming... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070217037 - Air bearing guided zoom lens for metrological measurements: A zoom lens guide system employs air bearings to reduce mechanical shift of the zoom lens components, thus reducing measurement error. The air bearings provide greater stiffness, resulting in the reduction of mechanical shift. Orifice type or porous media air bearings can be used to provide a thin film between... Agent: Shlesinger & Fitzsimmons

20070217038 - Optical mouse: An optical mouse comprises a ball body, a ball seat, an optical lens set, and a circuit board; a surface of the ball body being coated with various colors which are arranged irregularly and the ball body being rotatably installed on the ball seat. The ball seat has a receiving... Agent: Huo-lu Tsai

20070217039 - Microminiature lens module and lens device having the same: The present invention is related to a microminiature lens module and a lens device with the microminiature lens module. The microminiature lens module is applied in the lens device in order to decrease the entire outer diameter of the lens device. The microminiature lens module comprises a containing base and... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070217041 - Deformable mirror: A deformable mirror includes a deformable section on which a reflecting surface and a COM electrode are formed, a fixing section which fixes the deformable section, a driving and sensing electrode (driving force generating unit) which has a plurality of driving and sensing electrodes provided facing the COM electrode, and... Agent: Thomas Spinelli Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20070217040 - Light reflector: d

20070217042 - Rectilinear mirror and imaging system having the same: The present invention has been proposed to provide rectilinear mirrors having wide field of view comparable to those of fisheye lenses without worsening the distortion aberration, and imaging systems having the same.... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20070217043 - Variable focal length lens and lens array comprising discretely controlled micromirrors: A discretely controlled micromirror array lens (DCMAL) consists of many discretely controlled micromirrors (DCMs) and actuating components. The actuating components control the positions of DCMs electrostatically. The optical efficiency of the DCMAL is increased by locating a mechanical structure upholding DCMs and the actuating components under DCMs to increase an... Agent: Stereo Display Inc.

20070217044 - Back up safety mirror: A safety mirror for mounting at the rear of a vehicle to allow an operator of the vehicle to observe images of objects which may be present to either side of the rear of the vehicle, the safety mirror comprising a convex reflective mirror surface for mounting at the rear... Agent: Dennison Associates

20070217045 - Color filter substrate: A color filter substrate includes a transparent substrate, a first and second reflective layers, a spacer layer, and an interference layer. The spacer layer is interposed between the two reflective layers and includes a plurality of first, second and third regions that are distinguished from one another according to their... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070211318 - Optical fiber illumination device and inspection apparatus: An inspection apparatus includes a light source unit which irradiates illumination light onto a hologram of a medium from a predetermined direction at which diffraction light from the hologram is obtained, a first light receiving member which receives the diffraction light from the hologram, a second light receiving member which... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070211319 - Display apparatus, hologram reproduction apparatus and apparatus utilizing hologram: The invention is to provide a novel display apparatus. The display apparatus includes a display device including a layer constructed by including an alkali halide or an alkali earth halide of which optical characteristics are changed by a laser light irradiation of a first wavelength region equal to or larger... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070211320 - Hologram recording apparatus and hologram reconstruction apparatus: A hologram recording apparatus includes a signal-beam spatial light modulating section, a reference-beam spatial light modulating section, and a control unit. A signal beam pattern generates a signal beam. A reference beam pattern generates a reference beam. The control unit controls the shapes of the two beam patterns. A data-recording... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070211321 - Method for determining media orientation and required temperature compensation in page-based holographic data storage systems using data page bragg detuning measurements: Methods and systems are described herein for calculating a wavelength to use for a reference beam in recovering data from a holographic storage medium along with calculating a rotation and a tilt for the storage medium in data recovery. These systems and method comprise determining intensity levels for a plurality... Agent: Jagtiani + Guttag

20070211317 - Security element with a color shift tilt effect: The present invention relates to a security element for security papers, value documents and the like, having a thin-film element (22), with color-shift effect, that exhibits a reflection layer (26), an absorber layer (28) and a spacing layer (24) disposed between the reflection layer (26) and the absorber layer (28).... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070211322 - High density, high bandwidth multilevel holographic memory: A holographic memory system and apparatus, and a method provide the ability to store multibit holograms in a photorefractive crystal. A single laser diode is configured to emit a collimated laser beam to both write a page of multibit data to and read the page of multibit data from the... Agent: Gates & Cooper LLP Howard Hughes Center

20070211323 - Laser irradiation apparatus: A laser irradiation apparatus includes a plurality of laser heads from which a laser is irradiated, can adjust arranged intervals of the laser heads, and moves freely to irradiate the laser along a shape of a subject. A laser oscillator oscillates a laser. A plurality of laser heads linearly irradiate... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070211324 - Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus: An optical scanning device includes a first optical element that converts a cross-section shape of a light beam from a semiconductor laser to a desired shape; a second optical element that guides the light beam output from the first optical element to an optical deflector that deflects the light beam;... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070211325 - Optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus: A second scanning lens has a refracting power in a sub-scanning direction, and an optical element-deforming unit that changes a position of the center of curvature of the second scanning lens in the sub-scanning direction to a direction substantially parallel to the sub-scanning direction. Further, a function Cs(y) of a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070211326 - Optical scanning apparatus, optical writing apparatus, and image forming apparatus: A scanning optical system condensing a beam deflected by an optical deflector so as to form a beam spot on a surface to be scanned, comprises two lenses. A lens on the side of optical deflector has a negative refracting power in sub-scanning direction. A lens on the side of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070211327 - Light application apparatus, crystallization apparatus and optical modulation element assembly: A light application apparatus includes an optical modulation element provided with a plurality of phase steps, a light beam which is entered into the optical modulation element being phase-modulated by the phase steps and exits from the optical modulation element as a light beam having a first light intensity distribution.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070211328 - Low power, configurable display for mobile devices: A method and apparatus for modifying an appearance of a mobile terminal are provided. A mobile terminal housing is provided with a window. A first electrode is formed inside the window. A conductive polymer layer is formed over the first electrode. An electrolyte layer is formed over the conductive polymer... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20070211329 - Device and method for optical distance measurement: m

20070211330 - Display: A display that has a plurality of charged particles between a pair of substrates and displays images by moving the plurality of charged particles. The display comprises one substrate formed with a pixel electrode; the other substrate that is disposed to face the one surface and is formed with a... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070211331 - Electro-optic displays, and materials and methods for production thereof: A front plane laminate (see U.S. Pat. No. 6,982,178) is produced by forming a sub-assembly comprising a lamination adhesive layer and an electro-optic layer, forming an aperture through the sub-assembly, and securing a light-transmissive electrode layer to the sub-assembly so that the electrode layer extends across the aperture. Alternatively, formation... Agent: David J Cole E Ink Corporation

20070211332 - Optical transmission systems including optical amplifiers and methods of use therein: Optical transmission systems including a plurality of optical amplifiers configured to provide optical amplification of one or more information carrying optical signal wavelengths. At least two of the optical amplifiers are operated to provide net losses or net gains along corresponding spans, while the cumulative gain provided by the plurality... Agent: Dickie, Mccamey & Chilcote, P.C. Intellectual Property Department

20070211333 - Real-time linear-birefringence-detecting polarization microscope: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to real-time capture, analysis, and output of polarizing microscopy images that quantify detected LB signals at discrete locations within the image. In one embodiment of the present invention, circularly polarized light is passed through a sample and optically imaged by traditional polarizing-light-microscope... Agent: Olympic Patent Works PLLC

20070211334 - Polarizer protective film, polarizing plate and image display: A polarizer protective film of the present invention comprises a thermoplastic resin layer having a moisture permeability of 100 g/m2/24 hours or less; and a resin layer that comprises a copolymer containing a styrene monomer unit and is laminated on the thermoplastic resin layer through an adhesive resin layer. The... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070211336 - Polarizing plate and liquid crystal display: A polarizing plate comprising a polarizing film and two polarizing plate protective films each having a thickness of 30-60 μm provided on both surfaces of the polarizing film, the polarizing plate further comprising a surface protective film on one surface of the polarizing plate and a release liner on the... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20070211335 - Optical member, method of manufacture thereof, and image display therewith: According to the invention, the optical film is processed into circular shape as stated above. Thus, optical members with high versatility can be produced without being affected by the optical film-specific optical axis, and optical members that allows easy inventory control can be provided with no reduction in production efficiency.... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070211337 - Monolithic polarization controlled angle diffusers, associated methods and lithographic systems incorporating controlled angle diffusers: A monolithic polarization controlled angle diffuser includes a system having a first surface and a second surface, a controlled angle diffuser pattern for providing an angular distribution at an illumination plane, the controlled angle diffuser pattern being on one of the first and second surfaces of the substrate, and a... Agent: Digital Optics Corporation

20070211338 - Polarization conversion element and method for manufacturing polarization conversion element: A polarization conversion element includes: a first transparent member, having: a light incident surface; a light exit surface almost parallel to the light incident surface; a first coating-forming surface formed to have a predetermined angle with the light incident surface and the light exit surface; a second coating-forming surface formed... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070211339 - Polarized light splitting device and method for manufacturing the same: The present invention provides a polarized light splitting device including two right triangular prisms bonded to each other at inclined surfaces thereof via a polarized light splitting coating disposed between the inclined surfaces, in which the polarized light splitting coating includes a first polarized light splitting coating layer formed by... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070211341 - Image scan apparatus, mfp and sub-scan magnification adjustment method: An image scan apparatus includes a scanner including: a document table on which a document is placed; a carriage which scans a read area of an image; a stepping motor which moves the carriage; an image processing unit which processes an image signal resulted from scanning by the carriage; a... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20070211340 - System, apparatus and method for high efficiency low leakage lcd polarizer: An apparatus for a liquid crystal display is described herein. An apparatus includes a polarizer film configured to receive light from a liquid crystal display and an optical polarizer screen configured to filter light for the liquid crystal display. The optical polarizer screen has multiple grooves. Each groove includes a... Agent: Kurt A. Luther Honeywell International, Inc.

20070211342 - Diffraction type light-condensing film and planar light source device using the same: Provided are an easy-to-handle thin diffraction type light-condensing film exhibiting high light transmissivity and condensation ability, and a planar light source device using the film. A hologram optical element using diffraction/interference phenomena based on wave properties of light is used instead of a conventional prism sheet using refraction. As a... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070211343 - Method and apparatus for reducing optical reflections: Methods and apparatuses are provided for reducing reflections in optical systems. Two optical elements are spaced apart from each other with first surfaces facing each other to form a gap there between. Reflections from a light beam passing through the two optical elements are at a non-zero angle with respect... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070211344 - Half mirror: A half mirror comprises: a beam splitter coating formed on one main surface of a transparent substrate; an anti-reflection coating formed on the other main surface; and a correction coating having substantially the same refractive index as that of the transparent substrate is formed between the transparent substrate and the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070211345 - Diffusion plate used in direct-type backlight module and method for making the same: The present invention relates to a diffusion plate used in a direct-type backlight module and a method for making the same. At least one of the surfaces of the diffusion plate has a microstructure constituted by repeated undulation that can refract and diffuse the incident light beams that enter the... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070211346 - Anti-reflection fine structure, anti-reflection mold body, method of producing the anti-reflection mold body, and automobile part: An anti-reflection structure; includes: a plurality of convex parts arranged at pitches each of which is shorter than a wave length of a visible light ray, each of the convex parts being formed into one of a substantially truncated cone and a substantially truncated pyramid, each including: i) a base... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070211347 - Microreplicated article: A microreplicated article is disclosed. The article includes a web including first and second opposed surfaces. The first surface includes a first microreplicated structure having a plurality of first features. The second surface includes a second microreplicated structure having a plurality of second features. Corresponding opposed features cooperate to form... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070211348 - Common lens helmet mounted display: A common lens HMD is shown and described. The use of a common lens in a biocular or binocular helmet mounted display (HMD) system provides a means to manipulate light rays from an image(s) which are traveling from two or more separate upstream optics trains to the helmet visor and... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20070211349 - Variable focal length lens and lens module with the same: A variable focal length lens includes a deformable lens body and at least one lens deforming device arranged around the lens body configured for radially deforming the lens body so as to adjust an effective focal length associated with the lens body. A lens module with the variable focal length... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070211350 - Zoom lens system, imaging device and camera: A zoom lens system comprising a first lens unit of negative power, a second lens unit of positive power and a third lens unit of positive power, wherein in zooming, the lens units move respectively along an optical axis so that an interval of first lens unit and second lens... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070211351 - Apparatus and method for performing offset compensation, and computer-readable recording medium for performing the offset compensation: An apparatus and method for performing offset compensation, and a computer-readable recording medium for performing the offset compensation are disclosed. The offset compensation apparatus for use in an optical zoom lens system includes: a lens unit including a zoom lens and a focus lens; a lens conveyance unit for conveying... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070211352 - Aperture changing apparatus and method: An apparatus for rotating apertures from a storage position not in a desired plane to a “in use” position in a desired plane. The stored position of the apertures does not interfere with a radiation beam path of an optical system. The apparatus may compactly store multiple apertures and may... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070211353 - Spacer and lens module using same and method of assembling lens modules: A spacer (20), configured to be disposed between two lenses (12, 13) of a lens module (10) in order to separate the two lenses by a predetermined distance, includes a through hole (22) penetrating therethrough for permitting light to pass therethrough, and an upper surface (201) configured for receiving adhesive... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070211354 - Retractable door mirror: A retractable door mirror suppressing occurrence of flutter or the like between a shaft and a shaft support in a frame, without need for strict dimensional control. In the retractable door mirror a shaft stands upright on a mirror base and a shaft support provided in a mirror body is... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070211355 - Foot imaging device: Several ways are provided for a person to obtain an image of the soles of their feet while sitting near a foot imaging device, standing near the device, or standing on the device. In one embodiment, a device on the floor has a reflective surface having an adjustable angle relative... Agent: Brenda Pomerance Law Office Of Brenda Pomerance

20070211356 - Mirror with adjustable detent: A mirror unit for a vehicle includes a base from which extends an arm holding a mirror housing. The arm is pivotably mounted in the base to permit the mirror to be pivoted toward the vehicle in the event that the mirror is struck, for example. The extended position of... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20070211357 - System for automatically positioning vehicle mirrors: A system for automatically moving a vehicle's mirrors between open and closed positions in response either to a signal received from a remote transmitter or to an action normally taken in the ordinary course of operating the vehicle, and thereby avoiding damage to the mirror. The system includes the mirror,... Agent: Spencer, Fane, Britt & Browne

20070211358 - Total reflection mirror: A total reflection mirror having a mirror coating formed on one main surface of a transparent substrate includes forming a correction coating with a reflection index approximately equal to that of the transparent substrate on second main surface of the transparent substrate and correcting warping of the transparent substrate due... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070211359 - Neutral white-light filter device: A substantially neutral filter across the white-light spectrum is obtained by minimizing the wavelength-dependent effects of filtering components and of reflective coatings on surfaces. The incoming light is captured by a first prism and directed toward the interface formed by the optical contact of a second prism with a face... Agent: Antonio R. Durando

20070206251 - Hologram recording medium: A hologram recording medium includes a stack of at least a lower transparent substrate, a recording layer made of a photocurable organic material, and an upper transparent substrate, wherein a spacer for keeping a thickness of the recording layer is dispersed and disposed in the inside of the recording layer... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070206250 - Holographic memory medium, recorder for the same, and recording method for the same: In a recorder for recording optical information in a plurality of recording areas of a holographic memory medium, a recording part records the optical information on a first recording area by multiple-recording; a determining part determines whether the recording in the first recording area has been completed; and a fixing... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070206252 - Miniature flexure based scanners for angle multiplexing: The present invention provides a spatial flexure comprising: a base section; an end section; and an intermediate laterally contracting and expanding section connecting the base and end sections, whereby when the intermediate section laterally expands or contracts, the end section pivots downwardly or upwardly. The present invention further provides a... Agent: Jagtiani + Guttag

20070206255 - Hologram recorder: A multiple hologram recorder includes an optical system and an incident angle controller. The optical system applies a recording beam and a reference beam to a unit recording region of a hologram recording medium. The recording beam is modulated in accordance with information to be recorded. The reference and the... Agent: Patrick G. Burns, Esq. Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20070206248 - Biometric hologram based data verification methods and apparatus: This invention generally relates to methods and apparatus for verifying data, and more particularly to holographic data carriers and apparatus for creating such data carriers, and to methods of verifying data stored on holographic data carriers. A data carrier comprising: a hologram storing data to reproduce an image of a... Agent: Christopher P Harris Tarolli Sundheim Covell & Tummino

20070206249 - Security devices incorporating optically variable adhesive: A structure for providing an optical effect comprises a first and second substrates hot stamped together by an adhesive. The adhesive comprises an energy activated binder having a plurality of particles distributed therein or thereon for providing the optical effect detectable through the first substrate.... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070206253 - Exposure method and method of manufacturing semiconductor device: The exposure method includes the steps of: illuminating a hologram recording medium, in which a hologram with a first pattern has been recorded by illumination with a laser beam emitted from a first laser oscillator, with a laser beam emitted from a second laser oscillator; and delivering the laser beam... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070206254 - Optical element: A complex amplitude type spatial optical modulation element, with which the amount of generation of 0th-order diffraction light is low, is provided. An optical element is arranged by aligning a plurality of three-dimensional cells C1 (x, y) two-dimensionally on an XY plane. Each individual cell is made of a light... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070206256 - Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus: An optical scanning device includes a light source, a deflector, and an optical system including an elongated optical element that focuses deflected luminous flux on a surface of a medium to be scanned. The optical element is supported by a first elastic member and reinforced by a reinforcing member arranged... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070206257 - Multi-beam scanner, multi-beam scanning method, synchronizing beam detecting method and image forming apparatus: A multi-beam scanner includes light sources, a deflector deflecting the beams emitted from the light sources at an equiangular velocity, a scanning image-forming optical system guiding the deflected beams to a surface so as to be formed into light spots on the scanned surface, a light receiving device receiving the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070206258 - Optical designs for scanning beam display systems using fluorescent screens: Scanning beam display systems based on scanning light on a fluorescent screen. The screen can include fluorescent materials which emit visible light under excitation of the scanning light to form images with the emitted visible light. Multiple lasers can be used to simultaneously scan multiple laser beams to illuminate the... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20070206259 - Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus: A disclosed optical scanning device includes: a light source unit having plural luminous sources; a light source driving unit modulating each luminous source in accordance with pixel information; an oscillating mirror supported on a twist beam as a rotation shaft, the oscillating mirror collectively deflecting light beams from the luminous... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070206260 - Light scanning unit, and image forming apparatus using the same: The invention is to provide a light scanning unit designed to suppress the quantity of torsion of a light beam caused by an inclination angle of a cylindrical lens disposed between a light source and an optical deflecting element so as to suppress increase in diameter of the beam imaged... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070206261 - Optical scanner and image forming apparatus: An optical scanner includes a single deflector to optically scan a plurality of target surfaces. The deflector is shared by all the beams from a plurality of light sources. The optical scanner includes photodetectors arranged to receive the deflected beams deflected. The beams traveling toward the deflector have an open... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070206263 - Electro-optical element including imi coatings: An electrochromic element comprises a first substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, a second substrate in spaced-apart relationship to the first substrate and having a third surface facing the second surface and a fourth surface opposite the third surface, and an electrochromic medium... Agent: Price, Heneveld, Cooper, Dewitt, & Litton, LLP/gentex Corporation

20070206262 - Electrophoretic display activation for multiple windows: An electrophoretic display (10) and a system (12) for implementating a method of activating a subwindow (80) of an electrophoretic display (10). The method involves a reception of image information (14) for the subwindow, a determination of an image-holding time (82) for the subwindow, and an addressing of the subwindow... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070206264 - Image forming method and apparatus: An acousto-optic cell is used in a method and device for patterning a workpiece, for exposing a radiation sensitive layer on a workpiece such as a mask or a device substrate. The acousto-optic cell includes an array of transducers. The transducers may supply columns of ultrasound to the cell. They... Agent: Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP

20070206268 - Optical deflecting device, optical deflecting device manufacturing method, and optical projecting device: Bearing portions having an approximately arc shape are provided on a lower surface of a plate-shaped member. In the bearing portions, stoppers of a regulating member are embedded. With the engagement of the lower surface of the plate-shaped member and the apex of a pivot member and the engagement of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070206269 - Light blocking electrical interconnect: An electrical interconnect to block light for use with an array of micro electromechanical machines separated by the first breaks includes a layer of an electrically conductive and an electrically isolated portions separated by second breaks configured to cross the first breaks on multiple sides of one of the micro... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070206267 - Methods for producing mems with protective coatings using multi-component sacrificial layers: Methods of forming a protective coating on one or more surfaces of a microelectromechanical device are disclosed comprising the steps of forming a composite layer of a sacrificial material and a protective material, and selectively etching the sacrificial material to form a protective coating. The protective coatings of the invention... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20070206266 - Micro mirrors with piezoelectric release mechanism: A spatial light modulator includes a substrate; a hinge in connection with the substrate; a mirror plate that is connected with the hinge and is configured to tilt about the hinge; and a piezoelectric device coupled with the substrate. The piezoelectric device is configured to produce an acoustic wave to... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070206265 - Spatial light modulator having a cantilever anti-stiction mechanism: A spatial light modulator includes a mirror plate comprising a reflective upper surface, a louver surface having a recess in the lower surface, a first cavity having an opening on the lower surface, and a cantilever situated under the recess and connected with the lower portion of the mirror plate.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070206270 - Display apparatus and method for producing the same: A large number of holes are formed in a two-layered porous film sandwiched between a lower substrate and an upper substrate and filled with a light transmitting liquid and fine particles. When a voltage is applied between an upper electrode and a lower electrode, migration of the fine particles, takes... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070206271 - Electrophoretic display panel: The electrophoretic display panel (1) for displaying a picture has a pixel (2) having an electrophoretic medium (5) having first and second charged particles (6,7), the first charged particles (6) having a first optical property, the second charged particles (7) having a second optical property different from the first optical... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070206272 - Optical parametric amplifier: An optical parametric amplifier of the invention comprises a nonlinear amplification section to which a signal light and a pump light are injected via a coupler. The nonlinear amplification section is constructed by connecting in multiple stages a plurality of polarization retaining highly nonlinear optical f