Optical: systems and elements inventions 03/08

20080074748 - Transmissive diffraction grating, and spectral separation element and spectroscope using the same: A transmissive diffraction grating includes a substrate and a plurality of ridges provided in a mutually parallel manner at constant periodicity p on the substrate. The ridges include a first layer, a second layer (refractive index n2: 2.0-2.5), and a third layer with non-continuous refractive indices, arranged in that order... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20080074749 - Apparatus and methods for the inspection of microvias in printed circuit boards: An imaging method and imaging system for inspecting features located at a known inter-feature pitch on portions of a target surface. The system includes a lens array having a plurality of lenses wherein the lenses of the lens array have an inter-lens pitch and an inter-field of view pitch corresponding... Agent: Davis Bujold & Daniels, P.l.l.c.

20080074750 - Image sensor and fabricating method thereof: An exemplary image sensor includes a micro lens arranged in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, neighboring lenses in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction in the micro lens array without having a gap, and a gap between the neighboring lenses in a diagonal direction.... Agent: The Law Offices Of Andrew D. Fortney, Ph.d., P.C.

20080074751 - Adjustable optical assembly: An optical assembly has an optics carrier (2) which is adjustable with respect to an axis (A) and to which at least two optical elements are fixedly connected, with the optics carrier (2) including at least two partial carriers (5a, 5b), each of which secures an optical element, and with... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20080074758 - Apparatus for measuring aerial images produced by an optical lithography system: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to detection aperture array which includes a shield layer; and a plurality of apertures, where the plurality of apertures are formed in the shield layer and filled with a first medium having an effective index of refraction, wherein the plurality of apertures includes... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080074759 - Lens barrel: A light shielding piece is supported by a second lens holding frame such that the light shielding piece can rotate and move on a plane which is perpendicular to an optical axis. In a shooting state, a through hole formed in the second lens holding frame is closed to establish... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

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20080074761 - Wide-angle imaging lens, imaging device and camera module: A first lens group having a positive refractive power, an aperture stop, and a second lens group having a positive refractive power are provided in order from an object side. The first lens group includes, in order from the object side, a first lens that is a negative meniscus lens... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080068686 - Apparatus and method to store, retrieve, and search both analog and digital data: A method is disclosed to store, retrieve, and search both analog data and digital data. The method encodes information comprising a plurality of analog datasets in a holographic data storage medium to form an encoded holographic data storage medium, and further encodes digital data abstracted from the plurality of analog... Agent: Dale F. Regelman Chandler & Udall, LLP

20080068684 - Holographic sensor: The invention relates to a sensor comprising a medium and, disposed therein, a hologram, wherein an optical characteristic of the medium changes as a result of a variation in a physical property of the medium, wherein the fringes of the hologram are formed by silver grains and wherein the medium... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20080068685 - Method for producing holographic recording medium: A holographic recording medium, with a first substrate shaped in a disk and having a hole at a central portion thereof; and a second substrate shaped in a disk, having a hole at a central portion thereof and arranged to face the first substrate. The recording medium includes a space... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080068687 - Apparatus for reading a hologram: The invention relates to a device for reading out a hologram (9), in particular a computer-generated hologram (9), comprising a radiation source for irradiating the hologram (9) with a readout beam (10) of electromagnetic radiation and an exit opening (2) for receiving an image that is generated by the hologram... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20080068688 - Actuator, optical scanner, and image forming apparatus: An actuator includes a frame-shaped first mass portion; a supporting portion that supports the first mass portion and takes the shape of a frame so as to surround a perimeter of the first mass portion; a pair of first elastic portions coupling between the first mass portion and the supporting... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080068689 - Diffractive-optical element, scanning optical system, optical scanner, and image forming apparatus: A diffractive-optical element that is transparent includes a diffraction surface that is formed by a step. A width of the step is set substantially equal to a common multiple of λi/{n(λi)−1} for two or more wavelengths, where λi (i=1, 2, . . . ) is a wavelength and n(λi) is... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080068690 - Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus: A deflecting unit deflects a plurality of light fluxes from a light source including a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in two-dimensional array. An coupling optical system between the light source and the deflecting unit includes an optical coupling element that collimates the light fluxes and a line-imaging element... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080068691 - Optical scanning device, and image forming apparatus: An optical scanning device includes a semiconductor laser array is used as the light source, a polygon mirror that has a deflection-reflecting surface and deflects light beams on the deflection-reflecting surface, and a scanning optical system that scans and focuses the light beams on a target surface with a predetermined... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080068692 - Optical scanning device, light screening material, method for screening flare light, and image formation apparatus: A disclosed optical scanning device includes: a plurality of light beam irradiation devices irradiating a light beam; a deflector deflecting the plural light beams irradiated from the light beam irradiation devices into substantially opposite directions; scanning optical systems disposed substantially in an opposing manner relative to the deflector as a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080068693 - Optical scanner and image forming apparatus using optical scanner: An optical axis of at least one surface of a resin-made diffracting lens is shifted in a main scanning direction with respect to an incident beam. A synchronous detection can cancel a problem of a misalignment in the main scanning direction due to a temperature variation. A light reflected from... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080068694 - High speed, high efficiency optical pattern generator using rotating optical elements: An optical pattern generator includes one or more multi-faceted rotating optical elements that introduce an offset that is rotation insensitive. The component that generates the offset is rotationally symmetric around the rotational axis of the optical element. Thus, as the optical element rotates, the effect of the offset component does... Agent: Reliant / Fenwick C/o Fenwick & West, LLP

20080068695 - Tracing method and apparatus: A tracing method in which tracing is performed by moving a spatial optical modulation device in a predetermined scanning direction relative to a tracing surface is provided. The spatial optical modulation device includes multitudes of tracing elements for modulating inputted light according to control signals transferred in accordance with tracing... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080068696 - Light reflecting device, light reflecting apparatus, wave front curvature modulator, and optical scanning type display device: A light reflecting device includes an elastic plate portion configured to be elastically deformable, the elastic plate portion having a first surface and a second surface that is an opposite surface of the first surface, a mirror formed on the first surface of the elastic plate portion, at least one... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080068697 - Micro-displays and their manufacture: A method of forming a micro-display includes forming a device that includes forming a partially reflecting layer on a first substrate and forming a plate overlying the partially reflecting layer, and adhering the device to a second substrate.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080068698 - Display unit and manufacturing method thereof: A display unit that includes a signal line provided over a substrate, a conductive film provided away from the signal line in a same layer as the signal line; a insulating base film provided over the signal line and conductive film, a polysilicon film provided over the insulating base film,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080068699 - Method for manufacturing an array of interferometric modulatros: In one embodiment, the invention provides a method for manufacturing an array of interferometric modulators. Each interferometric modulator comprises first and second optical layers which when the interferometric modulator is in an undriven state are spaced by a gap of one size, and when the interferometric modulator is in a... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20080068700 - Optical amplifying method, optical amplifying apparatus, and optical amplified transmission system using the apparatus: A proportional constant adjusting circuit is arranged in the AGC circuit of the optical amplifying apparatus, and the proportional constant of the proportional circuit is continuously adjusted in correspondence to the optical input power monitored by the PD and the logarithmic transformation circuit. The AGC circuit controls the pump LD... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080068701 - Article comprising a multichannel optical amplified transmission system with functional upgrade capabilities and universal modules: A universal inline functional module for operation with nonzero average gain G≠0 dB over a bandwith is provided. The module includes at least one optical functional element producing loss over the bandwidth and at least one rare-earth doped fiber segment. The module produces a flat gain spectrum to within a... Agent: Mayer & Williams PC

20080068702 - Nonlinearity and dispersion management for pulse reshpaing in high energy fiber amplifier: A short pulse fiber laser amplification system includes a special fiber stretcher, managed preamplifier, managed amplifier chain, and managed compressor to control an increase of a passive dispersion by managing a third order dispersion (TOD) to a group velocity dispersion (GVD) ratio for matching a nonlinearity chirp. In an exemplary... Agent: Bo-in Lin

20080068703 - Glass composition containing bismuth and method of amplifying signal light therewith: The present invention provides a novel glass composition in which fluorescence derived from bismuth (Bi) is obtained and whose meltability is improved. The glass composition of the present invention includes bismuth oxide, Al2O3 and SiO2. SiO2 is a main component of glass network forming oxide included in the glass composition.... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20080068704 - Micromechanical mirrors with a high-reflection coating, method for production thereof and use thereof: The invention relates to micromechanical mirrors with a high-reflection coating for the deep-ultraviolet (DUV) and vacuum-ultraviolet (VUV) spectral range, based on a substrate which is coated with an aluminium layer and a transparent blooming coating. Likewise the invention relates to a method for the production of such micromechanical layers with... Agent: Kaplan Gilman Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20080068705 - Projection optical system and method: A refractive projection optical system for imaging a first object into a region of a second object comprises a plurality of lenses disposed along an imaging beam path of the projection optical system; wherein the projection optical system is configured to have a numerical aperture on a side of the... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080068707 - Device for preparing microscopy samples: A device, method and system for preparing and storing samples for microscopic analysis is disclosed. The device provides a reservoir that can be attached to a displacement pipette thereby filling the reservoir with reagents desired for preparing the samples for microscopic analysis. In some embodiments, the specimen may be contained... Agent: Godfrey & Kahn S.c.

20080068708 - Microscope-use component and microscope system constituted by the microscope-use component: A microscope-use component constituting a microscope system and allowing an interconnection comprises: a communication interface enabling a communication with a control apparatus of the microscope system by a prescribed communication system; a connection component-related information obtainment unit for obtaining connection component-related information that is information related to another microscope-use component... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080068706 - System and methods for preparing microscopy samples: A device, method and system for preparing and storing samples for microscopic analysis is disclosed. The device provides a reservoir that can be attached to a displacement pipette thereby filling the reservoir with reagents desired for preparing the samples for microscopic analysis. In some embodiments, the specimen may be contained... Agent: Godfrey & Kahn S.c.

20080068709 - Method and arrangement for the controlled actuation of a microscope, in particular of a laser scanning microscope: Method for actuation control of a microscope, in particular of a Laser Scanning Microscope, in which, at least one first illumination light, preferably moving at least in one direction, as well as at least one second illumination light moving at least in one direction, illuminate a sample through a beam... Agent: Law Offices Jacobson Holman

20080068710 - Arrangement for microscopic observation and/or detection and use: Arrangement for microscopic observation and/or detection of a sample that is at least partially transparent by way of a microscope objective, whereby an illumination of the sample outside the objective is carried out from at least from one side at an angle to the optical axis of the objective and... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080068711 - Peripheral filtering star tracker telescope: A filter or lens for a star tracking telescope includes a clear center portion and an attenuating peripheral portion where the peripheral portion attenuation of off-axis images is identical through any radial line extending from a center of the filter or lens to a circumference edge of the filter or... Agent: The Aerospace Corporation

20080068712 - Polarization beam source: A polarization beam source comprises a reflective base, at least one light-emitting device positioned on the reflective base and configured to emit lights, a fluorescent material positioned on the light-emitting device to generate an unpolarized light and a polarization beam splitter configured to reflect a first polarization beam of the... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20080068713 - Method of making retroreflective sheeting and articles: The invention relates to a method of making retroreflective sheeting and other articles prepared from casting a moldable synthetic resin onto a tool having a microstructured surface.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080068714 - Stackable hemispheric light reflecting beacon: A stackable hemispheric reflective beacon has a hollow dome with an inner and an outer surface and the outer surface is covered with a light reflective coating. Any light from a light source that is shone on the hollow dome along a vertical plane from 0 to 180 degrees and... Agent: Inventarium

20080068715 - Reflective corrector for optical projection engine: A projection engine is disclosed, in which white light from a uniform telecentric source is collimated, polarized, and split into red and cyan beams. The collimated red light passes through a red focuser, which has an off-axis, front-surface mirror that has an aspheric and/or conic profile, and a spherical lens.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080068716 - Diffusing sheet, surface light source device, and transmission type display: The present invention provides a diffusing sheet, a surface light source device, and a transmission type display, that can attain uniform illumination so that the brightness of light on the display screen appears uniform regardless of the position from which the display screen is observed. A transmission type display 10... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080068717 - Auto dimming vehicle mirror: A vehicle mirror assembly comprising a reflective element (21) for reflecting incident light (I), the reflective element (21) having a viewable side, a means (20) for varying the intensity of light (I) reflected from the viewable side, a photo-electrical power cell (35) for powering the means (20) for varying the... Agent: Warn, Hoffmann, Miller & Lalone, .p.c

20080068718 - Micro-lens device and method for manufacturing the same: A micro-lens device for manufacturing a micro-lens is provided. The micro-lens device comprises a substrate where at least a first surface area having a first surface energy, a second surface area having second surface energy and a stagnant area having a third surface energy are respectively disposed thereon. The first... Agent: Bever Hoffman & Harms, LLP Tri-valley Office

20080068719 - Optical element, optical system, and waveguide: The light beam 5a emitted from a light source Pa is formed into a parallel light beam 6a upon entering the substrate 1 as a result of the effect of lens strips 2a. The parallel light beam 6a reaches the end surface on the emission side of the substrate 1,... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080068720 - Optical element array, display device, and method of manufacturing display device, optical element array and optical element array molding die: The present invention provides an optical element array that enables lens mounting at low cost and high precision, a display device enabling stereoscopic display using the optical element array, and a method of manufacturing the display device. A lens sheet of the present invention is configured by a plurality of... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080068721 - Beam splitter apparatus and system: A beam splitter apparatus comprises a beam splitter and a plurality of prisms disposed about the beam splitter. The beam splitter apparatus is configured to split an incident laser beam into a plurality of beamlets exhibiting substantially equal energy and traversing substantially equal optical path lengths through the beam splitter... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080068722 - Film mapping system: A materials properties measuring system for using electromagnetic radiation interactions with selected materials positioned at a measuring location to determine selected properties thereof having an electromagnetic radiation source along with a plurality of radiation convergence elements for receiving any incident beams of electromagnetic radiation including the source having corresponding selected... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20080068723 - Monomers and polymers for optical elements: An optical element includes a first lens; a cover; and a cured matrix polymer sandwiched between the first lens and the cover; the matrix polymer, prior to curing, having a monomer mixture dispersed therein; the matrix polymer being selected from the group consisting of polyester, polystyrene, polyacrylate, thiol-cured epoxy polymer,... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080068724 - Projection optical system and method for photolithography and exposure apparatus and method using same: A liquid immersion optical system includes a first optically transparent member and a second optically transparent member, arranged in an optical path between the first optically transparent member and an object. A first space between the first optically transparent member and the second optically transparent member is fillable with a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080068725 - Zoom lens: Disclosed is a zoom lens, which includes, in sequence from an object side to an image side, a positive first lens group, a negative second lens group, a positive third lens group, a positive fourth lens group, a fifth lens group, a negative sixth lens group and a positive lens... Agent: Madson & Austin

20080068726 - Photographic wide angle zoom objective of the retrofocus type: Photographic wide angle zoom objective of the retrofocus type having a group of negative refractive power (VG−) comprising four lens components (L1, L2, L3, L4) and being a front group when seen from the object side, and having a rear group of positive refractive power (HG+) including six lens components... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080068727 - Optical zoom mechanism: An optical zoom mechanism is provided that comprises a first zoom lens movable along a linear axis and a second zoom lens movable along the same linear axis as the first zoom lens, both zoom lenses being connected to a support structure. First and second direct drive linear motors are... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080068728 - Auto-focus and zoom module with vibrational actuator and position sensing method: Systems for positioning a functional element, such as an optical lens, include a housing, a primary guide pin coupled to the housing, a functional group that includes the functional element, and a vibrational actuator assembly. The functional group is movably coupled with the primary guide pin and includes a first... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20080068729 - Imaging lens and camera system including the same lens: An imaging lens comprises, in order from an object side: a first lens having a negative refractive power with a concave surface on an image side thereof; a second lens with at least one aspherical surface; an aperture stop; and a third lens having a positive refractive power with at... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080068730 - Lens unit and image pickup apparatus: The present invention provides a lens unit including: a first lens group; a second lens group; an optical-path bending member; a movable frame holding the first lens group; a stationary frame holding the movable frame movably in an direction of the first optical axis, and adopted to telescopically house the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080068731 - Imaging optical system including optical element having continuous plane: An imaging optical system capable of moving a meridian image plane further closer to an ideal imaging plane vertical to an optical axis with the number of lenses kept constant. At least one plane of at least one optical element and including at least one optical element is divided into... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20080068732 - Clutched jig: A clutched jig includes a housing and a clutching mechanism. The housing has a hollow hole formed along the axis of the housing, a conical hole formed in the end of the hollow hole. The clutching mechanism is received in the hollow hole of the housing. Each of clutching parts... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080068733 - Lens module and camera module using the same: A camera module (100) includes a lens module and an image sensor (40), wherein the lens module includes a barrel (10), a plurality of lenses (20) and at least one spacer provided between each pair of neighboring lenses, wherein at least one through hole (14) is defined on a sidewall... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080068734 - Mirror surface control actuator and process for manufacturing same: A mirror surface adjustment actuator according to the present invention includes a housing front member for accommodating a dual axis motor as a driving part, a worm gear as an extending/contracting part, or the like; a mirror holder on which a side mirror is fixed; and a housing rear member... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080068735 - Method for aligning color filters to a back-illuminated imaging array: A method for registering a color filter array to a back illuminated imager is disclosed, comprising the steps of providing at least one color filter array comprising filter elements of at least a first color and a second color; providing at least one back illuminated imager having a front side... Agent: Patent Docket Administrator Lowenstein Sandler P.C.

20080062486 - Apparatus for retroreflecting reference beam and holographic information recording/reproducing device employing the same: Provided are an apparatus for retroreflecting reference beams and a holographic information recording/reproducing device employing the same. The apparatus for retroreflecting reference beams for use in a holographic information recording/reproducing device for recording/reproducing information on/from a holographic recording medium includes a lens focusing reference beams transmitted through the holographic recording... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080062488 - Method of detecting and compensating fail pixel in hologram optical storage system: A method of detecting and compensating fail pixels in a holographic storage system. The method includes steps of: providing a plurality of image frames to show on a data plane for all pixels on the data plane being capable of outputting a light state or a dark state; sequentially recording... Agent: Wpat, PC

20080062489 - Method of improving quality of signals reproduced from holographic storage medium and apparatus therefor: A method and apparatus for improving quality of a signal reproduced from a holographic storage medium in which a hologram is recorded by interference between a signal beam and a reference beam. The signal-quality improving method includes determining a page crosstalk value, which is caused in a page that is... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080062490 - Holographic storage system: A holographic storage system. A low over-sampling technology and an adaptable gain-controlling unit are used in the holographic storage system for unequally amplifying signals generated by a detecting apparatus. Then the amplified signals generated by the detecting apparatus are summed in order to generate summing signals, which are used to... Agent: Wpat, PC

20080062485 - Security system, especially for security documents: The invention relates to a security system especially for security documents, wherein a security element is provided in a carrier plane, that under incident light holographically reconstructs a pattern outside the carrier plane, in which concealed information is stored and having a flat transparent verification element which on flat contact... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20080062487 - Head up display for firearms: A head up display for firearms is provided, wherein a light valve is employed to create variable images in response to user input. The images from the light valve are entrained in an illuminating beam which intersects a diffractive optic. The diffractive optic includes a recorded infinite focal plane which... Agent: Stephen B. Salai, Esq. Harter, Secrest & Emery LLP

20080062491 - Light-source device, optical scanning device, and image forming apparatus: A line-imaging lens condenses a light beam from a light-source unit in one direction to form a line image. An optical deflecting unit deflects the light beam passing through the line-imaging lens. An imaging optical unit images the light beam deflected by the optical deflecting unit in a spot shape... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080062492 - Image reading apparatus using image reading lens: An image reading apparatus with an image reading lens configured to reduce a field curvature and a magnification error in the sub-scan direction, includes a photoelectric conversion element having picture elements arrayed in the main-scan direction, and an image reading lens for imaging imagewise information on a surface of an... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080062493 - Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus using the same: An optical scanning device deflects, by a common optical deflecting part, a plurality of groups of light beams emitted from a plurality of light sources and directs, by a scanning and imaging optical system, the groups of deflected light beams to respective scan surfaces so as to optically scan the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080062494 - Optical beam scanning device and diaphragm device capable of adjusting light quantity distribution: An optical beam scanning device of the present invention has a light source, a deflection reflecting surface for deflecting to scan light from the light source on a recording medium, and a diaphragm device which is provided between the light source and the deflection reflecting surface, and the diaphragm has... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080062495 - Laser scanning unit and image forming apparatus having the same: A laser scanning unit includes a light source, a rotary polygon mirror to deflect a laser beam emitted from the light source, an f-theta lens to image the laser beam deflected from the rotary polygon mirror on a photoconductor, and a flat plate disposed between the light source and the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080062496 - Lubricating micro-machined devices using fluorosurfactants: A method of lubricating MEMS devices using fluorosurfactants 42. Micro-machined devices, such as a digital micro-mirror device (DMD™) 940, which make repeated contact between moving parts, require lubrication in order to prevent the onset of stiction (static friction) forces significant enough to cause the parts to stick irreversibly together, causing... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080062497 - Optical encoder having non-collimated, point-source light emitter: An optical encoder for producing adjustable quadrature phased signals by positioning of a light-controlling member includes a light emitter including a non-collimated, point-source light emitting diode for emitting light and a light receiver that receives light from the light emitter. A light-controlling member is disposed between the light emitter and... Agent: Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Attn: Michael Ritchie, Docketing

20080062498 - Apparatus for crystallizing semiconductor with laser beams: Laser beams emitted by a plurality of laser sources are divided into a plurality of sub-beams, which are irradiated onto selected portions of an amorphous semiconductor on a substrate to crystallize the amorphous semiconductor. A difference in diverging angles between the laser beams is corrected by a beam expander. The... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080062499 - Electrowetting optical device and method of controlling voltage of the same: An electrowetting optical device includes a cell surrounded by a light-incident surface, a light-exit surface, and a plurality of side surfaces, an electrode portion formed along the light-incident surface, the electrode portion including a plurality of electrodes, an insulation layer covering at least a portion of the electrode portion, an... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080062500 - Methods and apparatus for spatial light modulation: The invention relates to methods and apparatus for forming images on a display utilizing a control matrix to control the movement of MEMs-based light modulators.... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP Patent Docketing 39/41

20080062501 - One-dimensional illumination apparatus and image generating apparatus: A one-dimensional illumination apparatus includes: a light source including a plurality of laser devices arrayed one-dimensionally; a wavefront dividing unit including one or more cylindrical lens arrays for dividing a wavefront of light emitted from the light source and superimposing divided wavefronts; a waveform superimposing unit for introducing light from... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20080062502 - High fill-ratio mirror-based spatial light modulator: A spatial light modulator includes a two-dimensional array of hexagonal mirror plates disposed in a honeycomb pattern over a substrate. Each of the hexagonal mirror plates is supported by one or more structural members. There is a gap between adjacent hexagonal mirror plates. The structural members are not located in... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080062503 - Fabrication of a high fill ratio reflective spatial light modulator with hidden hinge: A method of fabricating a spatial light modulator. The method includes forming cavities in a first substrate and fabricating electrodes on a second substrate. The method also includes bonding the first substrate to the second substrate and forming a mirror plate from a portion of the first substrate. The mirror... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080062504 - Slm addressing methods and apparatuses: A spatial light modulator may include a plurality of deflectable modulating elements. Each of the deflectable modulating elements may further include a support structure, an electrostatically deflectable mirror element and at least one electrode. The mirror element may be set to a deflection state by charging and selectively discharging a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080062506 - Electronic paper apparatus: An electronic paper apparatus includes a driving substrate, at least one electronic paper and an encapsulating structure. The electronic paper is disposed over the driving substrate. The encapsulating structure is connected with the driving substrate to form a closed space, and the electronic paper is disposed in the closed space.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080062505 - Led lighting apparatus with fast changing focus: A light-emitting diode (LED) lighting apparatus includes a housing, a light-emitting diode and a convex lens. The distance between the LED and the convex lens is less than two times of the focal length of the convex lens. When distance between the LED and the convex lens is changed, beam... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080062507 - Electro-optical element and scanning optical apparatus: An electro-optical element includes an optical element that scans a laser beam made incident thereon when a refractive index distribution changes according to a size of an electric field generated in the inside of the electro-optical element and a first electrode and a second electrode arranged on two surfaces of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080062508 - Light amplifying fiber arrangement: A light-amplifying fiber arrangement including a pump fiber including glass and a bridge element. At least a portion of a side of the bridge element has been fused to at least a portion of a side of the pump fiber. An active fiber includes a light-amplifying core and a first... Agent: Venable LLP

20080062509 - Diffractive optical element, exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method: A diffractive optical element is disclosed. The diffractive optical element is used in an illumination optical system of an exposure apparatus which exposes a substrate, and used for forming the intensity distribution of light at a pupil plane of the illumination optical system. The diffractive optical element comprises a first... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080062510 - Method for selecting a wavelength, and a microscope: A method is disclosed for selecting a minimum of one wavelength 320 or a minimum of one wavelength range 206 of electromagnetic radiation to be used for object testing, whereby a first spectrum is captured or calculated on a first point of a first object 509, a second spectrum is... Agent: Houston Eliseeva

20080062512 - Confocal electroluminescence spectral microscope: A confocal electroluminescence spectral microscope including: a base board where an object including a material capable of emitting light is mounted; a power supply supplying current to enable the object mounted on the base board to electrically emit light; a confocal lens disposed above the base board to receive the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080062511 - Laser scanning microscope for fluorescence testing: Laser scanning microscope for fluorescence testing, in which the illumination and detection rays are bound optically through a dichroic main beam splitter, the detected probe light being led to several detectors by means of a secondary beam splitter and the angle of incidence of the illumination light and/or the angle... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080062513 - Polarized total internal reflection illumination optical system by rotary annulus light: The present invention relates to an illumination system that use rotatable, polarized illumination optics to detect the direction of highly efficient excitation of fluorescent dyes coupled to a sample, or the absorption transition moment, using information on the direction of maximal fluorescence intensity. The present invention also makes it possible... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080062514 - Digital telescopic sight: A digital telescopic sight includes an objective lens group (202), a light collecting lens (204), an erecting lens group (206), an eyepiece lens group (212), a semi-reflecting mirror (208) and an image sensor (210). The incident exterior light rays are sequentially transmitted through the objective lens group, the light collecting... Agent: Madson & Austin

20080062515 - Telescope mount: Apparatus for the rotatable mount of a telescope having at least two axes being substantially orthogonal to each other, wherein the telescope is rotatable about at least a first axis of the two orthogonal axes by at least a first rotation device, the rotation device comprising a first working shaft... Agent: 24ip Law Group Usa, PLLC

20080062516 - Anti-bulging projection screen structure: A home cinema theater projection screen structure and method of making same are provided wherein a sheet of projection screen material of selected size is formed to a configuration having concave top and/or bottom edges, the projection screen material then being attached under tension to a mounting structure that defines... Agent: Hasse & Nesbitt LLC

20080062517 - Screen, rear projector, and image display apparatus: A screen that receives projected light beams to display an image includes: a plurality of light-transmissive plates having optical transparency; a fluid that is disposed within a light scattering space formed between the light-transmissive plates and contains at least one of gas and liquid; and scattering components that are disposed... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080062518 - Optical device, imaging device, and electronic device: A lens device equipped with a G1 lens that transmits light in a direction of an optical axis and a fixed diaphragm that passes the light that has been passed through the G1 lens through an aperture open through in the direction of the optical axis toward a direction opposite... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080062519 - Image generation unit and image projection device: An image generation unit with a geometry according to which a light input section and a light output section are formed and/or are arranged such that a light incidence axis or direction and an image emission axis or direction are essentially collinear, parallel, or coincident with respect to each other.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080062520 - Method and apparatus for fabricating protection member for display apparatus, method for fabricating display apparatus including the same and display apparatus including the same: A method for fabricating a protection member for a display apparatus includes; vertically standing a protection panel with respect to a ground surface, disposing a protection cushion to stand vertically with respect to the ground surface and to face the protection panel, and attaching the protection cushion to the protection... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080062521 - Micro-electromechanical light modulator with enhanced contrast: A system and method for increasing contrast in displays using micromechanical light modulators is described. Contrast is enhanced by an optical system that uses polarization to discriminate unmodulated light. Contrast obtained from polarization sensitive components of an optical system has a multiplicative effect on contrast already available.... Agent: Morrison Ulman Nupat, LLC

20080062522 - Apparatus and process for aqueous cleaning of diffraction gratings with minimization of cleaning chemicals: An apparatus and method of cleaning a diffraction grating with minimal use of cleaning chemicals. The apparatus includes a processing vessel having a sump at a lower end thereof, and an inclined platform for receiving a diffraction grating within the processing vessel so that a top surface of the diffraction... Agent: James S. Tak Attorney For Applicants

20080062523 - Optical diffraction grating and method of manufacture: An optical device includes a substrate, a reflecting stack and optionally, a cap layer. The reflecting stack has a first plurality of optical thin film layers and a second plurality of optical thin film layers. The first plurality of optical thin film layers are carried by the substrate, and are... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP (all Goodrich Entities)

20080062524 - Reflective micro-optic interferometric filter and its applications: The invention discloses a reflective micro-optic interferometric filter system, comprising a dual fiber collimator for expanding and outputting a beam, introduced from an input fiber, through a lens unit, collimating the beam through the lens unit, and outputting the collimated beam through an output fiber; an optical mirror for reflecting... Agent: Patents+tms, P.C.

20080062525 - Diffusion plate having surface microstructure: A diffusion plate having a surface microstructure comprises a plate and at least one microstructure, wherein the plate is made of a light-transmitting polymer having a UV absorbent and several diffusion particles doped therein. The microstructure is formed on at least one surface of the plate. By the use of... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080062526 - Target acquisition device: For the deliberate attenuation of beam components which originate from multiple reflections, an attenuation filter (18; 19) which produces an attenuation of the intensity by at least a factor of 0.7, preferably at least 0.5 or 0.3, is arranged in each case before a receiver (2) and after a transmitter... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20080062527 - Apparatus and method for viewing multiple underlying indicia: A promotional or novelty piece wherein a printed planar surface is provided with a translucent lenticular surface, placed in registration with a second planar surface with predetermined indicia applied so as to underlie and register with said translucent surface. The angle of the viewer's eye with said translucent surface allows... Agent: Gerald L. Price

20080062528 - Optical head device: An optical head device may include a laser light source, an objective lens for converging a laser beam emitted from the laser light source on an optical recording medium, a parallel planar half mirror which is disposed on an optical path directing from the laser light source to the optical... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080062529 - Controlllable optical lens: A controllable electrowetting lens system has a feedback control loop for controlling the electrode arrangement drive signals to implement an autofocus function. The feedback control loop comprising an image analysis focus detection system and a variable gain element. The gain is adjusted based on the lens condition, for example as... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080062530 - Lens unit and image reading apparatus using the same: A lens unit and an image reading apparatus configured to hold an anamorphic lens precisely with a simple structure, without a lens spacing error or eccentric error: the lens unit including a barrel member configured to hold at least one rotationally symmetric lens having a rotationally symmetric shape with respect... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080062531 - Compact zoom lens: A compact zoom lens includes first, second, third, and fourth lens groups sequentially arranged from an object side. The first lens group includes a first lens and at least one reflection optical component and at least the third lens group moves during zooming. The zoom lens satisfies a condition that... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20080062532 - Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus: c

20080062533 - Airspace design evaluation: A computer based method, system and computer program product to assign a quality metric to an airspace design and optionally to compare it against design metrics, to determine a comparative quality metric. Factors contributing to quality of the airspace sector design are identified via user input and quantified to calculate... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080062534 - Zoom lens: The invention relates to a zoom lens in which tweaks to the mode of movement of lens groups and the first lens group contribute more to making sure the desired zoom ratio and optical performances and ensuring that the whole length of the zoom lens is kept short while carrying... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080062535 - Zoom lens: A zoom lens includes a housing, a rotatable adjustment member, a spring member and a lens barrel. The rotatable adjustment member has a ring body rotatably coupled to an inner bottom surface of the housing in such a manner that the ring body is axially moveable relative to the housing... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080062536 - Optical system for taking image: An optical system for taking image comprises three lens elements with refractive power, wherein a first lens element with positive refractive power includes at least one aspheric surface, a second lens element with negative refractive power, and a third lens element with negative refractive power includes at least one aspheric... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia

20080062538 - Compact wide-angle imaging lens system: A compact wide-angle imaging lens system includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a first lens (1) of negative refractive power, a free-form surface prism (2) of positive refractive power, a second lens (3) of positive refractive power and a third lens (7) of negative refractive... Agent: Madson & Austin

20080062537 - Compact imaging lens system: A compact imaging lens system includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a first lens (1) of negative refractive power, a free-form surface prism (2) of positive refractive power and a second lens (3) of positive refractive power. The free-form surface prism has an incidence surface... Agent: Madson & Austin

20080062539 - Lens barrel: The present invention provides a lens barrel comprising: a lens barrel body; an extender including a rotary shaft which is parallel to the optical axis of the lens barrel body and shifted to the side of one side of the lens barrel body and a rotational member on which at... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080062540 - Optical barrel enclosing rod lenses: An optical barrel (1) enclosing rod lenses (2) of a rigid endoscope optics, the rod lenses being contacted by the barrel in zones wherein an inwardly deforming, blade (4, 4′) cut free by two associated cutouts (5, 5′) in the barrel (1) is designed at each zone to make contact... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080062541 - Illumination optical system, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method: In an illumination optical system arranged to illuminate an illumination target plane by using light from a light source, the illumination optical system includes a prism unit arranged to refract the light, an optical integrator arranged to form a plurality of light sources with light emerging from the prism unit,... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080062542 - Light reflecting sheet and molded product using the same: A light reflecting sheet having high light reflectance and an excellent light shielding property and a molded product using the same are provided. The light reflecting sheet has a light reflecting layer that has voids inside thereof and formed from a thermoplastic resin composition provided on at least one side... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080062543 - Coordinated pivoting and extending vehicle mirror: An exterior vehicle mirror system has a support mounted to the side of the vehicle; a support arm extending from said support to a distal end; a mirror housing movable along said support arm from a first position proximate said fixed support to a second position proximate said distal end,... Agent: Mcgarry Bair PC

20080062544 - Indicator-integrated rearview mirror for vehicle: An indicator-integrated rearview mirror for a vehicle in which the number of components are reduced to simplify and lighten the structure thereof. A housing of a rearview mirror is divided into two of a front housing and a rear housing which are made of resin, an indicator system is supported... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080062545 - Universal sideview mirror for car: A sideview mirror includes multiple parts, wherein the mirror body, the washer, the spring, the support member, the bearing, the rotation member, and the mounting member are combined to form a window corner type sideview mirror, while the mirror body, the washer, the spring, the support member, and the mounting... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20080062546 - Dynamic aperture for a light processing system: A method of processing light includes receiving an image to be displayed. The image has a brightness level. The method further includes generating light from a light source and intensity-modulating the generated light to produce light having a first intensity. The first intensity is a function of the brightness level.... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080055686 - Holographic data recording method and system: Methods for holographic data storage are disclosed. The method includes providing an optically transparent substrate comprising a photochemically active dye and irradiating the optically transparent substrate with a holographic interference pattern and a photochromic conversion control illumination. The pattern has a first wavelength and an intensity both sufficient to convert,... Agent: General Electric Company (pcpi) C/o Fletcher Yoder

20080055685 - Volume hologram medium: The invention is concerned with a volume hologram medium obtained by multiple recording of holograms, which is improved in terms of just only security for forgery prevention but also aesthetics. A volume hologram medium 29′ comprises a reflection hologram in which a stereoscopic image of a three-dimensional object and an... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080055687 - Laser scanning unit and image forming apparatus having the same: A light source provided with a laser element that emits a laser beam emits a laser beam for synchronization control. A synchronization mirror reflects the laser beam so as to allow a light receiving element in the light source to detect the laser beam. The synchronization mirror is provided on... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080055688 - Optical deflecting device and image forming apparatus using the same: An optical deflecting device including a supporting member, an oscillating member, and a driving member for driving the oscillating member, wherein the oscillating member includes a first movable element and a second movable element torsionally oscillating about a common torsion axis, a first torsion spring for coupling the first movable... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080055689 - Optical scanning apparatus, optical writing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and method of driving vibration mirror: An optical scanning apparatus includes a vibration mirror having a mirror surface that reflects an optical beam. A pair of torsion beams swingably support the mirror. The mirror is vibrated in a sealed space whose pressure is adjusted such that a characteristic of the mirror falls within a predetermined range.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080055690 - Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus: A common photodetecting unit detects a plurality of beams scanned by a plurality of polyhedral reflection mirrors provided in a multiple stages with a common rotation axis, and generates a synchronization detection signal based on detected beams. The reflection mirrors make a predetermined angle θ1 in a direction of rotation... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080055691 - Optical beam scanning device and image forming apparatus: An optical beam scanning device of the present invention is for having a light beam with the width in the main scanning direction wider than the width in the main scanning direction of the reflection surface of a deflector incident on the deflector, reflecting and polarizing a part thereof by... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080055692 - Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus: A coupling lens arranged on an optical path of an optical beam from a VCSEL, which has a refraction plane and a diffraction plane that respectively change a power according to a temperature change and suppresses a beam-waist position change in a main-scanning direction and a sub-scanning directions on the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080055693 - Apparatus for resetting location of reflective part of diffractive optical modulator: The present invention relates generally to an apparatus for resetting the location of the reflective part of a diffractive optical modulator. More particularly, the present invention relates to an apparatus for resetting the location of the reflective part of a diffractive optical modulator, which resets the location of the reflective... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080055694 - Micro-mirror array device: A micro-mirror array device having a plurality of micro-mirrors which can be deflected comprises a first substrate which includes drive electrodes for deflecting the micro-mirrors; and a second substrate which includes a frame area and connecting areas, wherein the connecting areas are formed around the frame area adjacently, and the... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080055695 - Method of using an ultrathin optical element: The present invention provides an ultra-thin high-precision glass optic and method of manufacturing the same. The optic has an axial thickness that is less than 1,000 microns. A pattern and/or coating is disposed on a surface of the optic to provide attenuation of light in an optical system. In an... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080055696 - Focusing mechanism for a lens module and focusing method for same: An exemplary focusing mechanism (100) for focusing a lens module includes a testing apparatus (10) and a processor (20), the testing apparatus includes a first testing chart (12) and a second testing chart (14), the first testing chart and the second testing chart are movably placed in an incident light... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080055697 - Timing detection circuit and apparatus for modulating light beam: A timing detection circuit including a first timing detection circuit, a second detection circuit, and an output circuit is disclosed. The first detection circuit detects, among multiphase clocks having n mutually different phases and a frequency of k times the frequency of a reference clock, a closest clock having a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080055698 - Optical modulator and optical modulator module for reducing laser speckle: Disclosed is an optical modulator module, including an optical modulator receiving and modulating incident lights, and outputting modulated lights as output lights, and a transparent substrate that is placed on the optical modulator, allowing the incident lights and the output lights to transmit, and that has a phase manipulating pattern... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080055699 - Structure of a micro electro mechanical system and the manufacturing method thereof: A structure of a micro electro mechanical system and a manufacturing method are provided, the structure and manufacturing method is adapted for an optical interference display cell. The structure of the optical interference display cell includes a first electrode, a second electrode and posts. The second electrode comprises a conductive... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20080055700 - Laser source using coherent beam recombination: A laser source comprises N incident laser beams, N equal to two at least, N single-mode spatial beam propagation media, each forming a propagation channel (gi) for one laser beam, a system for coherent recombination at the exit of the N channels, in order to deliver a recombined laser beam... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20080055701 - Switchable window based on electrochromic polymers: Syntheses of a new blue EC monomer (ProDOT-MePro), and a new red EC monomer (ProDOP-Et2) are described. Two additional new types of EC monomers based on 3,4-alkylenedioxythiophene include fluorinated EC monomers and an EC monomer including silicon. EC polymer devices having more than one different color EC polymer to enable... Agent: Law Offices Of Ronald M Anderson

20080055702 - Method and device for multiplying optical frequencies by a factor 1.5: An optical cavity is combined with non-linear optical crystals and a laser source to generate light radiation at a frequency about 1.5 times the frequency of the initial laser source having a wavelength ⅔ that of the initial laser source. The optical cavity comprises mirrors with relatively high reflectivity for... Agent: Pollack, P.C.

20080055703 - In situ application of anti-stiction materials to micro devices: A method for applying anti-stiction material to a micro device on a substrate includes introducing anti-stiction material on a surface of an encapsulation device or a surface of the substrate and sealing at least a portion of the encapsulation device to the surface of the substrate to form a chamber... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080055704 - Spatial light modulator mirror metal having enhanced reflectivity: In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a spatial light modulator mirror metal having enhanced reflectivity is provided. In a particular embodiment of the present invention, a light processing system includes a light source operable to provide a light beam along a light path and a spatial light... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080055705 - Device having a conductive light absorbing mask and method for fabricating same: A system and method for an optical component that masks non-active portions of a display and provides an electrical path for one or more display circuits. In one embodiment an optical device includes a substrate, a plurality of optical elements on the substrate, each optical element having an optical characteristic... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080055706 - Reflective display device having viewable display on both sides: An interferometric light modulating device having two viewing surfaces is provided. In some embodiments, the device can generate two distinct images, one on each side of the device, simultaneously.... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20080055710 - Diffractive optical modulator: Disclosed herein is a diffractive optical modulator. The diffractive optical modulator includes a base member, a first reflective element, a second reflective element, and an actuating means.... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080055707 - Support structure for free-standing mems device and methods for forming the same: A microelectromechanical (MEMS) device includes a functional layer including a first material, a deformable layer including a second material different from the first material, and a connecting element including the first material. The connecting element is mechanically coupled to the deformable layer and the functional layer. The connecting element and... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20080055708 - System and method for hinge memory mitigation: System and method for reducing failures due to hinge memory in a microdisplay display system. A preferred embodiment includes setting the state of each micromirror in a digital micromirror device based on an image being displayed, recording a usage history for the micromirrors, and providing a sequence of states to... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080055709 - Method and apparatus for a reflective spatial light modulator with a flexible pedestal: An electromechanical system comprising a substrate including a surface region and a flexible member coupled at a first end to the surface region. The system further comprises a base region and a tip region. The system also comprises a reflective member coupled to the flexible member, including a reflective surface... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080055711 - Liquid mirror: An apparatus that comprises a liquid mirror. The liquid mirror includes a liquid that forms an interface with a fluid adjacent to the liquid. The liquid mirror also includes a layer of reflective particles located at the interface, wherein the layer forms a reflective surface.... Agent: Hitt Gaines, PC Alcatel-lucent

20080055712 - Filter system for light source: The invention is concerned with a filter system for a light source in a lithography process for the production of semiconductor devices with a flowing absorber gas for at least one wavelength (λ) in the range between 20 to 250 nm, the flowing absorber gas intersecting the light path emitted... Agent: Slater & Matsil LLP

20080055713 - Aberration correction device, aberration correction method and optical pickup: The present invention is to provide an improved aberration correction device formed by inserting an electro-optic panel such as a liquid crystal panel in an image-formation optical system to correct aberrations in the image-formation optical system, characterized in that such a correction device is capable of correcting three or more... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080055714 - Illumination module: An illumination module may provide light in a plurality of colors including Red-Green-Blue (RGB) light and/or white light. The light from the illumination module may be directed to a 3LCD system, a Digital Light Processing (DLP®) system, a Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCoS) system, or other micro-display or micro-projection systems.... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20080055715 - High-index uv optical materials for immersion lithography: This invention is related to material for use as an ultraviolet (UV) optical element and particularly for use as a 193 nm immersion lens element. The material for use as a UV optical element includes a Lithium Magnesium Aluminate (LMAO) body. The specific compound for this application is the disordered... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20080055716 - Low cost filter for fluorescence systems: Consistent with the present disclosure, a filter is provided by depositing a coating a substrate. The coating, which may include a plurality of hard-coating layers, has an associated transmission characteristic having a passband, as well as extended blocking.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080055717 - Optical transmission filter with extended out-of-band blocking: In accordance with the invention, a filter is fabricated by a modified form of the process disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 7,068,430. In particular, the method is modified to take into account the effect of absorption by filter material. The method is exemplified by the fabricating of an ultraviolet light... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20080055718 - Microscope apparatus control method and microscope apparatus: The present invention provides a control method for a microscope apparatus, comprising: a first step for recognizing a type of a specimen retention member retaining a specimen; a second step for obtaining a first image including the whole image of a specimen retention member showing a picture of the entirety... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080055723 - Durable, inorganic, absorptive, ultra-violet, grid polarizer: An inorganic, dielectric grid polarizer device includes a stack of film layers disposed over a substrate. Each film layer is formed of a material that is both inorganic and dielectric. Adjacent film layers each have different refractive indices. At least one of the film layers is discontinuous to form a... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20080055719 - Inorganic, dielectric grid polarizer: An inorganic, dielectric grid polarizer device includes a stack of film layers disposed over a substrate. Each film layer is formed of a material that is both inorganic and dielectric. Adjacent film layers each have different refractive indices. At least one of the film layers is discontinuous to form a... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20080055721 - Light recycling system with an inorganic, dielectric grid polarizer: A light recycling system includes a light source capable of producing a visible light beam. An inorganic, dielectric grid polarizing beam splitter is disposable in the light beam to separate the light beam into two light beams of orthogonal polarization orientation including a transmitted beam and a reflected beam. The... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20080055720 - Optical data storage system with an inorganic, dielectric grid polarizer: An optical data storage system includes a laser diode to produce at least one light beam. An inorganic, dielectric grid polarizing beam splitter is disposable in the light beam to transmit a polarized light beam, and includes a stack of film layers disposed over a substrate. Each film layer is... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20080055722 - Optical polarization beam combiner/splitter with an inorganic, dielectric grid polarizer: An optical polarization beam combiner or separator device includes a first optical beam carrier for carrying a first polarized beam and a second optical beam carrier for carrying a second polarized beam whose polarization is orthogonal to the polarization of the first polarized beam. First and second collimating/focusing lenses are... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20080055724 - Optical devices containing birefringent polymer fibers: A display system has a display panel and at least one light source for producing light to illuminate the display panel. A polarizer film may be employed between the display panel and the light source. At least one of the polarizing fibers has multiple internal birefringent interfaces between a first... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080055725 - Vehicle reflector: An embodiment of a vehicle reflector comprises a prismatic lens and a vehicle coupling mechanism adapted to couple the lens to a vehicle. Typically, the reflector also includes a substrate, the prismatic lens being substantially permanently coupled to the substrate and the substrate is additionally permanently coupled to the vehicle... Agent: Leyendecker & Lemire, LLC

20080055726 - Non-positive-definite optical filtering from positive-definite transfer functions: The Fourier transforming properties of simple lenses and related optical elements is well known and heavily used in a branch of engineering known as “Fourier Optics.” Classical Fourier Optics allows for relatively easy, inexpensive, flexible signal processing of images by using lenses or other means to take two-dimensional Fourier transforms... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20080055727 - Diffractive optical element and optical system having the same: A diffractive optical element includes a plurality of layered diffraction gratings which includes two diffraction gratings made of materials having different dispersive powers. The plurality of diffraction gratings includes a first diffraction grating having a plurality of grating portions provided on a first base surface, and a second diffraction grating... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080055728 - Optical element and method for producing the same: The present invention relates to a structure comprising: a resin pattern (A)3 formed on a base material 1 and having structure units of a predetermined shape; and a resin pattern (B)5 formed on a surface of the resin pattern (A)3 and having microscopic structure units, of a predetermined shape, arranged... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080055729 - Reducing reflections in image sensors: Methods and apparatus are provided. An image sensor has an array of light sensing elements and a transparent cover overlying the array of light sensing elements. The cover has a first roughened surface facing the array of light sensing elements and a second roughened surface facing away from the light... Agent: Leffert Jay & Polglaze, P.A. Attn: Tod Myrum

20080055730 - Interactive display system: An interactive display system is introduced herein. The interactive display system includes a mirror and a display unit. The display unit is built in the mirror, for providing auxiliary showing an image of an user in front of the display system. The image of the user can be automatically enlarged... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080055731 - Airplane window control: An electrically dimmable window (“EDW”) system comprising an EDW, a control switch, and a controller. The switch and controller control the light transmittance level of the EDW. State indicators indicate when the EDW is in transition from one light transmittance level to another level. When there is no transition in... Agent: Ostrager Chong Flaherty & Broitman, P.C.

20080055733 - Image sensor: Disclosed is an image sensor. The image sensor includes a substrate having photodiodes therein; a dielectric layer on the substrate; a passivation layer on the dielectric layer exposing the dielectric layer in a region corresponding to a first color filter; and a color filter layer on the exposed dielectric layer... Agent: The Law Offices Of Andrew D. Fortney, Ph.d., P.C.

20080055732 - Optical film having prismatic faces directly formed with micro-lenses thereon: An optical film comprising: a transparent supporting (or base) layer; a prismatic layer consisting of a plurality of prisms integrally formed on the supporting layer; and a plurality of micro-lenses integrally formed on a plurality of prismatic faces of the prisms, whereby the incidence lights as refracted through the micro-lenses... Agent: Ching-bin Lin

20080055734 - Optical pickup and optical disc device: The present invention provides an optical pickup corresponding to plural kinds of optical discs which can be downsized and simplified, and can compensate the spherical aberration. Optical path separation for separating the optical path of a first and a second optical beams as approaching beams to an optical disc 100... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080055735 - Display device: A display device for displaying information is provided with an optical system for guiding the light of the display device to the eye, the optical system having, in the order in the proceeding direction of the light, an entrance face for receiving the light, a curved face for totally reflecting... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080055736 - Optical element and production device for producing same: A lens produced from a radial rays-curing material comprises a lens proper portion that serves as an optically effective part of the lens, and a circular flange portion that surrounds the lens proper portion and serves as an optically non-effective part of the lens. The circular flange portion has front... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080055737 - Objective lens system: An objective lens system includes a first lens group having a focal length F1 for focusing, a second lens group, which is a system of magnification variation having a focal length F2, a third lens group for compensation and having a focal length F3 and a fourth lens group having... Agent: Madson & Austin

20080055738 - Zoom lens device: A zoom lens device includes, in sequence from an object side to an imaging side, a negative first lens group, a positive second lens group, and a positive third lens group. When the zoom lens device is moved from a wide-angle condition to a telephoto condition, the second lens group... Agent: Madson & Austin

20080055739 - Device for vibration-free mounting of a drive motor in a stand of a surgical microscope: A device for vibration-free mounting of a drive motor on or in a stand of a surgical microscope is described. The drive motor is embodied as a stepper motor (1) and is joined to the stand via a receiving flange (2). An elastomeric mount (3) is arranged between the stepper... Agent: Hodgson Russ LLP The Guaranty Building

20080055740 - Catadioptric projection objective with adaptive mirror and projection exposure method: A catadioptric projection objective for microlithography has at least one curved mirror that is deformable and adjusting elements that can deform the deformable mirror. The adjusting elements are mated to given image errors and their correction. The invention is suitable for astigmatism, fourfold wavefront-deformations due to lens heating, compaction, and... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080055741 - Imaging lens and camera system including the same lens: An imaging lens comprises, in order from an object side a first lens having a negative refractive power with a concave surface directed to an image side thereof; a second lens having a positive refractive power with a convex surface directed to an image side thereof and having an absolute... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080055742 - 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 a positive refractive power and being a spherical glass lens having a convex surface on an image side thereof; a third... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080055743 - Optical apparatus: An optical apparatus is capable of achieving reduction in noise caused by lens driving and reduction in size. The optical apparatus includes a main and a movable housing member which houses a lens movable in a direction of an optical axis. The housing member is movable in the optical axis... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080055744 - Connecting structure for a lens and a main board: A connecting structure for a lens and a main board includes a board having a first through hole, a lens module having a second through hole, and at least one connecting device. The connecting device passes through the first through hole and the second through hole to connect the board... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080055745 - Magnifying glass with light for handheld electronic device: A magnifying glass for magnifying a portable electronic device (e.g., PDA, or mobile phone) held by the hand is disclosed. In one embodiment the magnifying glass includes a spring-biased clamp adapted to fasten the thumb of either hand and having an extension; a light pivotably releasably secured to the extension;... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080055746 - Camera lens focus-setting machanism: A camera lens focus-setting mechanism enabling easy and precise focusing includes a first and a second rack member, and a first and a second adjusting assembly. The first and the second rack member are respectively associated with a first and a second focusing ring, which are respectively mounted around first... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080055748 - Imaging module for endoscopes: An imaging module for endoscopes includes a convex lens and an image sensor in which mutual positions are fixed and a plurality of optical modules that are selectively mountable with respect to the fundamental module so that the observation condition is switched in accordance with an optical module selectively mounted.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080055747 - Lens module and method for manufacturing the same: A method for manufacturing a lens module (100) is provided. The lens module includes a flash lamp lens (20) and a holder (10) integrally formed/molded with the lens. The method includes at least three steps. The first step S1 is to mold the lens by means of injecting a first... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080055749 - Fine adjustment mechanism: A fine adjustment mechanism includes a first frame, a carrying portion and a first connecting portion. The first frame has a first opening. The carrying portion is adapted to assemble outside an optical element for fixing it. The carrying portion has a carrying plate disposed in the f