Optical: systems and elements inventions 04/08

20080094673 - Hologram: A security device comprises first and second holographic or diffraction effect generating structures recorded in respective sets of substantially non-overlapping regions of a record medium. The regions of one set are interleaved with regions of the other set, whereby both interleaved line structures are substantially non-visible to the unaided eye,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080094674 - Holographic lithography: A method of generating a holographic diffraction pattern and a holographic lithography system are disclosed. The method involves defining at least one geometrical shape; generating at least one line segment to represent the at least one geometrical shape; calculating a line diffraction pattern on a hologram plane, including calculating the... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20080094675 - Volumetric imaging of holographic optical traps: A method and system for manipulating object using a three dimensional optical trap configuration. By use of selected hologram on optical strap can be configured as a preselected three dimensional configuration for a variety of complex uses. The system can include various optical train components, such as partially transmissive mirrors... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080094676 - Method and apparatus for monitoring laser power in raster scan applications with minimal image distortion: An apparatus, method and electronic device for monitoring laser power during a raster scan projection operation using a single photodiode are disclosed. The method may include determining the position of a raster scan device during projection of an image, wherein if the raster scan position is in or near a... Agent: Mr. Ronald E. Prass, Jr. Irving, Prass & Stelacone, LLP

20080094677 - Actuator, optical scanner and image forming apparatus: An actuator includes: a mass portion; a vibrating part having a pair of elastic portions supporting the mass portion; at least one pair of beam portions supporting the vibrating part; a piezoelectric element bonded on each of the beam portions; voltage applying means that applies voltage to each of the... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080094678 - Scanning optical apparatus and image forming apparatus provided therewith: A scanning optical apparatus includes two deflectors that are driven by motors to deflect laser beams. One of the deflectors is provided while inclined by about 10° from an attaching reference plane in an optical box, and the other deflector is provided in parallel with the attaching reference plane. An... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080094679 - Light source module and scanning module using the same: A light source module includes a base, a cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) and an auxiliary light emitting unit. The CCFL disposed on the base provides main light. The auxiliary light emitting unit disposed on the base includes a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) respectively disposed adjacent to two... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080094680 - Light deflecting method and apparatus efficiently using a floating mirror: Method of deflecting light includes the steps of providing a substrate and forming a supporting member on the substrate. Next forming step forms electrodes at predetermined positions on the substrate. Next forming step forms a plate-like-shaped thin film member including light reflecting means. Placing step places the plate-like-shaped thin film... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080094681 - Input device: The image sensor 15 of the information processing apparatus 1 can capture the retroreflective sheet 17 subjected to infrared light emitted from the infrared emitting diodes 11 since the retroreflective sheet 17 is exposed when the open-close portion 19 is opened. Therefore, it is possible to detect the input device... Agent: Jerome D. Jackson (jackson Patent Law Office)

20080094682 - Spot array generation using a mems light modulator: An optical system having a spatial light modulator (SLM), in which each pixel has an optical cavity and is adapted to: (i) change the intensity of a reflected beam by changing the size of the cavity and (ii) change the phase of the reflected beam by changing the position of... Agent: Mendelsohn & Associates, P.C.

20080094683 - Light beam splitting and combining system and method thereof: Light beam splitting and combining system integrate some optic elements into the interfaces of two sets of prisms. Films for reducing stray color beams are coated the interfaces. Two sides of bigger prisms are faced to each other. Another side of each bigger prism is attached to the hypotenuse side... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080094685 - vehicular exterior mirror: An exterior mirror suitable for use in a vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a reflective mirror element having a light transmitting substrate with a mirror reflector having a metallic reflective layer coated thereon. A visual indicator display is disposed to the rear of the light transmitting substrate and actuated... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20080094684 - Vehicular signal mirror: A vehicular signal mirror includes a reflective mirror element comprising a mirror reflector on a light-transmitting substrate. The visible light reflectance is at least about 40% for visible light incident upon the front side of the reflective mirror element. A turn signal light display and/or a blind-spot indicator light display... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20080094686 - Sacrificial spacer process and resultant structure for mems support structure: Disclosed is a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device and method of manufacturing the same. MEMS such as an interferometric modulator include a sidewall spacer formed adjacent to a movable mirror. The sidewall spacer may be a sacrificial spacer that is removed during fabrication, or it may remain in the final product.... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20080094687 - Process and structure for fabrication of mems device having isolated edge posts: A method of fabricating an array of MEMS devices includes the formation of support structures located at the edge of upper strip electrodes. A support structure is etched to form a pair of individual support structures located at the edges of a pair of adjacent electrodes. The electrodes themselves may... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20080094688 - Light modulator: The light modulator for modulating light has a light modulating element, having a medium with a particle (6) and an optical state depending on the position of the particle (6), and a particle controller (10,11,100) being arranged to enable a movement of the particle (6) to one of the positions... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080094689 - Bright full color reflective display: A full color high brightness reflective display (200, 250, 300, 350) is formed from individual multifaced pyramid-like reflectors (400, 450, 500, 600, 725, 800). Each face (410, 420, 460, 470 510, 520, 610, 620, 730, 740, 810, 820) of the reflector specularly reflects two of the three primary colors of... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080094690 - Spatial light modulator: An interferometric spatial light modulator comprises of two cavities. One is the optical resonant cavity having a partially reflective film and a movable reflective membrane as two walls, and the other is the electromechanical actuation cavity having the movable reflective membrane and a bottom metal layer as electrodes. The spatial... Agent: Qi Luo

20080094691 - Wavelength conversion layers with embedded crystallites: The present invention is directed to a wavelength conversion layer (1) with a matrix layer (2) comprising embedded rare-earth-ion-doped micro-crystallites (3) and/or rare-earth-ion-doped amorphous particles, wherein said rare-earth-ion-doped micro crystallites and/or rare-earth-ion-doped amorphous particles are doped with at least one of the lanthanides, and wherein said rare-earth-ion-doped micro-crystallites and/or said... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080094692 - Optical transmitting apparatus having variable optical transmitting unit including plurality of paths: An optical transmitting apparatus includes a variable optical attenuating unit for attenuating signal light variably, an optical amplifying unit for amplifying the signal light, and a looped optical circuit for returning the signal light from the optical amplifying unit to the variable optical attenuating unit. The variable optical attenuating unit... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080094693 - Optical spectral filtering and dispersion compensation using semiconductor optical amplifiers: The invention provides a device and a method for extending the bandwidth of short wavelength and long wavelength fiber optic lengths. The invention provides for an optical transmitter package device comprising: a laser diode; and a semiconductor optical amplifier connected directly after and in close proximity to the laser diode,... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20080094694 - Fabrication methods for micro compound optics: Methods for fabricating refractive element(s) and aligning the elements in a compound optic, typically to a zone plate element. The techniques are used for fabricating micro refractive, such as Fresnel, optics and compound optics including two or more optical elements for short wavelength radiation. One application is the fabrication of... Agent: Houston Eliseeva

20080094695 - System and method for filtering electromagnetic transmissions: A combination of filters for filtering selected wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation is provided on a transparent substrate such as a plastic film or glazing of a window. The combination of filters prevents or attenuates the passage of wavelengths through the substrate into a building, where the passage of the wavelengths... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLPIPGroup, Columbia Square

20080094696 - Projection optical system and method for photolithography and exposure apparatus and method using same: An immersion optical system includes a liquid immerged optical element having an optical surface which is contactable with a liquid, a convex surface, and an optical axis. A side surface of the liquid immerged optical element is inclined with respect to the optical axis.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080094697 - Fluorescence microscope: An inverted fluorescence microscope is described which irradiates an excitation light onto a sample for observation of a fluorescent image of the sample. The fluorescence microscope includes (a) a transmissive illumination light source, which is arranged above a stage for placing the sample and the transmissive illumination light source is... Agent: Kilyk & Bowersox, P.l.l.c.

20080094698 - Tensioned projection screen: A projection screen apparatus having a perimeter frame and a substantially blank screen is provided.... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20080094699 - Portable screen device: There is provided a portable screen device which has a smaller size, a smaller weight and a simple structure and is easy to handle. The present invention relates to a portable screen device including an expendable column having one end erectably pivoted at a center portion of back surface of... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080094700 - Display device, terminal device, display panel, and optical member: A reflective liquid crystal display panel is a display panel for three-dimensional display in which pixel pairs as display elements composed of one left-eye pixel L and one right-eye pixel R each are provided in a matrix. The lenticular lens is an optical member for image separation that is provided... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080094701 - Arrangement and method for preventing the depolarization of linear-polarized light during the transmission of light through crystals: A process and a device is described to avoid the depolarization of linear-polarized light during the transmission of light through crystals exhibiting a {111} or {100} crystal plane, respectively, and a <100> or <111> crystal axis, respectively. The device is characterized in that the linear-polarized light meets the surface of... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20080094702 - Polarizing resin lens and process for producing same: A UV adhesive is applied on the rear surface of a polarizing film molding 4 to form a UV adhesive layer 3. The front surface of a lens base 2 is laid on the UV adhesive layer 3 and is glued by UV irradiation to form a laminated lens substrate... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080094703 - Dichroic filters on flexible polymer film substrates: Now, according to the present invention, dichroic filters are provided that incorporate a flexible polymer film substrate, such as poly(ethylene naphthalate), onto which a dielectric and/or reflective metal stack has been formed. Filters of the present invention are durable, flexible, and lightweight, and can be advantageously used in many specialty... Agent: Brenc Law Andrew Brenc

20080094704 - Non-glaring laminated body, a coated non-glaring laminated body, a non-glaring material, and a method for producing the non-glaring material: The present invention provides a non-glaring material having an excellent property to cut ultraviolet rays, and having an excellent appearance and optical property as well as easy producibility and processibility, and a method for producing the non-glaring material. A non-glaring laminated body consisting of two transparent plastic material layers, a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080094705 - Screen: A method and apparatus relating to a projection screen having a reflective face including gills are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080094706 - Polarized light conversion apparatus: A polarized light conversion apparatus comprises a polarization device, a light source, a reflection device and a phase changing device. The polarization device includes a light-transmissible body and a polarization film. The light-transmissible body includes an incidence surface. The incidence surface includes a first part and a second part. The... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080094707 - Protectvie film for polarizing membrane and polarizing laminate: A protective film for a polarizing membrane is provided which is prevented in light leakage generation, and excellent in moldability. The protective film comprises a polyamide resin, and is subjected to an orientation (e.g., a drawing) to have a retardation value of not less than 300 nm. The polyamide resin... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080094708 - Lens cap set and a lens device utilizing the same: A lens cap set for covering an opening defined by a peripheral edge of a lens assembly includes a mounting seat adapted to be disposed on the peripheral edge of the lens assembly, and a lens cap. At least a portion of one of the mounting seat and the lens... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080094709 - Zoom lens and imaging apparatus: Disclosed is a zoom lens which is composed of a plurality of groups of lenses and which varies the power thereof by changing inter-group spacings. The zoom lens is configured such that: the last group of lenses that is located at the end of an image space and is negatively... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080094710 - Fresnel zone plate and x-ray microscope using the fresnel zone plate: [Solution] A Fresnel's zone plate 1 having a complex illumination function according to the invention has opaque bands 3 and transparent bands 4 arranged alternately in the radial direction from the center concentrically on a flat transparent substrate 2, and a transmission window 7 formed such that a portion of... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080094711 - Methods and apparatus for recording holographic gratings: Methods and apparatus to record large-sized, low frequency holographic gratings by using a two-dimensional scanner with a shearing interferometer.... Agent: Raytheon Company C/o Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP

20080094712 - Close-bonded diffractive optical element, optical material used therefore, resin precursor and resin precursor composition: A close-contact multi-layer type diffractive optical element having a homogeneous low-refractive-index and high-dispersion resin layer is produced with satisfactory workability. Among two optical members constituting a diffractive plane, a low-refractive-index and high-dispersion member is formed, using a resin precursor composition containing bifunctional fluorine-containing (meth)acrylate and bifunctional (meth)acrylate having a fluorene... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080094713 - Metallised security element: The invention concerns a security element (11) in the form of a multi-layer film body, a security document having such a security element and a process for the production of such a security element. The film body on a carrier film (10) has a release layer (20), a protective lacquer... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080094714 - Mirror and hydrophilic composite film having photo catalyst activity: The present invention provides a green mirror having both glare proof property and pollution preventive property and furthermore an excellent visibility by controlling the spectral reflection spectrum of the mirror comprising a photo catalyst titanium oxide layer. The mirror comprises a glass substrate, a reflection film, and a composite film... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080094715 - Vision system for a vehicle: A vision system for a vehicle includes an imaging sensor and a logic and control circuit, which generates at least one control output for controlling at least one vehicular light of the vehicle. The vision system recognizes veiling glare caused by scattered light in the field of view exterior and... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20080094716 - Transmission-type display panel and method of manufacturing the same: A transmission-type display panel according to the present invention includes a plurality of transparency control regions arranged in an array, a non-transparent border region existing around each of the transparency control regions, and a microlens array including a plurality of microlenses arranged in an array so as to correspond to... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080094717 - Focus lens array with crosstalk reduction: A focus optical lens array assembly has two lens sections each encased in a housing. The housings are made of black polymer to block unwanted scattered or external light. The lens assembly can all be made by injection-molding. Notches, locating holes, posts, and ears serve to orient and align the... Agent: Hdsl

20080094718 - Micro-optical device, spatial optical modulator and projector utilizing the micro-optical device: A micro-optical device includes a plurality of minute optical elements each having a curved surface operable to condense incident light. The minute optical elements are arranged at constant intervals. The curved surface is expressed by two or more F values.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080094719 - 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

20080094720 - 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

20080094721 - Light source: A light source for use in a projection system comprises a pair of lamps each effective to produce a substantially collimated beam. Part of the light emitted by each lamp is directed through the light originating part of the same, or another, lamp. A light combiner is arranged within the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080094722 - Optical uses of diamondoid-containing materials: Novel optical devices based on diamondoid-containing materials are disclosed. Materials that may be fabricated from diamondoids included diamondoid nucleated CVD films, diamondoid-containing CVD films, molecular crystals, and polymerized materials. Devices that may be fabricated from the diamondoid-containing materials disclosed herein include solid state dye lasers, semiconductor lasers, light emitting diodes,... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080094723 - Optical uses of diamondoid-containing materials: Novel optical devices based on diamondoid-containing materials are disclosed. Materials that may be fabricated from diamondoids included diamondoid nucleated CVD films, diamondoid-containing CVD films, molecular crystals, and polymerized materials. Devices that may be fabricated from the diamondoid-containing materials disclosed herein include solid state dye lasers, semiconductor lasers, light emitting diodes,... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080094724 - Optical uses of diamondoid-containing materials: Novel optical devices based on diamondoid-containing materials are disclosed. Materials that may be fabricated from diamondoids included diamondoid nucleated CVD films, diamondoid-containing CVD films, molecular crystals, and polymerized materials. Devices that may be fabricated from the diamondoid-containing materials disclosed herein include solid state dye lasers, semiconductor lasers, light emitting diodes,... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080094725 - Method for bringing together at least two predetermined quantities of fluid and/or gas: PT4NT,040X60 In a process of manufacturing a variable focus lens package, two lens package portions (10, 20) are applied. Each lens package portion comprises a body part (11, 21) and a cover (12, 22), and two filling holes (13, 23) extending through the lens package portion. Furthermore, each body part... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080094726 - High magnification zoom lens system: 4

20080094727 - Zoom lens: A zoom lens includes a first lens group with a negative refractive power and a second lens group with a positive refractive power, wherein the second lens group is disposed between the first lens group and an image side, and the first lens group and the second lens group are... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20080094728 - Camera: A camera having a lens barrel housed therein includes a reflection optical member for reflecting a light beam incident along a first optical axis (O1) from a subject so as to reflect the light beam toward a second optical axis (O2) intersecting the first optical axis; a light-quantity adjusting member... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080094729 - Lens barrel and image pickup apparatus: In a lens barrel having an image pickup optical system including a first lens frame held movably in the optical axis direction for holding at least one lens and a second lens frame held movably in the optical axis direction for holding at least one lens, the first lens frame... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080094730 - Optical device and imaging apparatus: A lens apparatus includes a plurality of lenses movable in a direction of the optical axis, a guide pole that extends in the direction of the optical axis and that is moved integrally with arbitrary lenses among the lenses, and a slide unit that is slidable along the guide pole... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080094731 - Telemicroscopic apparatus for the enhancement of simultaneous bi-level telescope viewing of objects both far and near: Miniature telescopes of both Galilean and astronomical design are fashioned to allow bi-level viewing, simultaneously, of both magnified scope images and non magnified normal images of both far and near objects or areas. Improvements in bi-leveling telescopes involve: objective lens aspherics, ocular lens materials of high refractive indices, anti-reflective fabric... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20080094732 - Imaging lens: The imaging lens comprises, in order from an object side to an image surface side, a first lens that is a meniscus lens having a positive power whose convex surface faces the object side, a diaphragm, a second lens that is a meniscus lens having a positive power whose convex... Agent: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges. LLP Koda/androlia

20080094733 - Imaging lens: The imaging lens comprises, in order from an object side to an image surface side, a first lens that is a meniscus lens having a positive power whose convex surface faces the object side, a diaphragm, a second lens that is a meniscus lens having a positive power whose convex... Agent: Androlia Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges. LLP

20080094734 - Optical elements made from ceramics comprising one or more oxides of y, sc, in and/or lanthanide elements and mapping optics including the optical elements: The refractive, transmissive or diffractive optical elements are made from a ceramic containing one or more oxides of the type X2O3, which is transmissive for visible light and/or for infrared radiation and which has a cubic crystal structure analogous to that of Y2O3. In preferred embodiments X is Y, Sc,... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20080094735 - Portable device magnification assembly: Disclosed is a magnification assembly configured to assist users of portable devices in reading user interface features such as a display or a keypad. Versions of the magnification assembly include a retainer having an attachment surface and an aperture, wherein the retainer is operably configured to receive a magnifying member.... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20080094736 - Method of mounting optical component and optical pickup: A method of mounting an optical component is provided with the steps of pressing an optical component to a mounting surface of a housing, separating the optical component from the mounting surface within a prescribed distance while remaining parallel with the mounting surface, adjusting the position and angle of the... Agent: Young Law Firm, P.C. Alan W. Young

20080094737 - Object lens unit and optical pickup device employing the unit: An object lens unit for an optical pickup device is disclosed. The object lens unit includes a first optical element facing an optical information recording medium; a second optical element positioned on a light source side of the first optical element; and a frame in which the first optical element... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20080094738 - Lens barrel assembly of camera module and laser apparatus for assembling the same: A lens barrel assembly of a camera module and a laser apparatus for assembling the lens barrel assembly are provided. The lens barrel assembly of a camera module includes: at least one lens; a barrel provided with a lens exposing hole having a predetermined size which is formed to penetrate... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080094739 - Vehicle mirror and components therefor: An adjustable mirror apparatus suitable for operatively connecting to a mining truck or other prime mover to facilitate sight of extremities of the truck or prime mover from a cab is described. The adjustable mirror apparatus comprises, in a broad form, a reflecting assembly including a reflecting surface for displaying... Agent: King & Schickli, PLLC

20080088897 - Hologram reconstructing apparatus and hologram reconstructing method: A hologram reconstructing apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes: unnecessary light removing means for causing the imaging means to receive necessary light only included in the reconstruction light; driving means for operating the hologram recording medium or a reconstruction light optical system; light detecting means for detecting the state that... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080088898 - Holographic storage system with multiple reference beams: Holographic storage system with multiple reference beams The present invention relates to a coaxial type apparatus for reading from and/or writing to holographic storage media with multiple reference beams. The invention further relates to a beam generator and a filter for use in such an apparatus. According to the invention,... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing LLC

20080088895 - Article with micro indicia security enhancement: The invention provides an article having an enhanced security feature provided by association of first indicia imaged directly on a substrate or an additional layer supported thereby, and second indicia imaged on flakes within or supported by the substrate. At least the second indicia are discernible only with magnification.... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20080088896 - Hologram recording apparatus, hologram recording medium and hologram recording method: A hologram recording apparatus that records a hologram on a recording layer of a hologram recording medium by causing interference between signal light modulated in accordance with record data and reference light from the same light source as that of the signal light is provided. The apparatus includes: a signal... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080088899 - Nanowire-based device and method of making same: A nanoelectromechanical (NEM) device and a method of making same employ a laterally extending nanowire. The nanowire is grown in place from a vertical side of a vertically extending support block that is provided on a horizontal surface of a substrate. The nanowire is spaced from the horizontal surface. The... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080088900 - Laser processing apparatus: Disclosed is a laser processing apparatus for minimizing generation of sludge and enhancing the processing efficiency while processing an object. The laser processing apparatus includes a beam irradiator for emitting a laser beam from a laser light source, a beam scanner for operating the laser beam emitted from the beam... Agent: Venable LLP

20080088901 - 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

20080088902 - Deformable mirrors: A deformable mirror (DM) embodying the invention includes a reflective layer attached to the front surface of a solid monolithic block of a ceramic material. A plurality of holes is drilled from the back surface with the top end of each hole being terminated a predetermined distance below the front... Agent: Henry I. Schanzer, Esq

20080088905 - Optical element, and lighting device, display device and electronic device that use the optical element: A micro-louver (1) includes: a transparent substrate (2); a concavoconvex shape portion (5) formed on at least one surface of the transparent substrate (2) and in a prescribed pattern for diffracting incident light to form an image; and a light controlling layer (7) including at least one transparent layer (3)... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080088904 - Method and device for modulating light with semiconductor substrate: Light in the visible spectrum is modulated using an array of modulation elements, and control circuitry connected to the array for controlling each of the modulation elements independently, each of the modulation elements having a surface which is caused to exhibit a predetermined impedance characteristic to particular frequencies of light.... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20080088903 - Near-field aperture having a fractal iterate shape: Near-field electromagnetic devices having an opaque metallic screen with a fractal iterate aperture are provided. More specifically, the aperture is obtained by application of a self-similar replacement rule to an initial shape two or more times. Alternatively, the aperture can be obtained by application of a self-similar replacement rule one... Agent: Lumen Patent Firm, Inc.

20080088906 - Thermally controlled spatial light modulator using phase modulation: An apparatus includes a thin-film interference filter structure having a generally wavelength-dependent resonant response to incident optical energy in a predetermined range of wavelengths. The thin-film interference filter structure includes a thermally tunable layer having a thermally tunable optical characteristic such that a range of wavelength-dependent resonant optical responses of... Agent: Bainwood Huang & Associates LLC

20080088907 - Device for controlling light radiation: Device for controlling light radiation, which is excited in a specimen and/or which is backscattered and/or reflected and which contains one or more wavelengths, at a plurality of light outlets, wherein a separation of the light radiation into differently polarized components is carried out; and the components of the excitation... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080088908 - System and method for a mems device: Light in the visible spectrum is modulated using an array of modulation elements, and control circuitry connected to the array for controlling each of the modulation elements independently, each of the modulation elements having a surface which is caused to exhibit a predetermined impedance characteristic to particular frequencies of light.... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20080088909 - System and method for resolving reset conflicts in a phased-reset spatial light modulator system: A system for, and method of resolving reset conflicts in a phased-reset SLM system and a projection visual display system incorporating the system or the method. In one embodiment, the system includes a reset conflict arbiter configured to receive reset instructions containing conflicts from a sequence generator and resolve the... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080088910 - System and method for a mems device: Light in the visible spectrum is modulated using an array of modulation elements, and control circuitry connected to the array for controlling each of the modulation elements independently, each of the modulation elements having a surface which is caused to exhibit a predetermined impedance characteristic to particular frequencies of light.... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20080088911 - System and method for a mems device: Light in the visible spectrum is modulated using an array of modulation elements, and control circuitry connected to the array for controlling each of the modulation elements independently, each of the modulation elements having a surface which is caused to exhibit a predetermined impedance characteristic to particular frequencies of light.... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20080088912 - System and method for a mems device: Light in the visible spectrum is modulated using an array of modulation elements, and control circuitry connected to the array for controlling each of the modulation elements independently, each of the modulation elements having a surface which is caused to exhibit a predetermined impedance characteristic to particular frequencies of light.... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20080088913 - Electro-optically active device: This invention relates to an electro-optically active display device, comprising at least one individually addressable pixel, each pixel being provided with an obstructing element, such as a reservoir light shield, a black matrix or a mirror element. According to the invention, a portion of at least one component is positioned... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080088914 - Illumination device and projector: An illumination device includes: a light source section emitting coherent light; and a phase modulation section onto which the coherent light emitted from the light source section is incident, modulating the phase of the coherent light, forming a phase modulation pattern, varying the phase of the coherent light while generating... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080088915 - Optical amplification characteristics simulation apparatus and optical amplification characteristics simulation method: In an optical amplification characteristics simulation apparatus according to the present invention, using spectrums of a signal light input to an optical amplifier and a characteristic parameter for amplification medium, gain wavelength characteristics of the amplification medium are calculated. A calculating formula for the above has a parameter corresponding to... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080088916 - Thermally stable multilayer mirror for the euv spectral region: In a multilayer mirror (1) for the reflection of EUV radiation containing a large number of alternating molybdenum layers (4) and silicon layers (3), a barrier layer (5) containing a silicon nitride or a silicon boride is included at a number of interfaces between the molybdenum layers (4) and the... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20080088917 - Educational stereo microscopic image display apparatus: An educational stereo microscopic image display apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a bag-shaped main box, a planar screen panel which is provided at a front portion of the main box and has a size of 20 inches to 40 inches, and a microscopic image optical system which is provided... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080088918 - Compuscope: The present invention is directed to a microscope mounted into a computer, such as e.g., a desktop, workstation, or laptop. The microscope mounted into the computer has a light source component, a microscope component, and a light analysis component. The light source component is connected to the microscope component, which... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080088919 - Illumination device for a microscope: An illuminating device for a microscope is disclosed that is equipped with an optically transparent sample mounting plate for mounting a sample, a surface light source that emits substantially uniform illuminating light toward the sample mounting plate, and optical directional members that limit the diffusion of the illuminating light between... Agent: Arnold International

20080088920 - Optical scanning microscope: Microscope, in particular an optical scanning microscope with illumination of a specimen via a beam splitter, which is arranged in an objective pupil and includes at least a reflecting first portion and at least a transmitting second portion, whereby the reflecting portion serves to couple in the illumination light and... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080088921 - Screen and projection system: A screen includes a plurality of convexes disposed on a flat surface with a clearance left between one another. The convexes reflect diagonal incident light coming in a predetermined direction other than the normal line direction of the flat surface, and block the diagonal incident light by reflecting the incident... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080088922 - Stereoimage formation apparatus and stereoimage display unit: A stereoimage formation apparatus includes two lens array plates, each of which includes microlenses having optical axes and peaks. The optical axes of the microlenses are parallel to one another. The optical axes of the microlenses in one of the lens array plates are aligned with the optical axes of... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20080088923 - Light polarizer: A polarizer comprising at least one subwavelength optical microstructure that includes linear prisms, and wherein said microstructure is partially covered with a light-transmissive inhibiting surface.... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20080088924 - Optical module for adjusting a laser beam of a laser processing machine: An optical module adjusts an output of a laser of a laser processing machine. The optical module consists essentially of an adaptive spherical mirror configured to receive a laser beam from the laser, and a spherical mirror configured to receive a laser beam reflected from the adaptive mirror. Both the... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080088925 - Antireflection film, polarizing plate and image display utilizing the same: An antireflection film is provided and includes at least one layer containing fine pores. When a surface portion of the antireflection film comes into contact with water for 15 minutes and then the water is wiped away, the surface portion has a chromaticity change ΔE of 0.45 or less, the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080088926 - Plastic injection of lenses with optical elements and/or retroreflecting prisms that are seperated from each other: A moulding process to manufacture a moulded piece having multiple individual optical elements with the same or different dimensions. This is achieved by using a multicolour injection process as well as a multidrop injection manifold. In the first step, the optical elements are moulded without any junction between them. In... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080088927 - Vibration reduction mechanism and optical device: A vibration reduction mechanism, comprising: a first moving member and a second moving member which move relatively at a time of image blur correction; a guide member which guides relative movements of the first moving member and the second moving member; a plurality of first engagement portions, aligned in a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080088928 - Optical configurations for achieving uniform channel spacing in wdm telecommunications applications: Optical diffraction configurations provide uniform physical channel spacing in dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) applications. A grating has a dispersed side outputting (or receiving) or a plurality of spaced-apart optical frequencies or wavelengths to (or from) an image plane, and a prism is supported between the dispersed side of the... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080088930 - Grating, negative and replica gratings of the grating, and method of manufacturing the same: A grating of the present invention has a groove cross section shaped, for example, like a sinusoidal wave or a sawtooth other than a laminar shape, and a groove bottom part shaped as a flat form. In a region wherein the groove cycle and the used wavelength are the same... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080088929 - Optical element, optical module, optical connector, and optical module manufacturing method: A diffraction grating 9 having a periodic structure made from a plurality of grating grooves 10 and formed to allow control of an amount of outgoing light using polarization-dependent characteristics when incident light is outputted as the outgoing light and a mark 11 indicating at least one of either a... Agent: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges. LLP Koda/androlia

20080088931 - Layered image display sheet: A moiré pattern display sheet is defined by a surface, with the surface being configured to be curved. A first layer has a pattern printed thereon. The pattern comprises a series of visual elements in a first row that have been distorted at least in a first direction. At least... Agent: Kagan Binder, PLLC

20080088932 - Optical thin film, semiconductor light emitting device having the same and methods of fabricating the same: Provided are a highly transmissive optical thin film having an improved structure, in which, optical reflection (due to a difference in the refractive index between a semiconductor material and the air, when light is extracted from a semiconductor light emitting device into the air) may be suppressed, an optical output... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080088933 - Optical film for overcoming optical defects: An optical film includes a transparent supporting (or base) layer; a structured layer integrally formed on the supporting layer and having a plurality of light-concentrating units including prism units juxtapositionally formed on the supporting layer; and a plurality of tiny protrusions or recesses formed on (or in) the surfaces of... Agent: Ching-bin Lin

20080088934 - Brightness enhancement film: A brightness enhancement film including a substrate and a brightness enhancement structure disposed on the substrate is provided. A surface of the brightness enhancement structure has a plurality of first grooves along a first direction and a plurality of second grooves along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction,... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080088935 - Methods and systems for multi-view display privacy: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for enhancing privacy in a multi-view display.... Agent: Krieger Intellectual Property, Inc.

20080088937 - Head mounted display system: A head mounted display system is disclosed. The head mounted display system includes a remote laser light engine that generates laser light associated with a display signal. The head mounted display system additionally includes a head mounted display apparatus that is separated from the laser light engine and comprising a... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP/apple Inc.

20080088936 - Peripheral treatment for head-mounted displays: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for projecting a source image in a head-mounted display apparatus for a user. A first display projects an image viewable by a first eye of the user. A first peripheral light element is positioned to emit light of one... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080088938 - Apparatus and method of fabricating a compensating element for wavefront correction using spatially localized curing of resin mixtures: An optical wavefront correction plate incorporates a unique, three-dimensional spatial retardation distribution utilizing the index of refraction change of resin mixture in its cured state. The optical wave plate comprises a pair of transparent plates, containing a layer of a monomers and polymerization initiators, such as resin mixture. This resin... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080088939 - Liquid-lens module: Disclosed herein is a current transmitting structure for a liquid-lens module using an electrowetting phenomenon. The present invention is characterized in that it uses an FPC to apply electricity to the liquid-lens module.... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080088940 - Liquid-control optical element and manufacturing method thereof and device having the same: A liquid-control optical element is provided herein. The optical element includes two liquids with different phases. The two liquids are immiscible and have different optical index. By applying a voltage through electrodes to form an electric field, the slope of an interface between the two liquids is changed. The purpose... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080088941 - Display device having optical lens system: An exemplary display device (2) includes a display system configured for displaying images and an optical lens system (23) adjacent to the display system. The optical lens system includes a first lens unit (231) having a first optical correction rate in a first correction axis and a second lens unit... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080088942 - Dual lens optical system and dual lens camera having the same: A dual lens optical system includes a first optical system redirecting an optical axis of light representing an image of an object by 90° to form an image on a image sensor, and a second optical system having a movable reflection member configured to be selectively positioned on the part... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20080088943 - Electronic image pickup apparatus: An electronic image pickup apparatus comprising a zoom lens system and an image pickup device disposed on an image side of the zoom lens system and which converts an image formed by the zoom lens system into an electric signal, the zoom lens system having, in order from an object... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080088944 - Zoom lens and imaging system using the same: The invention relates to a high-performance, high-zoom-ratio zoom lens that can be much more reduced in terms of thickness upon received at a collapsible lens mount, and an imaging system incorporating the same. The zoom lens comprises a positive first lens group G1, a negative second lens group G2, a... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080088945 - Zoom lens system and electronic image pickup apparatus using the same: A zoom lens system comprises a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, a space between a first lens... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080088946 - Piezoelectrically driven optical lens: A piezoelectrically driven optical lens includes a lens body and a piezoelectric element for generating a rotating force. The lens body includes a hollow base; a lens barrel rotatably positioned in the hollow base; and a lens system disposed in the lens barrel, axially movable by rotation of the lens... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080088947 - Optical system with beam propagation extension: An optical system with an optical beam propagation extension, having an input and an output for the optical beam. The system includes at least two optical reflection elements for reflection of the beam, arranged to extend the propagation of the beam by reflection on the reflection elements, and at least... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080088948 - Optical lens preform, optical lens, and method of making optical lens: The method for making an optical lens according to the present invention is characterized in comprising: a optical lens preform fabrication step of fabricating a optical lens preform which comprises a first curved portion which serves as an optically functioning part and which is on one side, a flat surface... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080088949 - Subminiature imaging optical system: A subminiature imaging optical system includes a first lens including a first lens part having a convex object-side surface, a second lens part having an object-side surface in contact with an image-side surface of the first lens part, and a third lens part having an object-side surface in contact with... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080088951 - Lens device and imaging apparatus: An image capture lens includes, in order and from a side of an object, a first positive lens having a convex surface facing the object, an aperture diaphragm, a second negative lens having a convex surface facing an image, a third positive lens having a concave surface facing the image,... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080088950 - Photographing optical system and image pickup apparatus including the same:

20080088952 - Optical lens system and method for microfluidic devices: An apparatus for imaging one or more selected fluorescence indications from a microfluidic device. The apparatus includes an imaging path coupled to least one chamber in at least one microfluidic device. The imaging path provides for transmission of one or more fluorescent emission signals derived from one or more samples... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080088953 - Lens, manufacturing method thereof and light emitting device package using the same: A lens and a light emitting device package formed by introducing surface mount technology (SMT) are disclosed. The lens includes a refractive portion which refracts incident light, and at least one surface mount portion, wherein a portion of the surface mount portion is formed in the refractive portion.... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20080088954 - Objective lens actuator and optical pickup device having the same: In a lens holder included in an objective lens actuator, a first holding hole to hold a first objective lens and a second holding hole to hold a second objective lens are arranged. In the first holding hole, two supporting portions to support the first objective lens are arranged and... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080088955 - Driving unit for optical pick-up including lens: The lens driving unit of the present invention includes a lead screw, a nut having a projection, and a lens frame having a contact portion that is supported movably in the direction of an optical axis with respect to a base and that is brought into contact with the nut.... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080088956 - Alignment system and method: An alignment system uses a self-referencing interferometer that produces two overlapping and relatively rotated images of an alignment marker. Detectors detect intensities in a pupil plane where Fourier transforms of the images are caused to interfere. The positional information is derived from the phase difference between diffraction orders of the... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080088957 - Mirror stabilizer arm connector assembly: A connector assembly for releasably attaching a stabilizer arm to a support arm of a vehicle exterior rearview mirror. The assembly includes a connector head carried by the stabilizer arm. The connector head includes a convex bottom surface. A connector receiver is carried by the support arm. A retention slot... Agent: Mcnair Law Firm, P.A.

20080088958 - Mirror stabilizer arm connector assembly: A connector assembly for releasably attaching a stabilizer arm to a support arm of a vehicle exterior rearview mirror. The assembly includes a connector head carried by the stabilizer arm and a connector receiver is carried by the other of said stabilizer arm and support arm. A retention slot is... Agent: Mcnair Law Firm, P.A.

20080088959 - Device for reshaping a laser beam: A device for reshaping a laser beam may include a first optical element to receive the laser beam. The device may also include a second optical element to invert and reshape the laser beam to substantially correspond to a aperture of a beam director.... Agent: Charles L. Moore Moore & Van Allen, PLLC

20080088960 - System and method of operating a side mirror of a vehicle: A system of a side mirror of a vehicle includes: a driving motor which is driven by input electric power and supplies a driving force for rotating the side mirror from a folding position to an unfolding position or rotating the side mirror from the unfolding position to the folding... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080088961 - Screen: The screen of the invention comprises an oriented film having a direction of maximum scattering (scattering axis) and a direction of minimum scattering (transmitting axis) for linear polarized light, and containing macromolecular fine particles in a macromolecular matrix, wherein the refractive index of the macromolecular fine particles is within a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080084592 - Molded article incorporating volume hologram: A molded article is formed by molding a holographic recording material into a shape that is determined by the function of an molded article and a volume hologram is formed in the molded article. Alternatively, only a portion of the molded article is formed from the holographic recording medium, or... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080084593 - Holographic information recording-reproducing process and apparatus therefor: An optical information recording-reproduction process is provide in which a reflection type holographic memory disk is used and light receiving element and other elements are placed on the side of light-projection of the holographic memory disk. Thereby, the apparatus can be made smaller in its thickness.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080084594 - Optical scanning device and optical scanning method: An optical scanning device includes a light source, a light deflector for deflecting and scanning a light beam from the light source, a scanning imaging optical system for imaging the light beam via the light deflector onto a scanned face, a light beam detecting device for detecting a position of... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080084595 - Variable shape mirror and optical pickup device having the same: A variable shape mirror is composed of a substrate, a lower electrode film which is disposed on the substrate, a piezoelectric film which is disposed on the lower electrode film, an upper electrode film which is disposed on the piezoelectric film, an insulating film which is disposed on the upper... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080084596 - Active mirror for power beaming: A mirror assembly with a reflecting surface is used to redirect a power beam through free space. The mirror assembly is actuated on at least one axis, and preferably at least two axes, so that it can move through many angles based on control signals from the power beaming system.... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20080084597 - Optical modulator and optical modulation method: m

20080084599 - Compact apparatus for reading from and/or writing to holographic storage media:

20080084598 - Method and system for coherent beam combining using an integrated diffractive beam combiner and sampler: A system and method for combining plural low power light beams into a coherent high power light beam by means of a diffractive optical element operating as both a beam combiner and beam sampler. An oscillation source transmits a master signal that is split into plural beams propagating at a... Agent: Albin H. Gess, Esq. Snell & Wilmer L.l.p.

20080084600 - System and method for reducing visual artifacts in displays: Embodiments include systems and methods for reducing visible artifacts such as Moiré, or interference, patterns, in displays. One embodiment includes a display device comprising a plurality of light modulators and a plurality of illumination elements configured to direct light to the light modulators. The directed light of the plurality of... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20080084601 - System and method for a mems device: Light in the visible spectrum is modulated using an array of modulation elements, and control circuitry connected to the array for controlling each of the modulation elements independently, each of the modulation elements having a surface which is caused to exhibit a predetermined impedance characteristic to particular frequencies of light.... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20080084603 - Display substrate and method of manufacturing the same: A display substrate includes an insulation substrate, a gate line formed on the insulation substrate, a data line formed on the insulation substrate and crossing the gate line, a switching element formed on the insulation substrate and electrically connected to the gate line and the data line, and a pixel... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080084602 - Internal optical isolation structure for integrated front or back lighting: An optical isolation structure is incorporated into a display between the display elements and the transparent substrate for the display elements. The optical isolation structure reflects light rays within the substrate that impact the structure at high angles relative to normal to the structure, thereby permitting the substrate to be... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080084604 - Frequency modulation structure and method utilizing frozen shockwave: A system and method for modulating the frequency of electromagnetic radiation utilizes a frozen shockwave in a photonic band gap structure. The structure provides a discontinuity in lattice constant that functions as a shockwave, and that does not shift its position within the structure. In addition the modulation device or... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080084605 - Method and system for hybrid coherent and incoherent diffractive beam combining: A hybrid beam combining system or method combines a plurality of coherent and incoherent light beams into a composite high power diffraction limited beam. N oscillators each transmit light at one of N different wavelengths and each wavelength is split into M constituent beams. M beams in each of N... Agent: Albin H. Gess, Esq. Snell & Wilmer L.l.p.

20080084606 - Replacement device for microscopes: A changing device for receiving optical elements, particularly for microscopes, has a stand comprising a side wall, front wall and rear wall. This changing device is arranged at a holder in the telecentric part of the microscope beam path and is outfitted with a quantity of optical components influencing the... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080084607 - Electronic adjustible color filter device: An electronically adjustable, combinational color filter device is provided for generating color light. Incoming light is split in a polarizing beam splitter/combiner into a first and a second element of light. One or more wave plates operate to modify the polarization state of the first element of light, and one... Agent: Kutak Rock, LLP

20080084608 - Dust removal apparatus of photographing apparatus: A dust removal apparatus of a photographing apparatus comprises a movable unit and a controller. The movable unit has an imaging device and is movable. The controller moves the movable unit on a plane that is parallel to a first direction and a second direction. The first direction is perpendicular... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080084609 - Diffuser plate having multi-aspheric structure: A diffuser plate having a multi-aspheric structure comprises a plate and at least one aspheric microstructure. The plate is made of a transparent polymer. The plate is doped with a UV absorbent and several diffusion particles. The aspheric microstructure is formed on at least one surface of the plate. By... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc

20080084610 - Lens for a lighting fixture: Specifically, a lens for a lighting fixture equipped with an engaging portion that engages with a counter member, wherein either the counter member or the engaging portion 1 has an engaging pawl 8 that engages with the other member, the back surface 11 of the lens is formed with a... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080084611 - Methods and apparatus for creating apertures through microlens arrays using curved cradles, and products produced thereby: Methods for creating apertures in a layer on a back side of a substrate that includes a microlens array on a front side thereof include curving the substrate into a cylindrical surface segment that defines an axis, so that the microlens array on the front side of the substrate faces... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20080084612 - Apparatus for generating a homogeneous angular distribution of laser irradiation: Apparatus for generating a homogeneous angular distribution of laser irradiation (17), the said apparatus comprising a first homogenization stage (10) with a first substrate (1), which includes an entrance face and exit face, wherein a first lens array (4) is disposed on the entrance face and/or on the exit face,... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080084613 - Lens and process for the production thereof: A lens formed of a fluorophosphate glass, which has an optical-function surface and has a positioning reference surface for positioning and fixing the lens in the fixing tool (and also for determining the direction in the direction of the optical axis), so that the above optical-function surface is not damaged,... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080084614 - Reflective electrowetting lens: The present invention provides a reflective electrowetting device (200) comprising a fluid chamber that contains two immiscible fluids (205, 206) that are separated by a meniscus (208); the fluid chamber further comprises electrodes(203, 204), and a wetting surface (207) that has different wetting properties in respect of the two immiscible... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080084615 - Electronic image pickup apparatus using zoom lens system: There is disclosed an electronic image pickup apparatus including an aperture stop disposed on an optical path reflected by a reflective surface of a first lens unit and having a non-circular aperture in a state in which an area of an aperture of the aperture stop is maximized, and a... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080084616 - Zoom lens and imaging system incorporating it: e

20080084617 - Optical module of the optical mice: An optical module for an optical mouse utilizes the optical theory to provide the light signals as coordinates enabling the optical mouse to offer smoother response and precise tracking. The light coming from a light-emitting device forms the image through multiple transmissions, refractions and reflections, and the image reflects on... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, Pc

20080084618 - Optical system for taking image: An optical system for taking image comprises three lens elements with refractive power, from the object side to the image side: a first lens element with negative refractive power, a second lens element with positive refractive power, and a third lens element with positive refractive power, wherein an aperture stop... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia

20080084619 - Lens barrel assembly of camera module and laser apparatus for assembling the same: A lens barrel assembly of a camera module and a laser apparatus for assembling the lens barrel assembly are provided. The lens barrel assembly includes a barrel in which at least one lens is received, the barrel having a stopping protrusion in a lower-end inner surface thereof to stop the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080084620 - Lens driving device: A lens driving device including: a lens barrel having at least one lens therein; an actuator having a tip friction member provided at a leading end of a body thereof to be in contact with a friction member of the lens barrel, the actuator being flexed and bent upon application... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080084621 - Driving device for optical component and lens barrel: A driving device for an optical device comprising: an operation ring 3 to which a driving force from an operation member 4 is transmitted; a driving ring 9 to which a driving force from an actuator 20 is transmitted; an output ring 5 which transmits a driving force to an... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080084622 - Lens guide mechanism, lens barrel, and image pickup apparatus: The present invention provides a lens guide mechanism, a lens barrel, and an image pickup apparatus. A lens guide mechanism relating to the present invention includes: a plurality of lens frames each including a sliding section; and a guide shaft engaged with the sliding sections of the lens frames for... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20080084623 - Vehicle outside mirror device: An outside mirror device for a vehicle includes a mirror assembly that is rotatably attached to a body of the vehicle through an electric retracting unit and a base. The electric retracting unit includes bearing portions at both ends of a first stage gear of a rotational force transmitting mechanism.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080084624 - Vehicle outside mirror device: A fixing member is separate from a bearing member, and suppresses a radial force acting on a gear that meshes with a final-stage gear of a rotation-force transmission mechanism that transmits a rotational force to a mirror assembly of an outside mirror device for a vehicle.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080084625 - Scanning module: A scanning module includes a body, a reflecting unit, and an image capture unit. The body includes a reflecting chamber disposed in a surrounding wall. The surrounding wall is formed with an incident hole allowing an incident light field to be transmitted into the reflecting chamber therethrough along an incident... Agent: Gallagher & Lathrop, A Professional Corporation

20080084626 - Lighting reflector and method of making the same: A reflector for use in a lighting device includes a reflector support having inner and outer surfaces. A reflective material is fused with the inner surface of the reflective support. There is also disclosed a method of forming a lighting reflector including the steps of providing a forming tool, positioning... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080080030 - Recording apparatus and phase modulation device: A recording apparatus performing at least recording with respect to a hologram recording medium is disclosed. The recording medium includes: a light emitting means for emitting light to be radiated with respect to the hologram recording medium set at a prescribed position; a special light modulation means configured to be... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080080031 - Magnetic field position feedback for holographic storage scanner: The present invention provides a scanner comprising: a base member; a scanning beam reflective member having a first tilt axis and a second tilt axis orthogonal to the first tilt axis; a mounting assembly for mounting the scanning beam reflective member on the base member for tilting of thereof along... Agent: Jagtiani + Guttag

20080080032 - Optical beam scanning device having two sets of ftheta mirrors where the mirror base and mirror face have differing coefficients of linear expansion: An optical beam scanning device includes a rotating polygon mirror for scanning a beam from a pre-deflection optical system in a main scanning direction and two mirrors 23, 25 for imaging the beam scanned by the rotating polygon mirror 5 on an image plane. The device is arranged so that... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080080033 - Display apparatus having light modulator and method for setting scanning profile: Disclosed is a display apparatus comprising: a light modulator; a scanning device configured to scan modulated light from the light modulator on a screen in two directions; a scanner driver configured to supply the scanning device with power and control a position of the scanning device; a memory configured to... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080080034 - System, method and apparatus for a micromachined interferometer using optical splitting: A micromachined interferometer is achieved using a half plane beam splitter. The beam splitter is optically coupled to receive an incident beam and operates to split the incident beam into two interfering beams, each propagating in a different medium. A fixed mirror embedded in one of the mediums reflects one... Agent: Holly L. Rudnick

20080080036 - Temperature adaptive optical modulator: The present invention relates to a spatial optical modulator, more specifically to a temperature adaptive optical modulator. The spatial optical modulator according to an aspect of the present invention includes a substrate, an upper part of the substrate being doped; a structure layer, a center part of the structure layer... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080080035 - Actuators, pumps, and optical scanners: An actuator includes a substrate including an insulating surface, a first electrode positioned on the insulating surface, and a flexible drive plate which opposes the insulating surface. Te actuator also includes a conductive liquid positioned between the insulating surface and the flexible drive plate, and the conductive liquid directly or... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080080037 - Precisely actuating member and image tilting device and projection system having them: The present invention relates to a precisely actuating member and an image tilting device and a projection system having them, more particularly, to a projection system comprising a precisely actuating member formed in a one-piece unit to permit a precise rotation movement, an image tilting device for increasing the resolution... Agent: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

20080080038 - Interferometric modulation of radiation: An Interferometric Modulator (IMod) is a microelectromechanical device for modulating light using interference. The colors of these devices may be determined in a spatial fashion, and their inherent color shift may be compensated for using several optical compensation mechanisms. Brightness, addressing, and driving of IMods may be accomplished in a... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20080080039 - Optical near-field generating device, optical near-field generating method and information recording and reproducing apparatus: An optical near-field generating device is provided. The optical near-field generating device includes: a light source; a light transmissive substrate; and a conductive scatterer irradiated with light from the light source to generate an optical near-field. The scatterer is formed across planes with different heights on the light transmissive substrate... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080080040 - Optical element, and illuminating optical device, display device and electronic device using the same: A microlouver includes a periodic structure in which a transparent layer and a light absorption layer are alternately disposed with a constant, repetitive period. The range of the exit direction of a light beam passing through the transparent layer is restricted by the light absorption layer. The periodic structure includes... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080080041 - Flat panel display: Provided is a flat panel display (FPD), and more particularly, an FPD to display an image by controlling optical properties of a portion of the FPD. The FPD may include an image panel unit whose optical properties are locally controlled; a panel control unit to form a line field by... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080080042 - Temperature adaptive optical modulator using heater: The present invention relates to a spatial optical modulator, more specifically to a temperature adaptive optical modulator using a heater. The spatial optical modulator according to an aspect of the present invention includes a substrate; a structure layer, a center part of the structure layer being located at a predetermined... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080080043 - Conductive bus structure for interferometric modulator array: Embodiments of an interferometric modulator are disclosed having various enhancements and features including a conductive bus. In certain embodiments, the interferometric modulator has a first conductive layer suspended over a second electrode layer. In certain embodiments, a second conductive layer is provided over the first conductive layer. One of the... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20080080044 - Wavelength conversion element with quasi-phase matching structure: A wavelength conversion element with a Quasi-Phase Matching structure which can suppress the ripples of fluctuation pulse waveforms of a change efficiency in a frequency band of the waveform conversion, without controlling the positions and dimensions of the polarization regions at high precision. The wavelength conversion element of the present... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080080045 - Device for modifying the distance between a microscope objective and a microscope table: Disclosed is a device for modifying the distance between a microscope table (10) and a microscope objective (8). The vertical adjusting mechanism of the microscope table (10) encompasses a cam (50) which is rotatable about a shaft (26). At least one actuating button (25) is mounted on said shaft (26).... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080080046 - Lens array, exposure device, image forming apparatus and led head: A lens array includes a plurality of lens pairs each of which includes lenses so disposed that optical axes thereof are aligned with each other. The lens pairs are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the optical axes. The lens array further includes a light-blocking portion provided between the lens... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080080047 - Active layer: A method and apparatus apply an electric field across active layer, wherein active layer is configured to change from a first light attenuating state to a second lesser light attenuating state in response to the applied the electric field and wherein the second lesser light attenuating state permits light to... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080080048 - Lens array unit and stereoscopic display apparatus including the same: A lens array includes a glass substrate, a lens array layer, and a flat layer. The lens array layer and the flat layer are made of a resin material thinner than the glass substrate and have generally the same thickness. The lens array layer and the flat layer are adhered... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080080049 - Display device, image processing method, and electronic apparatus: A display device for displaying a plurality of images in a display unit, the plurality of images including pixels including subpixels of different colors; a display unit capable of arranging the pixels in horizontal and vertical directions; an image data combining circuit capable of combining image data for the plurality... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080080050 - Wavelength discrimination filter for infrared wavelengths: An optical comb filter has polarizers placed before and after two or more birefringent elements, each having a fixed retarder and an aligned tunable liquid crystal. The birefringent elements are equal in birefringence and thickness and are tuned in unison. As few as two birefringent elements are provided, thereby minimizing... Agent: Duane Morris, LLPIPDepartment

20080080051 - Distal end optical unit for electronic endoscope: A distal end optical unit for an electronic endoscope includes a first supporting tube configured to support an image sensor therein, a second supporting tube, and a third supporting tube configured to support an objective optical system. The first supporting tube includes a first open end, a first sealed end... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080080052 - Imaging device: An imaging device makes camera shake compensation by relatively moving an imaging optical system and an imaging element in directions perpendicular to an optical axis direction. The imaging device includes a first actuator that relatively moves the imaging optical system and the imaging element in a first direction perpendicular to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080080053 - Image stabilizing apparatus, lens unit, and image pickup apparatus: The present invention relates to an image stabilizing apparatus, a lens unit, and an image pickup apparatus. The present invention provides an image stabilizing apparatus for stabilizing an image by moving a predetermined lens group in an image pickup optical system which transmits a light flux from an object. The... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20080080054 - System and method for reduction of image artifacts for laser projectors: A system and method is disclosed for reducing visibility of image artifacts caused by diffractive elements in a laser projector having a structured diffractive device. At least two diffracted orders of light can be selected from light emitted from the structured diffractive device using a spatial light filter. The polarization... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20080080055 - Diffuse reflector comprising nonwoven sheet with binder layer comprising binder and scatterer of visible light: This invention relates to diffuse reflectors of visible light comprising a nonwoven sheet having on at least one face thereof a binder layer comprising a binder and a scatterer of visible light dispersed in the binder. These diffuse reflectors have utility in light management in optical displays such as backlit... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080080056 - Method and apparatus for reducing microlens surface reflection: A microlens has a surface with an effective index of refraction closer to the index of air than the body of the microlens to reduce reflection. Fibers protrude vertically from the surface of a microlens. For fabrication, the fibers are propelled at an adhesive layer provided over a microlens body... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080080057 - Lens-array, exposure device, image forming apparatus and reading apparatus: A lens array includes a plurality of lens groups each of which includes lenses so disposed that optical axes thereof are aligned with each other. The lens groups are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the optical axes. A light-blocking portion is provided for shielding each of the lens group... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080080058 - Reflective imaging assembly for displaying interlaced images: A reflective imaging assembly for viewing an interlaced image to provide a three dimensional or animated visual display. The assembly includes an image element having segments or strips of an interlaced image and includes a reflective substrate including reflectors or mirror elements each having an elongate reflective surface and extending... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20080080059 - Modular optical components and systems incorporating same: Modular optical systems employing integrated optical plates, prisms, reflective and semireflective layers that provide less complex, more robust optical systems. The modular systems provide single, or double component optical modules for the redirection, deflection and separation of optical energy for use in optical systems, and particularly optical detection systems for,... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080080060 - Miniaturized optically imaging system with high lateral and axial resolution: The invention is directed to a miniaturized optically imaging system with high lateral and axial resolution for endomicroscopic applications. To provide a miniaturized optical head which permits an appreciable increase in photon efficiency with high lateral and axial spatial resolution compared to conventional GRIN optics the plane side of a... Agent: Gerald H. Kiel, Esq. Reed Smith LLP

20080080061 - Objective lens for endoscope, and imaging apparatus for endoscope using the same: where dx is the distance between the groups, f, fF, and f3 are the focal lengths of the objective lens, the front group, and the lens, respectively, ν3, ν4, and ν5 are the Abbe numbers of the lenses, RA is the radius of curvature of the cementing surface between the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080080062 - Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus including the same: where fw and fT represent focal lengths of an entire system at a wide-angle and telephoto end, f2 represents a focal length of the second unit, fN represents a focal length of the negative lens member, a light-axis direction length of the prism is an air conversion length, and L... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080080063 - Zoom lens system including reflective surface which reflects optical path and image pickup apparatus including the system: There is disclosed a zoom lens system including, 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... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080080064 - Zoom lens: In this invention, to provide a compact zoom lens having a small number of optical element groups to be driven and a simple moving mechanism, at least one of a plurality of optical element groups arranged in the lens system includes a refractive power variable element of a transmission type... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080080065 - Imaging lens and camera apparatus: An imaging lens is configured sequentially from the object side by: a first lens having a meniscus shape where a convex surface is directed to the object side; a second lens; and a positive third lens in which an image-side surface is a convex surface. The first lens, the second... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080080066 - Objective lens, optical pickup device, and optical disc apparatus: An objective lens is included in an optical pickup device that records and/or reproduces an information signal onto and/or from an optical recording medium. The objective lens has a numerical aperture of 0.82 or higher, has first and second surfaces that are both aspherical, and focuses a light beam onto... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080080067 - Immersion objective optical system, exposure apparatus, device fabrication method, and boundary optical element: In a liquid immersion type projection optical system for forming an image of a first plane on a second plane, an optical path between the optical system and the second plane is filled with a liquid having the refractive index larger than 1.5, and the optical system has a boundary... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080080068 - Microlens, method of manufacturing microlens, and photomask used for manufacturing method: A method of fabricating a microlens that serves to prevent damage thereto in the fabrication process is provided. First, a lens body of which the maximum height housed within a recess is lower than the height of the side wall of the recess is formed in the lens formation region... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080080069 - Lens shift mechanism: Disclosed herein is a lens shift mechanism which enables vertical movement of a lens attached to a first member by attaching the first member to a second stationary member so as to be vertically movable with respect to the second member, including: N (an integer of three or more) attachment... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080080070 - Method and a device for positioning an element in an optical system: The disclosure generally relates to methods, devices, systems and components configured to position an element in a lens assembly, such as a lens assembly for microlithography, in which the element to be positioned is moved from an actual position to a target position via at least one actuator, and in... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080080071 - Optical pickup device: A lens tilt adjusting mechanism is configured by a piezoelectric element, a lens holder formed into a ring shape, and a holder fit-in part arranged in a tubular form in the movable part of an actuator. An objective lens is fixed on an inner side of the lens holder, the... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080080072 - Lens module and image capture apparatus: An exemplary lens module includes: at least one lens; a lens barrel for receiving the lens therein, the lens barrel having at least three protrusions provided thereon; a motor having a stator and a rotator, the stator surrounding the rotator therein and being defined with coils thereon; a barrel holder... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080080073 - Imaging apparatus and portable apparatus: An imaging apparatus comprises: an imaging lens; an image pickup device that is placed behind the imaging lens; a lens drive portion that includes a magnet that forms a magnetic field and a coil, placed in the magnetic field, that, upon an input of a current signal, receives a force... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080080074 - Open vehicle rear view system: An open vehicle rear view system includes left and right mirror housings. A mirror holder for holding a mirror is supported in each mirror housing so as to pivot between a normal view position for obtaining a normal rear view and a changed view position which is changed from the... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080080075 - Mirror device: A mirror device for providing a user with an image of what a fully framed and/or matted picture will look like based on an “L” shaped frame and/or matte sample placed at a corner of the picture.... Agent: Chadd Kawai

20080080076 - Rearview mirror assembly with utility functions: An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a casing with a reflective element and a storage space. The storage space provides storage for at least one accessory and for storing the accessory in the location easily accessible by an occupant of the vehicle whereby the accessory can be... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20080080077 - Low cost window production for hermetically sealed optical packages: Disclosed embodiments demonstrate batch processing methods for producing optical windows for micro-devices. The windows protect the active elements of the micro-device from contaminants, while allowing light to pass into and out of the hermetically sealed micro-device package. Windows may be batch produced, reducing the cost of production, by fusing multiple... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080080078 - Peripheral filtering lens: 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 nonidentical 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

20080080079 - Light tunnel apparatus of an optical engine and projection system comprising the light tunnel apparatus: A light tunnel apparatus of an optical engine and a projection system comprising the light tunnel apparatus are provided. The projection system comprises an optical engine which includes a body and a light tunnel apparatus. The light tunnel apparatus comprises a light tunnel, a housing, a frame, and a positioning... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20080080080 - Sight glasses and pipes incorporating the same: Sight glass assemblies, pipe assemblies including the same, and methods for assembling pipe assemblies are disclosed. Sight glass assemblies may include an annular body of a transparent material. The annular body may include a peripheral surface, an interior surface defining at least a portion of a fluid path, first and... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.