Optical: systems and elements inventions 05/08

20080123166 - Holographic storage system with apodization filter: The present invention relates to an apparatus for reading from and/or writing to holographic storage media, and more specifically to an apparatus for reading from and/or writing to holographic storage media having an apodization filter. According to the invention, an apparatus for reading from and/or writing to a holographic storage... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing LLC

20080123167 - Method and device for scanning light: A method of scanning a light beam is disclosed. The method comprises scanning the light beam along a first axis and scanning the light beam along a second axis, such that a functional dependence of the scanning along the first axis is substantially a step-wave, and a functional dependence of... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan Prtsi

20080123168 - Mirror device modulating perpendicular incident light: A display system includes a light source for projecting a linearly polarized illumination light. The display system further includes a deflectable mirror device having a plurality of mirror pixels. The display system further includes a polarized light separation plane that separates reflected light from the illumination light, a wave plate... Agent: Bo-in Lin

20080123169 - Method and apparatus for two-axis, high-speed beam steering: Dual axis, beam-steering devices are disclosed. An exemplary device includes a support platform having a top surface. A reflective surface is coupled to the top surface of the support platform. First and second galvanometers are coupled via respective linkages to the support platform such that the first galvanometer rotates the... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080123170 - Scanning apparatus: A scanning apparatus for use in a scanning optical system comprises a laser transmitter to produce a transmitter beam. This transmitter beam is deviated by a beam scanner, e.g. a tiltable mirror, to produce a pattern of a scanning beam. There are bearings which define first and second axes of... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080123171 - Flexible electrostatic actuator: An electrostatic actuator having a base (10) including a first electrode (20), and having a flexible membrane (50) including at least two material layers of different materials in contact with each other. At least one of the material layers includes a second electrode (40) electrically isolated from the first electrode.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080123172 - Polarizing, photochromic devices and methods of making the same: forming an at least partial coating including an anisotropic material and at least one photochromic-dichroic compound on the alignment transfer material, aligning at least a portion of the anisotropic material with the at least partially aligned alignment transfer material, and aligning at least a portion of the photochromic-dichroic compound with... Agent: Ppg Industries Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20080123173 - Image display system: Disclosed is a display system capable of providing two and three-dimensional images. The display system comprises display means; a first polarizer located at a distance from a front surface of the display means; a display panel provided to a front of the first polarizer and regulating a polarization direction of... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero, Esq Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20080123174 - Constructing planar and three-dimensional microstructures with pmds-based conducting composite: We present an invention on the synthesis of elastic, bio-compatible functional microstructures wherein the designed electrical functionalities are achieved by mixing conducting nano to micro-particles with PDMS gels. The methodology for constructing planar and three-dimensional microstructures by soft-lithographic technique is presented. Applications such as electrodes, conducting strips, two and three-dimensional... Agent: Nath & Associates

20080123175 - Methods for manufacturing displays: The invention relates to methods of manufacturing display devices including the steps of forming a plurality of thin-film components and forming a plurality of mechanical light modulators on top of the thin-film components, where the plurality of mechanical light modulators include a layer of amorphous silicon.... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080123176 - Process for creating ohmic contact: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a microelectronic device and a microelectronic device. The method for manufacturing the microelectronic device, without limitation, may include providing a spacer layer over a substrate, the spacer layer having one or more openings therein, and forming a first conductive layer over the... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080123178 - Electro-optical device, method of manufacturing electro-optical device and electronic apparatus: An electro-optical device includes a pair of substrates arranged so as to face each other, an electro-optical material layer interposed between the pair of substrates, a through hole penetrating through the pair of substrates and the electro-optical material, and a encapsulating member disposed in the through hole for sealing the... Agent: Advantedge Law Group, LLC

20080123177 - Electrophoretic display device and manufacturing method thereof: Provided are an electrophoretic display device and a manufacturing method thereof, and more specifically, electrophoretic e-paper to which a high-k dielectric material is applied in order to improve a reaction rate. The electrophoretic display device of the present invention comprises a plurality of capsules comprising a dielectric fluid and at... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080123179 - Laminated body containing particle dispersion layer, method for producing the same, and light modulation device: A laminated body comprises: a particle dispersion layer comprising a first material and particles dispersed in the first material, the first material being changed from a gel state to a sol state upon increase in temperature; and a coated layer comprising a second material, the second material is changed from... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080123180 - Raman amplifier: When pump light is supplied to a transmission line fiber from a downstream station toward an upstream station and signal light from the upstream station is Raman-amplified, a corresponding intensity of amplified spontaneous scattering light is calculated from a required Raman gain by using a correlation between a Raman gain... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080123181 - Article comprising a series expandable erbium-doped fiber amplifier (se-edfa): A method for increasing the number of channels amplified by an optical amplifier arrangement is provided. The optical amplifier arrangement includes at least one optical amplifier stage amplifying a first number of channels at a given average gain level. The method begins by selecting a second number of channels to... Agent: Mayer & Williams PC

20080123182 - Directional display: Displays and methods are used to direct light. A display panel (150) includes an array of light deflectors (220) having multiple operable states for deflecting light to different observing positions. A control unit (145) controls the light deflectors to switch between the different operable states. The display panel displays different... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Law Department Ab 2

20080123183 - Microscope viewing device: A microscope, e.g., a surgical microscope, includes an image generation device in the light path or light paths of the microscope. Images based on real-time or static data concerning the object in view, e.g., a patient's MRI data and/or parameters of one or more surgical instruments being used to operate... Agent: Cermak Kenealy & Vaidya LLP

20080123185 - Microscope system and microscope focus maintaining device for the same: A microscope system has a stage on which an observation sample, including an observation object and a transparent member, is to be placed. An objective lens is placed to face the observation sample placed on the stage, and a focusing unit moves at least one of the stage and the... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080123184 - Optical axis reorientation device for surgical microscope: A microscope including a body and an optical axis reorientation device is described. The optical axis reorientation device is coupled to the body. The optical axis reorientation device includes at least two selectively adjustable mirrors and is rotatable, with respect to an optical axis of the microscope, to reorient a... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080123186 - Telescopic sight: A telescopic sight includes a zoom mechanism with which an angle of adjustment of sighting can be enlarged, such that sighting precision of the telescopic sight can be stably maintained, and with which zooming can be performed with a light touch. The telescopic sight includes a zoom ring, an annular... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20080123187 - Spam short message blocking system using a call back short message and a method thereof: The present invention generally relates to a laminated image panel and a fabrication method thereof for projecting images projected from an image optical engine, on a screen by reflecting and/or transmitting the images. The laminated image panel in accordance with the present invention comprises front elements, rear elements disposed in... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20080123189 - Adhesive for polarizing plate, polarizing plate, manufacturing method therefor, optical film and image display: An adhesive of the invention is used for polarizing plate to provide a transparent protective film on at least one side of a polarizer and comprises a resin solution comprising a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin, a crosslinking agent and a colloidal metal compound with an average particle size of 1 nm... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080123188 - Device comprising a polarization-independent micro-resonator: Polarization-diverse optical devices and related methods are disclosed. In some embodiments, these devices and methods are realized by utilizing a four-port, wavelength-dependent optical coupler that is arranged to receive identical counter-propagating optical signals.... Agent: Demont & Breyer, LLC

20080123190 - Electro-optic device having a self-cleaning hydrophilic coating: An electro-optic device is disclosed having a self-cleaning, hydrophilic optical coating. The electro-optic device preferably forms an external rearview mirror for a vehicle. The optical coating preferably includes photocatalytic layer(s), a hydrophilic layer, and a color suppression coating. The electro-optic device is preferably an electrochromic mirror. The disclosed optical coating... Agent: King & Partners, PLC F/b/o/ Gentex Corporation

20080123191 - Zoom lens and imaging apparatus: There is provided a zoom lens having, in an order of an object-to-image direction, a first lens group having a positive refractive power and fixed with respect to an image plane; a second lens group having a negative refractive power; a third lens group having a positive refractive power and... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080123192 - Two-in-one light guide means: A light guide device includes a light guide plate; and a reflection member, having reflective diffusing structure formed on the reflection member, and integrally formed in a lower or bottom portion of the light guide plate in order for preventing light loss, for increasing light output efficiency and for lowering... Agent: Ching-bin Lin

20080123193 - Two-layered optical plate and method for making the same: An exemplary optical plate (20) includes a transparent layer (21) and a light diffusion layer (22). The transparent layer includes a light input interface (211), a light output surface (212) on an opposite side of the transparent layer to the light input interface, and a plurality of protrusions (213) formed... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080123194 - Two-layered optical plate and method for making the same: An exemplary optical plate (20) includes a transparent layer (21) and a light diffusion layer (22). The transparent layer includes a light input interface (211), a light output surface (212) on an opposite side of the transparent layer to the light input interface, and a plurality of recesses (213) defined... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080123195 - Lenticular card and process for making: A lenticulated sheet including a polymeric backing sheet, an imaged transparent sheet having a first smooth side and a second side with a lenticulated region, the transparent sheet optionally having at least one printed image area on the first smooth side and an adhesive layer over the printed image areas... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20080123196 - White light splitting and homogenizing systems and methods: In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus includes a hollow tubular body with a polygonal cross-section and a highly reflective interior surface, a first filter, and a second filter. The body includes an input end portion configured to receive and reflect white light having a Gaussian... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid, LLP

20080123197 - Apparatus and method of fabricating an ophthalmic lens for wavefront correction using spatially localized curing of photo-polymerization materials: A method for making an optical compensating element for, e.g., correcting aberrations in human vision or other applications. A curable material is held between two plates, and based on the aberrations sought to be corrected, a desired curing contour is determined to establish a line below which a predetermined index... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080123198 - Optical coupler: A lens member (55) is made to adhere to a lead frame (36) via a transparent adhesive resin (41) and is not transfer molded with a sealing body (37). With this arrangement, the transparent adhesive resin (41) can be used as a member for buffering a thermal stress due to... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080123199 - Lens assembly and method for manufacturing the same: Disclosed are a lens assembly and a method for manufacturing the same. The method includes delineating and processing a surface of a lens substrate to form a plurality of lens units; bonding a plurality of such lens substrates having different properties to each other as one integrated body; and dicing... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20080123200 - Method and device for forming poly-silicon film: A method and a device for forming a poly-silicon film, using sequential lateral solidification (SLS) by laser irradiation through an optical device to pattern the laser beam so as to lengthen the crystalline grains and enhance the throughput. The optical device comprises a plurality of first transparent regions, a plurality... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080123201 - Driving unit for optical pick-up including lens: A lens driving unit (for optical pick-up including lens) of the present invention includes a housing, a lead screw extending in an optical axis direction to be rotated and driven by a driving source, a nut screwed with the lead screw, a lens frame holding a lens and supported movably... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080123202 - Actuator for an optical scanner: The present invention relates to an actuator for a scanner for optical storage media, and to an appliance for reading from and/or writing to optical storage media which uses an actuator such as this. The invention proposes an actuator for an optical scanner, having a lens holder for holding an... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing LLC

20080123203 - Optical element holding apparatus and exposure apparatus: A holding apparatus for holding an optical element includes a driving part configured to move the optical element, and a measuring part configured to measure a coordinate of the optical element, wherein number of coordinates measured by the measuring part among a degree of freedom of the optical element is... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080123204 - Lens module and method for assembling same: An exemplary lens module includes a barrel, at least one lens, a filter and a ring-shaped fastening member. The barrel has an interior space defined therein, a retaining portion, and a threaded portion proximate to the retaining portion. The at least one lens is received in the interior space of... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080123205 - Imaging optical system: Provided is a compact and bright imaging optical system having a high resolution. The imaging optical system includes three reflectors composed of a first reflector (1), a second reflector (2), and a third reflector (3) that are arranged in this order on an optical path of incident ray so as... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080123206 - Simplified manufacturing process for micro mirrors: A micro mirror includes a hinge support post on the substrate, a hinge connection post on the hinge support post, wherein the hinge connection post comprises a bottom layer connected to the hinge support post and a side layer surrounding a cavity in the center of the hinge connection post,... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080123207 - Back-hair-trim-guide with an adjustable mirror for man: m

20080117485 - Home protection detection system featuring use of holograms: A security system comprises an intrusion detector for detecting an intruder on a premises, and a hologram image generator which produces a hologram image of a live object such as a person or guard animal in response to the detection of an intruder.... Agent: Peter J. Phillips Cooper & Dunham LLP

20080117486 - Optical scanning device, image forming apparatus, mirror, housing, mirror attaching method, mirror arrangement adjusting device, and mirror arrangement adjusting method: An optical scanning device configured to irradiate an object with light generating from a light source via at least one mirror with a first end portion and second end portion which are attached to a housing and to scan the object with the irradiating light is provided, wherein the first... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080117487 - Optical scanning apparatus, illuminant apparatus and image forming apparatus: An optical scanning apparatus scans a surface to be scanned in a main scanning direction by simultaneously using a plurality of optical spots formed of a plurality of optical beams emitted from an illuminant, comprising: a light path deflecting part deflecting a light path of at least one of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080117488 - Light deflecting method and apparatus efficiently using a floating mirror: A light deflecting apparatus deflecting input light in directions for at least one deflection-axis includes a plate-like-shaped member configured to reflect input light, a substrate above which the plate-like-shaped member is placed with no fixed portion relative to the substrate, a supporting member serving as a fulcrum for the plate-like-shaped... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080117489 - Deformable mirror: A deformable mirror includes a mirror substrate having a mirror surface, a supporting member that support the mirror substrate and has a through hole extending in the direction substantially perpendicular to the mirror substrate, an electrode portion that is disposed on the underside of the supporting member opposite to the... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080117490 - System and method for illumination attenuation: Generally speaking, the output brightness of an illuminator is varied by chopping an output light beam such that the beam is alternately interrupted and unhindered. An interrupter can be rapidly moved into and out of the transmission path of a light beam. The brightness of the light beam received at... Agent: Alcon

20080117491 - Illumination systems for visual displays: Two or more spectral emitters are used to provide spectrally separated light illumination onto modulating pixels of a visual display. The spectral emitters may be lasers or LEDs, typically having coherent properties. Generally, a display system includes a spectral emitter array, a light collimating element, a lens array, and a... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20080117492 - Method and apparatus for modulating particular light source used for laser display: A method and apparatus for modulating a particular light source used for laser display are provided. The apparatus includes a digital modulator digitally modulating light output from a semiconductor laser to a frequency higher than a repetition frequency required for laser image display; and a pixel brightness adjustor inserting at... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080117493 - Three dimensional projection system: A three dimensional display system 100 using two spatial light modulators and a single projection path. Light source 102 emits a white light beam 104 which is focused onto a clear aperture of a recycling integrator 106. The light beam travels through the recycling integrator 106 and is reflected several... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080117494 - Using an interferometer as a high speed variable attenuator: A system and method provides high speed variable attenuators. The attenuators can be used within a lithographic apparatus to control intensity of radiation in one or more correction pulses used to correct a dose of the radiation following an initial pulse of radiation.... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080117497 - Active-matrix circuit board and display: An active-matrix circuit board includes a substrate including an avoided portion in a predetermined region thereof, one or more first pixel electrodes disposed around the avoided portion on the substrate, second pixel electrodes disposed on the substrate, pixel-driving circuits disposed on the substrate to drive the first and second pixel... Agent: Advantedge Law Group, Llc

20080117496 - Color filter substrate, electrophoretic display device having the same, and method thereof: A color filter substrate includes a base substrate, a white light-blocking part, and a color filter layer. The white light-blocking part is formed on the base substrate. The white light-blocking part divides the base substrate into a light-transmitting area and a light-blocking area. The color filter layer is formed in... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080117495 - Dielectrophoretic displays: A dielectrophoretic display comprises a substrate having walls defining at least one cavity, the cavity having a viewing surface and a side wall inclined to the viewing surface; a suspending fluid contained within the cavity; a plurality of at least one type of particle suspended within the suspending fluid; and... Agent: David J Cole E Ink Corporation

20080117498 - Novel two-particle electrophoretic ink for microencapsulated flexible electronic display: Exemplary electrophoretic ink capsules for electrophoretic displays, and methods for making the exemplary electrophoretic ink capsules are disclosed. In various embodiments, the electrophoretic ink capsules can include triboelectrically charged electrophoretic particles having higher electrical conductivity than conventionally charged electrophoretic particles allowing fabrication of electrophoretic displays with lower switching fields and... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group, LLP (cust. No. W/xerox)

20080117499 - Scanning device and scanning type optical apparatus: A scanning device includes: an optical element in which a refractive index distribution changes according to the intensity of an electric field generated therein such that an incident laser beam is scanned; first and second electrodes provided on two opposite surfaces of the optical element; and a control unit that... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080117500 - High-power white leds and manufacturing method thereof: A light emitting apparatus has a radiation source for emitting short wavelength radiation. A down conversion material receives and down converts at least some of the short wavelength radiation emitted by the radiation source and back transfers a portion of the received and down converted radiation. An optic device adjacent... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080117501 - Stereoscopic microscope: Stereoscopic microscope comprising an optical inverter system (21a, 21b) for erecting a pseudo-stereoscopic image and reversing the viewing beams thereof, wherein the inverter system comprises at least one deflector element (21a, 21b) having a focal power.... Agent: Hodgson Russ LLP The Guaranty Building

20080117502 - Illumination apparatus for microscope: A transmission illumination apparatus for a microscope has an optically transparent sample mount plate on which a sample is mounted, a surface light source that projects substantially uniform illumination light toward the sample mount plate, and a light orientation member that restricts diffusion of the illumination light in relation to... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20080117504 - Surgical microscope having an oct-system: A surgical microscope (100) has a viewing beam path for main viewing and a secondary beam path (106) for viewing by another person. The surgical microscope (100) has a microscope main objective (101) through which the viewing beam path for main viewing and the viewing beam path (106) for secondary... Agent: Walter Ottesen

20080117503 - Surgical microscope having an oct-system and a surgical microscope illuminating module having an oct-system: A surgical microscope (100) has an illuminating module (120). The illuminating module contains an illuminating optic which images a field diaphragm (124) to a parallel illuminating beam path at infinity. The field diaphragm (124) is illuminated by a light source. The illuminating optic includes a first lens assembly and a... Agent: Walter Ottesen

20080117505 - Anti-speckling laser rear-projection screen structure and methodology: A rear-projection screen structure, and an associated method, for creating on the front, image-viewing side of a rear-projection screen structure an anti-speckled, rear-projected, laser-beam image. Methodologically, and as implemented by the structure of the invention, the invention steps include projecting a source laser-image beam toward the rear side of such... Agent: Robert D. Varitz, P.c.

20080117506 - Three-dimensional image forming screen: Disclosed is a three-dimensional image forming screen in which, on the basis of a screen substrate having functions of scattering and transmission, polarizing lines for separating and transmitting left and right images from projectors are formed at one surface of the screen substrate and curved surface lines are formed at... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20080117507 - Prism pitch optimization: An optical display system is disclosed. The system has an optical light source, a first microstructured optical component having a plurality of first microstructures, and having a nominal first microstructure pitch, P1; and a second microstructure optical component, arranged relative to the first microstructured optical component, having a plurality of... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080117508 - Layered periodic structures with peripheral supports: A grating for an optical device. The grating includes a working area comprising a periodic grating structure and a non-working area comprising a support structure for mating with an additional component of the optical device. The support structure supports the additional component in order to prevent strains from developing in... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080117510 - Wire grid polarizer and method of manufacturing the same: A wire grid polarizer and a method of manufacturing the wire grid polarizer are provided. The wire grid polarizer includes: a substrate; and a plurality of core-shell nano wires arranged on the substrate and including wire cores and polymer shells enclosing the wire cores to a predetermined thickness.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080117509 - Electromagnetic wave shielding grid polarizer and its manufacturing method and grid polarizer manufacturing method: An electromagnetic wave shielding grid polarizer wherein a fine grating shape (1) consisting of linear, parallel projecting gratings and a grating shape (2) consisting of parallel gratings crossing fine grating shape (1) and having 0.1-500 μm width and 1 μm-100 nm pitch are formed; the total length of portions having... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080117511 - X-ray focusing optic having multiple layers with respective crystal orientations: A diffracting x-ray optic for accepting and redirecting x-rays. The optic includes at least two layers, the layers having a similar or differing material composition and similar or differing crystalline orientation. Each of the layers exhibits a diffractive effect, and their collective effect provides a diffractive effect on the received... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti Pc

20080117512 - Mirror unit, method of producing the same, and exposure apparatus and method using the mirror unit: Disclosed are a mirror unit and a method of producing the same. In one preferred embodiment, the mirror unit includes a mirror with a multilayered film formed on a substrate, the multilayered film having two materials periodically laminated in layers on the substrate, and a substrate deforming device for producing... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.l.p.

20080117514 - Two-layer optical plate and method for making the same: An exemplary optical plate (20) includes a transparent layer (21) and a light diffusion layer (22). The transparent layer includes a light input interface (211), a light output surface (212) opposite to the light input interface, and a plurality of depressions (213) defined at the light output surface. The depressions... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080117513 - Two-layered optical plate and method for making the same: An exemplary optical plate (20) includes a transparent layer (21) and a light diffusion layer (23). The transparent layer includes a light input interface (211), a light output surface (213) opposite to the light input interface, and plural elongated protrusions (215) defined at the light output surface (213). Each two... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080117515 - Two-layered optical plate and method for making the same: An exemplary optical plate (20) includes a transparent layer (21) and a light diffusion layer (23). The transparent layer includes a light input interface (211), a light output surface (213) opposite to the light input interface, and a plurality of micro protrusions (215) defined in the light output surface. Each... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080117516 - Two-layered optical plate and method for making the same: An exemplary optical plate (20) includes a transparent layer (21) and a light diffusion layer (23). The transparent layer includes a light input interface (211), a light output surface (213) opposite to the light input interface, and a plurality of spherical depressions (215) defined at the light output surface. The... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080117517 - Two-layered optical plate and method for making the same: An exemplary optical plate (20) includes a transparent layer (21) and a light diffusion layer (22). The transparent layer includes a light input interface (211), a light output surface (212) opposite to the light input interface, and a plurality of V-shaped protrusions (213) protruding out from the light output surface.... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080117518 - Microarray line scanning method and system: A line scanning arrangement for imaging microarrays includes a line illuminator that converts output from one or more lasers to a radiation line. The laser output passes through a single mode fiber and a module that converts the laser light to the radiation line. The line is confocally directed to... Agent: Patrick S. Yoder Fletcher Yoder

20080117520 - Lenticular card and process for making: A lenticulated article including a backing sheet, an imaged transparent sheet having a first smooth side and a second side with a lenticulated region, the transparent sheet optionally having at least one printed image area on the first smooth side and an adhesive layer over the printed image areas and... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.a.

20080117519 - Light emitting device with microlens array: A light-emitting device, comprising: a light emitting element on a first side of a transparent substrate or cover through which light is emitted; and a microlens array on a second side, opposite to the first side, of the transparent substrate or cover though which light is emitted; wherein the microlens... Agent: Patent Legal Staff Eastman Kodak Company

20080117521 - Liquid lenses with cycloalkanes: An apparatus that comprises a substrate with a top surface and a liquid lens on the top surface and clear retaining fluid surrounding the lens. One of the retaining fluid and liquid lens comprises a nonpolar liquid, and the other of the retaining fluid and liquid lens comprises a polar... Agent: Hitt Gaines, Pc Alcatel-lucent

20080117522 - Liquid solar lens: Formed by modules (1) with bi-convex (2) configurations in the central modules (1) of the lens, becoming plano-convex and finally concavo-convex in its end modules (1), with a smooth transition (3), all ridges or grooves being minimised, and with the vertical face joining the upper and lower facets of the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080117523 - Zoom optical system and electronic imaging apparatus using the same: r

20080117524 - Zoom optical system and electronic imaging apparatus using the same: A zoom optical system has, in order from the object side, a first lens unit with negative refracting power, including a single lens component; a second lens unit with positive refracting power, simply moved toward the object side when the magnification of the zoom optical system is changed in the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080117525 - Zoom optical system and electronic imaging apparatus using the same: A zoom optical system comprises in order from an object side, the first lens group consisting of one cemented lens in which each of the surfaces contacted with air is aspherical, and having negative refracting power as a whole, the second lens group consisting of one positive single lens and... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080117526 - Zoom optical system and electronic imaging apparatus using the same: z

20080117528 - High magnification zoom lens: where fw is the focal length of the overall lens system at a wide-angle end, fbw is the back focal length of the lens system at the wide-angle position, β3,4w is the combined magnification ratio of the third and fourth lens groups at the wide-angle position, and β3,4T is the... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20080117527 - Lens barrel, camera and mobile information terminal: A lens barrel including a telescopic cylinder configured to be accommodated within a fixed frame; a plurality of lens groups configured to be retained in the telescopic cylinder; a lens driving device configured to drive the plurality of lens groups along a longitudinal axis of the telescopic cylinder between a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080117529 - Zoom lens: A zoom lens is disclosed. The zoom lens comprises a first lens group located adjacent to an object side and having a negative refractive power, and a second lens group located adjacent to an image side and having a positive refractive power, wherein zooming is made as an interval between... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20080117530 - Camera device and method for making same: An exemplary camera device includes a holder, an image sensor, an outer barrel with an axis, an inner barrel unit. The image sensor is disposed in the holder. The inner barrel unit includes an inner barrel and at least one lens disposed in the inner barrel. The inner barrel is... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080117531 - Optical sensor and method for homogenizing a light beam: An optical sensor (1) having a light source (3) and a device for homogenizing the light beam (9) generated by the light source (3) is provided. Several optical elements with different focal distances cause a homogenization of the light beam (9) in its propagation direction. For homogenizing the light beam... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.c.

20080117532 - Unit magnification projection objective: A catadioptric projection objective has, along an optical axis, a concave mirror; a positive lens group with positive refractive power arranged adjacent to the concave mirror and spaced apart therefrom; a first prism and a second prism each having respective first fiat surfaces and second flat surfaces, wherein the second... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080117533 - Lens module: A lens module includes at least one lens, a lens barrel receiving the lens, and one or more lens barrel driving assemblies. The lens barrel driving assemblies each include: a magnetic block, the lens barrel being fixedly attached to the magnetic block, the magnetic block being oriented in a manner... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080117535 - Camera module: A camera module includes a lens unit which constitutes an optical system of the camera module; a holder which houses the lens unit and is displaceable along an optical axis direction of the lens unit, and the coil having a hollow cylindrical portion; a coil having a cylindrical form and... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.c.

20080117536 - Lens driving apparatus and its manufacturing method: A lens driving apparatus and method may include a movable body holding lenses; a fixed body for supporting the movable body via a spring member to move in the optical axis direction; and a magnetic drive mechanism which has coils held by the movable body and which drives said movable... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080117534 - Optical element holding apparatus and exposure apparatus: A holding apparatus for holding an optical element includes a measuring part configured to measure a coordinate of the optical element, and a driving part configured to move the optical element based on the coordinate measured by the measuring part, wherein the measuring part includes a first sensor configured to... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.l.p.

20080117537 - Optical system and color wheel thereof: A color wheel includes at least two color filters and a light shielding piece. The light shielding piece is disposed between the color filters. Herein, a periphery of a light generated by a light source is within a periphery of the light shielding piece when the light is incident to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080112027 - 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

20080112028 - Color laser image generation: An image display device including a plurality of laser light sources arranged to produce angularly offset beams of light, and scanning optics configured to raster scan the angularly offset beams of light simultaneously across separate parallel lines of pixels of a display surface to form an image, wherein each beam... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20080112029 - Micro-optic shutter: A shutter includes micro-optics having first and second concentrator arrays. A transducer laterally displaces one of the first and second concentrator arrays between transmissive and shuttered modes. In the transmissive mode, the arrays of concentrators are optically aligned to permit electromagnetic energy passing through the first array of concentrators to... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20080112030 - Radiation beam pulse trimming: A system is used to perform fast and slow applications, for example fast application can be pulse trimming. The system includes a radiation source, an electro-optical modulator, and a beam splitter. The radiation source is configured to generate a polarized beam of radiation. The electro-optical modulator, formed of crystalline quartz,... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080112031 - System and method of implementation of interferometric modulators for display mirrors: A specular interferometric modulator array is configured to be at least partially selectably reflective. As such, the array forms a mirror surface having the capability of displaying information to the user while simultaneously being used as a specular mirror. The displayed information may be based on information from an external... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20080112032 - Method and apparatus for optical modulation: The present invention is a method and an apparatus for optical modulation, for example for use in optical communications links. In one embodiment, an apparatus for optical modulation includes a first silicon layer having one or more trenches formed therein, a dielectric layer lining the first silicon layer, and a... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP Suite 100

20080112033 - Reversible recording material and displaying element: In Chemical Formula (1), X shows a linkage including an element selected from Si, Ti, and Al; Y shows a linkage including a structure selected from Chemical Formula (2); Z shows a methylene group or a sulfide group capable of having a substituent group; Ar shows an aromatic group capable... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080112034 - Pi-phase shift device for light: A phase shifter includes at least one photonic crystal structure having alternating high and low index dielectric layers. At least two defect structures are positioned between said photonic crystal structures. The defect structure includes one or more nonlinear materials used to produce an index change, whose effect is amplified to... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20080112036 - Method and device for corner interferometric modulation: A display is described, wherein the display includes surfaces arranged at a non-zero angle to one another. A least one of the surfaces may include an interferometric modulator. Compensation for color shift can be provided through the use of two or three surfaces arranged at an angle to one another,... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20080112035 - Methods and devices for inhibiting tilting of a movable element in a mems device: Interferometric modulators having a separable modulator architecture are disclosed having a reflective layer suspended from a flexible layer over a cavity. The interferometric modulators have one or more anti-tilt members that inhibit undesirable movement of the reflective layer, such as curling and/or tilting. The stabilization of the reflective layer by... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20080112038 - Charging guard with paschen stacking: A MEMS-based mirror is provided with trenches between adjacent electrodes in order to be able to withstand relatively high applied voltages, and thus has a substantially reduced exposure to uncontrolled surface potentials. The MEMS-based mirror, thus avoids voltage drifts and has an improved mirror position stability. The trench dimensions are... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080112037 - Hermetic sealing of micro devices: A method for packaging a micro device includes encapsulating a micro device in a chamber on a substrate, wherein the chamber is defined by spacer walls and an encapsulation cover, removing a portion of the encapsulation cover and portions of the spacer walls to expose a surfaces of the spacer... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080112039 - Spatial light modulator with integrated optical compensation structure: A spatial light modulator comprises an integrated optical compensation structure, e.g., an optical compensation structure arranged between a substrate and a plurality of individually addressable light-modulating elements, or an optical compensation structure located on the opposite side of the light-modulating elements from the substrate. The individually addressable light-modulating elements are... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20080112040 - Display medium, display device and display method: A display medium includes at least: a pair of substrates, at least one of the substrates having optical transparency; a dispersion medium positioned in a gap between the pair of substrates; one or more kinds of electrophoretic particles or two or more kinds of electrophoretic particles different in color from... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080112041 - First-pulse suppression in a regenerative amplifier: A regenerative amplifier includes a gain-medium that is optically pumped by CW radiation. The amplifier has primary resonator for amplifying pulses. The primary resonator has an optical switch for opening and closing the primary resonator. The amplifier has a secondary resonator that includes the gain-medium but not the optical switch.... Agent: Stallman & Pollock LLP

20080112042 - Electro optic device, method of manufacturing electro optic device, and scanning type optical apparatus: An electro optic device includes an optical element in which a refractive index distribution, changes according to the intensity of an electric field generated therein such that an incident laser beam is scanned. First and second electrodes are provided on two opposite surfaces of the optical element. A distance between... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080112043 - Optical system and liquid crystal display apparatus thereof: An optical system includes a light source and a dielectric optical film. The light source generates at least one first light ray having a first spectral distribution, which has a plurality of first peaks with different levels. The dielectric optical film is disposed on an optical path of the first... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080112044 - Multi-band hybrid soa-raman amplifier for cwdm: A multi-band hybrid amplifier is disclosed for use in optical fiber systems. The amplifier uses Raman laser pumps and semiconductor optical amplifiers in series to produce a relatively level gain across the frequency range of interest. Multiple Raman pumps are multiplexed before coupling into the fiber. The Raman amplified optical... Agent: At&t Corp.

20080112045 - Projection optical system, exposure apparatus and device fabricating method: m

20080112046 - Magnetic garnet material, faraday rotator, optical device, bismuth-substituted rare earth-iron-garnet single-crystal film and method for producing the same and crucible for producing the same: Proposed is a technique of producing a magnetic garnet material of which the light absorption characteristics worsen little even though it is produced through LPE. The crucible for LPE is formed of a material containing Au. The amount of Au to be taken in single crystal formed in an Au... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080112047 - Method for producing polarizing plate, polarizing plate, optical film, and image display: A method for producing a polarizing plate of the invention comprises bonding a transparent protective film (A) and another transparent protective film (B) to one side of a polarizer and to another side of the polarizer, respectively, with an adhesive, wherein the polarizer has a moisture content of 15 to... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080112048 - Polarizing plate, manufacturing method therefor, optical film and image display: A polarizing plate of the invention comprises a polarizer; and a transparent protective film provided on at least one side of the polarizer with an adhesive layer interposed therebetween, wherein the adhesive layer is formed of an adhesive for polarizing plate comprising: a resin solution comprising a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin,... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080112049 - Polarizer, polarizing plate, circular polarizing filter, image display system, and method of producing polarizer: In the polarizer of the present invention, the photochromic dye is colored by ultraviolet light irradiation and discolored by visible light irradiation or heat after being colored. By this photochromic property, the polarizer takes out linearly polarized light in being used in an environment of intense ultraviolet light, and on... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080112050 - Optical unit, image pickup device using the optical unit, and on-vehicle image display device using the image pickup device: A lens unit or the like with improved ability to capture proper images by reducing the likelihood that water droplets will adhere to the lens surface and change the refractive index. A surface of a lens portion (1) is imparted with a water-repellent property and a surface of a non-lens... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080112051 - Reflection mirror and its production process: A reflection mirror 10 comprising a substrate 11, a silicon nitride film 14 and a silver film 13 formed between the substrate 11 and the silicon nitride film 14, wherein when 10 ppm of hydrogen sulfide is introduced, and the reflection mirror is left to stand for 100 hours in... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080112052 - Dispersive element, diffraction grating, color display device, demultiplexer, and diffraction grating manufacture: In a transmission grating as a dispersive element, diffraction efficiency is enhanced and manufacturing costs are considerably reduced. A dispersive element includes resin members for forming a diffraction grating, being composed of a plurality of diffraction grating members having a cross-sectional shape respectively surrounded by two straight lines such as... Agent: Louis Paul Herzberg

20080112053 - Method and apparatus for detecting multiple optical wavelengths: Optical gratings that perform a number of functions at various wavelengths are formed by various methods that preserve spectral information within a wavelength band, the functions including: coupling radiation from one waveguide to another, controllable gratings that operate on different wavelengths in response to external control signals.... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080112054 - Longitudinal interference fringe pattern projection lens, optical system, and three-dimensional image acquisition apparatus: A longitudinal interference fringe pattern projection lens includes: a lens body; a lens first surface that constitutes one surface of the lens body, and that has two convex or concave portions, which extend in parallel to each other in constant direction and have a same shape; and a lens second... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080112055 - Antiglare light diffusing member: An antiglare light diffusing member is provided comprising a transparent base material and an antiglare light diffusing layer including a binder matrix, a particle A and a particle B. A front surface of the antiglare light diffusing layer should not be flat. The difference between a refractive index of the... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.l.p.

20080112056 - Ultrathin lens arrays for viewing interlaced images with dual lens structures: An assembly for displaying an interlaced image. The assembly includes an interlaced image, which may be digitally or web printed for example, with sets of elongate image elements or slices. A lens arrays is provided with a first side proximate the interlaced image such as a planar surface and a... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20080112057 - Optical device and crystallization device: An optical device comprises a first cylindrical lens array in which a plurality of first lens segments each having a first radius of curvature and a first width so as to divide laser light into a plurality of light components are arranged, and a plurality of second lens segments each... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080112058 - Windshield and head-up display system: A windshield having a windshield body and a specific area, which is arranged in part of a longitudinal direction of the windshield body and is formed into a curved surface of a curvature different from a curvature of the windshield body, is provided. A planar shape of the specific area... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080112059 - Optical lens and method of manufacturing the same: An optical lens is provided. The optical lens provides miniaturization and thin size, and reduces the cost and improves productivity by simplifying the structure and manufacturing process. The optical lens includes a light-transmitting substrate with a lens chamber and a fluidic chamber that are connected with each other. The optical... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080112060 - Zoom lens system: A zoom lens system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first positive lens group (G1), a second negative lens group (G2), a third positive lens group (G3), and a fourth positive lens group (G4). The second and third lens groups are movable for varying... Agent: Madson & Austin

20080112061 - Zoom lens system and electronic image pickup apparatus using the same: z

20080112062 - Zooms lens system and electronic image pickup apparatus using the same:

20080112064 - Zoom lens: The invention relates to a new mechanism for permitting a zoom lens to focus on a short distance subject by moving a focusing lens group in an amount that varies in an optical axis direction depending on a zooming position. The zoom lens comprises, in order from its object side,... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080112063 - Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus having the same: where m1 and m3 are maximum moving distances in the optical axis direction of the first lens unit and the third lens unit, respectively, during zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end, ft is a focal length of the zoom lens at the telephoto end, and f2 is... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080112065 - System, method and device for rapid, high precision, large angle beam steering: A system, method and apparatus for rapid, large angle, high-precision steering of one or more beams of light, and in particular, laser beams, using one or more concave reflectors to provide narrow, essentially collimated output beams. The rapid, beam steering device amplifies the angular deflection provided by a small angle... Agent: Catalina & Associates A Professional Corporation

20080112066 - Camera module capable of fixing lens held in lens barrel after the lens is adjusted in optical axis direction: A camera module includes a lens barrel 4 for holding a lens 6 and a base 3 having a housing part 11 for housing the lens barrel 4. The lens barrel 4 comes in contact with an inner circumference surface of the housing part 11 of the base 3 on... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080112068 - Green color filter element: A green color filter having a green filter layer comprising a bridged aluminum phthalocyanine pigment and a second pigment having its maximum absorption at a wavelength from 400 to 500 nm.... Agent: Andrew J. Anderson Patent Legal Staff

20080112067 - Red color filter element: A red color filter having a red filter layer comprising a pigment having a maximum absorption at a wavelength within the range of from 450 to 575 nm, wherein the red filter layer has chromaticity coordinates (x, y) in the 1931 CIE XYZ calorimetric system, calculated using CIE Standard illuminant... Agent: Andrew J. Anderson Patent Legal Staff

20080112069 - Display with rgb color filter element sets: An electronic display containing a light source and a color filter set, the color filter set comprising: a green color filter having a green filter layer comprising a first pigment having its maximum absorption at a wavelength from 600 to 700 nm wherein at least 90 volume percent of the... Agent: Patent Legal Staff Eastman Kodak Company

20080112070 - Filter wheel: A filter wheel capable of executing continuous operation accurately is implemented. The filter wheel comprises a first pulley fixed to a rotation axle of a motor, a filter set table (a second pulley) on which a plurality of filters circularly arranged at equal intervals between a center axis and an... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080106775 - High brightness optical device: There is provided an optical device, comprising a display source; a light-diffuser; an imaging optical module, and an output aperture from the optical device characterized in that the light diffuser is an angular, non-uniform diffuser of light for increasing a portion of light emerging from the display source that passes... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP (oc)

20080106776 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus detects a oscillating state of a oscillation system with a oscillation detector and controls oscillation of the oscillation system such that the oscillation system oscillates a reflective member in a balanced steady state by adjusting a drive force of a drive unit with one or more... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080106777 - Resonant fourier scanning: A scanning beam assembly comprising: a beam generator to generate a beam of radiation, and two or more oscillating reflectors configured to deflect the beam in sequence, each reflector being driven to contribute an incremental deflection of the beam so as to achieve a desired scanning beam waveform, at least... Agent: Thompson Hine L.L.P. Intellectual Property Group

20080106778 - Polarization maintaining optical device: A polarization maintaining optical device may include a polarization maintaining optical array. The device may also include a microlens array to receive light from the polarization maintaining optical array. In another embodiment of the present invention, the device may also include two microlens arrays, two polarization maintaining optical arrays, and... Agent: Moore And Van Allen PLLC For Boeing

20080106779 - Laser despeckle device: A projection system including at least a laser light source, an image generator, a projection lens assembly, and a despeckling device. The image image generator modulates laser light from the laser light source to form a projection image. The projection lens assembly is positioned downstream of the image generator and... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20080106780 - Optical modulator and modulation method: An optical modulator comprises an electrode 21 which applies to an optical waveguides 12 of a Mach-Zehnder type optical interference system a first electric signal based on an alternating current signal S1 and a direct current bias V1, an electrode 22 which applies to an optical waveguide 13 of the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080106781 - Ligand exchange thermochromic systems containing exchange metals: Ligand exchange of thermochromic, LETC, systems exhibiting a reversible change in absorbance of electromagnetic radiation as the temperature of the system is reversibly changed are described. The described LETC systems include one or more than one transition metal ion, which experiences thermally induced changes in the nature of the complexation... Agent: Thompson Hine L.L.P. Intellectual Property Group

20080106783 - Methods for optical attenuation and switching optical beams: Low loss, reliable variable optical attenuators and 1×2 switches and polarization insensitive low loss, reliable variable optical attenuators and 1×2 optical switches are described. In one embodiment, a system of the present invention includes a polarization separating sub-system a polarization recombining sub-system and one or more switchable volume diffraction gratings... Agent: Avago Technologies, Ltd.

20080106782 - 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

20080106784 - Method and device for selective adjustment of hysteresis window: The width and location of a hysteresis window of an interferometric modulator may be altered by adjusting various physical characteristics of the interferometric modulator. Thus, depending on the particular application for which the interferometric modulators are manufactured, the width and location of the hysteresis window may be altered. For example,... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080106785 - Segmenting method for preparing a periodically poled structure: A method for preparing a periodically poled structure comprises the steps of applying a predetermined voltage to first conductive blocks on a ferroelectric substrate such that a plurality of first domains having a first polarization direction are formed in the ferroelectric substrate and applying the predetermined voltage to second conductive... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20080106786 - Examination method and examination apparatus: An easily viewable examination image in which blurring occurring in an image is reduced without operating an examination optical system in real time matching the motion of a specimen is obtained. There is provided an examination method comprising, prior to examining an examination site of a specimen, acquiring an image... Agent: John C. Altmiller, Esq. Kenyon & Kenyon

20080106787 - Microscope illumination apparatus: A microscope illumination apparatus, which has at least three kinds of light sources, each of a different emission wavelength region and a different figure and size of the light-emitting section, and supplies emitted light from individual light sources as illumination light for observing a specimen to the microscope body, includes... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080106788 - Lens barrel: The lens barrel includes a second group frame forwardly/backwardly movable, which is provided with plural pairs of cam followers, a first cam unit as a rotatable frame member that allows switching of engagement with the cam follower, and includes plural pairs of cam grooves and loose fit grooves, and a... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20080106789 - Optical element and optical device: A disclosed optical element includes: a transparent substrate; a subwavelength structure layer disposed on the transparent substrate, the subwavelength structure layer having a refractive index different from a refractive index of the transparent substrate; a minute concave and convex structure of one-dimensional grating formed on the subwavelength structure layer with... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080106790 - Zoom lens, still image camera comprising the zoom lens, and video camera comprising the zoom lens: Provided from the object side are a first lens group (11) having a positive refracting power and fixed to the image plane, a second lens group (12) having a negative refracting power and a magnification varying action exhibited when moving along the optical axis, a third lens group (13) fixed... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.c.

20080106791 - Transmission type diffraction grating: In a transmission grating 10, multiple parallel ridges 22 that are transparent for the wave range to be used are disposed on one side of a substrate 20 that is transparent for the wave range to be used. Parallel grooves 24 are formed at a fixed pitch a between these... Agent: Darby & Darby P.c.

20080106792 - Medical device probe with source and detector sensors: A probe for a medical device with source and detector sensors is used to monitor or measure, or both, oxygen saturation levels in a tissue. In various specific implementations, the probe has at least two sources and at least one detector, at least one source and at least two detectors,... Agent: Aka Chan LLP

20080106793 - Optical substrate and method of making: An optical surface substrate. The optical substrate features a three-dimensional surface. The optical substrate is defined by a first surface structure function modulated by a second surface structure function, the first surface structure function producing at least one specular component from a first input beam of light. The second surface... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080106794 - Co-axial diffuse light methods: Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method, which can comprise illuminating a component via a beamsplitter. The beamsplitter can comprise at least three distinct light reflection zones. The beamsplitter can be adapted to illuminate a component with light energy reflected from each of a plurality of distinct light reflection zones.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080106795 - Immersion microscope objective: An immersion microscope objective includes a system of several optical lenses or lens groups between which air spaces are provided and an adjusting device for adapting the immersion microscope objective to different immersion mediums for correcting imaging errors when utilizing the immersion microscope objective in connection with a cover glass,... Agent: Walter Ottesen

20080106796 - Lens optical system and photoelectric encoder: The present invention provides: a lens optical system having: a plastic lens; and a lens restraining member for mechanically restraining a thermal expansion of the plastic lens to control a variation of a curvature of lens due to a temperature change so as to suppress a variation of a focal... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080106797 - Zoom lens and projector: A zoom lens includes a first lens group having negative power, a second lens group having positive power, a third lens group having positive power, and a fourth lens group having positive power, disposed in this order from the enlargement side to form the entire structure. At the time of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080106798 - High zoom ratio zoom lens, optical apparatus using the same, and method for varying focal length: A high-zoom-ratio zoom lens having superb optical performance despite compactness and a high zoom ratio. The lens includes, in order from an object, a first group having positive power; a second group having negative power; a third group having positive power; and a fourth group having positive power. The third... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20080106800 - Zoom lens system: A zoom lens system includes a first lens group having a negative refracting power and disposed on a image surface, a second lens group located closer to the image surface than the first lens group and having a positive refracting power, and a third lens group located closer to the... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20080106799 - Zoom lens, camera, and personal digital assistant: The zoom lens includes a first lens group G1 having a negative refracting power, an aperture stop FA, a second lens group G2 having a positive refracting power, and a third lens group G3 having a positive refracting power, which are disposed in order from an object side. In this... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080106801 - 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. The first lens group includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens and a fourth lens arranged in sequence and refractive powers thereof are negative,... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20080106802 - Zoom lens system and optical apparatus using the same: A zoom lens system excellently correcting various aberrations with accomplishing compactness, lightweight, and slimness upon accommodating lens barrel. The system consists of, in order from an object, a first group G1 having negative power, and a second group G2 having positive power. Upon zooming from a wide-angle end to a... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20080106803 - Collapsible lens barrel and optical instrument using the same: A collapsible lens barrel includes a first holding frame (2) for holding a first lens group (L1), a second holding frame (5) for holding a second lens group (L2) that is disposed on an image plane side with respect to the first lens group (L1), an actuator (6) for moving... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.c.

20080106804 - Light emitting module and light receiving module: A plurality of first refraction surfaces 121 and a plurality of second refraction surfaces 122 are alternately provided on an emission surface of a lens element 120 so as to form concentric circles each having an optical axis 113 at the center thereof, and having diameters different from each other,... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080106805 - Lens device: A lens device comprises: an image-formation optical system that converges an incident luminous flux at an imaging element, to form an image; a diaphragm mechanism provided in the image-formation optical system; and a filter section that is provided on a subject side of the imaging element and through which the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080106806 - Optical device with fresnel structure: The invention relates to an optical device compris- 303 300 ing a Fresnel structure (101). The Fresnel structure is designed such that at least one phase jump is introduced in a radiation beam that 302 passes through said Fresnel structure. The optical device further comprises a stepped structure (102) for... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080106807 - Zoom optical system and electronic system incorporating it: The invention relates to a zoom optical system that makes it possible to offer a sensible tradeoff between cost savings and size reductions and an electronic system that incorporates it. The zoom optical system comprises a lens group having negative refracting power and a lens group having positive refracting power.... Agent: John C. Altmiller, Esq. Kenyon & Kenyon

20080106808 - Zoom optical system and electronic system incorporating it: The invention relates to a zoom optical system that makes it possible to offer a sensible tradeoff between cost savings and size reductions and an electronic system that incorporates it. The zoom optical system comprises a lens group having negative refracting power and a lens group having positive refracting power.... Agent: John C. Altmiller, Esq. Kenyon & Kenyon

20080106809 - Wide-angle lens system: e

20080106810 - Lens actuator and optical pickup: In a lens actuator on which a first lens and a second lens are mounted, since the first lens and the second lens are disposed side by side, a problem is involved such that the lens actuator is bulky. The present invention provides a lens actuator comprising a first lens... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080106811 - Ultra compact zoom camera concept: A device is shown having at least two movable lens units, wherein each of the at least two movable lens units has at least one lens, wherein the at least two movable lens units are movable into a first state wherein the at least two movable lens units are arranged... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080106812 - Apparatus for holding optical lenses: An apparatus (10) for holding optical lenses (20) provided herein generally includes a holding member (100) and a cover member (200) coupling with the holding member. The holding member comprises a plurality of first through holes (110). Each of the plurality of the first through holes comprises a first portion... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080106813 - Lens actuating device: A lens actuating device is applicable in a lens module. The lens module has at least a housing and a lens support in the space formed by the housing. The lens actuating device has at least a base disposed in the housing, a piezoelectric element disposed on the base for... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20080106814 - Tunable optical add/drop multiplexer: The tunable add/drop multiplexer including a tiltable mirror, a fixed thin film filter, and first and second retro-reflector elements for redirecting express channels back out an input/output port and for redirecting drop channels back out an add/drop port, respectively.... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20080100889 - Method for producing a security mark on an optical data carrier: The device comprises directing means for directing a first and a second light beam onto a hologram area of the optical data carrier, wherein the first and second light beams are coherent light beams. The directing means are adapted to direct the first light beam onto the hologram area along... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing LLC

20080100890 - Monocular holographic data storage system architecture: A monocular holographic storage device or system to provide for compact recording and/or reading of data pages in a holographic storage medium. Also provided are methods for carrying out such data storage and/or data recovery using a monocular holographic storage device or system. Further provided are articles comprising holographic storage... Agent: Jagtiani + Guttag

20080100891 - Holographic storage medium and method and apparatus for recording and/or reproducing data to and/or from a holographic storage medium: A method and apparatus for recording and/or reproducing data to and/or from a holographic storage medium and a holographic storage medium therefor are provided. The method of reproducing data from the holographic storage medium, in which a hologram containing data is recorded through interference between a signal beam and a... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080100892 - Information carrier, system and apparatus for reading such an information carrier: The invention relates to an information carrier (801) comprising: a data layer (802) intended to store a set of elementary data, a layer (803) comprising an array of apertures (804) placed parallel to said data layer (802) for generating an array of light spots intended to be applied to said... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080100893 - Stereomicroscope having a beam splitter device: A stereomicroscope (20) has first and second main beam paths (21, 22) whose spacing defines a stereo base (23), a microscope axis (24) proceeding through the center of the stereo base (23) parallel to the main beam paths; and an optical beam splitter device (30) for generating an assistant's beam... Agent: Hodgson Russ LLP The Guaranty Building

20080100894 - Apparatus for moving curved-surface mirror, exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method: An apparatus for moving a curved-surface mirror is provided. The apparatus includes at least three actuators configured to move the curved-surface mirror, at least five position sensors configured to sense the position of the curved-surface mirror, and a controller configured to calculate coordinates of a center of curvature of the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080100895 - Scanning unit and image forming apparatus: A scanning optical system leads the light fluxes deflected by the polygon mirror to a photosensitive drum. An absolute value of a lateral magnification in a main scanning direction is larger than an absolute value of a lateral magnification in a sub-scanning direction. Moreover, a beam diameter in the sub-scanning... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080100896 - Moving a structure: Embodiments of moving a structure using a bubble are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080100898 - Electromagnetic micro-actuator: An electromagnetic micro-actuator is provided that includes a stage rotatably formed on a surface of a substrate; first and second torsion springs respectively connected to opposite sides of the stage in a rotation axis direction; a fixed frame that supports the first and second torsion springs and surrounds the stage;... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080100897 - Non-contact micro mirrors: A micro mirror device includes a hinge supported by a substrate and a mirror plate tiltable around the hinge. The hinge is configured to produce an elastic restoring force on the mirror plate when the mirror plate is tilted away from an un-tilted position. The micro mirror device also includes... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080100899 - Mirror device, mirror array, optical switch, mirror device manufacturing method, and mirror substrate manufacturing method: A mirror device includes a mirror (153) which is supported to be pivotable with respect to a mirror substrate (151), a driving electrode (103-1-103-4) which is formed on an electrode substrate (101) facing the mirror substrate, and an antistatic structure (106) which is arranged in a space between the mirror... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

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