Optical: systems and elements inventions 08/08

20080204833 - Apparatus and method for recording fresnel holograms: An apparatus for producing a hologram of an object includes a light source that emits an incoherent electromagnetic wave toward the object, and a masking device configured to display a mask, receive the incoherent electromagnetic wave emitted toward the object, mask the received incoherent electromagnetic wave according to the displayed... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080204834 - Displaying holographic images: There is provided a method of displaying a holographic image, the method comprises a number of steps. Three-dimensional object data is manipulated (802) that defines positions in a three-dimensional world space. A plurality of notional viewing locations are identified (803) that are compatible with notional eye-viewable positions. A two-dimensional image... Agent: James C. Wray

20080204835 - Apparatus for reading from and/or writing to holographic storage media: 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 improved overlap between one or more reference beams and an object beam or a reconstructed object beam.... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing Llc

20080204836 - Holographic optical element and compatible optical pickup device including the same: An optical pickup device is compatible with first and second information storage media having different thickness, and includes a light source to emit light; a holographic optical element having holograms in regions to diffract the light into a zero-order diffraction light beam and a first-order diffraction light beam, including a... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080204838 - Fixing apparatus, fixing method, and optical information recording apparatus: A fixing apparatus and a fixing method are disclosed for performing a fixing process on a holographic recording medium with an optically recordable recording layer. The fixing apparatus includes a light source which illuminates the recording layer with fixing light, and at least one reflecting mirror which reflects the fixing... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080204837 - Method of and apparatus for recording/reproducing data on/from holographic storage medium: A method of and apparatus for recording/reproducing data on/from a holographic storage medium. The method of recording data on a holographic storage medium in which holograms containing data by interference between a signal light and a reference light are recorded in pages includes modulating additional information including information about a... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080204839 - Optical scanning device, optical scanning display device, and optical scanning method: An optical scanning device is provided with a scanning unit including an oscillating element which is elastically and rotatably supported so as to rotatably oscillate, a light beam incident on the scanning unit being deflected to scan as the oscillating element oscillates, a scanning signal generating unit which generates a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080204840 - Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus: An optical scanning device includes a light source, a deflector, and an image-forming optical system. The deflector includes a deflecting surface for deflecting light beams in a main scanning direction. The image-forming optical system includes two relay lenses having a positive power in the main scanning direction. The relay lenses... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080204841 - Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus: An optical scanning device includes a deflecting unit, a first sensor, and a modulating system. The deflecting unit deflects a plurality of beams in a main scanning direction to a writing area of a surface to be scanned for scanning the writing area. The first sensor detects a beam to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080204842 - Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus: By setting elements within the range that predetermined conditions are satisfied, for example, so that a size of a rotating polygon mirror is minimized, the rotating polygon mirror is made compact while the eclipse of light beams in the main scanning direction is prevented. The cost reduction of an apparatus... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080204843 - Micro-oscillating member, light-deflector, and image-forming apparatus: The present invention provides a resonance type micro-oscillating member capable of retraining a fluctuation of angular velocity, and specifically provides a micro-oscillating member, which is a nested micro-oscillating member, wherein there exist a reference oscillation mode which is the characteristic oscillation mode of a reference frequency, and an even numbered... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080204845 - Micromirror device with a single address electrode: A micromirror device comprises a plurality of mirrors arranged on a substrate, an elastic hinge for supporting each mirror to be deflectable, an address electrode having first and second regions arranged across the deflection axis of each mirror, a driving circuit for controlling a deflection of the mirror, and a... Agent: Bo-in Lin

20080204844 - Piezoelectric adaptative mirror: According to the invention, the adaptive mirror (20) comprises a plurality of adjacent combs (P) of piezoelectric material and two electrodes (23, 24) arranged on the longitudinal faces opposite the bar (21) are associated with each monolithic bar (21) formed by a tooth of said combs.... Agent: Stevens Davis LLP

20080204846 - Laser scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus: Each light detecting sensor, which is installed corresponding to each photoconductor drum, and to which the plurality of light beams passing through the scanning optical system are incident while moving in a main scanning direction includes a light-receiving device having a first light-receiving unit and a second light-receiving unit, which... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080204847 - Image generation unit and method to use an image generation unit: An image generation unit with an illumination unit for generating a plurality of coherent sub-beams and for illuminating an image modulator, including a light source, and a projection lens for superimposing each of the coherent sub-beams onto a projection screen plane. An optical set-up introduces angles between each two of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080204848 - Method of manufacturing electrophoretic display having organic thin film transistor control circuit and electrophoretic display manufactured using the method: A method of an electrophoretic display (EPD) having an organic thin film transistor thin film (OTFT) control circuit. The method includes: providing an EPD module including a plurality of EPD units on a common substrate, wherein each of the EPD units includes a cell having optical characteristic (or performance) that... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080204849 - Display element: This invention provides a display element that has a simple member construction, can be driven at a low voltage, has high display contrast and white display reflectance, and has reduced unevenness in images. The display element comprises opposed electrodes and an electrolyte containing silver or a compound containing silver in... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080204850 - Persistent electro-optic devices and processes for optical media: An optical media is provided with an associated persistent electrochromic material. The electrochromic material has at least two states. In a first state, the electrochromic material interferes with the ability of an interrogating laser beam to read data from the optical media, and in a second state, the electrochromic material... Agent: William J. Kolegraff

20080204851 - Electro-optic element and scanning optical device: An electro-optic element includes an electro-optic crystal having a birefringent property, and in which a refractive index distribution is generated in accordance with an intensity of an electric field caused inside, a pair of intensity modulating electrodes for applying a voltage for varying the birefringent property of the electro-optic crystal,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080204852 - Optical scanning apparatus, an image formation apparatus, and a phase modulation method: An optical scanning apparatus, an image formation apparatus, and a phase modulation method are disclosed. The optical scanning apparatus includes a liquid crystal device for deflecting an optical beam irradiated by a semiconductor laser. The driving voltages for the liquid crystal device are controlled based on, e.g., the temperature of... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080204853 - Spatial light modulator: A spatial light modulator system includes an optically addressable spatial light modulator (OASLM) and an electrical addressable spatial light modulator (EASLM) arranged to transmit light onto the OASLM. A first controller is configured to address the EASLM with both a positive image and a negative image. A second controller is... Agent: Stolowitz Ford Cowger LLP

20080204855 - Electrophoretic display sheet, electrophoretic display, method for producing electrophoretic display, and electronic apparatus: An electrophoretic display sheet includes: a substrate; at least one kind of electrophoretic particles; an electrophoretic dispersion liquid containing the at least one kind of electrophoretic particles; a microcapsule having a shell for enclosing the electrophoretic dispersion liquid therein; a microcapsule-containing layer provided on a surface side of the substrate... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080204854 - Electrostatically-controlled diffraction gratings using ionic electrophoresis: A diffraction grating for which the intensity and/or direction of the diffracted light is electronically modulated using the electrophoresis of an index-modifying species. Index-modifying dye ions are dissolved in an electrophoretic medium maintained adjacent the diffraction grating. Application of a voltage across the medium moves many of the ions into... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080204856 - Methods and circuits for distributing power to spd loads: Methods and circuits for distributing power to suspended-particle-device (SPD) film products including SPD windows, SPD shades, and other SPD products, which are referred to generally as SPD loads. A driving voltage derived from a primary power source is provided to an SPD load by backbone wiring which carries a low... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080204857 - Bragg mirror optimized for shear waves: In an embodiment, set forth by way of example and not limitation, a Bragg mirror includes a first bi-layer of a first thickness and a second bi-layer of a second thickness which is different from the first thickness. In this exemplary embodiment, the first bi-layer consists essentially of a first... Agent: Tips/maxim C/o Intellevate Llc

20080204858 - One dimensional spatial light modulator and image output device employing the same: A one-dimensional (1D) spatial light modulator (SLM) and an image output device employing the same are provided. The 1D SLM includes: a light deflector including a light guide that is formed of a photonic crystal material having a refractive index that can be varied according to an applied voltage and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080204859 - Gires-tournois etalons and dispersion compensators: A Gires-Tournois etalon (GTE) (10) comprising an optical fibre (12) in which a primary chirped fibre Bragg grating (FBG) (16) is provided, an RF signal generator (20), a piezoelectric transducer (22), and a glass horn (24), for coupling an acoustic wave (26) into the fibre (12). The acoustic wave (26)... Agent: Darby & Darby P.c.

20080204860 - Multistage fiber amplifier and method for adapting a pump power of a multistage fiber amplifier: The invention relates to a multistage fibre amplifier having a first amplifying fibre (EDFI) and at least one further amplifying fibre (EDF2) connected in series, and also a pump source (2D), a first pump signal (A1) being fed to the first amplifying fibre (EDFI) and a further pump signal (A2)... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080204862 - Engineered fluoride-coated elements for laser systems: The invention is directed to elements having fluoride coated surfaces having multiple layers of fluoride material coatings for use in laser systems, and in particular in laser systems operating at wavelength <200 nm. In a particular embodiment the invention is directed to highly reflective mirrors for use in wavelengths <200... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20080204861 - Surface-corrected multilayer-film mirrors with protected reflective surfaces, exposure systems comprising same, and associated methods: Multilayer-film reflective mirrors are disclosed that exhibit desired optical characteristics and resistance to reflective-surface degradation. An exemplary multilayer-film mirror includes a base and a multilayer film on the base. The multilayer film is made of first and second layers alternatingly laminated at a prescribed period length. The surface of the... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080204863 - Camera handpiece: A camera hand piece (1) with camera housing (12) has a microscopic probe (2) at the front end. On the rear side is a transmission cable (13) which is attached to the camera hand piece (1) with the aid of a coupling nut (14). The camera housing (12) accommodates a... Agent: Sturm & Fix LLP

20080204864 - Microscope device with position sensing: The present invention relates to a microscope device (15) having a stand (5) carrying a microscope (1), and having at least one detector (21, 22, 23, 24, 26) for determining the three-dimensional position of the microscope, at least one acceleration sensor (24) being provided on the microscope (5). This permits... Agent: Hodgson Russ LLP The Guaranty Building

20080204865 - 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

20080204866 - Apparatus and method for optically combining at least three light beams: At least three incoming light beams (10a-c) are combined partly combined into a null beam and partly into fringe tracking beams. The relative phase difference between the incoming beams (10a-c) is controlled so that a phase relationship between in the null beam corresponds to destructive interference of the main beam... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080204867 - Bottle telescope: A hand-held telescope or binocular built into a bottle or consumable drink container includes a high quality objective lens; an adjustable focus eye lens; and, optionally, a connector ring to form a binocular; a jacket, sleeve or cuzzi containing information regarding, for example, sporting or scientific events; a baffle to... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080204868 - Screen, fresnel lens sheet used for the same, and image display apparatus using the same: An image display apparatus includes an image generation source, optics for projecting in an enlarged form the image generated by the image generation source, and a transmissive screen for displaying the image projected from said optics. The transmissive screen includes a Fresnel lens sheet disposed at an image generation source... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080204869 - Counter top projection screen and counter structure: A bar or counter structure is provided that includes a rear projection screen disposed in an opening defined in the upper surface of the structure and a projection system for projecting images onto the projection screen from beneath the screen.... Agent: Hasse & Nesbitt Llc

20080204870 - Bag type portable screen device: A bag type portable screen device is disclosed. A screen is coupled with a rotary rod with ½ to ⅓ the size of a conventional screen to complete a screen case. The screen case is coupled with one of upper and lower sides of a bag, and has rings to... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20080204871 - Multiple-view directional display: A multiple-view directional display is provided having an image display element and a parallax optic (13). The display element (8) comprises substrates (6, 19) between which the display layer (8) is sandwiched and the parallax optic (13) is disposed within the image display element.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080204872 - Autostereoscopic display apparatus: An 2D/3D autostereoscopic display apparatus comprising a display device (301) is configured to display an image. The display device (301) comprises a plurality of pixels (304, 305). The pixels comprise at least a first group of pixels configured to emit light having a first state of polarization and at least... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080204873 - Techniques for three dimensional displays: Techniques for three dimensional displays are described. An apparatus may comprise a first prism array having a first set of faceted prism elements arranged to optically couple with a second prism array having a second set of faceted prism elements, the first prism array and the second prism array to... Agent: John F. Kacvinsky

20080204874 - Highly efficient 2d/3d switchable stereoscopic display apparatus: Provided is a highly efficient two-dimensional (2D)/three-dimensional (3D) image switchable stereoscopic display. The stereoscopic display apparatus includes: a backlight unit which has a reflective plate disposed on a bottom surface thereof; a polarizer which only transmits light of a specific polarization direction emitted from the backlight unit; a first birefringent... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080204875 - Microlithographic projection exposure apparatus: A microlithographic projection exposure apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus can have an illumination system for generating projection light, an absorption filter which has a varying absorption coefficient distribution, and a mask which is illuminated by the projection light. The mask can contain regions that differ from one another by the... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080204876 - Form birefringent grating structure, viewer, anticounterfeit security device, and method for making the same: The invention relates to an anticounterfeiting device comprising a form birefringent surface relief structure bearing a colored three-dimensional polarization image. The structure may be composed of pixels whose surface relief microstructure and composition determines the direction and color of zero-order diffracted light visible from each pixel when the structure is... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080204877 - Illumination system or projection lens of a microlithographic exposure system: In some embodiments, the disclosure provides an optical system, in particular an illumination system or a projection lens of a microlithographic exposure system, having an optical system axis and at least one element group including three birefringent elements each of which includes optically uniaxial material and having an aspheric surface,... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080204878 - Weather-sealing structure of a lens barrel: A weather-sealing structure of a lens barrel includes an inner annular member and an outer annular member which are concentrically arranged to be movable relative to each other, and a water-repellent ring made of synthetic leather which is impregnated with a water repellent, one of two sides of the water-repellent... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080204879 - Miniature lamellar grating interferometer based on silicon technology: A lamellar grating interferometer is described, in which the light beams are collimated and focused onto the grating by means of mirror 9, which at the same time serves for collecting the light reflected from the grating. In this case, the light beam of a white light source 1 is... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080204880 - Diffractive optical structure with a liquid interface: An optical system comprising a diffraction element (2) formed of a substantially rigid first material having a first refractive index. The diffraction element has a first plurality of grooves (4) at a first interface of the diffraction element with a second material (8) having a second refractive index; and a... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080204881 - Optical coupling system and an optical element: An optical coupling system is disclosed. The optical coupling system includes a first optical element, a second optical element and a layer of an optically transmissive elastic material disposed between the first optical element and the second optical element. At least one of the first optical element and the second... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080204882 - Optical laminated body: The present invention discloses an optical laminate which has realized effective prevention of the occurrence of interface reflection and interference infringes by eliminating the interface of a light transparent base material and a hard coat layer. The optical laminate comprises: a light transparent base material; and an optical modulating layer... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080204884 - Integrating sphere having means for temperature control: The present invention relates to an integrating sphere for measuring a light-emitting property of a light source, and more particularly, to an integrating sphere having a means for controlling temperature inside the integrating sphere. An integrating sphere for measuring an optical property of a light source according to the present... Agent: Weiner & Burt, P.c.

20080204885 - Methods for producing a structured sol-gel layer: The present invention relates to processes for the production of a structured surface on a substrate in which a substrate is introduced into a sol which has been set in vibration or a substrate which has been set in vibration is introduced into a sol which has optionally been set... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.c.

20080204883 - Photographic diffuser: A photographic light diffusing device is provided. A cowl is adapted to be mounted on a photographic light source, the cowl including an opening through which the photographic light source is visible when the cowl is mounted on the photographic light source. The cowl may also include at least one... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080204886 - Providing data: Embodiments of providing data are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080204887 - Flexible substrate with etched lens array: A flexible substrate having a plurality of lenses disposed in an array on a surface of the substrate wherein the lenses are formed by etching the substrate.... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080204888 - Optical system for luminaire: An optical system for mixing and redirecting light generated by a light source is provided. The optical system comprises a first reflector operatively disposed relative to the light source, the first reflector configured to receive first light emitted by the light source which propagates along lines of sight therebetween and... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080204889 - Method for manufacturing optical element of refractive index distribution type: The present invention provides a method of producing a graded refractive index optical element, the method being capable of easily forming a graded refractive index distribution in a desired portion of a glass substrate without the need for a specific treatment atmosphere, and without using a molten salt. More specifically,... Agent: Posz Law Group, Plc

20080204890 - Electrowetting element, lens system, electronic device and driving method: The electrowetting optical element comprises a first electrically conducting fluid and a second electrically insulating fluid. According to the invention the second fluid comprises a compound including an aliphatic ring-structure. The optical element may be a lens or a zoomlens or be part of a zoomlens system.... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080204891 - Method and device for controlling a variable focal length liquid lens: The present invention concerns a method for controlling a variable focal length lens (10) comprising a dioptre (28) capable of being deformed by variation of the electro-wetting characteristics by application of a control voltage (V), wherein a focal length value corresponds to a given control voltage in the steady state,... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080204892 - Zoom lens system and electronic image pickup apparatus using the same: In a zoom lens system, at a time of zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, when focused on an object at a longest distance, at the telephoto end, a first lens unit moves to be positioned more toward an object side, than at a wide angle... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080204893 - Small refractive zoom lens optical system:

20080204894 - Downsize, high performance, and wide range magnification zoom lens and camera apparatus: A zoom lens includes a first lens band having a positive focal length, a second lens band having a negative focal length, and at least third to fifth lens bands having positive focal lengths. An aperture diaphragm is located in the vicinity of the third lens band. When magnification i.e.,... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080204895 - Lens barrel and imaging device: A lens barrel which allows efficient interlock between a cylindrical member such as a moving cam ring and a component such as a viewfinder cam plate or a strobe cam plate, without size-increasing. The lens barrel comprises a first cylindrical member, and a second cylindrical member that is disposed so... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080204898 - Optical part for camera and method of fabricating the same: An optical part for a camera comprising a substrate made of a polyolefin plastic and an optical resin layer placed on the substrate, wherein the surface of the substrate is provided with a polar group and the optical resin layer is formed from a resin composition including a fluorene compound... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.c.

20080204896 - Three-piece type optical lens: An optical lens for mobile phones or image sensors such as CCD (Charge Coupled Device) or CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) is formed by a three-piece lens with features of high performance, minimized total length and low cost.... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc

20080204897 - Two piece type optical lens: An optical lens, especially an optical lens for mobile phones or image sensors such as CCD (Charge Coupled Device) or CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) is formed by a two-piece lens featuring high performance, minimized total length and low cost.... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc

20080204899 - Imaging lens and imaging device including the imaging lens: The imaging lens comprises, in order from an object side to an image surface side, a first lens 2 that is a meniscus lens having a positive power whose convex surface faces the object side, a diaphragm 3, a second lens 4 that is a meniscus lens having a positive... Agent: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP Koda/androlia

20080204900 - Three-channel camera systems with non-collinear apertures: A three-dimensional imaging system uses a single primary optical lens along with three non-collinear apertures to obtain three offset optical channels each of which can be separately captured with an optical sensor.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080204901 - Fresnel lens: When using an acrylic resin with a refractive index of 1.494, for example, the structure of the Fresnel lens is such that in a segment where a deviation angle of 19.5° or less is required, refraction-only prisms which do not cause any reflections are used, while in a segment where... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080204902 - Zoom lens system and optical apparatus including the same: A zoom lens system includes a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, at least one lens unit having a positive refractive power, and an optical element composed of a material having an Abbe number and a partial dispersion that satisfy a predetermined condition. The first lens unit, an... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080204903 - Gas-tight encapsulating enclosure for a power transmission device: A gas-tight enclosure casing surrounds an enclosure casing interior space. A sight glass is situated on the enclosure casing and enables an area located inside the enclosure casing to be monitored. The sight glass is provided in the form of a lens system. An area to be monitored is focused... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080204904 - Optical element holding apparatus: A holding apparatus configured to hold an optical element includes a supporting member configured to support the optical element, a cylindrical member configured to support the supporting member, a plurality of sensors configured to detect a position of the optical element and the supporting member, and a drive unit configured... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080204905 - Driving mechanism and optical element driving apparatus: An optical-element driving mechanism is configured to drive an optical element, and includes a uniaxial driving mechanism that includes a linear actuator that drives in a first direction, and a link mechanism that converts a displacement in a direction orthogonal to the first direction. The linear actuator is level with... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.l.p.

20080204906 - 3d actuator for optical disc system: An optical pick-up actuator includes a lens holder having tracking and focusing coils which substantially extend in two parallel planes at a side of the lens holder. A magnet system cooperates with the tracking and focusing coils and is arranged separately from the lens holder and extends beyond the planes.... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080204907 - Monolithic optical mount: A monolithic optical element mount has an inner member suspended within an outer member and movable with respect to the outer member along an axis. A first set of fold flexures extends from the inner member to the outer member, so that each fold flexure in the first set has... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20080204908 - Optical mount pivotable about a single point: An optical element mount has an outer member and an inner member. The inner member has a central axis and is suspended within the outer member by a plurality of fold flexures. Each fold flexure has a fold that lies along a line that intersects the central axis at one... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20080204909 - Polymer actuator and optical unit: An object of the present invention is to provide a polymer actuator that does not need a special member for determining the output direction of the drive force or a support member, and which is simply configured with a small number of parts and is compact and low-cost. The present... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20080204910 - Lens module: An exemplary lens module includes a barrel, a metallic spacer, and a glass lens. The metallic spacer is disposed in the barrel. The metallic spacer has a through hole defined therein. The glass lens is received in the through hole of the metallic spacer.... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080204911 - Decoration panel: A large number of small reflection portions are continuously formed over a back face of a base member opposite the light impinging side, in an arbitrary arrangement. The small reflection portions are each formed to have a boundary surface for reflection, interference, and diffraction of incident light impinging onto the... Agent: W. Norman Roth

20080204912 - Adjustable mirror: The invention relates to an adjustable mirror, in particular to an outside mirror of a motor vehicle, with a hinge, which links a mirror support to a mirror base so that the mirror can be twisted about an axis of rotation. An elastomeric element is arranged between the mirror base... Agent: Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.c.

20080198428 - Optical element and method for manufacturing the same: Hologram recording medium is manufactured by using computer. On a recording plane 20, cell position points Q are defined at a pitch Ph along the cell position lines f(i) which are arranged on the recording plane 20 at a pitch Pv. For each individual cell position point Q, an amplitude... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080198429 - Hologram recording device: A hologram recorder (A2) includes: a light source (10) for emitting a coherent beam; a spatial light modulator (20) provided with unit areas having a plurality of beam reflection elements (21) to reflect the beam from the light source (10) in a main direction as a signal beam or a... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080198430 - Method and device for encoding and reconstructing computer-generated video holograms: A method and a device for encoding and reconstructing computer-generated video holograms using a conventional LC display: it provides holographic reconstruction of three-dimensional scenes using electronically controllable pixel in a holographic array (3) with a conventional resolution, and is reasonably free from flickering and cross-talk. Reconstruction is in real time,... Agent: Synnestvedt Lechner & Woodbridge LLP

20080198432 - Hologram reproducing apparatus, hologram reproducing method, and phase modulating element: A hologram reproducing apparatus includes a first reference light path leading laser light from a laser light source so that a hologram recording medium is irradiated with first reference light; a diffracted light path leading diffracted light, generated from the hologram recording medium by irradiation with the first reference light,... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080198431 - Projection device and method for holographic reconstruction of scenes: The invention relates to a projection device and a method for holographic reconstruction of scenes comprising a light modulator (8), an imaging system (3) with at least two imaging means (4, 5, 9) and an illumination device (1) with sufficient coherent light for illumination of hologram (2) coded in the... Agent: Synnestvedt Lechner & Woodbridge LLP

20080198433 - Microscanner and optical equipment with the same: An optical scanner including a mirror part for reflecting light, a main axis part for supporting the mirror part in a pivotable manner, and a deformable holding part for holding the main axis part. A torsion bar for converting a deformation of the holding part itself into a deformation in... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20080198434 - Scanning mechanism, method of machining workpiece, and machine tool: A scanning mechanism that scans a scanning object with a light beam has light-collecting means for collecting the light beam that is emitted by a light source; driving means for driving the light-collecting means in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the light-collecting means; first reflecting means provided... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080198435 - Scanning optical apparatus and method, and image forming apparatus: A scanning optical apparatus includes a plurality of rotatable polygonal mirrors for scanningly deflecting laser beams; a plurality of optical members provided across optical paths of the beams deflected by the rotatable polygonal mirrors; vibration detecting means for detecting vibration of at least one of the optical members during driving... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080198436 - Optical device: Embodiments of an optical device including a capacitively driven flexible membrane are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080198437 - Converting optical information encoding: An apparatus that converts information encoding on an electromagnetic wave includes a delay module and a time-dependent module. The delay module is configured to apply a first time delay to a first component of an electromagnetic wave and to apply a second time delay different from the first time delay... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080198440 - Active reflective polarizer and magnetic display panel comprising the same: Provided are an active reflective polarizer and a magnetic display panel comprising the same. The active reflective polarizer includes a magnetic material layer in which magnetic moments are arranged in one direction when a magnetic field is applied; and electrodes for applying magnetic fields to the magnetic material layer in... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080198439 - Magnetic display pixel and magnetic display panel: Provided are a magnetic display pixel using an optical shutter having a magnetic material layer, and a magnetic display panel including the magnetic display pixel. The magnetic display pixel includes a magnetic material layer that transmits light when a magnetic field is applied and does not transmit the light when... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080198438 - Optical element: An optical element comprises a fluid chamber, the fluid chamber having side and end walls, and contains a first fluid (20) and a second fluid (22). The fluids are non-miscible and the second fluid is capable of being influenced by a magnetic field. A device (19) for providing a magnetic... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080198441 - Color selective active polarizer and magnetic display panel employing the same: Provided are a color selective active polarizer controlled by a magnetic field and a magnetic display panel employing the color selective active polarizer. The color selective active polarizer includes a magnetic material layer structured such that magnetic particles are buried in a transparent insulating medium. Dyes or color absorbing particles... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080198442 - Contrast with fast response light source: Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to spatial light modulator devices, and more particularly to a display system and method of using one or more fast response light source, such as solid state light sources, and one or more spatial light modulator devices to improve the contrast ratio of... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20080198443 - Electrophoretic display medium and method of manufacturing the same: An electrophoretic display medium includes a first substrate and a second substrate disposed in opposition to each other, a dispersion medium injected between the first substrate and second substrate and having charged particles dispersed therein, and a partition member that partitions a space between the first substrate and the second... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080198445 - Methods and systems for gain control in pulsed optical amplifiers: A method of operating an amplifier system includes providing a pump signal at a pump wavelength. The pump signal is a function of a pump power. The method also includes providing an input signal at a signal wavelength and coupling the pump signal and the input signal to an optical... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080198444 - Optical waveform reshaping device: An optical waveform reshaping device, including a semiconductor optical waveguide which has an active layer, wherein: optical amplification regions and optical absorption regions are installed alternately along the semiconductor optical waveguide; one optical amplification region is set longer than the other optical amplification regions so that a desired amplification factor... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080198446 - Optical film, and polarizing plate and liquid crystal display device using the optical film: An optical film includes a filmy support that includes a polymer having all alicyclic structure; an ultraviolet absorbing layer; and a hardcoat layer, wherein the ultraviolet absorbing layer has a beam transmittance of 5% or less in a wavelength region of 200 to 340 nm and includes at least one... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080198448 - Fluorescence microscope having an illumination device: An arrangement for fluorescence microscopic examination of specimens includes: a fluorescence microscope; an illumination device that includes: a housing including an interface configured to optically couple the housing and the fluorescence microscope; a plurality of light-emitting diodes disposed in the housing; a respective collector disposed downstream of each of the... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080198449 - Laser microscope: It is possible to change a focal position or spot diameter of an optical stimulation laser beam without causing any misalignment of the optical axis, thus precisely applying optical stimulation to a desired position or region on a specimen. The invention provides a laser microscope comprising an observation light path... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080198447 - Microscope with adjustable stage: Systems and techniques relating to a microscope with an adjustable stage are described. A microscope includes a base, a support arm attached to and extending upwardly from the base, a head attached to the support arm, the head including a lens, and an eyepiece attached to the head. A stage... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080198450 - Z-motion microscope slide mount: A microscope slide mount capable of z-axis movement.... Agent: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

20080198452 - Real-image variable magnification finder optical system and imaging apparatus: A real-image variable magnification finder optical system includes, in the order from an object side, an objective lens group having a positive refractive power, a member for forming an erect image from an image inverted by the objective lens group, and an eyepiece lens having positive refractive power. The objective... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080198451 - Whole system zoom and varifocal lens with intermediate image: A lens system for forming a final image of an object, said system having an object side and an image side and forming a first intermediate real image between the object and final image, said system comprising a moving lens group containing the intermediate real image as the magnification of... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20080198453 - Optical polarizer with nanotube array: According to one exemplary embodiment, an optical polarizer positioned before a light source for use in semiconductor wafer lithography includes an array of aligned nanotubes. The array of aligned nanotubes cause light emitted from the light source and incident on the array of aligned nanotubes to be converted into polarized... Agent: Farjami & Farjami LLP

20080198454 - Color filter for image sensor: An image sensor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a front surface and a back surface, pixels formed on the front surface of the semiconductor substrate, and grid arrays aligned with one of the pixels. One of the grid arrays is configured to allow a wavelength of light to pass... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080198456 - Laminated retarder stack: Chemically-bonded retarder stacks are provided in this disclosure. A first organic layer having a first molecular orientation is chemically welded to a second organic layer having a second molecular orientation. The first and second molecular orientations are crossed when the organic layers are laminated. The first and second organic layers... Agent: Real D - Patent Department

20080198455 - Optical system, in particular objective or illumination system for a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus: The invention relates to an optical system, in particular an objective or an illumination system for a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus, which in particular also permits the use of crystal materials with a high refractive index while reducing the influence of intrinsic birefringence on the imaging properties. In particular the... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080198457 - Dust-proof, reflecting mirror and optical apparatus comprising same: A dust-proof, reflecting mirror comprising a reflecting mirror substrate, a dust-proof coating having fine surface roughness, which is formed on a reflecting surface of the reflecting mirror substrate, and an outermost water-repellent or water/oil-repellent coating.... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080198458 - Image capturing apparatus: An image capturing apparatus comprises: an image sensor adapted to opto-electronically convert the image of a subject; an optical member placed in front of the image sensor; first and second piezoelectric elements placed at respective ones of both ends of the optical member; first and second driving units adapted to... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20080198459 - Conjugate optics projection display system and method having improved resolution: A conjugate optics projection display system includes a beam splitter positioned for viewing an object through the beam splitter and a projector positioned to project an image through the beam splitter, where the projector has a focal plane distance. A retroreflector is optically coupled to the beam splitter and positioned... Agent: Warren Sklar Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080198460 - Conformable retroreflective film structure: The present invention includes conformable retroreflective structures. In some embodiments, the conformable retroreflective structures are also shrink resistant. The conformable retroreflective structures include a transparent plasticized polyvinyl chloride film having a first side and a second side; a first transparent polymer layer overlying the first side of the plasticized polyvinyl... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20080198461 - Retroreflective sheeting provided with destructive layer: This invention provides a retroreflective sheeting provided with a destructive layer, which comprises at least a surface layer, retroreflective element layer and adhesive layer, characterized in that at least one destructive layer is provided between the layers constituting the retroreflective sheeting, that the resin constituting said destructive layer is alicyclic... Agent: Lawrence S Perry Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080198462 - Image stabilization unit, image stabilization device, and imaging apparatus: By regulating movement of first and second arms 231A and 241A only in an optical axis direction using guide members EN1 and EN2, magnetic forces received from a first magnet 243A and a second magnet 233A which expand horizontally with respect to the optical axis can be stably detected by... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080198464 - Shake reduction apparatus: Herein disclosed is a shake reduction apparatus, comprising a movable-side unit having a movable-side frame provided with a camera unit including a lens and an image sensor, and a movable-side shaft having a spherical surface as an extremity surface thereof; a stationary-side unit having a stationary-side frame provided with a... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080198463 - Zoom lens system and optical apparatus using the same: Providing a zoom lens system with a vibration reduction function excellently correcting aberrations with accomplishing compact, lightweight, and slim upon being accommodated, and to provide an optical apparatus using the zoom lens system. The system consists of, in order from an object, a first group having negative power, a second... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20080198465 - Optical pickup device and optical disk device: An optical pickup device is disclosed. The device includes: a light source that emits a light beam of a predetermined wavelength of about 405 nm; an objective lens being a plastic lens provided with, on at least one surface, diffraction means of a zone diffractive structure suppressing generation of aberration... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080198466 - Method and apparatus for controlling multiple beam spacing: An anamorphic optical element and an adjustment mechanism for selectively rotating the optical element either around an axis substantially in a vertical direction, an axis substantially in an optical axis direction, an axis substantially in a plane formed by the vertical direction and the optical axis direction, or combination of... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080198467 - Standard component for length measurement, method for producing the same, and electron beam metrology system using the same: A standard component for length measurement includes a first diffraction grating and a second diffraction grating. Each of components of the second diffraction grating is disposed between components of the first diffraction grating.... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080198468 - Grid image and method for the production thereof: The present invention relates to a grating image (12) for depicting at least one unscreened halftone image having multiple brightness levels, the grating image exhibiting multiple grating fields (22-1, 22-2, 22-3) that include in each case an electromagnetic-radiation-influencing grating pattern composed of a plurality of grating lines and that, when... Agent: Greenlee Winner And Sullivan P C

20080198469 - Optical window member: A disclosed optical window member includes a transparent synthetic resin plate comprising a surface with a protruding/recessed pattern of a predetermined fineness that causes light diffusion; and an optical thin film formed on the surface of the transparent synthetic resin plate with the protruding/recessed pattern. The optical thin film determines... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080198470 - Quick adjustment eyecup for optical viewing instruments: An optical viewing instrument is disclosed generally comprising an eyecup with a cylindrical surface and a housing with an ocular lens portion that has a corresponding cylindrical surface for slidably receiving the eyecup. The ocular lens portion has bearings protruding therefrom, and the eyecup includes longitudinal channels for receiving the... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20080198471 - Substrate-guided optical device with wide aperture: There is provided an optical device, having a light-transmitting substrate (20) including at least two major surfaces parallel to each other and edges; optical means (16) for coupling light into the substrate by internal reflection, and at least one reflecting, surface (22) located in the substrate which is non-parallel to... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP (oc)

20080198472 - Projection type image display apparatus: The present invention is a projection type image display apparatus comprising: an image display device which displays an image; an optical illumination means which irradiates the image display device, the optical illumination means having a light source unit; and a projection lens for projecting an enlarged image of the image... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080198473 - Variable focus lens: The invention relates to variable focus lenses based on magneto wetting and related devices, wherein two fluids, one of which is magnetically susceptible, are in contact over a meniscus. The shape of the meniscus is controlled by means of an applied magnetic field gradient. The contact angle between the chamber... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080198474 - Optical path bending type zoom lens system and image taking apparatus including the same: A zoom lens system comprises, in order from an object side, a positive first lens unit including a reflective optical element, a negative second lens unit, a positive third lens unit and a positive fourth lens unit, or a positive first lens unit, a negative second lens unit, a positive... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080198475 - Zoom lens and image capture apparatus: There is provided a zoom lens which includes, in an order from an object side, a first lens group having positive refractive power; a second lens group having negative refractive power; a third lens group having positive refractive power; and a fourth lens group having positive refractive power, and in... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080198477 - Zoom lens and information device: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side, a first lens group having a positive refracting power, a second lens group having a negative refracting power, a third lens group having a positive refracting power, a fourth lens group having a positive refracting power, and the first lens... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080198476 - Zoom lens system and camera including zoom lens system: A zoom lens system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive optical power, a second lens unit having a negative optical power, and a rear lens component including at least one lens unit. When zooming is performed, the second... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080198478 - Optical system and imaging system incorporating it: z

20080198479 - Optical apparatus: An optical apparatus includes an optical system including first and second movable lens units independently movable in an optical axis direction, and a controller causing the first movable lens unit to wobble in the optical axis direction based on contrast information. The optical system satisfies |tk/L|<15, where tk represents a... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080198480 - Inner focusing zoom lens barrel: The present invention is directed to an inner focusing zoom lens barrel provided with cams of a well-balanced configuration for smooth zooming and/or focusing operations, which attains sufficient performances at the minimum object distance, which is capable of inhibiting a focal length from varying throughout the entire zoom range, and... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080198481 - Aspheric lens structures and fabrication methods thereof: Aspheric lens structures with dual aspheric surfaces and fabrication methods thereof are disclosed. An aspheric lens structure includes a first lens component with an aspheric top surface disposed on a second lens component, wherein the interface between the first lens component and the second lens component is spherical. The second... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20080198482 - Optical method and system for extended depth of focus: An imaging arrangement and method for extended the depth of focus are provided. The imaging arrangement comprises an imaging lens having a certain affective aperture, and an optical element associated with said imaging lens. The optical element is configured as a phase-affecting, non-diffractive optical element defining a spatially low frequency... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080198483 - Three-group zoom lens and imaging device: (fg2: a focal length of the second lens, fw: a focal length of an entire system achieved at a wide-angle end, ν1: Abbe number of the first lens, ν2: Abbe number of the second lens, and D1: Axial distance from a lens surface most closely positioned to the object side... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080198484 - Zoom lens: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side, a first lens group fixed upon zooming and wholly having a negative refractive power, a second lens group formed by an optical-path bending prism fixed upon zooming and, a third lens group allowed to move upon zooming and wholly having... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080198485 - Air bearing assembly for guiding motion of optical components of a laser processing system: A rigid support structure allows for faster and more accurate positioning of axially adjustable optical components in a laser processing system. Vibrational and thermal stability is improved when an optics assembly is housed in a rigid air bearing sleeve that is mounted to a support structure above a specimen stage.... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP

20080198486 - Driving apparatus, lens barrel and camera: A driving apparatus of the present invention comprises: a lead screw which rotationally drives; and a follower section to hold a driven member L and to rectilinearly move based on rotation of the lead screw. The follower section comprises a first tooth and a second tooth that faced a side... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080192310 - 3-dimensional image display device and 3-dimensional image display method: A three-dimensional image display device is provided which allows a reduction in redundant calculation and high-speed obtainment of an optimum control image to be recorded on an optical wavefront control unit This invention relates to a three-dimensional image display device for displaying a three-dimensional image by irradiating illuminating light at... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080192311 - Optical informational recording/reproduction device and method: An optical information recording device, a reproduction device, and a method enabling include a first spatial light modulator I for generating information light by spatially modulating light from a light source 143 by a plurality of pixels and a second spatial light modulator R for generating reference light by spatially... Agent: Quinn Emanuel Koda & Androlia

20080192312 - Holographic information display: The invention relates to a holographic information display for a motor vehicle for projecting a virtual display element. A data processing device provides a hologram for the virtual display element to be projected. A control device in each case emits an individual control signal for a plurality of segments of... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.c. (gme)

20080192313 - Holographic memory and holographic recording apparatus: The light energy necessary for the precure process is held by the RFID at the holographic memory. The controller acquires the light energy corresponding to the temperature of the recording position detected by the temperature sensor out of the precure information acquired by the RFID reader. The exposure time (light... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.c.

20080192314 - Apparatus and method to encode information into a holographic data storage medium: A method is disclosed to encode information in a holographic data storage medium. The method supplies a holographic information storage system comprising a laser light source, a spatial light modulator, and a holographic data storage medium. The method energizes the laser light source using first power comprising a first current,... Agent: Dale F. Regelman Quarles & Brady, LLP

20080192315 - Quantum computer and quantum computing method: A quantum computer includes: N (where N is an integer of at least 2) physical systems having five states |0>, |1>, |2>, |3> and |4> in which transitions between three lower states |0>, |1> and |2> and two upper states |3> and |4> are optically allowed; and an optical resonator... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080192316 - Parallel-beam scanning for surface patterning of materials: A system and method for parallel-beam scanning a surface. An energetic beam source emits an energetic collimated beam which is received by an optical device, comprising: one or more optical media, operable to receive the emitted beam, such as two pairs of coordinated mirrors or a right prism, and at... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel Pc

20080192317 - Miniature single actuator scanner for angle multiplexing with circularizing and pitch correction capability: The present invention provides a scanner comprising: a reflector component; means supporting the reflector component for pivoting with respect to the MCR to provide a scan which is stationary with respect to the OCR; means for enabling the support means to provide controlled pivoting of the reflector component; a magnet... Agent: Jagtiani + Guttag

20080192318 - Miniature single actuator scanner for angle multiplexing with circularizing and pitch correction capability: The present invention provides a scanner comprising: a reflector component; means supporting the reflector component for pivoting with respect to the MCR to provide a scan which is stationary with respect to the OCR; means for enabling the support means to provide controlled pivoting of the reflector component; a magnet... Agent: Jagtiani + Guttag

20080192320 - Light scanning unit and image forming apparatus using the same: A light scanning unit by which misalignment in imaging caused by a scanning angle can be reduced. The light scanning unit includes a light source array device having a plurality of light sources, an imaging optics, and an optical deflection module. The plurality of light sources are used selectively in... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080192319 - Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus: An optical scanning device includes a coupling optical system, a light source including a plurality of light emitting units for emitting light beams, and a deflector including a deflecting surface for deflecting the light beams. The coupling optical system is arranged on an optical path between the light source and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080192321 - Optical multi-beam scanning device and image forming apparatus: In the optical multi-beam scanning device of the present invention, when the light beams are assumed to reach the surface to be scanned with the light beams not being folded, the horizontal synchronization sensor is tilted so as to output a horizontal synchronized signal when the light beams come to... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080192322 - Precision laser machining apparatus: A focused laser beam having an optical axis passes through a first lens mounted to a first galvanometer and a second lens mounted to a second galvanometer. The first galvanometer is adapted to tilt the first lens about a X axis and the second galvanometer is adapted to tilt the... Agent: Smith Hopen, Pa

20080192323 - Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus: An optical scanning device includes, in an effective scanning area in the target surface, a mechanism that causes a scanning speed at each scanning position with respect to a scanning speed at an approximately center in the effective scanning area to be within a range under a predetermined condition.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080192324 - Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus using the same: An optical scanning device includes a condensing optical system for collecting a light beam emitted from light source means, a deflecting system for scanningly deflecting the light beam collected by the condensing optical system, and an imaging optical system configured to image the light beam scanningly deflected by the deflecting... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080192325 - Method of fabricating reflective spatial light modulator having high contrast ratio: The contrast offered by a spatial light modulator device may be enhanced by positioning nonreflective elements such as supporting posts and moveable hinges, behind the reflecting surface of the pixel. In accordance with one embodiment, the reflecting surface is suspended over and underlying hinge-containing layer by integral ribs of the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080192326 - Light-amount adjusting apparatus, optical apparatus, and method for manufacturing the light-amount adjusting apparatus: A light-amount adjusting apparatus includes a plurality of light-amount adjusting blades that causes a size of a light-passing aperture to change by rotation thereof. Each of the light-amount adjusting blades includes a base portion on which a rotation center portion and a driven portion are formed, and a blade portion... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.c. John J Torrente

20080192327 - Method and system for speckle reduction using an active device: A system and method for reducing speckle of a laser beam is disclosed. The system includes at least an active device capable of temporally and/or spatially averaging the speckle pattern of a laser. The device can be used with an external diffuser or have an integrated diffusive layer within its... Agent: Michael K. Lindsey Gavrilovich, Dodd & Lindsey, LLP

20080192328 - Mems device fabricated on a pre-patterned substrate: A microelectromechanical systems device fabricated on a pre-patterned substrate having grooves formed therein. A lower electrode is deposited over the substrate and separated from an orthogonal upper electrode by a cavity. The upper electrode is configured to be movable to modulate light. A semi-reflective layer and a transparent material are... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20080192329 - Mems device fabricated on a pre-patterned substrate: A microelectromechanical systems device fabricated on a pre-patterned substrate having grooves formed therein. A lower electrode is deposited over the substrate and separated by an orthogonal upper electrode by a cavity. The upper electrode is configured to be movable to modulate light.... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20080192330 - Preservation method of microcapsules for electrophoretic display devices and its applications: The preservation method of microcapsules for electrophoretic display devices according to the present invention includes preserving microcapsules for electrophoretic display devices in a water-based medium having an electric conductivity of 500 μS/cm or lower. The preservation under such conditions makes it possible to preserve microcapsules for electrophoretic display devices over... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.l.p.

20080192331 - Controllable composite material: An apparatus and related methods for controlling propagation of incident radiation are described. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a composite material operable to exhibit at least one of a negative effective permittivity and a negative effective permeability for incident radiation at an operating frequency. The composite material comprises electromagnetically... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080192332 - Waveguide amplifier in a sputtered film of erbium-doped gallium lanthanum sulfide glass: A waveguide amplifier, disposed on a substrate, composed of sputtered film of chalcogenide glass doped with Erbium is disclosed. The amplifier includes a substrate, a thick film of chalcogenide glass disposed on the substrate, a pumping device, and an optical combining device, wherein the waveguide is operable to amplify the... Agent: Naval Research Laboratory Associate Counsel (patents)

20080192333 - Dynamic raman tilt compensation: Raman tilt is induced by the propagation of optical signals in optical communication fibers during and after transient events. Certain characteristics of the light are monitored at each amplification node and Raman tilt correction is achieved by spectral tilt control optics. The light is monitored either as total power, and/or... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.a.

20080192334 - Objective system for an optical scanning device for ultraviolet and/or deep-ultraviolet wavelengths: An objective system (1″) for an optical scanning device for ultraviolet and/or deep-ultraviolet wavelengths is provided. The objective system (1″) comprises at least one glass component (3″) with an aspherical surface. The at least one glass component (3″) is made of a glass material comprising a low softening temperature and... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080192335 - Optical element with an antireflection coating, projection objective, and exposure apparatus comprising such an element: An optical element (14) transparent for radiation with a wavelength λ in the ultraviolet wavelength range below 250 nm, in particular at 193 nm, comprises a substrate (17) with a refractive index nS larger than 1.6, and an antireflection coating (16) formed on at least part of the surface of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080192336 - Projection optical system: A projection optical system that receives light from a display element to project an image displayed by the display element onto a screen with enlargement at a varying magnification achieved by varying the projection distance to the screen has: a refractive optical system composed of one or more refractive lenses... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20080192337 - Microscopic apparatus and observing method: The present invention has an object to provide a microscopic apparatus and an observing method that can obtain information of a super-resolved image of an object under observation with a high SN ratio. Therefore, the microscopic apparatus of the present invention is characterized by including an illuminating optical system (1,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080192338 - Objective for stereomicroscopes: The invention is directed to an objective for telescope-type stereomicroscopes with magnification that can be adjusted at post-magnification systems. The objective, which comprises two lens groups LG1 and LG2, satisfies the two conditions DAP≧42 mm, and tan(ω)≧0.16, where DAP is the diameter of the exit pupil and ω is the... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080192339 - Laser microscope: It is possible to reduce a drop in output power in a positive-dispersion element used as a pulse compressor, thus improving multiphoton-excitation efficiency. Also, reducing the size of the positive-dispersion element makes it easier to attach it to a microscope main body and to accommodate it therein, thus improving maneuverability.... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20080192340 - Object lens and condenser: A plurality of shield plates 8 are rotatably disposed at a fit portion 3a of an object lens 100 in the vertical direction of an optical axis so that the shield plates 5 can be opened/closed. Thus, dark field illumination light that passes through an optical path 5 can be... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer Pllc

20080192341 - Cryogenic immersion microscope: A cryogenic immersion microscope whose objective lens is at least partially in contact with a liquid reservoir of a cryogenic liquid, in which reservoir a sample of interest is immersed is disclosed. When the cryogenic liquid has an index of refraction that reduces refraction at interfaces between the lens and... Agent: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

20080192342 - Microlens sheets having multiple interspersed anamorphic microlens arrays: Microlens sheets include a first array of anamorphic micolenses on a face of a substrate. The microlenses in the first array are defined by a first parametric model along a direction of the first array. A second array of anamorphic micolenses is also provided on the face of the substrate,... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20080192344 - Multi-dimensional imaging apparatus, methods, and systems: A lens, an apparatus, and a system, as well as a method and article, may operate to receive a plurality of left-eye rays through a first plurality of separating facets of a lens at an image-acquisition plane, and to receive a plurality of right-eye rays through a second plurality of... Agent: Lemaire Patent Law Firm, P.l.l.c.

20080192343 - Three-dimensional image display apparatus: Disclosed herein is a three-dimensional image display apparatus, including: a light source configured to emit light from a plurality of light emitting positions disposed discretely; optical modulation means for including a plurality of pixels and configured such that a plurality of light beams successively emitted from the different light emitting... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080192345 - Iodine polarizing film, a method for producing the same, and a polarizing plate using the same: The present invention relates to a polarizing film obtained by stretching a polyvinyl alcohol resin film containing iodine, an iodide a cross-linking agent and/or waterproofing agent and then treating the film with a solution containing 0.0001 to 5.0 wt % of inorganic acid except for boric acid or a salt... Agent: Nields & Lemack

20080192346 - Wire grid polarizer and method of fabricating the same: Provided are a wire grid polarizer (WGP) and a method of fabricating the same. The WGP transmits first polarized light and reflects second polarized light among incident light, and includes at least one transparent dielectric layer; and a wire grid including a plurality of wires periodically arranged in the dielectric... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080192347 - High aspect-ratio x-ray diffractive structure stabilization methods and systems: A method to stabilize planar nanostructures, for example grating and zone plate lenses that are typically used for directing or focusing x-ray radiation, includes the deposition of a top, stabilizing layer. The structures are typically made on a flat substrate, and therefore are only fixed at the bottom. At high... Agent: Houston Eliseeva

20080192348 - Optical analyser: An optical analyser comprises a light source having a plurality of emitters 4a . . . e selectably energisable by means of control unit 12 and computer 10. A tilting filter arrangement 8 is also provided having a plurality of optical interference filters 20c say. Each filter is simultaneously tiltable... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080192349 - Optical element with laser damage suppression film: An optical element having a laser damage suppression film which is capable of withstanding high power blue laser and formed on a plastic substrate. Specifically disclosed is an antireflection optical element wherein a multilayer film, which is composed of low refractive index material layers (105) and high refractive index material... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.l.p.

20080192350 - Optical element having anti-reflection coating: An optical element comprising a lens having a portion with a surface inclination angle of 50° or more within an effective-diameter region, the portion being 10% or more of the effective-diameter region in a projected area, and an anti-reflection coating formed on the lens, the anti-reflection coating having fine roughness... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080192351 - Antistatic antireflection film free from occurrence of interference fringes: There is provided an antireflection film that can prevent the occurrence of interference fringes and, at the same time, has antistatic properties and excellent coating film adhesion. The first antireflection film comprises a transparent base material film 1 and, provided on the transparent base material film in the following order,... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080192353 - Anti-glare film, method for manufacturing the same, and display device using the same: An anti-glare film has a plurality of diffuser elements, and has specified optical properties. The ratio of I(α+1)/I(α) is more than 0.1 to 0.6, where I(α) is an intensity of a light reflected toward an arbitrary angle α of 10° or less from a specular reflection direction of an incident... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080192352 - Optical diffuser film and light assembly: A light assembly comprises a light source, an optically transmissive self- supporting substrate, and coupled with but unattached to the substrate, a voided high Tg semi-crystalline polymeric optical diffuser film that shrinks less than 1% as a result of thermal shrinkage testing.... Agent: Andrew J. Anderson Patent Legal Staff

20080192354 - Temperature shift matching: Laser light (λL) within a spectrum range is generated (51g) and filtered (29g). Thereby the spectral location of the filter characteristic (λF) is shifted in a controlled manner (60) to establish a desired characteristic of output laser light as for considering a temperature depended shift (ΔÑ) of the spectrum range... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080192355 - Illumination structure and illumination lens mounted thereon: Provided is an illumination structure which includes a light source and an illumination lens. The light source emits light in at least one wavelength band. The illumination lens includes a light receiving portion and a light outgoing portion. The light receiving portion divides the light from the light source in... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080192356 - Image display device: Provided is an image display device including: an image forming layer for forming a plurality of images; and a lens layer which is integrally provided with the image forming layer and includes a plurality of lenses for guiding the plurality of images formed in the image forming layer in a... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080192357 - Ellipsoidal gapless micro lenses for imagers: Ellipse-shaped microlenses focus light onto unbalanced photosensitive areas, increase area coverage for a gapless layout of microlenses, and allow pair-wise or other individual shifts of the microlenses to account for asymmetrical pixels and pixel layout architectures. The microlenses may be fabricated in sets, with one set oriented differently from another... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080192358 - Display device for vehicle: A display device for a vehicle is provided, by which an attaching position thereof can be altered depending upon an attachment limiting condition of the vehicle. The display device includes: a display source provided in an instrument panel of the vehicle; and a prism provided on a light path between... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080192359 - Illumination system for a microlithgraphic exposure apparatus: An illumination system (12) of a microlithographic exposure apparatus (10) comprises a condenser (601; 602; 603; 604; 605; 606) for transforming a pupil plane (54) into a field plane (62). The condenser has a lens group (L14, L15, L16, L17; L24, L25, L26, L27, L28; L34, L35, L36, L37; L44,... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080192360 - Zoom lens system: A zoom lens system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, first to fifth lens groups respectively having negative, positive, negative, positive, and positive refractive power. During zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, the second and third lens groups are moved independently toward... Agent: Madson & Austin

20080192361 - Zoom lens, and electronic imaging system using the same: The invention relates to a zoom lens with an easily bendable optical path, which has high optical specification performance such as a high zoom ratio, a wide-angle arrangement, a small F-number and reduced aberrations. The zoom lens comprises a first lens group G1 that remains fixed during zooming, a second... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080192362 - Motor structure with built-in lens: A motor structure with built-in lens includes a lens mount (10) defining an inner space therein, a hollow stator (32) fixedly received in the inner space, a rotor (34) rotatably received in the stator with an internal thread (344) defined in an inner surface thereof, and a lens unit (50)... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080192363 - Camera module and portable terminal employing the same: A camera module in which a lens holder holding one or more optical lenses is movable in the direction of the optical axis and in which an auto-focus function and a zoom function are incorporated is reduced in size and weight. A bearing section is formed in the lens holder,... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.l.p.

20080192364 - Illuminated magnifying glass having a sensor device for switching on the lighting element: The invention relates to a magnifying optical device in the form of an illuminated magnifing glass which comprises at least one handle element and one lighting device for lighting the object to be examined and a sensor device. The sensor device provided for switching on the lighting element is directed... Agent: Raymond R. Moser Jr., Esq. Moser Ip Law Group

20080192365 - Optical element driving apparatus: An optical element driving apparatus includes a holder that holds a plurality of switchable optical elements for focusing light on a recording medium, a resiliently deformable supporting unit that supports the holder, a focusing driving unit that drives the holder in a direction of optical axes of the optical elements,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080192366 - Optical lens module: An optical lens module includes a lens barrel and a barrel base. The lens barrel includes an external wall. The barrel base has a receiving housing for receiving the lens barrel therein. The receiving housing includes an internal wall. The lens barrel defines at least a first positioning block or... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080192367 - Lens barrel and method for manufacturing the same: To provide a lens barrel having an improved assembly accuracy. The lens barrel is provided with: a stationary part; a movable part provided movably relative to the stationary part, its movement moving a lens relative to the stationary part; a rotary member to transfer to the movable part a driving... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.c.

20080192368 - Lens drive device: A lens drive device includes a lens movable body provided with a lens and a drive mechanism for moving the lens movable body from a home position in an optical axis direction of the lens. The drive mechanism includes a magnet and a plurality of coils which is disposed so... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080192369 - Outside rear view mirror for vehicles, preferably for motor vehicles: In some embodiments of outer rear-view mirrors, a mirror head (12) and a mirror base (11) are joined together in an articulated manner by a hinge (15, 16). The mirror head (12) can pivot out of a normal operational position in or against the travelling direction (10) and be fixed... Agent: Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.c.

20080192370 - Vehicle interior mirror device: A vehicle interior mirror device disposed in a passenger compartment for reflecting a state of rear seats and traffic conditions behind a vehicle. The interior mirror device has reflection restricting means notched in a lower end of the interior mirror device to prevent a face of a passenger from being... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080192371 - Refurbishable retro-reflective photogrammetric target: A surveying type target has a precisely located aperture that achieves tolerances, within +/−0.0005 inch, in the assembly and usage of a retro-reflective photogrammetry target for use with close range industrial photogrammetry. The dot the target may also be refurbished and reconditioned in the field under all weather conditions. This... Agent: Paul M. Denk

20080192372 - Color wheel: A color wheel includes a fixing base, a ring filter, a washer, and a fixing ring. The fixing base has a protrusion portion and a supporting portion. The ring filter is fit on the protrusion portion. An inner margin of the ring filter leans on the supporting portion. The washer... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20080192373 - Optical module: A thermal contraction stress and a residual contraction stress caused by a difference between the linear expansion coefficients of an optical element unit and a carrier are reduced as much as possible. An optical module includes an optical element unit including optical elements requiring a stress control, and a carrier... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20080186546 - Replay optics for holographic displays: A holographic display comprises a spatial light modulator (SLM), a light source arranged to illuminate the SLM, and replay optics arranged to focus light reflected from the SLM to present a three dimensional image. The light source appears substantially at a zeroth order point of the replay optics, such that... Agent: Stolowitz Ford Cowger LLP

20080186547 - Hologram optical element, method of fabrication thereof, and image display apparatus: As a result of the light from a plurality of point light sources located at an identical position being refracted at a surface of a color correction prism at the time of exposure, the chromatic aberration occurring as a result of the light (for example, image light) directed via a... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20080186548 - Recording medium, reproducing apparatus, and reproducing method: A recording medium records therein image data for distributing contents as element holograms with interference fringes generated by interference between an object beam representing the image data and a reference beam. The image data to be distributed which are recorded as the element holograms in the recording medium are reproduced... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080186549 - Device for directing radiation to a layer, apparatus with such device and method using such apparatus: A device for directing radiation to a layer (1) is described. The device includes a first optical element (L1) for focusing a first radiation beam (B1) originating from a first radiation source (S1) onto said layer, a second optical element (L2) for focusing a second radiation beam (B2) originating from... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080186550 - Micro electromechanical device for tilting a body in two degrees of freedom: The invention relates to a micro electromechanical device (1′) for tilting a body (2) in two degrees of freedom comprising a carrier element (3) and a membrane (4), the body (2) being connected via the membrane (4) to the carrier element (3), wherein the body (2) and the carrier element... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080186551 - Scanning device: The invention concerns a scanning device for focusing a beam of rays in defined regions of a defined volume, comprising an input optics wherein the beam of rays penetrates first, having at least one first optical element; a focusing optics for focusing the beam of rays exiting from the input... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20080186552 - Light scanning unit and image forming apparatus employing the same: A light scanning unit includes a light source which emits light beam with a predetermined wavelength, a beam deflector which deflects and scans the light beam emitted by the light source toward a photosensitive body, and an f-θ lens which has at least one plastic lens and forms an image... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080186553 - Light-beam-scanning system utilizing counter-rotating prism wheels: A light-beam-scanning system includes two counter-rotating prism wheels. Each prism wheel has a set of prisms at its periphery, selected so that prisms of equal half-angle deflections are sequentially aligned. A light transceiver structure directs a light beam parallel to the rotational axes of the prism wheels and at a... Agent: Benman, Brown & Williams Ste. 2740

20080186556 - Automatic optical inspection using multiple objectives: Apparatus and techniques for automated optical inspection (AOI) utilizing image scanning modules with multiple objectives for each camera are provided. A scanning mechanism includes optical components to sequentially steer optical signals from each of the multiple objectives to the corresponding camera.... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP - - Appm/tx

20080186555 - Light scanning apparatus: A light scanning apparatus according to the invention includes a reflecting mirror, a screw, an elastic member, and an optical housing. The reflecting mirror reflects the light beam deflected by deflection unit toward a object to be scanned. The screw supports a reflecting surface of the reflecting member. The elastic... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080186554 - Light source unit, illumination device, image display apparatus, and monitor apparatus: A light source unit includes: a light source part that supplies light; an optical element that changes an optical path of the light from the light source part; and a wavelength conversion element that converts a wavelength of the light from the optical element. The optical element is movable, and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080186557 - Hidden hinge mems device: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a MEMS device, including the actions of: providing a substrate having a back and front surface essentially in parallel with each other, defining in said substrate at least one hidden support by removing material from said substrate, connecting said at least... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080186558 - Two dimensional light control film: According to the invention, a light control film has a first matrix section comprising a polymer material which is at least partially opaque and has a film-like shape. Within this film are a plurality of second sections, which are of a pillar type, and are formed completely through a thickness... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080186559 - Display device with solid redox centres: A display device (1) comprises a base layer (2) and a top layer (4). A conduction layer (5) is applied to the base layer in a pattern, to form electrodes 6 and 8. These can be made of ITO coated with conductive PEDOT. An insulating isolation layer (14) is then... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080186560 - Portable electronic device with an integrated switchable mirror: Portable electronic devices with displays having switchable mirrors are described. The switchable mirror covers the display and is capable of switching from a transparent state to a reflecting state responsive to a switch in the portable electronic device. In one embodiment of the present invention, the display is switched off... Agent: Aka Chan LLP

20080186561 - Hybrid light modulator: The present invention provides a hybrid light modulator. The hybrid light modulator of the present invention includes an element having a protrusion to diffract incident light even at an early light receiving stage and to control the diffractive angle of the light using a microactuator, unlike conventional diffractive light modulators... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080186562 - Intelligent spd control apparatus with scalable networking capabilities for window and multimedia applications: A scalable apparatus and a network environment dynamically changes the light transparency of a single SPD device, a small number of SPD devices or thousands of such SPD devices installed in windows in automobiles, aircraft, trains, marine vehicles, residential homes, commercial buildings and skyscrapers. A scalable apparatus and a network... Agent: Oppedahl Patent Law Firm LLC

20080186564 - Electro-chromic display device and method of manufacturing the same: Disclosed herein is an electrochromic display device comprising a pair of transparent substrates facing each other, an anode electrode and a cathode electrode respectively formed on the transparent substrates, an electrolytic layer disposed between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode, an electrochromophore layer of a nano structure formed on... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080186563 - Modulator with improved sensitivity and life time: An electro-optic modulator assembly includes a sensor layer made from an electro-optic modulator material that comprises liquid crystal droplets encapsulated within a polymer matrix. The sensor layer material comprises an interfacial agent, for example a defoaming agent, in an amount sufficient to lower an intrinsic operating voltage at which the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080186565 - Optical filter panel having a narrow -width selective-wavelength attenuation and high visible light transmission: A molded optical filter and a method of molding an optical filter having a characteristic FWHM value of less than at least 59 nm with a greatly increased visible light transmission value as compared to the prior art. The optical filter utilizes a sharp cut-on dye incorporated into a moldable... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20080186566 - Adjustable interference filter: The present invention relates to an adjustable interference filter, especially for use in gas detection with infrared light within a chosen range, comprising at least two essentially parallel reflective surfaces separated by a chosen distance defining a cavity delimited by the reflective surfaces between which the light may oscillate, and... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20080186567 - Catadioptric projection objective: e

20080186568 - Common-aperture optical system incorporating a light sensor and a light source: A common-aperture optical system includes a reflective telescope having a common boresight, an entrance pupil, an exit pupil, and a beam path extending from the entrance pupil to and beyond the exit pupil. A beam splitter intersects the beam path so that the beam path is incident upon the beam... Agent: Intellectual Property & Licensing Raytheon Company

20080186569 - Phased-array light telescope: A phased-array light telescope includes at least two non-obscured light subtelescopes. Each of the light subtelescopes is aimed along a common boresight. The phased-array light telescope further includes a non-obscured combining imager that receives and combines the output beams of the light subtelescopes.... Agent: Intellectual Property & Licensing Raytheon Company

20080186571 - Optical sight having an unpowered reticle illumination source: An optical sight includes an optical train having an optical path therethrough, an entrance, and an exit. A reticle is visible through the exit of the optical path. An unpowered reticle illumination source has a first light source that illuminates the reticle responsive to the level of ambient light, and... Agent: Benman, Brown & Williams

20080186570 - Optical sight having obscured reticle illumination: An optical sight includes an optical train with a reticle having a reticle substrate, and a reticle relief pattern in the reticle substrate having a relief surface oriented so that the relief surface faces an output end of the optical sight. A layer of a barrier material that is opaque... Agent: Benman, Brown & Williams

20080186572 - Display device: A display device includes a lens array unit, a display unit which is configured such that a first substrate is attached to a second substrate that is disposed between the first substrate and the lens array unit, the display unit having a display area composed of matrix-arrayed pixels, a gap... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080186575 - 2d-3d image switching display system: Provided is a 2D-3D switching display system that includes a backlight, a liquid crystal panel which forms a 3D image using light generated by the backlight, a viewing zone separation unit which separates an image formed by the liquid crystal panel into a left eye image and a right eye... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080186573 - Aperture correction for lenticular screens: An apparatus including an autostereoscopic image selection device and an overcoat opaque material applied to the autostereoscopic image selection device. The autostereoscopic image selection device and overcoat opaque material operate together to provide a self-locating aperture in association with the autostereoscopic selection device. The associated method entails applying an opaque... Agent: Real D - Patent Department

20080186574 - Soft aperture correction for lenticular screens: An apparatus including an autostereoscopic image selection device having a plurality of lenticules is provided. The autostereoscopic image selection device has an opaque material applied thereto in gaps between the plurality of lenticules. The opaque material is applied to the autostereoscopic image selection device in a soft aperturing manner, the... Agent: Real D - Patent Department

20080186576 - Polarizing element and liquid crystal projector: A polarizing plate having a desired extinction ratio in a visible light region and light resistance against strong light, and a liquid crystal projector using the above polarizing plate are provided. In a polarizing element includes a substrate transparent to visible light, and inorganic particle layers in each of which... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080186577 - Optical scanning device: An optical scanning device for scanning different formats of optical record carrier. The device includes a first radiation source (16), a second radiation source (70) and a third radiation source (72) arranged to emit radiation beams having a predetermined first, second and third, different, wavelength. The device further includes a... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080186578 - Transmission type diffraction grating: A transmission diffraction optical element is presented in which ridges having a roughly rectangular cross-section shape are disposed parallel to each other at a regular pitch at the surface of a substrate. Striped thin-film layers are formed on these ridges and a thin-film layer is inserted between the substrate and... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080186580 - Condition assessment method for a structure including a semiconductor material: An improved condition testing system and method includes a structure including a semiconductor material with a target portion and a second portion. The target portion has a first feature when at least one of the following occurs: an external force is received by the second portion of the structure and... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP/seattle

20080186579 - System and a method for generating periodic and/or quasi-periodic pattern on a sample: A system for generating periodic or quasi-periodic patterns on a sample by means of an interference lithography technique includes a photon source, a mask and a sample holder. The mask has a grating for generating a predetermined pattern, wherein the mask is positioned at a first distance from the photon... Agent: Siemens Schweiz Ag I-47, Intellectual Property

20080186581 - Modulating the intensity of light from an interferometric reflector: An optical device for modulating the intensity of light from an interferometric reflector. In one embodiment, the optical device can include an optical stack having a reflective layer and a partially reflective, partially transmissive layer for reflecting light. The optical device can also include a fluid cell comprising an absorptive... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20080186582 - Antiglare film and transmission-type liquid crystal display: An antiglare film is disclosed including a transparent substrate; and an antiglare layer on the transparent substrate wherein concaves and convexes are formed on the surface of the layer. As for the surface of the antiglare layer, ten point height of roughness profile Rz1 according to JIS-B0601-1994 is 0.4-0.9 μm... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20080186583 - Optical device and method of manufacturing the same: In an optical device in accordance with the present invention, a transparent member (5) covering a light receiving portion (2) on a top surface of an optical element (3) is composed of a base material (8) secured on the top surface of the optical element (3), and a resin portion... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20080186584 - Spring-biased multi-axis articulating lens cover: A lens cover apparatus comprises a mounting structure, a lens cover, a pivot joint structure, and a spring. The mounting structure is configured for securing the lens cover apparatus to a support structure. The pivot joint structure is coupled between the mounting structure and the lens cover and configured for... Agent: David Odell Simmons

20080186585 - Micro lens, micro lens array, and method of manufacturing the same: A micro lens includes a base material and a lens formed on the base material, wherein the lens is disposed at an opening on the base material, and the opening is formed by covering a surface of the base material with a first monolayer; and the first monolayer has critical... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080186587 - Display system for vehicle: The present invention is to provide a display system for a vehicle. The display system is able to keep display quality and to be mounted on a vehicle of various types. A display system for a vehicle has an indicator, a backlight arranged on a back side of the indicator,... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080186586 - Image display device: An image display device 3 has a liquid crystal display and a magnifying lens 114 contained therein. A user gets an imaging light from that display through the magnifying lens 114 to see an image. The image display device 3 includes a suction cup 160 on the back surface thereof.... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20080186588 - Zoom lens: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit of negative refractive power, a second lens unit of positive refractive power, and a third lens unit of positive refractive power. The first lens unit moves in a locus convex toward the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080186589 - Compact stepping lens actuator for mobile cameras: An actuator (100) including: a housing (102); a driven member (104) movably disposed with respect to the housing; a magnet (114) associated with the driven member and a ferric member (112) for providing a magnetic attraction force between the driven member and the ferric member for providing a normal force... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080186590 - Accessory unit and camera system: An accessory unit mountable on an eyepiece portion includes an engaging member having an engaging claw portion engageable with the eyepiece portion, an operating portion configured to manipulated by a user so that the engaging claw portion is displaced in a direction of releasing the engagement of the engaging claw... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080186591 - Dermatological device having a zoom lens system: In one aspect, the present invention provides a dermatological device that comprises a optical mask that is adapted to receive a radiation beam, e.g., from an external radiation source via an optical fiber, and to transform the beam into a plurality of beamlets. A zoom lens system is optically coupled... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20080186592 - Optical element and optical unit: An optical unit includes one or more optical elements 15 and 25. At least one of the one or more optical elements has an optical functional surface that refracts incident light and rough surfaces 19 and 29 formed on an outer side with respect to the optical functional surface. The... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080186593 - Metal trace fabrication for optical element: Some aspects provide creation of an optical element including a surface defining a recess, deposition of conductive material on the surface such that a portion of the deposited conductive material is disposed within the recess, and substantial planarization of the surface to expose the portion of the conductive material disposed... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080186594 - Subminiature imaging optical system: m

20080186595 - Flexible printed circuit, image pickup device, and electronic equipment: A flexible printed circuit according to the present invention is anchored to a holding member disposed within electronic equipment, and comprises: a main body portion 70 that includes electrical lines; a first connection portion 71 disposed in the main body portion 70 and to which an electric component or another... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20080186596 - Microscope lens barrel: A microscope lens barrel includes an input port where observation light enters the microscope lens barrel; a plurality of output ports which the observation light goes out of the microscope lens barrel; an optical-path switching mechanism which selectively switches an optical path of the observation light to guide the observation... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080186597 - Arrangement structure of lenses and camera module, and electronic apparatus: An arrangement structure of lenses includes two adjacent lenses, a first engagement surface formed at a surface where one lens out of the two lenses faces another lens, and a second engagement surface capable of engaging with the first engagement surface, which is formed in a surface where the another... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080186599 - Apparatus and method for setting a parameter of a lens of a television , video or studio camera: An apparatus is used to manually set a parameter of a lens of a television, video or studio camera, and especially to set the distance between the camera and an object which is to be photographed. The apparatus which is connectable with the camera, has a hand wheel that can... Agent: Milde & Hoffberg, LLP

20080186598 - Imaging lens reel-out equipment: An imaging lens extending apparatus includes a circuit substrate mounting an imaging sensor device; a tubular guide part; a tubular rotary body that includes a switching lever; a macro core; an imaging lens group fit to the macro core; a wave washer; and a cover which is affixed to the... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080186601 - Camera module: A camera module that can be used in small-sized electronic apparatuses such as digital cameras, camera-equipped cellular phones and the like is provided. The 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... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20080186600 - Lens module and camera module having same: A lens module includes: a holder having inner threads; a ring-shaped first support, the first support having outer threads and being threadedly engaged with a first portion of the inner threads of the holder; a ring-shaped second support, the second support having outer threads and being threadedly engaged with a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080186602 - Device for rapidly changing objectives with the aid of threaded fastening: The invention relates to a device for rapidly changing objectives with threaded fastening on an optical instrument. The object of the present invention of specifying a device which in the case of a microscope with a threaded connection for the objective substantially simplifies the interchange of the objective and greatly... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20080186603 - Vehicle mirror device: A vehicle mirror device includes a drive unit to turn a mirror unit with respect to a base unit. The drive unit includes a motor and a control circuit. The motor is driven with a battery voltage. A current supply to the motor is cut OFF when a motor current... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080186604 - Substrate-guided optical device particularly for vision enhanced optical systems: There is provided an optical system, including a mechanical body (110), a light-transmitting substrate (20) having two major surfaces and edges, embedded in the mechanical body, an optical element (90) for coupling light into the substrate by total internal reflection and a plurality of partially reflecting surfaces (22) carried by... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP (oc)

20080186605 - Optical module for observing event or object: An optical module that effectively observes a rapidly moving event or object is provided. The optical module includes first and second mirrors, and an optical signals detector, which are installed in a body thereof. The first mirror has a wide field of view and detects the event or object over... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20080186606 - Projection television: A projection television includes: a mirror holder made up of a metal bracket fixed with its one end attached to a cabinet and a mirror holder cover made of synthetic resin having a square-cornered U shape part into which the other end of the bracket is fitted; and a mirror... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080186607 - Prophylaxic/therapeutic vehicle filter component for healthy eyes, pseudoaphakic eyes or eyes suffering neurodegeneration: A component with a yellow pigment that absorbs light wavelengths in the range 500 to 380 nm is provided for transparent or translucent components of a vehicle in order to protect healthy eyes, pseudophakic eyes, and eyes with macular and retinal degeneration from harmful ultraviolet rays. The component may be... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department