Optical: systems and elements inventions 11/08

20080291515 - Scanning optical apparatus: A scanning optical apparatus includes a deflection element configured to deflect a laser beam emitted from a light source for scanning, a mirror member configured to directly reflect the laser beam deflected by the deflection element toward a surface to be scanned, and an optical box configured to house the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080291516 - Light scanning apparatus, method of controlling the same and image forming apparatus equipped with the same: A light scanning apparatus makes a light beam scan along a main scanning direction on an effective scanning region which has a predetermined width. The apparatus comprises: a light source which emits the light beam; a deflector which includes an oscillation mirror which oscillates about an oscillatory axis which is... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080291517 - Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus using the same: An optical scanning device having a deflector with an oscillating element wherein a relation 0.85<(dY/dθ)/(dY0/dθ0)<1.15 is satisfied throughout an effective scan region, where θ0 is a deflection angle of the oscillating element as a light beam scans the centre position Y0 of an effective scan region on a scan surface... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080291518 - Optical pattern generator using a single rotating optical component with ray-symmetry-induced image stability: An optical pattern generator uses a rotating component that includes a number of deflection sectors containing optical elements. Each sector deflects an incident optical beam by a substantially constant angle although this angle may vary from one sector to the next. The constant deflection angle is achieved by symmetry within... Agent: Reliant / Fenwick C/o Fenwick & West, LLP

20080291519 - Manufacturing method for variable shape mirror: Manufacturing method for variable shape mirrors suitable for mass production includes steps: for forming first grooves and second grooves along boundaries between areas to be variable shape mirrors on a surface of first wafer to be support substrate and a surface of second wafer to be mirror substrate; for arranging... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080291520 - Image display device, image display method, and image display program: An image display device having an optical modulation element, which modulates light emitted from a light source according to display information, and displaying a display image based on the display information includes: a unit adjusting the amount of illumination light with respect to light emitted from the light source on... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080291521 - Reflective unit using electroactive polymer and flexible display employing the reflective unit: Provided are a reflective unit using an electroactive polymer and a flexible display. The reflective unit includes: an electroactive polymer layer which becomes strained when a voltage is applied thereto by an electrode; a light reflecting unit reflecting external light and having reflecting cells arranged on the electroactive polymer layer... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080291522 - Exterior reflective mirror element for a vehicle rearview mirror assembly: An exterior reflective mirror element suitable for a vehicle includes a transparent glass substrate having a reflector and a visual indicator display disposed to the rear of the substrate. The visual indicator display may be part of a blind spot detection and display system of the vehicle wherein the visual... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20080291523 - Vehicular rearview mirror elements and assemblies incorporating these elements: The present invention relates to improved electro-optic rearview mirror elements and assemblies incorporating the same.... Agent: Brian J. Rees Gentex Corporation

20080291524 - Mirror device: A mirror device comprises: an electrode placed on a substrate; a hinge which is connected to the electrode and which has a flat part at an end part on a side opposite to the electrode; and a mirror placed on the flat part, wherein a protrusion part formed on the... Agent: Bo-in Lin

20080291525 - Display pixel using electroactive polymer and display apparatus employing the same: Provided are a display pixel using an electroactive polymer and a display apparatus employing the display pixel. The display pixel includes: an electroactive polymer layer, of which shape and/or size is displaced when a voltage is applied thereto; a diffraction grating, of which a pitch and a diffraction angle change... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080291526 - Core-shell particles containing fluorescent components for electrophoretic displays: An electrophoretic ink includes fluid having either (a) at least two sets of differently colored particles with the fluid been a substantially clear fluid, or (b) at least one set of colored particles with the fluid been a differently colored fluid than the colored particles, wherein at least one set... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20080291527 - Display device: An electrophoretic display includes a lower substrate, an upper substrate, a color display layer on the lower substrate, a pixel electrode on the lower substrate, and a common electrode on the lower substrate or the upper substrate. The common electrode does not overlap the pixel electrode, and an electrophoretic active... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20080291528 - Wavelength converter system, crystal storage apparatus, and crystal replacement method of wavelength converter: A wavelength converter system capable of replacing a nonlinear crystal in a wavelength converter in a short time with ease is provided. The wavelength converter system includes the wavelength converter for converting a wavelength by passing light through the nonlinear crystal and a crystal storage apparatus for storing a nonlinear... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080291529 - Raman pump power control for gain flattening: The present invention aims at providing a method for controlling wavelength characteristics of optical transmission powers by Raman amplification, in which the wavelength characteristics of optical transmission powers are automatically compensated without giving any losses to channel lights to thereby improve transmission characteristics, and an apparatus adopting the same. To... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080291530 - Amplifying medium comprising a liquid medium based on halogenated ligands and lanthanides: the groups R1, R2 and R3 comprising halogenated chains and a rare earth ion. The advantage of using a liquid medium lies in the possibility of more easily discharging the heat within the amplifying medium. The present solution provides a formulation that furthermore makes it possible to have entities that... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20080291531 - Compact objective lens assembly: A high-performance image-forming optical objective lens made compact and thin, particularly in the object side direction, by twice folding the optical path by means of two prism lenses longitudinally separated and arranged in an angular relationship to one another. The prisms have entrance and exit faces each of which is... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080291532 - 3-d optical microscope: A 3-D optical microscope, a method of turning a conventional optical microscope into a 3-D optical microscope, and a method of creating a 3-D image on an optical microscope are described. The 3-D optical microscope includes a processor, at least one objective lens, an optical sensor capable of acquiring an... Agent: James J. Xu

20080291533 - Illuminator for a 3-d optical microscope: A compact and low cost microscope illuminator capable of generating 3-D optical images includes a first light source and a second light source. The two light sources lead two optical paths: one to illuminate a sample and another to project a pattern onto the focal plane of a microscope objective... Agent: James J. Xu

20080291534 - Microscope system: A microscope system includes a casing in which an optical element is housed, an airtight specimen chamber, and an environment control unit that controls temperature and humidity in the specimen chamber and also controls temperature inside the casing. An upper plate of the specimen chamber is an open/close lid opened... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080291535 - Structure for supporting an optical telescope: An apparatus for the focusing of incident light includes a base assembly that is adapted to support a primary mirror. The primary mirror includes an outside circumference and an inside aperture. An upright member is attached to the base assembly at a first end thereof at a first location that... Agent: Risto A. Rinne, Jr. Complete Patenting Services

20080291537 - Floor projection screen and method for manufacturing the same: A floor projection screen to be installed in front of department stores, shops, shopping malls, and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The floor projection screen is formed by overlapping a hard screen material, which is obtained by mixing white cement with a light diffuser such as glass... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080291536 - Reflective screen: The reflective screen 6 of the present invention uses a multilayer optical film consisting of at least two kinds of alternately laminated transparent dielectric thin films showing different refractive indices, and selectively reflecting lights of specific wavelength regions as a reflecting layer 2, and the reflecting layer 2 has a... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080291538 - Plasma reflective polarizer: The present invention discloses a plasma reflective polarizer, which comprises a transparent substrate and a metal-line film. The metal-line film is formed via periodically disposing metal lines on the transparent substrate. Alternatively, the plasma reflective polarizer of the present invention comprises a plurality of transparent substrates stacked one above one;... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20080291539 - Light reflective panel appliques: A tread plate for use on emergency vehicles wherein a number of dots of light reflective material are disposed between the treads allowing the tread plate itself to become light reflective. The creation of patterns using units of variously colored light reflective material to convey information or increase visibility. A... Agent: Michael L. Antoline P.C.

20080291540 - Image blur prevention actuator and lens unit and camera equipped therewith: To provide an actuator capable of positioning a spherical body in a predetermined position without causing significant blurring of a formed image. The present invention is an actuator for moving an imaging lens to prevent blurring of an image, comprising a fixed portion (12); a movable portion (14) attached to... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080291541 - Light redirecting solar control film: A light redirecting solar control film includes a multilayer film that transmits visible light and reflects infrared light, and a light redirecting layer adjacent to the multilayer film forming a light redirecting solar control film. The light redirecting layer includes a major surface forming a plurality of prism structures.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080291542 - Projection lens device and projection display apparatus using the same: A projection lens device includes, in order from a magnification side, a first lens group G1 having a negative refractive power, and a second lens group G2 having a positive refractive power. The projection lens device is substantially telecentric on a reduction side thereof. The second lens group G2 includes... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080291543 - Imaging unit and mobile electronic device: An imaging unit including an image sensor, an incident-side prism, an exit-side prism, and an intermediate optical system positioned therebetween, wherein light incident on the incident-side prism passes through the incident-side prism, the intermediate optical system and the exit-side prism to be incident on the image sensor, the imaging unit... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080291544 - Zoom lens system: A zoom lens system which includes, in order from an object side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power; a second lens unit having a positive refractive power; and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, a space between the lens units is changed to perform... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080291545 - Zoom lens: The invention relates to a zoom lens that can achieve higher performance easily. In order from the object side of the zoom lens, it comprises a positive first lens group G1, a negative second lens group G2, a positive third lens group G3 and a positive fourth lens group G4,... Agent: Richard M. Rosati, Esq. Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080291546 - Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus having the same: e

20080291547 - Zoom lens system and camera having same: A zoom lens system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having positive optical power, a second lens unit having negative optical power, a third lens unit having positive optical power, and a fourth lens unit having positive optical power. Each lens... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080291548 - Zoom lens system and electronic image pickup apparatus using the same: wherein R1 denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of the at least one aspherical surface, and h1 denotes a length from a first intersection between a chief ray reaching a point of maximum image height on an image surface and the at least one aspherical surface to an optical axis... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080291549 - Image capture lens feeding device and method of assembly of same: In a thin image capture lens feeding device, wear of constituent members does not readily occur, even when an operation of switching between a normal image capture mode and a macro image capture mode is repeated. By rotating a lens retention housing 80 relative to a holder 70, the lens... Agent: Venable LLP

20080291550 - Zoom lens structure: The present invention discloses a zooming lens structure comprising at least a fixed lens barrel, an diaphragm member, a front track lens barrel, a rear track lens barrel, a front lens barrel module and a rear lens barrel module, wherein the first guide screw cylinder of the front lens barrel... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080291551 - Imaging lens: e

20080291552 - Projection lens unit having reflection mirror in projection lens system and method of and equipment for fixing reflection mirror: A frame 18 with a first lens group 15 and a second lens group 17 of a projection lens system fixedly mounted thereto is supported by a support arm 43 so as to direct a mirror mounting aperture 27 of the frame 18 downward. The reflection mirror 16 for folding... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080291553 - Subminiature imaging optical system: where f1 is a focal length of the first lens, f2 is a focal length of the second lens, f3 is a focal length of the third lens and f4 is a focal length of the fourth lens, and R5 is a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080291554 - Fluid counterbalance for a laser lens used to scribe an electronic component substrate: An apparatus and method for supporting a device for processing an electronic component substrate includes an assembly supporting a laser lens in a gravity field for focusing movement along a Z-axis by a linear actuator. A fluid counterbalance for the assembly is defined by a piston associated with a housing... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20080291555 - Optical element holding apparatus, barrel, exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method: An optical element holding apparatus includes an aluminum buffer member accommodated in a stainless steel frame body and having a linear expansion coefficient differing from that of the frame body. The buffer member contacts a first member of a rotation link block. The frame body includes slits defining the rotation... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080291556 - Lens barrel: A lens barrel is provided. The lens barrel includes a first cylinder that includes at least one continuous groove on an interior surface thereof. The at least one continuous groove includes a trough of a helicoidal screw and a circumferential groove formed in a circumferential direction with respect to the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080291557 - Lens barrel: A lens barrel is disclosed. The lens barrel includes a sleeve having curved groove on an inner side thereof, a lens module having at least one lens and an optical axis having an object end and an image end, and a pin projecting from the lens module and engaged in... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080291558 - Apparatus for assembling lens module: An apparatus for assembling lens module (10) includes a firs tray (122), a second tray (142), and a robotic arm (16) with an optical element pick-up device (18). The first tray is configured for supporting a plurality of barrels thereon. The second tray is configured for supporting a plurality of... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080291559 - Variable shape mirror and manufacturing method for variable shape mirror: A variable shape mirror includes a support substrate provided with a conductive bonding portion that is divided into two areas bonded to a lamination type piezoelectric actuator. A bonding surface of the piezoelectric actuator is provided with a first metal film that is divided into a first area and a... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080291560 - Rearview mirror for vehicles: The rear-view mirror comprises a mirror housing, in which a mirror glass is disposed. It is surrounded by a rim portion, wherein at least a part of the rim portion is configured moveable relative to the mirror housing. Said part can be configured elastically resilient, linked with the mirror housing,... Agent: Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20080291561 - Light coloring system: A rainbow wheel that colors light that is passed therethrough. The wheel can be formed using a photolithographic process. Another supermagenta wheel can be used to increase the number of colors that can be obtained.... Agent: Law Office Of Scott C Harris Inc

20080285099 - Method and apparatus for forming multi-dimensional colloidal structures using holographic optical tweezers: Holographic optical tweezers are used to position charge stabilized colloidal particles within a flow cell. Once the particles are positioned, fixation is accomplished by pumping an electrolyte solution or pH adjusted solution (or a combination of the two) into the sample cell. In the former, the Debye length is reduced... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080285100 - Apparatus and method for producing a hologram: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for producing a hologram, in particular a dot matrix volume hologram. A holographic recording system (1) comprises a source of optical radiation (7), a transparent or partially transparent holographic recording medium 6 and an optical system (10). The recording medium (6)... Agent: Schneck & Schneck

20080285101 - Light scanning device and thrust-direction force canceling method: At least a part of a first thrust-direction force generated by air resistance received by at least one surface of reflection surfaces arrayed in a rotating direction of a polygon mirror 35 and tilted with respect to a rotation axis 35p of the polygon mirror 35 is canceled by a... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080285103 - Image display apparatus: An image display apparatus includes first and second actuators that cause a mirror (movable part) to oscillate about first and second axes intersecting with each other. The first actuator is driven based on a drive signal having a frequency component around a resonant frequency relevant to oscillatory motion of the... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20080285102 - Oscillator device, optical deflector and driving signal generating method: An oscillator device includes an oscillation system 115 having a plurality of oscillators and a plurality of torsion springs, a supporting member for supporting the oscillation system 115, driving members 114 and 1152, a signal output device 121 and 122, and a drive control unit 101-113, 123 and 124, wherein... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080285104 - Optical scanner and image forming apparatus: An optical scanner includes a plurality of scanning optical systems each of which scans a different surface to be scanned and includes a light source configured to emit a light beam, an optical deflector having a plurality of reflection surfaces, and a synchronization detector configured to receive the light beam... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080285105 - Laser scanning unit and image forming apparatus: A laser scanning unit and an image forming apparatus that include a deflector to deflect incident light; and a plurality of sub-scanning optical systems using the same reflective surface of the deflector. Each of the sub-scanning optical systems includes a light source, an entrance optical unit disposed between the light... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080285106 - Apparatus and method for nanoradian metrology of changes in angular orientation of a vibrating mirror using multi-pass optical systems: A new and useful metrology system is provided, of a type that comprises an optical cavity of the hemispherical or spherical type, with a vibrating mirror not located at or near a focus of the optical cavity, and which is particularly useful as a non interferometric metrology system. In one... Agent: Lawrence R. Oremland, P.C.

20080285107 - Electromagnetically actuating optical deflecting element: For that purpose, the electromagnetically actuating optical deflecting element comprises: a movable part having a light reflecting plane and a coil; a base component having a magnetic field generating means; and a pair of beams which axially support said movable part on to the base component, The movable part is... Agent: James C. Wray

20080285108 - Micro-actuation element provided with torsion bars: The micro-actuation element (X1) includes a movable unit (111), a frame (112) and a coupler (113) for connecting these, where the unit, the frame and the coupler are integrally formed in a material substrate having a multi-layer structure that consists of electroconductive layers (110a-110c), such as a core conduction layer... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080285109 - Micromirror unit with torsion connector having nonconstant width: A micromirror unit is provided which includes a frame, a mirror forming base upon which a mirror surface is formed, and a torsion connector which includes a first end connected to the mirror forming base and a second end connected to the frame. The torsion connector defines a rotation axis... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080285110 - Optical module and method of manufacturing the same: An optical module includes a first silicon substrate having a first groove at its surface, a second silicon substrate having a second groove at its surface, a Laser device formed on the first silicon substrate, an optical modulator formed on the second silicon substrate, a substrate on which the first... Agent: Junichi Mimura Oki America Inc.

20080285111 - Mirror device: A mirror device, comprising: a mirror; an electrode which is placed on a substrate and on which surface a cavity is formed; and a hinge placed between the mirror and electrode, wherein the hinge is connected to the cavity of the electrode.... Agent: Bo-in Lin

20080285112 - Mirror device: A mirror device comprises: an electrode which is covered with a protective film made of a material containing a semiconductor material and is placed on a substrate; a mirror placed above the electrode; and an electrically conductive hinge placed between the mirror and the electrode, wherein an opening part is... Agent: Bo-in Lin

20080285113 - Electrophoretic display panel: For the electrophoretic display panel (1) to able to have a relatively large number of attainable optical states for displaying the picture, even if the liquid is transparent, the electrophoretic display panel (1) has a magnetic field generator (120) for generating a magnetic field, a pixel (2) having a viewing... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080285114 - Electrophoretic display unit and display device having the same and method of manufacturing the same: An electrophoretic display unit includes a transparent base film, a transparent electrode disposed on the base film, an electrophoretic display layer disposed on the transparent electrode to display an image in response to an electric field, and an opaque electrophoretic protection layer disposed on the electrophoretic display layer.... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20080285115 - Apparatus and method of producing quantum-entangled, up-converted light beams: A single cavity may be used to produce up-converted, quantum-entangled beams relying on the common field of the pumping energy stimulating to up-converting material to produce the quantum entanglement.... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20080285116 - Managing gain tilt in an optically amplified transmission system: A method of managing gain tilt in an optical transmission segment including providing an optical transmission segment having a plurality of fiber optic cable spans and a plurality of repeaters coupled to the fiber optic cable spans. Gain tilt in the optical transmission segment is monitored. If negative gain tilt... Agent: Tcm/gtpp

20080285117 - Microchip-yb fiber hybrid optical amplifier for micro-machining and marking: The invention describes techniques for the control of the spatial as well as spectral beam quality of multi-mode fiber amplification of high peak power pulses as well as using such a configuration to replace the present diode-pumped, Neodynium based sources. Perfect spatial beam-quality can be ensured by exciting the fundamental... Agent: Sughrue, Mion, Zinn, Macpeak & Seas, PLLC

20080285118 - Method and apparatus for controlling and protecting pulsed high power fiber amplifier systems: An electronic circuit for controlling a laser system consisting of a pulse source and high power fiber amplifier is disclosed. The circuit is used to control the gain of the high power fiber amplifier system so that the amplified output pulses have predetermined pulse energy as the pulse width and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080285119 - Optical filter, method of manufacturing optical filter, optical system, and imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus comprises an optical system including a plurality of optical elements having finite refractive power and an electronic imaging device disposed at an image side of the optical system. At least one of the plurality of optical elements is made of resin, and an infrared-cut coating is applied... Agent: John C. Alimiller, Esq. Kenyon & Kenyon

20080285120 - Digital micro-mirror device: A digital micro-mirror device (DMD) has a housing, an active array being received in the housing, an optically transparent cover disposed above the active array for sealing the active array and introducing light beam to the active array, and a thermal conducting plate connected with the optically transparent cover and... Agent: Hdsl

20080285121 - Catadioptric projection objective: d

20080285122 - Accessory for attenuated total internal reflectance (atr) spectroscopy: An accessory for use with a microscope arranged to carry out ATR measurements has a support (40) which can be mounted on the moveable stage of the microscope. A mounting (100) for an ATR crystal (106) is carried on the support. A sample supporting member (60) is disposed below the... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP P2021

20080285123 - Raster scanning light microscope: Raster scanning light microscope with line pattern scanning with at least one illumination module, in which the means to achieve a variable partition of the laser light into least two illumination channels are envisioned and joint illumination of a sample takes place at the same or at different areas of... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080285124 - In-plane manipulator: Manipulator (1) for displacing an object holder (4), which manipulator (1) comprises a base (2), an actuator (5), a transmission (7), a guide (11) and an object holder (4). The actuator (5) is connected to the base (2) and displaces the object holder (4) via the transmission (7) when operating... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080285125 - Optical panel for front projection under ambient lighting conditions: An optical display panel that comprises a plurality of stacked optical waveguides including a plurality of stacked optical waveguides each having an optical core with a first and a second surface, a cladding layer on each of the first and second surfaces of the core, a diffuser on the front... Agent: Thompson Hine L.L.P. Intellectual Property Group

20080285126 - Screen surround: A screen frame (82) for a fabric screen (90) is comprised of four screen surround portions (10, 11). Each screen surround portion has a screen receiving portion (20) opening to the front of the screen, and a resilient screen retaining means (60) to hold an edge of the screen within... Agent: James D. Stevens Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20080285127 - 3d display device: At the time of displaying a targeted stereoscopic image composed of a background image being a planar component and a flying-out image being a stereoscopic component, a stereoscopic display device controls and stereoscopically displays the flying-out image being large in parallax so that the amount of transmitted light of a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080285128 - Mirror with built-in display: A mirror device (1) which can be simultaneously used for display purposes, based on e.g. an LCD display (5) with a polarizing mirror (2) placed in front of it. When the surface area occupied by the display is smaller than the surface area of the mirror, the smaller display can... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080285129 - Color light combining system for optical projector: A color light combining system comprises a polarizing beam splitter that includes a reflective polarizer film, a first prism face that receives a first unpolarized color light, a second prism face that receives a second unpolarized color light, and a third prism face that provides a first combined light output... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080285130 - Attenuator for high-power unpolarized laser beams: Apparatus for attenuating an unpolarized laser beam includes a polarizing beamsplitter for separating the laser beam into two plane-polarized beams following separate paths. The two plane-polarized beams are polarization rotated by a single polarization rotator. Each of the polarization-rotated beams is separated by a polarizing beam-combiner into two plane-polarized portions.... Agent: Stallman & Pollock LLP

20080285132 - Element deflector for lenses, and/or method of making the same: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to element deflectors and/or methods of making the same that are capable of reducing the number and/or amount of deposits (e.g., moisture and/or debris) that form on the lens(es) of viewing devices that reduce the viewing quality and/or experience. An air supply is... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080285131 - Forced air environmental separator, and method of making the same: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to forced air environmental separators and/or methods of making the same that are capable of reducing the number and/or amount of deposits (e.g., moisture and/or debris) that form on the lens(es) of viewing devices that reduce the viewing quality and/or experience. In certain... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080285133 - Antireflection film, production method thereof, polarizing plate using the antireflection film and image display device using the antireflection film or polarizing plate: An antireflection film comprises: a support; and at least one low refractive index layer including a first low refractive index layer, the first low refractive index layer being located most distant from the support, wherein the first low refractive index layer comprises: a resin curable upon irradiation with ionizing radiation;... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080285134 - Automotive glazing with selective diffusion: Automotive glazing which can diffuse light in a distinct manner depending on the angle of incidence thereof on the glazing, whereby a first incidence angle range corresponds to diffusion of at least 30% of the light and a second incidence angle range corresponds to diffusion of less than 10%.... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080285135 - Display device: A display device comprises a light emitting picture element (120) and a contrast enhancing element (110). The contrast enhancing element comprises a plurality of wave guides (216) separated by interstitial regions (212) being formed as narrowing recesses. An interface between a wave guide (216) and an interstitial region (212) is... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080285136 - Injection molded microoptics: A wafer-scale apparatus and method is described for the automation of forming, aligning and attaching two-dimensional arrays of microoptic elements on semiconductor and other image display devices, backplanes, optoelectronic boards, and integrated optical systems. In an ordered fabrication sequence, a mold plate comprised of optically designed cavities is formed by... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20080285137 - Projection display: A projection display is provided including a rod-like waveguide (7), an image providing light source device (10) located at a first side (9) of the waveguide (7) to inject image bearing light into the waveguide (7), through the first side (9). An input means (12) is provided on the waveguide... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20080285139 - Reflective image display system: A reflective image display system includes: at least one light source; at least one light guide set in front of the light source; an image panel set in front of the light guide; and a surface with the feature of at least partial specular reflection. Wherein the light emitted from... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080285138 - Retractable display device for a motor vehicle and a vehicle provided therewith: The invention relates to a retractable display device for a motor vehicle comprising a light source (8) for generating a displayable information and a retractable blade (1) for reflecting information towards the vehicle user. Said blade (1) is mounted on a movable support (2) displaceable between a rest position and... Agent: Nicolas E. Seckel Patent Attorney

20080285140 - Substrate-guided optical devices: There is provided an optical device, having a light-transmitting substrate having at least two major surfaces (26) parallel to each other and edges; optical means (16) for coupling light waves located in a field-of-view into the substrate by internal reflection, and at least one partially reflecting surface (22) located in... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP (oc)

20080285141 - High resolution head mounted projection display: An exemplary embodiment of the invention relates to an on-axis or near on-axis optical head mounted projection display optical assembly for transmitting and magnifying a real image to an eye. The assembly comprises a miniature display, a projection lens for receiving the light rays from the display, a second lens... Agent: Eliot Abolafia Nawctsd Orlando

20080285142 - Projection zoom lens: A projection zoom lens includes, from a screen side to an image source side, a first lens group having a negative refractive power, a second lens group having a positive refractive power, a third lens group having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens group having a negative refractive power... Agent: Madson & Austin

20080285143 - Fluidic lens with manually-adjustable focus: A fluidic lens may have a transparent window member, a transparent distensible membrane, an inner ring between the window member and membrane, and a top ring disposed such that the membrane is between the piston ring and the inner ring. A layer of liquid may be stored between the window... Agent: Joshua D. Isenberg Jdi Patent

20080285144 - Optical element: An optical element includes a first liquid, a second liquid, and a container, wherein the first liquid and the second liquid substantially differ in refractive index and are immiscible, the first liquid and the second liquid are hermetically placed in the container so that an interface between the first liquid... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080285145 - Compact zoom lens optical system and driving method of the same: A refractive-type zoom lens optical system includes a first lens group having a negative lens power and including a reflection member, a second lens group having a negative lens power, a third lens group having a positive lens power, a fourth lens group having a negative lens power, and a... Agent: Duane Morris LLP - PhiladelphiaIPDepartment

20080285146 - Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus having the same: A zoom lens includes, from the object side, first and second lens units of negative and positive refractive power. The lens units move during zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end. The first lens unit includes, from the object side, three negative lenses and a positive lens, at... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080285147 - Zoom lens system, imaging device and camera: A zoom lens system comprising a first lens unit having negative power, a second lens unit having positive power and a third lens unit having positive power, wherein in zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit, the lens units move respectively along an optical axis in such a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080285148 - Zoom lens system, imaging device and camera: A zoom lens system comprising a first lens unit having negative power, a second lens unit having positive power and a third lens unit having positive power, wherein in zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit, the lens units move respectively along an optical axis in such a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080285149 - Zoom lens system, imaging device and camera: A zoom lens system comprising a first lens unit having negative power, a second lens unit having positive power and a third lens unit having positive power, wherein in zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit, the lens units move respectively along an optical axis in such a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080285150 - Zoom optical system, image pickup device, and digital apparatus: z

20080285151 - Zoom ratio adjusting switch: An exemplary zoom ratio adjusting switch includes a panel, a rotary member and a spring. The panel defines first and second grooves whose innermost extremities are on a circumference of a circle. Each groove includes a wide part and a narrow part. The rotary member includes a body positioned to... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080285152 - Bonded optical element and manufacturing method thereof: A second optical element is bonded to a first optical element by forming the second optical element by pressing a second optical element material against the first optical element under a condition free from restriction to the second optical element material in the direction orthogonal to a direction in which... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080285154 - Bonded optical element and manufacturing method thereof: A second optical element is bonded to a first optical element by forming the second optical element larger in diameter than the first optical element by pressing a second optical element material against the first optical element under a condition free from restriction to at least part of the second... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080285153 - Imaging lens: The imaging lens satisfies “0.016<Δ/f<0.018,” where Δ is the absolute value of longitudinal chromatic aberrations at F curve and C curve wavelengths, and f is the combined focal distance of the entire compound imaging lens. A first, a second, and a third lens are disposed sequentially, the first lens disposed... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080285155 - Image-forming lens set: An image-forming lens set includes a positive power first lens, an aperture stop, a negative power second lens and a positive power third lens, which are arranged from an object side in order. The first lens has a convex surface facing the object side, and at least one surface thereof... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080285156 - Color lens: A color lens (10) includes a lens body (100) having two opposite surfaces (110, 120). A nano-material layer (130) is formed on one of the surfaces. An anti-reflect layer (140) is formed on the nano-material layer. A protect layer (150) is formed on the anti-reflect layer configured for protecting the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080285157 - Rearview mirror for a motor vehicle: A motor vehicle rearview mirror for producing an image of an object situated outside and behind the vehicle, the rearview mirror comprising a lens (1; 1′; 1″; 1″′) and a mirror (2) and being characterized in that the lens is a diverging concave lens having an optical axis (Al) and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080285158 - Objective lens and optical measuring device: An objective lens used for a microscope includes a lens(es), an iris diaphragm and a tubular body. The lens(es),which is provided in a manner facing an object, transmits light reflected from a measuring surface of the object. The iris diaphragm, which is provided behind the lens(es), changes an aperture diameter... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080285159 - Imaging lens and imaging apparatus equipped with the imaging lens: An imaging lens is provided and includes: in order from the object side, a first lens group including a biconcave lens; a second lens including two lenses whose convex surfaces are arranged opposite to each other and having a positive refractive power as a whole; a third lens group including... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080285160 - Projection lens: A projection lens for magnifying and projecting input light on a screen is disclosed. The projection lens in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a negative refractive power and receiving the light that has passed... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080285161 - Vibration damping for photolithographic lens mount: A connection between two components supported in a mutually vibrating fashion has at least one connection element connecting the two components, and a gap located between the two components in which a medium is located. The gap has a width small enough to largely prevent a displacement of the medium... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080285163 - Actuator, method for manufacturing same, imaging device, and mobile electronic apparatus: An actuator of the present invention includes a holder 8 for holding a lens 13; an upper guide 3 and a base 9 for supporting the holder 8 so that the holder 8 can move in the optical axis direction of the lens 13; and spherical bodies 2, disposed in... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080285162 - Lens drive unit: In the lens drive unit; the position retaining parts are advanced by rotating the position retaining member, which is held in the case body in such a manner as to become rotatable, in the R direction so that the position retaining parts are positioned just under the protrusion parts of... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080285164 - Light reflecting board: A folding groove part 6 is provided on a light-reflecting plastic film or sheet 2 by continuously or intermittently forming a groove which does not penetrate the film or sheet, along a straight line on the film or sheet. Then, the film or sheet is folded along this folding groove... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080285165 - Thin film filter system and method: Various embodiments of a system and method for producing a thin film filter are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080278780 - Holographic imaging systems: A holographic imaging system includes an electrical addressable spatial light modulator (EASLM) and an optically addressable spatial light modulator (OASLM). A read light is configured to illuminate the OASLM, and a controller is configured to address the EASLM with both positive and negative sub-images and transmit the positive and negative... Agent: Stolowitz Ford Cowger LLP

20080278782 - Method for driving optical deflecting device array, optical deflecting device array, optical deflecting device, and image projection displaying apparatus: A method for driving an optical deflecting device array is disclosed, including in a series of processes for the light deflection operation, at least, a state of a first stage writing and recording data for indicating an inclination direction of the plate member to incline in a first inclination direction... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080278781 - Optical device with vibration compensation: The present invention relates to an optical device, in particular a microscope (1), that comprises a beam path in which is arranged at least one deflection element (5, 6a to 6f) for deflecting the beam path, at least one vibration sensor (34) being arranged in or on the optical device;... Agent: Hodgson Russ LLP The Guaranty Building

20080278784 - Optical scanning device and printing apparatus: An optical scanning device comprises: an oscillating mirror which has a pair of electrodes and a mirror oscillator; a driving unit which applies a wave-like driving signal to the electrodes so as to oscillate the mirror oscillator correspondingly to the driving signal; a detecting unit which detects an oscillation amplitude... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080278783 - Stabilizing oscillation amplitude of torsion oscillator at predetermined frequency: A control method of stabilizing the oscillation amplitude of a torsion oscillator is described. The method includes the steps of: driving a torsion oscillator at a predetermined frequency with a drive energy level by a control module to generate a scanning angle of the incident light beam, wherein the drive... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20080278785 - Micromechanical device, micromechanical system, apparatus for adjusting sensitivity of a micromechanical device, method for producing a micromechanical device: A micromechanical device has a layer; at least a first slot formed in the layer to define a first oscillation element oscillatably suspended via a first spring portion of the layer; and at least a second slot formed in the layer to define a second oscillation element oscillatably suspended via... Agent: Schoppe, Zimmerman , Stockeller & Zinkler C/o Keating & Bennett , LLP

20080278786 - Electric mirror control device and electric mirror control method: An electric mirror control device provided with a proportionality constant conversion means for converting the proportionality constant of a detection output voltage to the angle of a mirror surface to be positive or negative. When an up-down sensor and a right-left sensor for detecting the angle of the mirror surface... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080278787 - Microelectromechanical system having a dielectric movable membrane and a mirror: A microelectromechanical (MEMS) device includes at least one electrode, a first reflective layer, and a movable functional element. The movable functional element includes a flexible dielectric layer and a reflective element. The flexible dielectric layer flexes in response to voltages applied to the at least one electrode to move the... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20080278788 - Microelectromechanical system having a dielectric movable membrane and a mirror: A microelectromechanical (MEMS) device includes at least one electrode, a first reflective layer, and a movable reflective element. The movable reflective element includes a flexible dielectric layer and a second reflective layer mechanically coupled to the flexible dielectric layer. The flexible dielectric layer flexes in response to voltages applied to... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20080278789 - Variable shape mirror and optical pickup device: In a variable shape mirror including a base substrate; a mirror with a mirror surface; a fixed part, arranged on the base substrate, for fixing the mirror and the base substrate; and an actuator using a piezoelectric ceramics arranged between the base substrate and the mirror; an initial voltage of... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080278790 - Apparatus with enhanced resolution for measuring structures on a substrate for semiconductor manufacture and use of apertures in a measuring apparatus: A measuring system is disclosed with enhanced resolution for periodic structures on a substrate for semiconductor manufacture. Aperture structures of varying geometries are provided in the illumination beam path. The aperture structures differ regarding the transmission characteristics of light, and which adjust the intensity distribution of the diffraction orders in... Agent: Houston Eliseeva

20080278791 - Display system with variable diffuser: A display system comprises a display device (DD) with a display screen (DS) for displaying an image. A diffuser (DI) is arranged in front of the display device (DD). A controller (CO) controls at least a portion of the diffuser (DI) to be in a transparent state wherein the display... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080278792 - Electrochromic device having improved color properties: An electrochromic device which includes a display electrode including a conductive layer disposed on a transparent substrate, a counter electrode disposed to face the display electrode, the counter electrode including a white reflective layer, an electrolyte interposed between the display electrode and the counter electrode, a first electrochromic material layer... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080278793 - Vehicular rearview mirror elements and assemblies incorporating these elements: The present invention relates to improved electro-optic rearview mirror elements and assemblies incorporating the same.... Agent: Brian J. Rees Gentex Corporation

20080278794 - Method for optical control of microwave phase: A method and system for modifying the detected phase of a signal by driving a photodetector into saturation. This system and method differs from current manual and electrical microwave phase modification by using saturation means for modifying the phase. The system and method may use a plurality of the signal... Agent: Naval Research Laboratory Associate Counsel (patents)

20080278795 - Flexible electrophoretic display and method of fabricating the same: Provided is a flexible electrophoretic display. The flexible electrophoretic display includes a grayscale representation unit for representing grayscales in unit areas using reflection and transmission; upper and lower electrodes for applying a voltage to the grayscale representation unit; and a plurality of colored particles formed on the upper electrode for... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080278796 - Reflective display having improved brightness and contrast: A reflective display, comprising a plurality of pixels (10), each having a first electrode, a light-modifying layer (12), and a second electrode (3; 16) arranged to enable formation of an electric field in the light-modifying layer (12) through application of a voltage between the electrodes. The pixel (10) further includes... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080278797 - Display medium, display device and display method: A display medium includes: a first substrate having transparency and provided with a transparent electrode on one face thereof, a member having a plurality of penetration holes, the member being placed on a surface of the transparent electrode, the penetration holes penetrating the member from the transparent electrode surface side,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080278798 - Mems display apparatus: This invention relates to display apparatuses having an array of light modulators and a plurality of spacers distributed within the interior of the array. The display apparatus may also include a reflective aperture layer disposed on a front facing surface of a substrate included in the display apparatus.... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080278799 - Projection objective of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus: A projection objective of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus is disclosed. The projection objective can project an image of a mask that can be set in position in an object plane onto a light-sensitive coating layer that can be set in position in an image plane. The projection objective can... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080278800 - Optical component for a stereomicroscope: A changing device (60) for an optical examination device, for example a microscope, comprising two beam paths (61.1, 61.2) for a first optical image, and a changing optics (21) which is rotatably arranged in the changing device and is, for example, a Galilei magnification changer having at least two, here... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080278801 - Laser scanning microscope: A laser scanning microscope is capable of separating the fluorescence signals of different fluorophores in accurate unmixing realized by eliminating positional pixels shifts between different fluorescence images obtained through irradiation of different-wavelength laser lights. The microscope includes a laser light source capable of emitting a wavelength-changeable laser light, a correction... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080278802 - Side aperture telescope mount: A telescope mount with a fixed vertical axis of rotation, a fixed horizontal axis of rotation, and a variable axis of rotation. The mount allows a side aperture telescope to simultaneously rotate horizontally and vertically while also allowing the telescope to be tilted up and down.... Agent: Dante Duby

20080278803 - Dimensional enhancement lens: A lens for use with a display panel configured to emit light and display images is provided. The lens has a light-emitting surface and a plurality of enhancement portions. A first enhancement portion is configured to physically correspond to a first image displayed on the display screen. The first enhancement... Agent: Visteon/brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080278804 - Method and apparatus for quantitative 3-d imaging: Described is a method and apparatus for obtaining additional information from an object and a method for surface imaging and three-dimensional imaging. Single lens, single aperture, single sensor system and stereo optic systems may be modified in order to successfully generate surface maps of objects or three-dimensional representations of target... Agent: Tope-mckay & Associates

20080278806 - Image display device and portable terminal device using the same: In a display panel, a plurality of pixel sections are arranged in the form of a matrix. Each of the pixel sections includes a pixel for displaying an image for the left eye and a pixel for displaying an image for the right eye. Lenticular lens having repeated convex surfaces... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080278805 - Sweet spot unit for a multi-user display device with an expanded viewing zone: The invention relates to a sweet spot unit for multiple user display with an enlarged observation area, preferably for an electronic display for reproducing stereoscopic and/or monoscopic representation which are automatically oriented towards the eyes of different observers by means of a position finder and a tracking and image control... Agent: Fox Rothschild LLP

20080278807 - Method and system for shaped glasses and viewing 3d images: Shaped glasses have curved surface lenses and spectrally complementary filters disposed on the curved surface lenses configured to compensate for wavelength shifts occurring due to viewing angles and other sources. The spectrally complementary filters include guard bands to prevent crosstalk between spectrally complementary portions of a 3D image viewed through... Agent: Gallagher & Lathrop, A Professional Corporation

20080278808 - Optical system for 3 dimensional display: An optical system or front end for adding an optical depth information to a two-dimensional image (1), wherein the optical system includes an array of optical lenses (2) arranged in front of the two-dimensional image (1). The optical lenses have adjustable focal length (strength) in response to the optical depth... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080278809 - Optical system for 3-dimensional display: An optical system that can add an optical depth information to a two-dimensional image (72) represented by substantially collimated light, e.g. by using a collimated light source in front of a LCD display. The optical system includes a first array of optical lenses (70) arranged at a first distance in... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080278810 - Adhesive for polarizer plate and method for manufacturing the same: Disclosed is an adhesive for a polarizing plate that comprises a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin with an acetacetyl group and an amine-based metal compound crosslinking agent, and a method of manufacturing the same.... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20080278811 - Selectively absorptive wire-grid polarizer: A selectively absorptive, mulitlayer wire-grid polarizer for polarizing incident light includes a stack of thin film layers disposed over a substrate, including a wire-grid array of elongated metal elements having a period less than half the wavelength of the light. One of the layers can include a thin film layer... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20080278812 - Polarizing optical system: There is provided an optical system, including a light-transmitting substrate having at least two major surfaces parallel to each other and edges, and an optical device for coupling light into the substrate by total internal reflection. The device includes a polarization sensitive reflecting surface.... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP (oc)

20080278813 - Ultraviolet polarization beam splitter with minimum apodization: A beamsplitter includes a first fluoride prism and a second fluoride prism. A coating interface is between the first and second fluoride prisms, wherein an overall R(s)*T(p) function of the beamsplitter varies no more than ±2.74% in the range of 40-50 degrees of incidence.... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080278814 - Structured surface articles containing geometric structures with compound faces and methods for making same: A prepared substrate including an array of cube corner cavities and protrusions interspersed between the cube corner cavities is described herein.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080278815 - Isotropic zero-order diffractive filter: p

20080278816 - Structured surfaces that exhibit color by rotation: An optically variable device is disclosed having a substrate with an array of pyramidal structures formed upon it or within it. The structures are preferably formed by printing pyramids with an optically variable color-shifting ink using an Intaglio-like printing process. Alternatively the structure can be formed by embossing a layer... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20080278817 - Temperature-resistant layered system: The invention relates to a layered system of a component that can be thermally stressed, comprising at least one for expanding the application scope of layered systems and in particular for improving their life cycle. Said layer has at least one first and at least one second material and a... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080278818 - Optical plate and backlight module using the same: An exemplary optical plate includes a transparent plate unit. The transparent plate unit includes a light output surface, a bottom surface, a diffusion layer, and a lamp-receiving portion. The bottom surface is opposite to the light output surface. The diffusion layer is formed on the light output surface. The lamp-receiving... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080278819 - Adjustable screen: A screening device limits the access of light to a viewing reference surface such as a computer screen. The device has a substantially opaque screening portion of predetermined size and form; and adjustable mounting means for attaching it. The device may have a shaped spine portion rotatably and slidably inserted... Agent: D.w. Eggins

20080278820 - Tetraform microlenses and method of forming the same: A lens is formed to support and tilt at least one microlens formed on the lens. The degree and direction of slope of the microlens can be controlled based on desired focal characteristics to direct light to or from a pixel of a pixel array.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080278821 - Head-mounted display system: A head-mounted display system is provided. According to one example of an implementation, the head-mounted display system includes at least one sensor detecting surrounding information, a processing unit processing the surrounding information received from the at least one sensor, a display control unit generating display information to be displayed to... Agent: The Eclipse Group LLP

20080278822 - Head-up display device for vehicles: Disclosed is a head-up display device for vehicles. The display device for vehicles includes a panel, on which driving data of a vehicle are displayed; and an aspheric combiner, which magnifies the driving data displayed on the panel and thus creates a virtual image, and has a ratio of DISC... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080278823 - Optoceramics, optical elements manufactured thereof and their use as well as imaging optics: The present invention relates to optoceramics and refractive, transmissive or diffractive optical elements manufactured thereof, their use and an optical imaging system. These optoceramics and optical elements are transparent to visible light and/or infrared radiation. The optoceramics consist of a crystal matrix, i.e. of polycrystalline material, wherein at least 95%... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20080278824 - Image pickup apparatus having optical path reflecting zoom lens system: An image pickup apparatus having an optical path reflecting zoom lens system includes a zoom lens system, and an image pickup element which is disposed at an image side of the zoom lens system. The zoom lens system includes in order from an object side thereof a first lens unit... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080278825 - Optical element, optical scanning apparatus, and image forming apparatus using the optical element, and method and apparatus for fixedly joining the optical element and reducing deformation of the optical element arranged in a layer structure: An optical element including a plurality of reference members formed on a first side surface, and a method and apparatus for fixedly joining the optical element with the first side surface facing down. The method includes providing a surface including a specific position where the optical element is placed, applying... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080278826 - Fish-eye lens and imaging device: A fisheye lens, comprising a front group made up of a total of three groups, which are two concave lenses 1 and 2 whose concave surfaces are directed toward the image side, and a compound lens 3 whose concave surface is directed toward the image side and which has an... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080278827 - 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 that is a meniscus lens having a positive power whose convex surface faces the object side, a diaphragm, a second lens that is a meniscus lens having a positive power whose convex... Agent: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP Koda/androlia

20080278828 - Optical element: An optical element has at least one additional element fitted thereon which dissipates the vibrational energy of the optical element by friction.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080278829 - Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same: A semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same. The method includes setting a pattern region, forming a series of virtual mesh lines on the pattern region, forming a plurality of patterns in the pattern region, and substituting each of the patterns with either a red (R), green (G),... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080278830 - Clip bracket for binocular and finder: A bracket for releasably attaching a finder to a binocular with a single, tool-free operation. The bracket is configured to releasably receive a finder. The bracket also is configured to clamp onto a center rail of binoculars. The bracket includes a first member that is selectively biased toward a second... Agent: Knox Patents

20080278831 - Focus driving apparatus with impact resistance: A focus driving apparatus with impact resistance is provided, including a lens carrier seat, a fixed base, a hanging element set, and a shake-resistant element set. The lens carrier seat is for carrying a lens. The hanging element set further includes a plurality of metal wires. The shake-resistant element set... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property, Inc.

20080278832 - Projection lens unit and manufacturing method of projection lens unit: A projection lens unit includes a magnifying optical system is provided. A second magnifying lens barrel has a shape of double circular cylinders, and a first magnifying lens barrel is fitted to an outer circular cylinder. Further, a second magnifying lens is in contact with and fixed to a step... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080278833 - Camera module: A camera module includes a lens assembly, a lens barrel, an image sensor, a hollow holder receiving the lens barrel and the image sensor, and a thermally deformable member. The lens assembly defines a first focal length with a first focus point at a first temperature and a second focal... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080278834 - Electrically operated mirror control device and method of controlling reverse linking operation: An electrically operated mirror control device comprises a controller which includes a reverse linking unit for carrying out a reverse linking operation to tilt a mirror to change a mirror surface angle in linking with reversing of a vehicle, and a mirror switch which adjusts an amount of a change... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080273230 - Optical scanning device, printing apparatus, and method for adjusting oscillation amplitude of oscillating mirror: An optical scanning device is provided. The optical scanning device includes an oscillating mirror which has a pair of electrodes and a mirror oscillator, and which deflects a light beam; a driving unit which applies a wave-like driving signal to the pair of electrodes so as to oscillate the mirror... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080273231 - Optical scan engine using rotating mirror sectors: An optical scan engine includes a rotatable component, for example a disk or drum. The rotatable component includes a plurality of scan sectors that are arranged around the rotation axis and that lie substantially in a plane of rotation. Each scan sector includes a pair of reflective surfaces that typically... Agent: Reliant / Fenwick C/o Fenwick & West, LLP

20080273232 - Beam irradiation apparatus, beam irradiation method, and method for manufacturing thin film transistor: A galvanometer mirror rotates in one direction when the galvanometer mirror is used. A spot can be scanned on an irradiated surface at a more constant speed by rotating the galvanometer mirror and by using the inertia. Moreover, it is preferable to make the galvanometer mirror heavy because the inertia... Agent: Eric Robinson

20080273233 - Micro-device encapsulation having light and moisture control: An encapsulated micro device includes a micro device on a substrate within a chamber, a transparent encapsulation cover in part defining the chamber, an opaque layered structure on the encapsulation cover and inside the chamber. The layered structure includes an opening over the micro device and is configured to absorb... Agent: Xin Wen

20080273234 - System and method for integrated, analog mode mirror devices: A system and method for integrated, analog mode mirror devices. A system containing integrated, analog mode mirror devices includes a damped digital micromirror device (DDMD) optically coupled to a light source and positioned in a light path of the light source, and a controller electrically coupled to the DDMD. The... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080273235 - Hybrid micromirror array lens for reducing chromatic aberration: This invention provides a Hybrid Micromirror Array Lens with reduced chromatic aberration over a broadband wavelength range of light. Conventional micromirror array lens uses phase matching condition. Therefore, the optical surface profile of Micromirror Array Lens using the same phase condition has a discontinuous surface profile. As the required optical... Agent: Stereo Display Inc.

20080273236 - Optical modulator: An electroabsorption modulator comprises an absorption layer (1) between two layers of n-doped semiconductor (2, 5). The absorption layer (1) is doped or implanted with Fe ions making it semi-insulating. The use of an NiN structure rather than a PiN structure significantly reduces the series resistance of the device. The... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080273237 - Robust multi particle system for color electrophoretic displays with very low driving voltages comprising a low amount of electrolytes: An electrophoretic dispersion with at least two particle species is proposed in which a minimal number (and concentration) of free compounds is present in solution. All chemicals needed to color and stabilize the pigment particles are preferably covalently attached to or within the particles. This enhances the robustness of the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080273238 - All-fiber chirped pulse amplification systems: By compensating polarization mode-dispersion as well chromatic dispersion in photonic crystal fiber pulse compressors, high pulse energies can be obtained from all-fiber chirped pulse amplification systems. By inducing third-order dispersion in fiber amplifiers via self-phase modulation, the third-order chromatic dispersion from bulk grating pulse compressors can be compensated and the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080273239 - Imaging lens and method of manufacturing the same: There is provided an imaging lens including: a transparent substrate; an upper lens disposed on a top of the transparent substrate; and a lower lens disposed on a bottom of the transparent substrate to correspond to the upper lens, wherein one of the upper and lower lenses includes a lens... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080273240 - Infrared radiation absorbing sun protection film: The invention pertains to a colored sun protection film for transparent or translucent glazings having at least a metallized and/or non-metallized supporting film and at least one functional layer.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080273241 - Apparatus to enable an automobile driver to see above oversized vehicles and other obstacles: An apparatus to enable an automobile driver to see above oversized vehicles and other obstacles with a periscope that attaches to the roof and windshield (or side window) of a motor vehicle, a sleeve mechanism that permits extension and rotation of the device, placement at the top of the windshield... Agent: Evan Kaiser

20080273242 - Directional display apparatus: A directional display apparatus, comprising a spatial light modulator comprising an array of pixels and a lens array in which each respective section of the lens array is capable of directing light from a group of pixels aligned with the respective section into nominal viewing windows, is arranged such that... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080273243 - Device, system and method of retro-modulating safety signs: d

20080273244 - Wide field compact imaging catadioptric spectrometer: An imaging catadioptric spectrometer using a Mangin type lens and pupil lens adjacent to a grating. Electromagnetic radiation received by aperture slits is directed to a reflective portion of a Mangin type lens and redirected to a pupil adjacent a diffraction grating. Diffracted light is transmitted through a refractive portion... Agent: Paul A. Fattibene Fattibene & Fattibene

20080273245 - Beam splitting module and a light source system incorporating the same: A beam splitting module is disposed on a base plate of a light source system, and includes a supporting wall, a beam splitting lens, and a biasing member. The supporting wall has a first wall surface, and is disposed on the base plate such that the first wall surface extends... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP

20080273246 - Method of manufacturing an ophthalmic lens for providing an optical display: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a vision correction lens that has a front face and a rear face, and into which light beams emitted by an optical element of a light beam generator system are introduced via an entry surface and directed towards the eye of the... Agent: Sofer & Haroun LLP.

20080273247 - Color-corrected optical system: An optical device includes an elongated tube configured for insertion into a body and optical members located in the tube. The optical members are configured to have an optical invariant-to-clear aperture semidiameter ratio greater than about 0.05 and an optical path difference less than about a value of the optical... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C. Smith & Nephew, Inc.

20080273248 - Projection objective adapted for use with different immersion fluids or liquids, method of conversion of such and production method: The invention relates to a projection objective (6), in particular for applications in microlithography, serving to project an image of an object (3) arranged in an object plane (4) onto a substrate (18) arranged in an image plane (7). The projection objective (6) has an object-side-oriented part (10) which is... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080273249 - Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus including the same: A compact zoom lens includes a first lens unit disposed closest to an object side, an aperture, and a rear lens group. The first lens unit includes a first diffraction optical part having positive refractive power, and the rear lens group includes a second diffraction optical part having positive refractive... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080273250 - Imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus, configured to form an image on an image pickup element, includes, in an order from an object side toward an image side, a first optical unit having a negative refractive power, a second optical unit having a positive refractive power, and a third optical unit including the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080273251 - Zoom lens control mechanism: A zoom lens control mechanism for changing a focal distance in an optical axis of a first lens set includes a zoom lens base, a lens support, and a switch device. The zoom lens base has an image pickup opening disposed in the optical axis of the first lens set.... Agent: Apex Juris, PLLC

20080273252 - Lens body tube and projector having the same: A lens body tube comprising: a projection lens; a rotary cam tube that moves a variable power lens within the projection lens in an optical axis direction in accordance with a rotation of the rotary cam tube; a supporting tube, provided at an outside of the rotary cam tube, that... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080273253 - Method for producing mold for zonal optical element: A method for producing a mold for a zonal optical element having a circular portion having a circular shape taking an optical axis as a center viewed from a plane surface; at least one zonal surface formed around the circular portion in a ring form; and boundary wall surfaces connecting... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080273254 - Imaging lens assembly, light scanning unit and image forming apparatus having the same: An imaging lens assembly includes a mount which comprises a mount adhering portion on which a light curable adhesive is applied, an imaging lens which comprises a lens portion, and a supporting portion to extend from the lens portion, and a holder coupled to the mount adhering portion by the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080273255 - Lens module: A lens module includes a holder base, which is affixed to a circuit board and has bottom receiving holes for receiving LEDs or sensors on the circuit board and a top flange with a foolproof notch, a lens device press-fitted into the top flange and secured to the foolproof notch... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080273256 - Microscope objective and adjusting method therefor: A microscope objective includes: a plurality of optics sharing an optical axis, a plurality of optics frames holding at least one of the plurality of optics, an objective lens barrel with a plurality of holes penetrating the side wall of the objective lens barrel in which the plurality of optics... Agent: Arnold International

20080273257 - Color filter substrate and method of manufacturing the same: A color filter substrate including a substrate, a number of color filter patterns, a black matrix, a number of spacers, a number of protrusions, and a common electrode is provided. The substrate has a number of sub-pixel regions. The color filter patterns are disposed on the substrate, and each color... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.