Optical: systems and elements inventions 10/09

20090244665 - Computer-generated hologram: For the purpose of preparing a computer-generated hologram, which has very high resolution and many numbers of parallaxes, the present invention provides a computer-generated holographic stereogram, wherein a virtual point light source group (11) is set up spatially on a side opposite to the observation side of the hologram (12),... Agent: Patenttm.us

20090244666 - Multicolor holographic replication by masking: A method is provided for replicating (copying) a multicolor hologram (e.g., a two-color hologram) into a photosensitive layer by masking to produce a copy (replicate) of the hologram in a manner such that the copy is an accurate and true replication of the hologram (e.g., master hologram) and the copy... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090244667 - Holographic microscope: The preferred embodiments of the present invention include a holography attachment device that is attachable to a digital imaging device to form a holographic microscope. The holography attachment device includes a chamber having at least one attachment mechanism to facilitate attachment of the chamber to a digital imaging device. The... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20090244668 - Method of driving mems mirror scanner, method of driving mems actuator scanner and method of controlling rotation angle of mems actuator: where, B/I, κ/I, (1/I)·dCL(θ)/dθ and (1/I)·dCR(θ)/dθ are parameters for obtaining the driving waveform, θ(t) is a desired mirror angle response, I is a moment of inertia of a moving part including a mirror, 2B is a damping factor (damping coefficient), κ is a spring constant, CL(θ) and CR(θ) are angle... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090244669 - Image display apparatus: An image display apparatus that displays an image by scanning of coherent light includes: a light source portion that emits the coherent light; a scanning portion that scans the coherent light; a concave reflection portion having a concave surface from which the coherent light is reflected; and an incident position... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090244670 - Optical scanning apparatus: An optical scanning apparatus includes a light source for emitting light, a deflecting device including a deflecting element for deflection-scanning a surface to be scanned with the light emitted from the light source and including a motor for driving the deflecting element, and an optical system casing including a supporting... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090244671 - Single f-theta lens used for micro-electro mechanical system (mems) laser scanning unit: A single f-θ lens used for a micro-electro mechanical system (MEMS) laser scanning unit is in a meniscus shape formed by the lens in which a concave surface faces towards the side of a MEMS reflecting mirror. The single f-θ lens has a first optical surface and a second optical... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20090244672 - Two-element f-theta lens used for micro-electro mechanical system (mems) laser scanning unit: A two-element f-θ lens used for a micro-electro mechanical system (MEMS) laser scanning unit includes a first lens and a second lens, both in a meniscus shape having a concave surface facing the side of the MEMS reflecting mirror. The two-element f-θ lens comprising a first lens with a first... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20090244673 - Projection image display apparatus: Disclosed is a projection image display apparatus to display an image by projecting a light from a light source to a screen including a scan mirror to scan the light from the light source by vibrating in a sine vibration manner at least in an one-dimensional direction and a correction... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090244675 - Electrode and mirror driving apparatus: An electrode includes a fixed electrode and a movable electrode. The electrode drives a mirror disposed on the side of the movable electrode by generating electrostatic force between the fixed electrode and the movable electrode when voltage is applied. The fixed electrode and the movable electrode are formed so that... Agent: Fujitsu Patent Center C/o Cpa Global

20090244674 - Mirror driving circuit and optical switch: A mirror driving circuit applies a voltage to drive a mirror and switches an optical path of light output from a channel of an input port to a channel of an output port. The mirror driving circuit includes an offset-voltage applying unit that applies an offset voltage to the mirror,... Agent: Fujitsu Patent Center C/o Cpa Global

20090244677 - Mirror control device: A mirror control device includes a pivotally supported mirror (230), electrodes (340a-340d) spaced apart from the mirror (230), a driving voltage generation means (401) for generating a driving voltage corresponding to the desired tilt angle of the mirror (230) for each electrode, a bias voltage generation means (402) for generating,... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090244676 - Mirror device and mirror device manufacturing method: When a mirror (230) rotates with a maximum angle, a distance from the rotation center of the mirror (230) to the edge of the mirror (230) along a direction horizontal to an electrode substrate (300) is larger than a distance from a perpendicular, perpendicular to the horizontal direction and extending... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090244678 - Display apparatus and methods for manufacture thereof: Display devices incorporating shutter-based light modulators are disclosed along with methods of manufacturing such devices. The methods are compatible with thin-film manufacturing processes known in the art and result in displays having lower power-consumption.... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090244679 - Dimming mirror: A dimming mirror comprises an array of interferometric light modulators is disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, the dimming mirror comprises a plurality of interferometric light modulators and a control circuit adapted to configure the plurality of interferometric light modulators to at least one of a plurality of predefined... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20090244680 - Human-readable, bi-state environmental sensors based on micro-mechanical membranes: An environmental sensing device includes an interferometric modulator which permanently actuates, in a visually-detectable manner, in response to being exposed to a predetermined environmental threshold or condition. The device can include a reactive layer, coating, or proof mass disposed on a movable member of the interferometric modulator. The reactive layer,... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20090244681 - Human-readable, bi-state environmental sensors based on micro-mechanical membranes: An environmental sensing device includes an interferometric modulator which permanently actuates, in a visually-detectable manner, in response to being exposed to a predetermined environmental threshold or condition. The device can include a reactive layer, coating, or proof mass disposed on a movable member of the interferometric modulator. The reactive layer,... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20090244682 - Stereoscopic-image display apparatus: Mediums that are arranged opposite to an elemental-image display unit, that form two lens arrays having different principal planes together with substrates, and that switches a polarization direction of incident light corresponding to applied voltage, thereby making lens effect of either one of the lens arrays effective are included. By... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090244683 - Apparatus and method of dual-mode display: One embodiment includes display comprising a light modulator configured to display a portion of an image such as a reflective light modulator, a light emitter configured to display the portion of the image and a circuit configured to selectively provide signals to at least one of the light modulator and... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20090244684 - Systems and methods for speckle reduction: A laser projection system including a system controller, a visible light source, and a light disrupting element is provided. The visible light source includes at least one laser and the laser projection system is programmed to scan a scanned optical signal of the visible light source across a plurality of... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20090244685 - Optical modulator and controlling method and apparatus thereof: The optical modulator branches an input light into (2×N) lights in an optical branching section, and then phase modulates each of the branched lights in (2×N) phase modulating sections, and couples the phase modulated lights in an optical coupling section and generates a quadrature amplitude modulated (QAM) signal light having... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090244686 - Microelectromechanical device with spacing layer: An interferometric modulating device is provided with a spacing layer positioned between the fixed reflector and the electrode. The spacing layer prevents shorting between the movable reflector and the electrode and provides a filtering cavity to improve color saturation.... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20090244687 - Optical scanning and imaging applications using deformable mirrors: A deformable mirror changes configuration in response to a change of the configuration of a shape memory material. In some examples, the deformable mirror is formed of the shape memory material. In other examples, the deformable mirror changes configuration under the control of actuators comprising shape memory materials.... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20090244688 - Display panel and manufacturing method therefor: To stabilize the supply of color material particles as well as reduce the wasteful amount of color material particles used and suppress deformation or damages of the outer walls of a plurality of cell regions partitioned by partition walls provided upright, an interval holding section having a first height dimension... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20090244689 - E-paper apparatus and driving substrate thereof: A driving substrate of an e-paper apparatus includes a first metal layer, a second metal layer and a pixel electrode. The first metal layer has a scan line and a first storage electrode. The second metal layer has a data line and a common line. The scan line and the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090244690 - Light guiding film having light extraction features: A light-guiding article has a film substrate that has at least one patterned surface having a plurality of discrete surface features and an incident edge that is substantially orthogonal to the at least one patterned surface. Each surface feature in the plurality of discrete surface features extends along a length... Agent: Edwin Oh Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials LLC

20090244691 - Apparatus for providing multiple time-division multiplexed independently controllable pulsed beams from a single, pulsed laser output-beam: An output beam from a laser is directed into an acousto-optic cell. The laser beam includes repeated sequences of two or more pulses. The acousto-optic cell is sequentially driven by RF voltages at two or more frequencies. A portion of the laser output beam is diffracted by the acousto-optic cell... Agent: Coherent, Inc. C/o Morrison & Forester

20090244692 - Variable focus lens to isolate or trap small particulate matter: Beam manipulation member for use in an optical tweezers system, the beam manipulation member comprising at least one optical element, being controllably deformable in order to act on a laser beam in response to signals coming from the optical tweezers system. The beam manipulation member may be used to change... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090244693 - Polymer gel-containing composition, light modulating device and light modulating method: The polymer gel-containing composition of the present invention contains a solvent having a dielectric constant ε of 5 or less at 20° C., and an ionic polymer gel whose volume is changeable due to being driven with voltage. The ionic polymer gel preferably has a hydrophobic group and an ionic... Agent: Moss & Burke, PLLC

20090244694 - Light source device and projector: A light source device includes: a first light source unit and a second light source unit emitting light; and a wavelength conversion element converting wavelengths of lights emitted from the first light source unit and from the second light source unit. Chief ray of light emitted from the first light... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090244695 - Ultra-high power parametric amplifier system at high repetition rates: Embodiments of parametric chirped pulse amplifiers seeded with a single pulse source which is subsequently split into a signal arm and a pump arm with appropriate signal and pump conditioning stages are disclosed, which advantageously improve the utility of high average power and/or high energy ultrafast amplification systems. In various... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090244696 - Device for collecting flux of electromagnetic radiation in the extreme ultraviolet: Device for collecting a flux of electromagnetic radiation in the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) emitted by a source (S), comprising a main, first collector stage (E1), with a concave collector mirror (2) placed in front of the source (S) at a distance of greater than 250 mm and pierced by a... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20090244697 - Optical recording and/or reproduction unit: The invention relates to an optical recording and/or reading unit particularly suitable for scanning, preferably, a biological sample (1). Substantially, the unit comprises an optical unit (4) and/or a scanning unit (12) and also comprises a control arrangement (10) and at least one adjustment unit (6, 7, 8; 13, 14)... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090244698 - Microscope comprising at least two components: A microscope comprising at least two components is suggested, wherein each of the at least two components comprises at least one trigger interface, and each of the at least one interfaces is configurable at least as an input and an output. Further, a microscopy method using such a microscope is... Agent: Alexander R Schlee SchleeIPInternational P.C.

20090244699 - Remote controlled telescope lens cover for small telescopes: The present invention relates to a remote-controlled telescope lens cover and a telescope fitted with the same.... Agent: Vance Intellectual Property, PC

20090244700 - Telescope system and method of use: The present invention provides a telescope system having enhanced capabilities for configuring and calibrating a telescope, operation and control of the telescope, and viewing of imagines from the telescope. The present invention employs a control system for controlling the position and orientation of the telescope. In one embodiment, the system... Agent: Moore & Van Allen PLLC

20090244701 - Wide angle lens system having a distorted intermediate image: The wide angle lens system described herein allows projection devices (e.g., rear projection display devices) to be more compact than would otherwise be possible. The lens system includes a wide angle lens stage and a relay lens stage. When operating as a projection device, the relay lens stage projects a... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20090244702 - Reflective screen, display device, and mobile apparatus: A reflective screen includes: a substrate having a first refractive index; and a periodic structure provided on a major surface of the substrate and including a periodic film which has a period Λ and is made of a material having a second refractive index that is higher than the first... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090244703 - Transparent support, optical film, polarizing plate and image display device: Provided is a transparent support including a light-transmitting particle having an average particle diameter of 6 to 20 μm, wherein the transparent support has a thickness of from 20 to 200 μm, the light-transmitting particle is contained in a ratio of 0.5 to 20 mass % based on entire solid... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090244704 - Tube for an observation device: A tube (10) for an optical observation device, in particular for a microscope, is described, with a viewing level that is linearly variable in length and/or height, wherein the tube (10) has an optical light path, in which at least two optical elements (23, 34) are disposed, for example, deflecting... Agent: Kriegsman & Kriegsman

20090244705 - Protective film for polarizers: A protective film for polarizers, including a cellulose resin having an acyl substituent with from 2 to 4 carbon atoms and having a degree of acyl substitution of from 2.1 to 2.7, which satisfies 25≦Re≦100 and 50≦Rth≦300 and in which the cellulose resin contributes to expression of at least 40%... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090244706 - Illumination method for displaying different graphical layouts: The specification and drawings present a new method, apparatus and software product for illuminating different graphical layouts in a component comprising an optical device, e.g., in a keyboard or in a liquid crystal display of an electronic device. The optical device uses a diffractive planar waveguide comprising diffraction gratings disposed... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20090244708 - Antiglare film: This invention provides an antiglare film which has high antiglare property and show little white-blurring. An embodiment of the present invention is an antiglare film having a binder matrix and particles on a transparent substrate. The binder matrix is an acrylic material. The particles are made of a copolymer of... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20090244710 - Hard-coated antiglare film, and polarizing plate and image display including the same: A hard-coated antiglare film, comprising a transparent plastic film substrate and a hard-coating antiglare layer containing fine particles on at least one surface of the transparent plastic film substrate, wherein an arithmetic average surface roughness Ra (μm) that is defined in JIS B 0601 (1994 version) is in the range... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090244709 - Method for forming anti-reflection coating and optical element: A method for forming an anti-reflection coating of alkali-treated silica aerogel on a substrate, comprising the steps of hydrolyzing and polymerizing alkoxysilane in the presence of a base catalyst to prepare an alkaline sol, adding an acid catalyst to the alkaline sol to carry out further hydrolysis and polymerization to... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090244707 - Vehicle accessory: The present invention provides a vehicle accessory which always provides good visibility, can easily be installed, and has excellent appearance. The vehicle accessory includes a light controlling sheet which is attached on a windshield of a vehicle, a rearview mirror, and a mirror support member. The rearview mirror has a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090244711 - Imaging filter: An imaging filter disposed on a front surface of an image sensor and serving to limit an incident angle of light on the image sensor is provided. The filter includes: a transparent substrate; a first shielding film provided on the front surface of the substrate and having a plurality of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090244712 - Imaging filter: An optical system for shaping an incoming beam having a divergence with an angular distribution at least in a first direction comprises at least one angle selective optical element (26,28) for clipping the angular distribution in the at least first direction. The approach according to the present invention bases on... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090244713 - Micro lens array sheet for use in backlight device and molding roll for manufacturing such mirco lens array sheet: A micro lens array sheet includes a sheet type base and a plurality of micro lenses arranged on the base. The surface of each micro lens includes a convex part and a peripheral edge part. The convex part has a spherical or elliptical surface. The peripheral edge part is formed... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090244714 - Prism sheet: An exemplary prism sheet includes a transparent main body. The transparent main body includes a first surface and a second surface. The first surface and the second surface are on opposite sides of the transparent main body. The first surface defines a plurality of a plurality of elongated arc-shaped grooves.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090244715 - Prism sheet: An exemplary prism sheet includes a transparent main body. The transparent main body includes a first surface and a second surface. The first surface and the second surface are on opposite sides of the transparent main body. The first surface defines a plurality of micro-depressions. Each micro-depression forms four inner... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090244716 - System and method for an in-plane hollow metal waveguide optical power beam splitter: A system and methods for dividing an optical beam in a hollow metallized waveguide are disclosed. The method includes directing an optical signal into a first section of a hollow metallized waveguide. The optical signal is adiabatically expanded in a second section of the hollow metallized waveguide coupled to the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090244717 - Whole beam image splitting system: The present invention comprises methods and apparatuses for causing a single imaging lens system to simultaneously form multiple high resolution images on multiple imaging sensor planes. The images are preferably substantially identical, with no parallax error, except for different light levels so that the multiple images are of sufficient quality... Agent: Peacock Myers, P.C.

20090244718 - Zoom optical system: A zoom optical system is provided which has a lens system which comprises a first lens which is arranged to provide a continuously variable focus for a beam of radiation. The lens system further comprises a switchable optical element including a first fluid, a second fluid and a wavefront modifier... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090244719 - Zoom lens system and electronic imaging apparatus that uses the same: z

20090244720 - Zoom lens system, optical device with the zoom lens system, and method of manufacturing the zoom lens system: A zoom lens system has a front lens group and a rear lens group along the optical axis and in order from the object side. The rear lens group has a first lens unit having a positive refracting power, a second lens unit having a negative refracting power, and a... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20090244721 - Camera module: A camera module includes a lens unit, a magnet mounted around the lens unit, a stator receiving the lens unit and the magnet therein and an elastic element. The stator includes a coil seat and a coil wound therearound. The coil establishes a magnetic field when an electric current is... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090244722 - Turning mechanism: A turning mechanism is adapted to a projector including a base and a zoom lens set in a base for turning a zoom bar of the zoom lens. The turning mechanism includes a fixed element and a movable element. The fixed element is suitable to be fastened to the base... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090244723 - Wide-angle lens: t

20090244724 - Optical system, method for focusing, and imaging apparatus equipped therewith: Providing an optical system having excellent optical performance over entire focusing range from infinity to a close distance, a method for focusing the optical system, and an imaging apparatus equipped therewith. The optical system includes, in order from an object, a first lens group G1 having positive refractive power, and... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20090244725 - Optical lens group and related lens module: An exemplary optical lens group includes a first lens and a second lens. The first lens comprises a first central portion and an annular stepped portion. The annular stepped portion has a first outer step and a second outer step. The first outer step has a first outer side surface... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090244728 - Camera module and method for manufacturing the same: A camera module in which a shield having a lens holder therein can be fixed with high accuracy is provided. The camera module comprises: an insulating substrate 13 having an imaging device 18 on a front face thereof and a plurality of solder balls 21 on a rear face thereof;... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090244726 - Lens assembly and imaging device: A lens assembly is provided and includes: a lens frame; and a lens frame having a hollow part into which the lens is inserted. The lens frame has a bonding hole into which an adhesive agent is injected for bonding and fixing to the lens frame the lens inserted into... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090244727 - Optical unit for probe and optical unit producing method: A probe apparatus in combination with an endoscope includes a confocal laser probe for in-vivo imaging. The probe is insertable through a forceps channel of an endoscope, and has an optical unit. There is a lens barrel. Plural lens optics are mounted in the lens barrel. The plural lens optics... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090244729 - Method for manufacturing optical element, optical element unit, and imaging unit: A method for manufacturing an optical element Being resistant to reflow treatment, to realize board mounting of electronic parts by melting of a conductive paste by heat, comprising the step of: (i) forming an antireflective film on an optical element body composed of a thermosetting resin, wherein a film making... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090244730 - Lens group positioning method and image capturing apparatus: Described is an image capturing apparatus, which makes it possible to accurately secure the distance between the two lens groups, even if the interval distance between the two lens groups varies from the default design-distance value. The image capturing apparatus includes a first lens group, a second lens group, a... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090244731 - Apparatus for driving a lens by electromagnetic force: An apparatus for driving a lens by electromagnetic driving force includes a frame, a barrel, a lens holder, a lens, a kicker, electromagnets and a resilient element. The barrel rotably mounted in the frame includes a first linkage structure. The lens holder includes a second linkage structure and is mounted... Agent: Hudak, Shunk & Farine, Co., L.p.a.

20090244732 - Lens driving unit and lens driving device: Object of the present invention is to provide a lens driving unit in small size and perform a high ratio optical zooming and a lens driving device. To achieve the object, the lens driving unit in which the lens group holding frame supported to be able to slide by connecting... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20090244733 - Lens assembly and imaging apparatus: Areas 11—1a, being in contact with an O-ring 13, of an outer peripheral surface of a taking lens 11—1 and an area 12a, being in contact with the O-ring 13, of an inner surface of a lens frame 12 are formed in taper shapes having slopes with respect to an... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090244734 - Lens assembly and imaging apparatus: An O-ring 12 is disposed on an image-side second outer peripheral surface 11—1b, which is subjected to a smoothing process, of a taking lens 11—1. The O-ring 12 is pressed by an inner surface 13a of a lens frame 13 toward the second outer peripheral surface 11—1b.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090244735 - Lens assembly and imaging apparatus: In the lens assembly, ventilation channels 15b1, 15c1, 15d1, and 15e1 passing between an object-side opening 15—1 and an image-side opening 15—2 of a barrel 15 are formed by processing inner surfaces 15b, 15c, and 15d of the barrel 15 and a surface 15e of the barrel 15. Thereby, when... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090244736 - Lens assembly and imaging device: A lens assembly is provided and includes: a plurality of lenses; a lens frame having a hollow part which includes an opening on each of an object side and an image forming side of the lens assembly and into which the plurality of lenses are inserted with their optical axes... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090244737 - Prism sheet: An exemplary prism sheet includes a transparent main body. The transparent main body includes a first surface and a second surface. The first surface and the second surface are on opposite sides of the main body. The first surface of transparent main body defines a plurality of first elongated arc-shaped... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090244738 - Prism sheet: An exemplary prism sheet includes a transparent main body. The transparent main body includes a first surface and a second surface. The first surface and the second surface are on opposite sides of the main body. The first surface of transparent main body defines a plurality of spherical depressions. The... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090244739 - Prism sheet: An exemplary prism sheet includes a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The first surface defines a plurality of elongated V-shaped grooves, and the elongated V-shaped grooves are parallel to each other. The second surface defines a plurality of parallelogram microstructures. Each parallelogram microstructure defines four... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090244740 - Light-emitting display device-equipped rear-view mirror: Interference of light is prevented from occurring in a rear-view mirror incorporating a light-emitting display device where a dark color mask member is arranged behind a mirror element. A mirror element is formed by forming a semi-transmissive reflective film on one surface of a transparent substrate. On a back surface... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090244741 - System, apparatus and method for active mirrors with blind spot detection: A system, apparatus and method to automatically move a side mounted mirror on a vehicle from an inward position to an outward position in response to a signal from a detector indicative of an object outside an operator normal field of vision. The detector may be a blind spot detection... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC Ford Global Technologies, Inc.

20090244742 - Mirror device for sun visor of vehicle: The present invention relates to a mirror device for a sun visor of a vehicle, in which when a cover of a mirror mounted to a sun visor is opened or closed, the mirror can be operated smoothly and completely, comprising: a mirror housing having a mirror and a cover... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090244743 - Fixing device for position regulating mechanisms for external rear-view mirrors on motor vehicles: A fixing device for position regulating mechanisms for external rear-view mirrors for motor vehicles, applicable to external rear-view mirrors of the type which are comprised of a support (1), attached to which is a housing (6) which encases or is part of the aforementioned position regulating mechanism (2), to which... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090244744 - Outer mirror: An outer mirror includes: a mirror base which is attached to a side surface of a vehicle body of a vehicle; a shaft which is erected on the mirror base; and a mirror housing which is rotatably attached to the shaft and is provided with a mirror for reflecting a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090244745 - Optical filter and method for manufacturing optical filter: An optical filter 10 that attenuates visible light has a flat plate 11 that is flat, wing-shaped, and of a predetermined hardness, and a light attenuating region 10a provided at part of the flat plate 11. Carbon nanotubes and nickel particles, at least some of which are supporting ends of... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC