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7414759 Scanner linearity tester  
Linear spot velocity or position variations are measured in a scanning system by a process and apparatus. The process comprises providing at least two radiation detectors that can move in tandem...
7414239 Optical-scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus  
An optical-scanning apparatus is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the optical-scanning apparatus includes a light deflector to deflect a beam from a light source; and an optical housing...
7397057 Optical information readout apparatus  
An optical information readout apparatus is disclosed having an image forming optical section 4 operative to shift first and second lenses 24, 25 along an optical axis “O” at areas in front...
7394531 Apparatus and method for automatic optical inspection  
An automated optical inspection system, comprising at least one camera having a field of view; and at least one image scanning module comprising a plurality of objective modules arranged to have...
7394063 Microscope for investigating the lifetime of excited states in a sample  
A microscope for investigating the lifetime of excited states in a sample has a light source that generates excitation light, and has a detector that receives detected light proceeding from the...
7391013 Scanning beam device with detector assembly  
The present invention provides scanning beam devices that have one or more detectors positioned within a housing of the device. The detector(s) may be disposed anywhere within the housing to...
7388191 Mirror positioning unit of laser scanning unit and laser scanning unit employing the same  
A mirror positioning structure of a reflection mirror for correcting skew and bow and a laser scanning unit employing the same are provided. The mirror positioning structure includes a mirror...
7385181 Optical scanning device and image forming device  
Light beams emitted from a plurality of light source devices are deflected by a shared light deflector. The light beams are respectively concentrated on different scanning subjects using a first...
7385180 Laser projector with brightness control and method  
A laser projector includes a laser, scanning mirrors projecting a laser line image on a surface, a computer including an algorithm controlling a speed of the laser line image, and a computer screen...
7385168 Imaging system, methodology, and applications employing reciprocal space optical design  
An imaging system, methodology, and various applications are provided to facilitate optical imaging performance. The system includes a sensor having one or more receptors and an image transfer...
7381943 Neutral particle beam processing apparatus  
The present invention relates to a neutral particle beam processing apparatus. More specifically, the present invention relates to a neutral particle beam processing apparatus comprising a plasma...
7378644 Image reading apparatus  
An image reading apparatus includes a stage for placing a specimen. The stage moves in first directions between a setting position where the specimen is placed and removed and a reading position...
7372015 Beam detector and light scanner unit having the same  
A beam detector includes a beam detection sensor to receive a light beam emitted from a light source of a light scanning unit and to generate a synchronous signal, a slit member having a slit...
7358507 Liquid removal in a method and device for irradiating spots on a layer  
For irradiating a layer ( 3 ) a radiation beam ( 7 ) is directed and focused to a spot ( 11 ) on the layer ( 3 ), relative movement of the layer ( 3 ) relative to the optical element ( 59 ) is...
7352506 Method and system for sensing environmental characteristics  
A system for sensing characteristics of the environment is disclosed. Sensors utilize exponential growth of a signal initiated by interaction of a sensor element with characteristics of the...
7351950 Optical beam scanning device and image forming apparatus  
An optical beam scanning device including a plurality of optical elements that are arranged on a housing and give a plurality of scanning lines to a plurality of photoconductor drums with an...
7351944 Beam irradiation device  
In a beam irradiation device of the present invention, laser beams emitted from a semiconductor laser impinge on an irradiation lens supported by a lens actuator. The laser beams that have passed...
7349133 Image reading apparatus  
An image reading apparatus that detects failure in the white LEDs constituting a white LED array. Failure in the white LEDs is detected by comparison between a prescribed current threshold and the...
7348549 Light scanning apparatus  
Provided is a light scanning apparatus, including a light source, a light source controller to control an on/off operation of the light source, a light deflector deflecting light emitted from the...
7348548 Image forming apparatus and image forming method  
A printer has a laser emitter for emitting a laser beam to irradiate a surface of a photosensitive member; a reflector, disposed at a position on a laser beam path defined by the laser emitter and...
7346206 Optical object detector  
An optical object detector including a feed path, a reference pattern facing the feed path, and an optical sensor configured to view the reference pattern through the feed path, absence of the...
7345271 Optoelectric sensing device with common deflection device  
The invention relates to an optoelectronic detection device, especially a laser scanner, comprising a transmitting device for transmitting preferably pulsed electromagnetic radiation, also...
7342219 Laser scanning microscope  
A laser scanning microscope includes an acousto-optic element or an electro-optic element in an illumination optical system which introduces a laser beam from a laser beam source of the laser...
7342218 Methods and systems for optical inspection of surfaces based on laser screening  
A method for imaging and an imaging system, the system includes the steps of: (i) scanning a beam of coherent radiation over a surface along a scan axis; (ii) focusing the beam to a spot on the...
7339661 Dark field inspection system  
Apparatus for inspection of a sample includes a radiation source, which is adapted to direct optical radiation onto an area of a surface of the sample, and a plurality of image sensors. Each of the...
7339150 Imaging unit and image reading apparatus  
A first light source is adapted to illuminate a first object with first light. A first sensor includes a first light receiving element adapted to detect the first light by way of the first object....
7335876 Scanning device for carrying out a 3D scan of a dental model, sliding panel therefore, and method therefor  
A scanning system for carrying out a 3D scan of a tooth model includes an imaging device and a positioning system in the form of a sliding panel which can be positioned and has first locking means....
7329860 Confocal imaging methods and apparatus  
The invention provides imaging apparatus and methods useful for obtaining a high resolution image of a sample at rapid scan rates. A rectangular detector array having a horizontal dimension that is...
7326920 Multi function peripheral having radio reader and writer for communicating with IC chips  
A copying machine of the present invention has a scanner including an optical reading unit which optically scans a surface of an original and converts an image on the surface of the original into...
7323681 Image enhancement by sub-pixel imaging  
Methods and apparatus for improving the resolution of an electronic imaging device having an array of pixels. Sub-pixel dimension movements between an object and the array of pixels are made, and...
7323680 Optical deflection probe and optical deflection probe device  
An optical fiber transmits signal light and the excitation light for driving an actuator each having a different wavelength to a probe. In the probe, the signal light and excitation light are...
7323679 Procedure for the optical acquisition of objects by means of a light raster microscope with line by line scanning  
Procedure for the image acquisition of objects by means of a light raster microscope with line by line scanning, whereas a scanning of the probe for the creation of a probe image occurs in scanning...
7321114 Apparatus and method for beam drift compensation  
An apparatus and method for maintaining a desired position of a collimated light beam are provided. An optical system includes one or more passive optical elements movably positioned in the beam...
7319528 Surface texture measuring instrument  
A surface texture measuring instrument provided with a near-field measuring unit ( 30 ) including a near-field probe ( 33 ) that forms a near-field light at a tip end thereof when a laser beam is...
7304296 Optical fiber assembly wrapped across gimbal axes  
A control mechanism pins an optical fiber assembly on and off gimbal and between gimbals to route the assembly from an off-gimbal optical source across the gimbal axis/axes to an on-gimbal optical...
7304281 Confocal laser scanning microscope  
A confocal laser scanning microscope acquires confocal images of a sample. The microscope is provided with an optical-microscope optical system which acquires non-confocal images of the sample by...
7301690 Micro-optical arrangement  
The invention relates to a micro-optical arrangement with which in particular optical properties of an optical element or its influencing of electromagnetic radiation may be changed. Thereby the...
7301143 Method and system for reading optical information  
Checkered light-intensity pixel data is acquired by shifting the sampling timing of even-numbered horizontal scan lines from the sampling timing of odd-numbered horizontal scan lines by one-half of...
7297971 Alignment systems and methods for lithographic systems  
An alignment system for a lithographic apparatus has a source of alignment radiation; a detection system that has a first detector channel and a second detector channel; and a position determining...
7297936 Optical beam scanning device and image forming apparatus  
It is an object of the present invention to provide an optical beam scanning device and an image forming apparatus which suppress displacement of plural images formed by a different photoconductor...
7297924 Imaging device with focus switching means for day and night vision  
An optronic observation device including a detector having a photocathode and a sensor arranged to receive an incident light beam. The device also including a switch to position an optical element...
7294826 Bio-sensing apparatus  
A multi-channel sensor is provided with sensor sections, each of the sensor sections reflecting or transmitting light, whose physical characteristics vary for different kinds of samples. Each of...
7294825 Fabry-perot resonator apparatus and method including an in-resonator polarizing element  
A Fabry-Perot resonator apparatus and method including an in-resonator polarizing element improves detection/measurement sensitivity of an optical system, provides both fields at a single end of...
7294824 Light beam scanning device, image forming apparatus, and light beam scanning method  
A light beam scanning device is disclosed that includes a light emission source to emit a light beam, a deflection part to deflect the emitted light beam in the main scanning direction, first and...
7285771 Optical sensor  
An optical sensor assembly includes a housing and a light source within the housing and a plurality of sensors within the housing, the sensors being configured to detect reflections of the light...
7285770 Light scanning apparatus  
A light is emitted from a light emitting element toward the other surface in a thickness direction of a scanning mirror which can be angularly displaced about an axial line. At least either one of...
7282701 Sensor for use in a lithographic apparatus  
A sensor for use at substrate level in a high numerical aperature lithographic apparatus, the sensor having a transparent plate that covers a sensing element and includes elements that improve...
7279675 Floating periscope  
A submarine floating periscope comprising: (a) a floating base; (b) a scanning unit for scanning and acquiring images, and; (c) cables between the submarine and the periscope for maintaining the...
7279667 Image forming apparatus  
An image forming apparatus includes an exposure unit, a developing unit and a transferring unit that transfers a visualized image of developer to an image recording medium. The exposure unit...
7274012 Optical fiber probe, light detection device, and light detection method  
An optical fiber probe is disclosed that comprises an optical fiber and an optical probe. The optical fiber includes a core though which light emitted from a light source travels. The optical probe...
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