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5315423 Wavelength multiplexed two dimensional image transmission through single mode optical fiber  
An apparatus and method are provided for transmitting two-dimensional images through a single mode optical fiber. Light from a broadband source is dispersed into component wavelengths, spatially...
5313292 Windshield display system for an automobile  
A windshield display system for automobile includes a wavelength selective holographic combiner (12) laminated within the plies (36, 50) of an automobile windshield. A lamination process is...
5303129 Lamp arrangement for motor vehicle  
A light arrangement in the form of a center high mounted brakelight is shown. A surface light source disposed below a rear window of the vehicle and includes a plurality of diverging light sources,...
5300169 Transfer foil having reflecting layer with fine dimple pattern recorded thereon  
A method wherein a hologram is transferred from a transfer foil formed with a fine dimple pattern and having a reflecting layer, and information, e.g., an image or a character, other than...
5291315 Method of obtaining hologram and an exposure apparatus  
A hologram exposure apparatus for and method of obtaining a hologram using a photoresist for an in-line type interferometer wherein a photoresist substrate is detachably mounted on a substrate...
5291317 Holographic diffraction grating patterns and methods for creating the same  
Methods for creating a plurality of holographic diffraction grating patterns in a raster scan fashion. In accordance with the method, the desired pattern is made up of a large plurality of...
5291316 Information display system having transparent holographic optical element  
An information display system has a display screen which is substantially transparent to a selected band of wavelengths of light and can be mounted on a window. A projector projects an image of...
5274479 Mirror alignment and/or figure sensing with surface mounted holographic optical elements  
A procedure for supplying a mirror (22), such as the mirror of an astronomical telescope (60), with holographic optical elements (38), suitable for use with an active mirror alignment system such...
5274478 Displayer with holograms  
A displayer for use in a computer comprising a main body, a CRT mounted in the main body and generating an image in an electromagnetic beam, a pair of holograms for projecting the image from the...
5272690 Hologram element system  
A hologram element receives a first and second laser beams at a first angle relative to one another. The hologram element emits the laser beams at a second angle relative to one another. The second...
5272550 Hologram system  
A first volume hologram diffracts a portion of the beam of light as a first beam and transmits the remaining portion of the beam of light as a second beam. A second volume hologram diffracts either...
5267060 Reflective color light filter and method of manufacture  
A color matrix display including a color matrix reflective filter (10) having groups of reflective red, green and blue (R, G, B) color elements (12) arranged in subgroups (20). The elements (12) of...
5267061 Non-interfering viewing systems for use in catadioptric projection systems  
Selective light-transmitting filters for use with catadioptic area-of-interest display projectors and projection system provide complementary filters for two or more persons. One of the...
5258861 Reflection type hologram scale  
A reflection type hologram scale, in which a hologram dry plate is bonded to a protecting base member in which a hologram grating formed on a scale base member forming the hologram dry plate and a...
5253935 Couples for terminating optical fiber ends  
An optical fiber transmission network for transmitting voice, data, or video signals between telecommunication units includes optical couplers which bend an optical fiber at a location in close...
5253086 Holographic device for combining laser beams  
A holographic recording of the interference between an object laser beam and a reference laser beam is used to combine the amplitudes of multiple input laser beams which are conjugates of the...
5243449 Ambient turn-on suppression hologram  
A guard hologram blocks ambient turn-on of an image hologram. In a center high-mounted rearview stoplight assembly, a guard hologram is used to prevent ambient turn-on by the sun and still allow...
5243450 Optical mixer for helmet visual display system  
An optical mixer for use in a helmet visual display system including a light intensifier tube for night vision and a cathode-ray tube for the display of a synthetic image. The mixer includes a...
5235441 Holographic lenses  
A method of constructing holographic lenses for correction of a person's deficiencies comprises splitting a filtered laser beam onto an object under consideration and thence to a photographic film,...
5233444 Focus error detecting apparatus  
A focus error detecting apparatus in which a light emitting and receiving element including a light emitting portion and light receiving portions all of which are formed in a common semiconductor...
5231277 Optical scanner using plannar reflecting holograms  
An optical scanner suitable for use with a bar code reader includes a light source for generating a laser beam, a laser beam scanning device, a scanning pattern generating optical system, and a...
5229871 Optical data link for communicating data between a stationary member and a rotating member and an X-ray computer tomography apparatus incorporating the same  
A method and apparatus for optically communicating data between a stationary member and a rotating member, wherein a transmitter, disposed on the rotating member, is provided for transmitting an...
5227897 Reproduction of holograms  
A multidimensional, visually readable, diffractive surface grating such as a hologram is reproduced by providing a master grating, generating a negative image plate from the master grating for...
5224198 Waveguide virtual image display  
A waveguide virtual image display including image generation apparatus providing a real image at an inlet of an optical waveguide. The real image being reflected a plurality of times within the...
5221977 Laser radiation protection system  
A viewing window is equipped with a selective attenuator for a harmful incoming laser beam. The attenuator principally employs a holographic optical element which selectively deflects the laser...
5212375 Camera focus detection system using holographic beam splitter  
An imaging system having a focus detecting device performs focus detection by detecting an output signal indicative of intensity distribution of light derived from a light-receiving element, in...
5198911 Holographic optical notch reflectors  
A new method for making holographic notch filters in the near infrared spectral region is disclosed. This method utilizes lthe nonlinearity in the response function of holographic materials. When a...
5196951 Reflection holograms without transmission ghosts  
A reflection hologram structure including a transparent substrate, and a pattern of shielded hologram containing regions and transparent regions disposed on the transparent substrate, the pattern...
5189532 Edge-illuminated narrow bandwidth holographic filter  
This invention concerns a method and apparatus of using the relatively thin holographic material of a transmission holographic optical element in such a manner whereby a narrow spectral bandwidth...
5187600 Apparatus for scanning an optical recording medium with a beam of light  
An optical beam scanning apparatus including a semiconductor laser, a first lens which converts a divergent beam to a parallel beam, a liquid crystal display for two-dimensionally modulating the...
5182780 Optical backplane interconnecting circuit boards  
A system for interconnection of a stack of circuit boards, wherein each of at least a plurality of the circuit boards has an end region carrying one or more light transmitters or light receivers,...
5179630 Laser protection window with tilted modulated index of refraction filter elements  
The present invention is a technique for construction of a laser protection window providing broadened angular protection. Plural modulated index of refraction filter elements are constructed to...
5172250 Hologram scale having moisture resistance  
A hologram scale having a base substrate, a hologram film with a diffraction grating of a desired pitch exposed thereon, adhered to the base substrate, and with a protective substrate to protect...
5170222 Measurement of spectra  
A dual beam spectrophotometer has a blazed concave reflective grating 25, formed using the interference fringes of a coherent light beam reflected back from a spherical convex mirror 73 having a...
5166813 Optical evaluation using a hologram barrier filter  
Optical detection apparatus and process which, in its optimum configuration, utilizes holographic optical elements both as a dichroic beamsplitter and as a selective notch-type barrier filter to...
5162927 High efficiency holograms by multiple-layer holography  
A method is disclosed for forming a multi-layer holographic device 22. A first hologram is formed on a major surface of a substrate 14. The first hologram is desensitized to prevent interaction...
5159473 Apparatus and method for programmable optical interconnections  
A programmable optical interconnection apparatus and method in which a plurality of spatial light modulators (SLM) form a plurality of spatially modulated beams from a data signal. A hologram is...
5152962 Immunoassay apparatus  
An assay apparatus employing total internal reflection of excitation radiation at the interface between a replaceable optically conductive assay device and a surrounding liquid phase containing the...
5153670 Holographic Lippmann-Bragg filter in a spectroscopic system  
A holographic filter comprises a volume hologram recorded with Bragg surfaces for use in spectroscopic and spectral splitting applications. The Bragg planes in the holographic filter can be...
5151798 Hologram scale  
A hologram scale is comprised of a hologram grating plate in which a hologram grating is formed, and a protecting substrate on which an origin and/or fixed point detecting scale of the hologram...
5138470 Guard holograms  
A head-up display for a vehicle, including a primary image reflection hologram supported by a transparent substrate located in the vehicle operator's field of view for the ambient scene in front of...
5130512 Fabrication of optical components utilizing a laser  
A method for fabricating optical components in the cladding of an optical fiber bus by the utilization of a laser. An excimer laser fabricates either an optical coupler opening or an optical mode...
5130825 Arrangement for graphic representation using holographic foils  
An arrangement for graphic representation using holographic foils includes a holographic prism foil. In order to obtain holographic images, a diapositive is held at a distance from the holographic...
5124815 Method for forming holographic optical elements free of secondary fringes  
Holographic optical elements relatively free of unwanted, secondary fringes are produced using light having a limited coherence. A photosensitive material of a predetermined thickness records the...
5120621 Holographic exposure method and apparatus  
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for exposing a photosensitive film on a holographic plate to fabricate a reflective holographic optical element. The apparatus incorporates...
5112121 Display system for multiviewer training simulators  
A display system is disclosed which employs multiple holographic elements for selectively reflecting images from separate projectors to one or more distinct viewing volumes. The display system...
5109427 Fingerprint recognition device using a hologram  
A fingerprint recognition device is disclosed which is capable of making a more definite fingerprint recognition by using a hologram. The device includes a laser for emitting light, a collimator...
5106174 Ideal distribution CHMSL hologram with double exposure technique  
A hologram that diffracts playback illumination over a wide angular range made pursuant to a technique that includes the steps of first exposing a volume hologram recording medium to record a first...
5103324 Method for fabricating holographic filters  
A method for generating holographic optical elements such as power spectrum filters is carried out using a printer and a computer. A signal function is input into the computer and traced by the...
5103323 Multi-layer holographic notch filter  
A holographic member for a helmet visor comprising a first holographic layer having planes of diffraction oriented in a first direction in a given local area is disclosed. A second holographic...