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7453614 |
Linear imager rescaling method
A system and method for removing perspective distortion from an image of an object ( 112 ) moving along a transport device ( 114 ) having a top surface ( 124 ) is disclosed. A line scanner ( 110 )...
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7453613 |
Scanning type image forming apparatus having the same containing scanning mirror in a space sealed by first and second optical members and the housing, the second optical member includes five surfaces
The object of the present invention is to provide an optical scanning apparatus which is not limited in the disposition of a scanning device, can reduce the adherence of dust to each member of the...
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7453508 |
Camera having optical viewfinder
In a camera system of this invention, a light beam coming from a photographing lens is reflected by a quick return mirror in the widthwise direction of a body unit, and is reflected by a second...
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7450762 |
Method and arrangement for determining an object contour
A method is disclosed for determining a sought object contour in a digital microscope image, which includes a plurality of image elements and reproduces a biological material. The method includes...
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7450146 |
Optical scanning device including plural light shielding units provided at different heights and image forming apparatus
An optical scanning device includes a plurality of light sources, a deflector, optical systems, and a plurality of light shielding units to shield flare light from an opposite optical system. Two...
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7443555 |
Laser scanner
A laser scanner is provided with a transmission optic ( 20 ) whose laser pencil beam ( 18 ) is oriented coaxially with the axis of rotation ( 28 ) of a deflecting mirror ( 22, 24 ) and coaxially...
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7443554 |
Tilted plate dither scanner
An optical apparatus and a method of using an optical instrument comprising providing to a primary optical axis of the instrument a plate tilted so as not to be perpendicular to the primary optical...
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7436562 |
Scanning examination apparatus, lens unit, and objective-lens adaptor
It is possible to easily and accurately confirm the position of an optical axis of an objective lens relative to an examination site on a specimen, and positioning of the objective relative to the...
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7433106 |
Mirror support device and optical scanning apparatus adopting the same
In a mirror support device and an optical scanning apparatus adopting the same, a mirror is installed in a holder, an elastic clasp elastically urges the mirror toward a vertical wall of the...
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7428086 |
Method and apparatus for scanning optical delay line
A scanning optical delay line includes an optical path element that rotates about its central axis, such that a face is intermittently incident a beam of light to be optically delayed. When the...
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7425073 |
Method and apparatus for conserving power in a laser projection display
A method and apparatus are provided to controllably reduce power of a laser projection display (LPD). Light is scanned from a laser onto a viewing surface to produce an image thereon, and power...
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7423735 |
Beam irradiation apparatus
Two mirrors are placed in such a manner as to line in a Z-axis direction in a beam irradiation head. These mirrors are located at a position beyond a normal scan range of the laser light in the...
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7420449 |
Mirror actuating device for projection systems
A magnetic actuator utilizes a single magnet and two voice coils to rotate a mirror between two angular positions with respect to a rest state. A magnetic field assembly applies magnetic flux...
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7417778 |
Light deflector, light deflection array, image forming apparatus, and image projection display apparatus
A light deflector can be driven by a low voltage by reducing contact area with a plate shape member and other members. The light deflector can be driven by a low voltage by reducing a contact area...
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7417777 |
Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus
A coupling lens arranged on an optical path of an optical beam from a VCSEL, which has a refraction plane and a diffraction plane that respectively change a power according to a temperature change...
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7414503 |
Torsional hinged device with improved coupling between a magnet mounted to said device and an electrical coil
A pivoting device such as a MEMS mirror provides improved coupling between a permanent magnet on the device and an adjacent electrical coil that may provide a drive force or position sensing. The...
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7411709 |
Beam processing system and beam processing method
A beam processing system comprises a rotary disk mounted thereon with processing objects, a controller for controlling a reciprocating drive mechanism, and a beam width measuring unit for measuring...
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7408688 |
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...
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7405861 |
Method and device for protecting interferometric modulators from electrostatic discharge
A MEMS device such as an interferometric modulator includes an integrated ESD protection element capable of shunting to ground an excess current carried by an electrical conductor in the MEMS...
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7400792 |
Methods and apparatus to make substantially uniform losses in optical cross connects
A method for cross connecting optical signals includes using a common beam steerer to direct a set of optical signals from a set of input ports to a set of output ports. The method further includes...
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7391222 |
Deflector
A deflector which enables to have a sufficient degree of freedom of designing and also to detect accurately a displacement angle of a movable plate can be provided. In order to accomplish this, the...
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7385743 |
Linear imager rescaling method
A system and method for removing perspective distortion from an image of an object ( 112 ) moving along a transport device ( 114 ) having a top surface ( 124 ) is disclosed. A line scanner ( 110 )...
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7375867 |
Transmissive electromechanical light valve and system
An apparatus, system, and method for a transmissive electromechanical light valve including a gate pivotable between a first position to allow light to pass through a valvelet and a second position...
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7369287 |
Mirror positioning structure for compensation of skew and bow and laser scanning unit employing the same
A mirror positioning structure for compensating skew and bow includes a mirror rotating member having a recess at one side to hold a mirror inserted therein and a rotation shaft protruding from an...
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7365891 |
Method and apparatus for directing energy based range detection sensors
A directing apparatus includes a mechanism for producing steerable energy. The apparatus includes a mechanism for steering energy from the producing mechanism while the producing mechanism is...
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7342698 |
Light scanning unit and image forming apparatus having the same
A laser scanning unit and a light source unit employed in the same are provided. The laser scanning unit forms a linear latent image by scanning a light beam onto a photoreceptor. The laser...
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7333255 |
Laser processing device
A laser condensing optical system of the present invention includes a laser beam source which emits a laser beam, a condensing optical system which is arranged between the laser beam source and a...
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7333254 |
Optical scanning apparatus, illuminant apparatus and image forming apparatus
An optical scanning apparatus scans a surface to be scanned in a main scanning direction by simultaneously using a plurality of optical spots formed of a plurality of optical beams emitted from an...
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7330293 |
Optical scanning unit
An optical scanning unit designed to provide a sufficient optical path length between a light source and an exposed object while reducing the overall space it occupies. The optical scanning unit...
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7324132 |
Imaging three-dimensional objects
Imaging systems and methods are described. In one aspect, an imaging system includes a light source that is operable to generate a beam of light directed along a beam path and an optical element...
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7280722 |
Temperature compensated optical multiplexer
An optical multiplexer that adjusts the wavelength response and compensates for temperature effects by using rotatable mirror. The wavelength response of the device is adjusted by aligning the...
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7271938 |
Method and apparatus for optical scanning capable of efficiently reducing an image surface distortion
An optical scanning apparatus includes mechanisms for light modulation, light imaging, light deflecting, and light scanning. The light modulation mechanism includes at least one light modulation...
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7260251 |
Systems and methods for minimizing aberrating effects in imaging systems
An imaging system for reducing aberrations from an intervening medium, and an associated method of use are provided. The system may be an optical or task-based optical imaging system including...
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7256919 |
Rotational micro mirror
A rotational micro mirror is rapidly driven, has a large driving angle, and is structurally stable. The rotational micro mirror includes: a substrate; a reflection plate which is rotatable and...
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7256916 |
Optical scanning imaging system
The system includes an illumination system, a scanner, a non-linear optical element, and a pumping light source. The illumination system emits imaging beam and the scanner scans the beam incident...
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7253935 |
Optical scanner, image forming apparatus, and optical scanner attitude correcting method
An optical scanner includes a light source that emits a light beam, a deflection unit that deflects the light beam, an optical unit that introduces the light beam to a target surface, a housing...
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7242505 |
Beam deflector, light scanning unit using the same, and image forming apparatus using the light scanning unit
A beam deflector including a driving source for providing a rotation force, a beam deflection unit rotatably arranged on the driving source to deflect and scan an incident beam, and a cover member...
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7234813 |
Apparatus for displaying image by projection on retina of viewer with eliminated adverse effect of intervening optics
An apparatus for use in image display, of projecting a light beam onto a retina of a viewer, to thereby allow the viewer to perceive an image, is disclosed. The apparatus is constructed to include:...
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7233424 |
Steering assembly with electromagnetic actuators
A laser cutting system, including a steering mirror assembly for directing a laser beam through a predetermined cutting path along a workpiece or substrate material. The steering mirror assembly...
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7212324 |
Optical scanning arrangement and image forming device with the arrangement
The present invention includes a first plate ( 14 ) and a second plate ( 15 ) which perform a coarse adjustment of a cylinder mirror ( 245 ) by moving the cylinder mirror ( 245 ) linearly in the...
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7203426 |
Optical subassembly of optical transceiver
A transceiver module comprised of a multiplexing/demultiplexing optical subassembly is provided. The optical subassembly includes either a transmitter module or a receiver module or both. The...
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7193762 |
Scanning optical apparatus and image forming apparatus using the same
A scanning optical apparatus having stable optical performance even if the characteristic of a vertical cavity surface emitting laser is fluctuated due to increase in drive current, and an image...
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7190497 |
Scanning type image display optical system, scanning type image display apparatus, and image display system
A scanning type image display optical system of the present invention comprises: a reflecting surface; an optical scanning unit which forms a two-dimensional image on the reflecting surface by...
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7184184 |
High speed, high efficiency optical pattern generator using rotating optical elements
An optical pattern generator includes one or more multi-faceted rotating optical elements that introduce an offset that is rotation insensitive. The component that generates the offset is...
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7183633 |
Optical cross-connect system
An optical cross-connect switch comprises a base ( 216 ), a flap ( 211 ) and one or more electrically conductive landing pads ( 222 ) connected to the flap ( 211 ). The flap ( 211 ) has a bottom...
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7177057 |
Laser system
A compact laser system including a pendant including a laser tube having an optical resonator capable of generating a laser beam, and a scanning system including at least one optical beam deflector...
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7173746 |
Multi-beam scanning apparatus
A multi-beam scanning apparatus has a lateral magnification M in a sub-scanning direction from a light source to a scanned surface satisfying 8.5≦M≦9.5, and a lateral magnification M 2 in the...
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7173745 |
Optical beam delivery configuration
An optical beam delivery configuration includes zoom lens means ( 30 ) and beam scanning means ( 44 ) defining an optical path ( 20 ) for a light beam. The beam scanning means is disposed after the...
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7164475 |
High throughput brightfield/darkfield wafer inspection system using advanced optical techniques
The broadband brightfield/darkfield wafer inspection system provided receives broadband brightfield illumination information via a defect detector, which signals for initiation of darkfield...
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7158269 |
Scanner having a light beam incident position adjusting device
A scanner is provided that has a light-beam emitter for emitting a light beam, a light-beam deflector for deflecting the light beam to scan a scanning surface, a photo-detector provided at a...
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