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7446822 High-resolution image projection  
A lightweight, compact image projection module, especially for mounting in a housing having a light-transmissive window, is operative for causing selected pixels in a raster pattern to be...
7430070 Method and system for correcting angular drift of laser radar systems  
A method of calibrating angle drift of a laser radar system is provided, in one aspect of the present invention. The method includes, providing a plurality of virtual fiducials into an xy scanner;...
7411711 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...
7399421 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,...
7397589 Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus using the device  
An optical scanning device for scanning surfaces of an even number of photoconductors simultaneously includes a rotating deflecting device arranged substantially at a center in a housing to deflect...
7379220 Multi-beam color scanning device  
A multi-beam color scanning device is provided with a multi-beam light source unit, a first polygonal mirror that deflects the plurality of light beams emitted by the multi-beam light source unit...
7372603 Mirror package scanning apparatus and method  
An optical scanner system and method having a light source, a first mirror rotatable along a first torsion axis to reflect light from the light source, a first vibrator to vibrate the first mirror,...
7362485 Image display medium, image writing device, and image forming apparatus  
An image display medium comprising: a display layer; a pair of substrates that retain the display layer therebetween, with at least parts of the pair of substrates configuring a frame portion to...
7352499 Arrangement for and method of projecting an image with pixel mapping  
A laser beam is swept by a scan mirror as a pattern of scan lines on a projection surface. The scan mirror moves at a variable speed along each scan line. Each scan line has a number of pixels. 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...
7345800 Optical arrangement for deflecting a light beam  
An optical arrangement for deflecting a light beam includes first and second deflection devices, and a coupling mirror. The first deflection device is rotatable about a first axis using a first...
7342702 Light deflecting method and apparatus efficiently using a floating mirror  
Method of deflecting light includes the steps of providing a substrate and forming a supporting member on the substrate. Next forming step forms electrodes at predetermined positions on the...
7339712 Laser scanning and power control in a rapid prototyping system  
A laser scanning system in a rapid-protyping system is controlled during vector scanning by providing a commanded-position signal to each of first and second rotary motive devices to rotate...
7325736 Optical scanner and image forming apparatus having the same  
An optical scanner is disclosed which includes: a first scanning device having a first mirror portion in which a first reflective surface is formed, the first scanning device scanning in a first...
7304619 Method and apparatus for controllably compensating for distortions in a laser projection display  
A method and apparatus are provided to controllably compensate for distortions in an image produced by an LPD, where the distortion arises from the shape and/or angle of the viewing surface...
7295358 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...
7286273 Light deflecting device  
An object of the present invention is to provide an optical deflecting device capable of suppressing undesirable vibrations of an optical deflecting element such as a mirror and allowing a...
7265884 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...
7264360 Scan type display optical system  
A scan type display optical system is disclosed in which the position and inclination of an image formed by projection light is made variable. The scan type display optical system comprises an...
7262894 Method for aligning bi-directional images in a mirror display  
A mirror display system comprising a multiplicity of scan lines that are combined to generate an image. The multiplicity of scan lines are orthogonally positioned in response to a slow speed cyclic...
7239435 High-speed, high resolution, wide-format Cartesian scanning systems  
A scanning system for writing, printing, direct imaging, plotting, computed radiography, and scanning includes an optical system contains at lest one modulatable radiation source for emitting...
7236279 Digital optical switch apparatus and process for manufacturing same  
The present invention provides a digital optical switch apparatus and process for manufacturing the apparatus. The apparatus includes a mirror assembly coupled to a top cap and to a bottom cap. The...
7235047 Methods and apparatus for imaging using a light guide bundle and spatial light modulator  
Endoscopes and other viewing devices that control the light that contacts a sample and/or that is detected emanating from a sample. The viewing devices are particularly well suited for in vivo...
7227676 Optical scanning apparatus  
To provide an image forming apparatus including a plurality of laser scanning units having deflecting and scanning means which deflect and scan light fluxes emitted from a plurality of light...
7218431 Laser treatment apparatus and method of manufacturing semiconductor device  
A laser treatment apparatus is provided which is capable of irradiating a laser beam to the position where a TFT is to be formed over the entire surface of a large substrate to achieve the...
7202985 Inner drum exposure apparatus  
An exposure process is executed by multi-beams divided by polarizing and combining laser beams (La, Lb) modulated based on an image signal so as to be emitted by a light source side optical system...
7196831 Two-dimensional optical scan system using a counter-rotating disk scanner  
A counter-rotating disk scanner together with another scan mechanism provides two-dimensional optical scanning. The counter-rotating disk scanner includes counter-rotating scan disks that implement...
7190329 Apparatus for remotely imaging a region  
A device for image transmission includes a first scanner at a first location and a second scanner at a second location, with an optical fiber linking the scanners. The first scanner scans the first...
7167290 Optical deflection device  
An optical deflection device is disclosed that is able to drive a mirror therein to move smoothly. In the optical deflection device, notches are formed in the mirror, and when the notches hit...
7154650 Scanning apparatus  
Scanning apparatus operable in the microwave, mm-wave and infrared ranges and comprises a support structure, a first reflective disc or mirror ( 10 ) which is mounted in said support structure for...
7154649 Device for deflecting optical beams  
A device for deflecting optical beams is provided, the device having an array of mirror elements, and each mirror element being pivotable at any angle independently from another mirror element....
7130095 Correcting for image distortion in image projectors  
An arrangement for, and a method of, correcting for image distortion in an image projection system include making the scan lines of the projected image all of the same length by adjusting the...
7130094 Device and a method for deflecting a laser beam  
The present invention relates to a device for deflecting a laser beam, comprising at least a single sided mirror ( 1 ) and means for orientating said mirror, wherein said single sided mirror is...
7129472 Optical scanning probe system  
An identification circuit ( 131 ) recognizes optical probes ( 112 A, 112 B) of different scanning types that are connected to a light source unit ( 113 ) and a control device ( 114 ), the...
7129460 Electronic imaging apparatus with high resolution and wide field of view and method  
Electronic imaging apparatus includes a main mirror that rotates about two transverse axes to reflect light for an array of subimages through a lens to a correcting mirror that reflects the light...
7104651 Color scrollable projection system  
A color scrolling projection system is provided, including a light source, a color separator, a color scanner, a light valve, and a control circuit. The light source generates and emits light. The...
RE39261 Method and apparatus for an integrated laser beam scanner  
A solid state laser beam scanning system having a single crystal silicon deflection and scanning mirror integrated with a laser diode. By combining the techniques of deep reactive ion etching of...
7099060 Light deflecting method and apparatus efficiently using a floating mirror  
Method of deflecting light includes the steps of providing a substrate and forming a supporting member on the substrate. Next forming step forms electrodes at predetermined positions on the...
7083737 Method for manufacturing a micro-actuator  
A micro-actuator having a stage capable of a see-saw motion and a method for its manufacture are disclosed. In the micro-actuator according to the present invention, a plurality of parallel driving...
7075687 Scanned beam image capture device with a plurality of scan regions  
A display apparatus includes a scanning assembly that scans about two or more axes, typically in a raster pattern. A plurality of light sources emit light from spaced apart locations toward the...
7055968 Projection type display device  
A projection type display device includes a light source, a picture information display element, and a light deflection device with a function to deflect light from the light source and irradiate...
7050208 Scanning microscopy, fluorescence detection, and laser beam positioning  
High speed, wide area microscopic scanning or laser positioning is accomplished with an inertia-less deflector (for example an acousto-optic or electro-optic deflector) combined with a high speed...
7021541 Original illuminating apparatus and image reader having the same  
The invention aims at obtaining an original illuminating apparatus and an image reader having the same with which “the reflection” phenomenon is reduced, and much quantity of light for...
7019876 Micro-mirror with rotor structure  
A micro-mirror device includes a stator structure having a set of radial stator electrodes, a rotor structure having a set of radial rotor electrodes, a mirror mounted on the rotor structure, and a...
7009748 Resonant scanning mirror with inertially coupled activation  
A system and method for providing a resonant beam sweep about a first axis. A mirror or reflective surface supported by a first pair of torsional hinges is driven into resonant oscillations about...
7002717 Apparatus for beam deflection  
The invention concerns an apparatus for beam deflection, in particular for scanning microscopy, a light beam being deflectable by a mirror arrangement that is alternatingly rotatable by a rotary...
6975353 Immersive camera system  
An immersive scanning camera provides for a high speed imager to capture a scene of interest on a pixel by pixel basis. Distance data is collected for each pixel. This distance data is...
6974930 Laser scanner  
Disclosed is a device for machining a workpiece transportable in a chosen direction in accordance with a selected pattern by a focussed laser beam. The device includes a scanner with a converging...
6972913 Two axis tip-tilt platform  
A light direction assembly includes a tip-tilt platform having a first and second axes and having a light direction member coupled thereto, first and second current coils coupled to the platform,...
6958837 Method for producing picture element groups by means of laser rays in space and on a plane  
The invention relates to a method for producing picture element groups by means of laser rays in space and on a plane. The laser ray, functioning as a picture ray, is divided into a main ray and...
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