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7612330 Optical scanning probe, optical scanning probe device and method for controlling the optical scanning probe  
An optical scanning probe is provided and includes an optical scanning element which scans a subject with light, and a signal switching section for switching a drive signal for making the optical...
7593152 Optical device  
An optical device includes a movable portion having a light reflection portion formed thereon, a drive mechanism operable to pivot the movable portion so as to scan light reflected from the light...
7586669 Non-contact micro mirrors  
A micro mirror device includes a hinge supported by a substrate and a mirror plate tiltable around the hinge. The hinge is configured to produce an elastic restoring force on the mirror plate when...
7586668 Methods for depositing, releasing and packaging micro-electromechanical devices on wafer substrates  
A method for forming a MEMS device is disclosed, where a final release step is performed just prior to a wafer bonding step to protect the MEMS device from contamination, physical contact, or other...
7579746 Actuator with Alternating Steady Voltage Combs and Variable Voltage Combs  
An actuator includes: a base section; an object having a body portion and a holding portion holding the body portion in a manner that the body portion is movable against the base section; a movable...
7556389 Pointable optical system with coude optics having a short on-gimbal path length  
A coude gimbal structure includes a two-axis gimbal system having an outer gimbal pivotable about a first rotational axis, and an inner gimbal supported on the outer gimbal and pivotable about a...
7550895 Method for driving micro-oscillating element having comb-teeth electrodes  
A micro-oscillation element includes a movable main section, a first frame and a second frame, and a first connecting section that connects the movable main section and the first frame and defines...
7542199 DMD comprising nonparallel mirror deflection axes  
The digital mirror device (DMD) is an array of single mirrors, which are deflectable on mirror deflection axes (MDAs, as e.g. characterized by their orientation with the array raster). In the state...
7538928 MEMS mirror with parallel springs and arched support for beams  
A micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) mirror device includes (1) a mirror, (2) spring elements coupled to the mirror, (3) a beam coupled to the group of spring elements, (4) a spring coupled to...
7538927 MEMS mirror with short vertical comb teeth and long in-plane comb teeth  
A process for constructing a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) device includes etching the topside of a wafer to form a first support layer having short stationary comb teeth extending from...
7538922 Encapsulated spatial light modulator having improved performance  
Devices and methods for forming a spatial light modulator with high contrast are described. Light absorbing materials are used within a chamber that houses a spatial light modulator. The light...
7535620 Micro-electro-mechanical system micro mirror  
A micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) micro mirror and a method of making the same. The micro mirror includes a body having a mirror support, opposed anchor s and flexible hinges which connect...
7532376 Forming an actuating mechanism for a micro-scanning device  
Forming an actuating mechanism for a micro-scanning device includes forming a scanner chip having a scan table mounting cavity, first and second coil mounting cavities and first and second pivoting...
7522789 Optical switches and actuators  
An optical switch comprises one or more input ports for directing an optical beam into the switch; dispersive means configured to receive said optical beam and which spatially separate the optical...
7508111 Biaxial actuators with comb electrodes having separated vertical positions  
Provided are a biaxial actuator and a method of manufacturing the same. The biaxial actuator includes: a stage unit seesawing in a first direction; a first support unit supporting the stage unit; a...
7496118 External cavity resonator type tunable light source which can be easily manufactured and which is capable of wavelength sweeping at high speed  
A collimator lens converts light beams emitted from a low reflectance facet of a semiconductor laser into parallel light beams. A diffraction grating receives and diffracts the light beams at a...
7489434 Hybrid micromirror array lens for reducing chromatic aberration  
This invention provides a Hybrid Micromirror Array Lens with reduced chromatic aberration over a broadband wavelength range of light. Conventional micromirror array lens uses phase matching...
7486425 Mirror device for projection system having plurality of tiltable mirrors tilted  
A mirror device of one embodiment of the invention is for a projection system corresponding to one of a pixel and a sub-pixel of image data to be projected by the projection system. The mirror...
7480099 Variable focus system  
A variable focus system that includes an electrovariable optic (EVO) and a controller operatively configured for changing the focal configuration of the EVO. The EVO includes a plurality of movable...
7468829 Microelectromechanical modulation device and microelectromechanical modulation device array, and image forming apparatus  
A microelectromechanical modulation device comprising: a movable portion, which is supported to be elastically and bi-directionally displaced and which has a modulation function; and a plurality of...
7468572 Versatile digitally controlled micro-mechanical actuator  
A micro-mechanical actuator includes a partially cylindrical rotatable rotor assembly, a stationary stator structure, rotatable connectors, connecting the rotor assembly and the stator structure,...
7466476 Sloped cantilever beam electrode for a MEMS device  
A method of tilting a micromirror includes providing a substrate, a sloped electrode outwardly from the substrate, and a sloped electrode positioning system outwardly from the substrate. The method...
7453618 Miniature single actuator scanner for angle multiplexing with circularizing and pitch correction capability  
The present invention provides a scanner comprising: a reflector component; means supporting the reflector component for pivoting with respect to the MCR to provide a scan which is stationary with...
7453617 Scanning device and fabrication method thereof  
A scanning device includes a mirror unit formed on a substrate so as to be pivotable centering around one axis for adjusting the direction of reflected light; a support frame formed at one surface...
7453182 Micro oscillating element  
A micro oscillating element is formed integrally from a material substrate made up of a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer and an insulating layer disposed between the first...
7452085 Dynamically adjustable fold-mirror assembly for projection device  
An apparatus, system, and method for a fold-mirror assembly with a dynamically adjustable mirror element for use in a projection device are disclosed herein.
7443586 Display device using single-panel diffractive light modulator  
Disclosed herein is a display device using a single-panel diffractive light modulator. The display device includes a light source unit, a condensing unit, an illumination unit, a diffractive light...
7436574 Frequency tunable resonant scanner  
Provided is a one-axis driving optical scanner which includes a substrate, a stage separated from the substrate to a predetermined height and having an upper surface where an optical scanning...
7408695 Electrically rotationally actuatable micro-mirror or micro lens  
Micro-mirror or micro-lens made up of a moving part ( 10 ) with a reflective or refringent zone ( 17 ), a fixed part ( 14 ), means of connection ( 13 ) of the moving part ( 10 ) to the fixed part (...
7405506 Driving mechanism and micro-mirror device provided with the same  
A driving mechanism configured to turn a plate member with respect to a frame member around a predetermined turning axis includes a pair of supporting members supporting the plate member, a pair of...
7365613 Method of determining resonant frequency  
A method for operating a torsion oscillator at its resonant frequency. The method performs an open-loop frequency sweep starting with nominal operation parameters saved from the factory or from a...
7355317 Rocker-arm actuator for a segmented mirror  
A MEMS device having a movable plate supported on a substrate by a support structure that is hidden under the plate and yet which can be implemented to enable rotation of the plate with respect to...
7338705 Static dissipation treatments for optical package windows  
An optically transparent conductive material is disposed directly or indirectly on an inside surface of a cover material for static dissipation in an optical switching device. The optically...
7336409 Miniature flexure based scanners for angle multiplexing  
The present invention provides a spatial flexure comprising: a base section; an end section; and an intermediate laterally contracting and expanding section connecting the base and end sections,...
7333121 System and method for scaling data to compensate for slanted scanning in a bidirectional scanning laser printer  
A scanning system is adapted to scan an image beam across a photoconductive surface. The scanning system includes an oscillating mirror and is operable to generate an image beam and to reflect the...
7330297 Fine control of rotation and translation of discretely controlled micromirror  
A micromirror control system includes a bottom layer configured to support the micromirror control system including a stopper plate coupled to the bottom layer at a first end, configured to rotate...
7321379 Galvonometric scanning and imaging with multiple beams reflected from an oscillator  
Multiple light beams are reflected by a resonant oscillator through an optical system onto light sensitive drums of a printing system. Information is encoded onto the beams, and an image is printed...
7312915 Microelectromechanical devices with low inertia movable elements  
A microelectromechanical device having a movable element with low mass inertia is disclosed herein. The movable element is held on a substrate such that the element is capable of rotating relative...
7307771 Gimbal with orbiting mirror  
A gimbal for a gimbaled mirror optical sensor system includes a mirror support rotatable about a first axis along which an optical sensor suite lies, the first axis being spaced apart from a...
7300157 Pixel-shifting projection lens assembly to provide optical interlacing for increased addressability  
A projection display system includes a projection lens assembly that has multiple projection lens elements that are configured to receive light imparted with display information by a pixelated...
7273289 Vacuum compatible, high-speed, 2-D mirror tilt stage  
A compact and vacuum compatible magnetic-coil driven tiltable stage that is equipped with a high efficiency reflective coating can be employed as a scanner in EUV applications. The drive...
7262541 Micro-oscillation element incorporating springs  
A micro-oscillation element includes an oscillation section and a frame. The oscillation section is provided with a mirror surface and is connected to the frame via trapezoidal first and second...
7257286 Dual comb electrode structure with spacing for increasing a driving angle of a microscanner, and the microscanner adopting the same  
A dual comb electrode structure with spacing for increasing a driving angle of a micro mirror provided by MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical system) structure and a microscanner adopting the same are...
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...
7253550 Torsional electrostatic actuator  
Multiple drives are coupled together to cause rotation about a single axis by an arrangement in which two moveable electrode plates flank a fixed electrode plate such that the opposite direction...
7245412 On-the-fly laser beam path error correction for specimen target location processing  
A laser-based workpiece processing system includes sensors connected to a sensor controller that converts sensor signals into focused spot motion commands for actuating a beam steering device, such...
7239437 Reduction of open loop jitter and control loop stabilization of a torsional hinged device by structural optimization  
Apparatus and methods for removing jitter and stabilizing the feed back system of a torsional hinged device with minimal changes to the system. The stabilization is accomplished by spatially...
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...
7230743 Optical deflector array  
An optical deflector array has a first board, second board, and magnetic field generator. The first board has movable plates respectively having reflecting surfaces, wirings passing through the...
7224512 Microelectromechanical system optical apparatus and method  
A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) apparatus ( 100 ) having a footprint of about 1 to 10 millimeters by about 1 to 10 millimeters comprises a movable member ( 101 ) that can be stopped at...
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