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7431518 Optical device, lens unit, and imaging apparatus  
An optical device and a lens unit each include a liquid container containing an insulating liquid and an electroconductive liquid which are mutually immiscible and optically transparent and have...
7430370 Optical element, lens unit and image pickup apparatus  
An optical element and a lens unit each includes: a liquid container transmitting light at least in a predetermined optical axis direction, the liquid container containing an insulating liquid and...
7388705 Optical apparatus  
To provide an optical apparatus which controls an interface state to change a focal length by using an optical element having a container sealing first liquid that is conductive or polarized and...
7359108 Display device  
An exemplary display device based on layer displacement having a perforated white substrate positioned close to a transparent substrate. Layer (fluid) displacement such as oil movement results in...
7336323 Liquid crystal filter with tunable rejection band  
An optical wavelength filter uses birefringence and polarization to discriminate and block a wavelength stop band. Birefringent elements, each having a fixed retarder and a liquid crystal, are...
7312927 Head-up display  
A straw holder for supporting a drinking straw in the mouth of a bottle is presented. The holder includes a straw support portion dimensioned for placement across the mouth of a bottle. The straw...
7301601 Optical switching device using holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystals  
A thin holographic optical switch used in a liquid crystal display device contains opposing transparent substrates transparent electrodes between the substrates and a diffraction grating between...
7279709 Electronic ink display device  
An electronic ink display device with a frontplane laminate and a TFT array substrate is provided. In the TFT array substrate, a first metal layer and a dielectric layer are disposed on a first...
7274416 Display device  
A subtractive display device comprising picture elements having sub-pixels, each sub-pixel comprising a stack of switchable layers ( 5,25 ) or components and a color filter part ( 21 ).
7268849 Spatial light modulator employing voltage gradient pixels, and associated methods  
A spatial light modulator has a transmissive window with a transparent conductive film forming a ground plane and a direct drive backplane with a plurality of voltage gradient pixels. Each of the...
7190519 Plate-like polarizing element, a polarizing conversion unit provided with the element, and a projector provided with the unit  
This specification discloses a polarizing. element for dividing light into first and second polarized lights differing in polarized state from each other by a polarizing dividing surface, directing...
7179535 Polymer sheets and multiple layer glass panels having adjustable tint  
The present invention is in the field of polymer sheets and multiple layer glass panels having adjustable tint, and, more specifically, the present invention is in the field of polymer sheets and...
7170664 Optical element, optical head, optical recording reproducing apparatus and optical recording/reproducing method  
The invention presents an optical element with which an optical head can be configured, in which there is little deterioration of the correctional effect when the objective lens shifts, as well as...
7167156 Electrowetting display  
The present invention comprises construction of a display from display elements that are actuated using the physical principle of electrowetting. In one embodiment, pores within porous silicon are...
7161740 Projector  
Aspects of the invention can provide a projector including a illumination system, an electro-optic modulator, and a projection system. The illumination system can include device that emits a...
7154656 Radiation absorption in electro-optical devices  
Electro-optical apparatus includes a housing having at least one electrical subassembly (ESA) and at least one optical subassembly (OSA) therein as well as cavities within the housing and paths for...
7142344 Optical apparatus  
To provide an optical apparatus which controls an interface state to change a focal length by using an optical element having a container sealing first liquid that is conductive or polarized and...
7126903 Variable focus lens  
A variable focus lens comprising a first fluid (A) and a second, non-miscible, fluid (B) in contact over a meniscus. A first electrode ( 2 ) separated from the fluid bodies by a fluid contact layer...
7119937 Durable electrooptic devices comprising ionic liquids  
Electrolyte solutions for electrochromic devices such as rear view mirrors and displays with low leakage currents are prepared using inexpensive, low conductivity conductors. Preferred electrolytes...
7110155 Light modulation apparatus, image pickup apparatus, and drive methods therefor  
Disclosed are a light modulation apparatus including a liquid crystal device; and a polarizing plate disposed in an optical path of light made incident on said liquid crystal device; wherein said...
7106495 Mask, substrate with light reflection film, manufacturing method for light reflection film, manufacturing method for electro-optical device and electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus  
A substrate is provided with a light reflection film in which the heights of a plurality of convex portions or the depths of concave portions formed on a base material are specified to be...
RE39243 Optical element, polarization illumination device, and projector  
Two polarization conversion element arrays are disclosed. Each polarization conversion element array is composed of a plurality of polarization conversion elements for converting light incident...
7050218 Electrophoretic dispersion, electrophoretic display device, method of manufacturing electrophoretic display device, and electronic system  
To provide an electrophoretic dispersion capable of reducing or preventing the aggregation of electrophoretic particles, an electrophoretic display device using the electrophoretic dispersion, a...
7042614 Spatial light modulator  
A spatial light modulator includes a first portion and a second portion. Both the first portion and the second portion include a planar electrode, a polar solvent, and a non-polar solvent. The...
7035009 Apparatus and method for controlling polarization in an optical communications medium  
An exemplary polarization controller includes a first optical element having a first optical axis and configured to receive light having a first phase, a second optical element having a second...
7034980 Optical element, optical head, optical recording reproducing apparatus and optical recording/ reproducing method  
The invention presents an optical element with which an optical head can be configured, in which there is little deterioration of the correctional effect when the objective lens shifts, as well as...
7023603 Micro-mirror device including dielectrophoretic microemulsion  
A micro-mirror device includes a substrate having a surface, and a plate spaced from and oriented substantially parallel to the surface of the substrate such that the plate and the surface of the...
6995898 Mask, substrate with light reflecting film, method for forming light reflecting film, method for manufacturing electro-optical device, electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus  
A substrate is provided with a light reflecting film in which the depths of a plurality of concave portions formed on the surface of the base or the heights of a plurality of convex portions formed...
6987598 Optical element, optical head, optical recording reproducing apparatus and optical recording/reproducing method  
The invention presents an optical element with which an optical head can be configured, in which there is little deterioration of the correctional effect when the objective lens shifts, as well as...
6961167 Display device based on frustrated total internal reflection  
Pixels of a display device include a reservoir containing two immiscible fluids. Switching of a pixel state is based on redistribution of the fluids within the reservoir due to electrostatic forced...
6958843 Wide-range and high-resolution variable optical delay  
Variable optical delay (VOD) systems are provided that include optical switching techniques, and optical manifold techniques, and/or index switching techniques. In certain embodiments, liquid...
6958842 Display device and process for production thereof  
A display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite to each other, and a display medium including an insulating liquid and electrophoretic colored particles...
6950226 Process for producing electrophoretic display device  
An electrophoretic display device including first and second substrates disposed with a predetermined spacing, a partition member disposed between the first and second substrates, a plurality of...
6950219 Optical apparatus  
To provide an optical apparatus which controls an interface state to change a focal length by using an optical element having a container sealing first liquid that is conductive or polarized and...
6947203 Electrophoretic dispersion, electrophoretic display device, method of manufacturing electrophoretic display device, and electronic system  
To provide an electrophoretic dispersion capable of reducing or preventing the aggregation of electrophoretic particles, an electrophoretic display device using the electrophoretic dispersion, a...
6947192 Correction of birefringence in cubic crystalline optical systems  
An optical system includes multiple cubic crystalline optical elements aligned along a common optical axis and having their crystal lattices oriented with respect to each other to minimize the...
6936193 Suspended particle device light valve film  
A film suitable for use as a light-modulating unit of a suspended particle device light valve, comprising a plurality of particles dispersed in a liquid suspending medium, distributed within an...
6917456 Light modulator  
A light modulator includes a substrate, a transparent plate spaced from the substrate such that the transparent plate and the substrate define a cavity therebetween, at least one electrode formed...
6906841 Color filter substrate as well as method of manufacturing the same, electro-optic device and electronic equipment  
The invention provides a color filter substrate in which light leakage ascribable to the gap of colored layers, etc. are reduced or prevented from occurring, and which is capable of displaying a...
6900923 Siloxane matrix polymers and SPD light valve films incorporating same  
A film suitable for use as a light-modulating unit of a suspended particle device (SPD) light valve. The film comprises a siloxane matrix polymer which has a refractive index>1.4630 and has...
6876476 Display device and process for production thereof  
A display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite to each other, and a display medium including an insulating liquid and electrophoretic colored particles...
6876403 Polarized light color filter and video projector comprising the same  
A polarized light color filter for producing R, G and B primary lights from inputted white light in time division. The filter is small in size and strong against mechanical vibration. The...
6844955 Electro-optical device, electronic apparatus, and method for manufacturing electro-optical device  
The invention provides an electro-optical device, an electronic apparatus using the electro-optical device, and a method for manufacturing an electro-optical device. High-quality image display may...
6834137 Cholesteric liquid crystal cell devices and systems  
Cholesteric liquid crystal cell units are used for reflecting or transmitting incident light responsive to control signals. A cholesteric liquid crystal cell unit has a first cholesteric liquid...
6806988 Optical apparatus  
To provide an optical apparatus which controls an interface state to change a focal length by using an optical element having a container sealing first liquid that is conductive or polarized and...
6804037 Light modulation apparatus and image pickup apparatus, and drive method thereof  
Disclosed are a light modulation apparatus including a liquid crystal device; and a polarizing plate disposed in an optical path of light made incident on said liquid crystal device; wherein said...
6801352 Electrodeposition display device  
An electrodeposition display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, walls for sealing off the substrates, plating liquid sealed in between the substrates...
6751004 Optical system with magnetorheological fluid  
An optical system includes a layer of magneto rheological (MR) fluid having a surface exposed to air or vacuum. The MR fluid has a first state wherein the surface is reflective, and a second state...
6747777 Reflective microfluidics display particularly suited for large format applications  
A reflective display system is disclosed that utilizes four overlapping layers of colored dye injected into channels so as to provide a pixel assembly operatively responsive to present an image for...
6738178 Electrically configurable photonic crystal  
A liquid crystal is configured as a photonic crystal by an establishment of a network of biased liquid crystal regions within the liquid crystal. The liquid crystal is situated between a dielectric...
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