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7453510 Imaging device  
An imaging device comprising at least one image capturing subsystem of a first type, comprising a lens arrangement, configured to produce images. The device further comprises at least one image...
7450309 Integrated signal manipulator for manipulating optical signals  
An integrated signal manipulator for manipulating an optical signal. The optical signal manipulator is integrated on a single material substrate by etching a curved grating mirror. The curved...
7450308 Beam shaping lens, lens part, mounting plate, optical head, optical information recording and reproducing apparatus, computer, image recording and reproducing apparatus, image reproducing apparatus, server and car navigation system  
A beam shaping lens for shaping an incident beam having an elliptic cross section into an outgoing beam having a substantially circular cross section includes a first plane which is a cylindrical...
7450307 Laser irradiation apparatus, laser irradiation method, and method for manufacturing semiconductor device  
It is an object of the present invention to provide a laser irradiation apparatus, a laser irradiation method, and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device using the laser irradiation...
7446940 Substrates with multiple images and methods of use  
The present application is directed to a method of creating a dual appearance comprising providing a substrate. The dual appearance is further created by providing an illumination source proximate...
7443591 Homogenizing optical beam combiner  
An optical homogenizing and combining apparatus, comprises a one piece, hollow, tubular body having a first input leg, a second input leg and an output leg, each leg having a polygonal...
7443590 Imaging apparatus and method, and method for designing imaging apparatus  
A single-focus imaging apparatus having an array of imaging devices includes an optical system including a first imaging system that produces a focused image, at least one imaging plane on which an...
7443589 Optical component for beam shaping  
The invention includes an optics array for beam shaping, which uses a micro lens combination, whose polygonal micro lenses are arranged in a level, whereby the geometric arrangement of the...
7443578 Microscopic illumination apparatus  
An illumination optical system includes a light source section for emitting a beam of substantially parallel rays, a field lens for collecting the beam of substantially parallel rays, a condenser...
7440585 Autonomous vehicle and motion control therefor  
There are provided an autonomous vehicle, and an apparatus and method for estimating the motion of the autonomous vehicle and detecting three-dimensional (3D) information of an object appearing in...
7440192 Optical system providing several beams from a single source  
A system to produce orthogonal beams includes a laser diode operating in conjunction with a collimating lens, with or without an aperture, and a simple compact optic. At least one collimated beam...
7440189 Method for making lens array having light-shielding layer  
A method of making a lens array includes a first step of forming a resin-molded piece, a second step of applying a coating to the resin-molded piece, a third step of melting the applied coating and...
7433126 Illuminating optical device in image display device and image display device  
Speckle noise is reduced to increase image quality in an image display apparatus such as a projection display or the like. An illuminating optical device in an image display apparatus ( 1 )...
7433054 Tunable Michelson and Mach-Zehnder interferometers modified with Gires-Tournois interferometers  
Optical filters tunable for both center wavelength and bandwidth, having applications such as in astronomy, remote sensing, laser spectroscopy, and other laser-based sensing applications, using...
7430078 Multiple imaging arrangements for head mounted displays  
A head mounted display is disclosed that utilizes a single video display screen to transport images to both eyes. Multiple reflections are created by illuminating the display screen form a...
7420740 Device for combination of light of different wavelengths  
The present invention relates to a method for combining or for splitting the beam paths of substantially nonpolarized light of at least three different wavelength intervals. The splitting or the...
7417798 Microreplicated article  
A microreplicated article is disclosed. The article includes a web including first and second opposed surfaces. The first surface includes a first microreplicated structure having a plurality of...
7414793 White light splitting and homogenizing systems and methods  
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus includes a hollow tubular body with a polygonal cross-section and a highly reflective interior surface, a first filter, and a...
7414789 Apparatus for homogenizing light and method for producing the apparatus  
A method produces an apparatus for homogenizing light. The apparatus has at least one substrate with at least one optically functional area with a multiplicity of lens elements. In a first method...
7411722 Display system incorporating bilinear electromechanical grating device  
A line scanned display system includes at least three different colors of illumination provided by one or more light sources, and at least one directional illumination optical system for directing...
7408714 Method and apparatus for coupling laser beams  
In a photomask projection system, a photomask mask is illuminated by light from two lasers. A beam from one of the lasers is mixed with a beam from the other laser to provide two mixed beams each...
7403336 Broadband imaging system and method  
A method and system are presented for use in imaging broadband light. A plurality of substantially narrowband light components of the broadband light are passed through an array of spectral imaging...
7403320 2-channel display system comprising micro electro mechanical systems  
The two channel stereo display system with micro electromechanical systems (MEMS, e.g. DMDs from Texas Instruments) simultaneously generates a right and a left image in two discrete modulation...
7400461 Lens holder and lens unit  
A lens holder for holding a plurality of lenses is provided. The lens holder is assembled from a plurality of subunits divided on a plane that is parallel to an optical axis. A subunit includes a...
7400450 Light-splitting device  
A light-splitting device includes a power module, a transmission module and a filter module. In this case, the power module has a rotating component and a first connection component. The rotating...
7400439 Uniform illumination system  
A compact and efficient optical illumination system featuring planar multi-layered LED light source arrays concentrating their polarized or un-polarized output within a limited angular range. The...
7400380 Two-dimensional light-modulating nano/micro aperture array and high-speed nano pattern recording system utilized with the array  
A two-dimensional light-modulating fine aperture array apparatus includes a spatial light-modulating unit for adjusting quantity of incident light by using a plurality of light amount adjusting...
7372079 Surface light emitter, display apparatus and light control member  
To improve the front brightness of the light emitted from a surface light emitter having a surface light emitting device. In the surface light emitter to which a light control sheet having...
7355800 Apparatus for projecting a line of light from a diode-laser array  
A line-of-light projecting module is illuminated by a diode-laser bar and includes light-pipe for homogenizing light from the diode-laser bar in the slow-axis. A shaping optics assembly directs the...
7355722 Catoptric and catadioptric imaging systems with adaptive catoptric surfaces  
An imaging system for imaging an object point to an image point, the system including: a beam splitter positioned to receive light rays from the object point and separate each of a plurality of...
7352517 Optical pickup apparatus  
An optical pickup apparatus for conducting at least recording or reproducing of information on two types of optical information recording media having protective substrates with different...
7352513 Prism assemblies and kernel configurations for use in projection systems  
Kernels are designed in different configurations based on design properties of an enclosure or other requirements. A prism assembly having various types of filters, waveplates, beam splitters...
7352510 Light-pipe integrator for uniform irradiance and intensity  
Two integrating light pipes are optically coupled to a focusing element to produce light with uniform irradiance and intensity profiles. The first ILP stage is used to receive spatially non-uniform...
7338159 Adjustable focus lenses  
A lens unit with two lens elements each having special surfaces such that an adjustment of the position of one of the two lens elements relative to the other in a direction generally perpendicular...
7325957 Polarized light emitting diode (LED) color illumination system and method for providing same  
A polarized light illumination system includes a light emitting diode (LED) ( 601, 602, 603 ) for providing a source of light that is directed to a non-polarizing dichroic combiner ( 607 ) for...
7325956 Light-emitting diode (LED) illumination system for a digital micro-mirror device (DMD) and method of providing same  
A light illumination system for projecting a color image to a digital micro-mirror display (DMD) panel includes a light-emitting diode (LED) illumination assembly ( 101, 102, 103 ), a dichroic...
7324286 Optical beam steering and switching by optically controlled liquid crystal spatial light modulator with angular magnification by high efficiency PTR Bragg gratings  
Non-mechanical optical beam steering and switching is produced by optically controlled liquid crystal spatial light modulator with angular magnification by high efficiency volume Bragg gratings...
7324284 Optical substrate and method of making  
An optical surface substrate. The optical substrate features a three-dimensional surface. The optical substrate is defined by a first surface structure function modulated by a second surface...
7321468 Method and optical arrangement for beam guiding of a light beam with beam delay  
A method for beam guiding of a light beam generated by a light source to a target location along a path distance L S , comprises splitting the light beam on the path distance L S at least once...
7319557 Fused thermal and direct view aiming sight  
A fused thermal and a direct view aiming sight includes an optical gun sight, a thermal sight, and a beam combiner. The optical sight generates a direct view image of an aiming point or reticle...
7319439 Image display device and projector  
An image display device that displays an image by modulating a light from a light source according to display image data, includes: a first light modulation element that modulates a light emitted...
7315421 Method of laser marking, laser marking apparatus and method and apparatus for detecting a mark  
A method and apparatus for laser marking is disclosed. An interference fringe is formed on a subject to be marked using a laser beam to make a marking.
7315413 Illumination apparatus for microscope  
An illumination apparatus for a microscope includes a light source portion that projects a light beam, two splitting elements that split the light beam into three, wavelength selection elements...
RE39951 Polarization conversion element, polarization illuminator, display using the same illuminator, and projector  
A polarizing conversion device in accordance with the invention includes a first optical element for condensing an incident beam and forming a plurality of intermediate beams spatially separated...
7310190 Vehicle imaging system with windshield condition determination  
An imaging system for use in a vehicle is disclosed wherein the imaging system images an object spaced apart from the vehicle in a first configuration and images an object supported by the vehicle...
7310185 Double pass illumination system  
A display device is disclosed, wherein the display device comprises a light source configured to emit light, a projection lens configured to transfer the light to a display surface, at least one...
7307787 Beam splitting prism, method of manufacturing beam splitting prism, and all-optical switching device  
In order to obtain a beam splitting prism which a beam can be split with simpler configuration in a state in which an optical path length is precisely controlled, there is provided a beam splitting...
7304702 Liquid crystal display with mirror face function  
A liquid crystal display with mirror face function, including a liquid crystal display module and a reflective element. A lower polarizing plate and an upper polarizing plate are respectively...
7303288 Image display device  
Aspects of the invention can provide an image display device that can include light sources provided, respectively, for regions obtained by dividing an image forming region of an electro-optic...
7302173 Optical apparatus  
A camera, in which it is possible to adjust the position of two mirrors easily for striking a balance between the focus detection performances in an optical viewfinder state and an electronic image...