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7453645 Spectral purity filter, lithographic apparatus including such a spectral purity filter, device manufacturing method, and device manufactured thereby  
A spectral purity filter includes an aperture, the aperture having a diameter, wherein the spectral purity filter is configured to enhance the spectral purity of a radiation beam by reflecting...
7446942 Injection molded microlenses for optical interconnects  
Disclosed are a microlens array, and a method of positioning and aligning the microlens array on another device. Generally, the microlens array comprises an array of injection molded microlens...
7446941 Display apparatus  
A display apparatus includes an image display unit having a plurality of pixels arranged on a predetermined curved surface; and a plurality of microlenses arranged on the predetermined curved...
7446294 True color image by modified microlens array  
An image sensor array includes a substrate having at least three image sensors located therein. The image sensor array also includes a blue filter positioned proximate to the first image sensor; a...
7443592 Visual effect apparatus for displaying interlaced images using block out grids  
A container for producing a graphical image. The container includes a container wall with front and rear portions. A label is included that extends about the circumference of the container with an...
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...
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...
7435979 Optical device and method of manufacture  
The present invention provides for a method of producing an optical device by means of electron beam lithography and including the step of varying the characteristics of the electron beam spot...
7435515 Process for production of pattern-forming body  
A primary object of the present invention is to provide a process for the production of a pattern-forming body, the process enabling the formation of a highly precise pattern, requiring no...
7433557 Tunable optical add/drop multiplexer  
The tunable add/drop multiplexer including a tiltable mirror, a fixed thin film filter, and first and second retro-reflector elements for redirecting express channels back out an input/output port...
7433127 Imaging device and display device  
Disclosed are an imaging device and a display device which both have a simple structure without any need of an image conversion. The imaging device includes a lens component group including...
7428103 Gapless microlens array and method of fabrication  
A microlens array with reduced or no empty space between individual microlenses and a method for forming the same. The microlens array is formed by patterning a first set of microlens precursors in...
7427732 Method for targeting a source of an incoming laser  
A system and method for laser source detection. An exemplary embodiment of the system includes a first array of lenses, a second array of opto devices (including light sources and light detectors),...
7420742 Optically transparent electromagnetic interference (EMI) shields for direct-view displays  
Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) shields for a direct-view display having a direct-view display panel and an outer panel that provides an outer surface for the direct-view display. These EMI...
7420741 Image display device and portable terminal device  
An image display device is including a display panel in which a plurality of display units including at least pixels for displaying an image for a first point of view and a second point of view are...
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...
7417797 Image correction using individual manipulation of microlenses in a microlens array  
A system constructs a composite image using focus assessment information of image regions.
7414790 Ultrathin lens arrays for viewing interlaced images with dual lens structures  
An assembly for displaying an interlaced image. The assembly includes an interlaced image, which may be digitally or web printed for example, with sets of elongate image elements or slices. A lens...
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...
7414788 Diffusion plate used in direct-type backlight module and method for making the same  
The present invention relates to a diffusion plate used in a direct-type backlight module and a method for making the same. At least one of the surfaces of the diffusion plate has a microstructure...
7414232 Image sensor and method for fabricating the same  
An image sensor having self-aligned microlenses and a method for fabricating the same. The image sensor includes a photodiode formed in a predetermined surface of a silicon substrate, a...
7411733 Compound-eye imaging device  
A compound-eye imaging device comprises: an optical lens array with integrated optical lenses; a stop member for shielding unnecessary ambient light from entering the optical lenses; a...
7408708 Diffusing sheet, surface light source unit, and transmission type display  
A diffusing sheet, a surface light source unit, and a transmission type display that can attain uniform illumination so that the brightness of light on the display screen appears uniform regardless...
7408692 Process for producing three-dimensional structure  
A process for producing a periodic structure comprises the steps of preparing a working object, the property of which changes in view of a photoreaction caused by an exciting energy, generating a...
7405807 Method of forming optical images, apparatus for carrying out said method and process for manufacturing a device using said method  
An optical image is formed in a resist layer ( 5 ) by a number of subilluminations, in each of which an array of light valves ( 21 25 ) and a corresponding array ( 40 ) of light converging elements...
7401926 Space light modulating apparatus, projector including same, process for manufacturing microstructure element used in same, and microstructure element manufactured by the same process  
A space light modulating apparatus includes a modulating unit that modulates incident light based on an image signal including a plurality of pixels and a light-shielding part placed between the...
7400451 Lenticular lens sheet registration and alignment device  
A lenticular lens sheet registration and alignment device uses an elongate blade accurately to align a lenticular sheet for printing purposes. The blade nestles within one of the elongate recesses...
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...
7396150 Lighting apparatus and display apparatus  
The lighting apparatus includes a light source, a housing that contains the light source inside and has an exit port for outputting light from the light source, and an optical sheet that is placed...
7394596 Plane lens sheet using light transmission rate difference  
Disclosed herein is a plane lens sheet using a light transmission rate difference, which is used for stereoscopic printing for a lenticular system and an integral photography method and has a plane...
7394595 Lenslet array for beam homogenization  
Apparatus for homogenizing a laser beam includes a lenslet array. In some embodiments, the lenslets have a negative power. The lenslet array may include from 16 to 36 effective lenslets in some...
7394594 Methods for processing a pulsed laser beam to create apertures through microlens arrays  
A pulsed laser beam is used to create apertures in a layer on a back side of a substrate that includes a microlens array on a front side thereof. The pulsed laser beam is focused in a vacuum...
7391576 Manufacturing of optical units for semiconductor packages with optical sensors  
An optical unit including a glass substrate supporting a diaphragm intended to receive a lens with a circular base, the surface of the diaphragm having one or several protruding elements for...
7391572 Hybrid optical/electronic structures fabricated by a common molding process  
Disclosed is a method of fabricating a molded structure including both micro lenses and metallic pins. The method comprises the steps of providing a mold apparatus having a set of first cavities...
7391571 Diffusion plate used in direct-type backlight module  
The present invention relates to a diffusion plate used in a direct-type backlight module and a method for making the same. At least one of the surfaces of the diffusion plate has a microstructure...
7380949 Light modulator device  
A method of reducing stray light contribution of a display system is described. Light rays are directed to at least one pixel of the display system and the light rays are modulated to form...
7379160 Optical integrator, illumination optical device, exposure apparatus, and exposure method  
An optical integrator having characteristics to reduce effects of manufacturing errors of many minute refraction surfaces integrally formed by, for example, etching on an illumination intensity...
7375893 Method of manufacturing microlens, microlens, optical film, screen for projection, projector system, electrooptical device and electronic equipment  
A method of manufacturing a microlens having a convex shape on a substrate includes: a step of providing a first droplet on the substrate, a step of forming a first convex portion by drying the...
7375892 Ellipsoidal gapless microlens array and method of fabrication  
Ellipse-shaped microlenses focus light onto unbalanced photosensitive areas, increase area coverage for a gapless layout of microlenses, and allow pair-wise or other individual shifts of the...
7375891 Engraved scannable marking code  
A transparent substrate having a lens array pattern located in a pre-selected area such that the lens array pattern forms an engraved scannable marking code operable for being read by a code...
7372631 Method of manufacturing microlens, microlens, microlens array, electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus  
A method of manufacturing a microlens includes: forming on a transparent substrate an etching stop layer in a lens formation region where a curved lens surface of the microlens is to be formed, the...
7372630 Laser, irradiation apparatus, laser irradiation method, and method for manufacturing semiconductor device  
Providing a method and apparatus for efficiently irradiating a uniform laser light on an irradiation surface even when a laser light of high coherence or a large size substrate is used. The laser...
7367705 Long curved wedges in an optical film  
The invention relates to a light redirecting polymeric film comprising a plurality of polymeric individual optical elements wherein the elements comprise curved wedge shaped features in the plane...
7365908 Tiling of panels for multiple-image displays  
A large-area display is composed of two or more adjacent panels, in which the overall display provides a consistent perception of depth (and/or other characteristics of the images) in all panels...
7359120 Manufacture of display devices with ultrathin lens arrays for viewing interlaced images  
An assembly for fabricating a device for displaying an interlaced image. The method includes providing a film of transparent material and creating a lens array in the film by forming parallel lens...
7358507 Liquid removal in a method and device for irradiating spots on a layer  
For irradiating a layer ( 3 ) a radiation beam ( 7 ) is directed and focused to a spot ( 11 ) on the layer ( 3 ), relative movement of the layer ( 3 ) relative to the optical element ( 59 ) is...
7355794 Lenslet array for beam homogenization  
Apparatus for homogenizing a laser beam includes a lenslet array. In some embodiments, the lenslets have a negative power. The lenslet array may include from 16 to 36 effective lenslets in some...
7355793 Optical system applicable to improving the dynamic range of Shack-Hartmann sensors  
An addressable array of lenses is disclosed. Two electrical connections per row address specific lenses within that row. Carriages support individual lenses, thus forming resonant units with...
7352511 Micro-lenses for imagers  
A micro-lens and a method for forming the micro-lens is provided. A micro-lens includes a substrate and lens material located within the substrate, the substrate having a recessed area serving as a...