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7622710 Optical manipulation system using a plurality of optical traps  
The present invention relates to an optical manipulation system ( 10 ) for generation of a plurality of optical traps for manipulation of micro-objects including nano-objects using electromagnetic...
7612319 Method and apparatus providing a microlens for an image sensor  
A microlens having a plurality of lens material units separated by a plurality of trenches and a method of forming the same is disclosed. The relationship of the trenches to the lens material is...
7612943 Optical device and crystallization device  
An optical device comprises a first cylindrical lens array in which a plurality of first lens segments each having a first radius of curvature and a first width so as to divide laser light into a...
7609451 Printed article for displaying images having improved definition and depth  
Disclosed are printed articles and methods for manufacturing printed articles. The printed articles typically include: (a) a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface; (b) a graphic image...
7605980 Image sensor and fabricating method thereof  
An image sensor and fabricating method thereof are provided. The image sensor can include differently microlenses formed on a pixel array substrate. The differently shaped microlenses are formed...
7595217 Method of manufacturing a CMOS image sensor  
A CMOS image sensor may include at least one of: a semiconductor substrate over which a photodiode and transistors are formed; passivation layers formed over a semiconductor substrate; and color...
7589900 Eyebox shaping through virtual vignetting  
Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a compressed microlens array comprises an array of lenslets arranged in the array to have the lenslet centers spaced apart at a first distance...
7586685 Microlens sheeting with floating image using a shape memory material  
A sheeting includes a layer of a shape-memory polymer material having a surface of microlenses, wherein each of the microlenses is associated with one of a plurality of images within the sheeting....
7583444 Process for making microlens arrays and masterforms  
A process for making a microlens array or a microlens array masterform comprises (a) providing a photoreactive composition, the photoreactive composition comprising (1) at least one reactive...
7580190 Micro lens array and method of manufacturing the same  
A micro lens array and method of fabricating the micro lens array. The micro lens array includes: a substrate; a plurality of holes penetrating the substrate; and a plurality of lens units on a...
7572483 Method of manufacturing optical sheet, optical sheet, planar lighting apparatus, and electro optical apparatus  
A method of manufacturing an optical sheet includes: discharging a liquid droplet discharged to one side surface of a sheet substrate; and curing the liquid droplet so that a protrusion is formed...
7561336 Micro-optical device, spatial optical modulator and projector utilizing the micro-optical device  
A micro-optical device includes a plurality of minute optical elements each having a curved surface operable to condense incident light. The minute optical elements are arranged at constant...
7557994 Optical device, transfer mold, and image pickup apparatus  
An optical device includes a refracting surface refracting light, a flat surface transmitting light, and a prism group including prism elements having at least the refracting surface. Here, the...
7554739 Illumination homogenizing optical element  
An illumination homogenizing optical element is disclosed that includes at least one optical surface having a plurality of refractive structures formed as either grooves or protrusions that,...
7548375 Method and device for influencing light  
A method and device for influencing light, include a first array of lens systems through which the light to be influenced can at least partially pass. A first phase-modifying array modulates the...
7532406 Device for homogenizing light  
A device for homogenizing light has at least two cylindrical lens arrays which are placed one behind the other in a direction of diffusion of the light to be homogenized and which each have convex...
7529025 Audio and visual display  
A lenticular assembly moveable to present a series of images to the viewer accompanied by a synchronized audible message. The assembly may be pivotal or on a slidable surface such as a door panel....
7525733 Solid-state imaging device and method for manufacturing the same  
A solid state imaging device includes a substrate having a plurality of pixels and a plurality of on-chip lenses arranged above the substrate, each on-chip lens having a lens surface formed by...
7522341 Sharing of microlenses among pixels in image sensors  
A microlens array having microlenses that correspond to more than one color filter and underlying pixel. In one particular embodiment, each microlens is formed to cover one Bayer pattern set, out...
7518799 Optical plate, method of manufacturing optical plate, backlight assembly and liquid crystal display device  
An optical plate includes a main body plate, and a plurality of lens patterns formed on a first surface of the main body plate, wherein the lens patterns are elongated in a first direction and...
7505206 Microlens structure for improved CMOS image sensor sensitivity  
A method of manufacturing a microlens device by depositing a microlens material layer over a substrate that includes photo-sensors. The microlens material layer is then exposed and developed to...
7499220 Optical lens and method of manufacturing the same  
In an optical lens including a lens portion having a convex or concave lens surface on each side, each lens surface of the lens portion has a convex portion of a small projection centered on the...
7495833 Scanned beam source and systems using a scanned beam source for producing a wavelength-compensated composite beam of light  
According to embodiments, scanned beam source may include a first beam shaping optical element aligned to receive a composite beam of light carrying a plurality of wavelength components and a...
7495834 Optical medium and use thereof  
An optical media is constructed by superimposing a Fourier transform lens film 3 including a Fourier transform lens 2 on which optical image 10 is formed, and a light permeating sheet 5 ...
7483214 Lens array sheet, transparent screen, and rear-projection display  
A lens array sheet, a transparent screen using the same, and a rear-projection display device are provided in which it is possible to control a perspective angle for the image in both a horizontal...
7483195 Optical substrate with modulated structure  
There is provided an optical substrate. The optical substrate includes at least one surface. The at least one surface includes at least one optical structure having a shape and dimensions, wherein...
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...
7480100 Lenticular devices using sets of lenses to display paired sets of interlaces of images  
A lenticular device for displaying interlaced images. The device includes an interlaced image and a lens array. The lens sets each have two or more adjacent lenticules and are paired mapped to sets...
7477452 Micro lens array, optical member and method of producing micro lens array  
A micro lens array includes a plurality of convex micro lenses formed on a transparent substrate in an array. The micro lenses are convex toward a surface of the substrate in a position inward of...
7470046 Backlight module and illumination device thereof  
A backlight module and an illumination device thereof. The illumination device of the backlight module comprises a light source and a lens, disposed over the light source with a predetermined gap...
7468842 Image presentation and micro-optic security system  
Am image presentation system employing microstructured icon elements to form an image. In one form a synthetic optical image system is provided that includes an array of focusing elements, and an...
7460309 Variable lens and exposure system  
A lithography apparatus comprising variable lenses is described. These variable lenses are included in a microlens array. At least some of the lenses have two or more immiscible liquids whose...
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...
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...
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.
7400456 Lens having seamless profile defined by cubic polynomial function  
A lens includes a surface that includes a seamless profile. The seamless profile is defined by at least one cubic polynomial function to provide a filtering surface that produces a controlled...
7393477 Method of fabricating microlens structure  
The present invention provides a method of fabricating a microlens, comprising providing a substrate with at least a dielectric layer thereon, forming a first thin film on the dielectric layer...
7388714 Independent focus compensation for a multi-axis imaging system  
A multiple-axis imaging system having optical elements whose optimal image positions can be individually adjusted, comprising a plurality of optical array elements having respective optical axes...
7372632 Apparatus and methods for the inspection of microvias in printed circuit boards  
An imaging method and imaging system for inspecting features located at a known inter-feature pitch on portions of a target surface. The system includes a lens array having a plurality of lenses...
7365907 Rear projection image display apparatus  
A compact rear projection image display apparatus in which the projection distance in a projection optical system is substantially reduced and no reflection mirror is used, thereby eliminating a...
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...
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...
7342722 Method of producing maps and other objects configured for presentation of spatially-related layers of data  
A method of fabricating maps and other objects presenting multiple sets of spatially related information. Spatial alignment data, such as geographical boundaries is selected. First and second...
7336430 Extended depth of field using a multi-focal length lens with a controlled range of spherical aberration and a centrally obscured aperture  
An extended depth of field is achieved by a computational imaging system that combines a multifocal imaging subsystem for producing a purposefully blurred intermediate image with a digital...
7336422 Sheeting with composite image that floats  
Translucent, transparent, or semi-translucent microlens sheetings with composite images are disclosed, in which a composite image floats above or below the sheeting, or both. The composite image...
7333268 Micro-optic security and image presentation system  
A film material utilizing a regular two-dimensional array of non-cylindrical lenses to enlarge micro-images, called icons, to form a synthetically magnified image through the united performance of...
7333267 Micro-lenses for CMOS imagers  
A micro-lens and a method for forming the micro-lens is provided. A micro-lens includes a substrate an lens material located within the substrate, the substrate having a recessed area serving as a...
7309149 Prism sheet, backlight assembly and liquid crystal display device having the same  
A prism sheet, a backlight assembly having the prism sheet, and an LCD device having the prism sheet, the prism sheet includes a first surface, a second surface and a reflecting member. A light is...
7307790 Ultrathin lens arrays for viewing interlaced images  
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...
7307788 Gapless microlens array and method of fabrication  
A microlens array having first and second sets of spherically-shaped microlenses. The second set of spherically-shaped microlenses are located in the areas between individual microlenses of the...
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