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6353503 Eyeglass display lens system employing off-axis optical design  
An off-axis optical display system is provided. The system comprises an eyeglass lens assembly having a first lens section having a first surface, at least a portion of the first surface having a...
6351338 Image pickup optical system  
An image pickup optical system includes an optical unit having a light incidence surface on which a light is incident, a light reflecting surface reflecting the light incident from the light...
6351333 Optical element and optical system having the same  
An optical element includes an incidence surface, one or more reflecting surfaces reflecting light from the incident surface, an emergence surface, and off-axial curved surfaces causing the light...
6348877 Method and system for alerting a pilot to the location of other aircraft  
A method of alerting a pilot to the location of other aircraft begins by detecting the presence of at least one other aircraft and then calculating that aircraft's projected flight path in the sky....
6341869 Method and device for providing information  
A projector is disposed at a position that is optically conjugated to a position of eyes of an observer. The projector projects an image to a screen that has retroreflection function so as to...
6333819 Display for head mounting  
In order to visualize an active matrix liquid crystal image generator, it is illuminated in a prism system by a light source and a collimator directing light into the prism system and made linear...
6333820 Image display apparatus  
A compact, lightweight and bright image display apparatus which uses a non-telecentric optical system, or a decentered optical system and a reflection-type image display device, such as a...
6333813 Stereomicroscope  
The present invention relates to a stereomicroscope comprising an object observation unit and an electronic image unit. The object observation unit includes an objective lens barrel section and a...
6331841 Image display system  
An image display system for viewing an electronic image and an external sight simultaneously, which includes image display units which have an individual controller for outputting image signals to...
6331916 Virtual image optical system  
There is provided a virtual image optical system which removes the noise caused by stray light, removes the aberration, and which can be implemented in a smaller size. The virtual image optical...
6331879 Liquid crystal projector with an illumination optical system  
A liquid crystal projector includes an illumination optical system provided with a light source, first and second lens arrays arranged in this order from the light source, a liquid crystal panel,...
6329965 Adjustable head mounted display apparatus and method of adjusting a head mounted display  
An adjustable head mounted display apparatus includes an outer casing, an image display unit disposed in the outer casing for generating an image, and a reflection unit adjustably disposed to each...
6318868 Interactive virtual image store window  
A display device for presenting a virtual image of a product. The device supports an object whose virtual image is to be presented at a point on one side of the device, and an optical system having...
6317267 Head or face mounted image display apparatus  
The present invention is an optical apparatus, e.g. an image display apparatus, which enables observation of a clear image at a wide field angle with substantially no reduction in the brightness of...
6317037 Virtual instrument panel  
An instrument panel having easy-to-read instruments is disclosed and which in certain embodiments allows for more efficient use of space behind the instrument panel by providing a partially...
6307585 Position-adaptive autostereoscopic monitor (PAM)  
Position-adaptive autostereoscopic monitor (PAM) has an image screen having a plurality of color sub-pixels of three-different colors, located horizontally one beside the other in a same given...
6304287 Image viewing device and operation unit for said image viewing device, accessories used with said image viewing device, a facility in which said device and accessories are used, and method of using said image viewing device  
In order to allow the user to see the surrounding area without obstructing the image so that he may use an operation unit or eat and drink while viewing the image while leaving an image viewing...
6304372 Microscope including a fade-in element and related method of using a microscope  
A microscope is disclosed for observing a magnified area. Fade-in means arranged in the path of the rays of the microscope reflect a thin focused beam of light into the path of the rays. The beam...
6304386 Display device for helmet-mounted display  
A display device for a helmet-mounted visual system including an intensified image-taking device and a visor to combine the intensified images and an ambient scene before the pilot's eyes. The...
6301050 Image enhancement system for scaled viewing at night or under other vision impaired conditions  
An image enhancement system for scaled viewing of surrounding objects at night or other vision impairing conditions such as dust, smoke, rain, fog, any combination of these conditions or other...
6301052 Optical system for directing an auxiliary image towards an observer so as to be superimposed onto a main image  
Optical system for directing an auxiliary image towards an observer so as to be superimposed on to a main image. The optical system comprises a pentagonal prism having a first surface for...
6292301 Optical viewing system for use in head-mounted display  
An optical system having a first optical acting surface and a second optical acting surface in an optical path between a focal plane and a stop. In the optical path traced from the focal plane to...
6275340 Anesthetic alleviation by sensory stimulation  
A device according to the invention is useful for providing viewable images and sounds to persons undergoing medical treatments, including radiotherapy, cosmetic, and other surgeries. According to...
6271969 Folded optical system having improved image isolation  
An optical collimating assembly for imaging light from a display. The optical assembly includes first and second linear polarization filters having polarization directions that are orthogonal to...
6271895 Image observing apparatus for observing outside information superposed with a display image  
An image observing apparatus is arranged to observe outside information from the outside and a display image displayed on an image display device via an optical combiner and via an eyepiece lens...
6268963 Optical system having a reflecting surface  
An optical system has a stop and a plurality of curved reflecting surfaces, the optical paths of rays of light successively reflected by the plurality of curved reflecting surfaces and arriving at...
6266194 Picture display apparatus and camera  
A picture display apparatus is provided in which not only reduction in weight and protruding amount is achieved but also aberration is small and wide-angle display can be inexpensively performed by...
RE37292 Optical system and optical apparatus  
An image display apparatus which enables observation of a clear image at a wide field angle with substantially no reduction in the brightness of the observation image, and which is extremely small...
6262848 Head-up display  
A system that provides a head-up display for an operator of a vehicle includes a collection device that can collect infrared energy and an image source coupled to the collection device. The image...
6261650 Polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) display element for use in an electronic apparatus  
A polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) display element for use in an electronic apparatus wherein the display element operates in a PDLC mode or reverse PDLC mode providing for reduction of...
6259565 Display apparatus  
A semi-spherical system holding mechanism 8 such as to cover the head portion of the user is provided in the upper portion of a user holding mechanism 9 such as chair, sofa, or the like. A display...
6257727 Augmented imaging using silhouette to improve contrast  
An augmented display includes an image display source and a silhouette display source. The image display source generates a virtual image to be perceived by a viewer. The silhouette display source...
6259559 Glass arrangement including an outside glass plate, a polarization direction changing film and an adhesive layer therebetween, and an inside glass layer  
A laminated glass to be used as a front windshield glass of an automotive vehicle, forming part of a head-up display system for displaying an image of light representing driving information on the...
6259564 Finder optical system  
The invention provides a real-image type finder optical system which is reduced in size in general and thickness in particular. In order from an object side of the system, the system comprises an...
6252565 Elliptical cavity optical retinal display  
An opto-mechanical configuration for direct laser scanned retinal imaging is described. The concept uses simple geometric properties of an ellipse in a reflective optical delivery system which...
6252720 Optical system and method for remotely manipulating interactive graphical elements on television screens and the like  
An optical virtual touch pad system wherein reflective optics are used to superimpose a virtual image of a television screen display onto a touch-sensitive digitizing surface being operatively...
6249386 Non-adjustable helmet mounted optical systems  
Helmet mounted system is provided which includes a helmet which is custom fitted to a user, an optical system which is removably attachable to the helmet, an attachment which is fixedly attached to...
6239771 Head mounted display  
A head mounted display comprising: a display device 2 at the front; a front frame 12 surrounding the forehead; a back frame 14 surrounding the back portion of the head; connecting devices 30A and...
6239770 Instrument  
The invention relates to an instrument adapted for difficult conditions of use, such as a diver's computer or the like, said instrument comprising a computer (2) as well as displaying device (6)...
6236438 Optical visualizing apparatus  
The characteristic of a visual-field angle is improved by improving a characteristic of the contrast of a liquid-crystal display element employed in a head mounted display apparatus which is used...
RE37169 Ocular optics system having at least four reflections occurring between curved surfaces  
The invention relates to an ocular optics system which forms no intermediate image, is reduced in terms of size and weight with well-corrected aberrations, and is best suited for use on face- or...
6229503 Miniature personal display  
A personal display device miniaturized to allow the projection of images directly on the viewer's retina which is a compact and versatile device that further minimizes the potential for total...
6222675 Area of interest head-mounted display using low resolution, wide angle; high resolution, narrow angle; and see-through views  
Different viewing mechanisms are used for left and right eyes. One of the eyes is presented with an image from a single image source that occupies the entire field of view of the eye. The view...
6222677 Compact optical system for use in virtual display applications  
The invention provides a newly designed head mounted virtual image display that is dramatically less in weight than is known in the art by virtue of a unique beam folding design, making possible...
6219186 Compact biocular viewing system for an electronic display  
Low-cost plastic optics allow biocular viewing of video images with a single electro-optic display device. Folded and unfolded dual off-axis configurations use collimated illumination and...
6215481 Display apparatus  
A display apparatus of the present invention includes scanning mirrors for scanning light emitted from a light source, a position sensor diode for detecting whether scanning by the scanning mirrors...
6215596 Optical element, optical device provided therewith, and method for evaluating optical element  
An optical element integrally has an optically acting surface, which is a rotationally asymmetric, aspherical surface, and a monitor surface for evaluation of whether the optical element is...
6215269 Method of exposing a path on a curved, or otherwise irregularly shaped, surface  
A circuit on a curved surface is provided where the circuit includes at least one circuit element on the curved surface, at least one conductive path on, and integral with, the curved surface,...
6211848 Dynamic holographic video with haptic interaction  
A user is able to interact with and modify an electronic holographic image using a force-feedback (or haptic) device, which is capable of sensing and reporting the 3D position of its hand-held...
6212020 Head-mounted carrier for positioning opto-electronic devices in front of the user's eyes  
A head-mounted carrier for supporting an optical apparatus intended to be positioned in front of at least one eye of a user. The carrier being devised such that en elongate member or a cable,...