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7433119 Scanning microscope  
In a scanning microscope that impinges upon a sample with a first light pulse and a second light pulse, a dispersive medium that modifies the time offset between the first and the second light...
7429112 Retro-reflector assembly and opacity monitor incorporating same  
A retro-reflector assembly ( 1 ) for incorporating in an opacity monitor, includes several small corner-cube prisms ( 2 ) of cylindrical section. The invention also includes an opacity monitor...
7428051 Device for the IR-spectrometric analysis of a solid, liquid or gaseous medium  
The invention relates to a device for the IR-spectrometric analysis of a solid, liquid or gaseous medium. The device includes a process probe, which has a reflection element. The device...
7408706 Neutral white-light filter device  
A substantially neutral filter across the white-light spectrum is obtained by minimizing the wavelength-dependent effects of filtering components and of reflective coatings on surfaces. The...
7362503 Screen, Fresnel lens sheet used for the same, and image display apparatus using the same  
The present invention provides a technology that makes it possible to display high-quality images by reducing a reflection loss of the image light entering the upper left and right ends of a...
7359119 Optical arrangement for pre-processing primary illumination light  
An optical arrangement for pre-processing primary illumination light is proposed, wherein a provided spectral processing section (P) comprises a multi-prism assembly ( 10 ) consisting of a...
RE40227 Totally internally reflecting thin, flexible film  
A thin, flexible film made of a transparent polymeric material including a structured surface and an opposite smooth surface, wherein light striking either surface, within certain angular ranges,...
7352521 Image display optical system and image display apparatus  
An image display optical system which achieves a small size and display at a wide angle of view as well as maintains a required level of optical performance and allows suppression of occurrence of...
7352512 Compact self-compensating beam splitter apparatus and method of using  
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, an optical system includes two tilted planar elements each having two surfaces for which the sign of the slopes of at least three of the...
7347558 3D kernel and prism assembly design  
A Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCOS kernel for a light engine is configured in a kernel having light paths in three dimensions (3D kernel). The 3D kernel allows for designs that do not require...
7329007 Projector  
A projector includes an illumination device, a color separation system, a light combining system, a projection system, and an optical adjustment portion. The color separation system separates the...
7322703 Light emitting apparatus and projector  
An light emitting apparatus which illuminates an illumination area has a first light source which emits a first light, a second light source which emits a second light, a wheel which is provided...
7314284 Retroreflection sheeting and film for use in retroreflection sheeting  
An object of the present invention is to provide a retroreflective sheeting that exhibits proper retroreflection even at a small incident angle with no or less halation, and has superior incident...
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...
7298565 Compact and high performance opto-mechanical switch  
A 2×2 opto-mechanical switch is disclosed. A first embodiment of the present invention utilizes a transmitting compact parallel prism and four or two pieces of the 45-degree prism to increase the...
7286308 Laser diode bar beam reformatting prism array  
Asymmetry of output beams from a laser diode bar is significantly reduced by internally reflecting the beams from an array of roof prisms positioned and oriented to rotate the cross-sectional shape...
7280275 High efficiency beam distribution with independent wavefront correction  
A beam distribution apparatus includes a stack of parallelogram prisms and beam-splitting coatings each located between opposing parallel faces of adjacent parallelogram prisms. The stack is...
RE39859 Dichroic prism, prism unit, and projection display apparatus  
At least one of four rectangular prisms in a dichroic prism is made longer than the other rectangular prisms. Parts of the rectangular surfaces of the long rectangular prisms partially protrude...
7274522 Reflective optical system  
A reflective optical system for projectors comprises a single integral piece of transparent optical molding having at least an incident surface, an exit surface, and two or more internal reflection...
7267445 Combiner, optical combiner module and digital light projection system using the same  
A projection system includes a light source, a beam splitter module, a projection lens, and an optical combiner module includes at least one light valve for forming the image. A light beam emitted...
7254288 Corner cube depolarizer  
The depolarizer utilizes a commonly available BK7 glass corner cube to transform linearly polarized light into depolarized light with 100% conversion efficiency. The low-cost corner cube is a...
7253960 Head-up display device with rotationally asymmetric curved surface  
A display device for displaying information is provided with an optical system for guiding the light of the display device to the eye, the optical system having, in the order in the proceeding...
7248405 Re-focusing mechanism for imaging system  
Two reflective surfaces disposed in a predetermined angular orientation inside the optical tube assembly of a telescope intercept the optical beam and deliver it from the objective to the...
7230761 High-dispersion grisms  
A grism based upon a grating with a given line frequency is configured such that a design wavelength will undergo either a specific total bend angle, a zero-degree total bend without lateral...
7230754 Neutral white-light filter device  
A substantially neutral filter across the white-light spectrum is obtained by minimizing the wavelength-dependent effects of filtering components and of reflective coatings on surfaces. The...
7215474 Method and apparatus for combining optical beams  
According to one aspect of the present invention, an apparatus for optically combining light beams is disclosed. The apparatus includes a set of prism shaped doorways configured to receive output...
7212353 Optical element, optical system, and optical device  
Provided is a compact optical element that secures an optical path length and improves manufacturing precision economically. The optical element includes a transparent member having a first and...
7210788 Color prism and projection-type image display apparatus employing the same  
A color prism capable of separating incident light into four color beams and synthesizing incident four-color beams, and a projection-type image display apparatus employing the color prism. The...
7196315 Eccentric optical system and optical apparatus using same  
An eccentric optical system forming an optical path where an incident light beam is internally reflected three times to fold the optical path, and then emitted from a transmission surface and...
7180674 Polygonal prism  
A polygonal prism receives at least one incident light and generates at least one outward light. The prism includes a plurality of planes, with the prism made from one piece of material.
7177260 Optical pickup including a many-sided reflection prism and method of using the optical pickup  
An optical pickup including a many-sided reflection prism formed as a single body with a plurality of reflection faces to guide a light beam incident through a transmission face in a horizontal...
7177104 Image-taking optical system  
An image-taking optical system for forming an optical image of an object on the light-receiving surface of an image sensor includes a plurality of optical blocks. The optical blocks each have a...
7177059 Device and method for manipulation and routing of a metrology beam  
A lithographic projection apparatus is equipped with a device for manipulation and routing of at least one portion of a metrology beam of radiation. The device includes a first and a second optical...
7173763 Optical interleaver and filter cell design with enhanced clear aperture  
An optical interleaver for use in a range of telecommunications applications including optical multiplexers/demultiplexers and optical routers. The optical device includes an optical processing...
7167312 Beam shaping optics and module for a diode laser arrangement  
A beam shaping optical arrangement combines three incoming laser beams that are mutually laterally offset in two orthogonal directions (X and Y), including an incoming first central laser beam and...
7123394 System and method for the laser beam deflection for optical measuring systems  
A system for the laser beam deflection for optical measuring systems includes an optical element for the deflection of an incident laser beam and a driving unit for generating a rotational movement...
7119971 Optical prism, display element support and optical assembly using the same  
An optical prism 100 for reflecting light incident on its light incidence surface 12 suited for incidence of light from an LCD 20 at least twice within itself and emitting the reflected light...
7118228 Image display system  
A display system includes a single image-projection device, and a reflective surface optically coupled to the image-projection device, wherein the reflective surface is configured to reflect a...
7113324 Image display apparatus  
An image display apparatus is capable of recycling the “OFF” state light to increase the image brightness and contrast. The image display apparatus includes a light source, a spatial light...
7088664 Reflection type compound prism and optical pickup apparatus employing the same  
A reflection type compound prism and an optical pickup apparatus employing the same. As a light beam is passed through the compound prism, a size of the light beam in a direction perpendicular to a...
7088531 Device including color separation prism  
The invention relates to a device including a color separation prism, comprising at least two image sensors whose sensor surfaces are substantially of the shape of a rectangular parallelogram, and...
7085053 Beam shaping device, system for launching a light beam into an optical fiber, and beam rotation unit for such a beam shaping device or such a system  
A device for shaping the cross-section of a light beam, has at least one beam shaping unit with a beam splitter, beam deflector and beam combiner. The beam splitter can split a light beam which is...
7075740 Prism and method for producing the same  
A prism is produced by the steps of feeding a glass base material into a heating furnace, the glass base material having surfaces to be prism surfaces after forming, the Ra value of the surface...
7066603 Cross dichroic prism and reflection type liquid crystal projector using the same  
A cross dichroic prism for color decomposition includes a blue-reflecting dichroic film for reflecting a blue light component and a red-reflecting dichroic film for reflecting a red light...
7050171 Single-exposure interferometer with no moving parts  
A interferometer that has no moving parts and can acquire an interferogram in a single exposure is disclosed. Embodiments according to the invention can be used for polychromatic and/or...
6997595 Brightness enhancement article having trapezoidal prism surface  
A brightness enhancement article for improving luminance from a light source includes a light-collecting prism surface forms a series of longitudinal trapezoidal prism elements in which each has a...
6979088 Multipass optical retroreflector and method of using  
This invention pertains to a multipass retroreflector and to a method for its operation. In a preferred embodiment, the retroreflector comprises three reflecting surfaces arranged at an angle to...
6959990 Prism for high contrast projection  
Prism elements having TIR surfaces placed in close proximity to the active area of a SLM device 302 to separate unwanted off-state 324 and/or flat-state 326 light from the projection ON-light...
6958861 Method and apparatus for combining optical beams  
According to one aspect of the present invention, an apparatus for optically combining light beams is disclosed. The apparatus includes a set of prism shaped doorways configured to receive output...
6956701 Method and apparatus for combining light paths of multiple colored light sources through a common integration tunnel  
Embodiments of this invention include a system, method and apparatus for combining light paths of multiple colored light sources through a common integration tunnel.