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6016376 |
Tapered coherent fiber bundle imaging device for near-field optical microscopy
A subwavelength-resolution optical imaging device is provided for conveying light having a wavelength λ that is emitted, reflected or transmitted by a sample. The device comprises a coherent fiber...
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6011888 |
Gradient index lens array assembly comprising a plurality of lens arrays optically coupled in a lengthwise direction
A gradient index lens assembly is formed by joining a plurality of separate lens arrays end to end to form a lens array assembly of extended length. This concept is especially useful in machines...
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6011889 |
Piercing point optical fiber device for laser surgery procedures
A device for use in laser surgical procedures for moving axially an optical fiber element that is connected at its proximal end to a source of laser energy. The distal end of the fiber elements...
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6002826 |
Thin display optical projector
An optical system (20) projects light into a planar optical display (10). The display includes laminated optical waveguides (12) defining an inlet face (14) at one end and an outlet screen (16) at...
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5974215 |
Compound image sensor array having staggered array of tapered optical fiber bundles
An array of tapered optical fiber bundles having input faces for receiving incident radiation thereon are staggered with respect to one another such that an input face edge portion of a tapered...
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5973718 |
Method and apparatus to correct for active write length and bow changes in LED print bars
An image bar printing system, which, in a preferred embodiment, utilizes a plurality of LED arrays to provide a plurality of color images. The print bars are used in conjunction with a plurality of...
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5960145 |
Optical fiber image conduit and method using same
The image-receiving end of a flexible image conduit, which includes an optical fiber bundle enclosed in a flexible sheath, is movable throughout a generally dome-shaped area in response to movement...
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5956179 |
Replicated relay lens system
A relay lens assembly and a method for manufacturing a relay lens system for an endoscope includes the steps of providing at least one rod member having first and second curved end surfaces,...
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5956447 |
Device and method for image acquisition through multi-mode fiber
An endoscope for image acquisition via illumination of an object's image, such as but not limited to a bar code, by a set of spatially resolved patterns, with subsequent reconstruction of the image...
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5953110 |
Multichannel laser radar
A multichannel laser radar has a laser array transmitter for generating a multiple laser beam array and a multichannel laser beam receiver for receiving reflected multiple laser beam array signals...
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5940566 |
3D array optical displacement sensor and method using same
This is an invention related to an apparatus for non-contact displacement measurement over an area. The apparatus is suitable for a small dynamic range with extremely high sensitivity. The area of...
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5930433 |
Waveguide array document scanner
The optical scanner comprises a light source, an image sensor, a planar array of elongate optical waveguides, and input and output coupling optics for communicating light to and from the image...
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5912748 |
Switchable wavelength router
A switchable wavelength router has a first polarization-dependent routing element (e.g., a birefringent element, polarized beamsplitter, or angled polarization separator) that decomposes and...
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5905836 |
Optical waveguide reduction optical image sensor
In an optical waveguide reduction optical image sensor constituted by a polymeric optical waveguide array having a plurality of cores arranged into a one-dimensional array in a cladding substrate,...
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5905830 |
Device for coupling a high intensity point source to a fiber bundle
A method and apparatus which can couple a high intensity point source, such as from a single fiber, to a fiber bundle. A bundle of fibers is fed though a hole in the light post. A removable potting...
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5901261 |
Fiber optic interface for optical probes with enhanced photonic efficiency, light manipulation, and stray light rejection
Fiber optic interfaces that can readily reject the collection of stray light while efficiently collecting desired light that has interacted with the subject media. These fiber optic interfaces may...
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5898809 |
Projecting a sheet of laser light such as a laser reference plane using a fiber optic bundle
A sheet-of-light projection system is projects a substantially uniform sheet of laser light (or other electromagnetic radiation) using a fiber-optic bundle. Incidence optics directs a laser beam to...
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5887102 |
Fiber optic lightline device having randomized input and output for reducing sensitivity to input variations and method of making the same
A multi input fiber optic apparatus for cooperating with a plurality of sources, the apparatus having output ends of the individual fiber optics disposed in a random pattern, wherein a dimension of...
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5881195 |
Image guide comprising a plurality of gradient-index optical fibers
The present invention is an image guide which has applications in such areas as endoscopy and industrial imaging. This invention utilizes gradient-index optical fiber in order to produce an image...
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RE36094 |
Optical space monitoring apparatus comprising light guiding fibers transmitting light through the space to be monitored
An apparatus for optically monitoring a space, the apparatus including light guiding fibers for transmitting received radiation to a sensor device. The light inlets are arranged in an array while...
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5862285 |
Multichannel optical fiber bundle with ordered structure in its sensitive probe tip
Multifunctional optical fiber bundles for image and signal transmission or sensor applications are proposed. The optical fiber bundles exhibit reduced speckle noise resulting from spatial...
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5838865 |
Fiber optic light homogenizer for use in projection displays
A projection display (12) employs a fiber optic homogenizer (32) that includes a bundle (60) of optical fibers arranged such that an input end (64) has a substantially round cross-sectional shape...
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5832168 |
Optical fiber light transfer apparatus
A light transfer apparatus for transferring an image from a relatively small projection surface to a relatively large display surface. The light transfer apparatus includes modules having a display...
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5822486 |
Scanned remote imaging method and system and method of determining optimum design characteristics of a filter for use therein
An imaging method and system for optimum sampling, image restoration and enhancement is disclosed where imaging errors associated with scanning a fiber optic image guide are identified and filtered...
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5815625 |
Glass and fiber optic plate using the same
The object of the present invention is to provide an absorber glass for FOP having a broad absorption band which extends from ultraviolet region through visible region to near infrared region. The...
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5815624 |
Optical fiber viewing apparatus
A blind spot viewing system capable of transferring an optical image between two locations by use of a coherent bundle of optical fibers with a lenslet array placed on each end of the bundle or...
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5793918 |
Movable 3d display
This invention is a three-dimensional display apparatus that has the electromechanical ability to form a display into a relief of a video image. The physical formation of the display updates about...
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5790734 |
Optical dispersion apparatus and method
A planar parallel plate direct vision prism including two glasses for dispersing light as a function of color is disclosed. Also disclosed is an optical system which includes a first optical...
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5778111 |
Optical fibre flat screen
A flat screen panel (1) comprising a base plate (9) and a plurality of optical fibers (2) laid in parallel on the base plate (9). Each of the optical fibers (2) has a modified portion (11) on its...
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5751869 |
Optical system for coupling light from a single fiber optic into a fiber bundle
The optical coupler couples light output from the single fiber optic into the fiber optic bundle while preserving the numerical aperture of the beam output from the single fiber optic. The optical...
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5740296 |
Adjustable terminal housing for optical fiber
A lightweight display system (10) includes a display matrix (22) of output terminals (28) of optical conductors (30) supported on a preferably flexible substrate (16) by terminal housings (20)....
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5729568 |
Power-controlled, fractal laser system
In order to improve a semiconductor laser system with a plurality of semiconductor laser units comprising a laser oscillator, laser radiation exiting from each of these units, a light-conducting...
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5726671 |
Helmet/head mounted projector system
A head mounted projector system with extremely high resolution. The system includes a retro-reflecting gain screen. The on-helmet apparatus of the system includes a truncated spherical mirror, a...
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5727107 |
Light guide plate, surface light source device, polarized light source device and liquid crystal display
A light guide plate comprises: an outgoing radiation plane; a bottom opposed to the outgoing radiation plane; and an incidence plane disposed between the outgoing radiation plane and the bottom;...
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5715345 |
Optical beam regeneration by optical fiber remapping
An optical beam regenerator includes a plurality of optical fibers into which an input beam is directed. The optical fibers are positioned to rearrange portions of the input beam to generate an...
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5715337 |
Compact display system
A compact display system including a viewing surface; a beam steering mechanism; a source of light remote from the viewing surface and the beam steering mechanism; and at least one waveguide...
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5703636 |
High resolution optical communication system
A communications system linking video phones located at diverse premises by a network of optical fiber cables. Each premises has a telephone, television screen, and television camera. Audio and...
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5703985 |
Optical fiber device and method for laser surgery procedures
A device for use in laser surgical procedures for moving axially an optical fiber bundle that is connected at its proximal end to a source of laser energy. The distal end of the fiber bundle has a...
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5689602 |
CCD video scope with illumination to the object
A CCD video scope is mounted in a camera head and has an image capture optical system defining an optical axis, and a half mirror with a light source offset from the optical axis and facing the...
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5686723 |
Light sensing detector assembly with integral fiber optic light transmission elements
In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a light sensing detector assembly (10) having integral fiber optic light transmission strands (16) is provided. The light sensing detector...
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5673151 |
Image correction in virtual reality and heads up displays
The present invention eliminates the relay lens systems found in conventional helmet mounted displays (HMDs) by removing field distortions and aberrations with a contoured fiber optic faceplate...
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5668907 |
Thin optical display panel
An optical display includes a plurality of optical waveguides each including a cladding bound core for guiding internal display light between first and second opposite ends by total internal...
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5633972 |
Superresolution imaging fiber for subwavelength light energy generation and near-field optical microscopy
The present invention provides a superresolution imaging fiber for generating a plurality of subwavelength light energy beams concurrently and for near-field viewing. The imaging fiber comprises a...
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5630001 |
Image generator for use in image manifestation apparatus
A planar substrate including a bundle of optical fibers extending from the first major surface to the second major surface and defining a mounting area on the first surface with a two-dimensional...
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5629803 |
System for a direct image transmission by spectral coding
The present invention relates to a method and a device for transmitting images via a transmitting medium, for example, optical fibers, without digitizing images (hereafter called "direct image...
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5625724 |
Fiber optic hydrophone having rigid mandrel
A fiber optic interferometric sensor for use in a hydrophone system at high pressures includes a reference fiber wrapped around a rigid inner cylinder. A solid layer of compliant material is...
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5621829 |
Fiber optic switching device and method using free space scanning
An optical switching device and method for selectively optically connecting at least one input fiber in a fiber bundle to at least one output fiber in a fiber bundle. To perform the optical...
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5608833 |
Focal-plane detector imaging system with improved optical damage threshold
A focal-plane detector imaging system that can tolerate higher intensity optical beams than prior systems, without a reduction in the system's field-of-view, comprises an imaging lens, a fiber...
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5579426 |
Fiber image guide based bit-parallel computer interconnect
A fiber image guide is used for establishing bit-parallel computer data communications. A fiber image guide is located between an input laser array driven by a first electrical circuit or computer...
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5563968 |
Multimode imaging component and ring laser provided with a multimode imaging component
A multimode imaging component provided with a rectangular waveguide (14') having two ends (15, 19) is described. To avoid unwanted reflections of radiation in the waveguide, the surfaces (17, 21)...
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