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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120127546 | HOLOGRAM LAMINATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HOLOGRAM LAMINATE A hologram laminate is provided with a hologram recording layer in which holograms are recorded, a first bonding layer, a pattern layer having a first region and a second region, and a second bonding layer. The hologram recording layer, the first bonding layer, the patt... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120002255 | PRINTING There is provided an apparatus and a method of printing a diffraction grating. In particular, the present invention relates to diffraction gratings applied to a substrate, such as a hologram.... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110273754 | HOLOGRAPHIC MEMORY DEVICE AND REPRODUCTION/RECORDING METHOD An optical beam with the same amplitude distribution and phase distribution as those of the signal beam used for recording is radiated to the hologram recording medium via an optical system of the signal beam prior to reproduction so that the optical beam with the ampli... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20100220325 | METHOD FOR ORIENTING AN OPTICAL ELEMENT ON A SCREEN The invention relates to a method for orienting an optical element (e. g. a parallax barrier screen or lenticular screen) on a screen comprising pixels x(i, j) in a raster composed of lines (i) and columns (j) in order to produce a screen for three-dimensional represent... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100182587 | Energy Efficient Laser Detection and Ranging System According to one embodiment, a laser detection and ranging system includes a beam forming element that is optically coupled to a light source. The light source generates a light beam that is split by the beam forming element into multiple beamlets and directed toward a ... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100142014 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL INFORMATION OF AN OBJECT FROM RECEIVED ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION An apparatus and method to produce a hologram of an object includes an electromagnetic radiation assembly configured to receive a received electromagnetic radiation, such as light, from the object. The electromagnetic radiation assembly is further configured to diffract... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100060966 | ACTUATOR USING PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME An actuator using a piezoelectric element and a method of driving the same. The actuator includes at least one piezoelectric cell moving by displacement according to an input voltage, at least one piezoelectric sensor sensing the displacement of the at least one piezoel... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100060962 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING IMAGE CROSS-SECTIONS OF AN OBJECT FROM RECEIVED ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION An Apparatus and method to produce a hologram of a cross-section of an object includes an electromagnetic radiation assembly configured to receive a received electromagnetic radiation, such as light, from the object. The electromagnetic radiation assembly is further con... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100033823 | Film, process for the producton thereof and use A film (1) which comprises at least one transparent replicating layer (2) having a diffractive relief structure (3) and a reflective layer, the reflective layer being formed by at least one pigmented lake layer (4), and the film (1, 1′, ... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100020375 | METHOD OF RECORDING HOLOGRAPHIC INFORMATION A method of recording holographic information includes recording a hologram mark and a homogeneous mark in a holographic data storage medium with a volume to alternatively locate the hologram mark and the homogeneous mark. The hologram mark has a varied refractive index... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20090323144 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE WITH HOLOGRAPHIC LIGHT GUIDE An illumination device includes a holographic film and a light source, such as a point light source. The point light source is positioned at an edge of the holographic film and has a light emitting face that faces the edge of the holographic film. The holographic film i... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090316237 | HOLOGRAM RECORDER A hologram recorder (A) which records holograms by causing a recording beam (P) and a reference beam (S) to interfere with each other in a hologram recording media (B), includes an incident-side and an emitting-side lenses (3a, 3b) provided a... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090252018 | HOLOGRAM LENS MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, HOLOGRAM LENS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HOLOGRAM LENS, INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS A hologram lens manufacturing apparatus includes: a separation unit that separates a light beam emitted from a light source into a reference light beam and an irradiation light beam; an irradiation light irradiating unit that collects the irradiation light beam so as to... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090237356 | OPTICAL POINTING DEVICE A pointing system uses a hologram or a lenticular image that may be affixed to a pointing device such as a game controller. The hologram may comprise a holographic image and may display a pattern that changes rapidly and predictably as the position of the pointing devic... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090231651 | SYSTEM FOR APPLYING OPTICAL FORCES FROM PHASE GRADIENTS A system and method for creating extended optical traps for applying optical forces to a material to be manipulated for a commercial application. The system and method include applying a hologram of appropriate characteristics to a beam of light wherein the hologram cha... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090219593 | Reflection type collinear holographic storage system A reflection type collinear holographic storage system is described, in which an improved overlap between an object beam and a reference beam is achieved. The collinear holographic storage system has a spatial light modulator for imprinting... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090197185 | DOCUMENT RECORDING METHOD AND APPARATUS A document recording method for recording a document on a microfilm, the document including a series of pages, a format of which is specified so as to include at least a page representing commencement, a page representing an original, and a page representing conclusion.... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090147333 | HOLOGRAM MEDIUM MANUFACTURING METHOD, MASTER HOLOGRAM MEDIUM MANUFACTURING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND HOLOGRAM MEDIUM MANUFACTURING APPARATUS A hologram medium manufacturing method is disclosed. The hologram medium manufacturing method includes: disposing a first pair of master hologram media with a predetermined interval so that the first pair of the master hologram media face each other; forming a master ho... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090146050 | EXTENDED OPTICAL TRAPS BY SHAPE-PHASE HOLOGRAPHY A method and system for establishing extended optical traps for commercial use. The method and system employs a diffractive optical element (DOE) to process a light beam wherein the DOE includes phase information and amplitude information to create the extended optical ... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090141325 | Hologram Device and Recording Method A hologram apparatus capable of recording and reproduction of a recording medium with stability. The hologram apparatus includes: a suspension unit for holding a recording medium in a freely mountable fashion, the recording medium storing an optical interference pattern... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090122374 | HOLOGRAM RECORDING DEVICE AND HOLOGRAM RECORDING METHOD A hologram recorder (A) records a hologram in a hologram recording medium (B) by interference of a recording beam (S) irradiated at a predetermined incident angle to the medium (B) via a spatial light modulator (2) incliningly in a predetermined direction with a ... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090103153 | HOLOGRAPHIC RECORDING AND READING METHOD AND HOLOGRAPHIC RECORDING AND READING APPARATUS A method of holographically recording and reading information is disclosed. The method includes: recording information in a holographic recording medium by irradiating the holographic recording medium with a laser beam, wherein a transverse sectional area of the laser b... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090073520 | ENCODED MICROPARTICLES AND A METHOD FOR FABRICATING A method for fabricating microparticles is provided. The method includes providing a removable substrate that has a photosensitive material. The substrate has a plurality of inner regions. Each inner region surrounds a corresponding outer region. The method also include... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090067018 | METHOD OF NONLINEAR HARMONIC HOLOGRAPHY A harmonic holography (H2) technique and system that combines holography and nonlinear optics that enables holographic recording of 3D images with femtosecond framing time are provided. The H2 technique records holograms with second harmonic (SH) s... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090051987 | Method and arrangement for producing a hologram A method and arrangement for producing a hologram of an object uses light, having photon packets, to illuminate the object and to serve as a reference light. Each photon packet includes a plurality of photons correlated in a quantum-mechanical manner and jointly form a ... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20090034035 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO OPTIMIZE THE PERFORMANCE OF A HOLOGRAPHIC DATA STORAGE SYSTEM A method is disclosed to optimize the performance of a holographic data storage system, where that holographic data storage system comprises a plurality of calibratable components, and where each of the plurality of calibratable components comprises one or operational p... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20090034036 | COMPUTER GENERATED HOLOGRAM, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD The present invention provides a computer generated hologram which forms a light intensity distribution on a predetermined plane by giving a phase distribution to a wavefront of incident light, comprising an anisotropic layer whose refractive index with respect to linea... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20090014522 | ENABLING HOLOGRAPHIC MEDIA BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY WITH DUAL-USE MEDIA CARD CONNECTOR A holographic read only memory card which can be coupled to and read by a card reader to which electronic read only memory cards can also be coupled to and read by the card reader is disclosed. The holographic read only memory card comprises: a housing having a compartm... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20080297864 | Use of Holographic Sensor to Determine Sterilisation In a method of determining the effectiveness of a sterilization procedure using a biological indicator, the biological indicator comprises a holographic sensor and spores or an enzyme. The method and the biological indicator rely on the holographic sensor to indicate th... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080240704 | DRIVING MECHANISM A driving mechanism includes a driven member partially having a spherical surface, piezoelectric units that support the driven member between them and drive the driven member, and a base that holds the piezoelectric units. Each of the piezoelectric units includes a driv... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080208905 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO EVALUATE A HOLOGRAPHIC DATA STORAGE MEDIUM A method to evaluate a holographic data storage medium is disclosed. In certain embodiments, the holographic data storage medium is evaluated by a manufacturer. In certain embodiments, the holographic data storage medium is evaluated by a customer prior to encoding cust... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080165400 | Holographic Optical Interleave System and Method A method and system for optical interconnections with backplanes, cache/memory, chip/die stacks, and mass storage in a supercomputing system. The method includes, but is not limited to, matching a plurality of transmitters to a plurality of receivers to a predetermined ... | 07/10/2008 |
| 20080130075 | Hologram element, method for manufacturing the same, and hologram laser and optical pickup employing the hologram element A hologram element is composed of a hologram element body shaped as a right prism having two rhombus-shaped bottom surfaces. A hologram is disposed on one bottom surface of the hologram element body, the hologram being divided by a division line into a plurality of regi... | 06/05/2008 |
| 20080123166 | Holographic storage system with apodization filter The present invention relates to an apparatus for reading from and/or writing to holographic storage media, and more specifically to an apparatus for reading from and/or writing to holographic storage media having an apodization filter. According to the invention, an ap... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080100892 | Information Carrier, System and Apparatus for Reading Such an Information Carrier The invention relates to an information carrier (801) comprising: a data layer (802) intended to store a set of elementary data, a layer (803) comprising an array of apertures (804) placed parallel to said data layer (802) for generati... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20080049281 | SECURITY HOLOGRAM, METHOD OF RECORDING SAME, AND METHOD OF USING SAME A security hologram is disclosed that is invisible to a human eye or to various optical detectors until the hologram is optically coupled to a suitable modifier (e.g., a prism). Also disclosed is a method of recording the security hologram and a method of using the holo... | 02/28/2008 |
| 20070291341 | Decorative lighting apparatus A decorative lighting apparatus includes a structure, a plurality of light emitting elements supported by the structure, and a diffractive surface. The diffractive surface is connected to the structure such that the plurality of light emitting elements is behind the dif... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070273944 | Multi-color holographic optical traps A method and system for providing multi-color holographic optical traps and patterns. The method and system employs a laser beam which interacts with a diffractive optical element with a hologram and for optics which acts to selectively pass or attenuate different light... | 11/29/2007 |
| 20070263269 | Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method A lithographic apparatus includes a first diffraction grating configured to create a first plurality of spatially coherent radiation beams and a second diffraction grating configured to receive at least a portion of the first plurality of spatially coherent radiation be... | 11/15/2007 |
| 20070258119 | Optical Device, an Optical System and a Method of Manufacturing a Holographic Optical Element This invention relates to an optical device and system for producing a holographic optical element or digital hologram. Various techniques of producing digital holograms have been proposed. However, they tend to suffer from long exposure times, as well as problems assoc... | 11/08/2007 |
