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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110310466 | Electrically Controlled Optical Elements and Method The effective focal length of an optical system can be electronically controlled using switchable wave plates in conjunction with polarized light.... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110310458 | TRANSPARENT SMART LIGHT SOURCE CAPABLE OF ADJUSTING ILLUMINATION DIRECTION A transparent smart light source capable of adjusting an illumination direction is provided. The transparent smart light source includes a reflectance/transmittance tunable device that adjusts an illumination direction by reflecting or transmitting light emitted from a ... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110149380 | Electro-Optical Deflection/Modulation An optical deflector includes multiple voltage-dependent refractive boundaries. Light passes through the refractive boundaries and accumulates a deflection angle. An electrode placed to apply a voltage to the boundaries may be non-uniform to modulate a wavefront as it p... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110121158 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PLASMA BASED ADAPTIVE OPTICS An adaptive plasma optics cell includes a housing defining a chamber, and a gas disposed within the housing chamber. A first light transmissive electrode layer is coupled to a first side of the housing and a first light transmissive dielectric layer is coupled between t... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20100303123 | COMPACT OPTICAL RESONATORS Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to compact, sub-wavelength optical resonators. In one aspect, an optical resonator comprises two approximately parallel reflective structures positioned and configured to form a resonant cavity. The resonator als... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100060551 | BEAM SCANNING-TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD, PROGRAM AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT A beam scanning-type display device used as a head-mounted display (HMD) or a head-up display (HUD) includes a light source (101) which emits a beam, a scanning unit (103) which performs scanning using the beam emitted from the light source (101), a... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100002288 | Electrically Controlled Optical Elements and Method The effective focal length of an optical system can be electronically controlled using switchable wave plates in conjunction with polarized light.... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20090232509 | ELECTROWETTING RETROREFLECTOR DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS Switchable retroreflector devices that are modulated via electrowetting. The devices include an electrically-conductive polar fluid and a non-polar fluid that is immiscible with the polar fluid. The polar and the non-polar fluids differ in at least one optical property.... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090141339 | OPTICAL MODULATOR, OPTICAL MODULATOR MODULE AND SCANNING DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Disclosed are an optical modulator and an optical modulator module that can reduce a laser speckle. The optical modulator module can include an optical modulator, modulating an incident beam of light incident according to a driving signal and outputting the modulated be... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090128885 | Spatial light modulator and mirror array device The present invention provides a spatial light modulator, comprising: a plurality of mirror elements; a plurality of address electrodes for controlling the movement of each of the mirror elements; and first and second control circuits for generating a voltage in the add... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090122391 | BEAM DEFLECTION USING PZT RESONANCE Beam deflection devices and methods using piezoelectric tube resonance. A beam deflection device may include a laser that produces a beam of light. The beam of light may then be directed through a piezoelectric tube that includes a light guide and one or more piezoelect... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090086296 | Holographic Projector for Enlarging a Reconstruction Zone This invention relates to a holographic projection device with an array of mirror elements in the form of micro-mirrors. The holographic projection device comprises at least one light modulator device, which contains the array of mirror elements, for an enlargement of a... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090073547 | OPTICAL MODULATOR AND OPTICAL MODULATION SYSTEM A light modulation device that improves utilization efficiency of light is provided. The light modulation device includes a light emitter, a Fabry-Perot type of resonator, and a controller for applying a control voltage to the resonator. The resonator includes a light m... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20080316586 | Combinational PZT And MEMS Beam Steering Beam steering systems and methods are disclosed according to various embodiments. A beam steering system may include a laser that produces a beam of light. The beam of light may then be directed through a piezoelectric tube that includes a light guide and one or more pi... | 12/25/2008 |
| 20080192212 | Deformable mirror device with oscillating states A mirror device including: a mirror arranged on a substrate, supported by a hinge, and arranged substantially parallel to the substrate; a plurality of address electrodes for deflecting the mirror to an ON state, an OFF state, or an oscillating state; and a drive circui... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080174855 | Deformable mirror device with oscillating states A mirror device which deflects incident light includes: a mirror arranged on a substrate and supported by a hinge; an address electrode deflecting the mirror to an ON state, an OFF state, or an oscillating state; a drive circuit applying a voltage to the address electro... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080094690 | Spatial Light Modulator An interferometric spatial light modulator comprises of two cavities. One is the optical resonant cavity having a partially reflective film and a movable reflective membrane as two walls, and the other is the electromechanical actuation cavity having the movable reflect... | 04/24/2008 |
| 20080080043 | CONDUCTIVE BUS STRUCTURE FOR INTERFEROMETRIC MODULATOR ARRAY Embodiments of an interferometric modulator are disclosed having various enhancements and features including a conductive bus. In certain embodiments, the interferometric modulator has a first conductive layer suspended over a second electrode layer. In certain embodime... | 04/03/2008 |
| 20070297042 | Mems Based Retroreflector A deformable reflective surface is disclosed that may be used with a retroreflector to provide a modulated retroreflector. The modulated retroreflector may be used in communication systems such as optical laser communication systems wherein an incident beam is reflected... | 12/27/2007 |
| 20060245040 | Grooved substrate Various embodiments of a grooved substrate having electrical conductors and an electro optical material are disclosed. ... | 11/02/2006 |
| 20060007530 | Mask, substrate with light reflection film, manufacturing method for light reflection film, manufacturing method for electro-optical device, and electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus A substrate is provided with a light reflection film in which the heights of a plurality of convex portions or the depths of concave portions formed on a base material are specified to be substantially the same. The two-dimensional shapes of the plurality of convex port... | 01/12/2006 |
