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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120081788 | DISPLAY DEVICE A display device is capable of freely setting a viewing location for a real image formed by an imaging optical system of real specular image. The display device includes: an object of view; the imaging optical system having a semitransparent substrate with a plane of sy... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120069533 | CASING FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE A casing for an electronic device includes a casing body that is transparent at least in part and that defines at least one chamber, a receptacle to communicate fluidly with the chamber and containing at least one liquid body having a predetermined color, and a control ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120032067 | Two dimensional encoder system and method An encoder system and method are provided, that is designed to improve 2D encoder systems and methods in areas such as accuracy, compactness, stability, resolution, and/or light efficiency. Moreover, the system and method of this invention provides a new concept in a re... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120026741 | LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYESTER COMPOSITION, REFLECTIVE PLATE AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE The present invention provides a composition comprising a liquid crystal polyester, a white pigment and a glass fiber bundle obtained by bundling glass fibers using a sizing agent comprising a polyurethane having a polyester polyol unit and at least one of an aliphatic ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026476 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING TEMPERATURE OF AN OPTICAL ELEMENT A device serves for controlling temperature of an optical element provided in vacuum atmosphere. The device has a cooling apparatus having a radiational cooling part, arranged apart from the optical element, for cooling the optical element by radiation heat transfer. A ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110299182 | EXTERIOR REAR VIEW MIRROR WITH AIR FLOW An exterior rear view mirror housing, which consists of at least a first housing part and a second housing part, and which comprises an opening on its rear side for a mirror glass, whereby the second housing part contains the walls surrounding the opening. The first hou... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110280017 | Optical system for shaping a laser beam, and laser system having such an optical system An optical system is provided for shaping a laser beam, having a first optical element which is designed at least partially as a base body, the base body having a base surface area and having a curved surface area which abuts said base surface area. The base surface are... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110279896 | VEHICLE REAR VIEWING DEVICE A vehicle rear viewing device includes a rear under view mirror provided to face an inner surface of a rear windshield and capable of reflecting an area below and behind a vehicle to an occupant in an interior of the vehicle. A marker indicator is to allow the occupant ... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110267686 | OPTICAL BODY, OPTICAL BODY MANUFACTURING METHOD, SOLAR SHADING MEMBER, WINDOW MEMBER, INTERIOR MEMBER, AND FITTING An optical body includes a first optical layer, a second optical layer having an incident surface on which light is incident, and a reflecting layer sandwiched between the first and second optical layers, wherein the first optical layer includes a plurality of convex or... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110261473 | Articles Having Improved Corrosion Resistance The present application relates to a method for enhancing metal corrosion resistance of a metal deposited on a substrate, the method comprises contacting the metal coated substrate with a treating composition comprising metal oxide nano-particles. Furthermore, the prese... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110255065 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODIFYING A SUBSTRATE SURFACE OF A PHOTOLITHOGRAPHIC MASK Disclosed is a method of modifying of a surface of a substrate of a photolithographic mask for extreme ultraviolet radiation comprising the step of focusing femtosecond light pulses of a laser system onto the substrate so that a plurality of color centers is generated i... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110240095 | Light reuse sheet, solar battery module, and light source module A light reuse sheet includes a reflective surface having an uneven configuration, the reflective surface in order to reflect light in a specific direction so as to cause light to be incident to a solar battery cell, the light being incident to a solar battery module, or... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110226234 | CORROSION-RESISTANT MIRROR The invention relates to a mirror comprising a glass sheet and a silver layer applied to the glass and provided on its back with a protective coating comprising a layer of dried and crosslinked paint of the alkyd type and a layer of dried and crosslinked paint of the po... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110194183 | Apparatus For Enhancing Scattered Light Detection By Re-Directing Scattered Light Outside The Angular Range Of Collection Optics Back To The Sample And Method Of Fabricating Same An apparatus comprising an optical window transmits both an excitation beam to a sample and scattered light from the sample which is within the angular range of the collection optics. Scattered light from the sample outside the angular range of the collection optics is ... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110176096 | REFLECTOR, AND A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING SUCH REFLECTOR A reflector for reflecting incident light from outside includes an insulating film being formed on a substrate and including multiple concavities and convexities, and a metal film formed on the insulating film. Respective convex portions constituting the multiple concav... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110129626 | One-way glass article An article made of one-way glass is disclosed. The reflective surface of the one-way glass faces inwardly of the article. The article is free of internal or external ornamentation or opaque elements and is illuminated by external light sources reflected within the artic... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110032362 | LIGHT GUIDING DEVICE A light guiding device is operable to receive incident light emitted by a light source through a capture surface. The received light exits the light guiding device through an exit surface provided adjacent to and aligned with an aperture of light receiver. In this manne... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110007410 | POLYESTER RESIN COMPOSITION FOR INJECTION-MOLDING, LIGHT REFLECTOR BASE AND LIGHT REFLECTOR The present invention provides a polyester resin composition for injection-molding which is excellent in mold releasability, and is capable of providing light reflectors which are excellent in apparent luminance and reflectivity, and suppressed in hazing even used under... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100301625 | OVERHEAD CONSOLE An overhead console may include a conversation mirror having a fitting protrusion formed on one end thereof, a housing having adjoining main and auxiliary spaces defined therein, wherein the auxiliary space releasably stores the conversation mirror, a cover pivotally co... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100246036 | Preliminary Controlled Pre-Deformation Treatment for the Production of Mirrors A method for the production of mirrors entails performing a preliminary controlled pre-deformation treatment of an optical system, consisting of the following phases: calculation of the deformation of the optical system due to a selected reflecting treatment; design of ... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100239874 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING METAL FILM, PRIMER COMPOSITION, METAL FILM AND USE OF THE METAL FILM The present invention provides (i) a process for producing a metal film with which process a metal film and a metal pattern can be formed, at low cost, on an arbitrary substrate, (ii) a primer composition, (iii) a metal film, and (iv) use of the metal film. The process ... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100208467 | FREE-FORM REFLECTOR ARRAY TRANSFORMING A COLLIMATED BEAM INTO PRESCRIBED ILLUMINATION An array of reflectors that transform a collimated beam into one that uniformly illuminates a specific patch of target surface, in particular obliquely presented rectangles, such as billboards. Each reflector is square, with a concave shape that uniformly illuminates a ... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100200777 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING TEMPERATURE OF AN OPTICAL ELEMENT A device serves for controlling temperature of an optical element provided in vacuum atmosphere. The device has a cooling apparatus having a radiational cooling part, arranged apart from the optical element, for cooling the optical element by radiation heat transfer. A ... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100182706 | Optical-Deflection Accelerating Device An optical-deflection accelerating device is provided. The device comprises an incident light source for generating an incident light-beam with a deflection speed, an emergent-light capturing device for capturing an emergent light-beam, and a reflective device which is ... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100134621 | MULTI-AREA MONITORING SYSTEM FROM SINGLE CCTV HAVING A CAMERA QUADRATIC CURVED SURFACE MIRROR STRUCTURE AND IT, AND UNWRAPPING METHOD FOR THE SAME There is provided a camera secondary curved mirror structure which is manufactured by removing a predetermined portion of a circular curved mirror for a camera which is equidistant by a predetermined distance of m/R from each side of a line which passes through the cent... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100128374 | Portable Mirror For Displaying An Unreversed Image A portable mirror apparatus is described. The apparatus comprises a first mirror portion having a first mirrored side and a second side, and a second mirror portion having a third mirrored side and a fourth side, configured to be coupled perpendicularly by an attachment... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100091394 | INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY WITH BUTTON MODULE An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a reflective element, a bezel portion positioned around the perimeter of the reflective element, and a user input module disposed at the bezel portion. The bezel portion has a recess established at its surface ... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100079760 | Multipass Optical Device And Process For Gas And Analyte Determination A torus multipass optical device and method are described that provide for trace level determination of gases and gas-phase analytes. The torus device includes an optical cavity defined by at least one ring mirror. The mirror delivers optical power in at least a radial ... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100073788 | VOID-CONTAINING RESIN MOLDED PRODUCT, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR, AND REFLECTIVE PLATE A void-containing resin molded product consisting of a polymer having crystallinity, wherein the void-containing resin molded product has elongated voids whose longitudinal directions are aligned in one direction, wherein the elongated voids satisfy the expression h(avg... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100073791 | EXTERNAL LIGHT ILLUMINATION OF DISPLAY SCREENS Apparatus and methods for harnessing external light to illuminate a display screen of an electronic device are provided. The display screen may be illuminated using a light harness, a reflector, a translucent surface, or any combination thereof. The light harness may be... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100060998 | Microchip A microchip, including two resin substrates, wherein a groove serving as a channel is formed on a surface of at least one of the two resin substrates, and the surfaces of the two resin substrates are adhered to each other, and the surface carrying the formed groove face... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100053785 | LIGHT REFLECTING PLATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND LIGHT REFLECTING DEVICE Provided is a light reflecting plate capable of reducing glare of reflected light while maintaining high light reflectance by regular reflection. The light reflecting plate includes a base, a light reflecting layer that is formed on the base and made of silver or silver... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100033854 | REFLECTIVE SURFACE The invention relates to a reflective surface substantially perpendicular to a vector field described by the equation: and a computer program for forming the reflective surface. The reflective surface is capable of providing a substantially undistorted wide-angle field ... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100033775 | OPTICAL REFLECTING MIRROR, AND OPTICAL SCANNER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME A rectangular plate optical reflecting mirror is provided in an optical scanner. The optical reflecting mirror reflects an optical beam onto a surface to be scanned. The optical reflecting mirror includes a center portion and end portions in a longitudinal direction. Th... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100020424 | Combination mirror and recording/playback apparatus A mirror has a recording and playback apparatus, and a pre-recorded message plays aloud through at least one speaker on the mirror. The mirror is the typical size found in a common household. The record/playback apparatus may be a CD-ROM or other similar medium. The pre... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100002320 | Reflectors made of linear grooves An embodiment of a method of designing a grooved reflector comprises selecting two given wavefronts; and designing two surfaces meeting at an edge to form a groove such that the rays of each of the given wavefront become rays of a respective one of the given wavefronts ... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20090323008 | Glass Substrate For Reflective Mirror, Reflective Mirror Including The Glass Substrate, Glass Substrate For Liquid Crystal Panel, And Liquid Crystal Panel Including The Glass Substrate A glass substrate for a reflective mirror of a rear projection television (RPTV) which ensures display quality by quantitative control, and can reduce control cost and manufacture cost is provided. A reflective mirror 3 of the rear projection television (RPTV) in... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090322343 | 3-D Mapping Focused Beam Failure Analysis A reflector tool and a method are provided for three-dimensional integrated circuit (IC) failure analysis. An IC (die) has top and bottom surfaces, a perimeter, and a first side. The IC is electrically connected to a current sensing amplifier. The first side of the IC i... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090316285 | Multifunctional device for vehicles A multifunctional safety, information and comfort device to be mounted on a vehicle, preferably a bicycle, comprises a rear-view mirror, an alphanumeric and iconographic display, sensors for measuring kinetic and environmental parameters, electronic components for measu... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090296244 | Surgical Mirror A surgical mirror assembly for facilitating observation of surgical procedures. The mirror assembly includes a holder and a mirror, wherein the mirror is coupled to the holder in an adjustable manner. Preferably, the holder includes a superior portion for resting on a p... | 12/03/2009 |
