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| 20120081794 | Insulating Corrective Lens Insert for Windows A insulated insert for window systems that provide additional insulating properties by means of insulating gel technologies. The present invention comprises of view through components that provide users with areas to view through the window. The present invention also c... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20110273792 | Optical Designed Pattern and Structure Capable of Reflecting Light An optical designed pattern is disclosed. The optical designed pattern comprises a plurality of screen dots; whereby a combination of a size of each screen dot, an arranging pitch of each screen dot, and a line width of each screen dot is provided to give the plurality ... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110242684 | FILTER, IMAGE PICKUP LENS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE A filter, to be disposed concentrically with an optical axis of an imaging lens, capable of accurately controlling light transmission variation characteristics and effectively providing an apodization effect or a peripheral light intensity correction effect. The filter ... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110013292 | WAFER STACK, INTEGRATED OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME In a method for fabricating an integrated optical device by creating a wafer stack by stacking at least a top wafer carrying as functional elements a plurality of lenses on at least one further wafer including further functional elements, and separating the wafer stack ... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20100238406 | FOCUS ASSISTING DEVICE A focus assisting device is configured to assist a vision measuring system to focus on an object with smooth low-contrast surfaces. The focus assisting device includes a plurality of transparent portion and a plurality of nontransparent portion.... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100165456 | FILTER FOR PLASMA DISPLAY A filter for a plasma display includes: a transparent substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a first external light shielding layer having a first pattern disposed on the first surface of the transparent substrate and having... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100142055 | OPTICAL ELEMENT, DIRECTIONAL DIFFUSION FILM, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL ELEMENT The present invention provides an optical element having a new structure that can he applied to a directional diffusion film suitably with a simpler process than before. An optical element includes a plurality of through holes in a transparent film matrix. The plurality... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100142219 | Structure For Eliminating Bright Line Of Tiled Backlight Module A structure for eliminating bright lines of a tiled backlight module is provided. The structure includes a light guide plate, and a plurality of light sources. The light guide plate includes a plurality of rows of optical elements. The rows of optical elements extend in... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100091397 | SHIELD MEANS FOR DATA INPUT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF Shield means are provided for use on data input apparatus. The shield means includes a housing or frame with at least one channel defined therethrough. The at least one channel has a first end and a second end and is arranged such that a user can view the first channel ... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100039723 | LIGHT GUIDE PLATE TEMPLATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF A light guide plate template which comprises a frame and a plurality of light guide plate building blocks which are arranged in the frame to form an integral light guide plate, each of the light guide plate building blocks has dots on its bottom surface to make it have ... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20090295686 | FILTER AND PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE THEREOF A plasma display device is provided. The plasma display device includes a plasma display panel (PDP) which includes an upper substrate on which a plurality of black matrices are formed; and an external light shielding sheet which is disposed at a front of the PDP and in... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090273853 | Film for Improving Contrast and Preventing Moire Pattern, PDP Filter and Display Device Comprising the Same The present invention relates to a film for improving contrast, a plasma display panel (PDP) filter including the film, and a PDP apparatus, and more particularly, to a film for improving contrast, the film capable of reducing a decrease of the contrast by shielding lig... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090257141 | Bent Glass Sheet With Light-Shielding Film for Vehicles A bent glass sheet (1) with a light-shielding film for vehicles includes a glass sheet, and a light-shielding film formed in at least a part, i.e. a film-formed portion (11), of a peripheral portion of one surface of the glass sheet. The light-shielding fi... | 10/15/2009 |
| 20090251813 | DYNAMIC ALTERNATING PANEL REFLECTOR APPARATUS Skins for light reflecting umbrellas. and for methods of using light reflecting umbrellas. The invention includes skins with a series of panels in stripes of alternating colors, in a shifted configuration, in a checkered shift configuration, in a half and half configura... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090251042 | Black Matrix Coating for a Display A display screen of a color display is disclosed. The display screen includes a glass plate having an array of three different color-emitting phosphors thereon. A graphite-based matrix is placed in the interstitial regions between each of the three different color-emitt... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090109401 | WAVEFRONT SENSOR The present invention relates to a wavefront sensor using a pair of screens, each having a two-dimensional array of circular apertures, to achieve Moiré effects, and its use to measure the slope of a wavefront.... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090080099 | PARALLAX BARRIER, MULTIPLE DISPLAY DEVICE AND PARALLAX BARRIER MANUFACTURING METHOD A parallax barrier is manufactured by forming a light-blocking layer by patterning a metal layer or a resin layer on a barrier glass in a photolithography step. On a mask used in the photolithography step, some pitches between slits are different, the slits correspondin... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20080225424 | Optical device and method of making the same using combination of light energy sensitive materials A method of making optical devices includes applying an energy sensitive protective material and an energy sensitive advanced optical material to a surface. The surface can be on the optical device or on a carrier, such as a thin sheet, to be applied to the optical devi... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080180598 | Optical Sheet and Backlight Assembly of Liquid Crystal Display with the Same An optical sheet includes a substrate onto which light is incident, and a convex part protruded from the substrate by a predetermined thickness. A thickness of the convex part increases from an edge to a center thereof.... | 07/31/2008 |
| 20080088961 | Screen The screen of the invention comprises an oriented film having a direction of maximum scattering (scattering axis) and a direction of minimum scattering (transmitting axis) for linear polarized light, and containing macromolecular fine particles in a macromolecular matri... | 04/17/2008 |
| 20080033677 | Methods And System For Compensating For Spatial Cross-Talk An embodiment generally relates to a method of processing signals. The method includes providing for a plurality of filters, where each filter is configured to process an associated dye. The method also includes determining a residual error for at least one filter durin... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080019029 | Visual effect apparatus for displaying interlaced images using block out grids A container for producing a graphical image. The container includes a container wall with front and rear portions. A label is included that extends about the circumference of the container with an inner surface contacting an exterior surface of the rear portion of the c... | 01/24/2008 |
| 20050213233 | Optical element for shielding against light An optical element (11) in the form of an at least partially transparent face comprises transparent areas and essentially non-transparent areas. The transparent areas are arranged sufficiently close for the intermediate and essentially non-transparent areas to be... | 09/29/2005 |
