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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110157707 | System and Method for Adjusting a Projected Image In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a system comprises a projection system. The system further includes an image generator disposed in the projection system. The image generator is operable to generate a plurality of rays. The system further inc... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20080123193 | Two-layered optical plate and method for making the same An exemplary optical plate (20) includes a transparent layer (21) and a light diffusion layer (22). The transparent layer includes a light input interface (211), a light output surface (212) on an opposite side of the transparent layer... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080055087 | Shelf-like display machine and image display method The prior art in this field had a display portion of electronic paper at a part of a shelf and showed a problem that the display portion and the goods were hardly co-related to each other in response to an arrangement of the goods. In addition, it was necessary to prepa... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20080043308 | Method to improve scan-line alignment by adjusting the pixel rate A method for improving the alignment of the bi-directional scan lines of a resonant mirror imaging system is disclosed. The method includes sensing the position of the mirror and selecting a portion of each scan line, such as the exact middle 50% and the start points of... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20070273989 | Substrate Comprising A Fabry-Perot Filter And Method For Application Of The Filter To The Substrate A Fabry-Perot filter is applied as a thin coating on a film, for example, a packaging film, and permits interesting color effects. The coating has a layered construction in which both reflecting layers of the filter may be made of aluminum and the intermediate layer bet... | 11/29/2007 |
| 20070242356 | RETROREFLECTIVE ARTICLES COMPRISING OLEFINIC SEAL FILMS Microstructured articles, such as a retroreflective articles, having a plurality of (e.g. cube-corner) microstructured elements and a seal film layer adhered to portions of the cube-corner elements and/or portions of a (e.g. flexible) body layer. The seal film is a ther... | 10/18/2007 |
| 20070217000 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED TELESCOPE ALIGNMENT AND ORIENTATION Embodiments of an automated telescope system are operable in multiple modes, including alt-az and equatorial modes. The telescope system aligns and orients itself to the celestial coordinate system using, for example, data gained through tracking the drift of a celestia... | 09/20/2007 |
| 20070183031 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AN ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPE AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME This invention relates to a control device for controlling an astronomical telescope and, specifically, to a control device for automatic locating of celestial bodies, and to a method for controlling an astronomical telescope. The control device comprises a power input ... | 08/09/2007 |
| 20070177116 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING MICROSTRUCTURE AND DEVICE MANUFACTURED THEREBY A method for manufacturing a microstructure, includes: dividing an incident laser beam into a plurality of diffracted beams by means of a diffractive optical element; concentrating said divided plurality of diffracted beams into mutually parallel diffracted beams by mea... | 08/02/2007 |
| 20070153378 | REAR PROJECTION SCREEN WITH SPATIAL VARYING DIFFUSING ANGLE A Fresnel lens of the prior art is split into two Fresnel lenses to allow easier control of the horizontal and vertical viewing angles. In a second embodiment, the Fresnel lens is entirely eliminated. Instead, the diffuser contains elliptical microstructures so that the... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070103781 | Metallized cube corner retroreflective sheeting having a high measured daytime luminance factor Both a metallized cube comer retroreflective sheeting having a high measured daytime luminance factor and a method of manufacture thereof are provided. The sheeting is formed from a transparent planar sheet material including on one side a dense array of retroreflective... | 05/10/2007 |
| 20070091491 | Multiple illumination source exposure apparatus A method of combining output of a plurality of light sources includes arranging a plurality of light sources in the same plane and having their beams directed at a first mirror, rotating the first mirror in the plane so as to direct the beams towards the same direction,... | 04/26/2007 |
| 20070076301 | Process for coloring a lens by spin coating and the colored lens obtained by this process Process for coloring an optical lens by spin coating which comprises (i) increasing or decreasing the temperature of at least one zone of the lens surface by at least 2° C. by any suitable means and (ii) simultaneously, or successively, depositing a colored coating com... | 04/05/2007 |
| 20070070483 | Apparatus for and Method of Forming Images with Oscillation Mirror An image forming method which generates a video signal corresponding to an image forming command based on a video clock signal, modulates a light beam according to the video signal, and scans the modulated light beam along a main scanning direction by means of an oscill... | 03/29/2007 |
| 20070058234 | Method and apparatus for maintaining a constant image amplitude in a resonant mirror system A method for maintaining the amplitude of oscillations of a mirror system comprising a high-Q resonant mirror driven by a high speed drive signal. Sensors monitor the sweep amplitude of the high-Q resonant mirror and a parameter of the drive signal is adjusted to mainta... | 03/15/2007 |
| 20070035798 | Apparatus and method to compensate for the non-linear movement of an oscillating mirror in a display or printer A method of improving the quality of a scanning mirror based imaging system such as a printer or a display system by increasing the laser duty cycle, according to a first embodiment by adjusting the intensity parameter of the received video signals as a function of the ... | 02/15/2007 |
| 20070025002 | DYNAMIC REFLECTOR ARRAY AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME A dynamic micro-structured reflector includes a substrate having a generally planar major surface and a plurality of cavities on the planar major surface. Each cavity having at least a first and second sidewalls set at an angle offset from the planar major surface. The ... | 02/01/2007 |
| 20070024962 | METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF CONFIGURATION-DEPENDENT AND STATE-DEPENDENT MICROSCOPE PARAMETERS In a method for determining configuration-dependent and state-dependent microscope parameters which are influenced by a plurality of microscope components that are arranged in the optical path of a microscope, it is the object of the invention to design the quantificati... | 02/01/2007 |
| 20070014014 | Optical device and method of manufacturing the same An object of the present invention is to provide an optical device having high quality, excellent productivity and optical characteristics, and capable of suppressing a refractive index of a substrate surface from increasing when a dopant is thermally diffused into, or ... | 01/18/2007 |
| 20060274444 | Microscopy system and method A microscopy system comprises a microscopy optics and a stand supporting the microscopy optics. The stand has a plurality of hinges, of which a first group comprises a position detecting sensor for sensing a hinge position and a second group comprising an actuator for t... | 12/07/2006 |
| 20060250711 | Laminated glass for vehicles and method for manufacturing the same The present invention provides a laminated glass for vehicles exerting the functions that are difficult to be made compatible in combinations such as (1) a shade band in an interlayer and an optical device such as a CCD camera, (2) a heat shielding interlayer and an opt... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060250695 | Wearable article having a backlit lenticular display The present invention provides a wearable article such as clothing, backpacks, hats, and the like that include a backlit lenticular lens display that emits light to allow animation and special effects. The array of interlaced images can be printed directly onto the elec... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060139754 | Prismatic retroreflective article and method A prismatic retroreflective article has a transparent body portion and a layer of internally reflecting cube-corner optical elements having an open air-exposed rear surface at least a portion of which is more hydrophobic, more oleophobic, or both more hydrophobic and mo... | 06/29/2006 |
| 20060126200 | Method for dividing substrate and method for manufactruing substrate using such method A main scribe line (MS) is formed along an intended divide line of a mother glass substrate (10) by sequentially forming vertical cracks (Vm) along the intended divide line. The vertical cracks (Vm) extend in the thickness direction of the mother glass (10... | 06/15/2006 |
| 20060103907 | Beam-shaping optical element and method and program for designing the same A beam-shaping optical element employing an aspherical profileis presented to minimize aberration. A beam-shaping optical element according to the present invention includes an entrance surface and the exit surface, both having a non-circular cross-section in any plane ... | 05/18/2006 |
| 20060098272 | Optically retro-reflecting sphere An optically retro-reflecting sphere is disclosed which includes an inner sphere and an outer concentric spherical shell, and can be coupled to a reflective surface. Light entering the optically retro-reflecting sphere from an incident direction is reflected by the sphe... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060039057 | Laser processing apparatus and method using polygon mirror Disclosed is a laser processing apparatus and method for enhancing processing efficiency of an object by means of a polygon mirror. The laser processing apparatus includes a laser generator outputting a laser beam with a predetermined diameter, a polygon mirror rotating... | 02/23/2006 |
| 20050185310 | Mirror device, optical switch, electronic instrument and mirror device driving method To provide a mirror device, an optical switch, an electronic instrument, and a mirror device driving method in which a large driving displacement can be produced for a mirror with a smaller driving force, a silicon substrate includes: at least one first mirror-side oper... | 08/25/2005 |
| 20050174646 | Directional diffuser A diffuser is disclosed which transmits or reflects incident light into a specific range of angles. In a preferred embodiment, this light is uniformly scattered throughout a cone of angles. The diffuser consists of two parts. The first part diffracts or reflects light i... | 08/11/2005 |
| 20050088742 | Reflective display device A reflective display includes a retroreflective layer and a modulation layer, which is provided closer to a viewer than the retroreflective layer is and which is switchable between first and second states with mutually different optical characteristics. The retroreflect... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050088743 | Corner cube reflector, method of making the reflector and reflective display device including the reflector A corner cube reflector includes a two-dimensional arrangement of unit elements. The unit elements are arranged at a pitch of 200 μm or less. As viewed in a direction from which incoming light is coming, each unit element has a peak point and a bottom point. A peak por... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050067087 | Manufacturing method of prism having multilayer film on its surface Disclosed herein is a manufacturing method of a prism having a first surface provided with a first multilayer film thereon; a second surface provided with a second multilayer film thereon; and third surface provided with a polarizing beam splitting film for transmitting... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050057832 | Fillable and stiffened rearview mirror assembly A fillable rearview mirror assembly and method of molding a carrier for the assembly are provided. The mirror assembly has a hollow carrier that can be at least partially filled with a material having a density different than that of the carrier. A mirror can be attache... | 03/17/2005 |
| 20050036222 | Solid immersion lens structures and methods for producing solid immersion lens structures A microlens structure such as a solid immersion lens structure is a radiation transmissive pliant elastomer cast to a desired shape and smoothness. A method for construction of a solid immersion lens structure includes providing a mold defining a lens shaped cavity in w... | 02/17/2005 |
