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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7301605 | Projection exposure apparatus and method, catadioptric optical system and manufacturing method of devices A projection exposure apparatus includes a projection optical system, which is arranged in an optical path between a first surface and a second surface, projects a pattern on a negative plate arranged on the first surface onto a workpiece arranged on the second surf... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7274508 | Reflective projection screen with angled sidewalls A projection screen includes a plurality of passive elements each having a sidewall surrounding a surface, wherein said sidewall is configured to attenuate light. ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7242029 | Light emitting device A light emitting element array is made with large light emitting elements and small light emitting elements are arranged on a substrate in a matrix-like form. The large light emitting element has the luminescent area of about 1 mm square. There is a clearance N1 | 07/10/2007 |
| 7242843 | Extended lifetime excimer laser optics The invention is directed to hermetically sealed optical lithography components or elements that are hermetically sealed by a durable coat of a hermetically sealing material selected from the group consisting of oxide and fluorinated oxide films. The durable coating... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7224446 | Apparatus, method, and computer program for wafer inspection The invention concerns an apparatus for inspection of a wafer, encompassing at least one illumination device in order to radiate an illuminating light beam onto a surface of the wafer, and an image capture device in order to capture an image of an illuminated region... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7221383 | Printer for recording on a moving medium A method for forming a pixel (20) having a predetermined density onto a sensitized recording medium moving in a length direction energizes a pixel exposure source (14) to begin exposure at the leading edge (34) of a pixel (20) and for a f... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7199860 | Method of processing a roll of exposed photographic film containing photographic images into corresponding digital images and then distributing visual prints produced from the digital images This invention is directed to a method of processing at least one digital image of at least one photographic image and distributing at least one visual print produced from the at least one digital image. The method includes the steps of storing at least one digital ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7193775 | EPI-illumination system for an array microscope An epi-illumination system for an array microscope. For Kohler illumination, illumination light sources are placed, actually or virtually, at the pupils of respective individual microscope elements of an array microscope. In one Kohler illumination embodiment, the l... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7177509 | Large-scale image display apparatus using optical fiber The present invention discloses an image display apparatus using optical fiber in which moving images projected from a projector can be transferred to a screen through an optical fiber bundle with a high-definition image quality. An object of the present invention i... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7163327 | Illumination system using a plurality of light sources An illumination system includes a plurality of radiation generating sources, such as LED dies. A corresponding plurality of optical waveguides is also provided, with each waveguide having a first and a second end, with each first end being in optical communication w... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7162187 | Image forming apparatus and image forming method In an image forming apparatus, a toner image is formed on a photosensitive element and a transfer roller, which carries a transfer medium, is pressed against a photosensitive element at a pressure of from 20.4 N/cm2 to 200 N/cm2. ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7130020 | Roll printer with decomposed raster scan and X-Y distortion correction A photolithographic machine is described for transferring fine patterns from a photomask to a flexible roll-to-roll format. It is capable of printing multiple layers in exact registry onto a distorted format. It contains 1 to 1 reflective optics, dynamic distortion ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7116484 | Lens plate, method for manufacturing the same and image transfer device Spherical convex micro-lenses are arranged between rectangular grooves adjacent to each other of a lens plate. The arrangement of convex micro-lenses is made to be in parallel with the short-side direction of the lens plate, namely, the direction of the rectangular ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7115353 | Computer screen imaging system for the preparation of print screens A system and method for generating a master screen for a silk screen imaging process. Photo activated emulsion is applied to a printing screen and the emulsion is exposed according to a digitized pattern using a light emitting diode (LED) source. The LED source in o... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7113627 | Location of extended linear defects A method of locating a linear defect on a photographic element, the element having a useful imaging width and the defect aligned with length of the element, includes the steps of: exposing a region of the element to create a latent image which is substantially unifo... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7103236 | Methods and apparatus for shifting perspective in a composite image Methods and apparatus for shifting perspective in a composite image derived from a plurality of images including a first image as a center of projection, and a modified version of a second image that is corrected for perspective distortion relative to the first imag... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7095905 | Merging images to form a panoramic image Methods, and apparatus implementing methods, including computer program products, for merging images of segments of a view. Methods include: receiving, from a network, a first image representing a first segment of the view and a second image representing a second se... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7088425 | Exposure apparatus, optical projection apparatus and a method for adjusting the optical projection apparatus An exposure apparatus includes a plurality of projection optical systems and a substrate stage. Each of the plurality of projection optical systems forms an exposure field on the substrate. The substrate stage holds the substrate and moves in at least a scanning dir... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7061616 | Optical transceiver and method for image density measurement An optical transceiver measures optical density of a toned image. The optical transceiver comprises: a) a bifurcated optical bundle having first and second branches and a common end, each branch having a first plurality of fibers a... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7055966 | Illuminator and projector When a video signal is inputted to a projector (10) through a video input terminal, a luminance peak value of an image of the video signal is detected by an image-analyzing circuit (61) to be outputted to a CPU (71). A gain-adjusting circuit ( | 06/06/2006 |
| 7042598 | Variable reflectance cover A variable reflectance cover for a scanning system. The cover comprises a backing moveable through a plurality of positions. Moving the backing through the plurality of positions varies the reflectance of the cover. In one embodiment, the backing is an endless rotat... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7031579 | High resolution display component, system and method An optical system provides a higher resolution image, especially for use with a projection system, using a combiner formed of fiber optics each having an input end and an output end, with the fiber optics grouped together so that the combiner has one or more image i... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7027757 | Image forming apparatus including a subsidiary transfer part having a fiber optic guide An image forming apparatus includes a developing device having a photosensitive element rotating in a given direction to form a latent electrostatic image on a surface thereof through a laser scanning unit, and a developing roller developing the latent electrostatic... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7022974 | Sensor using roof mirror/roof prism array scale, and apparatus equipped with the sensor A divergent light beam from a light source unit having a plurality of light-emitting regions is almost contained within the surface of a reflecting body that is an array of micro roof mirrors/roof prisms disposed in a regular manner. The light beam emitted from the ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7012235 | Image sensor An image sensor is provided with a light source for illuminating an original document with light, a plurality of rod lens arrays arranged continuously and connected to each other in such a manner that end rod lenses located at the ends of the rod lens arrays are in ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7007788 | Banknote validator A banknote validator for determining the value and authenticity of a banknote is provided. The banknote validator includes a magnetic sensor, an optical sensor, and a non-return gate. The magnetic sensor includes a magnetic circuit and an electronic circuit. The opt... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7006707 | Projecting images onto a surface The orientation of a camera associated with a first image is determined based on a shape of a perimeter of a corrected version of the first image. The corrected version of the first image has less perspective distortion relative to a reference image than the first i... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6998223 | Optical wavelength converting device and process for producing the same A photosensitive resist layer is formed on one surface of a single-polarized ferroelectric substance having nonlinear optical effects. The resist layer has properties such that, when light is irradiated to the resist layer, only exposed areas of the resist layer or ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6995781 | Print head and image forming apparatus A print head comprises a plurality of light emitting devices which are arranged such that the adjacent light emitting devices are stepped from each other in the rotation direction of a photosensitive member, or a plurality of light emitting devices which are dispose... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6975949 | Full width array scanning spectrophotometer A full width array spectrophotometer for full width scanning color analysis of color test targets, with one or two substantially linear elongated arrays of closely spaced multiple LED illumination sources of plural different color emissions in a multiply repeated pa... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6962426 | Recirculation of reflected source light in an image projection system An image projection system achieves improved image brightness and optical efficiency by redirecting some of the unused polychromatic light emitted by a primary light source and reflected by a spatially nonuniform light filter back into the lamp assembly housing the ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6954571 | Fiber connecting method, laser apparatus and projection television A fiber connecting method and a laser apparatus using the fiber connecting method are disclosed. A plurality of fibers are bundled into a fiber bundle. The ends of the plurality of the fibers are connected to an end of a single-core fiber having a larger core diamet... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6924830 | Image forming apparatus In a scanning optical system provided with a plurality of scanning optical devices, each scanning optical device including a light source to emit a light beam, a collimator lens into which the light beam emitted from the light source enters, a deflector to deflect t... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6924829 | Web processing method and web processing device In a web processing device, a marking head is disposed so as to oppose an X-ray film which is trained about a print roller which is at an upstream side of slitting blades. Within a scanning range of a laser beam of a marking head, two printing regions are disposed w... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6917447 | Method and apparatus for recording digital images on photosensitive material The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for exposing photosensitive material to form high quality continuous tone and/or color images thereon. The preferred apparatus includes an imaging head comprised of a plurality of red light sources, a plura... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6724537 | Lens array for unity magnification imaging, and image reading apparatus using the same array A miniaturized lens array for unity magnification imaging comprises a plurality of rod lenses arranged in one row. An arrangement pitch D of the rod lenses is defined to satisfy (2 m+1)·D≦2.1 mm or 2.5 mm. An angle of aperture θ of the rod lens is defined to sat... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6570642 | Method and apparatus for placing identifying mark on semiconductor wafer A tool for placing an identifying mark on a semiconductor wafer has a bundle of optical fibers that can be illuminated in a pattern representing an identifying character. Light from the fibers is focused on a photoresist layer during wafer manufacture and... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6535271 | Exposure apparatus An exposure apparatus comprises a light source section, which is constituted of a plurality of arrayed light source units, each of the light source units comprising multiple kinds of light emitting devices, which produce light beams having wavelengths fal... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6456362 | Integrating waveguide for use in lithographic projection apparatus A lithographic projection apparatus includes an illumination system for supplying a projection beam of electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength less than or equal to 50 nm, a mask table provided with a mask holder for holding a mask, a substrate tabl... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6239421 | Rod lens array and image read apparatus and system using the same A rod lens array, used in an image sensor, is configured by sandwiching a plurality of rod lenses with two side plates. Among the two side plates, the one which is on the side of the illumination device is made thinner than the other side plate.... | 05/29/2001 |
