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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7529010 | Precision laser machining apparatus A focused laser beam having an optical axis passes through a first lens mounted to a first galvanometer and a second lens mounted to a second galvanometer. The first galvanometer is adapted to tilt the first lens about a X axis and the second galvanometer is adapted... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7525708 | Scanner head for a laser machining device A scanner head is provided for processing a workpiece by means of a focused laser beam. The scanner head includes a first module, rotatably supported in a first direction in order to deflect the laser beam from the first direction into a second direction, preferably... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7525707 | Parallel-beam scanning for surface patterning of materials A system and method for parallel-beam scanning a surface. An energetic beam source emits an energetic collimated beam which is received by an optical device, comprising: one or more optical media, operable to receive the emitted beam, such as two pairs of coordinate... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7499204 | Optical scanning apparatus, control method thereof, and image forming apparatus The light beam deflection cycle of a rotational polygonal mirror includes first and third sections in which a latent image is not formed, and a second section in which the latent image is formed. A driving signal supply unit supplies a driving signal of a frequency ... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7492495 | Optical scanning apparatus and scanning image display apparatus An optical scanning apparatus in which keystone distortion non-linearity distortion in a projected image can be excellently corrected is provided. An optical scanning apparatus has light source means and deflecting means for deflecting a light beam emitted from the ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7433107 | Raster scanning display system Disclosed herein is a raster scanning display system. The raster scanning display system includes a micro mirror and a galvanic mirror. The micro mirror rotates in two horizontal directions and forms a horizontal beam by reflecting input light. The galvanic mirror r... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430070 | Method and system for correcting angular drift of laser radar systems A method of calibrating angle drift of a laser radar system is provided, in one aspect of the present invention. The method includes, providing a plurality of virtual fiducials into an xy scanner; and providing a plurality of auxiliary laser sources into the xy scan... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7399096 | Enhanced optical delay line with multiple degree of freedom active control An enhanced optical delay line device for providing multiple degree of freedom active control, including first and second actively-controlled mirrors, each of the actively-controlled mirrors having two rotational degrees of freedom and one translational degree of fr... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7391556 | Ultra-thin display system A display system includes a transparent tapered plate comprising a first face, a second face, and a third face. The first face is substantially smaller than the second face and the third face. The display system also includes a row of tiltable mirror plates each com... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7385745 | Two-dimensional scanning apparatus and scanning type image displaying apparatus using the same The invention is to provide an optical scanning apparatus which scans light from a light source onto a surface to be scanned, comprising a light scanning optical system having at least one reflecting surface of non-rotation symmetrical shape, and guiding a deflected... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7372603 | Mirror package scanning apparatus and method An optical scanner system and method having a light source, a first mirror rotatable along a first torsion axis to reflect light from the light source, a first vibrator to vibrate the first mirror, a second mirror positioned adjacent to the first mirror and rotatabl... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367682 | Color image projection arrangement and method A lightweight, compact image projection module, especially for mounting in a housing having a light-transmissive window, is operative for causing selected pixels in a raster pattern to be illuminated to produce an image of high resolution of VGA quality in color. | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367510 | Monitoring light beam position in electro-optical readers and image projectors An arrangement for determining light beam position in an electro-optical reader, image projector and like devices includes a drive for moving a scanning light beam at a scan frequency across a target as a scan line, and an electro-optical feedback assembly operative... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365891 | Method and apparatus for directing energy based range detection sensors A directing apparatus includes a mechanism for producing steerable energy. The apparatus includes a mechanism for steering energy from the producing mechanism while the producing mechanism is stationary. The steering mechanism is in communication with the producing ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366365 | Tissue scanning apparatus and method A system for multispectral confocal mapping of a tissue, comprising: a light source; an optical fiber having an aperture providing a confocal pinhole, a scanner being free-space coupled to said aperture and operative to scan the tissue and provide intensity signals ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360928 | Tilting device A tilting device is disclosed which tilts the light reflected from a Digital Micro-mirror device by a certain angle and projects it to a screen. The tilting device, comprising a first reflector surface, a second reflector surface inclined at a predetermined angle wi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362485 | Image display medium, image writing device, and image forming apparatus An image display medium comprising: a display layer; a pair of substrates that retain the display layer therebetween, with at least parts of the pair of substrates configuring a frame portion to which an electrical connection connector for electrical connection to t... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357512 | Color image projection system and method An image projection system projects an image on a projection screen having a phosphor for converting incident violet light into green light which, together with red and blue light, creates the image in full color. The screen includes an apertured mask having apertur... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355789 | Phase filter An optical device with a focusing optic that focuses a light beam in a focal plane and brings about a phase shift between a first part of the light beam and a second part of the light beam. The optical device has a first interface and a second interface, the first i... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354203 | Packages for devices and components A package for maintaining alignment of components includes a frame and a beam with the beam attached to the frame and one end of the beam. One or more components are mounted to the beam. The frame and a portion of the beam are separated from each other by a channel ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352480 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method An image processing apparatus which comprises a RAM acting as a shared memory for storing image data, and an image processing board, connected to the RAM through a PCI bus acting as a general-purpose bus, for performing raster conversion to the image data and perfor... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352499 | Arrangement for and method of projecting an image with pixel mapping A laser beam is swept by a scan mirror as a pattern of scan lines on a projection surface. The scan mirror moves at a variable speed along each scan line. Each scan line has a number of pixels. The pixels have time durations proportional to the variable speed of the... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7345800 | Optical arrangement for deflecting a light beam An optical arrangement for deflecting a light beam includes first and second deflection devices, and a coupling mirror. The first deflection device is rotatable about a first axis using a first rotary drive, and includes two mirrors disposed non-rotatably with respe... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7312911 | Arrangement for and method of improving image quality, especially for image projection arrangements A lightweight, compact image projection module, especially for mounting in a housing having a light-transmissive window, is operative for causing selected pixels in a raster pattern to be illuminated to produce an image of high resolution of VGA quality in color. Th... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310176 | Light deflector using torsional rotation about two axes A light deflector for scanning with light from a light source comprises a support body, an oscillation system and a drive means for driving the oscillation system. The oscillation system includes a first movable element and a second movable element having a light de... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7302174 | Method and apparatus for capturing images using a color laser projection display A method and apparatus are provided to capture images using a laser projection display (LPD). In a full color LPD camera, three lasers (red, blue, and green) are deployed to scan an image and receive reflected laser light therefrom. The reflected laser light may be ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7292393 | Variable illuminator and speckle buster apparatus Disclosed is an apparatus for illuminating a sample. In one embodiment, this apparatus includes a laser for outputting an incident laser beam towards a sample and a first diffractive element having a plurality of diffraction pattern portions. The first diffractive e... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7285089 | Confocal imaging equipment in particular for endoscope Equipment includes an image guide (1) consisting of flexible optical fibers with: on the proximal end side: a source (2), angular scanning elements (3), injection elements (4) in one of the fibers, elements for splitting (5) the il... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281807 | Positionable projection display devices Described herein are devices that provide projection-type video output in a portable and flexible design. The design includes a projection chamber, a base, and an interface that permits relative positioning between the projection chamber and base. The base maintains... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7268345 | Optical scanner and method for 3-dimensional scanning An optical scanner for three-dimensional scanning comprises: a support bed; a flat, transparent plate; guide rails under the transparent plate; a carriage slidably attached to the guide rails; and one or more sensors attached to the bed/case or carriage. For three-d... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264360 | Scan type display optical system A scan type display optical system is disclosed in which the position and inclination of an image formed by projection light is made variable. The scan type display optical system comprises an optical scanning member for deflecting and scanning light, and a projecti... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262894 | Method for aligning bi-directional images in a mirror display A mirror display system comprising a multiplicity of scan lines that are combined to generate an image. The multiplicity of scan lines are orthogonally positioned in response to a slow speed cyclic drive signal (for example, sinusoidal or repetitive triangular shape... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7256916 | Optical scanning imaging system The system includes an illumination system, a scanner, a non-linear optical element, and a pumping light source. The illumination system emits imaging beam and the scanner scans the beam incident from the illumination system. The non-linear optical element is made o... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252394 | Laser projection display and illumination device with MEMS scanning mirror for indoor and outdoor applications A projection display system includes a light source emitting a light beam, and a reflecting mirror system for scanning the light beam over an image to illuminate the image. The light source can be solid state such as a laser diode. The reflecting mirror system can b... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7252634 | Confocal probe having scanning mirrors mounted to a transparent substrate in an optical path of the probe A confocal probe unit is provided with a scanning type confocal probe, which includes at least one scanning mirror, and a transparent substrate on which the at least one scanning mirror is mounted. The transparent substrate is inserted in an optical path of the conf... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7245412 | On-the-fly laser beam path error correction for specimen target location processing A laser-based workpiece processing system includes sensors connected to a sensor controller that converts sensor signals into focused spot motion commands for actuating a beam steering device, such as a two-axis steering mirror. The sensors may include a beam positi... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7242506 | Optical deflector There is provided an optical deflector which has a control means for controlling deflection portion so as to deflect a deflection light beam at a desirable maximal deflection angle. According to the optical deflector, a scanning amplitude of the deflection portion c... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7229407 | Capsule endoscope with electroluminescence light source A capsule endoscope includes a capsule portion. The capsule portion includes at least an observation optical unit having an image pick-up element and an optical lens that forms an objective optical system, an illuminating unit having an illuminating substrate, an el... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7224460 | Mapping-measurement apparatus A mapping-measurement apparatus includes a light illumination unit, a photodetector for detecting, through an aperture, reflection light or transmission light from a sample, and adjustable scanning mirrors on the illumination and detection sides of the sample, each ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7218431 | Laser treatment apparatus and method of manufacturing semiconductor device A laser treatment apparatus is provided which is capable of irradiating a laser beam to the position where a TFT is to be formed over the entire surface of a large substrate to achieve the crystallization, thereby forming a crystalline semiconductor film having a la... | 05/15/2007 |
