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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7489429 | 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... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7428088 | Optical scanning apparatus and method for adjusting the same An optical scanning apparatus which is free from any deterioration of drawing performance and which can be miniaturized and simplified in overall configuration, and an image forming apparatus using the optical scanning apparatus are provided. The optical scanning ap... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7417779 | Single piece torsional hinged device with central spines and perimeter ridges to reduce flexing A torsional hinged device having an optical surface, such as a mirror or refractive surface, formed from a single piece of silicon with reduced flexing. In addition to central spines to prevent or reduce flexing of the tips of the optical surface, the device may als... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7408695 | Electrically rotationally actuatable micro-mirror or micro lens Micro-mirror or micro-lens made up of a moving part (10) with a reflective or refringent zone (17), a fixed part (14), means of connection (13) of the moving part (10) to the fixed part (14) which forms an axis of rotation (... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7351950 | Optical beam scanning device and image forming apparatus An optical beam scanning device including a plurality of optical elements that are arranged on a housing and give a plurality of scanning lines to a plurality of photoconductor drums with an interval L is provided. Optical characteristics are designed so that interv... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7342701 | Multiple illumination source exposure apparatus A system for combining outputs of multiple light sources includes a plurality of light sources, and a rotatable fold mirror oriented at an angle so as to reflect beams from each of the light sources towards the same direction at various times during its rotation. A ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7336812 | System for microvolume laser scanning cytometry The present invention provides an improved integrated system for biological marker identification. The system uses Microvolume Laser Scanning Microscopy (MLSC) in order to measure patterns of expression of biological markers in biological fluids. The system includes... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333735 | Communication using VCSEL laser array Ultrafast directional beam switching, using coupled VCSELs is combined with a light modulator to provide information transfer at bit rates of tens of GHz. This approach is demonstrated to achieve beam switching frequencies of 32-50 GHz in some embodiments and direct... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333248 | Method and apparatus for fastening adjustable optical lenses A paper-separating plate is adapted for a paper-separating mechanism having a paper-separating roller. The paper-separating plate placed around a side of the paper-separating roller comprises a main body and a cushion. The main body has a surface and a plurality of ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7323960 | Electromagnetostrictive actuator An actuator includes an electromagnetostrictive element that has one end located on a front side and the other end located on a rear side. An output shaft penetrates the electromagnetostrictive element and is pressurized toward the rear side of the electromagnetostr... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7315409 | Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus using the same An optical scanning device deflects, by a common optical deflecting part, a plurality of groups of light beams emitted from a plurality of light sources and directs, by a scanning and imaging optical system, the groups of deflected light beams to respective scan sur... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312919 | Wide field of view and high speed scanning microscopy A wide field of view scanning microscope includes a light source, a light detector, optics, a scanning assembly, a translation system, and a data collection control and processing unit. The scanning assembly is constructed to provide from the light source a light be... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310171 | Document surface micro-adjust mechanism A document surface micro-adjust mechanism for an optical scanner. The optical scanner has an outer casing with a transparent document platform in the upper section. An optical lens is enclosed inside the outer casing. The document surface micro-adjust mechanism uses... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7301552 | Image forming apparatus with printing data correction arrangement An image forming apparatus with a plurality of driven elements has a memory for storing driving data on each of the driven elements for driving the driven elements, and a computing unit that reads, from the memory, driving data on a driven element corresponding to a... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7277212 | Optical scanning unit and image forming apparatus An optical scanning unit includes a light source that emits a light beam, a light deflector that deflects the light beam from the light source, and a scanning optical system that focuses the light beam deflected by the light deflector on a scanning surface. The ligh... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273289 | Vacuum compatible, high-speed, 2-D mirror tilt stage A compact and vacuum compatible magnetic-coil driven tiltable stage that is equipped with a high efficiency reflective coating can be employed as a scanner in EUV applications. The drive electronics for the scanner is fully in situ programmable and rapidly switchabl... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7256834 | Digital camera having panning and/or tilting functionality, and an image rotating device for such a camera A digital camera (300) has panning and/or tilting functionality and comprises: a camera housing (6) with an optical input (400), such as a lens or objective (8); an image capturing unit (500) for producing a digital image from ligh... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7253936 | Laser scanning unit A laser scanning unit is provided which can use an inexpensive and easily manufactured fθ lens and which can further ensure good precision in adjustment. The laser scanning unit can repeatedly scan focused light onto a scan line, and includes a multi-beam light sou... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7244032 | Projector A liquid crystal projector for full-color image projection has three LCD panels as light valve device, associated with respectively primary colors, for displaying an image in a color-separated manner. An ultra high pressure mercury lamp illuminates the LCD panels th... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7242541 | Fabrication of MEMS zoom lens structure A method for fabricating a MEMS zoom lens device. The device is formed substantially on a silicon substrate and includes control circuitry formed on the substrate, multiple actuators having charge areas for creating electrostatic fields, a flexible support for flexi... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239435 | High-speed, high resolution, wide-format Cartesian scanning systems A scanning system for writing, printing, direct imaging, plotting, computed radiography, and scanning includes an optical system contains at lest one modulatable radiation source for emitting radiation, a movable collimating lens, a reflector, and a focusing lens an... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7224521 | Parcentric objective A parcentric objective is described, including an objective lens configured to receive an incident ray from a field of view and to translate the incident ray into a translated incident ray, the objective lens substantially aligned across an optical axis, and a wedge... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7218381 | Optical mechanism for increasing optical path and office machine having said optical mechanism An optical mechanism installed in an office machine, which has a machine base defining an internal space, and a paper-feeding mechanism arranged on the machine base, the paper-feeding mechanism having an inside receiving space and a bottom incident zone for the pass... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215354 | Scanning optical system, optical scanning device and image forming apparatus A scanning optical system condensing a beam deflected by an optical deflector so as to form a beam spot on a surface to be scanned, comprises two lenses. A lens on the side of optical deflector has a negative refracting power in sub-scanning direction. A lens on the... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7206012 | Memory device on optical scanner and apparatus and method for storing characterizing information on the memory device An optical scanner is provided having a memory device thereon. The memory device may store operational characteristics of the optical scanner or data that characterizes laser beam scan path and/or laser power requirements by each laser of the optical scanner. The me... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7196831 | Two-dimensional optical scan system using a counter-rotating disk scanner A counter-rotating disk scanner together with another scan mechanism provides two-dimensional optical scanning. The counter-rotating disk scanner includes counter-rotating scan disks that implement the scanning action as they rotate through an optical axis of the sy... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7193795 | Optical system with image producing surface control unit An optical system to attain a clear image of an object when the object is photographed in a state where an optical axis of a lens is inclined relative to the object, includes a lens which refracts light radiating from the object, an image producing surface on which ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7176755 | Transistor-based interface circuitry Among the embodiments of the present invention is an apparatus that includes a transistor, a servo device, and a current source. The servo device is operable to provide a common base mode of operation of the transistor by maintaining an approximately constant voltag... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7173745 | Optical beam delivery configuration An optical beam delivery configuration includes zoom lens means (30) and beam scanning means (44) defining an optical path (20) for a light beam. The beam scanning means is disposed after the zoom lens means in the direction of beam delivery. Th... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7171126 | Airborne free-space-optical system utilizing three-tier, ultrafine steering An optical head is provided for a free space optical communications system. The optical head is utilized for transmitting and receiving modulated infrared laser beams. The optical head includes an optical amplifier, a circulator, an ultrafine-steering element, a fin... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170649 | Scanning module having an adjustable height A scanning module having an adjustable height includes a CIS module having two ends along a longitudinal direction each provided with a distance adjusting member. Thus, when the CIS module is scanning the reflective document and the transparency, the distance adjust... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170675 | Method and system for wide-field multi-photon microscopy having a confocal excitation plane According to one aspect of the invention, a wide-field microscope includes a stage configured to hold a specimen having a fluorescent material therein, and a multi-photon excitation light source configured to produce a substantially parallel beam of excitation light... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167289 | Focusing module A focusing module for scanners includes a body which holds a lens and a transmission device on one side thereof to move the lens linearly and adjust a desired scanning focal length. Therefore the diaphragm may be enlarged to increase the scanning speed without reduc... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7158295 | Apparatus and method for determining directional transport processes An apparatus for determining directional transport processes with a scanning microscope (100) is disclosed. A deflection means (5) for coupling in an illuminating light beam (3), and a scanning module (7) for graphical display of a specim... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7157897 | Method and system for electronic detection of mechanical perturbations using BIMOS readouts A sensor for detecting mechanical perturbations represented by a change in an electrical signal includes a structure such as a cantilever, membrane, etc. and a field effect transistor such as a MOSFET embedded in the structure. The drain current of the embedded tran... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7150530 | Variable spot size illuminator having a zoom lens The present invention provides variable spot size illuminators that provide a light spot on a treatment plane by utilizing a zoom lens to direct light received from an image of a light source formed on an intermediate image plane onto the treatment plane. The zoom l... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7149040 | Scanning device including an objective lens formed of two materials An optical scanning device (1) for scanning an information layer (4) of an optical record carrier (2), the information layer (4) being covered by a transparent layer (3) of thickness td and refractive index nd... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7142339 | Multi-beam optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus using the same A multi-beam optical scanning apparatus includes a light source in which a plurality of light emitting regions are located at an interval in a main scanning direction, an incident optical system for allowing light beams emitted from the light source to enter a defle... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7129601 | Apparatus for controlled movement of an element A method and apparatus for supporting a movable member (10) with respect to a fixed member (40) is provided. The movable member (10) includes a magnetically permeable portion (81) contained therein and magnetic element (50) fixedly... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130042 | Dual axis fluorescence microscope with modulated input A dual beam confocal microscope is provided. An optical source assembly provides two mutually coherent optical beams differing in frequency by a frequency difference Δf. The two beams are received by focusing assemblies that provide two focused beams to a sample. T... | 10/31/2006 |
