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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179623 | Method for producing a color filter A color filter including a transparent substrate; a light shielding part formed on the transparent substrate and contains at least a light shielding material and a resin; and a colored layer formed in the opening part of the light shielding part on the transparent s... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179622 | Photosensitive transfer material, member for display device, process for producing the member, black matrix, color filter, process for producing the color filter, substrate for display device, and display device A photosensitive transfer material including, on or above a temporary support, in the following order from the temporary support side, at least a thermoplastic resin layer and a photosensitive resin layer, wherein the tensile elongation at break of the thermoplastic... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8144410 | Multimodal optical imaging Multimodal optical imaging is disclosed. Possible devices include a filter assembly that is capable of rotary action during real time image acquisition. Systems are disclosed that include such filter assemblies, which are detachable or integrated in the systems. Var... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144411 | Multimodal optical imaging Multimodal optical imaging is disclosed. Possible devices include a filter assembly that is capable of rotary action during real time image acquisition. Systems are disclosed that include such filter assemblies, which are detachable or integrated in the systems. Var... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8027108 | System and method for projection systems using sequential color techniques A projection system using a sequential color filter is provided. The sequential color filter utilizes various colors, such as red, blue, and green, divided into segments to produce images. Each color may be divided into two or more segments and arranged such that hi... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7948697 | Method for producing a color filter A color filter including: a transparent substrate; a light shielding part formed on the transparent substrate and contains at least a light shielding material and a resin; and a colored layer formed in the opening part of the light shielding part on the transparent ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7924517 | Spatial filter, a system and method for collecting light from an object A spatial filter that includes multiple opaque regions and multiple transparent regions; wherein at least a pair of opaque regions out of the multiple opaque regions are much longer than a cross sectional dimension of a light beam that impinges onto the spatial filt... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7746585 | Lens module An exemplary lens module includes a number of optical components, a barrel, a holder, a filter base, a filter carrying member, an infrared-cut filter and a visible-light-cut filter. The barrel is configured for receiving the optical components therein. The holder ho... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7719780 | Color filter array and method for display thereof A color filter array suitable for a display panel is provided. The color filter array includes a first pixel, a second pixel, a third pixel and a forth pixel. The first pixel is consisted of a green filter, a blue filter and a transparent filter. The second pixel is... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7474483 | Structure of color elements for a color filter A structure of color elements for a color filter. At least a first, second, and third color element are disposed in a delta-type arrangement. An overlapping portion is formed between two adjacent color elements to serve as a light-blocking area. At least one color e... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7443621 | Balancing method for color wheel A color wheel is provided for use in the illumination system of a projector. The color wheel includes a rotor and a motor for rotating the rotor, the rotor includes a ring shaped translucent area formed by color filter segments, the translucent area being adapted to... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7410262 | System and method for compensating for spoke light The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for compensating for spoke light in a video unit (10). More specifically, there is provided a method comprising measuring a first light level during a non-spoke time of a color wheel (14) to gener... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7405095 | Method for producing color-wheel segments A method for producing from a plate-shaped substrate circular sections for use for instance in a color wheel encompasses inter alia such steps as positioning predefined edge break lines in such fashion that the circular sections to be separated at a subsequent point... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7399087 | Segment type color wheel and manufacturing method of same A color wheel includes a plurality of color filter segments disposed so as to form a disk configuration, and a support member to fixedly set the plurality of color filter segments in place. Each of the color filter segments has a circular outer circumference, an inn... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7391008 | Method and system for wavelength-dependent imaging and detection using a hybrid filter Apparatus and methods for wavelength-dependent detection are provided. A detector includes a hybrid filter having unpatterned and patterned filter layers and at least one light-detecting sensor that detects light in first and second wavelength bands from the pattern... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7370992 | Projector A projector comprises a light source, an Ultraviolet/Infrared Radiation (UV/IR) filter, a color wheel and means for guiding the light beam reflected by the color wheel toward directions away from the light source. The light source is for providing a light beam. The ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7361248 | Method for forming color filter, method for forming light emitting element layer, method for manufacturing color display device comprising them, or color display device A color filter formation method for transferring a color filter layer provided on a transfer film to a transferred substrate comprises arranging on said transferred substrate a plurality of wirings side by side to extend in a predetermined direction; covering the wi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7333278 | Manufacturing method of color wheel, and color wheel fabricated thereby and incorporated in color wheel assembly and image display apparatus A method of manufacturing a color wheel with filter sectors. A resist film formed on a disk-like substrate of the color wheel is shaped into a mask pattern by photo processing, a metal mask which has openings configured similar to the filter sectors but having a sli... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330229 | Color filter and liquid crystal display device using the same A color filter of the present invention includes a large number of colored layers of a plurality of colors regularly arranged together. The color filter is such that xWH−0.05≦xB≦xWH+0.05 and y | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322703 | Light emitting apparatus and projector An light emitting apparatus which illuminates an illumination area has a first light source which emits a first light, a second light source which emits a second light, a wheel which is provided with a transmission filter area which transmits the first light, and a ... | 01/29/2008 |
| RE39979 | Color wheel including light deflecting means A color wheel includes lens structures, which are formed on a surface of a substrate opposite to a surface having filter sectors, and which have curved surfaces formed at their abutting ends and positioned along a boundary between adjacent filter sectors. Light impi... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314282 | Color-split optical engine architecture for projection displays A projection display may use a color wheel having radially displaced regions of different colors. As a result, at any instance of time on a spatial light modulator in a projection display, three vertically displaced segments may be utilized, each of which is exposed... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312434 | Method of filtering spectral energy A method is provided for suppressing a predetermined portion of an optical spectrum emanating from a light emitter. The optical spectrum illuminates an illumination area. The method includes the steps of fabricating a filter having a spectrophotometric transmittance... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7301639 | System and method for trace species detection using cavity attenuated phase shift spectroscopy with an incoherent light source This invention provides a system and method that enables the use of incoherent light sources, such as light emitting diodes, to provide for the detection of gaseous species which exhibit broadband absorption features (e.g., nitrogen dioxide and the halogen gases). T... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300608 | Blue colored composition for color filter and color filter A blue colored composition for a color filter contains a pigment carrier comprising a transparent resin, a precursor thereof or a mixture thereof, a blue pigment having a specific surface area of 90 to 140 m2/g, and a violet pigment having a specific surf... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294372 | Conductive color filters A conductive color filter includes a layer of carbon nanotubes covered by a colored polymeric resin binder. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295392 | Color wheel with aligned segments A color wheel for use in projector systems comprises a disc shaped hub, rotatable around a central axis and color filter segments arranged radially to said central axis and affixed to said hub. This color ring is arranged concentrically with respect to said axis and... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7283181 | Selectable color adjustment for image display A display system is configured to produce a color image formed of a plurality of differently colored images and may include at least one light source that directs light along an optical path, and at least one filter having a given optical filter characteristic. The ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7274455 | Optical detection apparatus for multi-channel multi-color measurement and multi-channel sample analyzer employing the same Provided are an optical detection apparatus which can measure multi-channel samples at high speed and various wavelengths using an optical detector and a multi-channel sample analyzer employing the same. The optical detection apparatus includes an optical detector; ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7268961 | Color wheel, and method and jig for producing same In a color wheel comprising a plurality of color filter segments arranged so as to form a disk and a support member fixed to the color filter segments, the color filter segments are each outlined only by a circular arc and two straight lines passing through the cent... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7258955 | Color filter substrate, color filter substrate manufacturing method, and color filter substrate manufacturing device A high-quality color filter substrate is manufactured simply and at low cost by using a color filter substrate manufacturing method of applying a coloring liquid to a substrate surface of a translucent substrate so as to form at least colored layer, including: conta... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7253977 | Monolithic color wheel and process for fabrication of the same A method for fabricating a monolithic color wheel. The method includes (a) preparing a square transparent substrate; (b) forming a plurality of color filters on the square transparent substrate; and (c) cutting the square transparent substrate and the color filters ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7248313 | Color filter and liquid crystal display device using the same A color filter of the present invention includes a large number of colored layers of a plurality of colors regularly arranged together. The color filter is such that xWH−0.05≦xB≦xWH+0.05 and y | 07/24/2007 |
| 7242543 | Filter device A filter device including a red filter unit, a green filter unit, a blue filter unit and at least one of a yellow filter unit, a cyan filter unit and a magenta filter unit is provided. Red light, green light and blue light are produced when white light passes throug... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7238942 | Spectrometric using broadband filters with overlapping spectral ranges The invention provides a spectrometer (10) which includes a filter arrangement (16,18), in addition to any option filters (20) for limiting an operational wavelength range of the spectrometer, the filter arrangement (16,18) comprising a p... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7233450 | Reflective color wheel A reflective color wheel is adapted to receive composite source light provided by a light source, and includes a plurality of multi-layer light-reflecting sections for splitting the composite source light into a plurality of colored light beam components. Each of th... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7218464 | Aligning-assembling method for color wheel A coating method for a color filter, including the steps of: coating a first photoresist layer on a substrate; forming at least a aligning pattern and a first color film pattern on the first photoresist layer by exposure and development; coating a first dye on the a... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7212359 | Color rendering of illumination light in display systems A method and a color rendering filter for compensating for deficiency in illumination light from a light source in display systems are provided. The color rendering filter has a color that is determined based upon the spectrum, sensitivity of viewer's eyes over the ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7209303 | Method for balancing color wheel and structure thereof A method for balancing a color wheel. The rotational unbalance vector of a driving motor is measured, including its unbalance amount and direction. The unbalance of a color wheel is adjusted to make its unbalance amount to be the same of the driving motor. The color... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7199952 | Color wheel, and color wheel assembly incorporating same There is provided a color wheel including a plurality of color filters arranged so as to form a disk, and a retainer member disposed at a center of the disk and formed into a C-ring defining an open mouth portion through which an area of one color filter is exposed.... | 04/03/2007 |
