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Cloaking System Using Optoelectronically Controlled Camouflage
A Cloaking System designed to operate in the visible light spectrum, utilizes optoelectronics and/or photonic components to conceal an object within it.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7203003 | Reflective Ag alloy film for reflectors and reflector provided with the same A reflective Ag alloy film includes a Ag—Bi alloy thin film, and a Bi layer and/or a Bi oxide layer formed on the surface and/or between the Ag—Bi alloy thin film and another layer formed on the Ag—Bi alloy thin film. The thickness of the Bi layer and/or the B... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7198377 | Method of producing a retro-reflective heat transfer film with a transparent protective sheet for whole surface A method of producing a retro-reflective heat transfer film includes heat-joining a PET release film and a transparent TPU sheet; forming a sticky-adhesive layer or a hot melt adhesive layer on the surface of the transparent TPU sheet; fixing glass beads made of bea... | 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 |
| 7193761 | Method of controlling beam scanning timing and beam energy and light beam scanning apparatus using the same Disclosed herein is a method of controlling beam scanning timing and beam energy and a light beam scanning apparatus using the method. The light beam scanning apparatus includes a beam generation and processing means, a calculation and control means, a diffraction a... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193754 | Method for calculating and producing a computer-generated hologram and also a storage medium with a computer-generated hologram and a reading device The invention relates to a method for calculating a computer-generated hologram, in which the pixel distribution of the computer-generated hologram is calculated, in which the pixel distribution of a macroscopic superstructure is calculated and in which the pixel di... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7188961 | 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... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7187495 | Method of manufacturing a screen member for a transmission screen, a screen member for a transmission screen, a transmission screen and a rear projection A screen member for a transmission screen is manufactured by a method including the steps: preparing a microlens substrate, of which the light incident face is formed with a plurality of microlenses; forming a black matrix from a first layer, made by applying a mate... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187482 | 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. ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7180670 | Chirped multilayer mirror A dispersive multilayer mirror (1) comprising several individual layers (2, 3) applied to a carrier substrate (4) and adjoining each other via parallel, plane surfaces having different optical constants and different thicknesses, wherein a wedge... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180667 | Objective with fluoride crystal lenses An objective for a microlithography projection system has at least one fluoride crystal lens. The effects of birefringence, which are detrimental to the image quality, are reduced if the lens axis of the crystal lens is oriented substantially perpendicular to the {1... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175290 | 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... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7173762 | Optical isolator with reduced insertion loss and minimized polarization mode dispersion An isolator is disclosed that features a single birefringent correction element. The correction element is configured to eliminate differential group delay and walk-off simultaneously. ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168814 | Retroreflector with controlled divergence made by the method of localized substrate stress A cube corner array with minute modifications of the dihedral angles of some of the cube corners is produced by introducing a stress or change via the opposite side of the substrate. The array having aberrated elements can be replicated for use in the manufacture of... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165854 | Reflecting mirror and its fabrication method A reflecting mirror fabrication method, which includes the steps of (a) stamping a steel plate into a back panel, which has a rib-reinforced base, a rim extending around the rib-reinforced base, (b) installing nuts in the back side of the back panel for mounting, (c... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7152984 | Cat's eye retro-reflector array coding device and method of fabrication The invention is a coded cat's eye retro-reflector array fabricated using data-driven, ink jet micro-dispensing technology. Specifically the invention claims the apparatus, the method of fabricating the apparatus, and the method of using the apparatus. The function ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7154648 | Apparatus and method for fabricating hologram A hologram fabricating apparatus includes a coherent light generator, two micro-display devices and a telecentric system. The coherent light generator provides a first coherent light and a second coherent light. Each micro-display device has a plurality of pixel ele... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151632 | Apparatus for production of an inhomogeneously polarized optical beam for use in illumination and a method thereof An apparatus for producing an inhomogeneously polarized optical beam from a homogeneously polarized input optical beam includes a first phase shifter, a second phase shifter, and one or more polarization beam splitters. The first phase shifter shifts at least one po... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7147334 | Vehicle mirror assembly and method for assembling the same When a vehicle mirror assembly is assembled, a bracket is firstly set as an assembling reference member, disposed on a bracket jig and positioned with respect to the bracket jig. Next, a retracting unit, a mirror surface adjustment unit, a door mirror stay and a mir... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7145739 | Lightweight optical mirrors formed in single crystal substrate This invention is directed to a process for manufacturing a lightweight mirror from a single crystal material, such as single crystal silicon. As a near perfect single crystal material, single crystal silicon has much lower internal stress than a conventional materi... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7133178 | Image forming apparatus and image forming method A printer has a laser emitter for emitting a laser beam to irradiate a surface of a photosensitive member; a reflector for reflecting the laser beam to a target position on the photosensitive member; a driver for moving the reflector; a resolution changeover designa... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7130094 | Device and a method for deflecting a laser beam The present invention relates to a device for deflecting a laser beam, comprising at least a single sided mirror (1) and means for orientating said mirror, wherein said single sided mirror is attached on one end of said axis (3) such that it can rotate... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130124 | Average pitch gratings for optical filtering applications A pitch averaging Bragg grating includes a plurality of grating peaks spaced by different pitch values. By selecting the different pitch values to have an average pitch value equal to a target pitch value, the pitch averaging Bragg grating can be made to perform lik... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130137 | Method of designing reflective surface of reflector in vehicle lamp The method of designing a reflective surface of a reflector in a vehicle lamp according to the present invention comprise (1) a segment creating step of sectioning a free curved surface and creating a plurality of segments having a plurality of vertexes, and (2) a c... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7126729 | Double hologram The invention relates to a method of providing an article with identifying information, in which a hologram is provided from which at least first and second hologram patterns separated physically from each other can be reproduced. In this case, provision is made for... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7126733 | Optical deflector An optical deflector comprises a control means for controlling at least either a light source or a deflection means adapted to gauge the distance between the position of a deflected beam of light moving on a light receiving element in one direction and the position ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7121672 | Adjustable light attenuator or blocker for vehicle Attenuating or blocking light in a vehicle includes a rotatingly connected first and second sheet each with a plurality of holes and apertures, respectively. During use, a hole of the first sheet is registered with an aperture of the second sheet and both the hole a... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7113707 | Dynamic optical interconnect This invention provides a dynamic interconnection system which allows to couple a pair of optical beams carrying modulation information. In accordance with this invention, two optical beams emanate from transceivers at two different locations. Each beam may not see ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7112253 | Manufacturing transparent mirrored mini-balls for solar energy concentration and analogous applications Method and apparatus are presented for manufacturing transparent mirrored spheroidal mini-balls for solar energy and related applications such as optical switches. For these applications it is imperative to provide accurate specular reflection from the mirror. Vario... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7110172 | Microscope and sample observation method For a semiconductor device S as an inspected object, there are provided an image acquisition part 1, an optical system 2 including an objective lens 20, and a solid immersion lens (SIL) 3 movable between an insertion position including an... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7110177 | Polarizing film and image display The present invention provides a polarizing film or a polarizer that has an elastic modulus of at most about 3500 N/mm2 and suppresses occurrence of warping, the polarizing film is obtained by adsorbing a dichroic material in a polyvinyl alcohol-based fil... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7106507 | Flexible wire grid polarizer and fabricating method thereof The present invention provides a flexible wire grid polarizer used in a visible ray band and a fabricating method thereof. The present invention includes the steps of forming a non-adhesive layer on an inner area of a lower substrate, forming a flexible polymer subs... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7102819 | Projection optics apparatus and thereof display device and thereof manufacturing method An optical projection display member includes an optical focusing structure, an optical panel, and a light-absorbing layer. The optical focusing structure has a plurality of micro-optical focusing components. The light-absorbing layer is located between the optical ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7092160 | Method of manufacturing of diffraction grating-based optical identification element A method for manufacturing a diffusion grating-based optical identification element is provided. The optical identification element includes a known fiber substrate, having a diffraction grating disposed therein the grating being indicative of a code when exposed to... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7088503 | Method for making an achromatic lens for millimeter-wave and infrared bands The present invention relates to a method for making an achromatic lens. The invention provides a method for making a lens that makes use of the differences in the index of refraction of ZnSe and ZnS in the mm-wave and IR wavebands to minimize the differences in foc... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7072102 | Methods for reducing polarization aberration in optical systems An optical system includes multiple cubic crystalline optical elements and one or more uniaxial birefringent elements in which the crystal lattices of the cubic crystalline optical elements are oriented with respect to each other to reduce the effects of intrinsic b... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7072127 | Optical scanning lens, optical scanning device and image forming apparatus An optical scanning lens is used in a scanning and image forming optical system which gathers a light flux deflected by a light deflector in the vicinity of a surface to be scanned. The lens is formed by plastic molding of polyolefin resin, and the following conditi... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7068426 | Method of calibrating a stereomicroscope and a stereomicroscope capable of being calibrated A method of calibrating the magnification of a stereomicroscope having variable magnification comprises the steps of (A) positioning an object reference measure (10) with a known scaling in an object plane (8) of the stereomicroscope; (B) providing an ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7064876 | Resonant oscillating scanning device with multiple light sources An optical scanning system including a resonant oscillating device having a first magnetic field and a mirrored surface. The system includes first and second light sources for directing first and second beams of light to the mirrored surface of the resonant oscillat... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7064878 | Light deflecting method and apparatus efficiently using a floating mirror Method of deflecting light includes the steps of providing a substrate and forming a supporting member on the substrate. Next forming step forms electrodes at predetermined positions on the substrate. Next forming step forms a plate-like-shaped thin film member incl... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7057783 | Light deflector, method of manufacturing light deflector and torsion oscillating member There is disclosed a light deflector in which both ends of a movable plate is supported to a support substrate by an elastic support portion, a reflection surface is formed on one surface of the movable plate, and the movable plate is torsion-oscillated about a tors... | 06/06/2006 |
