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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7262909 | Illumination apparatus for an optical system and microscope An illumination apparatus for an optical system is disclosed, the illumination apparatus (1) encompassing a single light source (2) that emits broad-band light into an illumination beam path (2a). Placed after the light source (2) ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258446 | System and method for intelligent information handling system projector cool down An information handling system projector cooling fan runs for a variably defined time after its lamp is turned off in order to adequately cool the projector without running the cooling fan for an excessive cool down period. In one embodiment, the cooling fan runs af... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255457 | Methods and apparatus for generating and modulating illumination conditions Methods and apparatus for generating essentially white light. In one example, a white light generating apparatus comprises at least one first white LED characterized by a first spectrum, and at least one second white LED characterized by a second spectrum, wherein t... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7255458 | System and method for the diffusion of illumination produced by discrete light sources The present invention provides a system and method for the diffusion of illumination from discrete light sources such that the illumination is blended and directed in one or more desired directions. The illumination system comprises a substrate having a plurality of... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7253557 | Light source provided with a housing enclosing voltage regulator means and method of manufacturing thereof A light source for testing sites using a fluorescent dye is described. The light source can include a low voltage lamp or a low heat generating lamp. ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7250715 | Wavelength converted semiconductor light emitting devices In a wavelength converted semiconductor light emitting device with at least two wavelength converting materials, the wavelength converting materials in the device are arranged relative to the light emitting device and relative to each other to tailor interaction bet... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7244049 | Light assembly for vehicle A light assembly for a vehicle is provided with a light source capable of emitting rays including a visible ray and an infrared ray, a main reflector disposed so as to reflect the rays emitted by the light source forward, and a filter being reflective of the infrare... | 07/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7239916 | Method and apparatus for automatic implantable medical lead recognition and configuration An automated identification and configuration system for use with an implantable medical device (IMD) is disclosed. The system includes a first communication circuit that is attached to, or otherwise carried by, a detachable component associated with the IMD such as... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7235792 | Color-tuned volumetric light using high quantum yield nanocrystals A light source of coaxially stacked volumetric light cells that can be used either in a lamp or a display. Each light cell is composed of high quantum yield nanocrystals in a silica aerogel matrix that is excited by a controlled ultraviolet light source. From these ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7229196 | Illumination device for simulating neon or similar lighting in the shape of a toroid An illumination device has a light-transmitting member formed in the shape of a toroid having a light-receiving surface and a light-emitting surface, the light-transmitting member defining a central axis, a light source located along the light-transmitting member ce... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7230656 | Sequential color filter A sequential color filter and display system. The sequential color filter comprising: a set of at least three color filters (102). The color filters can be arranged in a cylindrical configuration and may have a cooling fan (506) attached. The set of co... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7231060 | Systems and methods of generating control signals Separating a source in a stereo signal having a left channel and a right channel includes transforming the signal into a short-time transform domain; computing a short-time similarity measure between the left channel and the right channel; classifying portions of th... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226188 | Stage lighting methods and apparatus Spot illumination apparatus and methods are described. According to one implementation a spot luminaire includes a light source for emitting a beam of light and a projection lens configured to project the beam of light towards a distant target. A first field stop, t... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224450 | Method and apparatus for position-dependent optical metrology calibration A calibration method suitable for highly precise and highly accurate surface metrology measurements is described. In preferred embodiments, an optical inspection tool including a movable optics system is characterized in terms of position and wavelength dependent qu... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222999 | Headlight for vehicles In a headlight for vehicles that emits light in the near-infrared range and that has both a light source, which projects not only in the infrared range but also in the visible range, and an infrared range-transmissive filter, a transition range of the filter extends... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222988 | Display device for illuminating optical storage disks for visual display and method of using the same A device and method for illuminating optical storage disks are disclosed. The device and method allow such disks to serve decorative and functional purposes, other than simply serving to store and transmit digital data. The display device is ideally suited to serve ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222997 | Lighting apparatus Lighting apparatus includes an effect wheel which is mounted on a rotation mechanism. The rotation mechanism is mounted on a mechanism which moves the effect wheel from a position outside of the light path to a position in which the effect wheel intersects the light... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222993 | Light emitting diode device An LED is mounted on a circuit substrate, the LED is encapsulated by a transparent resin layer. A reflection layer is provided on the resin layer for reflecting and transmitting lights emitted from the LED. ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7221109 | Stage lighting console Embodiments of a stage lighting console are disclosed which may be used to control the light level of a plurality of stage lighting interments. The stage lighting console includes a plurality of sliders, each of which may control a separate lighting instrument and s... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7216990 | Integrated lamp and aperture alignment method and system According to one embodiment a method for aligning a light source includes providing a lamp and a lamp interface. The lamp interface has an alignment aperture disposed thereon. The method also includes aligning the lamp with respect to the lamp interface until a desi... | 05/15/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7217002 | Ambient lighting system In a room lighting system (1; 27), e.g. an architectural lighting system, including two alignedly arranged refractive elements (9, 10) whose centers are substantially located in the beam axis (11) of a light source (7) and one (10)... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213939 | Hue adjusting lighting system This disclosure describes a lighting apparatus comprising a light hue modulating device that generates compensating light to adjust the light to a desired hue within a space regardless of the hue of the ambient light within the room. ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7215419 | Method and apparatus for position-dependent optical metrology calibration A calibration method suitable for highly precise and highly accurate surface metrology measurements is described. In preferred embodiments, an optical inspection tool including a movable optics system is characterized in terms of position and wavelength dependent qu... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7213953 | Durably affixable light devices for rotating wheels An illumination device adapted for attachment to a surface of a rotatable wheel comprises a rigid body having a substantially flat surface to which is attached an adhesive material effective to adhere the illumination device to a desired position on the wheel surfac... | 05/08/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7210821 | Light-splitting device A light-splitting device comprises a filter element, a first transmission element, a second transmission element, and a power element. In this case, the first transmission element is disposed on one side of the filter element. The second transmission element connect... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7211813 | High-intensity UV-C gun and methods of use A portable high-intensity ultraviolet (UV-C) light gun is provided, the gun comprised of a high-intensity UV-C emitting light bulb mounted into a gun assembly. The gun assembly includes means for gathering and directing the high-intensity light emitted from the bulb... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7211299 | UV curing method and apparatus A UV curing apparatus and method is provided for enhancing UV curing of inks, coatings and adhesives having UV photo initiators therein by subjecting the UV curable inks, coatings or adhesives to UV light at different wavelengths. Preferably, the UV LED assemblies a... | 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 |
| 7204611 | Lamp with coating reflecting middle infrared and transmitting near infrared A lamp for night sight applications includes a bulb that transmits both visible and infrared light. The lamp also includes a coating that reflects middle infrared radiation and is transparent to near infrared radiation to increase output efficiency in the near infra... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201494 | Lighting system of adjustable color temperature A lighting system capable of adjusting color temperature is provided. The lighting system mainly comprises a light source module and a mixing assembly. The light source module produces red-color, blue-color, and green-color lights so as to control the color temperat... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7202506 | Multi element, multi color solid state LED/laser A light emitting diode (LED) grown on a substrate doped with one or more rare earth or transition element. The dopant ions absorb some or all of the light from the LED's active layer, pumping the electrons on the dopant ion to a higher energy state. The electrons ar... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7198384 | Light emitting device A fluorescent structure is provided on a curved recess plane of a reflector. The fluorescent structure has a shape of a cylinder which is cut by a plane including its central axis and along its longitudinal direction. An inner wall of the fluorescent structure taper... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7198391 | Collar for a light fixture A collar for attachment to a recessed or high hat light fixture including an upper, annular flange at the attachment flange of the light fixture, a bottom annular flange spaced below the upper flange and a cylindrical collar between the flanges. Attachment clips sup... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7195388 | Light source device and projector apparatus having same According to the present invention, there is provided a light source device having a reflector including a light source lamp and an opening for emitting light for reflecting light radiated from the light source lamp arranged within the reflector to emit the light fr... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7196950 | Non-volatile semiconductor storage device performing ROM read operation upon power-on A power-on reset circuit has a power-on level detecting circuit which detects a power voltage to output a power-on reset signal and a delay circuit which delays the power-on reset signal output by the power-on level detecting circuit. Two chip address specifying pad... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7192153 | Lens, light irradiation apparatus, and laser pointer A lens, a light irradiation apparatus and a laser pointer to which the lens is applied to are provided, in which eccentricity, discrepancy of light axes, uneven gap of lens surfaces and the like are reduced without performing positioning of respective lenses; and co... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7192161 | Fluorescent illumination device An illumination device for simulating neon or similar lighting uses fluorescent dyes, thus allowing for emission of light in colors that cannot ordinarily be achieved by use of LEDs alone. Such an illumination device is generally comprised of an elongated diffusing ... | 03/20/2007 |
