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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8058609 | Beam power with multipoint broadcast A beam power source transmits a signal indicating power availability, receives a request for power in response, and beams power in response to the request. ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8008615 | Beam power with broadcaster impingement detection A beam power source transmits a signal indicating power availability, receives a request for power in response, and beams power in response to the request. ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7960684 | Side cured light-transmissive display system An invisible, light-transmissive display system with a light resistant material is provided. The light resistant material has a first side and a second side. Substantially invisible holes penetrate between the first surface and the second surface in a predetermined ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7957047 | Laser projection device A laser projection device includes: an incidence optical system condensing laser light, a scanning device deflect the laser light in a first scanning direction and a second scanning direction with a mirror, and a projection optical system guiding the deflected light... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7884315 | Invisible, light-transmissive display system An invisible, light-transmissive display system with a light resistant material is provided. Substantially invisible holes penetrate through at least a portion of the light resistant material in a predetermined light-transmissive display pattern. ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7880131 | Invisible, light-transmissive display system An invisible, light-transmissive display system with a light resistant material is provided. Substantially invisible, tapered, light-transmissive holes are penetrated in a light-transmissive pattern through at least a portion of the light resistant material using a ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7423265 | Near-field aperture having a fractal iterate shape Near-field electromagnetic devices having an opaque metallic screen with a fractal iterate aperture are provided. More specifically, the aperture is obtained by application of a self-similar replacement rule to an initial shape two or more times. Alternatively, the ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7372013 | Near field scanning microscope probe and method for fabricating same A near-field scanning microscopy probe and a method for doing the same. A metal plasmon or dielectric waveguide is connected to a deformable material and coupled to a dielectric waveguide on a chip. The probe pops up out of the plane of the chip. The probe can be ea... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7339714 | Variable blazed grating based signal processing A light processing system includes an array of optical signal processing devices. The array of processing devices are operable to receive at least some of a first signal part and to modulate the first signal part based at least in part on a control signal received f... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7338439 | Condensing optical system, confocal optical system, and scanning confocal endoscope A condensing optical system, suitable for a scanning confocal optical system (having a composition for scanning a beam spot on a subject surface by swinging a point source of light) and capable of satisfactorily suppressing various aberrations and reducing loss of l... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336524 | Atomic probes and media for high density data storage A device in accordance with embodiments of the present invention comprises a contact probe for high density data storage reading, writing, erasing, or rewriting. In one embodiment, the contact probe can include a silicon core having a conductive coating. Contact pro... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333698 | Optical scanning device An optical scanning device including a bundle of optical fibers adapted for delivering optical energy beams therethrough, and an actuator coupled to the bundle of optical fibers adapted to bend the bundle of optical fibers in a scanning motion. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7297933 | Probe, near-field light generation apparatus including probe, exposure apparatus, and exposing method using probe A probe which generates near-field light from an aperture at the tip is provided. The tip is covered with a lightproof member, at least the interior of the lightproof member is in the shape of a cone having a plane-shaped top, and the aperture is provided in the top... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7274451 | Optical beam translation device and method utilizing a pivoting optical fiber An alignment device and method for delivering a light beam to an optical application, such as an optical trap having a pair of lenses with overlapping focal regions for trapping a particle therein. The alignment device includes a light source for generating a beam o... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272102 | Ridge waveguide with recess A ridge waveguide having a recessed ridge forming an isolated tip at a terminal end of the waveguide's aperture efficiently couples light into a spot adjacent to the tip in a medium below the terminal end of the waveguide which is significantly smaller than the ligh... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7264971 | Read-head for optical diagnostic device A readhead for a photometric diagnostic instrument includes a housing adapted for incorporation within the photometric diagnostic instrument, and an elongated sample table operatively engaged with the housing. The sample table is configured to support elongated reag... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7253904 | Method and device for in-line measurement of characteristics of the surface coating of a metallurgy product To measure the characteristics of the surface coating of a moving metal strip, such as the alliation level of a coating including zinc and iron, the product is exposed to the radiation of a radiative source with a predetermined wavelength directed orthogonally to th... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7245426 | Total internal reflection illumination apparatus and microscope using this total internal reflection illumination apparatus A total internal reflection illumination apparatus applied to a microscope which illuminates a sample through an objective having a numerical aperture enabling total internal reflection illumination, comprises a first total internal reflection mirror which is arrang... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7221447 | Consumable for laser capture microdissection Systems and methods for acquiring laser capture microdissection samples are disclosed. A scattering media is located within a beam path defined by the laser capture microdissection microscope and the sample is imaged through the scattering media. A transfer film car... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7197197 | Method for detecting projectile impact location and velocity vector A method of determining the path of a projectile comprises detecting multiple time of arrivals of the projectile in multiple intersecting planes and determining the path and speed of the projectile based on the multiple times of arrivals. ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7187305 | Encoder for a motor controller An encoder in a motor system measures radial movement and translational movement of a disk with a single integrated sensor disposed on a microprocessor chip. The encoder measures position information and eccentric movement of the disk by the integrated sensor. The m... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7158224 | Optically active substrates A device for optical examination of biological materials using radiation of a selected wavelength includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first surface includes a dense array of micro-optical elements arran... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7116862 | Apparatus and method for providing gain equalization In one aspect of the invention, a gain equalizer comprises a wavelength division demultiplexer operable to separate one or more communication bands into a plurality of wavelengths and an array of phase shifter stages. Each phase shifter stage comprises a micro-elect... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7116465 | Micromirror device There is provided a micromirror device, which is provided with a mirror layer including a mirror surface which is supported to be rotatable around a first axis passing through a center of the mirror surface, and an upper substrate having transparency including a fir... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7092108 | Method for determining a position and position measurement device for carrying out the method A method for position determination that includes generating first and second position-dependent scanning signals, transmitting the first and second position-dependent scanning signals from a scanning location via corresponding first and second scanning channels to ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7087886 | Method and a system for multi-pixel ranging of a scene There is provided a method for non-scanning multi-pixel ranging of a scene, comprising the steps of providing a single detector/receiver associated with a time-delay arrangement, producing a time-arrival distribution of pulse echoes of at least part of a remote scen... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7075640 | Consumable for laser capture microdissection Systems and methods for acquiring laser capture microdissection samples are disclosed. An integral portion of a biological reaction vessel includes a transfer film carrier having a substrate surface; and a laser capture microdissection transfer film coupled to the s... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7068878 | Optical beam scanning system for compact image display or image acquisition An optical fiber having a reduced cross-sectional region adjacent to its distal end, which is fused to an optical component, is vibrated, rotating the optical component to scan a region. The optical component has a back focal point that is substantially coincident w... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7042621 | Micromirror device There is provided a micromirror device, which is provided with a mirror layer including a mirror surface which is supported to be rotatable around a first axis passing through a center of the mirror surface, and an upper substrate having transparency including a fir... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7034277 | Near-field light-generating element for producing localized near-field light, near-field optical recording device, and near-field optical microscope A near-field light-generating element has a support member and a minute aperture having a size smaller than the wavelength of incident light provided on the support member so as to produce near-field light in response to incident light directed thereto. The minute a... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7027700 | Planar waveguide for heat assisted magnetic recording Recording heads are provided that comprise a magnetic write pole, and a planar waveguide positioned adjacent to the magnetic write pole, the planar waveguide including a first metal layer, a second metal layer, a first optical layer positioned between the first and ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7024087 | Optical waveguide and method of forming the same A first substrate on which an optical-waveguide groove is formed and a second substrate. The second substrate is bonded to the plane of the first substrate on which the optical-waveguide groove is formed by a material having a refractive index higher than those of t... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7012676 | Laser capture microdissection translation stage joystick Systems and methods for laser capture microdissection are disclosed. An inverted microscope includes a translation stage joystick subsystem. The systems and methods provide the advantages of increased speed and much lower rates of contamination. ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6998600 | Multifrequency ultra-high resolution miniature scanning microscope using microchannel and solid-state sensor technologies and method for scanning samples A miniature, ultra-high resolution, and color scanning microscope using microchannel and solid-state technology that does not require focus adjustment. One embodiment includes a source of collimated radiant energy for illuminating a sample, a plurality of narrow ang... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6999608 | Imaging apparatus An compact imaging apparatus having an OCT function is provided. An image formed of the illuminating-light reflected from a examination area is displayed on a monitor. A signal-light for obtaining an optical tomographic image is guided in a fiber through an insertio... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6977368 | Method for measuring position and position measuring device for carrying out said method A position measuring system that includes a scale and a scanning device that scans the scale. A light source, which emits a light pulse upon receipt of a request signal and an optical fiber that transmits the light pulse from the light source to the scanning device ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6972886 | Variable blazed grating In one aspect of the invention, an apparatus operable to provide optical signal processing includes an inner conductive layer including an at least substantially conductive material and a plurality of at least partially reflective mirror strips disposed outwardly fr... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6967772 | Scanning microscope with miniature head The invention provides a scanning microscope comprising: optical fiber for transmitting a light beam to an exit end of the optical fiber proximate light focusing optics, the light focusing optics focusing the light emerging from the exit end to illuminate a point ob... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6959130 | Optical beam scanning system for compact image display or image acquisition An optical fiber having a reduced cross-sectional region adjacent to its distal end, which is fused to an optical component, is vibrated, rotating the optical component to scan a region. The optical component has a back focal point that is substantially coincident w... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6949732 | Optical apparatuses using the near-field light Optical apparatuses are provided that use near-field light, where high spatial resolution and high sensitivity are made compatible. Highly intense near-field light is generated in a narrow area using localized plasmons that are produced in a metal pattern 106 | 09/27/2005 |
