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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7898603 | Double-shutter lenses with compensators Exemplary embodiments of systems for high-performance compensated shutter lens designs, may include compensators for compensating for performance problems that stem from real-world performance limitations in present shutter-glass designs. In an embodiment, a shutter... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7567306 | Liquid crystal ski goggles and methods of manufacturing the same A goggle includes a lens assembly which comprises a front lens, a rear lens spaced apart from the front lens, and a liquid crystal device disposed on one of the lenses. The goggle includes a frame, which defines an aperture and a peripheral channel. The peripheral c... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7425066 | Electro-active spectacles and method of fabricating same A composite lens assembly comprising an electro-active lens assembly, a first lens wafer, and a second lens wafer is provided. The electro-active lens assembly has an upper substrate layer with a planar upper surface and a lower substrate layer with a planar lower s... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7411637 | System and method for varying the reflectance or transmittance of light Device for transmitting light at variable intensity, the device including a front variable polarizer, polarizing incoming light at a first selected polarization level, in a first direction and a rear variable polarizer, optically coupled with the front variable pola... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7393101 | Method of manufacturing an electro-active lens A method of manufacturing an electro-active lens is disclosed. The lens is manufactured by providing a lens blank having a front and back surface, a thickness, and an index of refraction. An electro-active element is placed on one of the front or back surfaces of th... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7373023 | Method and system for generating an image Generating an image includes receiving a light at sensors, where the light is associated with images. A previous matrix is determined, where the previous matrix includes image information associated with an image. For each sensor, a current image data corresponding ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370963 | Ophthalmic lens with electro-optical function An ophthalmic lens comprises a transparent substrate and electro-optical means integrated with the substrate to perform an optical function in response to an electrical stimulus. The ophthalmic lens further comprises at least one photovoltaic cell integrated with th... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7357503 | Ophthalmic lens with an optically transparent composite film exhibiting both impact resistance property and polarizing property, and a process for its manufacture The present invention relates to a light polarizing ophthalmic lens comprising a substrate made of organic glass and an optically transparent composite film deposited on the front main face of the substrate, said transparent composite film comprising a latex layer h... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7349570 | Graphic image to 3D image conversion device A device applicable to computers, TV sets, and projectors for converting a graphic image into a 3D image includes an image input loop, image control loop, output parity horizontal translation image IR circuit, and IR spectacles, wherein the IR spectacles create mask... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7333541 | Variable square-wave drive device A variable square-wave drive device for controlling square waves using feedback- and bias-control methods. The variable square-wave drive device includes an oscillator for generating a clock pulse; a frequency-divider/duty controller for frequency-dividing the clock... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7290875 | Electro-active spectacles and method of fabricating same A composite lens assembly comprising an electro-active lens assembly, a first lens wafer, and a second lens wafer is provided. The electro-active lens assembly has an upper substrate layer with a planar upper surface and a lower substrate layer with a planar lower s... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289260 | Multifocal lens Apparatus for enhancing vision of a user includes a focal modulation device (22), which is adapted to focus light from objects in a field of view of the user onto the retina while alternating between at least first and second focal states that are characteriz... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7262754 | Electronic device with liquid crystal display An electronic device, such as personal computer, incorporating a liquid crystal panel which uses LEDs as an illuminating light source for a liquid crystal panel to reduce power consumption and size of the electronic device. When 3-color LED lamps 13R, 13 | 08/28/2007 |
| 7253854 | Reflection type semiconductor display device A reflection type semiconductor display device which can make satisfactory display even when external light is not satisfactorily intense is provided. A reflection type semiconductor display device according to the present invention can take in light other than inci... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7253847 | Light adjuster and laminated glass A light adjuster which is free from occurrence of cloudiness, and can maintain sufficient workability to improve the yield. In the light adjuster, transparent electrically conductive films 102a and 102b are provided on respective surfaces... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7241559 | Lens array and method for fabricating the lens array A lens array and a method for fabricating the lens array are described herein. The lens array is made from a photosensitive glass plate containing a relatively small amount of a photosensitive agent (e.g., silver, gold or combination thereof) such that when the phot... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7214927 | Method and apparatus using liquid crystal light valve to filter incident light on a photodetector In one embodiment, light is detected using a photodetector. If the detected light is causing the photodetector to saturate, one or more liquid crystal light valves are adjusted to filter the amount of incident light on the photodetector. ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7195353 | Enhanced electro-active lens system A lens system and optical devices that provide enhanced vision correction are disclosed. The lens system includes an electro-active layer that provides correction of at least one higher order aberration. The higher order correction changes dynamically based on a use... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7180529 | Immersive image viewing system and method An immersive image viewing method comprises the steps of: displaying a scene on a first viewing area, the scene comprised of at least one image; displaying a lighting environment on a second viewing area separate from the first viewing area, the first and second vie... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177083 | Display device with electrooptical focussing A display device is provided for generating an image which is perceivable, by a viewer (M) of an object located in an object plane (O), as being superimposed on the object, said device comprising an image generating device (1) for generating the image in an i... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7148946 | Optical device and liquid-crystal display apparatus An optical device including a laminate of cholesteric liquid-crystal layers in which the wavelength ranges of selective reflection of circularly polarized light beams are out of visible light region and which are combined so that circularly polarized light beams tra... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7131725 | Auto-focussing glasses and method for auto-focussing a pair of glasses A self-focussing spectacle as well as a method for self-focussing a spectacle are proposed. The spectacle comprises at least one spectacle lens of adjustable refracting power, and means for adjusting the refracting power of the spectacle lens as a function of a meas... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7124425 | Audio/video system and method utilizing a head mounted apparatus with noise attenuation A head mounted display in a video/audio system includes a display device, a head mount, noise reduction devices, and a speaker. The display device is coupled to the head mount and produces visual images based on received video signals. The head mount is mounted on t... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7106276 | Color display device In a field sequential display device, a desired chromaticity of the white level can be easily achieved and fluctuations in the white level caused by fluctuation factors such as temperature characteristics can be suppressed. A light source comprises red, green, and b... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7097304 | Polarizing devices and methods of making the same Certain, non-limiting embodiments of the disclosure provide ophthalmic elements and devices comprising an at least partial coating adapted to polarize at least transmitted radiation on at least a portion of at least one exterior surface of an ophthalmic element or s... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7097303 | Polarizing devices and methods of making the same Certain, non-limiting embodiments of the disclosure provide ophthalmic elements and devices comprising an at least partial coating adapted to polarize at least transmitted radiation on at least a portion of at least one exterior surface of an ophthalmic element or s... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7079203 | Electrically tunable polarization-independent micro lens using polymer network twisted nematic liquid crystal Inhomogeneous concentrated polymer network with approximately 90° twisted nematic liquid crystal (TN-LC) is used for fabricating lens and prisms. For forming a positive lens, the approximately 90° TN-LC polymer network concentration can gradually decrease from the... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7068241 | Stereo picture recognition device and method of displaying stereo picture A stereo picture recognition device has a time-sharing picture display shutter disposed between a display surface of a display device and a viewer. The time-sharing picture display shutter has a function of shutting off only an area covered by a viewing angle which ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7044600 | Polarizing devices and methods of making the same Certain, non-limiting embodiments of the disclosure provide ophthalmic elements and devices comprising an at least partial coating adapted to polarize at least transmitted radiation on at least a portion of at least one exterior surface of an ophthalmic element or s... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7041133 | Vision prosthesis A vision prosthesis includes a lens having an index of refraction that varies in response to a focusing stimulus. An actuator in communication with the lens provides the focusing stimulus on the basis of a range estimate from a rangefinder. A controller coupled to t... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7042549 | Tunable electronic lens and prisms using inhomogeneous nano scale liquid crystal droplets Using inhomogeneous sized liquid crystal (LC) droplets for lens and prisms. For forming a positive lens, the LC droplet size can gradually increase from the center to the side edges. For forming a negative lens, the LC droplet size can gradually decrease from the ce... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7041233 | Method of generating a 3-dimensional effect A method for generating a 3-dimensional effect involves providing at least one first image layer of a chiral liquid crystal material, and at least one second image layer of a chiral liquid crystal material, wherein one of the first and second image layers reflects r... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7027110 | Display device having flexibility and a winding axis that winds the two slidable plates A display device disclosed herein comprises: a display part including a first thin plate having flexibility and a second thin plate having flexibility, the second thin plate being provided on the first thin plate; a fixing portion which fixes the first thin plate an... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7023594 | Electro-optic lens with integrated components A range finder device for use with a controller in an optical system is disclosed in accordance with one embodiment of the invention. The range finder device comprises a transmitter to produce a first beam of non-visible radiation for intersecting a perceived object... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7018040 | Stabilized electro-active contact lens An electro-active contact lens system and a method for making the electro-active contact lens system is disclosed. The system includes a contact lens, an electro-active element attached to the contact lens, a view detector attached to the contact lens and in electro... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7009757 | Optimal elements (such as vari focal lens component, vari-focal diffractive optical element and variable declination prism) and electronic image pickup unit using optical elements Optical elements such as a vari-focal lens element, a vari-focal diffractive optical element and a variable declination prism usable as spectacle lens elements and so on. ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7002619 | Method and apparatus for presenting stereoscopic images Systems including projection mechanisms, screens, and eyeglasses are detailed. The systems significantly reduce perceptible ghosting even when high contrast images (such as dark figures against a white background) are projected. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7002643 | Liquid crystal shutter A liquid crystal shutter comprises a liquid crystal device including a nematic liquid crystal sealed in between a first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate on whose inner surfaces are formed respective transparent electrodes, the liquid crystal ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6999137 | Reflection type semiconductor display device A reflection type semiconductor display device which can make satisfactory display even when external light is not satisfactorily intense is provided. A reflection type semiconductor display device according to the present invention can take in light other than inci... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6992731 | Electro-optic lens having multiple responsive regions of a variable degree of light transmission, method of fabrication thereof and method of operation thereof The present invention is directed to a lens having a variable light transmission in response to variations in incident light intensity. The lens is useful for providing eye protection from variations in ambient light intensity. The present invention is directed to s... | 01/31/2006 |
