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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7435528 | Processes and devices using polycyclic fluoroalkanes in vacuum and deep ultraviolet applications Processes and apparatuses using polycyclic fluoroalkanes that are highly transparent to UV wavelengths ranging from about 190 nm to 260 nm are provided. The polycylic fluoroalkanes are useful in a wide variety of applications, including optical couplants, optical ce... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7369149 | Image recording method and image recording device for correcting optical magnification errors An image recording method of recording an image onto an image recording surface by dot patterns by scanning a recording head having recording element units arranged in a direction intersecting a scanning direction, the recording element units having a light source a... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7342599 | Optical scanner for scanning a laser beam in accordance with an image signal In a disclosed optical scanner, an optical axis adjustment is made by moving a circuit board on which a light emitting device open-type semiconductor laser is mounted along a base face of an optical box. For a high-quality optical scanning, the circuit board is atta... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7330203 | Compact multibeam laser light source and interleaving raster scan An individually drivable array of single stripe laser diodes is proposed for imaging printing plates. An imaging optics is used to produce n image points which have a spatial interval l between adjacent points. An interleaving raster scan line method is indicated, w... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7298452 | Patterning apparatus and method for fabricating continuous pattern using the same A flexible substrate, which has a photosensitive agent applied thereon, is continuously supplied from a supply unit to a guide unit where light is irradiated from a light source on a section of the substrate. A mask is positioned between the substrate and the light ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7292308 | System and method for patterning a flexible substrate in a lithography tool A system and method are used to feed a flexible substrate through a patterned beam to be exposed at target portions by the pattered beam. In one example, the flexible substrate is passed over a chuck (e.g., a vacuum chuck). In one example, the chuck can bias the fle... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289191 | Illumination optical system, and image display apparatus and image exposure apparatus using the same The illumination optical system includes an illumination light source and a spatial light modulator having a plurality of elements which reflect incident light from the illumination light source to form outgoing light and which flexibly switch a deflecting direction... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7237757 | Article support An article support comprises a supporting plate provided with a resinous slide stopper on a face for supporting an article, and a holding plate, a hinge, a hook bar and an engagement groove as a holding means for maintaining the supporting plates in a predetermined ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7206014 | Multi-beam pitch adjusting apparatus and image forming apparatus A multi-beam scanning apparatus includes a light source having first and second light source sections that hold a pair of semi-conductor laser diodes and coupling lenses that couple four beams irradiated from the pair of semi-conductor laser diodes with a base membe... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7190483 | Image recorder An illumination lens applies a laser beam emitted from a laser light source onto a light valve. The laser beam divided into a number of beams and modulated in the light valve is reflected by a total internal reflection prism so that the optical path thereof is bent,... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190433 | Apparatus and method of exposing a semiconductor device having a curved surface to light A semiconductor manufacturing station (50) exposes light on a surface area of a spherical semiconductor device or ball (52). A mask (56) receives light from a light source (54) and passing the light to the surface area of the semiconducto... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7170644 | Method and system for reducing distortion in scanned images Methods and systems for dewarping images allow a user to reduce distortion in scanned images. A scanned image is processed using an optics model and an illumination model, and resampled to reduce distortion. The dewarping may be improved through iterative operations... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7145633 | Apparatus and method of exposing light to a semiconductor device having a curved surface A semiconductor manufacturing station (50) exposes light on a surface area of a spherical semiconductor device or ball (52). A mask pattern generator (56) provides a pattern of light, which undergoes temporal changes to collectively represent an... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7141778 | Semiconductor device, optoelectronic board, and production methods therefor The semiconductor device of the present invention comprises an optical transmission region, and a light receiving part for converting light propagating through the optical transmission region to an electrical signal, wherein the optical transmission region comprises... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7136214 | Active faceted mirror system for lithography An active faceted mirror system is disclosed. The active faceted mirror system includes a set of active facet mirror devices, a base plate and a set of pins for mounting the active facet mirror devices to the base plate. Each of the active facet mirror devices inclu... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7128425 | Projector A projector comprises a light source, an optical system for illumination, a reflective light modulating device having a plurality of reflective elements arranged in matrix form to be illuminated by the light emitted from the optical system for illumination, and an o... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7126624 | Image recording method and image recording apparatus The image recording method and image recording apparatus synchronize phase of a light deflector with rotation of a drum in response to the drum start point detection signal generated each time the drum rotates once, expose the two-dimensional image of one frame form... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7110082 | Optical system for maskless lithography A maskless lithography system including an illuminating system, a SLM having a non-linear shape (e.g., curved, concave, spherical, etc.), an exposure system, and a beam splitter that directs light from the illuminating system to the SLM and from the SLM to the expos... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7106418 | Scanning exposure method and an apparatus thereof A light source and a substrate are placed above and below a mask having a mask pattern thereon, respectively. Relative to the mask, the light source is moved in a first direction at a first speed, and the substrate is moved in a second direction at a second speed. T... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7106415 | Illumination compensator for curved surface lithography A zero power identical pair of oppositely-oriented meniscus lens elements mounted in the projection light path, serves as curved mask support while compensating for optical anomalies such as beam shift and beam deviations produced by other transparent supports for t... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7088384 | Image recorder for punching hole by movable punching element An image recorder includes a punch unit for punching a hole in a plate. The punch unit has six punchers disposed movably. Punches of the punchers can punch holes of different configurations. A punch of a required configuration moves to a required location toward a p... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7088353 | Display device In order to provide a display device by which increasing of number of spatial light modulation elements and increasing of number of pixels can be suppressed, and high definition of a display image is easily realized, in the display device, a DMD is inclined with res... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7081914 | Image recorder An image recorder includes a punch unit for punching a hole in a plate. The punch unit has six punchers disposed movably. Punches of the punchers can punch holes of different configurations. A punch of a required configuration moves to a required location toward a p... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7075563 | Multi-beam laser scanning device There is provided a multi-beam laser scanning device able to efficiently suppress and prevent density fluctuation and achieve higher image quality. The multi-beam laser scanning device comprises a light emitting source generating a plurality of laser beams, a rotati... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7062094 | System and method for lossless data transmission A method for losslessly transmitting data is provided. The data is separated into two or more portions and the second portion is subtracted from the first portion to find a difference. The first portion and the difference are transmitted, and then the second portion... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7050080 | Image forming apparatus for controlling image writing by adjusting image clock In an image forming apparatus which uses a semiconductor laser as a light source, a semiconductor laser is controlled by adjustment of an image write-in clock, and a highly accurate scanning position alignment is performed with a simple structure. An optical unit sc... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7019813 | Internal-surface-scanning image recording apparatus A light beam modulated with image information is outputted from a light source and supplied to a switcher, which guides the light beam to one of exposure heads that is selected by the switcher. The light beam is applied from the selected exposure head to a photosens... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7019766 | Optical scanning device An optical scanning device directs a light beam emitted from a light source to a mirror of a mechanical deflector through a first optical system, deflects the light beam in a main scanning direction by causing the light beam to be reflected by a mirror surface of th... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6955350 | Sheet member positioning device A sheet member positioning device includes a plate on which a sheet member is loaded; a reference member provided at a side, in a first direction, of the plate, the sheet member being able to abut the reference member; a conveying member provided at a side, in a sec... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6947701 | Image forming apparatus and image forming method There is provided an image forming apparatus that can suppress the formation of creases when forming images on both surfaces of a sheet and can greatly reduce the incidence of unprinted areas. The image forming apparatus has a sheet stacking section in which sheets ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6936808 | Semiconductor device, optoelectronic board, and production methods therefor The semiconductor device of the present invention comprises an optical transmission region, and a light receiving part for converting light propagating through the optical transmission region to an electrical signal, wherein the optical transmission region comprises... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6928205 | Optical waveguide device, layered substrate and electronics using the same An optical waveguide device that comprises an optical waveguide layer and a light-receiving element, wherein the optical waveguide layer is provided with a light direction-altering means for altering the direction of light propagated in the optical waveguide layer a... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6873398 | Method and apparatus for multi-track imaging using single-mode beams and diffraction-limited optics An imaging apparatus includes a laser to generate a single-mode laser beam of energy, a multichannel spatial light modulator (SLM) accepting a plurality of modulating signals, and a beam multiplier between the radiation source and the SLM. The multiplier accepts the... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6744491 | Method of and apparatus for recording image by exposure to light beams For dividing an image and recording divided images on a photosensitive film with a plurality of laser beams, an auxiliary scanning speed is reduced in the vicinity of junctions between adjacent ones of the divided images to adjust the intervals between main scanning... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6733198 | Apparatus for transporting single sheets through a device for exposing or printing the single sheets An apparatus for transporting single sheets through a device for exposing or printing the single sheets, with a drum and means that press the single sheets against the drum, with a processing station having a processing gap, with the single sheets being exposed or p... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6733891 | Roll having glass coating Rolls include a core and a glass outer coating on the core. The glass can be electrically charged and discharged. The outer coatings have smooth finishes and controlled electrical properties. The outer coatings can also provide selected mechanical, chemical and ther... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6707534 | Maskless conformable lithography Maskless patterning of high-resolution microelectronics features onto large curved substrates. A computer controls individual pixel elements in a spatial light modulator array (SLM) which provides the pattern. Maintaining optical track length constant is by software... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6665048 | Method for imaging a continuously moving object A continuously moving object is imaged by a video projector producing a rapid sequence of stationary images. A galvanometer actuated mirror tracks the motion of the moving object and synchronizes it to the sequence of stationary images in order to avoid m... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6624877 | Method of and apparatus for recording image by exposure to light beams For dividing an image and recording divided images on a photosensitive film with a plurality of laser beams, an auxiliary scanning speed is reduced in the vicinity of junctions between adjacent ones of the divided images to adjust the intervals between ma... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6600549 | Image scanning apparatus Image scanning apparatus comprising a profiling surface; a feed mechanism for feeding a flexible radiation sensitive record medium across the profiling surface; a scanning system for scanning a modulated radiation beam across the record medium to expose t... | 07/29/2003 |
