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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7535610 | Light source apparatus, method for adjusting the same and method for producing the same A light source apparatus includes a light source unit in which a light source and a light source supporting member having elasticity in an optical axis direction are coupled together, and a collimating lens base member on which a collimating lens is supported. An op... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7535611 | Electromechanical dynamic force profile articulating mechanism An electromechanical dynamic force profile articulating mechanism for recovering or emulating true parallel plate capacitor actuation behaviors from deformable membranes used in MEMS systems. The curved deformation of flexible membranes causes their MEMS behavior to... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7532375 | Tuning-fork-type scanning apparatus with a counterweight A scanning method and apparatus, the apparatus comprising a fork with first and second forwardly extending tines and a rearwardly extending counterweight member, a mount for supporting the fork at a point between the tines and the counterweight member, and a drive f... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7518770 | Apparatus and method for projecting images and/or processing materials The present invention relates to an apparatus for image projecting and/or material processing having a deflection device (3) for variably deflecting a light beam (2) emanating from a light source (1) onto a projection area or a processing area (... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7477436 | Scanning optical system A scanning optical system configured to scan laser light on a scanned surface in a scanning direction, includes a light source emitting the laser light, a converging element converging the emitted laser light in the predetermined scanning direction, a deflector defl... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7477434 | Process and apparatus for retrieving information projected image-wise on a photo-stimulable phosphor imaging substrate utilizing a non-orthogonal pentaprism There is disclosed a process and apparatus for interrogating or scanning an imaged storage substrate wherein a laser beam is directed towards the imaged storage substrate in a plane disposed at a non-orthogonal angle to such storage substrate thereby to stimulate lu... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7477435 | Projector A projector includes: a light source device that emits a laser beam toward a projected surface; a scanning unit that scans the laser beam emitted from the light source device; a light diffusion member that diffuses the laser beam used for scanning by the scanning un... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7460287 | Arrangement for and method of increasing pixel symmetry, especially for image projection arrangements A lightweight, compact image projection module, especially for mounting in a housing having a light-transmissive window, is operative for causing selected pixels in a raster pattern to be illuminated to produce an image of high resolution of VGA quality in color. Th... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7453614 | Linear imager rescaling method A system and method for removing perspective distortion from an image of an object (112) moving along a transport device (114) having a top surface (124) is disclosed. A line scanner (110) to create a first image of an object. The first i... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453613 | Scanning type image forming apparatus having the same containing scanning mirror in a space sealed by first and second optical members and the housing, the second optical member includes five surfaces The object of the present invention is to provide an optical scanning apparatus which is not limited in the disposition of a scanning device, can reduce the adherence of dust to each member of the scanning device, and is enhanced in the reliability of the scanning d... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7443555 | Laser scanner A laser scanner is provided with a transmission optic (20) whose laser pencil beam (18) is oriented coaxially with the axis of rotation (28) of a deflecting mirror (22, 24) and coaxially with the optical axis of the associated detector op... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443554 | Tilted plate dither scanner An optical apparatus and a method of using an optical instrument comprising providing to a primary optical axis of the instrument a plate tilted so as not to be perpendicular to the primary optical axis and continuously rotating the plate about the primary optical a... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7436562 | Scanning examination apparatus, lens unit, and objective-lens adaptor It is possible to easily and accurately confirm the position of an optical axis of an objective lens relative to an examination site on a specimen, and positioning of the objective relative to the specimen can be carried out rapidly in a preparation stage. The inven... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433106 | Mirror support device and optical scanning apparatus adopting the same In a mirror support device and an optical scanning apparatus adopting the same, a mirror is installed in a holder, an elastic clasp elastically urges the mirror toward a vertical wall of the holder, and a mirror aligning part is arranged at the vertical wall with a ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7428086 | Method and apparatus for scanning optical delay line A scanning optical delay line includes an optical path element that rotates about its central axis, such that a face is intermittently incident a beam of light to be optically delayed. When the beam is not incident the face, it is reflected onto a reinsertion line w... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7425073 | Method and apparatus for conserving power in a laser projection display A method and apparatus are provided to controllably reduce power of a laser projection display (LPD). Light is scanned from a laser onto a viewing surface to produce an image thereon, and power used by the laser is reduced used while scanning at least a portion of t... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7423735 | Beam irradiation apparatus Two mirrors are placed in such a manner as to line in a Z-axis direction in a beam irradiation head. These mirrors are located at a position beyond a normal scan range of the laser light in the Z-axis direction and within a limit range of scanning of the laser light... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420449 | Mirror actuating device for projection systems A magnetic actuator utilizes a single magnet and two voice coils to rotate a mirror between two angular positions with respect to a rest state. A magnetic field assembly applies magnetic flux across the voice coils. An upper plate and a lower plate are held together... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7417777 | Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus A coupling lens arranged on an optical path of an optical beam from a VCSEL, which has a refraction plane and a diffraction plane that respectively change a power according to a temperature change and suppresses a beam-waist position change in a main-scanning direct... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7417778 | Light deflector, light deflection array, image forming apparatus, and image projection display apparatus A light deflector can be driven by a low voltage by reducing contact area with a plate shape member and other members. The light deflector can be driven by a low voltage by reducing a contact area with a plate shape member and other members. More particularly, a fri... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7414503 | Torsional hinged device with improved coupling between a magnet mounted to said device and an electrical coil A pivoting device such as a MEMS mirror provides improved coupling between a permanent magnet on the device and an adjacent electrical coil that may provide a drive force or position sensing. The improved coupling is obtained by forming a cavity in the coil structur... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7411709 | Beam processing system and beam processing method A beam processing system comprises a rotary disk mounted thereon with processing objects, a controller for controlling a reciprocating drive mechanism, and a beam width measuring unit for measuring a beam width of a processing beam. The controller sets an inner and ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7408688 | Method for driving optical deflecting device array, optical deflecting device array, optical deflecting device, and image projection displaying apparatus A method for driving an optical deflecting device array is disclosed, including in a series of processes for the light deflection operation, at least, a state of a first stage writing and recording data for indicating an inclination direction of the plate member to ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7405861 | Method and device for protecting interferometric modulators from electrostatic discharge A MEMS device such as an interferometric modulator includes an integrated ESD protection element capable of shunting to ground an excess current carried by an electrical conductor in the MEMS device. The protection element may be a diode and may be formed by deposit... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7400792 | Methods and apparatus to make substantially uniform losses in optical cross connects A method for cross connecting optical signals includes using a common beam steerer to direct a set of optical signals from a set of input ports to a set of output ports. The method further includes adjusting a curvature of the common beam steerer so that paths of th... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7391222 | Deflector A deflector which enables to have a sufficient degree of freedom of designing and also to detect accurately a displacement angle of a movable plate can be provided. In order to accomplish this, the deflector includes a mirror, a base frame, a pair of torsion bars wh... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7385743 | Linear imager rescaling method A system and method for removing perspective distortion from an image of an object (112) moving along a transport device (114) having a top surface (124) is disclosed. A line scanner (110) to create a first image of an object. The first i... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7375867 | Transmissive electromechanical light valve and system An apparatus, system, and method for a transmissive electromechanical light valve including a gate pivotable between a first position to allow light to pass through a valvelet and a second position to prevent light from passing through the valvelet are disclosed her... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7369287 | Mirror positioning structure for compensation of skew and bow and laser scanning unit employing the same A mirror positioning structure for compensating skew and bow includes a mirror rotating member having a recess at one side to hold a mirror inserted therein and a rotation shaft protruding from an opposite side. A mirror position changing member has an opening throu... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369227 | Imaging fluorescence signals using telecentricity The present invention relates to the field of DNA analysis. In particular, the present invention is directed to a device for the parallel imaging of fluorescence intensities at a plurality of sites as a measure for DNA hybridization. More particular, the present inv... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369268 | Light source using large area LEDs A printing apparatus (100) for printing digital images onto a photosensitive medium (140) employing, for exposure energy, a light source (20) that uses various arrays of LEDs (32). The printing apparatus (100) may form the print im... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367677 | High efficiency lighting system, scrolling unit and projection system employing the same A highly efficient lighting system, a scrolling unit, and a projection system adopting the highly efficient lighting system and the scrolling unit are provided. The scrolling unit has at least one lens cell. From the viewpoint of light incident upon the at least one... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365891 | Method and apparatus for directing energy based range detection sensors A directing apparatus includes a mechanism for producing steerable energy. The apparatus includes a mechanism for steering energy from the producing mechanism while the producing mechanism is stationary. The steering mechanism is in communication with the producing ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364309 | Image projector and image projecting method In an image projection on a screen, an image projection apparatus improves the safety of entry into a projection region by the human body and does not bring about the increase of complexity of the configuration thereof owing to the improvement of the safety. A monit... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362484 | Optical scanner package with optical noise reduction The optical scanner package having: an optical scanner device scanning an incident beam and including a scanning mirror and a comb-electrode structure operating the scanning mirror; a package container containing the optical scanner device; and a package window that... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362935 | Dual wavelength semiconductor laser source for optical pickup The dual wavelength semiconductor laser source for an optical pickup includes: two semiconductor laser elements outputting laser beams having oscillating wavelengths different from each other; and a multiplexing waveguide, formed inside of a photonic crystal having ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7352480 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method An image processing apparatus which comprises a RAM acting as a shared memory for storing image data, and an image processing board, connected to the RAM through a PCI bus acting as a general-purpose bus, for performing raster conversion to the image data and perfor... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349158 | Diffraction grating-based encoded micro-particles for multiplexed experiments Microparticles 8 includes an optical substrate 10 having at least one diffraction grating 12 disposed therein. The grating 12 having a plurality of colocated pitches Λ which represent a unique identification digital code that is detected... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342600 | Image forming device An image forming device includes an image carrier, a charging unit, an exposing device, a developing device, a control device and a pair of position adjusting devices. Each of the position adjusting devices is respectively provided at a leading edge and a trailing e... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342698 | Light scanning unit and image forming apparatus having the same A laser scanning unit and a light source unit employed in the same are provided. The laser scanning unit forms a linear latent image by scanning a light beam onto a photoreceptor. The laser scanning unit includes a light source generating and radiating a light beam.... | 03/11/2008 |
