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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184354 | Light-amount adjusting apparatus, optical apparatus, and method for manufacturing the light-amount adjusting apparatus A light-amount adjusting apparatus includes a plurality of light-amount adjusting blades that causes a size of a light-passing aperture to change by rotation thereof. Each of the light-amount adjusting blades includes a base portion on which a rotation center portio... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8081367 | Layered dimmer system A dimmer wheel which is formed to absorb large amounts of light and to disperse the light that is absorbed. The dimmer wheel has a bottom surface that is irregular, and a reflective material in that bottom surface to scatter the light. A light absorbing material als... | 12/20/2011 |
| 7999987 | Electro-optical display device and electronic device An electro-optical display device comprises: an active matrix unit including a substrate having one surface and the other surface and a plurality of switching elements provided on the one surface of the substrate; a shutter unit provided on the active matrix unit, a... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7973992 | Imaging device for avoidance of an obstacle or an optical phenomenon which distorts quality of image A method for avoiding an obstacle or an image-quality-degrading optical phenomenon in an image recognition unit is provided. The method includes the steps of providing at least an optical shutter array in the image recognition unit, detecting the obstacle or the opt... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7920314 | Variable opacity or translucency of a through-vision panel A multi-sheet through-vision panel includes a first outer sheet, a second outer sheet, and a middle sheet located between the first and second outer sheets. The first and second outer sheets are superposed with one another. At least one light impairing zone is dispo... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7719741 | Input device The image sensor 15 of the information processing apparatus 1 can capture the retroreflective sheet 17 subjected to infrared light emitted from the infrared emitting diodes 11 since the retroreflective sheet 17 is exposed when the ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7599106 | Optical mask and MOPA laser apparatus including the same The present invention relates to an optical mask at low cost and so on having a structure capable of reducing further a peak of beam intensity caused by diffraction. The optical mask is constructed by overlapping a first mask and a second mask. The first mask and se... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7471435 | Apodization technique for enhanced resolution of images The present invention provides an apodization mask that narrows the central lobe of an optical image of a point in a focusing system and suppresses the amplitudes of the sidelobes of the image that are within a predetermined radius of the central axis of the sidelob... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7440205 | Variable intensity dimmer A dimming system (300) for dimming electromagnetic radiation intensity of a radiating unit, such as e.g., an optical system. The dimming system (300) is adjusted to provide a constant electromagnetic radiation intensity over the cross-section of the im... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440156 | Integrated fiber optical attenuator with monotonic attenuation Designs of optical devices for attenuating a light signal are disclosed. According to embodiment, an attenuator includes a screw and a light blocker, wherein the light blocker has only translational movements when the screw is screwed in or out. To facilitate the li... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7434667 | Wall plate with glass part for an elevator installation A wall plate for use in an elevator installation has a glass part divided into segments, the transparency of which is individually controllable with physical magnitude information signals. A control device is connected to the segments for controlling the transparenc... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7408691 | Variable aperture A variable aperture includes a chamber, a transparent and electrically conductive aqueous solution, an opaque and electrically non-conductive oily solution, a transparent insulative and hydrophobic layer, a first electrode and a second electrode assembly. The chambe... | 08/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7400433 | Installable pinhole Adjustable pinhole, particularly for the illumination beam path and/or detection beam path of a laser scanning microscope, wherein the pinhole is defined by foil edges which are adjustable relative to one another, and at least two foils, each with at least one strai... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7362492 | Electronic book display based on bi-stable electrostatic shutters A flat panel display is proposed wherein each pixel contains two membranes, covering the entire pixel area, which under the force of electrostatic attraction rotate from their original position parallel to the substrate plane into a final position normal to the subs... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360871 | Inkjet chamber with ejection actuator between inlet and nozzle An inkjet drop ejection apparatus formed on a substrate by lithographic etching and deposition techniques. The ink inlet, the actuator and the nozzle being formed in three separate planes respectively, each plane being parallel to the plane of the substrate, such th... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7342704 | Light adjuster and laminated glass A light adjuster according to which the wavelength dependence of the transmissivity when a voltage is not being applied can be reduced, and a laminated glass containing the light adjuster. The light adjuster 100 is comprised of a single liquid crystal layer | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338174 | Shutter device and projection type video display Each shading plate comprises a rotating shaft and a driving shaft arranged vertically. First divided shading plate is loosely fitted to and supported by (not adhere to) the rotating shaft and rotates around the shaft. Second divided shading plates are fixed to the r... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7324253 | Installable pinhole Adjustable pinhole, particularly for the illumination beam path and/or detection beam path of a laser scanning microscope, wherein the pinhole is defined by foil edges which are adjustable relative to one another, and at least two foils, each with at least one strai... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7315411 | Optical shutter for plasma display panel and driving method thereof Disclosed herein are an optical shutter for a plasma display panel and driving method thereof. According to the present invention, an optical shutter, which employs a black organic solution that moves according to the electrowetting phenomenon and a pair of electrod... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7310072 | Portable communication display device A head-mounted display system displays information via a matrix display element mounted within a housing that is positioned relative to at least eye of a user. The display is connected to a video or information source such that the user can view information or image... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7295727 | Mounted MEMs optical diagnostic switch A parallel mounted MEMs optical diagnostic switch disposed within an optical connector for directing optical signals from one or a plurality of light sources to one or a plurality of light collectors by activating a feedback loop through the use of micro electro mec... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7283306 | Confocal optical scanner A confocal optical scanner of Nipkow disk type for measuring a sample, in which each component of two or more color pigments, has a high reflection mirror for separating an excited light to be radiated onto the sample and a fluorescence emitted from the sample, wher... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7245285 | Pixel device A pixel device, comprising; a first plate, a second plate disposed under the first plate, and a third plate disposed under the second plate; a first power supply for providing a first voltage to the first plate; a second power supply for providing a second voltage t... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7239040 | Method and apparatus for releasing brake interlock function for vehicle audio/video display unit A method and apparatus for easily and safely releasing a brake interlock function of a vehicle audio/video system. The vehicle audio/video system is designed to enable both a driver and a passenger to watch a video with a display unit. For safety reasons, a brake in... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7233717 | Reflective optical switch A reflective optical switch comprises an input/output port portion; a polarization separator/combiner for separating lights in the same optical path and combining lights in different optical paths; a Faraday rotation angle changer; a polarization rotator for changin... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7220974 | Fluorescence detection apparatus and method for excitation light irradiation timing A fluorescence detection apparatus irradiates a sample with an excitation light having different wavelengths, spectrally detects fluorescence from the sample, and includes: a comparison unit for comparing the wavelength of the excitation light with the starting wave... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218364 | Dual mode liquid crystal displays (LCDs) with electromechanical reflective array Liquid crystal displays and devices including the same are provided that include a micro-electromechanical reflective array; and a plurality of plates associated with the micro-electromechanical reflective array. The plates are movable between first and second posit... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7193775 | EPI-illumination system for an array microscope An epi-illumination system for an array microscope. For Kohler illumination, illumination light sources are placed, actually or virtually, at the pupils of respective individual microscope elements of an array microscope. In one Kohler illumination embodiment, the l... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7167292 | Spectroscope and confocal scanning microscope comprising thereof The invention provides a spectroscope that provides variable masks 24a and 24b that limits the light path of separated light beams in the spectrum direction and composite masks 24c and 24d that limit the same i... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7164468 | Lidar system controlled by computer for smoke identification applied, in particular, to early stage forest fire detection This invention relates to a method and an active system for detection and localization of early stage forest fires using lidar. In the simplest configuration the system includes a lidar and a control computer that operates the beam-scanning system and performs autom... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7164779 | Privacy-enhanced display device A method displays an image only to an authorized user by generating a mask image from a data image. The data and mask image are then displayed periodically in an alternating manner on a display device by a select signal. The opening end shutting of an optical shutte... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7133218 | Optical system Disclosed is an optical system that has superior optical characteristic and wear resistance and can be formed at low temperatures. An optical system 101 for adjusting visible light transmittance to have a desired value comprises fluoride 103, and at le... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7130507 | Light source unit for use with a light guide and lamp mounting arrangement A light source unit, for supplying light via a light guide to a remote location, comprises a support for supporting a light source and a light guide in a prescribed alignment relative to each other, the support comprising a first part for supporting the light source... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7118227 | Projection display device An illuminating optical system for focusing a radiant light of a light source (1) onto a reflecting light valve (6) and a projection lens (7) for magnifying and projecting a reflected light from the reflecting light valve (6) onto a scree... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7113330 | Microscope apparatus An area-light source outputs uniform area light on a sample. A wedge diaphragm is placed between the area-light source and the sample. The wedge diaphragm has a notch. The wedge diaphragm is moved in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the area light so... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7113689 | Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) variable optical attenuator An MEMS variable optical attenuator includes a substrate having a planar surface, a micro-electric actuator arranged on the planar surface of the substrate, a pair of coaxially aligned optical waveguides having a receiving end and a transmitting end, respectively, a... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7106184 | Rear entertainment system and control method thereof A rear entertainment system has a voice synthesis circuit, an OSD unit, a video camera, a DVD playback unit, a rear monitor, a navigation unit, a mixer, an IR circuit, and headphones. The voice synthesis circuit and the OSD unit receive driving information from a ha... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7095032 | Focusing of microscopes and reading of microarrays Microscopes, including viewing and other microscopic systems, employ a hinged, tiltable plate to adjust focus on a flat object such as a microscope slide or biochip by motion, achieved by tilting, which is substantially normal to the focus point on the plane of the ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7088488 | Spatial light modulator device with diffusive element The invention is directed to a spatial light modulator device that can improve holographic data recording systems, and various methods and systems incorporating the device. The spatial light modulator device includes a diffusive element to diffuse or scatter a data ... | 08/08/2006 |
