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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7982931 | Data system for storing holographic media A master holographic media storing large quantities of holographic media is disclosed. Holographic images may be recorded onto individual Child Plates. A Child Plate may be obtained by culling a portion of a starting or working parent holographic plate with the Chil... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7338168 | Particle analyzing system and methodology An imaging system, methodology, and various applications are provided to facilitate optical imaging performance. The system contains a sensor having one or more receptors and an image transfer medium to scale the sensor and receptors in accordance with resolvable ch... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7324248 | Holographic printer A method and apparatus for producing holograms may use a computer generated 3-D model or data generated using multiple 2-D camera images taken of a real 3-D object or scene. The data is digitally processed and displayed on a high resolution spatial light modulator (... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7262891 | Holographic printer A single method and apparatus for producing many of the most common types of hologram from digital data is disclosed. In one embodiment the data are generated entirely by a computer as a 3-D (animated) model. In another embodiment the data are generated from multipl... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7229720 | Hologram film having identification information recorded thereon and method for manufacturing the same A simplified method is provided for recording identification information, such as a serial number or the like, in a hologram-recorded film simultaneously with hologram duplication. The method includes the steps of coupling a hologram recording film with a master hol... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7227674 | Active digital hologram display Certain types of holographic recording materials can be used to updateably record holographic stereograms formed when fringe patterns are generated through interference of an object laser beam containing image information with a reference laser beam. In this manner,... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7199814 | Direct write holographic printer A direct write holographic printer for producing RGB color reflection holograms is disclosed. A Nd:YLF crystal (1) in a laser cavity is excited to produce an emission at 1313 nm which is frequency converted by doubling to 656.5 nm and by tripling to 437.7 nm.... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7187481 | System and method for providing gain and thresholding to a holographic data parallel recording and replication system incorporating independent angular address assignment System and method for providing gain and thresholding to a holographic data parallel recording and replication system incorporating independent angular address assignment. A plurality of information bearing light beams in an information bearing light beam arm of a d... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7167287 | Hologram imaging device and method of using same A hologram imaging device for obtaining hologram images and associated document markings which are commonly being used for document verification is disclosed. The imaging device comprises a housing defining an imaging chamber, camera, hologram light source, document... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7161723 | Scheme capable of providing gain and thresholding to the parallel recording and replication of holographic media A system and method capable of providing high data rate data copying and recording in holographic data storage while maintaining the copied data's signal-to-noise ratio. This is achieved by using optically-based parallel signal processing. In one preferred embodimen... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7040796 | Illumination device and liquid crystal display device In a front light, an intermediate light guide protrudes from a light guide plate toward a light emitting element in the direction along a light incident face of the light guide plate. A side face of the intermediate light guide opposing the light incident face serve... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7042605 | Holographic printer The present invention provides a single method and apparatus for producing many of the most common types of hologram from digital data is disclosed. The data are generated entirely by a computer as a 3-D (animated) model or from multiple 2-D camera images taken of a... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7009742 | Holographic printer The present invention provides a single method and apparatus for producing many of the most common types of hologram from digital data is disclosed. The data are generated entirely by a computer as a 3-D (animated) model or from multiple 2-D camera images taken of a... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7003004 | Pulsed multiple color laser system A pulsed multiple color laser system is disclosed having particular application for incorporation into a digital holographic printer for producing RGB color reflection holograms. A Nd:YLF crystal (1) in a laser cavity is excited to produce an emission at (131... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6930811 | Holographic printer A single method and apparatus for producing many of the most common types of hologram from digital data is disclosed. The data are generated entirely by a computer as a 3-D (animated) model or from multiple 2-D camera images taken of a real 3-D (moving) object or sc... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6914918 | Optical device, laser beam source, laser apparatus and method of producing optical device After forming domain inverted layers 3 in an LiTaO3 substrate 1, an optical waveguide is formed. By performing low-temperature annealing for the optical wavelength conversion element thus formed, a stable proton exchange layer 8 is fo... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6859293 | Active digital hologram display Certain types of holographic recording materials can be used to updateably record holographic stereograms formed when fringe patterns are generated through interference of an object laser beam containing image information with a reference laser beam. In this manner,... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6809846 | Optical switch and optical network Disclosed is an optical switch for transmitting or shutting down an input light signal in accordance with a set switching state. The optical switch comprises first and second optical amplifiers connected in cascade. When an optical fiber amplifier comprising EDFs ( | 10/26/2004 |
| 6613481 | Hologram film having identification information recorded thereon and method for manufacturing the same A simplified method is provided for recording identification information, such as a serial number or the like, in a hologram-recorded film simultaneously with hologram duplication. The method includes the steps of coupling a hologram recording film with a... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6466372 | Systems for projecting images from diffractive phase plates A system for projecting images is provided having a group of diffractive phase plates each encoded with different image information which have phase shifts aligned to reconstruct visible images in a Fraunhofer diffraction region. The plates are arranged a... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6366368 | Method and apparatus for forming hologram The invention makes it possible to form a hologram for reproducing a three-dimensional image easily free of limitations placed by the size of the three-dimensional image to be reproduced, the size of the hologram and reference light for reproduction. A co... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6340540 | Hologram recording sheet holographic optical element using said sheet and its production process The hologram recording sheet according to the invention is made up of a base film and hologram sensitive materials sensitive to different wavelength regions formed therein in a desired pattern, or a film and at least two hologram recording sensitive mater... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6236475 | Image recording method and apparatus and image reproducing method and apparatus An image recording method and apparatus for recording an image on a holographic stereogram in such a manner as to generate an optimum reproduced image, and an image reproducing method and apparatus capable of generating an optimum reproduced image from th... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6208439 | Generalized geometric transforms for computer generated holograms A technique for mapping working images to adjacently and continuously tiled subapertures having CGHs on a plate is disclosed with the result that the entirety of a working area of a plate is completely covered with working subapertures, these subapertures... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6127066 | Hologram recording sheet, holographic optical element using said sheet, and its production process The hologram recording sheet according to the invention is made up of a base film and hologram sensitive materials sensitive to different wavelength regions formed therein in a desired pattern, or a film and at least two hologram recording sensitive mater... | 10/03/2000 |
| 5973807 | Large display composite holograms and methods A composite hologram comprises a plurality of hologram tiles arranged for display, each of said hologram tiles formed by exposing each of a plurality of different unexposed photographic plates simultaneously to light scattered by an intermediate hologram ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5856048 | Information-recorded media and methods for reading the information The invention is directed to an information-recorded medium with easily selectable and identifiable items of information, which is virtually protected against forgery and has enhanced security against some improper use, and a method for reading such a med... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5734485 | Large display composite holograms and methods A composite hologram incorporates a plurality of hologram tiles arranged for display, each of the hologram tiles formed by exposing each of a plurality of different unexposed photographic plates simultaneously to light scattered by an intermediate hologra... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5652666 | Holographic 3-D display system with spatial light modulator A method of using a display system having a spatial light modulator (14) to display holographic images. The spatial light modulator (14) generates images that represent vertical strips of a hologram. These images are de-magnified by a three-dimensional op... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5574579 | Heads-up and heads-down displays employing holographic stereograms 055745798 Heads-up and heads-down displays employing holographic stereograms are provided. The stereograms can be oriented perpendicular to the user's line of sight (the "90° case") or at angle to the line of sight (the "non-90° case"). The stereograms ... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5309244 | Image process apparatus with hologram lenses arranged in a concentric form or a spiral form An image processing apparatus is provided to have a spatial light modulator onto and from which an image data is written and read, a digital reading system for digitally reading an image data written on the spatial light modulator, a processing unit for p... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5260814 | Production of full color stereographic holograms A method and apparatus for producing temporally coherent, full color holograms is disclosed whereby a linear array of stereographically positioned cameras are simultaneously triggered to obtain a temporally coherent sequence of full color exposures. The e... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5237433 | Methods of hologram construction using computer-processed objects Computer-processed or computer-generated objects can be used to build holograms whose images are close to or straddle the hologram surface. No preliminary or first hologram is required. The hologram is built up from a number of contiguous, small, elementa... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5225918 | Hologram scale, apparatus for making hologram scale, moving member having hologram scale assembled hologram scale and apparatus for making assembled hologram scale An apparatus for making a hologram scale is comprised of a reference diffraction grating on which a light becomes incident and from or by which the incident light is emitted or reflected as a diffracted light, and a recording material, wherein at least tw... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5204770 | All optical image processing and pattern recognition apparatus using stimulated photon echoes An image processing apparatus having a third-order nonlinear stimulated photon echo medium (1). The photon echo medium (1) can store large numbers of images in the form of a Fourier transformed pattern by spectral modulation. The spectral modulation is ca... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5151799 | System and technique for making holographic projection screens A fast, accurate system for manufacturing holographic projection screens. The invention (10) includes a mechanism (28) for moving holographic film (26) along a longitudinal axis thereof in a first direction. A mechanism (12) is provided for directing and ... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5134504 | Method and apparatus for producing full color stereographic holograms A method and apparatus for producing temporally coherent, full color holograms is disclosed whereby a linear array of stereographically positioned cameras are simultaneously triggered to obtain a temporally coherent sequence of full color exposures. The e... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5115335 | Electrooptic fabry-perot pixels for phase-dominant spatial light modulators Phase enhancement by resonant Fabry-Perot picture elements in III-V semiconductor spatial light modulators (SLMs) is disclosed. For 95% reflecting electrodes, a phase modulation of 0.7π rad is found in transmission when the electrooptic input phase is 0.... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5046792 | Holographic printer This invention is an optical printer that translates and records visual information that can be seen with ambient light in the first generation holographic printing. The invention permits recording of the information to be made into the light sensitive em... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4595252 | Hologram imaging system and recording method An improved motion picture hologram imaging system and recording method is provided wherein the hologram film comprises a sequence of frames along the length of the film and wherein the frames are composed of multiple horizontally aligned narrow vertical ... | 06/17/1986 |
