Quotables
"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance. "
Ambose Bierce
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7227510 | Method and apparatus for seamless integration of images using a transmissive/reflective mirror An integrated display system includes multiple displays and a transmissive/reflective mirror with a mirror face. Images from display areas of one or more displays are passed through the mirror face and provided to a viewer. Images from display areas of one or more d... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7226167 | Autostereoscopic display apparatus An autostereoscopic optical apparatus (10) for viewing a stereoscopic image comprising a left image to be viewed by an observer (12) at a left viewing pupil (14l) and a right image to be viewed by the observer at a right viewing pupil ( | 06/05/2007 |
| 7218430 | Combinatorial optical processor A Combinatorial Optical Processor and method for the architecture of optical systems utilizes one or more optical modules, each module including a number of individually addressable optical elements. The optical elements are arranged and addressed in a combinatorial... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7218429 | Digital focus lens system A digital focus lens systems that can provide an optical system with a plurality of selectable focal powers is described. The system includes a number of switchable elements, each of which is capable of being switched between a first state and a second state, whereb... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7165842 | Autostereoscopic display apparatus having glare suppression An improved autostereoscopic display apparatus (10) forms left and right virtual images for pupil imaging by forming, through a beamsplitter (16), a real intermediate image near the focal surface of a curved mirror (24). A circular polarizer ( | 01/23/2007 |
| 7107235 | Method of conducting business including making and selling a custom article of footwear The present invention teaches a method of conducting retail and Internet business including making and delivering a custom article of footwear. The article of footwear taught in the present invention includes a spring element that can provide improved cushioning, st... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7072086 | Digital focus lens system Digital focus lens systems that can provide an optical system with a plurality of selectable focal powers are described. The systems may include a number of switchable elements, each of which is capable of being switched between a first state and a second state, whe... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7048384 | Multiple scene projection system A projection system for presenting infrared scenes having biological and chemical agents, simulants and objects such as battlefield items. The generated scenes are primarily for the evaluation of infrared sensors, cameras and stand-off detectors. The system may have... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7016116 | Three-dimensional display system An image display system provides a viewer with an experience of three dimensional images by presenting a composite image source. The system includes first and second image sources, a beamcombiner, a lens and a reflective element. The reflective elements reflects the... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7012601 | Line drawing for a volumetric display A method for rapid rendering of a desired line in a volumetric display having a rotatable screen includes stepping the rotatable screen through a sequence of angular positions and, at each angular position, rendering, on the rotatable screen, a rasterized approximat... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6969174 | Apparatus and method for volumetric image reconstruction of volumetric images A volumetric display apparatus is disclosed which includes, one or more movable generator means to receive a multitude of light sources, wherein said light sources have a non-linear spatial distribution and are independently accessed for unequal access durations, in... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6959132 | One-to-M wavelength routing element Retroreflecting elements adapted for use in one-to-M wavelength routing elements are provided. Each retroreflecting element is configured to retroreflect an optical ray that is orthogonal to a reference plane. A first reflective surface, such as may be provided by a... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6935747 | Image enhancement and aberration corrections in a small real image projection system An improved real image projection system comprises, in the primary configuration, a tilted mirror to eliminate ghost reflections, and a unique arrangement allowing the introduction of a second background image without a 50%/50% beamsplitter, while providing system t... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6809891 | Image display device An image display device has a luminous image source operably positioned within a housing for projecting a projected image. The housing has a lens aperture covered by a lens assembly. The lens assembly is spaced apart from the luminous image source so that the lens a... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6767099 | System and method for displaying physical objects in space A real image projection system is provided including a projection system housing with an aperture. This device provides a real image projected into a viewable volume of space relative to the aperture. An optical assembly and an object positioning device adjacent to ... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6755532 | Method and apparatus for monocentric projection of an image A monocentric image generation system (100) for forming a curved image (110) using a spherical mirror (92), a beamsplitter (102) and a ball lens assembly (30) and, optionally, a field lens (112). An image source (94) ... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6733140 | Method of ghost reduction and transmission enhancement for a real image projection system A real image projection system includes at least one curved reflector, positioned in a tilted configuration, wherein an optical axis of the reflector is not coincident with a viewing axis, and a beampath between a target source and the curved reflector neither passe... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6612701 | Image enhancement in a real image projection system, using on-axis reflectors, at least one of which is aspheric in shape A real image projection system comprising two or more optical surfaces of revolution, with at least one comprising an aspheric surface of revolution. The aspheric surface of revolution is of a design to reduce natural aberrations inherent in imaging using... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6578971 | Self-illuminating concave video screen system A self-illuminating video screen system employing a concave display surface which provides for enhanced depth cueing. A method of designing a variety of shapes of self-illuminating video screen display surfaces by varying certain parameters of a common ma... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6497484 | Optical imaging apparatus An image projecting apparatus is provided to project a real image of an object to be displayed while obscuring the object from view by an observer located exteriorly of the image projecting apparatus. The apparatus includes a housing (12) having an interi... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6421182 | Apparatus for displaying an image suspended in space Apparatus for displaying an image suspended in space comprises an object (1) for display, a retroreflector (2) receiving light from the object, a beamsplitter (3) in a path for light from the object to the retroreflector, and a concave mirror (4) between ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6375326 | Fresnel image floater An image projection device includes a Fresnel lens positioned in an optical path of an illuminated image in such a way that light from the image passes twice through the Fresnel lens, once in each direction. The first optical element may be a planar mirro... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6356396 | Optical system having a generalized torus optical corrector An optical system includes a window, an optical corrector formed of a curved piece of a transparent material having a front surface and a back surface, and a sensor system with a sensor positioned such that the optical corrector is between the window and ... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6323999 | Image display apparatus An image display apparatus is provided with a screen having retro-reflectivity, a liquid crystal display device displaying an image, a projection optical system projecting the light of the liquid crystal display device onto the screen, and a beam magnifie... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6313951 | Optical system with zernike-shaped corrector An optical system includes a curved window, an optical corrector adjacent to a curved inner surface of the window, an optical train positioned such that the optical corrector lies between the curved window and the optical train, a movable optical train su... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6310730 | Optical system with asymmetric optical corrector An optical system includes a curved window, an asymmetric, scoop-shaped optical corrector adjacent to a curved inner surface of the window, an optical train positioned such that the optical corrector lies between the curved window and the optical train, a... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6302542 | Moving screen projection technique for volumetric three-dimensional display This invention relates generally to improved approaches for displaying volumetric three-dimensional (3D) images. The basic idea features improved optical-mechanical mechanisms enabling creation of volumetric 3D images by successive projection of whole fra... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6204973 | Apparatus for displaying an image suspended in space Apparatus for displaying an image suspended in space comprises an object (1) for display, a retroreflector (2) receiving light from the object, a beamsplitter (3) in a path for light from the object to the retroreflector, and a converging lens (4) between... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6062693 | Three-dimensional image projecting device The invention is intended to provide a three-dimensional image projecting device which is capable of presenting a three-dimensional image observable in a wide visual field without tiring eyes of an observer. A three-dimensional image displayed by three-di... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6028712 | Optical system and method for providing corrected optical images An optical system includes a housing having an axis of elongation, and a non-spherical window affixed to the housing. An optical corrector, preferably in the form of an aspherical strip of transparent material, is positioned adjacent to the curved inner s... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5956180 | Optical viewing system for asynchronous overlaid images An optical viewing system for producing multiple image displays comprises a first screen for displaying a first two-dimensional image on a first electronic display device at a first predetermined distance from an observer and a second screen for displayin... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5954414 | Moving screen projection technique for volumetric three-dimensional display This invention relates generally to new and improved approaches for displaying volumnetric three-dimensional (3D) images. The basic idea features new optical-mechanical mechanisms enabling creation of volumetric 3D images by successive projection of whole... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5949389 | Imaging system A method of producing a three-dimensional image comprises the steps of: sequentially producing images of depth plane contours of an object by tracing the images representative of the contours in each plane; and projecting the contour images onto a moving ... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5886818 | Multi-image compositing Image compositing apparatus and methodology for the creation, in a defined volume of three-dimensional space, of a composite organization of plural images/visual phenomena, including at least one projected real image, displayed in formats including (a) fr... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5877894 | System for viewing omnidirectionally projected images An omnidirectional viewing system for enabling viewers to view projected images from a plurality of positions about the system. The omnidirectional viewing system includes a plurality of cylindrical sheets of optically transmissive material stacked on one... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5680250 | Viewing assembly including prisms and mirrors rotatable about axes transverse to the line of sight A viewing assembly for viewing a two dimensional object in three dimensions is disclosed which has vision directing means for converging the lines of sight of a user of the viewing assembly to direct the sight of each eye of the user to predetermined segm... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5606454 | Volume display system and method for inside-out viewing A system wherein the observer can be positioned at the interior of a three dimensional display and observe the display looking outwardly therefrom. In accordance with a first embodiment of the invention, the rotating disk of the prior art is made sufficie... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5589980 | Three dimensional optical viewing system Optical viewing system for producing a simulated three dimensional image. The system includes electronic equipment for displaying an image on a first electronic display device. Additional electronic equipment is provided for displaying an image on at leas... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5572375 | Method and apparatus for manipulating, projecting and displaying light in a volumetric format The apparent position of a three-dimensional volumetric image can be "translated" or moved away from image generation apparatus by employing an image translation chamber comprising two concave reflectors. In one embodiment, a reduced portion or "sector" o... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5545561 | Contrast chamber for spotlighting bacterial colonies with respect to the culture medium thereof The contrast chamber for spotlighting bacterial colonies with respecto to their culture medium performs the automatic counting, through the use of an automatic processor connected to a reading head (7), of bacterial colonies which develop in the capsules ... | 08/13/1996 |
