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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8000008 | Optical device with controllable deflection element for vibration compensation An optical device, in particular a microscope (1), that includes a beam path in which is arranged at least one deflection element (5, 6a to 6f) for deflecting the beam path, at least one vibration sensor (34) being arranged ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7417746 | Fabry-perot tunable filter systems and methods A spectral filter includes a two-dimensional array of Fabry-Perot cavity structures, a controller, and a sampling circuit used to switch the Fabry-Perot cavity. The filter receives an incoming image, the sampling circuit switches the cavity to generate a filter imag... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7369306 | Image reversion system, ancillary ophthalmoscopy module and surgical microscope The invention relates to an image reversion system (500) which enables an image reversion and beam transposition of a plurality of observation beam paths (503a, 503b, 504a and 504b) to be carried out sim... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7360922 | Combination of light tube with stabilizer A light tube assembly includes a light tube and a stabilizer which includes a tubular body with copper members that are slidably engaged with curved slots in a base. A core with terminal plates is received in the tubular body and two locking pin 51s extend th... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7349094 | Laser radar apparatus having multiple output wavelengths A coherent laser radar (lidar) device is described. The device has a transmitter portion that comprises a single wavelength laser source, a conversion means (such as an electro-optic modulator) for producing a combined light beam that comprises at least two componen... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7330313 | Telescope A telescope has at least one barrel. At least three optical elements, namely an objective lens, an inverting system, and an eyepiece are arranged within the barrel along a longitudinal axis thereof one behind another. Further, shaking movements of the barrel are com... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330657 | Method to demultiplex wavelengths of light An apparatus and method for demultiplexing multiple wavelengths of light. In one embodiment, an optical signal having a plurality of wavelengths is provided to an optical-to-electrical (OE) circuit configured to convert optical signals into electrical signals. The o... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327952 | Stage apparatus and camera shake correction apparatus using the stage apparatus A stage apparatus includes a Y-direction deformable body including a stationary support member, a movable support member and a pair of X-direction leaf springs to form a substantially rectangular shape in a free state; and an X-direction deformable body, positioned ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7310180 | Dielectric spacer for enhanced squeeze-film damping of movable members of MEMS devices In one embodiment, a capacitive micro electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) device includes a dielectric spacer between a bottom electrode and a movable member. The movable member may serve as a top electrode. A gap separates the top electrode from the dielectric spacer... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7233442 | Method and apparatus for spectral-beam combining of high-power fiber lasers Apparatus and method for spectral-beam combining light from a plurality of high-power fiber lasers that, in some embodiments, use two substantially identical diffraction gratings in a parallel, mutually compensating configuration to combine a plurality of separate p... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7199924 | Apparatus and method for spectral-beam combining of high-power fiber lasers Apparatus and method for spectral-beam combining light from a plurality of high-power fiber lasers that, in some embodiments, use two substantially identical diffraction gratings in a parallel, mutually compensating configuration to combine a plurality of separate p... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7126110 | Optronic passive surveillance device The present invention relates to an optronic passive surveillance device, especially for infrared surveillance. It comprises a front optic (1) of given useful instantaneous field, means (2) for scanning a scene with a given total field of observ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7057818 | Zoom lens and optical apparatus having the same A zoom lens which has a high variable magnification ratio and high optical performance and an optical apparatus having the zoom lens are provided. A zoom lens according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises, in order from an object side, a first, secon... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6999005 | Image compensation apparatus In an image compensation apparatus for controlling an attitude of an image pickup section capable of rotating around mutually orthogonal three axes, the apparatus comprises a sight line direction information detection section for detecting information about a sight ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6937395 | Panoramic viewing device A panoramic viewing apparatus has an imaging system that is arranged in a housing provided with a rotary drive. The imaging system has a lens system by means of which the images of the objects are imaged on a detector after passing through the lens system. There is ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6917470 | Optical apparatus This invention relates to an optical apparatus for observation which is provided with drive control means for driving a variable angle prism on the basis of an output signal from vibration detecting means and in which the variable angle prism is installed between an... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6909545 | Binocular vibration correcting device and binocular optical instrument Binocular vibration correcting device comprises left and right vibration-correcting optical systems that correct images by being driven in the yaw and pitch directions in accordance with vibration. Optical system holding members hold the left and right vibration-cor... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6816216 | Optical component and reflective plate, and device using the same optical component In a reflective type liquid crystal display unit which is provided with a reflective plate, there is provided a reflective liquid crystal display unit free from color mixture by preventing color mixing of reflected light is presented. The unit includes a substrate, ... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6807007 | Image-blur correcting viewing-optical system An image-blur correcting viewing-optical system includes an objective optical system, an image-erecting optical system and an eyepiece optical system. The objective optical system includes a front lens group having a positive lens element, a negative lens element an... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6587271 | Imaging lens An imaging lens, is formed of, in order from the object side, a zoom section for focusing and zooming, and a master section for imaging and vibration control. The master section is formed of, in order from the object side, a front lens group, and a rear l... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6571069 | Photographic zenith telescope The rays of light from an object under observation are condensed by objective lens. The incident light from the objective lens is reflected by plane reflector mirror to form a focused image on a detector. The plane reflector mirror floats in at least thre... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6533218 | Reconnaissance pod with movable sensor-bay window A reconnaissance pod for viewing a scene has a structural backbone extending generally parallel to a pod axis, a forward housing affixed to the backbone, and an aft housing affixed to the backbone. The aft housing is separated from the forward housing alo... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6487015 | Diffraction grating having multiple gratings with different cycles for generating multiple beams and optical pickup using such diffraction grating A diffraction grating for generating a plurality of beams includes a plurality of gratings. The plurality of gratings are formed to have an axis of symmetry perpendicular to the direction in which a beam is divided on a surface of diffraction grating and ... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6466370 | Image shake preventing mechanism and optical device provided with the mechanism An image deviation correcting device and an optical apparatus having such a device. The device includes: a driven part to be driven so as to correct an image deviation; a holder for holding the driven part; a first linkage arranged perpendicular to the op... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6429980 | Lens barrel In a lens barrel having a first holding tube holding a first optical system and a second holding tube holding a second optical system, support rollers are arranged at three parts on the periphery of each of the first and second holding tubes to restrain t... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6370329 | Stabilized camera A camera has camera optics and an optics support (3) which is rotatably journalled in a camera housing (5) and includes the camera optics. The camera optics include a first pivot mirror (7) at the input end and a second pivot mirror (11). The first pivot ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6226124 | Tremble correction device An angular positional data of binoculars in a lateral irection is calculated by integrating output of a gyro sensor. A positional data of correction lenses in the lateral direction is calculated by multiplying a driving step number of a rotor of a steppin... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6108133 | Stabilized multispectral sighting system The device has a stabilization mirror that is angularly steerable about two mutually orthogonal axes, and an optical system for splitting an incoming light beam into at least two channels corresponding to different wavelengths. The stabilization mirror is... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6042240 | Adjustable three dimensional focal length tracking reflector array A reflector for focusing sunlight upon a single location. The reflector is preferably positioned in orbit about a celestial body to focus sunlight on objects such as space debris to heat up and vaporize such debris. The reflector includes a plurality of u... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5940213 | Anti-vibration telescope An anti-vibration telescope allows an image formed on the retina of the observer's eye to remain stationary even when the telescope is tilted from its original position. The anti-vibration telescope includes an objective lens which has an anti-vibration o... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5880455 | Focal position detection apparatus having a light reflecting member with plural reflecting films This invention relates to a focal position detection apparatus for detecting a positional shift between the imaging position of an object image formed by a predetermined objective optical system and the detection surface of the object image. This apparatu... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5796517 | Inner focus type telescope An inner focus type telescope includes a sighting objective lens, a focusing lens, a horizon compensating optical system, a focal plane, and an eyepiece through which an object image formed on the focal plane can be viewed, arranged in this order from the... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5680200 | Inspection apparatus and method for optical system, exposure apparatus provided with the inspection apparatus, and alignment apparatus and optical system thereof applicable to the exposure apparatus The present invention relates to inspection apparatus and method in which, based on images under a plurality of focus conditions formed by way of an optical system to be inspected, namely, using images under a plurality of defocal conditions, tendency in ... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5672862 | Optical apparatus having image shake preventing function An optical apparatus or a control device to be used for a light flux deflecting apparatus is arranged to include at least two light flux deflecting portions and a control portion which control the driving actions of the at least two light flux deflecting ... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5648867 | Lens system and photographic copier for rotating images An objective has a first group of lenses with a first optical axis and a second group of lenses with a second optical axis. The optical axes are offset from and parallel to one another. A pair of Porroprisms is disposed between the first lens group and th... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5523887 | Stabilized imaging system A stabilized imaging system in which the lens assembly is fixed, and an electro-optic imager element is moveable to compensate for three-dimensional movements of the surrounding structure. Preferably the optical train also includes a movable prism, which ... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5424872 | Retrofit line of sight stabilization apparatus and method Apparatus and methods for stabilizing a line of sight of an optical system without the use of gimbals. The apparatus includes a fixed plano-concave lens element mounted in a frame and a moveable plano-convex lens element mounted in a carriage. The frame m... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5333076 | Stabilized imaging system A stabilized imaging system in which the lens assembly is fixed, and an electro-optic imager element is moveable to compensate for three-dimensional movements of the surrounding structure. Preferably the optical train also includes a movable prism, which ... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5172233 | Still camera apparatus In an electronic still camera apparatus wherein an image of an object is incident on an image pickup surface of a CCD through an optical lens, the object image passed the optical lens is divided into a portion entering the CCD and a portion entering a two... | 12/15/1992 |
| 4929040 | Five mirror, two perpendicular plane image derotator An image derotator (10) uses five or a higher odd number of) mirrors mounted in two perpendicular planes. When used in scanning systems (14) that result in image rotation, the derotator (10) will derotate the image, thereby maintaining a constant image or... | 05/29/1990 |
