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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8045271 | Laser irradiation method and laser irradiation apparatus The present invention is to provide a laser irradiation technique for irradiating the irradiation surface with the laser beam having homogeneous intensity distribution using a cylindrical lens array without being affected by the intensity distribution of the origina... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8000016 | Laser irradiation apparatus and manufacturing method of semiconductor device A deflecting mirror which deflects a laser beam emitted from a laser oscillator, a transfer lens, a cylindrical lens array which divides the laser beam having passed through the transfer lens into a plurality of laser beams, and a condensing lens which superposes th... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7782535 | Device for beam shaping A device for beam shaping is particularly suited for producing a linear intensity distribution in a working plane. The device includes a laser light source, which can emit a multi-mode laser radiation. The beam quality factor of the radiation with regard to a first ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7684119 | Device for homogenizing light A device for homogenizing light contains at least one optically functional surface through which light to be homogenized can pass and a plurality of concave and convex cylindrical lenses which are disposed in an alternating fashion one next to the other on the at le... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7595932 | Laser irradiation method and laser irradiation apparatus The present invention is to provide a laser irradiation technique for irradiating the irradiation surface with the laser beam having homogeneous intensity distribution using a cylindrical lens array without being affected by the intensity distribution of the origina... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7557991 | Laser irradiation apparatus, laser irradiation method, and method for manufacturing semiconductor device It is an object of the present invention to provide a laser irradiation apparatus which can form a linear beam spot with a short optical path length, form a linear beam spot being long in a long-side direction, and reduce displacement of a condensing point at opposi... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7532406 | Device for homogenizing light A device for homogenizing light has at least two cylindrical lens arrays which are placed one behind the other in a direction of diffusion of the light to be homogenized and which each have convex and concave cylindrical lenses disposed next to one another in an alt... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7443592 | Visual effect apparatus for displaying interlaced images using block out grids A container for producing a graphical image. The container includes a container wall with front and rear portions. A label is included that extends about the circumference of the container with an inner surface contacting an exterior surface of the rear portion of t... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438424 | Illumination optical apparatus and projection type display apparatus An illumination optical apparatus and a projection type display apparatus capable of enhancing an illumination efficiency; having an ellipsoidal mirror, a light source arranged at a first focal point of the ellipsoidal mirror, a stop arranged closer to said light so... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7427743 | Optoelectronic sensor An optoelectronic sensor has a receiving optics and a lighting arrangement in the vicinity of the receiving optics. A plurality of light emitting diodes (LED) are linearly arranged relative to each other, and they illuminate a light receiving area. Anamorphic imagin... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7411640 | Image display device and portable terminal device using the same In a display panel, a plurality of pixel sections are arranged in the form of a matrix. Each of the pixel sections includes a pixel for displaying an image for the left eye and a pixel for displaying an image for the right eye. Lenticular lens having repeated convex... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7387389 | Image display system and method An image display device includes an image processing unit, a light source assembly, an optical modulator assembly, and a projection lens assembly. The image processing unit is configured to receive a video signal and generate image data and control signals. The ligh... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7379160 | Optical integrator, illumination optical device, exposure apparatus, and exposure method An optical integrator having characteristics to reduce effects of manufacturing errors of many minute refraction surfaces integrally formed by, for example, etching on an illumination intensity distribution. An optical integrator (8) comprising an integrally ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7375893 | Method of manufacturing microlens, microlens, optical film, screen for projection, projector system, electrooptical device and electronic equipment A method of manufacturing a microlens having a convex shape on a substrate includes: a step of providing a first droplet on the substrate, a step of forming a first convex portion by drying the first droplet so as to solidify the first droplet, a step of providing a... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372630 | Laser, irradiation apparatus, laser irradiation method, and method for manufacturing semiconductor device Providing a method and apparatus for efficiently irradiating a uniform laser light on an irradiation surface even when a laser light of high coherence or a large size substrate is used. The laser irradiation apparatus of the invention comprises a laser; means for di... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371620 | Apparatus and method for laser radiation There is provided an improvement on homogeneity of annealing performed utilizing radiation of a laser beam on a silicon film having a large area. In a configuration wherein a linear laser beam is applied to a surface to be irradiated, optimization is carried out on ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7355800 | Apparatus for projecting a line of light from a diode-laser array A line-of-light projecting module is illuminated by a diode-laser bar and includes light-pipe for homogenizing light from the diode-laser bar in the slow-axis. A shaping optics assembly directs the light emitted by the diode-laser bar into the entrance end of the li... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354162 | Projector A projector includes: a light source device that emits substantially parallel illumination light; a first lens array having a plurality of first small lenses each of which divides the illumination light coming from the light source device into a plurality of partial... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7339975 | Apparatus for synthesizing laser beams (Problem to be solved) To provide a laser beam synthesizing apparatus which is small in size and high in output power. (Means for solving the problem) A convergent angle transforming optical system 30 is disposed further upstream of the upstream-most p... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7322700 | Image display apparatus An image display apparatus includes an indicating element which modulates or emits light as a pixel in accordance with image information. A displacement unit optically displaces a position of the pixel for each of two or more sub-fields constituting an image field c... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7317179 | Systems and methods to shape laser light as a homogeneous line beam for interaction with a film deposited on a substrate Systems and methods are disclosed for shaping and homogenizing a laser beam for interaction with a film. The shaping and homogenizing system may include a lens array and a lens that is positioned to receive laser light from the lens array and produce a respective el... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317577 | Methods for producing a black matrix on a lenticular lens An opaque matrix that defines transparent apertures may be formed on a lenticular lens by applying an infrared radiation sensitive material to the flat surface of the lenticular lens, projecting infrared radiation through the lenticular lens onto the infrared radiat... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7304802 | Clear walled containers with lenticular inserts A container for producing a graphical image within the container. The container includes a container wall with a front portion and a rear portion. A label is included that extends about the circumference of the container with an inner surface contacting an exterior ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7298556 | Illuminating optical system, image display apparatus using same and image display method An illuminating optical system including a lamp light source and a reflecting mirror device. The lamp light source emits light. The reflecting mirror device having double reflecting mirror arrays formed in at least a portion thereof which at least partly adjust a di... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7286764 | Reconfigurable modulator-based optical add-and-drop multiplexer An optical add and drop multiplexer system comprising a first module for providing a first signal; a second module for providing a second signal; and a modulator for receiving a channel of the first signal at a first location, the first location configured to actuat... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7277188 | Systems and methods for implementing an interaction between a laser shaped as a line beam and a film deposited on a substrate Systems and methods are disclosed for focusing a beam for an interaction with a film deposited on a substrate wherein the focused beam defines a short axis and a long axis. In one aspect, the system may include a detecting system to analyze light reflected from the ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7265908 | Apparatus for projecting a line of light from a diode-laser array Optical apparatus for projecting a line of light includes a diode-laser bar having a plurality of individual emitters, input and output microlens arrays, a lens and other optical elements. The diode-laser bar, the microlens arrays, and the lens are configured and ar... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262917 | Out-of-plane pre-aligned refractive micro lens An inexpensive device and method of fabricating microlenses able to be pre-aligned with other optical components (e.g., mirrors, splitters, and prisms, cylindrical lenses, plano-plates and prisms) fabricated on the same substrate to form an integrated optical platfo... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259915 | Microlens array sheet Disclosed is a microlens array sheet capable of improving a viewing angle by maintaining a fill factor while reducing a radius of curvature of the microlens of the microlens array sheet. To this end, the microlens array sheet includes: a substrate; a lens arranged o... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7259916 | Clear walled containers with lenticular inserts and wraparound labels A container for producing a graphical image within the container. The container includes a container wall with a front portion and a rear portion. A label is included that extends about the circumference of the container with an inner surface contacting an exterior ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7241027 | Illumination system providing light of Gaussian distribution, projection system, and method of forming color image An illumination system includes a light source, first and second cylindrical lens arrays, and a relay lens. The first cylindrical lens array includes a plurality of cylindrical lens cells which divide light emitted from the light source into a plurality of beams. Th... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7242525 | Clear walled containers with lenticular inserts A container for producing a graphical image within the container. The container includes a container wall with a front portion and a rear portion. A label is included that extends about the circumference of the container with an inner surface contacting an exterior ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7232227 | Image display device The image display device is configured to include the light source including a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements, a parallelizing unit including a plurality of cell lenses arranged in a one-to-one correspondence with each of the plurality of semicon... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7213920 | Image display apparatus According to the present invention, there is provided an image display device including a non-luminous reflection type spatial light modulating element, illuminating system to illuminate the reflection type spatial light modulating element and a projection lens and ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212630 | Method and apparatus for encryption using partial information A method and apparatus of encrypting optical images using binarization or phase only information is presented with a number of ways to secure the image also being provided. An image to be encrypted is first multiplied by a random phase function. The Fourier transfor... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7212345 | Randomized patterns of individual optical elements A method of randomizing elements into a random pattern on a surface so the random pattern of elements substantially entirely consumes a region of the surface includes choosing an overlap distance and creating an initial pattern of elements that substantially entirel... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7187507 | Optical component and laser irradiation apparatus The present invention provides an optical component for fixing a lens comprising a base, a holder, and a fastener. The base has a concave side surface and at least one first hole. The holder has a cylindrical shape and has a second hole penetrating through a center ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7181105 | Method for adjusting alignment of laser beams in combined-laser-light source where the laser beams are incident on restricted area of light-emission end face of optical fiber A combined-laser-light source includes: a plurality of semiconductor lasers; an optical fiber; and an optical system which converges a bundle of laser beams emitted from the plurality of semiconductor lasers, and makes the converged bundle of the laser beams enter t... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177081 | High contrast grating light valve type device A grating light valve has with a plurality of spaced reflective ribbons are spatially arranged over a substrate with reflective surfaces. The grating light valve is configured to optimized the conditions for constructive and destructive interference with an incident... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7164537 | Wraparound labels with lenticular lenses for clear walled containers A container for producing a graphical image within the container. The container includes a container wall with a front portion and a rear portion. A label is included that extends about the circumference of the container with an inner surface contacting an exterior ... | 01/16/2007 |
