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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189263 | Image waveguide with mirror arrays An image waveguide includes an in-coupling region for receiving input light into the image waveguide and an out-coupling region for emitting output light from the image waveguide. The in-coupling region includes a one dimensional array of in-coupling mirror structur... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8000020 | Substrate-guided imaging lens There is provided an optical system, including a substrate having a major surface and edges, an optical element for coupling light into the substrate by total internal reflection, a reflecting surface carried by the substrate, a retardation plate and a reflecting op... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7839575 | Optical device for use with scanned beam light sources Substrate-guided relays that employ light guiding substrates to relay images from sources to viewers in optical display systems. The substrate-guided relays are comprised of an input coupler, an intermediate substrate, and an output coupler. In some embodiments, the... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7800827 | Method of manufacturing an ophthalmic lens for providing an optical display The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a vision correction lens that has a front face and a rear face, and into which light beams emitted by an optical element of a light beam generator system are introduced via an entry surface and directed towards the ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7724443 | Substrate-guided optical device utilizing thin transparent layer There is provided an optical device, including a light-transmitting substrate having two major surfaces and edges, an optical element (16) for coupling light waves into the substrate by total internal reflexion, and a plurality of partially reflecting surface... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7719770 | Three-dimensional display device with background image display The present invention relates to a 3-dimensional video display device using a single image source for background image and object image display, which uses a double Fresnel lens structure, multi-reflector, and half mirror part. In particular, the present invention r... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7656586 | Rearview mirror for a motor vehicle A rear-view mirror (3) for a motor vehicle is provided with a reflector layer (40) which is used to reflect light which impinges on the rear-view mirror (3) from a first viewing direction, a display layer (36) which is arranged behind the... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7525735 | High resolution head mounted projection display An exemplary embodiment of the invention relates to an on-axis or near on-axis optical head mounted projection display optical assembly for transmitting and magnifying a real image to an eye. The assembly comprises a miniature display, a projection lens for receivin... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7430078 | Multiple imaging arrangements for head mounted displays A head mounted display is disclosed that utilizes a single video display screen to transport images to both eyes. Multiple reflections are created by illuminating the display screen form a plurality of directions, or by illuminating the display screen with light bea... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7420751 | Compact optical apparatus for head up display In a head up display apparatus adapted to be mounted on a head in the goggle type or the head gear type and enable a video image to be observed, wherein an original image is directed to an eyeball through a reflecting optical system to enable the image to be observe... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7408715 | Image display apparatus and image display system An image display apparatus having a compact size and appropriately achieving a larger field angle is disclosed while it has two optical systems guiding light from a single image forming device to both eyes. The apparatus has the single image forming device forming a... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7397607 | Micro-display engine Virtual displays with micro-display engines are arranged in compact, lightweight configurations that generate clear virtual images for an observer. The displays are particularly suitable for portable devices, such as head-mounted displays adapted to non-immersive or... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7394986 | Flat top optical filtering component The invention relates to wavelength-selective optical filters for allowing light of a narrow optical spectral band, centered around a wavelength (λc) to pass through them, while reflecting the wavelengths lying outside this band. According to the inventi... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7391573 | Substrate-guided optical devices There is provided an optical device, having a light-transmitting substrate having at least two major surfaces (26) parallel to each other and edges; optical means (16) for coupling light waves located in a field-of-view into the substrate by internal r... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7372447 | Microdisplay for portable communication systems The invention relates to a microdisplay system that utilizes a small high resolution active matrix liquid crystal display with an illumination system and a magnifying optical system to provide a hand held communication display device. The system can employ an LED il... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7362507 | Polarizing beam splitter A polarizing beam splitter is disclosed that includes a first prism, a second prism, and a reflective polarizing film disposed between the first prism and the second prism. The first prism comprises a first polymeric material, and has a first outer curved surface an... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359122 | Prism assembly A prism assembly includes a first prism having a first front face, a first side face, and a first rear face, a second prism having a second front face parallel to the first rear face, a second side face, and a second rear face. The second prism is configured to dire... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355795 | Head-up display device with curved optical surface having total reflection A display device for displaying information is provided with an optical system for guiding the light of the display device to the eye, the optical system having, in the order in the proceeding direction of the light, an entrance face for receiving the light, a curve... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350922 | Three-dimensional display using variable focal length micromirror array lens A three-dimensional display device includes a two-dimensional display displaying a depthwise image, and a variable focal length micromirror array lens receiving light from the two-dimensional display and forming a corresponding image in the required location in spac... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7345822 | Head-up display device with curved optical surface having total reflection A display device for displaying information is provided with an optical system for guiding the light of the display device to the eye, the optical system having, in the order in the proceeding direction of the light, an entrance face for receiving the light, a curve... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7346261 | Image display apparatus There disclosed is an image display apparatus having a light source, a scanning member for deflecting a light from the light source to scan a predetermined surface with the light to form a two-dimensional image thereon, a first optical system for guiding a light def... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7334900 | Three-dimensional image projecting apparatus The invention provides a three-dimensional image projecting apparatus. The three-dimensional image projecting apparatus comprises a light signal generator, a filter device, a focusing device and a reflecting device. The light signal generator is used for generating ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7324048 | Wavelength division multiplexing methods and apparatus for constructing photonic beamforming networks Methods and apparatus for constructing phased array antenna beamforming networks are provided, that allow to scan multiple beams and select appropriate sets of delay lines simultaneously. The beamforming networks disclosed herein generate less losses than convention... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321354 | Microdisplay for portable communication systems The invention relates to a microdisplay system that utilizes a small high resolution active matrix liquid crystal display with an illumination system and a magnifying optical system to provide a hand held communication display device. The system can employ an LED il... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7315357 | Imaging and analyzing parameters of small moving objects such as cells Light from an object such as a cell moving through an imaging system is collected and dispersed so that it is imaged onto a plurality of separate detectors. The light is spectrally dispersed by a plurality of spaced-apart dichroic reflectors, each detector receiving... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7300156 | Prism assembly for separating light A prism assembly is provided. The prism assembly comprises a first prism component having a triangular cross-section along an optical path, a second prism component having a first quadrilateral cross-section along the optical path, a third prism component having a s... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7286719 | Method and apparatus for correcting crosstalk and spatial resolution for multichannel imaging A multi-channel imaging system generates an ensemble of images for each field of view of an object. Each image in the ensemble is intended to contain information from only one source among a plurality of sources for the object. However, due to crosstalk, at least a ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281804 | Prism assembly for separating light A prism assembly is provided. The prism assembly comprises a first prism component having a triangular cross-section along an optical path, a second prism component having a first quadrilateral cross-section along the optical path, a third prism component having a s... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7277641 | Multiple access space communications optical system using a common telescope aperture The present invention relates to a multiple access space laser communications optical system. According to the present invention, multiple optical signals containing a number of channels are simultaneously received and demultiplexed at a multiple access communicatio... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7268930 | Optical modulator An optical modulator used for optically modulating electromagnetic energy. The optical modulator comprises a substrate and three substantially planar reflectors arranged substantially mutually orthogonal to each other. The planar reflectors comprise a base reflector... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7262919 | Head-up display device with curved optical surface having total reflection A display device for displaying information is provided with an optical system for guiding the light of the display device to the eye, the optical system having, in the order in the proceeding direction of the light, an entrance face for receiving the light, a curve... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260136 | Multiple laser cavity A method of using at least a part of a cavity for a first and at least one second laser includes providing a first laser beam to the part of the cavity, splitting the first beam into a first and a second part, splitting the first part into a third and a fourth part,... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7253960 | Head-up display device with rotationally asymmetric curved surface A display device for displaying information is provided with an optical system for guiding the light of the display device to the eye, the optical system having, in the order in the proceeding direction of the light, an entrance face for receiving the light, a curve... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7247866 | Contamination barrier with expandable lamellas A contamination barrier that passes through radiation from a radiation source and captures debris coming from the radiation source is disclosed. The contamination barrier includes an inner ring, an outer ring, and a plurality of lamellas. The lamellas extend in a ra... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7242383 | Portable microdisplay system An active matrix color crystal display has an active matrix circuit, a counterelectrode panel and an interposed layer of liquid crystal. The active matrix display is located in a portable microdisplay system that has a display computer that generates images to be di... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7227515 | System and method for forming images for display in a vehicle A system is disclosed that includes a lens system that directs energy from a scene toward a detector and display unit coupled to the detector. The display unit forms an image using information received from the detector. The detector includes an array of detector el... | 06/05/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7224325 | Vehicle display device A vehicular display device, in which positional adjustment of a display image is easy, is provided, and the vehicular display device (head-up display) 1 comprises a display 3 to emit a display light forming a predetermined display image, a reflecting m... | 05/29/2007 |
| RE39643 | Wide field of view imaging system A wide FOV imaging system (10) includes an objective lens (14), a convergent reflective element (18) positioned proximate an intermediate image (16) formed by the objective lens, and a re-imaging lens (20) for re-imaging the interm... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221457 | Imaging platform for nanoparticle detection applied to SPR biomolecular interaction analysis A flow imaging system is used to implement surface plasmon resonance (SPR) detection to study bio-molecular interactions. The flow imaging system is used to capture SPR absorption spectra of large numbers of objects, where each object includes both a metal film capa... | 05/22/2007 |
