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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8059344 | Multi-band lens An optical lens system that focuses both a first band of wavelengths and a second band of wavelengths onto a common focal plane. In some cases, the lens system includes a first region for focusing a first band of wavelengths onto a focal plane, and a second region f... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8009369 | Apochromatic lens An apochromatic lens with an aperture and exclusively refractive optical elements, comprising a plurality of lenses arranged in lens groups along an optical axis, wherein lenses of different materials are provided and wherein the lenses respectively comprise one of ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7957077 | Laser protective eyewear having improved glare protection A molded optical filter is provided having effective filtering of energy emissions at an optical density (OD) of greater than 4 in three energy emission bands corresponding to the wavelengths of laser emissions while preserving the wearer's ability to differentiate ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7916403 | Method for manufacturing IR cut-off filter coated lens array An exemplary method for manufacturing an infrared (IR) cut-off filter coated lens array includes: providing a light pervious panel having a first surface and a second surface at opposite sides thereof; forming an infrared cut-off filter film on the first surface of ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7864449 | Negative refraction photonic crystal lens A negative refraction photonic crystal lens is provided. The negative refraction photonic crystal lens includes a substrate and a plurality of voids periodically distributed in the substrate. The voids are configured extending along a direction longitudinally perpen... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7859768 | Optical element and optical apparatus The optical element includes in order from a light-entering side, a first layer (012), a second layer (013), and a base member (011). The first layer includes a concavo-convex structure with convex portions (012a) and concave porti... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7826150 | Optical lens A lens includes a central optical portion, a peripheral portion surrounding the central optical portion, a first ZnS coating formed on the central optical portion and the peripheral portion at one side of the lens, and a first MgF2 coating formed the cent... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7738187 | Optical element, projection lens and associated projection exposure apparatus An optical element (1) made of a material that is transparent to wavelengths in the UV region, which optical element (1) includes an oleophobic coating (6, 7) outside of its optically free diameter whose disperse component of the surface energy ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7733579 | Image pickup system An image pickup system includes one or more optical elements, wherein an infrared cut coating in which a maximum value of reflectance at the wavelength λ of 800 to 1200 nm is 30% or more, is formed on at least two optical surfaces of the optical elements. ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7688524 | Laser protective eyewear having improved glare protection A molded optical filter is provided having effective filtering of energy emissions at an optical density (OD) of greater than 4 in three energy emission bands corresponding to the wavelengths of laser emissions while preserving the wearer's ability to differentiate ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7511894 | Optical flip-flop circuit A flip-flop circuit of the present invention includes a first switch and a second switch which are connected in series to each other. The first switch includes: two input ports upon which light source light and signal light are incident; two output ports for outputt... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7511895 | Apparatus and method for extended depth of field imaging An extended depth of field is achieved by a computational imaging system that combines a multifocal imaging subsystem for producing a purposefully blurred intermediate image with a digital processing subsystem for producing a recovered image having an extended depth... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7492530 | Metallic nano-optic lenses and beam shaping devices A nano-optic device comprises a plurality of subwavelength apertures in a metal film or between metal islands. The device is adapted to shape a radiation beam transmitted there through. For example, beam shaping includes at least one of beam focusing, beam bending a... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7440170 | Method and apparatus for monitoring optical signal-to-noise ratio Optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) monitoring methods and apparatus are described. A tunable optical filter filters an optical channel containing an optical signal and noise. The total signal and noise power at the output of the filter is measured as the transmitt... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7397614 | Display device A display device includes an optical region containing a plurality of pigment grains. Each of the plurality of pigment grains formed by a plurality of pigment molecules encapsulated in an inorganic material, and each of the plurality of pigment grains has a grain si... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7375897 | Imaging systems In certain aspects, the disclosure relates to an imaging system, particularly an objective or an illumination device of a microlithography projection-exposure apparatus having an optical axis (OA), with at least one optical element of an optically uniaxial crystal m... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372640 | Enhanced color contrast lens A color contrast enhancing lens made from adhering two different lenses and a membrane together. It includes a color enhancing lens whose specific component will selectively absorb the yellow light in the visible spectrum, which enhances the user vision by enhancing... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7362515 | Electro-optical device, film member, laminated film, low refractivity film, laminated multilayer film and electronic appliances The invention provides an electro-optical device capable of improving a high light projection efficiency to the outside while maintaining sealing ability for providing high recognition of vision. An organic electroluminescence display can include a light permeable s... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7329981 | Optical filter and display apparatus with the same An optical filter applied to a display apparatus, disposes on a substrate with transparency and has a maximum absorption wavelength λ in a wavelength range of 575±20 nm in connection with a wavelength range from 450 to 650 nm. The optical filter satisfies a relati... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329856 | Image sensor having integrated infrared-filtering optical device and related method An image sensing device is disclosed having a die formed with an array of photosensing sites and a structure of optical material having infrared absorbing characteristics formed over the photosensing sites. An embodiment is disclosed in which the structure of optica... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7324169 | Projection optical system, projection television, and method of manufacturing lens included in projection optical system Provided are a projection optical system, a projection television, and a method of manufacturing a lens included in the projection optical system. The projection optical system includes lenses for projecting color beams onto a screen. A color filter layer, absorbing... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321473 | Aperture and projection lens system An aperture comprising a round filter portion and at least one annular filter portion is provided. The round filter portion and the annular filter portion are forming a round zone. A transmission wavelength range of the round filter portion is larger than a transmis... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7312434 | Method of filtering spectral energy A method is provided for suppressing a predetermined portion of an optical spectrum emanating from a light emitter. The optical spectrum illuminates an illumination area. The method includes the steps of fabricating a filter having a spectrophotometric transmittance... | 12/25/2007 |
| RE39911 | Wide field of view projection lenses for compact projection lens systems employing pixelized panels A projection lens for use with LCD panels is provided. The lens has a first lens unit which includes a strong negative lens element having an aspherical surface which provides distortion correction, and a second lens unit which includes a first lens subunit separate... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7277173 | Active optical alignment using MEMS mirrors An optical package includes one or more MEMS mirrors to provide alignment between internal optical components and the signal port(s) on the package (where one or more ports may include optical fiber attachments). Once the components are placed in the package, an ele... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7265915 | Detection device for a confocal microscope A detection device for an optical configuration, in particular for a confocal microscope, with a detector, a pinhole aperture 2 arranged before the detector in a beam path 1 of the detection light, and a lens 3 for focusing the detection light o... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7256948 | Anti-reflection coating, and optical element and optical system with anti-reflection coating An anti-reflection coating is formed on an optical surface of an optical member for reducing the amount of light rays reflected from the optical surface. For light rays in a wavelength range from 400 nm to 700 nm, the anti-reflection coating has a reflectance of 0.5... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7256947 | Optical element having minute periodic structure An optical element is disclosed which has a reflection suppressing function and a color balance correcting function in a minute periodic structure. The optical element has a base member and a minute periodic structure which is provided on a surface of the base membe... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7224769 | Digital x-ray camera Portable x-ray devices and methods for using such devices are described. The devices have an x-ray tube powered by an integrated power system. The x-ray tube is shielded with a low-density insulating material containing a high-Z substance. The devices can also have ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7203398 | Compact DMD-based optical module An optical module having an integral optical waveguide with waveguide ports at each end. The optical waveguide receives an input light beam through a first waveguide port. The input light beam passes through the waveguide and is emitted from the second waveguide por... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7193792 | Optical component and method for its production An optical component (10a) for at least two pencils (4, 5) of rays has at least one one-piece element (1, 2) of inorganic optical material and at least two segments (6, 7) which are coordinated with the pencils of rays and of which... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7175345 | Dental x-ray apparatus A dental x-ray apparatus (10) includes a tube head (11) formed from a cast zinc material. Structural components of tube head (11) include such component (20) formed from a plastic material impregnated with a high molecular weight substanc... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7149033 | UV visual light beam combiner An improved light beam combiner is disclosed that creates a more uniform light source across the UV, Visual, and NIR range. It is an optical mechanical device made up of a standard high low dielectric thin film which, when placed at a 45 degree angle between a Deute... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7142375 | Films for optical use and methods of making such films Films for optical use, articles containing such films, methods for making such films, and systems that utilize such films, are disclosed. ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7119969 | Pixel matched camera optics An optical system and method comprising acquiring radiation in a plurality of spectral bands, each acquired by a discrete collector, receiving the acquired radiation in one or more of the spectral bands with one or more afocal zoom optics, each receiving radiation f... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7099091 | Display device In a display device comprising an optical region containing a plurality of pigment grains utilized for wavelength selection, anti-reflection, improvement of the light emitting performance and the like, dyestuff molecules utilized for forming the pigment grains to be... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7092587 | Multichannel optical demultiplexer with varying angles of incidence to the light bandpass filters An optical demultiplexer includes a first light bandpass filter that receives an input light beam at a first angle of incidence, passes a first light wavelength, and reflects a reflected beam, and a second light bandpass filter that receives the reflected beam at a ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7088518 | Bidirectional optical device A multiband wavelength multiplexed optical device for bidirectional communication over one light path. The device may use dichroic filters or reflectors, or other mechanisms for wavelength or bandwidth separation or discrimination of sent or received light signals. ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7082000 | Aspherical lens with grating An aspherical lens (10, 10′) has an aspherical surface (101, 101′) and an opposite flat surface (102, 102′). A multiple-step grating is defined in the flat surface by a photolithographic method. The aspherical lens has a reduced chromatic ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7077567 | X-ray tubehead housing with slant-angle partition A container to secure an x-ray source is provided. The container includes a base and a cover each having an inside surface. The base and cover are assembled together forming a fluid tight chamber defined by the inside surfaces of the base and cover to secure x-ray s... | 07/18/2006 |
