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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7738190 | Optical engine and wide angle projection lens module thereof A wide-angle projection lens module is provided, including a reflective convex aspheric mirror and a refractive lens group of positive refractive power. The following Conditions (1) to (2) are satisfied: 15 | 06/15/2010 |
| 7697219 | Non-imaging facet based optics A high efficiency and compact optical device comprising two or more active and resonating optical facet surfaces defined by a three-dimensional representation and configured to provide a three-dimensional device. A focal region, remote from the optical surfaces and ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7558007 | Radar apparatus and optical receiver thereof A radar apparatus has a light receiver that includes a refractive body and a mirror on an opposite surface of the refractive body relative to an incidence surface of the refractive body for receiving an incident light from an outside of the radar apparatus. The refr... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7433133 | Optical system The present invention provides an optical system for illuminating and viewing a target in which an illumination element and a receiving means are disposed behind a single optical window, and which obtains data essentially free of backscatter and stray light. The opt... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433127 | Imaging device and display device Disclosed are an imaging device and a display device which both have a simple structure without any need of an image conversion. The imaging device includes a lens component group including multiple lens component systems, each of which focuses incident light from t... | 10/07/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7403343 | Panoramic attachment optical system, and panoramic optical system The invention relates to a panoramic attachment optical system and a panoramic optical system for taking an image having a full 360°-direction angle of view or projecting an image at a full 360°-direction angle of view. These optical systems are reduced in size an... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7391580 | Ultra compact mono-bloc catadioptric imaging lens A mono-bloc catadioptric imaging lens comprising a solid body and a single-focal Maksutov type construction characterized by two refractive surfaces and two reflective surfaces wherein all surfaces are surfaces of revolution and wherein at least one surface is asphe... | 06/24/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7355560 | Dielectric lens, dielectric lens device, design method of dielectric lens, manufacturing method and transceiving equipment of dielectric lens A design process first determines a desired aperture distribution, then converts the electric power conservation law, Snell's law on the rear face side of a dielectric lens, and the formula representing light-path-length constraint, into simultaneous equations, and ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7342869 | Optical-recording medium playback apparatus and optical-recording medium, including flying optical head features An optical-recording-medium playback apparatus includes a first optical member which focuses light emitted from a light-emitting unit on an optical recording medium, a second optical member which focuses light reflected by the optical recording medium, a light-recei... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7333276 | Optical element and lighting device provided therewith An optical element that condenses light emitted from a light source has: an entrance surface where the light enters; an exit surface from which the light entering inside via the entrance surface; and a reflection surface that directs, to the exit surface by total re... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325354 | Weapon aiming device A weapon aiming system may utilize a laser diode and a reflective coating on an optical element to generate a red dot aim point for a shooter with a bright view to the target with minimal color distortion. The optical element may utilize an off-axis parabolic lens t... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327525 | Optical system The present invention provides an optical system for illuminating and viewing a target in which an illumination element and a receiving means are disposed behind a single optical window, and which obtains data essentially free of backscatter and stray light. The opt... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7312933 | Rectangular monobloc optical lens and manufacturing method thereof A rectangular monobloc optical lens and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. A monobloc optical lens includes a rectangular surround and a central mirror-surface area. The rectangular surround is mounted inside a clipping part of a lens holder. The central ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7307797 | Zoom lens system, lens barrel, imaging device and camera A zoom lens system comprising a plurality of lens units each composed of at least one lens element, wherein an interval between at least any two lens units is changed so that an optical image is formed with a continuously variable magnification, the zoom lens system... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7303290 | Laser beam focusing arrangement and method A lightweight, compact image projection module, especially for mounting in a housing having a light-transmissive window, is operative for causing selected pixels in a raster pattern to be illuminated to produce an image of high resolution of VGA quality or higher in... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302181 | Single lens multiple light source device An optical communication device having multiple light sources under a single lens. The optical communication device has two light sources. The optical communication device has a lens optically coupled to the two light sources. The lens is shaped to direct light from... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7283702 | Method and apparatus for optimizing the target intensity distribution transmitted from a fiber coupled array Encircled far field energy is substantially increased by modifying the near field energy distribution of radiation from each fiber in an emitting array. Each beamlet output from a fiber is modified to have a generally uniform cross-sectional energy distribution, usi... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7277231 | Projection objective of a microlithographic exposure apparatus A projection objective of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus has a correction device which can correct photoinduced imaging errors without optical elements having to be removed for this purpose. The correction device includes a first optical element a... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7274043 | Light emitting diode systems Light emitting diode systems are disclosed. An optical display system that includes a light emitting diode (LED) and a cooling system is disclosed. The cooling system is configured so that, during use, the cooling system regulates a temperature of the light emitting... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270447 | Uniform luminance and color mixing lens for LED device A lens for an LED having a lens body providing total internal reflection of light emitted by the LED from a first emission point disposed proximate a first junction of the lens body and centerplane. The lens includes an arcuate light-diffusing edge for diffusing lig... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268952 | Catadioptric projection system, and exposure apparatus having the same A catadioptric projection system for forming an intermediate image of a first object plural times, and images the intermediate image onto a second object includes at least two deflective reflectors, a lens unit arranged in an optical path between the two deflective ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7268956 | Solid catadioptric lens with two viewpoints A dual viewpoint solid catadioptric lens has a first spherical refractive surface S1 having a center C1 located on an optical axis of the lens and having a radius r1, and a second spherical refractive surface S2 having a center C2 ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7268917 | Image correction processing method and apparatus for correcting image data obtained from original image affected by peripheral light-off An image correction processing apparatus for correcting a pixel value of each pixel constituting image data obtained from an original image affected by the peripheral light-off is disclosed. The apparatus includes a pixel coordinate transforming unit for converting ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7224520 | Compact fast catadioptric imager A compact, optically fast catadioptric imager. In one embodiment, the catadioptric imager of this invention includes a first group of optical elements optically disposed to receive electromagnetic radiation from an object and having positive optical power, a second ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222995 | Unitary reflector and lens combination for a light emitting device A unitary lens and light emitting device combination is provided that produces a highly uniform beam of light, corrected for distortions and gaps in illumination, throughout a full output beam width. The unitary lens incorporates all of the necessary optical surface... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7196315 | Eccentric optical system and optical apparatus using same An eccentric optical system forming an optical path where an incident light beam is internally reflected three times to fold the optical path, and then emitted from a transmission surface and imaged on an image surface, and an optical path where the incident light b... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7187866 | System for distributing information and energy using fiber optic and optical wireless networks Disclosed is a system for distributing information and photonic energy into at least one room of a building, comprising a lighting generator for generating visible light energy, an infrared (IR) heat generator for generating IR heat energy, and an optical fiber subs... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182496 | Multiple LED focused lighting device A multiple LED based lighting device for commercial indoor or outdoor architectural applications is disclosed. The lighting device uses multiple LEDs which are arranged in a symmetrical array in order to combine their light output. The LEDs are supported in a fixed ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7181378 | Compact folded-optics illumination lens The present embodiments provide for apparatuses, and methods for manufacturing apparatuses to convert a first distribution of an input radiation to a second distribution of output radiation. The apparatus can be defined in some embodiments by generating a two-dimens... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7167584 | Device for acquiring a three-dimensional shape by optoelectronic process The invention concerns a device for acquiring the three-dimensional shape of an object (10) by opto-electronic process, comprising a chromatic system (18) for illuminating the object (10) and for picking up the light reflected or backscattered b... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7123420 | Imaging optical system A luminous flux, from one conjugate surface (A), having an opening angle of at least 10° sequentially passes through a first optical system (30) having a luminous flux convergent action in the vicinity of its reference axis and a second optical system (31... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7121691 | Lamp assembly with interchangeable light distributing cap A lamp assembly includes a thermally conductive post aligned in an axial direction, a light emitting diode (LED) at an axial end of the post, a first arched reflector that reflects light from the LED and that has an apex generally aligned along the axial direction a... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7082001 | Dual mode mirror imaging system A dual mode mirror imaging system is described having a Cassegrain-type objective assembly having a primary mirror with a hole in its center and a secondary mirror spaced in front of the primary mirror, and imager optics disposed in the hole. The secondary mirror is... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7071973 | Digital camera having multiple image taking modes A rotatable semitransparent mirror is arranged at an inclination above the optical path from the taking lens to the image sensing element, and the light reflected by the semitransparent mirror is directed to an optical finder provided above the mirror. The image sen... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7068200 | Methods and circuit for suppressing transients in an output driver and data conversion systems using the same A driver circuit with power-down transient suppression includes an amplifier for driving a load coupled to an output of the amplifier, a ramp-down voltage generator having a capacitor and a resistor for generating a ramp-down voltage during power-down of the amplifi... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7046459 | Catadioptric reductions lens A catadioptric projection lens for imaging a pattern arranged in an object plane while creating a real intermediate image, having a catadioptric first lens section having a concave mirror and a beam-deflection device, as well as a dioptric second lens section that f... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7019918 | Panoramic imaging system A panoramic lens includes an aspherical convex surface and an aspherical concave surface. The convex surface includes a transparent portion and an internally reflective portion, and the concave surface also includes a transparent portion and an internally reflective... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6995930 | Catadioptric projection objective with geometric beam splitting A projection exposure lens has an object plane, optical elements for separating beams, a concave mirror, an image plane, a first lens system arranged between the object plane and the optical elements for separating beams, a second double pass lens system arranged be... | 02/07/2006 |
