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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8087792 | Variable sized optical beam homogenizer and method An optical beam homogenizer having an adjustable homogenizer chamber for selectively producing different sized homogenized output beams and related methods in accordance with one or more embodiments is described herein. ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7862188 | Image detection improvement via compensatory high frequency motions of an undedicated mirror Imaging systems in which an undedicated optical component—i.e., a component that would be present in the system even in the absence of image stabilization—is configured to undergo corrective motion and/or other correction of image data, and thus to function as a... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7648249 | Beam-steering apparatus having five degrees of freedom of line-of-sight steering A beam-steering apparatus comprises a set of planar tiltable mirrors positioned to define a light beam path therebetween. The set of planar tiltable mirrors comprises from three to five planar tiltable mirrors. Each of the planar tiltable mirrors has a center of rot... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7429115 | Vehicle mirror system for providing views along a side and a blind-spot of a vehicle including at least one prism and two rear-facing, non-parallel flat mirrors A mirror system for a vehicle having driver's side viewing device located in a mirror housing mounted on the vehicle wherein a first section of the mirror housing contains a viewing surface in the interior of the vehicle and a second portion of the mirror housing is... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7397585 | Imaging optical system and image reading apparatus including four, free-form shaped, resin off-axis reflective elements Obtained are an imaging optical system having a simple structure in which imaging position deviation due to deformation caused by a weight of an off-axial optical element is reduced and an image reading apparatus using the same. According to an imaging optical syste... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7373049 | Optical deflection array An optical deflection matrix including at least two optical deflection modules each for providing, from an incoming beam having a given direction of propagation, an output beam having a direction of propagation taken in a set of potential directions. The modules eac... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7349151 | IR absorbing reflector An infrared (IR) light absorbing reflector is formed with a substrate that supports a first IR absorptive multilayer part having multiple layers of partial IR absorbing thin films. The first IR absorptive multi-layer part supports a second visible light reflecting m... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341357 | Projection display apparatus A projection display apparatus includes an image forming element, and an imaging optical system made up of a plurality of reflectors for projecting an image formed by the image forming element to provide an enlarged version of the image, wherein at least one of the ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7324269 | Projection optical system, exposure apparatus and device fabricating method A projection optical system is provided for projecting a pattern on an object plane onto an image plane in a reduced size. The projection optical system has six reflective surfaces that include, in order of reflecting light from the object plane, a first reflective ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321468 | Method and optical arrangement for beam guiding of a light beam with beam delay A method for beam guiding of a light beam generated by a light source to a target location along a path distance LS, comprises splitting the light beam on the path distance LS at least once into a first partial beam and a second partial beam, g... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7296904 | Reflector for laser interrogation of three-dimensional objects A digital control for light beams. A position of an output light beam is changed based on a digital input control formed of a plurality of bits. The device may use movable mirrors to change the position of the output light beams. ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7268940 | Illuminating device An illuminating device, as for a microscope, includes a light source and a reflecting filter system. The beam of light of the light source undergoes a plurality of reflections in the reflecting filter system. The entering beam of the reflecting filter system has an ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7253928 | Imaging optical system and image reading apparatus using the same Obtained are an imaging optical system having a simple structure in which imaging position deviation due to deformation caused by a weight of an off-axial optical element is reduced and an image reading apparatus using the same. According to an imaging optical syste... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7252634 | Confocal probe having scanning mirrors mounted to a transparent substrate in an optical path of the probe A confocal probe unit is provided with a scanning type confocal probe, which includes at least one scanning mirror, and a transparent substrate on which the at least one scanning mirror is mounted. The transparent substrate is inserted in an optical path of the conf... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7237915 | Catadioptric projection system for 157 nm lithography A photolithographic reduction projection catadioptric objective includes a first optical group G1 including an even number of at least four mirrors M1–M6; and a second at least substantially dioptric optical group G2 imageward than the ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7232233 | Catoptric reduction projection optical system and exposure apparatus using the same A catoptric reduction projection optical system that uses light of light with a wavelength of 200 nm or less includes six light-reflecting mirrors arranged from an object side to an image side such that said mirrors basically form a coaxial system, wherein a third m... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7215474 | Method and apparatus for combining optical beams According to one aspect of the present invention, an apparatus for optically combining light beams is disclosed. The apparatus includes a set of prism shaped doorways configured to receive output beams from at least one optical device. Each of the plurality of doorw... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212353 | Optical element, optical system, and optical device Provided is a compact optical element that secures an optical path length and improves manufacturing precision economically. The optical element includes a transparent member having a first and second refracting surface, and reflecting surfaces. Light entering the t... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7195375 | Compact, high-efficiency, energy-recycling illumination system A compact light-beam homogenizer is realized by multiple reflections within internally-reflecting optical channels which are arranged in a folded configuration. The optical channels may be hollow with mirrored walls, or made of a solid transparent optical material. ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7137716 | Vehicle auxiliary rear view mirror assembly and method An auxiliary rear view mirror assembly for increasing a driver's lateral and rearward field of vision without adversely affecting the driver's forward field of vision. The auxiliary rear view mirror assembly is mounted at the rear of a vehicle in a location which is... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139121 | Projection microscope This projection microscope (10) includes an elongate support member (12) carrying a stage assembly (22) between its ends, the stage assembly (22) having opposed sides and an associated specimen holder (28). A light emitting source ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7130114 | Catoptric optical system There is provided a compact, strong and high-performance catoptric optical system. This catoptric optical system has plural optical curved reflective surfaces. A gap between a pair of reflective surfaces, through which light incident upon said catoptric projection o... | 10/31/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7080912 | High-resolution, all-reflective imaging spectrometer An imaging spectrometer includes an all-reflective objective module that receives an image input and produces an objective module output at an exit slit, and an all-reflective collimating-and-imaging module that receives the objective module output as an objective-e... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7070280 | Method for the generation of light of a given polarization state A method and apparatus or configuration generates light of a given polarization state (P). A polarization state-sensitive beam splitter is acted upon by light (L) at an input (E1), light (LP) of the given polarization state being output by the ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7062796 | Periscope swim goggles Periscope Swim Goggles are swimmer's goggles with a periscope situated above the water line that projects the view that is ahead of the swimmer through a fiber optic cable to a viewer located on the goggle's eyepiece. Generally, an open-water swimmer using the free ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7046412 | Scanning optical delay line using a reflective element arranged to rotate A method and apparatus delays an optical input using a scanning optical delay line. The scanning optical delay line includes an optical input and an optical output. A reflective element is arranged to rotate about an axis such that the reflective element maintains a... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7021778 | Compact-depth spiral telescope and method of making and using the same The invention according to a first aspect may include an optical system. The optical system may have an axial axis. This optical system may have a number of primary mirror segments. A number of reflectors may be arranged about the axial axis. The primary mirror segm... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7001031 | Image-forming optical system, projection type image display apparatus and image pickup apparatus The present invention discloses an image-forming optical system provided with a plurality of curved mirrors whereby two points at different distances are made to have an optically conjugate relationship, sequentially starting with a first conjugate point which is ne... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7002669 | Device for distance measurement The invention relates to a device with a detector element for receiving a light beam reflecting on an object, wherein means for detecting the light beam are provided in the detector element. The invention also relates to a method for distance measurement using said ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6996341 | Photographic apparatus for stereoscopic microscope A photographic apparatus is disclosed for use with a stereoscopic microscope having at least two observation light paths for obtaining at least two images having parallax, with the photographic apparatus guiding a light flux that has been split from one of the obser... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6995833 | Projection optical system, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method A projection optical system for projecting an image of a first object onto a second object includes a first imaging optical system that forms a first intermediate image of the first object, and includes a lens, a second imaging optical system that forms a second int... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6970286 | Multiple field of view reflective telescope A reflective afocal telescope is described herein that has multiple field of views and can be packaged in a compact arrangement. In one embodiment, the reflective telescope includes two entrance pupils, a primary mirror, a secondary mirror, a tertiary mirror, a quat... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6970493 | Diode-pumped laser with funnel-coupled pump source An optically pumped laser has a gain medium positioned inside of an optical resonator cavity and disposed about a resonator optical axis. An optical pumping source is positioned outside of the optical resonator cavity. A reflective coupler with a coupler body, and a... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6958861 | Method and apparatus for combining optical beams According to one aspect of the present invention, an apparatus for optically combining light beams is disclosed. The apparatus includes a set of prism shaped doorways configured to receive output beams from at least one optical device. Each of the plurality of doorw... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6933839 | Vehicle safety system A vehicle safety system used to enhance the safety of motorists by emitting warning signals from a remote unit. The vehicle safety system incorporates a local unit attached to an associated vehicle that detects the operating conditions of the associated vehicle and ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6922291 | Catoptric projection optical system and exposure apparatus A catoptric projection optical system for projecting a reduced size of a pattern on an object surface onto an image surface and for serving as an imaging system that forms an intermediate image between the object surface and image surface, includes six or more mirro... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6910780 | Laser and laser signal combiner An optical communication system for transmitting multiple optical beams, each at a different wavelength is disclosed. The optical communication system includes a laser array having multiple laser transmitters transmitting multiple optical beams, each at a different ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6908200 | Reflection optical device, and reflection solid-state optical device, imaging device comprising this, multiwavelength imaging device, video camera, and monitoring device mounted on vehicle Two reflection surfaces that are a first reflection surface (2) and a second reflection surface (3), each in a non-axisymmetric form, are disposed in the stated order in a direction in which light fluxes travel, and bring light fluxes from an object in... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6902282 | Fast, wide-field-of-view, relayed multimirror optical system An all-reflective, relayed optical system is arranged along a beam path. The optical system includes a first mirror having positive optical power, and a second mirror having a negative optical power, wherein the second mirror receives the beam path reflected from th... | 06/07/2005 |
