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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8164844 | Optical filter and lighting apparatus An optical filter and a lighting device using the same wherein the suppression of the melatonin secretion by the reception of light in the nighttime is prevented and the color of light is maintained. The optical filter has a mean transmissivity of a light beam in a ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8120864 | Display filter, display device and method for forming display filter A display filter including a base portion having a recess, a first part disposed in the recess and having a first refractive index different from a refractive index of the base portion, and a second part disposed in the recess and having a second refractive index di... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8094394 | Optical filter An optical filter that transmits light of the visible light region includes a dielectric substrate; a dielectric layer that is formed on a surface of the dielectric substrate; and a first metal structure group in which a plurality of first metal structures are arran... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8068297 | Dioxazine sulfamoyl compound, coloring powder composition for color filter, and color filter The present invention relates to a pigment composition or pigment dispersion that is ideal for producing the blue pixel portion of a color filter for a liquid crystal display device, and a color filter. The invention has an object of providing a color filter having ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7936528 | Graded order-sorting filter for hyperspectral imagers and methods of making the same A graded order-sorting filter for hyperspectral imagers and methods of making the same are provided. The graded order-sorting filter includes a substrate wafer having a first side and a second side and is formed of a material that is substantially transparent to lig... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7924516 | Reflective fog filter and method A reflective fog filter is comprised of a substantially flat white substrate upon which a translucent color filter is applied. A preferred embodiment comprises a blue translucent acetate filter applied to a bright white metallic substrate. The subject apparatus is p... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7817361 | Beam direction control element and method of manufacturing same A beam direction control element has transparent areas and light absorption areas alternately arranged on a surface of a substrate, wherein the light absorption areas function as a louver for controlling the direction of a beam of light. The beam direction control e... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7440204 | ND filter of optical film laminate type with carbon film coating An ND filter is composed of a transparent substrate, a laminate of a light-absorbing film and a dielectric film formed on the transparent substrate, and a carbon film formed to clad a surface of the laminate of the light-absorbing films and the dielectric films. Dep... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7417788 | Optical logic device The invention uses optically active dyes or other optically active materials to perform digital data processing and logic functions on optical data. The data is carried in pulses of photons of wavelengths appropriate to interact with the optically active materials t... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7390094 | Method and apparatus to achieve a neutral dark state in image projection systems An absorptive layer is added to an image display system. The absorptive layer is selected to compensate for tint in a black state of a displayed image. In a Liquid Crystal On Silicon (LCOS) based light engine, blue wavelengths may cause a predominate tint in black p... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7388723 | ND filter and light quantity diaphragming device including the same A thin film type ND filter being inexpensive and excelling in durability. There is provided ND filter (0) comprising transparent substrate (1) and, superimposed thereon, light absorption films (3,5) and dielectric films (2,4,6), wherein t... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7368161 | Color stable pigmented polymeric films Color-stable, pigmented optical bodies comprising a single or multiple layer core having at least one layer of a thermoplastic polymer material. The thermoplastic polymer material has dispersed within it a particulate pigment. The optical bodies generally possess hi... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7357981 | Optical filter An optical filter comprising a transparent support having a tensile impact strength of 392 kJ/m2 or more having provided thereon a filter layer having an absorption maximum in the range of from 560 to 620 nm. ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358669 | Plasma display panel having electromagnetic wave shielding layer A plasma display panel (PDP) which can reduce the cost and time of manufacturing a plasma display device, and which can improve heat transfer efficiency of a plasma display device, comprises: a transparent front substrate; a rear substrate disposed parallel to the f... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354520 | Method of manufacturing optical element An optical element comprising at least a plurality of pixels formed on a substrate and partition walls arranged respectively between adjacent pixels is manufactured by a method comprising steps of forming partition walls of a resin composition on a substrate, perfor... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7342716 | Multiple cavity low-emissivity coatings Multiple cavity low-emissivity coatings. The coating includes three infrared-reflection film regions, which may each include silver. ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339728 | Low-emissivity coatings having high visible transmission and low solar heat gain coefficient Low-emissivity coatings that are highly reflective to infrared radiation. The coating includes three infrared-reflection film regions, which may each include silver. ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336323 | Liquid crystal filter with tunable rejection band An optical wavelength filter uses birefringence and polarization to discriminate and block a wavelength stop band. Birefringent elements, each having a fixed retarder and a liquid crystal, are placed along the signal path with the fast and slow axes in each pair bei... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7335322 | Photochromic material comprising composite oxides A photochromic includes a laminated film including a composite oxide film composed of at least two elements selected from the group consisting of Ti, Mn, Co, Ni, Zn, and Sn, and the group consisting of Mg, Al, and Si, respectively, and a transparent conductive film,... | 02/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7321186 | Front filter, and plasma display apparatus having the same Disclosed is a plasma display apparatus having the same in which an electromagnetic wave is not only shielded, but also a transmission rate can be secured. The front filter including: an electromagnetic-wave shield film having a conductive powder decentralized there... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321846 | Two-wire process control loop diagnostics A diagnostic device for coupling to a process control loop includes digital communication circuitry configured to receive a digital communication signal from the process control loop. The digital communication signal is a digitally modulated analog signal on the pro... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7315667 | Propagating light to be sensed Light to be sensed is spreaded across an entry surface of a transmission structure with a laterally varying energy transmission function. For example, the light could be output from a stimulus-wavelength converter, provided through an optical fiber, or it could come... | 01/01/2008 |
| RE39979 | Color wheel including light deflecting means A color wheel includes lens structures, which are formed on a surface of a substrate opposite to a surface having filter sectors, and which have curved surfaces formed at their abutting ends and positioned along a boundary between adjacent filter sectors. Light impi... | 01/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7310153 | Using position-sensitive detectors for wavelength determination A chip-size wavelength detector includes a film with laterally varying transmission properties and a position-sensitive detector. The film transmits a different wavelength as a function of lateral position across the film. The position of a spot of light transmitted... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7301012 | Azo dye, image-forming coloring composition, ink for ink jet recording, heat-sensitive recording material, color toner and color filter An azo dye comprising a coupler having a specific structure as a coupling component, an image-forming coloring composition comprising the azo dye, an ink for ink jet recording and an ink jet recording method using the image-forming coloring composition and a heat-se... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7301264 | Front plate and display device using same Frusto-conical needle-shaped light guide paths are implanted on the surface of a display panel such that output light from display elements propagate through the needle-shaped light guide paths through total reflection, while external light repeats reflections multi... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294360 | Conformal coatings for micro-optical elements, and method for making the same A micro-optical element is produced through vapor deposition techniques, such as atomic layer deposition. An optical structure having a surface with uneven structures is exposed to one or more precursor vapors to create a self-limiting film growth on the surface of ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295392 | Color wheel with aligned segments A color wheel for use in projector systems comprises a disc shaped hub, rotatable around a central axis and color filter segments arranged radially to said central axis and affixed to said hub. This color ring is arranged concentrically with respect to said axis and... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295391 | ND filter for aperture device and aperture device comprising ND filter This invention decreases deformation of a plastic substrate caused by thermal expansion and contraction in an evaporation process of forming a multi-layered film of an ND filter, thus helping prevent wrinkles. The plastic substrate serving as the base of the ND filt... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290450 | Process diagnostics A diagnostic device for use in a industrial process includes monitoring electronics or diagnostic circuitry configured to diagnose or identify a condition or other occurrence in the industrial process. The system can be implemented in a process device such as a flow... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7286244 | Analyzer An analyzer includes an optical tunable filter 1 for selectively outputting light having a predetermined wavelength, and a PD 421 for receiving light outputted from the optical tunable filter 1 and then passed through or reflected by an object t... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7273801 | Method of forming thin film patterning substrate including formation of banks Display devices such as EL elements or LED elements, are formed from thin film elements having banks of prescribed height and a thin film layer formed by an ink jet method in areas to be coated that are partitioned by those banks. The banks may be formed of an organ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272531 | Aggregation of asset use indices within a process plant A method of monitoring an entity within a process plant wherein the entity includes a plurality of lower level entities, includes acquiring a plurality of use indices, acquiring a plurality of weighting values, and creating an aggregate use index from a combination ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269325 | Tunable optical device The present innovation discloses the design, configuration and process of a kind of MEMS-based tunable optical devices. The devices can be classed as dual-cavity of Fabry-Perot resonators, which consist of a first outer membrane, a middle membrane and a second outer... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7268961 | Color wheel, and method and jig for producing same In a color wheel comprising a plurality of color filter segments arranged so as to form a disk and a support member fixed to the color filter segments, the color filter segments are each outlined only by a circular arc and two straight lines passing through the cent... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7259814 | Color filter substrate having reflecting and transmitting components, liquid crystal display device having the same, and electronic device having the same A color filter substrate includes first and second layers having openings, a filter layer located in the openings, a reflecting component, and a transmitting component. The reflecting component is provided at least partially on a second side of the filter layer such... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7259505 | OLED display with circular polarizer A top-emitting OLED display that includes a substrate; an array of OLED light emissive elements formed over the substrate; an encapsulating cover located over the OLED light emissive elements; and a circular light polarizer located between the encapsulating cover an... | 08/21/2007 |
