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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7500775 | System and method for providing ambient light to a display in an electronic device The invention provides a device and method for providing backlight to a display in an electronic device. The device comprises: a housing; an ambient light collector; a backlight panel; a shutter; and a photodetector. The ambient light collector has: a body having th... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7347611 | Optical guide and image forming apparatus using the same An optical guide and an image forming apparatus which uses the optical guide in an eraser or an auxiliary transfer device. The optical guide guides light incident through one side in a lengthwise direction, makes the light in an effective width range of the lengthwi... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7213955 | System and method for providing ambient light to a display in an electronic device The invention provides a device and method for providing backlight to a display in an electronic communication device. The device comprises: a lens to collecting ambient light from outside the device; a body to transmit the ambient light from the lens to a backlight... | 05/08/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7185464 | Tubular skylight for lighting rooms with natural light A tubular skylight for lighting rooms with natural light, comprising a tubular body with a reflective inner surface which leads into a room and has, at its external end, a natural light collector assembly and, at its internal end, a light diffuser. The collector ass... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7146084 | Fiber optic light source for display devices A light source includes at least one optical fiber having a length and first and second ends and at least one electromagnetic wave source disposed along at least a portion of the length of the fiber for transmitting electromagnetic waves through a side surface of th... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7111953 | Electronic device with illuminant portion An electronic device includes a display portion with a monitor, an operating portion, a button portion and an illuminant. The operating portion is pivotally connected to the display portion, and includes a casing and a touch unit located inside the casing. The butto... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7097226 | Safety system for a compartment of a vehicle A safety sensing and/or release system for a closed compartment of a vehicle is operable to detect an occupant within the vehicle compartment. The system may be operable to sense ambient conditions in the vehicle compartment, and may generate a control signal in res... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7011425 | Luminary product A decorated luminary product includes a candle holder containing a candle, wherein at least one of the inner surface and the outer surface of the candle holder has a hammered texture such that light passing through the candle holder varies substantially as a result ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6827474 | Flame lamp with light pipe A candle, lantern, or the like, having one or more light pipes. Reception faces of the light pipes gather light from the flame arena, and emission faces of the light pipes emit the gathered light at another location. The other location may be an exterior surface of ... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6811284 | Method and device for modifying the irradiance distribution of a radiation source The invention is related to a method and apparatus for modifying the irradiation distribution of a radiation source. In accordance with the method the radiation source (1) is used to direct radiation to an essentially planar target surface (6). In acco... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6558031 | Lighting system, in particular for motor vehicles, and method of generating a light beam of desired shape In a lighting system for motor vehicles, light from a HID or MPXL lamp is collected by a collector which surrounds the light source at least partly and is guided further to a separator of optical waveguide material, which separator forms a desired light b... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6540389 | Lighting system for illumination of an observation space A lighting system for illumination of an observation space, especially an observation space in which a pressurized and/or hot medium is contained, comprises an optical-fiber cable, one end of which can be connected to a light source, and a lighting head, ... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6402357 | Unpowered lighting device for emergency trunk release In a preferred embodiment, an unpowered lighting device for an emergency trunk release in a vehicle, including: a light pipe having an external end disposed so as to gather light from a light source external to a trunk compartment of the vehicle; and the ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6113255 | Illumination system using sunlight and a flexible light conductor An illuminator system for the interior of buildings provides natural sunlight illumination. The system comprises a sunlight collector mounted on the building's roof, such as a large condenser lens or a reflector, to focus the sunlight at a focal point. A ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6024475 | Lighting conduit system A lighting conduit system for collecting sunlight and distributing it inside a building structure to provide natural lighting to the inside of the building structure. The lighting conduit system includes a plurality of interconnected elongate tubular cond... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5581447 | Solar skylight apparatus A solar skylight is provided for collecting sunlight and dispersing the light within a building without the necessity for any roof penetrations of the building. The solar collector includes a base having a fixed portion and a rotatable portion and having ... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5548490 | Sunlight collecting and transmitting system A lighting system for an interior of a building includes a device for collecting and converting sunlight into concentrated light consisting of a stack of fluorescent sheets. The collecting device is optically coupled, preferably by way of an optical joint... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5540216 | Apparatus and method for concentrating radiant energy emanated by a moving energy source A device efficiently collects energy from a moving source without having to actively track the source. The device includes a primary concentrator, a secondary reflector and a target position. The primary concentrator is positioned to receive energy from t... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5502903 | Footwear with illuminated linear optics Illuminated footwear having a power source, at least one light source operatively connected to the power source, a switching circuit for selectively illuminating the light source, and a linear side-glow optical conduit positioned exteriorly on the footwea... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5448455 | Animated light signage device and process Provided by this invention is an improved animated light signage device in which no electrical line connecting to an electrical wall outlet is used and no internal light source is used. The device has an animation element through which light flows and is ... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5217285 | Apparatus for synthesis of a solar spectrum A xenon arc lamp and a tungsten filament lamp provide light beams that together contain all the wavelengths required to accurately simulate a solar spectrum. Suitable filter apparatus selectively direct visible and ultraviolet light from the xenon arc lam... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5145246 | Arrangement for collecting and emitting light via defined surface areas Arrangement for collecting and emitting light via defined surface areas (25) in order to create a slide. The arrangement consists of a number of transparent plate elements, collector plates (12-15), which are designed to receive incident light at one or m... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5005931 | Light radiator A light radiator includes a semitransparent tubular container, a large number of transparent plates arranged in series inside of said tubular container in such a way as to be inclined in the same direction as the axis of said container, a light-guiding, c... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4955975 | Rainbow forming device A rainbow forming device includes a light guide for transmitting visible light therethrough and a prism having a cross-section of a substantially equilateral triangle for splitting the light into a series of colors of the spectrum to form a rainbow. A lig... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4953549 | Light radiator A light radiator has a tubular body bearing at the center of one end a removable light-emitting end of a fiber optic cable and having at the other end a large number of light-guiding rods arranged tightly and parallel to each other. The light-guiding port... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4936663 | Light radiator A light radiator comprises a light-guide rod and a transparent tube. The light-guide rod has a slotted portion or a concave portion on its' body's circumference. The transparent tube is closely fitted to the light-guide rod to seal watertight the slotted ... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4933813 | Sunlight simulator A sunlight simulator includes an elongated, cylindrical housing, an artifical light source disposed along the longitudinal axis thereof, and a plurality of light collecting subassemblies equidistantly spaced radially from and around the light source. The ... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4815815 | Device and a method of directing light energy to a predetermined area in the sea A device for directing light energy to a predetermined area in the sea, is disclosed. The device comprises an optical means for capturing light energy and a plurality of optical fibers, a length of said optical fibers which are bound together in an optica... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4789989 | Solar simulator employing flexible-optics The solar simulator of the invention comprises a source of high intensity light simulating as closely as possible the spectral radiance of the sun directed through a flexible optic light guide into a chamber and pressure sealed through a chamber wall wher... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4785811 | Solar ray energy radiation device for use in medical treatment A solar ray energy radiation device for use in medical treatment which comprises one or more optical conductor cables through which solar ray energy is transmitted. A light projector is installed at the end portion of the optical conductor cables, along w... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4766899 | Solar ray energy radiation device for use in medical treatment A solar ray energy radiation device for use in medical treatment comprises a transparent or semi-transparent cylindrical member, a cover member for closing off one end surface of the cylindrical member, and an optical conductor cable having a light ray em... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4743082 | Light conducting optical fiber bundle A light conducting member transmits optical energy which is incident on one end thereof. The member is made up of a number of integrated light conducting cables which define the light incidence end of the member at one ends thereof. Each light conducting ... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4740048 | Light radiator A light radiator unitarily comprising a movable light source corresponding to the direct solar rays and a fixed light source corresponding to the indirect solar rays. The light radiator comprises a transparent inner cylinder, a transparent outer cylinder ... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4726642 | Artificial light source device An artificial light source device in which the light rays from a light source lamp are converted to parallel light rays by means of a parabola reflection mirror and the parallel light rays are guided into an optical conductor rod; and furthermore, the out... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4699448 | Transparent optical conductor for reflecting and radiating out of the conductor light rays transmitted through the conductor A light radiator for effectively diffusing radiating light rays, transmitted through an optical conductor cable or the like, out of the optical conductor cable. The light radiator includes a transparent cylinder positioned almost horizontally, an optical ... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4525031 | Solar light energy and electric lighting system and solar and electric light lamps used therein A solar energy and electric lighting system wherein when the solar energy is available as in the day-time, it is utilized for lighting through conventional electric lamps, but when no solar energy is available or the solar energy available is not sufficie... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4420796 | Device for dispersing light rays issuing from a light guide A simple compact robust device for dispersing light rays issuing from a light guide. The device has an elongated body of a rigid transparent material, an end of the body being tapered to define an inclined nearly conical peripheral surface, so that those ... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4411490 | Apparatus for collecting, distributing and utilizing solar radiation The apparatus for collecting, distributing and utilizing solar radiation includes a solar collection panel (24) having an array of solar gathering cells (1, 37) which provide radiation to a light collecting unit (3, 4, 39). This light collecting unit (3, ... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4297000 | Solar lighting system Light energy from the sun is directed by a solar collector device onto the end of a bundle of optical fibers. Means which may comprise a tracking system is provided to maintain the collector device directed toward the sun throughout the day so that a maxi... | 10/27/1981 |
