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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8441726 | Optically variable filter apparatus and filter characteristic control method thereof Light from an optical fiber is incident on a frequency dispersion element. The frequency dispersion element disperses the incident light into light beams in different directions according to their frequencies and directs the dispersed light beams to a lens. The lens... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8441749 | Shape memory alloy actuation apparatus An SMA actuation apparatus comprises a camera lens element supported on a support structure by a plurality of flexures. An SMA wire at an acute angle to the movement axis and a biasing element are connected between the support structure and the movable element. A co... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8437096 | Optical device and optical instrument An optical device comprises: a first holding frame holding an optical system; a second holding frame holding the first holding frame and having a groove provided on a face opposing the first holding frame; an elastic member provided between the first holding frame a... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8432599 | Optical image modulator and method of manufacturing the same An optical image modulator and a method of manufacturing the same. The optical image modulator includes a substrate, an N electrode contact layer formed on the substrate, a lower distributed Bragg reflection (DBR) layer, a quantum well layer, an upper DBR layer, and... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8432606 | Electrophoretic display device and method of fabricating the same Disclosed is an electrophoretic display (EPD) device capable of implementing colors with high brightness. Each sub-pixel implement colors with driving color particles, white particles and black particles, and the EPD device has an enhanced contrast ratio due to blac... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8432627 | Vibration actuator, method for manufacturing vibration actuator, lens barrel and camera A vibration actuator having excellent driving performance, a method for manufacturing the vibration actuator, a lens barrel and a camera. The vibration actuator is provided with: an electromechanical conversion element which converts an electric energy into a mechan... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8427751 | Combiner positioning system for head-up display A combiner positioning system for a head-up display (HUD) is provided. The positioning system includes a combiner holder, a pair of control discs, a pair of levers and a driving unit. The combiner holder is connected to the combiner, the levers are connected to the ... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8427737 | Electrophoretic display device An electrophoretic display device includes: a first substrate and a second substrate which are arranged opposite to each other at a predetermined interval; a plurality of pixel electrodes which are aligned on the first substrate; a wiring which is arranged between a... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8422111 | Solar array with multiple substrate layers providing frequency selective surfaces A leaky travelling wave array of optical elements provide a solar wavelength rectenna. ... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8422112 | Display system A display system 1 is composed of a ghost image reducing device 100 and an image device 10. The ghost image reducing device 100 comprises an image reflecting element 110 and a polarizing element 120. The image reflecting ele... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8416517 | Survival accessory A survival apparatus operable to ignite a combustible material wherein the survival apparatus additionally functions as a zipper pull-tab for an article of clothing. The survival apparatus further includes a body that is substantially rigid and generally rectangular... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8416500 | Device and method for beam forming A device for beam forming includes at least two laser light sources capable of emitting laser radiation and an optical device capable of influencing the laser radiation such that the laser radiation has an intensity distribution in a working plane that at least part... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8416513 | Book holding apparatus with a magnifying visible area A book holding apparatus with a magnifying visible area is configured with a bottom section, a left support arm, a right support arm, an upper section, a power supply plug, and a plurality of accessories. The bottom section is attached to the upper section by the le... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8408699 | Electro-active spectacle lenses An adapter for a spectacle frame is disclosed which is configured for enabling the spectacle frame to operate and control electro-active lenses housed therein. In particular, the spectacle frame may allow electro-active lenses housed therein to focus and be controll... | 04/02/2013 |
| 8411349 | Optical modulator An optical modulator includes an optical modulation substrate, an electrical length adjusting substrate, a package containing the substrates, and a plurality of input ports for inputting high frequency electrical signals. The optical modulation substrate includes a ... | 04/02/2013 |
| RE44117 | Lens driving apparatus A lens driving apparatus 1 of the present invention includes a substantially cylindrical yoke 3; a base 5 to which the yoke 3 is attached; a carrier 7 having a lens; a coil 10; and a magnet 13, wherein the carrier ... | 04/02/2013 |
| 8411380 | Lens barrel A lens barrel is provided that includes an optical system, a housing, a cover member, an electronic part, a flexible substrate. The optical system is configured to form an optical image of a subject. The housing supports the optical system in an interior. The cover ... | 04/02/2013 |
| 8411381 | Lens barrel A lens barrel includes a lens frame which is movable while supporting a lens; and a restriction portion configured to restrict movement of the lens frame by contacting the lens frame. The lens frame and the restriction portion contact each other at a plurality of po... | 04/02/2013 |
| 8405900 | Projection apparatus There is provided a projection apparatus including a light source, a micromirror element which tilts a plurality of micromirrors arranged in an array +A° or −A° (A>0) separately from an array surface to form a light image with light components reflected by the p... | 03/26/2013 |
| 8400714 | Systems, methods, and apparatus for a light reflector Certain embodiments of the invention may include reflector systems, methods, and apparatus for providing a light reflector. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for manufacturing a multi-layer light reflector. The method can incl... | 03/19/2013 |
| 8393733 | Lenses for the correction of presbyopia and methods of designing the lenses The invention provides methods for designing contact lenses and contact lenses designed according to the method, which lenses provide an improved method for presbyopia correction compared to conventional lenses and methods. It is a discovery of the invention that im... | 03/12/2013 |
| 8373921 | Methods and systems for modulating and demodulating millimeter-wave signals A system comprises an optical processor comprising a sideband generator, an optical filter, and a phase-shift-keying (PSK) modulator, wherein: the sideband generator generates optical frequency sidebands about a carrier frequency of an optical signal; the optical fi... | 02/12/2013 |
| 8373918 | Electrochromic organic component An organically based electrochromic component, e.g. for the production of displays and/or state indicators produces at least two colors. For the first time, two colors can be switched according to the voltage by using a dye system of 4,4′-bipyridinium salts. ... | 02/12/2013 |
| 8373917 | Electrowetting display and pixel array substrate thereof and electrowetting display pixel structure thereof An electrowetting display, a pixel array substrate thereof, and an electrowetting display pixel structure thereof are provided. The electrowetting display pixel structure is disposed on a substrate. The electrowetting display pixel structure includes a pixel electro... | 02/12/2013 |
| 8369037 | Actuator assembly and optical system having the same An actuator assembly including a slider configured to be slidable along a sliding direction; and a driving force applying unit comprising a plurality of contact portions disposed to be spaced apart from each other in a direction crossing the sliding direction of the... | 02/05/2013 |
| 8363305 | Full color electrophoretic display device A system for displaying images is provided. The system includes a display device including a display device having a pixel unit array. Each pixel unit is constituted by a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel adjoined thereto. The first sub-pixel includes a plurali... | 01/29/2013 |
| 8358476 | Condensing lens for high concentration photovoltaic module and manufacturing method thereof The present invention discloses a manufacturing method of a condensing lens for a high concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) module. A buffer layer made of silicone is added between a glass and the condensing lens for adhering the glass to the condensing lens. Because t... | 01/22/2013 |
| 8358459 | Display An ornamental display device having an interferometric modulator for displaying an ornamental image. The ornamental device may also have a signal receiver configured to receive an external signal. The ornamental device may further have a processor configured to cont... | 01/22/2013 |
| 8351120 | Optical device having extented depth of field and fabrication method thereof A method for designing an optical device which includes a lens and a microlens array is disclosed. A point spread function (PSF) of the lens including rotationally symmetrical aberration coefficients is formulated, wherein the PSF presents various spherical spot siz... | 01/08/2013 |
| 8351785 | Gigabit passive optical network transmission convergence extension for next generation access An apparatus comprising a data framer configured to frame a data stream into a plurality of frames each comprising a plurality of fields sized to align the frames with a word boundary greater than or equal to about four bytes long, and an optical transmitter coupled... | 01/08/2013 |
| 8351123 | Diffractive head-up display device provided with a device for adjusting the position of the virtual image A diffractive head up display device that includes a projection unit that uses a display to project an image through a projection window of an image mask, and towards a diffractive combiner. The display and the mask are moveable at right angles to the axis of the pr... | 01/08/2013 |
| 8351125 | Directional light distributed optical element and directional light distributed optical assembly A directional light distributing optical element includes a light incident surface and a light emission curved surface. The light incident surface receives a light emitted by a light source. The light emission curved surface and a first plane are intersected to form... | 01/08/2013 |
| 8351106 | Elastomeric device for tunable imaging An optical micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) structure is provided. The structure includes an elastomer membrane, a plurality of polymer fibers attached to the elastomer membrane, an array of detectors operatively connected to the plurality of polymer fibers a... | 01/08/2013 |
| 8345363 | Drive device, lens part, and camera module A drive device capable of engaging a drive shaft and a part holding the drive shaft with a suitable force without accompanying increase in the size of the drive device. The drive device includes a couple member with a piezoelectric element and a transmission shaft c... | 01/01/2013 |
| 8345342 | Multilayer structure having a photochromic host matrix and manufacturing method A photochromic structure includes a plastic support of optical grade with good light transparency, having at least one face with an adhesive layer impregnated with a solution of a solvent with photochromes, having a flexible host matrix for the photochromes, which i... | 01/01/2013 |
| 8335033 | Optical processing A modular routing node includes a single input port and a plurality of output ports. The modular routing node is arranged to produce a plurality of different deflections and uses small adjustments to compensate for wavelength differences and alignment tolerances in ... | 12/18/2012 |
| 8331008 | Photonic microwave and RF receivers based on electro-optic whispering-gallery-mode resonators Whispering gallery mode resonator based devices as photonic RF or microwave receivers. ... | 12/11/2012 |
| 8320046 | Optical device An optical device (10) for providing a synthetic integral image includes a polymer foil stack (111). The polymer foil stack (111) includes at least one polymer foil (11). A first interface (17) of the polymer foil stack (111... | 11/27/2012 |
| 8320055 | Lens barrel and optical apparatus A lens barrel showing a satisfactory property in assembly and a high dust-proof and drip-proof performance includes: a first member; a lens holding frame configured to hold lens units moving in an optical axis direction to either zoom or focus the lens units; and an... | 11/27/2012 |
| 8320063 | Actuator and optical device An actuator capable of attaining two-dimensional positioning with a simple configuration includes an electromechanical transducer 11 which makes mechanical displacement in accordance with a voltage applied thereto, a driving shaft 12 which is axially d... | 11/27/2012 |
