http://www.freshpatents.com/Optical--systems-and-elements-dtnewntc359.php USPTO Class 359 - Optical: systems and elements en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:03:10 -0700 1000 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 141 31 http://www.freshpatents.com/index.php?rss=true http://www.freshpatents.com/images/freshpatentsnav_rss.gif http://www.freshpatents.com/Apparatus-and-method-to-align-the-elements-of-a-holographic-information-data-storage-system-dt20080717ptan20080170281.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:03:10 -0700 An apparatus and method are disclosed to align the write channel portion of a holographic data storage system. The method establishes a write threshold correlation factor, provides a reference beam, and illuminates a holographic data storage medium encoded with a write reference orientation image with the reference beam to generate... http://www.freshpatents.com/Optical-scanning-device-image-forming-apparatus-and-liquid-crystal-device-driving-method-dt20080717ptan20080170282.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:03:10 -0700 An optical scanning device includes a laser-beam-phase-modulatable liquid crystal device. The liquid crystal device has stripe-like electrode patterns arranged in one direction, with a provision of a part for changing an effective value of a driving voltage separately for each of stripe-like electrode patterns.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Optical-scanner-and-image-forming-apparatus-dt20080717ptan20080170283.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:03:10 -0700 A scanning optical system is configured such that at least a smaller value of the size in a main scanning direction of optical beams entering into an opening provided in an aperture member relative to the size of the opening of the aperture member in the main scanning direction and... http://www.freshpatents.com/Light-beam-scanner-dt20080717ptan20080170284.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:03:10 -0700 A light beam scanner (1a) comprises a light source device (10) for emitting a laser light of 880 nm and a light deflection mechanism (200) by which a light beam emitted from the light source device (10) is scanned with a light deflector over a predetermined range of angles; the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Illumination-light-source-and-2-d-image-display-device-using-the-same-dt20080717ptan20080170285.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:03:10 -0700 A speckle pattern being generated is changed at a high speed by oscillating a light spot on the screen at a high speed using beam oscillation means 3, so that the viewer acknowledges time-mean image having no speckle noises. In a laser display that displays a video by scanning a beam... http://www.freshpatents.com/Supervisory-control-light-transmitting-method-for-a-wavelength-division-multiplexing-transmission-system-and-wavelength-division-multiplexing-transmission-apparatus-dt20080717ptan20080170286.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:03:10 -0700 In a wavelength division multiplexing transmission system having an optical transmission path which transmits wavelength division multiplexed light that is main signal light, supervisory control light is transmitted through the optical transmission path in the direction opposite to the direction of the main signal light. As a result, it is... http://www.freshpatents.com/Security-device-dt20080717ptan20080170287.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:03:10 -0700 Embodiments of a security device utilizing electrochromic material are disclosed.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Display-element-and-driving-method-thereof-dt20080717ptan20080170288.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:03:10 -0700 A display element capable of being driven with a low voltage through a simple member arrangement in which the time for switching the screen is shortened. The display element has an electrolytic layer, containing silver or a compound containing silver in the chemical structure, between opposed electrodes, and performs driving... http://www.freshpatents.com/Multimode-raman-waveguide-amplifier-dt20080717ptan20080170289.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:03:10 -0700 A Raman waveguide amplifier includes a waveguide comprising a core of a Raman-active medium dimensioned and configured as a self-imaging multimode waveguide. At least one input signal is coupled into the core at a wavelength within a Raman gain spectrum of the Raman-active medium relative to at least one pump... http://www.freshpatents.com/Raman-amplifying-device-and-raman-amplifying-system-dt20080717ptan20080170290.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:03:10 -0700 A Raman amplifying device includes a plurality of Raman amplifiers having a gain wavelength characteristic with a gain peak at which an amplification gain becomes the largest, including a first Raman amplifier having a gain wavelength characteristic with a plurality of gain peaks including a first gain peak and a... http://www.freshpatents.com/Laser-processing-apparatus-dt20080717ptan20080170291.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:03:10 -0700 The present invention relates to a laser processing apparatus which can be miniaturized and has a structure for achieving effective protection of the fiber laser light source. The laser processing apparatus comprises a fiber laser light source, a collimator, a spatial filter, an optical isolator, and a condenser lens. The... http://www.freshpatents.com/Observation-apparatus-provided-with-immersion-objective-lens-dt20080717ptan20080170292.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:03:10 -0700 An observation apparatus for observing an observation object mounted at an observation position on a stage through an immersion objective lens placed below the observation object. The observation apparatus has a liquid pouring device, constructed to be relatively movable with respect to the immersion objective lens, pouring a liquid on... http://www.freshpatents.com/Dynamic-autostereoscopic-displays-dt20080717ptan20080170293.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:03:10 -0700 It has been discovered that emissive display devices can be used to provide display functionality in dynamic autostereoscopic displays. One or more emissive display devices are coupled to one or more appropriate computing devices. These computing devices control delivery of autostereoscopic image data to the emissive display devices. A lens... http://www.freshpatents.com/Retardation-film-and-polarizing-plate-dt20080717ptan20080170294.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:03:10 -0700 A retardation film having excellent optical characteristic realizing properties, which is capable of obtaining a highly durable polarizing plate having a viewing angle compensating function by being used as a polarizing plate protection film. The retardation film can be used as a viewing angle compensating film of a liquid crystal... http://www.freshpatents.com/Optical-material-and-optical-element-diffraction-optical-element-and-stacked-type-diffraction-optical-element-molded-thereof-dt20080717ptan20080170295.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:03:10 -0700 Use of an organic optical material whose Abbe's number (vd) and secondary dispersion (θg,F) satisfy the relationship θg,F≦−2vd×10−3+0.59 provides an optical material which causes reduced optical scattering, the optical material having excellent optical scattering characteristics and secondary dispersion characteristics equivalent to those of a compound in which fine particles of... http://www.freshpatents.com/Optical-devices-dt20080717ptan20080170296.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:03:10 -0700 An optical manifold for efficiently combining a plurality of blue LED outputs to illuminate a phosphor for a single, substantially homogeneous output, in a small, cost-effective package. Embodiments are disclosed that use a single or multiple LEDs and a remote phosphor, and an intermediate wavelength-selective filter arranged so that backscattered... http://www.freshpatents.com/Optical-element-and-optical-unit-dt20080717ptan20080170297.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:03:10 -0700 An optical unit includes one or more optical elements. At least one 40 of the optical elements has: an optical functional surface, that refracts incident light, within an effective diameter; and a rough surface 49 formed on an optical functional surface 42b that is formed outside the effective diameter and... http://www.freshpatents.com/Imaging-device-and-an-imaging-apparatus-including-the-imaging-device-dt20080717ptan20080170299.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:03:10 -0700 An imaging device includes: a plurality of photoelectric conversion devices configured to convert a received light into an electronic signal; a plurality of collector lenses configured to collect a light and to supply the light to the photoelectric conversion devices, the collector lenses being arranged before each of the photoelectric... http://www.freshpatents.com/Production-of-cavities-filled-with-a-fluid-material-in-an-optical-microtechnological-compound-dt20080717ptan20080170298.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:03:10 -0700 According to the invention, the housings (500) of the blocks each form an adhesion point of a sealing material (20) of the cavities (16). The invention relates to a device (22) comprising a first layer of material (10), a second layer of material (20) and walls (14) defining tight cavities (16)... http://www.freshpatents.com/Zoom-lens-and-electronic-imaging-apparatus-incorporating-the-same-dt20080717ptan20080170300.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:03:10 -0700 The invention relates to a less costly zoom lens that can offer a sensible tradeoff between size reductions and high zoom ratios with a well-kept image quality, and that lends itself to an electronic imaging device such as a CCD or CMOS. The zoom lens comprises a positive first lens... http://www.freshpatents.com/Sensor-mounting-structure-and-image-capture-apparatus-dt20080717ptan20080170301.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:03:10 -0700 A sensor mounting structure for mounting sensors onto sensor mounting portions formed on a case body includes: an elastically deformable mounting flat spring mounted on the case body so as to cover outer surface part of the case body, allowing the sensors to be mounted on the sensor mounting portions... http://www.freshpatents.com/Lens-module-and-camera-module-dt20080717ptan20080170302.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:03:10 -0700 Provided is a camera module. The camera module includes an aperture stop, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, and an image sensor. The first lens has a positive refractive power to transmit light that has passes through the aperture stop, and the second lens has a negative... http://www.freshpatents.com/Optical-assembly-dt20080717ptan20080170303.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:03:10 -0700 Optical assembly supported in an arrangement, especially in an objective (1, 8) or in an illuminating or exposure system, in the interior of a housing comprising at least one optical element, especially a lens (34, 35), a mirror, or an aperture (9), wherein the at least one element is influenceable... http://www.freshpatents.com/Tilt-adjustment-device-for-objective-lenses-and-method-of-adjusting-tilt-of-objective-lenses-dt20080717ptan20080170304.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:03:10 -0700 A tilt adjustment device K for objective lenses which comprises: a positioning stand 52 for supporting a holder 3 which fixedly holds a first objective lens 1; at least three pins 57a, 57b, and 57c for supporting an inferior surface of an edge of a second objective lens 2 by... http://www.freshpatents.com/Lens-module-and-method-for-making-same-dt20080717ptan20080170305.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:03:10 -0700 A lens module includes a holder and a barrel. The barrel has at least one lens received therein. At least one given lens is integrated with the barrel and the holder. A method for making a lens module includes the steps of: providing a die assembly having a molding cavity... http://www.freshpatents.com/Lens-support-structure-lens-barrel-and-camera-dt20080717ptan20080170306.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:03:10 -0700 A lens support structure includes a third lens 53, a fourth lens 54, a first frame 50, and an adhesive agent 58. The first frame 50 has a first portion 55 to which the third lens 53 is fitted and a second portion 56 where the second lens element is... http://www.freshpatents.com/Focussing-apparatus-dt20080717ptan20080170307.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:03:10 -0700 A focussing device for a lens, including a frame, a lens carrier movable relative to the frame from a first position along an optical axis, a motor for driving the lens carrier along the optical axis, and at least one biasing member adapted to bias the lens carrier towards the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Cover-for-shielding-a-portion-of-an-arc-lamp-dt20080717ptan20080170308.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:03:10 -0700 A cover to shield a portion of an arc lamp from electromagnetic radiation is disclosed. The cover has a reflective surface formed from a reflective material suitable to reflect the electromagnetic radiation.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Imaging-optical-system-dt20080717ptan20080170310.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:03:10 -0700 The disclosure generally relates to imaging optical systems that include a plurality of mirrors, which image an object field lying in an object plane in an image field lying in an image plane, where at least one of the mirrors has a through-hole for imaging light to pass through. The... http://www.freshpatents.com/Mirrored-element-dt20080717ptan20080170309.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:03:10 -0700 A mirrored element (101) includes a first section (201) that is translucent when a backlight (301) is on and mirrored when the backlight is off (301). A second section (203) provides a mirrored surface when the backlight (301) is on and when the backlight (301) is off. The mirrored element... http://www.freshpatents.com/Conic-of-rotation--cor--optical-surfaces-and-systems-of-matched-cors-dt20080717ptan20080170311.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:03:10 -0700 An ultracompact, lightweight, reflective telescope is described which has no loss due to central obscuration for a beam being projected from its focus. The optical surfaces are composed of matched conics of rotation.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Fresnel-solar-concentrator-array-with-centered-universal-pivots-dt20080717ptan20080170312.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:03:10 -0700 This invention deals with novel method and apparatus for positioning and motion control of the optical elements (mirrors and lenses) of a Fresnel solar concentrator tracking array which approximately eliminates gravitational torque by use of a central universal pivot or gimbals. Linkage torque is produced by induced and/or permanent dipole... http://www.freshpatents.com/Playing-card-viewer-dt20080717ptan20080170313.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:03:10 -0700 A card viewer having a main body having a cover with at least one transparent portion, a first reflective surface, and a second reflective surface. The image of the first side of the card is received by the second reflective surface, transferred from the second reflective surface to the first... http://www.freshpatents.com/Color-wheel-assembly-dt20080717ptan20080170314.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:03:10 -0700 A color wheel assembly includes a motor and a color filter. The motor has a main body and a housing. The housing is integrally formed and covers the main body. The color filter is disposed directly on the housing....