| Patent # | Description |
|---|---|
| US-5,923,476 |
Optical viewer with an aperture transformer An optical system for reflecting light from a display screen into an aperture which is typically the pupil of a person wearing a head-mounted display system in... |
| US-5,923,475 |
Laser printer using a fly's eye integrator A laser printer (10) is comprised of a laser diode array (11), a cross array illumination optics (21), a laser lenslet array (24), a spatial light modulator... |
| US-5,923,474 |
Optical device having reduced size by relocating lens and reflecting
mirrors thereof An optical device including a reflecting device, a focusing device and a processing device for realizing image data of a target object is disclosed. The focusing... |
| US-5,923,473 |
Multi-size spot beam imaging system and method A system for forming optical beam spots of different sizes on an imaging surface, includes an emitter configured to emit an optical beam along a path. The... |
| US-5,923,472 |
3-port optical circulator/switch with mirror The present invention is a three port optical circulator including a reflective device such as a mirror. Advantageously, the incorporation of the mirror into the... |
| US-5,923,471 |
Optical interference coating capable of withstanding severe temperature
environments An optical interference coating on a refractory substrate, the coating being comprised of alternating layers of silicon dioxide and zirconium dioxide. The... |
| US-5,923,470 |
Polarization beam splitter An improved polarization beam splitter formed by a collimator and two similarly shaped, birefringent crystal prisms is provided. The light from the collimator is... |
| US-5,923,469 |
Eye contact rear screen imaging An improved rear projection screen for projecting a three-dimensional head or face is designed to accurately match the apparent movement of a imaged person eyes... |
| US-5,923,468 |
Surveying instrument having an automatic focusing device A surveying instrument is provided having a sighting telescope and a distance measuring device. The sighting telescope has a focusing lens group which is... |
| US-5,923,467 |
Binocular bent-axis loupes Optical loupes comprise a frame supporting two optical devices, each of which has an ocular and an objective. The frame has side arms or stems and a bridge for... |
| US-5,923,466 |
Light modulated confocal optical instruments and method The confocal imaging system and method involve the imaging of a specimen under observation by projecting a light pattern of illumination spots simultaneously on... |
| US-5,923,465 |
System for scanning confocal image reconstruction from coherent
recordings A method for improving the resolution and contrast of images associated with coherent recording is presented, which includes conventional reconstruction with a... |
| US-5,923,464 |
Substance for front surface mirror A front surfaced mirror having a reflective surface of Tantalum Aluminide for reflecting light beams, especially, but not limited to those having wavelengths in... |
| US-5,923,463 |
Optical amplifier and method for controlling the same A wavelength within an amplifying wavelength band of an optical amplifier is introduced into the optical amplifier at all times or when an interruption and/or... |
| US-5,923,462 |
Dynamic gain control system for optical amplifier and method thereof The dynamic gain control system includes a pump source providing pump light. The dynamic gain control system measures a certain portion of the input pump light... |
| US-5,923,461 |
Scanner with deflection element for scanning imaging surfaces A multi-beam scanning system for scanning a curved imaging surface includes at least one radiation emitter which emits first and second beams of radiation. A... |
| US-5,923,460 |
Mechanism for extending instantaneous RF frequency coverage for an
acousto-optic coherent channel receiver... In order to increase the available signal processing bandwidth of an acousto-optic coherent channelizer, the optical beam spot-shaping and projection components... |
| US-5,923,459 |
Accusto-optic time-integrating correlator for processing broadband
doppler-shifted signals This invention relates to an acousto-optic time-integrating correlator for rocessing broadband Doppler-shifted signals. The present invention uses a conical lens... |
| US-5,923,458 |
Frequency modulator An electrical signal to be frequency-modulated is branched into first and second signals. An FM laser 102 oscillates light having a wavelength .lambda.1 in a... |
| US-5,923,457 |
Electro-optic device including a low sheet resistance, high transmission
transparent electrode An improved electro-optic device for rearview mirror for motor vehicles and windows, the device incorporating a multi-layer transparent electrode having a first... |
| US-5,923,456 |
Reversible electrochemical mirror An electrochemical mirror includes a transparent first electrode and a second electrode distributed in localized areas. An electrolytic solution is disposed... |
| US-5,923,455 |
Data identifying device and light receiver using the same A device for identifying input data by using a first clock signal includes a first identifying unit which identifies the input data by using the first clock... |
| US-5,923,454 |
Modem method and device for indicating received signal strength and
presence for intensity modulated... The present invention provides a modem (100), method (300) and device (103) for indicating received signal strength and presence for intensity modulated... |
| US-5,923,453 |
Apparatus for measuring optical transmission line property and optical
wavelength multiplexing transmission... Disclosed is an apparatus for measuring an optical transmission line property, which has: a pair of up and down optical fiber transmission apparatuses, each of... |
| US-5,923,452 |
Laser satellite communication system A laser communication system adapted for use in a satellite communication system. The satellite carries a laser communication system. The laser communication... |
| US-5,923,451 |
Means for connecting electronic devices for communication with one
another An active electrical-optical rear wall for connection of electronic devices to be brought into communication with one another, in plug-in technology, whereby... |
| US-5,923,450 |
Optical channel regulator and method An optical channel regulator (46) is provided. The optical channel regulator (46) includes a tapped optical coupler (60) receiving an optical line carrying an... |
| US-5,923,449 |
Optically restorable WDM ring network using simple add/drop circuitry A parallel ring network is restorable upon sensing a failure of a transmission media. A central transmitter is coupled to one end of a first transmission medium.... |
| US-5,923,448 |
Input/output unit When a selection signal of a low signal is applied to a first port, a second port becomes either a low or a high signal in accordance with an input signal being... |
| US-5,923,447 |
Color image reader During a black-and-white image reading mode, for each picture element, outputs from at least two of the light receiving elements of the R, G, and B light... |
| US-5,923,446 |
Image processing apparatus and method for color matching An image processing apparatus and method performing color matching between display units and printers by correcting a color system in an operating system when... |
| US-5,923,445 |
Apparatus and method of scan composing for a large original A scanning apparatus and method for automatically composing scanned images is disclosed. The present invention includes a scanner having a first platen, wherein... |
| US-5,923,444 |
Floating image head design for portable scanner A hand-held scanner apparatus may comprise a body having a three axis body coordinate system. An image head is mounted to said body so that the image head may... |
| US-5,923,443 |
Infrared communication port fax software legacy flow control emulation A new functionality in a fax communication system including a PC with a virtual data port (DTE) and a fax modem (DCE), having an infrared (IR) connection between... |
| US-5,923,442 |
Facsimile which controls received data destination and stores or prints
the data if the destination is unavailable A facsimile apparatus connected to an external terminal device and a communication line, includes a storing unit which stores mode information indicating which... |
| US-5,923,441 |
Image record apparatus A printer which records an image on a cut paper sheet must normally assure a margin region at the trailing end side of a record paper sheet in terms of the... |
| US-5,923,440 |
Facsimile apparatus which outputs a communication monitor list A facsimile apparatus generating a monitor report. The facsimile apparatus stores kinds of causes of communication troubles and codes corresponding to the kinds... |
| US-5,923,439 |
Adjustable memory capacity for peripheral multi-function device A peripheral multi-function device includes a communication data receiver for receiving communication data through a communication line from a communication... |
| US-5,923,438 |
Data processing apparatus having a drawer and image reading heads or
printing heads A data processing apparatus is provided which includes at casing having upper and lower cavities arranged in a vertically spaced relationship. A drawer is... |
| US-5,923,437 |
Image processing method and apparatus having automatic response to
presence of detachable storage medium When reading image data stored on a detachable storage medium such as a magneto-optical disk and outputting the data using an image outputting device, data... |
| US-5,923,436 |
Facsimile machine A facsimile machine includes a machine housing; an upper guide member disposed above the machine housing and adapted to be movable between an operating position,... |
| US-5,923,435 |
Engraver and engraving method for detecting and measuring run-out
associated with a cylinder A method and apparatus for automatically measuring a cylinder characteristic, such as a cylinder diameter or a cylinder run-out and then automatically adjusting... |
| US-5,923,434 |
Surface quality and color measuring device A device for measuring the visual characteristics of surfaces comprises a light source the light of which is directed onto the measurement surface under a... |
| US-5,923,433 |
Overmolded flowthrough turbidity sensor A flow-through visible-light turbidity sensor is constructed from a molded plastic flow tube with an overmolded opaque housing to shield the optical sensing... |
| US-5,923,432 |
Cleaning efficacy real time indicator A cleaning efficacy indicator system (20) includes a light source (50) and a light receiver (56). A light-transmitting optical indicator element (30) receives... |
| US-5,923,431 |
Spectroscopic helical separator and fluid sample interface A spectroscopic fluid sample apparatus for the transmission and detection of radiation with the key components being a housing; a helical bore formed by the... |
| US-5,923,430 |
Method for characterizing defects on semiconductor wafers A method is described for characterizing defects on a test surface of a semiconductor wafer using a confocal-microscope-based automatic defect characterization... |
| US-5,923,429 |
Apparatus for monitoring in-situ the thickness of a film during film
deposition and a method thereof A film deposition apparatus and a method thereof for accurately forming a film of a given thickness on the surface of a wafer is described. The film deposition... |
| US-5,923,428 |
Method and apparatus for measuring dimensions of objects on a conveyor A method and apparatus for measuring the length, width, and height of rectangular solid objects moving on a conveyor. The apparatus includes a light curtain, two... |
| US-5,923,427 |
Optical triangulation distance sensing system and method using a
position sensitive detector and an automatic... A distance sensing system employs an optical triangulation system and a position sensitive device (PSD). The PSD generates a pair of current signals when a... |