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US-6,522,477 Endoscopic video camera with magnetic drive focusing
The invention relates to a magnetic drive focusing device with at least one lens within a chamber and an adjuster with magnets outside the chamber. Positioned...
US-6,522,476 Three-group zoom lens
A three-group zoom lens has, from an object side, a first group lens having a positive power, a second group lens having a negative power and a third group lens...
US-6,522,475 Zoom lens
A zoom optical system comprises a plurality of optical elements. The plurality of optical elements include a first optical element having two refracting surfaces...
US-6,522,474 Head-mounted optical apparatus for stereoscopic display
A head-mounted optical apparatus (10) providing pupil imaging with a very wide field of view. The head-mounted optical apparatus (10) employs a monocentric...
US-6,522,473 Observing optical system and imaging optical system
An optical system invention is interposed between a pupil plane and an image plane, and includes a first prism, a second prism, and a holographic element which...
US-6,522,472 Apparatus for displaying a real image in space
An apparatus for displaying an image in space and for providing a background image behind the projected image having an image generator and optical system for...
US-6,522,471 System of beam narrowing for resolution enhancement and method therefor
A system of beam narrowing for resolution enhancement produces a narrowed beam for use in surface imaging. The system of beam narrowing for resolution...
US-6,522,470 Method for adjusting color balance of white portion of an image
A projection device adjusts the color balance for a white portion of an image. A light source drives one or more electro-optical light modulation panels. A light...
US-6,522,469 Tunable solid state thin film optical filter
A thin film electrical optical filter includes a thin film electrooptical dielectric having a voltage controlled electrooptical refractive index that is disposed...
US-6,522,468 Light-polarizing film
A light-polarizing film is provided which possesses a light transmittance of not more than 0.3% at wavelengths of from 430 nm to 500 nm inclusive when irradiated...
US-6,522,467 Polarization insensitive liquid crystal tunable filter
A method and system for filtering an optical signal is disclosed. The method and system comprise providing a polarization beam splitter, first and second...
US-6,522,466 Apparatus for observing interior from an ultramicropore space
An apparatus for an object in an ultramicropore space has a lens system so that an incidence point P with the diameter in a range from 0.3 to 0.7 mm comes to a...
US-6,522,465 Transmitting spectral filtering of high power extreme ultra-violet radiation
In one embodiment of the invention, a transmitting spectral filter includes a thin film layer and a grating structure. The thin film layer is made of ...
US-6,522,464 Diffraction optical element, optical system and optical device
A diffraction optical element comprises a substrate, a diffraction grating formed on the substrate with a material with low ultraviolet resistance and an...
US-6,522,463 Infrared absorption filter
The infrared absorption filter of the present invention has a transmittance of not higher than 30% in the near-infrared region in the wavelength range of 800 to...
US-6,522,462 All optical logic using cross-phase modulation amplifiers and mach-zehnder interferometers with phase-shift devices
Optical logic gates are constructed from Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) optical circuits. A multi-mode interference (MMI) splitter divides a continuous-wave...
US-6,522,461 Optical pre-amplifier apparatus and method for receiver performing gain control according to LOS declaration
A receiver node includes an optical amplifier optically coupled to the input of a receiving device such as a PIN photodiode. A controller inputs received power...
US-6,522,460 Optical fiber amplifier control
An optical fiber amplifier has a length of active optical fiber into which pump light from a pump laser is injected. The pump laser is locally controlled by a...
US-6,522,459 Temperature control and monitoring of optical detector components in an optical communication system
Optical detector components in a fiber-optic communication system are temperature stabilized. The optical detector components may be part of an optical...
US-6,522,457 Apparatus for removal of water from evacuated chambers or from gasses using boron oxide
A process for the conversion of boric acid to dry boron oxide by thermal decomposition is described. Boron oxide may be produced as a powder or in the form of...
US-6,522,456 Dynamic optical filter
An apparatus and method for filtering an optical input is disclosed. In an illustrative embodiment, an optical input is split into polarization components along...
US-6,522,455 WDM optical communication system having a dispersion slope compensating element
Consistent with the present invention, in-fiber Bragg gratings are used to demultiplex optical signals in a WDM optical communication system. The in-fiber Bragg...
US-6,522,454 Hidden hinge digital micromirror device with improved manufacturing yield and improved contrast ratio
An improved DMD type spatial light modulator having an array of pixels (18). The pixels (18) are of the "hidden hinge" design, each pixel having a mirror (30)...
US-6,522,453 Projection device and a projection lens
A projector device is disclosed which uses light that is spatially modulated by a DMD having mirrors which are moveable between Off and On positions in response...
US-6,522,452 Latchable microelectromechanical structures using non-newtonian fluids, and methods of operating same
Mounting systems for micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) structures are provided including a non-Newtonian fluid having a threshold viscosity that is...
US-6,522,451 Exterior mirror plano-auxiliary reflective element assembly
This invention provides a plano-multiradius reflective element assembly suitable for use in an exterior sideview mirror assembly mounted to the side body of an...
US-6,522,450 Loss-less tunable per-channel dispersion compensator
An apparatus and method of chromatic dispersion includes the negative compensation per channel filter (130) coupled to an optical receiving path (100) for...
US-6,522,449 Device for erasing overhead modulation of an optical signal
A device for erasing overhead modulation of an optical signal, wherein said optical signal is injected into an optical device able to modulate the optical signal...
US-6,522,448 Optical element
An optical element has a small reflection loss of light on a boundary surface between a photonic crystal and the normal medium. The optical element includes: a...
US-6,522,447 Optical limiting device and method of preparation thereof
Optical limiting device and method of preparation thereof. The optical limiting device includes a transparent substrate and at least one homogeneous layer of an...
US-6,522,446 Anisometrically shaped metal particles, liquid suspensions and films thereof and light valves comprising same
The invention is directed to the use of anisometrically shaped metal particles in liquid light valve suspensions, light valve films and light valves. The...
US-6,522,445 Feedback sensor for M.E.M.S. mirrors
A support for a mirror which reflects a laser ray to a detector. The mirror is gimballed about two perpendicular axes. The mirror is supported solely by strain...
US-6,522,444 Integrated angled-dual-axis confocal scanning endoscopes
The present invention provides a novel class of integrated angled-dual-axis confocal scanning endoscopes. An integrated angled-dual-axis confocal scanning...
US-6,522,443 High-resolution writing using beams and lenses rotating at equal or double speed
A scan systems include at least one radiation source for directing at least one beam toward a spinning scan device. The scan device reflects these beams as...
US-6,522,442 Optical path structure of optical scanner assembly
An optical scanner assembly in which a pair of F.theta. lenses are arranged symmetrically across a single deflector means and a reflector for introducing a light...
US-6,522,441 Micro-optical system for an auto-focus scanner having an improved depth of field
A micro-optical system with autofocus capability utilizing micro electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) to vary the focus of the beam achieving increased depth of...
US-6,522,440 Inter-satellite optical link track sensor
The present invention provides a tracking sensor and system to maintain the alignment of an optical communication beam between two terminals. A four-quadrant...
US-6,522,439 Optical distortion compensation apparatuses, methods, and systems
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed that provide for simultaneously upconverting electrical signals carrying information at electric frequencies onto...
US-6,522,438 High-speed optical duobinary modulation scheme
A duobinary modulator and a method of modulating an optical signal so as to be coded in a duobinary manner, using optical modulating specifically adapted for...
US-6,522,437 Agile multi-beam free-space optical communication apparatus
An electronically agile multi-beam optical transceiver has a first crossbar switch, that switches input signals to selected ones of a spatial array of light...
US-6,522,436 Multiplexed transmission of optical signals
In an optical communication system, a train of optical pulses is transmitted such that each pulse carries a set of multiplexed channels. In a receiver, the error...
US-6,522,435 High-throughput, low-latency next generation internet networks using optical label switching and high-speed...
An optical signaling header technique applicable to optical networks wherein packet routing information is embedded in the same channel or wavelength as the data...
US-6,522,434 System and method for determining optical loss characteristics of optical fibers in an optical fiber network
A system and method for determining the optical loss characteristics of optical fibers in an optical fiber network. An optical transmission module is provided....
US-6,522,433 Interference lithography using holey fibers
A method and apparatus for interference lithography utilize a fiber having a cladding region with axially formed holes surrounding a core region. The fiber emits...
US-6,522,432 Image scanner with automatic signal compensation
The present invention relates to an image scanner with automatic signal compensation function for compensating the instability of a light source of the image...
US-6,522,431 System for minimizing image defects in a hard-copy input scanner
In a document handler associated with a scanner, such as for a digital copier or facsimile machine, an image-bearing sheet is moved over a window, through which...
US-6,522,430 Quantification of motion quality effect on image quality
An image quality analysis system is provided that allows highly accurate measurements of motion quality defects. The motion quality analysis process relies only...
US-6,522,429 Facsimile machine and facsimile communication system
A facsimile communication system includes a calling and a called facsimile machine connected via a communication network. Each of the facsimile machines has a...
US-6,522,428 Structure of foldable optical path
A structure of foldable optical path is suitable for use in an optical scanner with a CCD type or a type of non-contact imaging sensor. The structure of foldable...
US-6,522,427 Color table manipulations for contour reduction
An apparatus and method for improving a color space transformation between an input device such as a scanner and an output device such as a printer. The color...
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