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Binoculars With Micromirror Array Lenses
US 08810908 B2, Aug. 19, 2014, Binocular, Gyoung Il Cho et al. / Stereo Display, Inc. (Anaheim, US)
A pair of binoculars with micromirror array reflector comprising two optical…
User Interface
US 08786953 B2, July 22, 2014, Superimposing visual information on observers field of view, Aaron Joseph Wheeler et al. / Google Inc. (Mountain View, US)
A method comprising:…
ND Filter, and Iris Device and Optical Apparatus Having the Same
US 08755134 B2, June 17, 2014, Absorption Filter, Michio Yanagi et al. / Canon Denshi Kabushiki Kaisha JP
An ND filter comprising:…
Optical Pulse Compressing Based on Chirped Fiber Bragg Gratings for Pulse Amplification and Fiber Lasers
US 08730570 B2, May 20, 2014, Beam combination or separation, Anthony Hong Lin / Calmar Optcom, Inc. (Sunnyvale, US)
A method for amplifying laser pulses, comprising:…
Switchable Windows With MEMS Shutters
US 08724202 B2, May 13, 2014, Electro-mechanical, Wilhelmus Adrianus de Groot et al. / QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies, Inc. (San Diego, US)
A switchable device, comprising:…
Wide-Angle Lens, Imaging Apparatus, and Method for Manufacturing Wide-Angle Lens
US 08699143 B2, April 15, 2014, Having seven or less components, Haruo Sato / Nikon Corporation (Tokyo, JP)
A wide-angle lens comprising:…
Infrared Signal Blinder System and Method
US 08559102 B2, Oct. 15, 2013, Having ultraviolet absorbing or shielding property, Nelson M. Tuchman et al.
An infrared signal blinder, comprising:…
Optical Security Marking Component, Method of Manufacturing Such a Component, System Comprising Such a Component, and Reader for Checking Such a Component
US 08488223 B2, July 16, 2013, Authentication, Valéry Petiton et al. / Hologram Industries (Bussy Saint Georges, FR)
An optical security marking component producing a first configuration visible…
Imaging Optical System, and Imaging Apparatus Incorporting the Same
US 08482867 B2, July 9, 2013, Three components, Yuki Kubota / Olympus Imaging Corp. (Tokyo, JP)
An imaging optical system consisting of, in order from an object side thereof,…
Compact Imaging Lens Assembly
US 08482864 B2, July 9, 2013, Having two components, Tsung Han Tsai et al. / Largan Precision Co., Ltd. (Taichung, TW)
A compact imaging lens assembly including, in order from an object side…
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- Authentication 20
- Having Particular Recording Medium 3
- For Synthetically Generating a Hologram 24
- Using Modulated or Plural Reference Beams 1
- Spatial, Phase or Amplitude Modulation 4
- Copying by Holographic Means 5
- Head Up Display 3
- Using a Hologram as an Optical Element 12
- Scanner 3
- Lens 1
- Having Defined Page Composer 2
- For Producing or Reconstructing Images From Multiple Holograms 6
- Holographic Stereogram 2
- Discrete Hologram Only 1
- Having Multiple Object Beam or Diffuse Object Illumination 2
- Fourier Transform Holography 2
- For Reconstructing Image 1
- With Optical Waveguide 1
- Hardware for Producing a Hologram 1
- Optical Computing Without Diffraction 6
- Logic Gate 1
- Deflection Using a Moving Element 5
- Using a Periodically Moving Element 1
- With Particular Mount or Driver for Element 12
- Oscillating Driver 9
- Electrostatically Driven 4
- Electromagnetically Driven 8
- Electromechanically Driven 8
- Bearing or Shaft for Rotary Driver 1
- Grooved Shaft 1
- Electrostatic Driver 1
- Electromagnetic Driver 6
- Electromechanical Driver 9
- With Multiple Scanning Elements 7
- Reflective Element 8
- X-Y Scanners 7
- Utilizing Multiple Light Beams 14
- Including Polarized Light Beam 2
- Having Multiple Light Beams With Visible Wavelengths 1
- Post Scanning Optical Element 6
- High Distortion Lens 2
- Anamorphic Elements 1
- Having an Aspheric Surface 1
- Multiple Aspheric Surfaces 1
- Multiple Nonsymmetrical Aspheric Surfaces 3
- Thermal Compensation 1
- Transmissive Type Moving Element 4
- Rotating Prism 1
- Reflective Type Moving Element 7
- Rotating Reflective Element 3
- Oscillating Reflective Element 4
- Single Plane Mirror 1
- With Imaging Lens 1
- Multifaceted Rotating Element 4
- Having Five or Fewer Facets 1
- Inclined Reflective Elements 1
- Having Planar Rotating Reflector With Co-Planar Axis of Rotation 1
- With Particular Mount or Drive for Element 5
- By Moving a Reflective Element 3
- Reflective Element Moved by Deformable Support 43
- Pivotally or Moving in Circular Arc 2
- Pivotal or Rotational Element 1
- Light Control by Opaque Element or Medium Movable in or Through Light Path 5
- Fluid 18
- Electro-Mechanical 12
- With Relative Motion of Two Apertured Elements 7
- With Rotating or Pivoting Element 7
- Optical Modulator 9
- Light Wave Temporal Modulation 16
- Modulator Output Feedback to Modulator 4
- Changing Bulk Optical Parameter 3
- By Actinic Radiation 8
- Display Device 2
- Bistable Device 1
- Electro-Optic 26
- Modulation of Polarized Light via Modulating Input Signal 4
- Using Reflective or Cavity Structure 1
- Semiconductor 2
- With Particular Direction of the Field in Relation to the Medium, Beam Direction or Polarization 1
- Liquid Medium 3
- With Particular Electrode Structure or Arrangement, or Medium Mounting Structure or Arrangement 4
- Pockels Cell 1
- Plural Modulation Cells 2
- Etalon Structure 4
- By Reflection 2
- Pulse Modulation 3
- Electrochromic 29
- Particular Nonplanar Electrode Arrangement 2
- Reflection-Type 29
- Particular Counter Electrode 1
- Particular Electrolyte Layer 10
- Particular Planar Electrode Pattern 1
- Particular Electrochromic Layer Structure 9
- Diverse Layer 2
- Transmission-Type 22
- Within Display Element 2
- Frequency Modulation 5
- Phase Modulation 8
- Magneto-Optic 2
- Using Layered Structure or Plural Mediums 1
- Amplitude Modulation 1
- Acousto-Optic 5
- Frequency Modulation 1
- Thermo-Optic 13
- By Changing Physical Characteristics of an Optical Element 67
- Shape or Contour of Light Control Surface Altered 30
- Light Control Surface Forms Image on Projected Light Beam 4
- Using Photoconductive Layer 1
- Having Multiple Electrodes 7
- Changing Position or Orientation of Suspended Particles 160
- Light Control Surface Formed or Destroyed 1
- Light Wave Directional Modulation 10
- Opto-Optical Device 2
- Using More Than One Polarization 1
- Acousto-Optic 2
- Utilizing Optical Feedback 2
- Filter 1
- Plural Cell Array 1
- Electro-Optic 1
- Plural Modulation Cells 1
- By Reflection 2
- Focusing 1
- Switching 5
- Having Particular Chemical Composition or Structure 3
- Electro-Optic Crystal Material 3
- Optical Demodulator 12
- Optical Frequency Converter 18
- Harmonic Generator 16
- Third Harmonic 1
- Parametric Oscillator 18
- Dielectric Optical Waveguide Type 2
- Optical Amplifier 24
- Raman or Brillouin Process 16
- Correction of Deleterious Effects 12
- Spectral Gain Flattening or Equalization 3
- Feedback 2
- Using Number of Signals 1
- Adjusting Input Signal Power 1
- Filtering 5
- Grating 2
- Complementary, Adjusting Stages 1
- Dispersion Compensation 3
- Mode Locked 2
- Optical Fiber 30
- Bi-Directional 1
- Pumping 11
- Radiation Routing 3
- With Multiple Systems 1
- Feedback 7
- Automatic Gain Control (AGC) 3
- Automatic Level Control (ALC) 2
- Surge Protection 3
- Fault Detection 2
- Composition 4
- Particular Active Medium 4
- Semiconductor 26
- Particular Pumping Type 2
- Particular Resonator Cavity 12
- Multiple Pass 3
- Beam Combination or Separation 6
- Having Significant Infrared or Ultraviolet Property 4
- Having Folded Optical Path 3
- Having Polarizing Element 8
- Including Alternative Optical Path or Optical Element 1
- Including Continuously Variable Magnification or Focal Length (Zoom Lens, Adjustable Lens) 1
- Lens, Lens System or Component 1
- Having Four or More Components 3
- Multilayer Filter or Multilayer Reflector 13
- Having Metal Layer 6
- Having Ultraviolet Absorbing or Shielding Property 6
- Compound Lens System 1
- With Curved Reflective Imaging Element 6
- Two or More in a Series 5
- Concave, Convex Combination 6
- Microscope 24
- Interference 3
- Using Polarized Light 1
- Stereoscopic 3
- With Single or Parallel Objectives 1
- For Viewing Stereo Pairs 1
- Spacing of Optical Elements Axially Adjustable 5
- Variable Magnification 6
- Imaging Elements Movable in and Out of Optical Axis 6
- Entire Microscope Adjustable Along Optical Axis 1
- Focus Adjustment 5
- With Rotatable Adjustment 6
- Illuminator 33
- Using Polarized Light 1
- With Annular Lighting Structure 4
- With Optical Switching Means 6
- With Illumination and Viewing Paths Coaxial at the Image Field 1
- With Illuminator Support 1
- Stage or Slide Carrier 6
- Adjustable Along Optical Axis 2
- With Plural Transverse Movements 3
- With Turntable 1
- Transparent Slide 1
- Reference Lines or Grids 1
- Specimen Cavity or Chamber 4
- Telescope 4
- Periscope 2
- Binocular 1
- Body Supported or With Handle 2
- Spacing of Optical Elements Axially Adjustable 1
- With Plural Optical Axes 1
- Variable Magnification 2
- With Reticle 1
- Focusing or Relatively Sliding Barrels 3
- With Reticle 1
- With Reticle 5
- With Line of Sight Adjustment 4
- Equatorial Mount 2
- Variable Magnification 2
- With Relay 1
- Projection Screen 11
- Moving During Projection 1
- With Reflector or Additional Screen 9
- Curved 1
- Embedded Particles 4
- Rear Projection Screen 1
- Lenticular 1
- With Fresnel Lens 1
- Stereoscopic Imaging or Three Dimensional Imaging 1
- Unitary Sheet Comprising Plural Reflecting Areas 4
- Rear Projection Screen 3
- Roll Up Screen 6
- Stereoscopic 4
- Having Record With Lenticular Surface 5
- With Right and Left Channel Discriminator 8
- Using Polarized Light 4
- Ocular Spacing or Angle Between Ocular Axes Adjustable 1
- Relief Illusion 1
- Binocular Loupe Type 1
- Polarization Without Modulation 3
- Faraday Effect 2
- Isolator 4
- With Reflector 1
- Circulator 1
- Optical Switch 1
- With Particular Faraday Effect Material 1
- Polarization by Reflection or Refraction 6
- Brewster Angle Polarizer (Reflective or Transmissive) 1
- Multilayer Polarizer 3
- Wire Grid Polarizer 9
- Polarization (Direction or Magnitude) Variation Over Surface of the Medium 3
- Linear Variation 1
- Polarizarion by Dichroism 3
- With Stain or Dye 8
- Wavelength-Selective Beamsplitter 1
- Oriented Particles 2
- Glare Prevention by Discriminating Against Polarized Light 3
- Polarization by Birefringence 2
- Intrinsic Birefringence or Photoelastic (Stress) Effect 1
- Temperature 2
- Form Birefringent Element 3
- Waveplate or Retarder 6
- Beam Deflector or Splitter 5
- Prism 2
- Film or Layer 2
- Lens 1
- Frequency Filter or Interference Effects 1
- By Relatively Adjustable Superimposed or in Series Polarizers 1
- Rotating Elements 1
- With Color Filter 1
- Polarization by Optical Activity 2
- Depolarization 1
- Extended Spacing Structure for Optical Elements 1
- Protection From Moisture or Foreign Particle 11
- Optical Element Rotates 1
- Fluid Directed Across Optical Element 2
- Microscope Drape 3
- Cap or Cover 5
- Humidity or Temperature Control 2
- Sealing 3
- Mirror, Prism or Signal Reflector 3
- Signal Reflector 6
- Worn Over Clothing 1
- For a Signal Source Remote From Observer 1
- Light Transmitting From Source Behind a Reflector 2
- 3-Corner Retroreflective 9
- Unitary Plate or Sheet Comprising Plural Reflecting Elements 20
- Including a Curved Refracting Surface 1
- Minute Transparent Spheres 7
- Mixture in Liquid Binder 2
- Placed on Top of Binder 1
- With Individual Reflector Element Mount 1
- Including a Snap, Spring Clip, or Spring Retainer 3
- Including a Threaded Member 3
- Rigidly Mounted on Vehicle 1
- Mounted on Roadway 1
- Image Stabilization 4
- Having Plural Reflecting Surfaces 6
- By Movable Refractive Structure 15
- Diffraction 1
- Using Fourier Transform Spatial Filtering 2
- From Zone Plate 1
- From Grating 7
- For Ornamental Effect or Display 6
- Including Particular Grating Characteristic 12
- Nonplanar Grating Substrate 1
- Echelette or Blazed Grating 2
- Reflection Grating 6
- Variable Grating 3
- With Curved or Geometrically Shaped Corrugation 1
- With Nonuniform Corrugation Width, Spacing, or Depth 2
- Laminated or Layered 10
- Electrically or Mechanically Variable 4
- By Nonmovable Driving Element 3
- Produced by Coating or Lamina 4
- By Transmissive Coating on Lens 4
- Layer Having Specified Nonoptical Property 1
- Beam Splitter or Combiner 1
- Reflector 2
- Including Metal or Conductive Layer 2
- Layers Having Specified Index of Refraction 4
- Plural Layer Groups Lateral in Parallel Light Paths 2
- Filter Having Four or More Layers 1
- Selective Wavelength Transmission or Reflection 6
- Having Another Filter 1
- Building Interior Illumination With Reflected, Refracted or Predetermined Angle of Entrance of Outside Light 4
- Unitary Light Transmitting Member Comprising Plural Reflecting or Refracting Elements 4
- With Internal Reflections 1
- Slats or Strips 4
- With Reflection 2
- Internal Reflection in Single Optical Element 1
- Diffusing of Incident Light 11
- Barrel End Eye Guard 2
- Glare or Unwanted Light Reduction 13
- Anti-Glare Mirror 1
- Adjustable 4
- Translucent or Other Semitransmitting Panel Selectively Positioned in Front of Mirror 1
- Display Window 1
- Barrel End or Lens Mount Shade 1
- Directional or Angular Discrimination 1
- With Absorption Means 10
- Including Particles Loosely Housed for Agitation 1
- Single Channel Simultaneously to or From Plural Channels 17
- By Surface Composed of Lenticular Elements 28
- Having Particular Composition 8
- Plural Lenticular Plates 4
- Serially Disposed Along Optic Axis 5
- Cylindrical Lenslets 1
- Having Crossed Axes 4
- Focusing or Defocusing by Noncurved Surfaces 1
- Particular Focusing or Defocusing Characteristic 4
- Reflective 2
- By Partial Reflection at Beam Splitting or Combining Surface 10
- Superimposing Visual Information on Observers Field of View 60
- Including Curved Reflector 8
- Rotatable Heads-Up Device or Combiner 4
- With Additional Reflector 12
- Wavelength Selective 9
- Including Full Reflection and Transmission of a Beam at Different Portions of a Beam Divider 1
- With Path Length or Aberration Correcting Element 2
- With Partial Reflection at a Surface of a Prism 1
- By Refraction at Beam Splitting or Combining Surface 2
- Including Prismatic Element 2
- Collimating of Light Beam 5
- Lens 20
- Eyepiece 4
- Having Three Components 1
- Having Two Components 1
- With Field Curvature Shaping 1
- Projection Type 10
- With Graded Refractive Index 5
- Having an Axial Gradient 1
- Having a Radial Gradient 1
- Microscope Objective 4
- Having Six Components 1
- Having Five Components 1
- Spherical 1
- Fluid 29
- With Variable Magnification 19
- With Gas 1
- Anamorphic 3
- With Prism Anamorphoser 1
- Selective Magnification by Exchanging or Adding a Lens Component 3
- To the Front of a Basic Lens 1
- To the Middle of a Basic Lens 3
- With Variable Magnification 21
- Prism Lens Type 1
- With Fixed Conjugates 1
- Reverse Telephoto 7
- Having Seven or Less Components 18
- With Mechanical Compensation 24
- Other Than First Group Moves for Focusing (Internal Focus Type) 24
- Four Groups 17
- + - + + Arrangement 36
- + - - + Arrangement 2
- Three Groups 17
- + - + Arrangement 2
- Two Groups 7
- With Macro-Type Focusing 2
- Adjusting Mechanism 13
- Three or More Movable Lens Groups 6
- Motor Driven 10
- Condition Responsive 5
- Auto Focusing 11
- Having Cam Device 4
- Cam Groove Type 21
- Cam Ring Type or Zoom Ring Type 6
- With Specified Mount 1
- Having Detail of Barrel 6
- Diffusing 2
- Including a Nonspherical Surface 6
- Conical 1
- Having Six Components 15
- Having Five Components 62
- Having Four Components 27
- Having Three Components 18
- Having Two Components 8
- Objective for Laser 2
- Asymmetric 1
- Plural Focal Length 7
- Selective Wavelength Transmitting or Blocking 2
- Annular Zonal Correcting 4
- Panoramic 1
- With Reflecting Element 8
- Including Concave or Convex Reflecting Surface 3
- With Concave and Convex Reflectors in Series 1
- Reflectors in Series 2
- With Concave and Convex Reflectors in Series 1
- For Producing a Double Pass 1
- With Light Limiting or Controlling Means 4
- Diaphragm 2
- Between Lens Components 7
- With Multipart Element 3
- Echelon 6
- Having Curvilinear Lens 1
- Telephoto 2
- With Less Than Four Components 3
- Reverse Telephoto 3
- With Eight Components 1
- With Seven Components 1
- With Six Components 1
- With Five or Less Components 7
- Multiple Component Lenses 3
- Seven Components 2
- First Component Positive 2
- First Two Components Positive 1
- First Component Negative 3
- First Two Components Negative 2
- Five Components 2
- First Component Positive 24
- + - + - + Arrangement 4
- First Component Negative 5
- Four Components 1
- First Component Positive 3
- + - + - Arrangement 7
- + - + + Arrangement 3
- First Component Negative 2
- Three Components 9
- + - + Arrangement 3
- With Multiple Element First Component 2
- With Multiple Element Second Component 1
- + + - Arrangement 3
- Two Components 6
- + + Arrangement 4
- + - Arrangement 3
- Single Component With Multiple Elements 2
- Three or More Elements 3
- With Viewed Object or Viewed Field Illumination 1
- Magnifier 3
- Hand Held 1
- With Viewed Object Support 1
- With Lens Casing 1
- With Support 26
- With Additional Handle 1
- Lens Movable in Its Plane 12
- Electromagnetic Motive Power 4
- Body or Apparel Attached or Carried 1
- Foldable or Collapsible 5
- With Clamp or Grip 3
- Lens Mounts 38
- With Temperature Compensation or Control 7
- Plural Lenses in Common Carrier Selectively Operable 3
- Adjustable 12
- With Axial Adjustment 32
- Electromagnetic or Piezoelectric Drive 66
- Focusing Ring 1
- Sliding Barrels 5
- Detachably Attached 8
- Bayonet Coupling 3
- With Threads 2
- With Ring 2
- Prism (Including Mount) 3
- Fluid Filled 1
- With Reflecting Surface 1
- Plural Reflecting Surfaces 4
- For Binocular or Porro-Prism 1
- With Refracting Surface 2
- Mirror 1
- With a Transmitting Property 1
- Back to Back 1
- Retractable Vehicle Mirror 18
- Mounted on Vehicle Having Handlebars 1
- Automatically Adjustable in Response to Vehicle Position, Control, or Indicator 3
- On Adjustable Diverse Vehicle Portion or Accessory 4
- Fluid Cooled Mirror 2
- Including Specified Control or Retention of the Shape of a Mirror Surface 4
- Including a Plurality of Adjustable Mirror Supports 3
- Plural Mirrors or Reflecting Surfaces 12
- Composite or Echelon Mirrors or Light Concentrating Array 2
- Light Concentrating, Concave, or Paraboloidal Structure 6
- Identical Adjacent Mirrors Identically Supported 3
- With Successive Reflections 1
- With Successive Reflections 5
- Including Curved Mirror Surfaces in Series 1
- With Concave and Convex Mirrors in Series 4
- With Three or More Successive Reflections 1
- Including an Adjustable Mirror 1
- Including Adjacent Plane and Curved Mirrors 3
- Relatively Adjustable 1
- Wide Angle Segmented Mirrors 5
- With Mirror Surface of Varied Radius 7
- Concave 1
- With Support 25
- Mirror Movable Relative to Support 18
- With Rotary to Linear Motion Converting Mirror Adjustment 1
- With Rotation of Mirror About Perpendicular Axes 1
- With a Rigid Handle Extending to or Near a Mirror Pivot 2
- With Rotation of Mirror About Perpendicular Axes 2
- With Switch or Motor Controlling Mirror Movement 5
- Fluid Pressure Actuated 1
- Body or Apparel Mirror Support 5
- Laminated or Layered Mirror Support 9
- With Selective Absorption or Transparent Overcoating 2
- Absorption Filter 7
- Fluid 1
- Neutral or Graded Density 1
- Movable in or Out of Optical Path 1
- Superimposed or Series 2
- Filters in Optical Parallel 6
- With Support or Frame 3
- Optical Aperture or Tube, or Transparent Closure 3
- Miscellaneous 1