| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 359318000 | By reflection | 11 |
| 20080316586 | Combinational PZT And MEMS Beam Steering - Beam steering systems and methods are disclosed according to various embodiments. A beam steering system may include a laser that produces a beam of light. The beam of light may then be directed through a piezoelectric tube that includes a light guide and one or more piezoelectric elements. The piezoelectric tube is coupled with the light source, such that the beam of light is conducted through the light guide. The piezoelectric tube is coupled with a scanning optical element that includes an optical element and a steering device. A controller may be communicatively coupled with the light source, the piezoelectric tube and the scanning optical element. The controller may include instructions to dither the beam of light with the piezoelectric tube and/or instructions to steer the beam of light with the scanning optical element. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090073547 | OPTICAL MODULATOR AND OPTICAL MODULATION SYSTEM - A light modulation device that improves utilization efficiency of light is provided. The light modulation device includes a light emitter, a Fabry-Perot type of resonator, and a controller for applying a control voltage to the resonator. The resonator includes a light modulating film in which refractive index changes in accordance with an applied electric field, and comb-shaped electrodes for applying the electrical field to the light modulating film. The light emitted from the light emitter is incident to a light-incident plane, the light being substantially perpendicular to a direction of the electrical field applied to the light modulating film, and inclined from a direction normal to the light-incident plane. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090122391 | BEAM DEFLECTION USING PZT RESONANCE - Beam deflection devices and methods using piezoelectric tube resonance. A beam deflection device may include a laser that produces a beam of light. The beam of light may then be directed through a piezoelectric tube that includes a light guide and one or more piezoelectric elements. The device may also have an optical tip that extends axially from the end of the piezoelectric tube. The piezoelectric tube is coupled with the light source, such that the beam of light is conducted through the light guide and optionally the optical tip. A controller may be communicatively coupled with the light source and the piezoelectric tube. The controller may include instructions to activate the piezoelectric tube at a resonant frequency of the piezoelectric tube, the light guide, and/or the optical tip. The controller may include instructions to activate one or more of the piezoelectric elements at a different power level. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090141339 | OPTICAL MODULATOR, OPTICAL MODULATOR MODULE AND SCANNING DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed are an optical modulator and an optical modulator module that can reduce a laser speckle. The optical modulator module can include an optical modulator, modulating an incident beam of light incident according to a driving signal and outputting the modulated beam of light; and a light transmissive substrate, placed in the optical modulator and formed with a phase control pattern, the incident beam of light and the outputted beam of light passing through the light transmissive substrate and the phase control pattern being formed in a part of a surface that is a light path of the incident beam of light and the outputted beam of light. Here, the phase control pattern, a central peak of an autocorrelation function can have a width that is smaller than a width of the phase control pattern, and a side lobe level is smaller than a level of the central peak. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20100002288 | Electrically Controlled Optical Elements and Method - The effective focal length of an optical system can be electronically controlled using switchable wave plates in conjunction with polarized light. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20110149380 | Electro-Optical Deflection/Modulation - An optical deflector includes multiple voltage-dependent refractive boundaries. Light passes through the refractive boundaries and accumulates a deflection angle. An electrode placed to apply a voltage to the boundaries may be non-uniform to modulate a wavefront as it passes. A scanning laser projector includes the optical deflector to modulate laser light. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20130003166 | Full-field maskless lithography projection optics - Projection optics for a lithographic projection system is provided that comprises a spatial light modulator (SLM) from which radiation is reflected and directed to a projection lens that projects the radiation to a substrate. The SLM is illuminated by non telecentric off axis illumination (e.g. from laser radiation that has a spectral bandwidth of the order of 1 picometer, and the projection optics is configured for significant reduction (e.g. at least 10× reduction, 20× reduction, or 50× reduction). | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130050808 | LIGHT MODULATION LAYER - A light modulation layer of a full-color reflective display ( | 02-28-2013 |
| 20150138628 | REFLECTIVE PROJECTION SCREEN COMPRISING A VARIABLE LIGHT SCATTERING SYSTEM - The invention relates to a glazing used as projection screen operating in reflection, comprising a front face, onto which the image is projected, and a rear face. The glazing comprises a variable light scattering system comprising a functional film capable of switching between a transparent state and a scattering state and a coating comprising at least one mirror layer, said coating being separated from the front face at least by the functional film. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150323851 | Light Modulating Backplane with Configurable Multi-Electrode Pixels - A light modulating Backplane with configurable multi-electrode pixels is disclosed. The configurable multi-electrode pixel includes a first set of dot electrodes in a first field and a second set of dot electrodes in a second field. Generally, dot electrode is included in both the first set of dot electrodes and the second set of dot electrodes. For example, a pixel control circuit coupled to a dedicated dot electrode. A first dot electrode is coupled to the pixel control circuit by a first dot electrode connection circuit and a second dot electrode is coupled to the pixel control circuit by a second dot electrode connection circuit. During the first field the first dot electrode connection circuit is active while the second dot electrode connection circuit is inactive. During the second field, the first dot electrode connection circuit is inactive while the second dot electrode connection circuit is active. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150338642 | HIGH SPEED VARIABLE FOCAL FIELD LENS ASSEMBLY AND RELATED METHODS - A variable focal length optical assembly may include a deformable entry lens element, a deformable first reflective element and a deformable second reflective element. Using a controller coupled to the deformable elements, an external force such as a mechanical, electrical, electromechanical, or electromagnetic force is applied to the deformable elements to provide any number of different focal lengths. Since the deformation of the deformable elements, and consequently the changes in focal length, occur much faster than the playback frame rate, a number of sub-frames, each containing an image obtained at a different focal length, are associated with each playback frame. The availability of multiple images in the form of sub-frames permits the selection of an optimal image for inclusion in the final playback frame sequence. The availability of multiple images in the form of sub-frames at different focal lengths also permits the seamless incorporation of zoom-in and zoom-out effects. | 11-26-2015 |
