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High distortion lens (e.g., f-Theta lens)
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With diffraction portion or element
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Anamorphic elements | 5 |
| 20120300276 | OPTICAL BEAM SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - In a scanning image display device including a function to project and display a two-dimensional image on a projection screen using a deflecting unit that repeatedly operates a predetermined reflecting mirror surface to two-dimensionally scan a light beam, a large image distortion inevitably occurs, which is caused by the reflecting mirror surface that repeatedly and two-dimensionally operates for deflection. In order to solve the problem, a free-form surface lens or a wedge or trapezoid prism with a predetermined refractive index and a predetermined vertical angle is disposed in an optical path between the deflecting unit and the projection screen, thereby excellently correcting image distortion that occurs when scanning a light beam. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20100020376 | SHEARING RADIATION BEAM FOR IMAGING PRINTING MEDIA - An illuminator ( | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100110517 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - An optical scanning device capable of stably and uniformly performing linear optical scanning by using a high-brightness light source is provided. The device includes: at least one laser light source ( | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100245959 | Scan Optical System, Light Scan Device, and Image Formation Device - An imaging lens good in mass-productivity, compact, low in manufacturing cost, good in aberration performance is provided by effectively correcting aberrations without greatly varying the variation of the thickness of a curing resin. An imaging device having such an imaging lens and a portable terminal are also provided. A third lens (L | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110279881 | IMAGE READING LENS AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS USING IMAGE READING LENS - Provided is an image reading lens to be used for reading image information of an original. The image reading lens includes an anamorphic lens having at least one anamorphic surface with an aspherical shape which is rotationally asymmetric about an optical axis. The anamorphic lens has a non-arc shape in each of a main scanning section and a sub scanning section. The at least one anamorphic surface has a positive optical power in a main scanning direction on the optical axis, and a non-arc amount of the sub scanning section continuously changes with an increase in distance from the optical axis in the main scanning direction. | 11-17-2011 |
| 359208100 |
Concave reflector | 5 |
| 20100253991 | SCANNING PROJECTION DEVICE - Scanning projection device PJ two-dimensionally deflects a beam emitted from light source unit | 10-07-2010 |
| 20120008184 | Hollow Reflecting Optical Element and Scanning Optical Device - Provided are a resinous reflecting optical element that achieves high mirror surface precision by mitigating the warping effects associated with contraction during resin hardening and suppressing the distortion of a mirror surface that results from resistance to mold release, and a scanning optical device that uses said reflecting optical element. The reflecting optical element is characterized by having a long, tabular substrate ( | 01-12-2012 |
| 20140009811 | Flat Field Telecentric Scanner With Diffraction Limited Performance - The present invention provides a scanning system ( | 01-09-2014 |
| 20090244673 | Projection Image Display Apparatus - Disclosed is a projection image display apparatus to display an image by projecting a light from a light source to a screen including a scan mirror to scan the light from the light source by vibrating in a sine vibration manner at least in an one-dimensional direction and a correction lens which is disposed between the scan mirror and the screen and which corrects a deflection angle of the light scanned by the scan mirror at least in the one-dimensional direction, and the correction lens carries out a correction so that the larger a scan angle of the scan mirror is, the larger the deflection angle is to be by the correction. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20100284051 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUS - The present invention provides an optical scanning device that prevents a disadvantageous increase in device size. Transfer optical system | 11-11-2010 |
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Cylindrical or toric lens | 4 |
| 20090059338 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical scanning device which corrects rotation distortion around an optical axis of the light beam is provided while a housing is reduced in site and is arranged to be manufactured accurately. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20100208321 | Image forming optical system and electronic image pickup apparatus using the same - An image forming optical system of the present invention includes at least one cemented lens which includes a first lens element (e | 08-19-2010 |
| 20110242634 | SCANNING OPTICAL APPARATUS - A scanning optical apparatus includes: a light source; a first optical element configured to convert light emitted from the light source into a beam of light; a second optical element configured to convert the beam of light having passed through the first optical element into a linear image extending in a main scanning direction; a deflecting mirror configured to deflect the beam of light having passed through the second optical element in the main scanning direction; and a third optical element configured to convert the beam of light having been deflected by the deflecting mirror into a spot-like image and focus it on a target surface to be scanned. The third optical element is a single lens having a pair of opposite lens surfaces, and each of the pair of lens surfaces is aspheric in a main scanning plane to satisfy the formula: | 10-06-2011 |
| 20160131897 | SCANNING DEVICE - A scanning device includes a scan unit with a polygon mirror, pre-scan optics and post-scan optics. The pre-scan optics are arranged upstream of the polygon mirror in such a way that a beam bundle coming from the light source impinges on the polygon mirror at an angle of incidence (α) in a cross scan plane, and the optical axis of the post-scan optics is arranged in a reflection direction of the polygon mirror. Distortions, trapezoidal distortion and scan bow, occurring when imaging the light source on a scan line are minimized in that the cylindrical mirror of the post-scan optics is tilted at a first tilt angle (β) relative to the surface normals to the polygon mirror in the cross scan plane, and one of the two corrective lenses of the post-scan optics is tilted relative to the optical axis of the post-scan optics at a second tilt angle (γ) and is arranged so as to be offset by a distance. | 05-12-2016 |
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Polarized beam | 3 |
| 20120154883 | LENS WITH LOW BIREFRINGENCE, METHOD OF FABRICATING THE LENS, AND LIGHT SCANNING UNIT INCLUDING THE LENS - There are provided a lens, a method of fabricating the lens, and a light scanning unit. The lens includes a lens portion having an effective optical surface, and a gate-side flange portion between the lens portion and a gate-side end of the lens. If the lens is disposed between two polarizers configured to polarize light linearly in perpendicular directions and is illuminated in an optical axis direction, interference fringes are generated on the lens, and peripheral interference fringes of the interference fringes extend continuously from the gate-side end and are longer than the gate-side flange portion. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20130242365 | SCANNING DISPLAY DEVICE AND SPECKLE REDUCTION METHOD - A scanning display device includes: a light source section including at least one light source configured to emitting coherent light; a light scanning section including: a scan mirror configured to reflect the light originated from the light source section and scan over a screen; and a turning section configured to turn the scan mirror; a depolarizer having outgoing polarized light distribution in which a state of polarization of outgoing light consecutively changes within an element plane, wherein: the depolarizer is placed in an optical path along which the light emitted by the light source section reaches the screen; and the state of polarization of the light is changed, thereby scanning the screen with light that has a polarized light distribution, in which the state of polarization consecutively changes, in a beam diameter. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20160116647 | ANTI-MOIRE PATTERN DIFFUSER FOR OPTICAL SYSTEMS - Disclosed herein are devices and techniques related to optical diffusers and particularly, diffusers to reduce moire patterns in a projected image. The device may comprise an array of micro-focal elements or reflectors and a light polarization grid. The light polarization grid configured to change a polarization between portions of a light beam and the micro-focal elements of reflectors to diffuse the light beam such that portions of the light beam having a difference in polarization may meet at a point. | 04-28-2016 |
| 359207110 |
Thermal compensation | 3 |
| 20090168133 | OPTICAL SCANNER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An optical scanner provided with at least one optical path through which an optical beam emitted from a light source is directed onto a surface of an object for forming an image thereon includes a deflector configured to deflect the optical beam and a curvature adjustment unit. The curvature adjustment unit includes a reflecting mirror configured to reflect the optical beam in a predetermined direction, a holder unit configured to hold the reflecting mirror and including at least one supporter that engages the reflecting mirror, a pressure unit configured to flexibly deform the reflecting mirror in a normal direction relative to a reflecting surface of the reflecting mirror, and a fixing member fixed to at least a portion of the reflecting mirror, configured to fix a position of the holder unit relative to the reflecting mirror in a main scanning direction by contacting at least a portion of the holder unit including the supporter. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20110013248 | OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS - An optical scanning apparatus includes a deflecting device for scanning and deflecting a light beam, a first optical member onto which reflected light from the deflecting device is incident, a wall disposed between the first optical member and the deflecting device, a mirror that reflects the light beam having passed through the first optical member, a second optical member disposed above the deflecting device to guide and form an image of reflected light from the mirror on a surface to be scanned, a supporting member supporting the second optical member and having at least one bent portion, and a housing. The bent portion of the supporting member is disposed above the deflecting device in a position nearer to the deflecting device than the wall face in a direction perpendicular to the deflecting face of the deflecting device so that a flow of air produced by the deflecting device is branched. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110310455 | CURVE CORRECTION MECHANISM, OPTICAL SCANNER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A curve correction mechanism for correcting a direction and degree of curvature of a reflecting mirror that reflects a light beam includes an adjuster to contact and move a pressing member between a first position, where a first pressing portion of the pressing member presses against an outboard portion of the reflecting mirror provided outboard from a support that supports the reflecting mirror in a longitudinal direction of the reflecting mirror while a second pressing portion of the pressing member is isolated from the reflecting mirror, and a second position, where the second pressing portion of the pressing member presses against an inboard portion of the reflecting mirror provided inboard from the support while the first pressing portion of the pressing member is isolated from the reflecting mirror. | 12-22-2011 |
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With reflecting prism | 2 |
| 20110286068 | Static Stray Light Removal for MEMS Feed Optics in a Scanned Beam Display - Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a scanned beam display comprises a light source to generate a light beam and a scanning platform to receive the light beam and to scan the light beam as a projected image. The scanned beam display further comprises first and second optics, wherein the first optic directs the light beam onto the scanning platform to be reflected through the second optic as the projected image. A reflective surface disposed on at least one of the first optic or the second optic reflect stray light away from the projected image. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20130050792 | Z-AXIS OPTICAL FOCUSING MECHANISM - A Z-axis focusing mechanism having a scanner and a prism whose front and rear faces are not normal to the direction of travel of a light beam prior to the light beam impinging upon the front face of the scanner. The scanner and the prism are oriented with respect to one another such that when a light beam is scanned onto the front face of the prism, a scanned beam having varying Z-axis focus points at distinct lateral locations exits the rear face of the scanner. Alternatively, the rear face of the prism may be normal to the light beam as it passes through the prism, which generates a retro-reflected, scanned light beam that exits the front of the prism | 02-28-2013 |
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| 20090122378 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An optical scanning device includes a light source device, a deflector, an input optical system for directing a light beam from the light source device onto the deflector, and an imaging optical system for imaging a light beam scanningly deflected by a deflecting surface of the deflector, upon a scan surface to be scanned, wherein, in a sub-scan section, a light beam directed from the input optical system toward the deflecting surface of the deflector is incident thereon at a finite angle with respect to a plane which is orthogonal to a rotational axis of the deflector, wherein the imaging optical system includes at least one molded imaging lens, and wherein a shape within a sagittal section of at least one lens surface, of lens surfaces of the at least one imaging lens, is non-arcuate, and a sagittal curvature in a light beam passage region has an extreme value. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090141329 | BARCODE SCANNING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING HIGH DENSITY SCANNING PATTERN BY THE SAME - Barcode scanning device ( | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090153934 | OPTICAL SCANNER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A curvature-adjustment device used for an optical scanner that includes an optical beam emission unit to emit an optical beam, a deflection unit to deflect the optical beam in a main scanning direction and a mirror to reflect the optical beam. The curvature-adjustment device corrects a curvature of a main scanning line on a surface of a scanning target, and includes a support unit to support the mirror at an end thereof by contacting a rear surface of the mirror, an edge-positioned adjustment unit to curve the mirror by exerting a first force, a center-positioned adjustment unit to curve the mirror reversely in a direction to which the edge-positioned adjustment unit curves the mirror by providing a second force perpendicular to the reflecting surface at a center of the mirror, and a fine adjustment unit to adjust the strength of the first force depending on the strength of the second force. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090244670 | OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS - An optical scanning apparatus includes a light source for emitting light, a deflecting device including a deflecting element for deflection-scanning a surface to be scanned with the light emitted from the light source and including a motor for driving the deflecting element, and an optical system casing including a supporting surface for disposing thereon the deflecting device and including a wall provided to stand on the supporting surface and to face the deflecting element. At a portion at which the wall stands on the supporting surface, an opening is provided so as to extending along the wall. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090323147 | OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical scanning apparatus for scanning a surface to be scanned includes: a light source that emits laser beam; a deflector that deflects the laser beam emitted from the light source; a plurality of optical scanning elements that introduce the deflected laser beam to the surface to be scanned; a housing that holds therein at least one of the light source, the deflector, and the scanning optical elements; a light receiving element that receives the deflected laser beam; a mirror that introduces the deflected laser beam to the light receiving element; and a holder that is provided on the housing and that holds the light receiving element and the mirror integrally. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100007934 | Optical Element and Image Display Device Using the Same - An optical element includes a light transmission member | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100007935 | Optical scanning device, retinal scanning display and manufacturing method of optical scanning device - An optical scanning device includes an oscillating mirror portion having a reflection surface, and a frame portion holding the oscillating mirror portion. The optical scanning device reflects an incident optical flux by the reflection surface so as to convert the incident optical flux into a scanned optical flux. The optical scanning device further includes a reflection portion having a first reflection surface and a second reflection surface which are arranged in substantially V-shaped inclined surfaces. The first reflection surface reflects the incident optical flux and radiates the reflected light toward the oscillating mirror portion. The second reflection surface receives the reflected light from the oscillating mirror portion and radiates the reflected light as the scanned optical flux. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100060964 | OPTICAL BEAM SCANNING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical beam scanning apparatus according to the present invention includes a light source, a pre-deflection optical system, a light deflecting device, a post-deflection optical system, a first sensor configured to detect a part of the luminous fluxes deflected by the light deflecting device, one or plural first optical elements configured to be provided in the post-deflection optical system and act on the luminous fluxes deflected by all the deflection surfaces of the light deflecting device; and a second optical element having positive power in the sub-scanning direction configured to be provided in an optical path between any one of the first optical elements and the first sensor and act on the luminous fluxes deflected by all the deflection surfaces of the light deflecting device. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100067079 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DEFLECTING A LASER BEAM - For deflecting a laser beam ( | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100067080 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE - The optical scanning device scans an object with plural laser beams, and includes a light source, which emits plural parallel laser beams in a predetermined direction and which has a stem portion having a first notch; and a support having an opening, with which the light source is engaged so as to be rotatable on an axis parallel to the plural light beams, and a second notch located on a part of the opening so as to overlap with the first notch when the light source is engaged with the opening. By inserting a slotted screwdriver, etc., into the space formed by the two notches and rotating the screwdriver, the angle of the light source can be adjusted and thereby the pitches of the laser beams can be adjusted. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100067081 | Optical Pattern Generator Using a Single Rotating Component - An optical pattern uses a single rotating component. The rotating component includes a number of deflection sectors. Each sector deflects an incident optical beam by a substantially constant angular amount although this amount may vary from one sector to the next. The rotating component may be combined with an imaging lens group that produces, for example, image points, spots, or lines displaced along a line locus. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100091351 | SCANNING OPTICAL DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A scanning optical device wherein, on the basis of positional information concerning a spacing in a main-scan direction between imaging positions of a plurality of light beams passed through resin-made imaging optical elements and detected by a photodetecting device and a spacing between the imaging positions in a sub-scan direction of the plurality of light beams, a focal shift direction and a focal shift amount in the main-scan direction as well as a focal shift direction and a focal shift amount in the sub-scan direction are determined, and wherein an optical element of an input optical system is moved in an optical axis direction based on the determination, to correct the focal shift in the main-scan direction and the focal shift in the sub-scan direction. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100097680 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM FOR OPTICAL INSPECTION - Apparatus for generating optical radiation includes a laser, which is configured to operate in multiple transverse modes simultaneously so as to generate an input beam, which is characterized by a first speckle contrast. The transverse modes of the input beam are optically mixed so as to generate an output beam have a second speckle contrast, which is substantially less than the first speckle contrast. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100172005 | OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An optical scanning apparatus includes a plate member, having a rotation axis and a reflection surface, that deflects and scans a laser beam emitted from a light source by performing reciprocating-rotation around the rotation axis, an actuator configured to drive the plate member, an fθ-lens configured to focus the laser beam deflected by the plate member on a surface of a photosensitive drum, and an optical box configured to house the plate member, the actuator, and the fθ-lens. The actuator is provided nearer to a side of the optical box toward which the laser beam is reflected by the reflection surface than the reflection surface of the plate member is. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100202030 | VARIABLE VIEW IMAGING SYSTEM WITH COMBINATION OF TELECENTRIC SCANNER AND DOUBLE WEDGE PRISMS - A variable view imaging system for observation of micro object with variable view orientation and position includes a telecentric lens group, a scanning mirror, wedge prisms, a deformable mirror and related optical elements. The combination of a scanning mirror and a telecentric lens group decouples the motion of scanning mirror and the view angle. The view angle is determined only by the angle of the wedge prisms. This design increases the zenith angle of the view and simplifies the kinematics of the system. The wedge prisms and the scanning mirror can supply a flexible view in a compact way. The wavefront error induced by the wedge prisms is corrected by the deformable mirror. In order to achieve the desired view state during operation, the scanning mirror angle and the wedge prisms angle are calculated iteratively based on the kinematics and Jacobian matrix of system. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100208320 | OPTICAL BEAM SCANNING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL BEAM SCANNING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus according to the invention, an optical beam scanning apparatus of an overillumination scanning optical system includes a laser, a pre-deflection optical system, a polygon mirror, and a post-deflection optical system, wherein the post-deflection optical system includes at least one optical element configured by allowing a resin to flow into a molding die through a gate opening provided in advance to the molding die and then molding the resin into a prescribed shape; and in the optical element, a side corresponding to aside of the gate opening through which the resin flows is provided to a light incidence side where the luminous flux enters into the polygon mirror. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100214637 | LIGHT- SOURCE DRIVING DEVICE, OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a light-source driving device, a high-frequency clock generating circuit generates two high-frequency clock signals having mutually different phases, an image-data creating circuit creates a plurality of image data corresponding to a plurality of light-emitting units according to image information, and a write control circuit creates a plurality of modulated data corresponding to the light-emitting units from the plurality of image data and separately controls output timings of the plurality of modulated data by using a time, as a unit, corresponding to a phase difference between the two high-frequency clock signals. The write control circuit includes two data switching circuits that set a correspondence relation between image data and PWM data based on one of a relation between an array of the light-emitting units and an array of a plurality of light spots and a relation between a surface to be scanned and a main scanning direction. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100302611 | LASER PROJECTION SYSTEM AND SAFETY LENS FOR AUDIENCE SCANNING - A laser light projector includes a laser beam generated by a laser light source, a scanner associated with the laser light source and having one or more moving mirrors capable of scanning the laser beam along X-Y coordinates, a scan-fail monitor and a safety-lens. The safety-lens includes a plurality of powers arranged for increasing the safety of the projected light within audience areas by increasing beam divergence in the audience, while keeping beam divergence low above the heads of the audience, thus allowing mirror targeting to occur. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100328747 | SURFACE EMITTING LASER ELEMENT, SURFACE EMITTING LASER ARRAY, OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A surface emitting laser element is disclosed. The surface emitting laser element includes a resonator structural body including an active layer, first and second semiconductor distributed Bragg reflectors which sandwich the resonator structural body, and a confinement structure which can confine an injection current and a lateral mode of oscillation light at the same time by being formed with selective oxidation of a layer to be selectively oxidized containing aluminum in the first semiconductor distributed Bragg reflector. A thickness of the layer to be selectively oxidized is 28 nm, and a temperature when an oscillation threshold current becomes a minimum value is approximately 17° C. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110069368 | OPTICAL BEAM SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus provided with an optical beam scanning apparatus according to the invention, an optical beam scanning apparatus of an overillumination scanning optical system includes a semiconductor laser device as a light source, a pre-deflection optical system, a polygon mirror, and a post-deflection optical system, with a width of the luminous flux made incident on the polygon mirror being wider than a width of one reflecting surface forming the polygon mirror, wherein at least two sheets of flat plate for transmitting the luminous flux scanned by the polygon mirror are provided in the post-deflection optical system. In accordance with an image forming apparatus provided with an optical beam scanning apparatus according to the invention, not only a wave front aberration on a photoconductive drum can be suitably corrected, but suitable beam diameter and beam profile can be obtained on the photoconductive drum. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110102874 | BEAM SCANNING DISPLAY APPARATUS - A scanning type image display apparatus includes a light source unit for emitting a laser beam, a scanning mirror for scanning the laser beam two-dimensionally in a first direction and a second direction that intersects the first direction, and a control unit for controlling driving of the scanning mirror. The control unit drives the scanning mirror such that a scanning frequency in the first direction is higher than a scanning frequency in the second direction, and varies a scanning amplitude in the first direction by varying the scanning frequency in the first direction in synchronization with a period of the scanning frequency in the second direction. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110128602 | OPTICAL SCAN UNIT, IMAGE PROJECTOR INCLUDING THE SAME, VEHICLE HEAD-UP DISPLAY DEVICE, AND MOBILE PHONE - An optical scan unit ( | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110157668 | SCANNING IMAGE DISPLAYER, MOBILE PHONE, MOBILE INFORMATION PROCESSOR, AND MOBILE IMAGER - A scanning image displayer, including a beam provider emitting a laser beam; a beam scanner including a two-dimensional drive deflecting mirror, deflectively scanning the beam in a main scanning direction and a sub-scanning direction; and an optical element including a reflection surface before the two-dimensional drive deflecting mirror, deflecting the beam in a direction of the two-dimensional drive deflecting mirror such that the beam obliquely enters a mirror thereof. The two-dimensional drive deflecting mirror deflectively scans the beam to project the beam onto a surface to be projected, and the light intensity of the beam is controlled according to image information to form an image. A flat surface of a substrate where the mirror is formed is located parallel or almost parallel to an optical axis of the beam, and the reflection surface is located so as not to receive the beam deflectively scanned by the two-dimensional drive deflecting mirror. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110199664 | Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus - An optical scanning device includes: a light source; a polygon scanner that deflects a light beam output from the light source; and various types of optical elements for focusing the light beam deflected by the polygon scanner onto a desired position on a surface to be scanned, wherein a hole or a thin-walled portion that is provided on an arrangement surface of an optical housing on which the polygon scanner and an optical element having power in a sub-scanning direction are arranged, wherein the hole or a thin-walled portion extends along a main-scanning direction, and is provided near to the optical element having power in the sub-scanning direction between the polygon scanner and the optical element having power in the sub-scanning direction. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110228369 | SCANNING IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - The image projection apparatus includes a laser light source, and a scanning device scanning a light flux from the laser light source in horizontal and vertical directions at mutually different frequencies on a projection surface. A condition of | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110279880 | Laser Projector Having Safety Lens for Audience Scanning - A laser light projector includes a laser beam generated by a laser light source, a scanner associated with the laser light source and having one or more moving mirrors capable of scanning the laser beam along X-Y coordinates, a scan-fail monitor and a safety-lens. The safety-lens includes at least one optical power, and is positioned and arranged for increasing the safety of the projected light within audience areas by increasing beam divergence in the audience, while keeping beam divergence low above the heads of the audience, thus allowing mirror targeting to occur. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20120002262 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE - An optical scanning device having: a light source for emitting a light beam; a deflector having a plurality of flat reflecting surfaces; a first optical system disposed between the light source and the deflector; and a second optical system disposed between the deflector and a photoreceptor surface, and configured such that the reflecting surfaces of the deflector and the photoreceptor surface are conjugated in a sub-scanning direction at every deflection angle in a main-scanning range. In the optical scanning device, the light beam traveling from the first optical system to the deflector has a width greater than a dimension in a main-scanning direction of each reflecting surface of the deflector, and the light beam passes through different portions of the first optical system depending on whether the light beam is to be deflected by the deflector to be directed to an edge portion of the main-scanning range or to be directed to a center portion of the main-scanning range such that the light beam traveling to the deflector has a smaller average wavefront curvature in a sub-scanning direction when the light beam is to be deflected by the deflector to be directed to an edge portion of the main-scanning range than when the light beam is to be deflected by the deflector to be directed to the center portion of the main-scanning range. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120008183 | RESIN MOLDED ARTICLE FOR OPTICAL ELEMENT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RESIN MOLDED ARTICLE FOR OPTICAL ELEMENT, DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING RESIN MOLDED ARTICLE FOR OPTICAL ELEMENT, AND SCANNING OPTICAL DEVICE - Provided is: a resin molded article for an optical element wherein high surface precision is kept since an abnormal appearance-formed portion such as a hesitation mark is effectively formed outside an optical surface without cutting off the portion and an optical surface itself can be less likely to be influenced by shrinkage with hardening such as sink; a method and device for manufacturing the same; and a scanning optical device. The resin molded article for an optical element which comprises first surface portion at a part of the surface of a resin molded base and comprises a hollow portion found by injecting a fluid into the inside of the base from the outside. Assuming that the distance between the first end of the base and an end of the first surface portion, the end being close to the first end, is A and the distance between the second end of the base, the end being other than the first end and being on the opposite side across the first surface portion, and the end of the first surface portion, the end being on the side close to the second end, is B, the relations of (A>0, B>0, A≦B) are satisfied. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120062972 | Method Of And System For Setting Laser Processing Conditions, Laser Processing System, Computer Program For Setting Laser Processing Conditions, Computer Readable Medium and Recording Device On Which Laser Processing Conditions Are Recorded - A method of setting processing data for a computer-assisted laser processing apparatus is disclosed, along with a system for setting a laser processing data. The method comprises a function of setting a three-dimensional profile of a object and a processing pattern as processing conditions, a function of generating processing data representing the processing conditions for the object, and a function of visually displaying a two dimensional representation of the processing data on a display screen and a function of setting a three-dimensional profile of a object and a processing pattern as processing conditions, wherein it is enabled to set the three-dimensional profile and the processing pattern while displaying the object in two dimensions on the display screen disposed within a processing zone. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120075686 | Beam Profile Control in a Scanned Beam Display - Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a display projector may comprise a light source to generate a beam to be scanned, a scanning platform to scan the beam in a selected pattern to project an image on a projection surface, and a collection lens and microlens array to shape the beam to a desired beam profile without significantly increasing spot size of the beam with increasing distance from the projection surface. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120081771 | OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS AND LASER POINTER - An optical scanning apparatus includes: a light source; a lens through which a light emitted from the light source transmits; a reflective member reflecting the light transmitting the lens; and a mirror configured to scan the light reflected by the reflective member. The light is projected in the same direction as an emitting direction of the light from said light source by causing said mirror to swing. The reflective member has a first reflective surface facing toward the light source and a second reflective surface facing toward a light exit surface from which the light exits from the optical scanning apparatus. The light source and the lens are arranged in a longitudinal direction of a case of the optical scanning apparatus. The mirror and the reflective member are arranged in a transverse direction of the case. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120134001 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical scanning device includes a light source for emitting a laser beam; a deflection body for deflecting the laser beam; a scanning lens for scanning the deflected laser beam on the surface of a photosensitive body; a reflection body having a reflection surface for reflecting the deflected laser beam towards the photosensitive body and having passed through the scanning lens; and a synchronizing sensor for receiving the reflected laser beam to send out a detection signal. The reflection surface has a curved arc surface depressed from both edges toward a center in a main-scanning direction equivalent to a scanning direction of the laser beam. The reflection body has a center of the reflection surface in the main-scanning direction displaced by a predetermined range in the direction of travel of the laser beam along the main-scanning direction from a center of the reflection body in the main-scanning direction. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120154882 | OPTICAL SCANNING PROJECTION SYSTEM - An optical scanning projection system includes a scanning light source component, a second reflecting element, a transparent element, a scanning element, a photosensitive element and a control module. The transparent element receives a main light beam emitted by the scanning light source component and reflects a part of the main light beam to be a reflected light. The reflected light is reflected by the second reflecting element, and the scanning element reflects the reflected light from the second reflecting element in a scanning manner. The photosensitive element receives the reflected light from the scanning element and outputs a sensing signal, and the control module actuates or stops actuating the scanning light source component according to the sensing signal. Therefore, when the scanning element is damaged, the control module may instantly stop actuating the scanning light source component, thereby enhancing the using safety of the optical scanning projection system. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120236381 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus, including a deflector including a rotational axis and at least two-staged polygon mirrors circumferentially located on the rotational axis at shifted angles in a rotational direction thereof, to reflect a light beam entering each of the polygon mirrors while deflecting the light beam to scan plural image bearers; a divider to divide the light beam from a light source into at least two light beams to enter the polygon mirrors at different stages, respectively; a light receiver to detect the light beam reflected from the deflector; a detector to detect timings of the two-staged polygon mirrors to scan, based on a light beam detection interval detected by the light receiver; and alight shutter to shut a light beam entering an unused image bearer among the plural image bearers during a period when the light source lights up before the detector detects the timings. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120320438 | Scanning Microscope and Method for Light-Microscopic Imaging of an Object - A scanning microscope includes a light source, illumination optics, and a scanning device for moving the illumination focus across a target region and doing so by varying the direction of incidence in which the illuminating beam enters an entrance pupil of the illumination optics. To incline the illumination focus relative to the optical axis of the optics, the scanning device directs the illuminating beam onto a portion of the entrance pupil that is offset from the center of the pupil and, in order to move the illumination focus across the target region, the scanning device varies the direction of incidence of the illuminating beam within said portion. An observation objective is provided which is spatially separated from the illumination optics and disposed such that its optical axis (O | 12-20-2012 |
| 20130016413 | WHOLE IMAGE SCANNING MIRROR DISPLAY SYSTEMAANM Saeedi; EhsanAACI Santa ClaraAAST CAAACO USAAGP Saeedi; Ehsan Santa Clara CA USAANM Miao; XiaoyuAACI SunnyvaleAAST CAAACO USAAGP Miao; Xiaoyu Sunnyvale CA USAANM Amirparviz; BabakAACI Mountain ViewAAST CAAACO USAAGP Amirparviz; Babak Mountain View CA US - An optical apparatus includes an image source, a scanning mirror, an actuator, and a scanning controller. The image source outputs an image by simultaneously projecting a two-dimensional array of image pixels representing a whole portion of the image. The scanning mirror is positioned in an optical path of the image to reflect the image. The actuator is coupled to the scanning mirror to selectively adjust the scanning mirror about at least one axis. The scanning controller is coupled to the actuator to control a position of the scanning mirror about the at least one axis. The scanning controller includes logic to continuously and repetitiously adjust the position of the scanning mirror to cause the image to be scanned over an eyebox area that is larger than the whole portion of the image. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130176606 | LIGHT SCANNING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An image forming apparatus having a light scanning unit including a light source to emit a light beam; a deflector to deflect the light beam in a main scanning direction; an imaging lens to focus the light beam deflected by the deflector onto a photoconductor; at least one reflecting element to reflect the light beam that has passed through the imaging lens; and a bow control apparatus to correct a bow of a scanning line of the light beam, the bow control apparatus comprising first and second support units to support the reflecting element, first and second pressure units to pressure an inside and an outside of the reflecting element, respectively, and first and second adjusting elements to adjust the amount of pressure of the first and second pressure units, the bow control apparatus convexly or concavely bows the reflecting element to correctan image bow of a scanning line of the light beam. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130188234 | OPTICAL SCANNER - Optical scanner for scanning a target surface with a light beam includes: a light deflector deflecting the light beam; a scanning lens made of resin and condensing the light beam deflected by the light deflector onto the target surface to form an image thereon; a frame to which the scanning lens is fixed and having a coefficient of linear expansion smaller than that of the scanning lens. The scanning lens is fixed to the frame at a first attachment portion and at least one second attachment portion of the scanning lens using adhesives. The first attachment portion is located closer to a center portion of a scanning range in a main scanning direction of the scanning lens than the second attachment portion is. A first adhesive used for the first attachment portion has an elastic coefficient greater than that of a second adhesive used for the second attachment portion. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130250386 | OPTICAL SCANNER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical scanner is configured such that an anamorphic condensing lens in an incident optical system has a diffractive lens structure at least in one lens surface thereof, and a length of an optical path increased by the diffractive lens structure φ [rad] is defined by an equation below by a function of height h from an optical axis: φ(h)=M(P | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130286456 | LIGHT-SCANNING SYSTEMS - Various light-scanning systems that can be used to perform rapid point-by-point illumination of a focal plane within a specimen are disclosed. The light-scanning systems can be incorporated in confocal microscopy instruments to create an excitation beam pivot axis that lies within an aperture at the back plate of an objective lens. The light-scanning systems receive a beam of excitation light from a light source and direct the excitation beam to pass through the pivot point in the aperture of the back plate of the objective lens while continuously scanning the focused excitation beam across a focal plane. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130335798 | LASER BEAM IRRADIANCE CONTROL SYSTEMS - Irradiance control systems (“ICSs”) that control the irradiance of a beam of light are disclosed. ICSs include in a beam translator and a beam launch. The beam translator translates the beam substantially perpendicular to the propagating direction of the beam with a desired displacement so that the beam launch can remove a portion of the translated beam and the beam can be output with a desired irradiance. The beam launch attenuates the irradiance of the beam based on the amount by which the beam is translated. ISCs can be incorporated into fluorescent microscopy instruments to provide high-speed, fine-tune control over the irradiance of excitation beams. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140071508 | OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical device includes a long mirror; a mirror pressing member configured to fix the long mirror; a mirror-reflective-surface receiving member configured to be in contact with a reflective surface of the long mirror; and at least two mirror receiving members configured to be in contact with a face other than the reflective surface of the long mirror in a mirror longitudinal direction so that a distance between the mirror receiving members in the mirror longitudinal direction is variable. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140177022 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND VEHICLE INCORPORATING THE SAME - An image display device includes a lens array, and a scanner to two-dimensionally scan the lens array with a light beam for image display, in which each of lenses of the lens array includes a convex surface with different curvatures in two directions orthogonal to the optical axis of the lens and to each other. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140211288 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - An optical scanner includes a polygonal mirror; a mirror for reflecting the beam from the polygonal mirror; an optical box having a cap and containing the mirror;a first mirror regulating portion in a direction of a normal line of the mirror, the first regulating portion being provided opposed to such a surface of the reflecting surface and a back surface as is closer to the cap; and a second mirror regulating portion in a beam sub-scanning direction, the second regulating portion being provided opposed to such a surface of the mirror as is closer to the cap; wherein the mirror has a plurality of apex lines, and the first regulating portion and the second regulating portion are disposed at positions which are remoter from the cap than the apex line that is closest to the cap, with respect to a direction perpendicular to a main scan direction. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20150009550 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus includes a light source unit, a scanning mirror unit that reflects and raster scans a light beam from the light source unit, a light source drive unit that drives the light source unit based on input image data, a microlens array that is arranged on an optical path between the light source unit and an eye of a user, and an optical sensor configured to detect the presence or absence of the microlens array. When the optical sensor fails to detect the presence of the microlens array, drive of the optical source is stopped. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150049373 | OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical scanning apparatus capable of fixing an optical member using a plate spring without forming a die cut hole and thus having high dust-proof performance includes a mirror supporting portion supporting a reflection mirror, and a projecting portion configured to form a gap between the reflection mirror supported on the mirror supporting portion and itself, and to deform the plate spring with the reflection mirror, and the projecting portion is provided with a cut hole for engaging the plate spring. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150370069 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND VEHICLE INCORPORATING THE SAME - An image display device includes a lens array, and a scanner to two-dimensionally scan the lens array with a light beam for image display, in which each of lenses of the lens array includes a convex surface with different curvatures in two directions orthogonal to the optical axis of the lens and to each other. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160062109 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE - An optical scanning device includes: a case including a window; and an optical reflective element mounted in the case. The optical reflective element includes: a movable portion including a reflective surface; a beam having one end connected to the movable portion; and a fixed portion connected to the other end of the beam and fixed to the case. The fixed portion is approximately parallel to the window. The reflective surface is non-parallel to the fixed portion. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160085068 | COMPACT ILLUMINATION SYSTEM - An illumination system includes a light source arranged for emitting non-collimated light towards a reflective surface of a scanning mirror assembly such that the light source occludes a region of the light reflected from the reflective surface. The scanning mirror assembly includes the reflective surface, which is arranged to be rotationally displaced around at least one rotation axis. The illumination system also includes an optical element for changing the propagation direction of the said reflected light so as to illuminate at least a part of the said occluded region. | 03-24-2016 |
