141 |
Lighting device |
US14562798 |
2014-12-08 |
US09482412B2 |
2016-11-01 |
Stephan Schwaiger; Oliver Hering |
A lighting device may include a laser light source arrangement; an optical unit; at least one pivotable mirror; and at least one light wavelength conversion element. The optical unit and the at least one pivotable mirror are embodied in such a way that laser light generated by the laser light source arrangement is directed via the optical unit and the at least one pivotable mirror to the light wavelength conversion element. The lighting device may further include a unit configured to compensate for a lengthening or shortening—caused by the pivoting movement of the at least one pivotable mirror—of the optical path of the laser light generated by the laser light source arrangement and directed onto the at least one light wavelength conversion element via the optical unit and the at least one pivotable mirror. |
142 |
Device for detecting the position of watch hands |
US14995257 |
2016-01-14 |
US09453939B2 |
2016-09-27 |
Pierpasquale Tortora; Simon Springer |
Device for detecting the position of at least a first and a second hand of an electromechanical watch, said first and second hands moving above a dial, the detection device including a single light source emitting a light beam towards the first and second hands, and a first and a second light detection system, the light source and the first and second light detection systems being mounted on or underneath the dial, the light source and the first and second light detection systems being arranged so that, in a determined position of the first hand, the light beam emitted by the light source is reflected by the first hand towards the first detection system, and in a determined position of the second hand, the light beam emitted by the light source is reflected by the second hand towards the second detection system. |
143 |
INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE |
US14960835 |
2015-12-07 |
US20160082890A1 |
2016-03-24 |
Hamid Habibi; Michael J. Baur |
An interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror head with a mirror reflective element. The mirror reflective element includes a transflective mirror reflector. A video display screen is disposed behind the mirror reflective element and is operable for displaying video images viewable through the transflective mirror reflector of the mirror reflective element. When not operated to display video images, the presence of the video display screen behind the mirror reflective element is rendered covert by the transflective mirror reflector. The interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mechanism operable to change the orientation of the mirror reflective element relative to the vehicle driver. The mechanism operates to flip the orientation of the mirror reflective element between a first position that is tilted towards the vehicle driver and a second position that is tilted away from the vehicle driver. |
144 |
Sensor device with double telecentric optical system |
US13990251 |
2011-11-28 |
US09268121B2 |
2016-02-23 |
Jacobus Maria Antonius Van Den Eerenbeemd; Jacobus Hermanus Maria Neijzen |
A sensor device and a method for a double telecentric optical system includes a single focusing element, such as a lens. The device and method further include a mirror element arranged at a focal point of the single focusing element to reflect incoming light rays back to the single focusing element. The incoming and reflected light rays pass through different parts of the single focusing element to allow for a spatially separated arrangement of an object and its image. |
145 |
Window blind solar energy management system |
US14388278 |
2013-03-26 |
US09244261B2 |
2016-01-26 |
John Joseph Tandler |
Disclosed is a window blind solar energy management system for capturing solar energy to manage illumination and temperature within a defined space. Blinds comprising curved louvers are hung from the internal frame of a window, each louver having a concave, highly reflecting specular mirrored surface that focuses incoming solar beam radiation onto a thin area on the back of the adjacent louver. The angle of the louvers is adjusted by an integral automatic controller so that the thin strip of light can be focused on one or two of three regions on the back of the adjacent louver which are designed to either reflect, absorb, or reject the incoming light. |
146 |
Dual field of view telescope |
US13949376 |
2013-07-24 |
US09200966B2 |
2015-12-01 |
Richard J. Wright; Chadwick B. Martin; William R. Owens |
A multiple field-of-view telescope and optical sensor system and imaging methods using the system. In one example, an optical sensor system includes a primary imaging detector having a first field of view, a telescope configured to receive and focus electromagnetic radiation onto the primary imaging detector along a primary optical axis, a secondary detector having a second field of view different from the first field of view, and relay optics configured to direct and focus a portion of the electromagnetic radiation onto the secondary detector. In certain examples, the system further includes a fold mirror positioned to reflect the portion of the electromagnetic radiation to the relay optics. |
147 |
SENSOR ASSEMBLY |
US14431114 |
2014-07-08 |
US20150276490A1 |
2015-10-01 |
Shinichi Shikii; Koichi Kusukame |
A sensor assembly includes: a sensor including pixels that are aligned in a predetermined direction, the pixels being for detecting an electromagnetic wave; and a lens that forms, in a detector plane on the sensor, an image according to the electromagnetic wave, wherein the lens has an f-number in a first direction and an f-number in a second direction, the f-number in the first direction being different from the f-number in the second direction, the first direction being orthogonal to the predetermined direction in a plane parallel to the detector plane, and the second direction being the predetermined direction. For example, the f-number of the lens in the first direction is smaller than the f-number of the lens in the second direction. |
148 |
Optical element |
US13884109 |
2011-11-10 |
US08979401B2 |
2015-03-17 |
Jonathan Thursby; Shaun Peck; Matthew Gibson-Ford |
The present invention relates to an optical element for use in a camera system for the inspection of passageways, a camera system for the inspection of passageways and a method of illuminating a passageway during inspection with a camera. An optical element for use in a camera system for the inspection of passageways comprises a first optical portion arranged to transmit light into a camera, a second optical portion arranged to transmit light emitted from a light source, the second optical portion located adjacent the first optical portion, and barrier means arranged to prevent light being transmitted from the second optical portion into the first optical portion. |
149 |
DAYLIGHT COLLECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS |
US14480233 |
2014-09-08 |
US20150062711A1 |
2015-03-05 |
Paul August Jaster |
Lighting devices and methods for illuminating the interior of a building with natural daylight are disclosed. In some embodiments, a daylighting apparatus includes a tube having a sidewall with a reflective interior surface, an at least partially transparent light collector with one or more light turning elements, and a light reflector positioned to reflect daylight into the light collector. The one or more light turning elements can turn direct and indirect daylight into the tube so that it is available to illuminate the building. In some embodiments, the tube is disposed between the light collector and a diffuser positioned inside a target area of a building. In certain embodiments, the tube is configured to direct at least a portion of the daylight transmitted through the light collector towards the diffuser. |
150 |
Optical characteristic measuring apparatus |
US13670397 |
2012-11-06 |
US08970835B2 |
2015-03-03 |
Kazuaki Ohkubo; Hisashi Shiraiwa |
An optical characteristic measuring apparatus includes a hemispheric portion having a reflective surface on its inner wall, and a plane portion arranged to close an opening of the hemispheric portion and having a reflective surface on an inner-wall side of the hemispheric portion. The plane portion includes a first window occupying a range including a substantial center of curvature of the hemispheric portion for attaching a light source to the first window. At least one of the hemispheric portion and the plane portion includes a plurality of second windows arranged in accordance with a predetermined rule for extracting light from inside the hemispheric portion. |
151 |
DUAL FIELD OF VIEW TELESCOPE |
US13949376 |
2013-07-24 |
US20150028212A1 |
2015-01-29 |
Richard J. Wright; Chadwick B. Martin; William R. Owens |
A multiple field-of-view telescope and optical sensor system and imaging methods using the system. In one example, an optical sensor system includes a primary imaging detector having a first field of view, a telescope configured to receive and focus electromagnetic radiation onto the primary imaging detector along a primary optical axis, a secondary detector having a second field of view different from the first field of view, and relay optics configured to direct and focus a portion of the electromagnetic radiation onto the secondary detector. In certain examples, the system further includes a fold mirror positioned to reflect the portion of the electromagnetic radiation to the relay optics. |
152 |
Daylight collection systems and methods |
US13687803 |
2012-11-28 |
US08837048B2 |
2014-09-16 |
Paul August Jaster |
Lighting devices and methods for illuminating the interior of a building with natural daylight are disclosed. In some embodiments, a daylighting apparatus includes a tube having a sidewall with a reflective interior surface, an at least partially transparent light collector with one or more light turning elements, and a light reflector positioned to reflect daylight into the light collector. The one or more light turning elements can turn direct and indirect daylight into the tube so that it is available to illuminate the building. In some embodiments, the tube is disposed between the light collector and a diffuser positioned inside a target area of a building. In certain embodiments, the tube is configured to direct at least a portion of the daylight transmitted through the light collector towards the diffuser. |
153 |
INFRARED-REFLECTIVE FILM |
US14342922 |
2012-07-24 |
US20140240822A1 |
2014-08-28 |
Yutaka Ohmori; Hisashi Tsuda; Motoko Kawasaki |
An infrared-reflective film includes a substrate film composed of a polyolefin film or a polycycloolefin film. The substrate film has two main surfaces and an infrared-reflective layer is formed on one main surface and the other main surface faces air, nitrogen gas, inert gas or a vacuum. A surface of the infrared-reflective layer faces either of air, nitrogen gas, inert gas or a vacuum. |
154 |
Optical field enhancement device |
US13785897 |
2013-03-05 |
US08803105B2 |
2014-08-12 |
Masayuki Naya; Shinya Hakuta |
An optical field enhancement device which includes a transparent substrate having a transparent fine uneven structure on a surface and a metal film formed on a surface of the fine uneven structure on the surface of the substrate and allows projection of excitation light and detection of detection light either from a front surface side of the metal film or from a back surface side of the transparent substrate. |
155 |
Catadioptric projection objective with pupil correction |
US13226615 |
2011-09-07 |
US08780441B2 |
2014-07-15 |
Aurelian Dodoc |
The disclosure provides a catadioptric projection objective which includes a plurality of optical elements, including first, second and third refractive objection parts. Optical elements arranged between an object surface and a first pupil surface form a Fourier lens group that includes a negative lens group arranged optically close to the first pupil surface. The Fourier lens group is configured such that a Petzval radius RP at the first pupil surface satisfies the condition: |RP|>150 mm. |
156 |
Semiconductor Inspection And Metrology System Using Laser Pulse Multiplier |
US13711593 |
2012-12-11 |
US20140153596A1 |
2014-06-05 |
Yung-Ho Alex Chuang; Justin Dianhuan Liou; J. Joseph Armstrong; Yujun Deng |
A pulse multiplier includes a beam splitter and one or more mirrors. The beam splitter receives a series of input laser pulses and directs part of the energy of each pulse into a ring cavity. After circulating around the ring cavity, part of the pulse energy leaves the ring cavity through the beam splitter and part of the energy is recirculated. By selecting the ring cavity optical path length, the repetition rate of an output series of laser pulses can be made to be a multiple of the input repetition rate. The relative energies of the output pulses can be controlled by choosing the transmission and reflection coefficients of the beam splitter. This pulse multiplier can inexpensively reduce the peak power per pulse while increasing the number of pulses per second with minimal total power loss. |
157 |
OPTICAL CHARACTERISTIC MEASURING APPARATUS |
US13670397 |
2012-11-06 |
US20140021338A1 |
2014-01-23 |
Kazuaki OHKUBO; Hisashi SHIRAIWA |
An optical characteristic measuring apparatus includes a hemispheric portion having a reflective surface on its inner wall, and a plane portion arranged to close an opening of the hemispheric portion and having a reflective surface on an inner-wall side of the hemispheric portion. The plane portion includes a first window occupying a range including a substantial center of curvature of the hemispheric portion for attaching a light source to the first window. At least one of the hemispheric portion and the plane portion includes a plurality of second windows arranged in accordance with a predetermined rule for extracting light from inside the hemispheric portion. |
158 |
OPTICAL ELEMENT |
US13884109 |
2011-11-10 |
US20130287380A1 |
2013-10-31 |
Jonathan Thursby; Shaun Peck |
The present invention relates to an optical element for use in a camera system for the inspection of passageways, a camera system for the inspection of passageways and a method of illuminating a passageway during inspection with a camera. An optical element for use in a camera system for the inspection of passageways comprises a first optical portion arranged to transmit light into a camera, a second optical portion arranged to transmit light emitted from a light source, the second optical portion located adjacent the first optical portion, and barrier means arranged to prevent light being transmitted from the second optical portion into the first optical portion. |
159 |
Window Blind Solar Energy Management System |
US13850836 |
2013-03-26 |
US20130250422A1 |
2013-09-26 |
John Joseph Tandler |
Disclosed is a window blind solar energy management system for capturing solar energy to manage illumination and temperature within a defined space. Blinds comprising curved louvers are hung from the internal frame of a window, each louver having a concave, highly reflecting specular mirrored surface that focuses incoming solar beam radiation onto a thin area on the back of the adjacent louver. The angle of the louvers is adjusted by an integral automatic controller so that the thin strip of light can be focused on one or two of three regions on the back of the adjacent louver which are designed to either reflect, absorb, or reject the incoming light. |
160 |
OPTICAL FIELD ENHANCEMENT DEVICE |
US13785897 |
2013-03-05 |
US20130182343A1 |
2013-07-18 |
Masayuki NAYA; Shinya HAKUTA |
An optical field enhancement device which includes a transparent substrate having a transparent fine uneven structure on a surface and a metal film formed on a surface of the fine uneven structure on the surface of the substrate and allows projection of excitation light and detection of detection light either from a front surface side of the metal film or from a back surface side of the transparent substrate. |