Polaroid Corporation

Insight, Inc.

Optikos Corporation

Mobi Corporation

Other

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Kopin Corporation

Robotic Vision Systems, Inc.

P B Diagnostic Systems, Inc.

Scimed Life Systems, Inc.

E Ink Corporation

Fisher-price, Inc.

Cambridge Research Instrumentation, Inc.

Galileo Electro-optics Corporation

Boston Scientific Corporation

Stephen D Fantone

Stephen J Telfer

Richard J Paolini, Jr

Ian W Hunter

John A Gelardi

Anthony L Gelardi

Daniel Orband

Daniel J Braunstein

Michael S Banik

Dennis R Boulais

Stephen R Wilk

William T Plummer

Howard K Stern

William Lucas Churchill

Louis J Barbato

Marc David Friedman

Jack P Salerno

Ronald P Gale

Luis J Maseda

Harry R McKinley

Richard E McCullough

Sergey S Grigoryants

Norman C Ford

Luis A Figarella

Lee E Goldstein

Bennett H Rockney

Leo T Chylack, Jr

Evan Sherr

Bruce K Johnson

Peter J Miller

Jean I Montagu

Sunil Krishna Sainis

Lucien Alfred Couvillon, Jr

Peter H Muller

Hong Po

Paul John Cronin

Timothy J Mason

Benjamin A Wells

Edward L Johnsen

Dirk Hertel

Robert F Young

Arthur P Becker

Benjamin Harris Paletsky

Richard M Wiesman

Peter T Carellas

Mark S Bowen

Paul D Hartung

David Paul Biss

Robert Park Forsyth

Jeffrey J Miller

Robert J Burger

Tatiana L Gelardi

Lucien A Couvillon, Jr

Richard J Clark

David A Imrie

Jon E Van Tassell

Roy L Youman

Michael J Thomas

Bruce E Miller

Stephen J Fantone

Robert A Pearlstein

Jian Zhang

Lee M Cook

Duane T Thompson

Philip E McKinley

Jonathan I Kaplan

John H Dowling

Anthony Gelardi, Ii

Wayne A Yankee

William T Fitzsimmons

Robert M Goward

Barry M Arons

Jack D Robinson

Patsy A Coppola, Iii

Lisa J Stifelman

Francis T MacNamara

Kevin Sevigny

Clifton M Schor

Frank J Anderson

Francis J Caufield

Peter F Reile

Brian W Anthony

Kevin M Sevigny

Steve Meister

Peter M Nielsen

Michael P Saber

Andrew P Kirouac

Jr Lucien A Couvillon

Neil R Mehta

Anna E R Greaves

Daniel G Orband

Michael Saber

Richard M Wiseman

A display device () comprises a reflective display () arranged to render a first image viewable through a viewing surface and a projection means (-) arranged to render a second image viewable in reflection on the viewing surface, the reflective display () and the projection means (-) being mounted on a common frame.

Illumination systems for reflective displays

Apparatus for evaluating optical components and systems that uses a precision compact mirror support structure to present to an optical system or electro-optical system (e.g., a camera) multiple images of at least one optical evaluation target over a wide field to allow assessment of the performance or alignment of the optical or electro-optical system over its intended field of use. The mirror support structure generates multiple images of an optical evaluation target by providing multiple folded optical paths between the target and the desired field locations of the test optic. The mirrors employed may either be parallel or at angles with respect to one another.

Compact system for presenting wide field object target to test optic or system

An imaging assembly for use in a medical imaging device such as an endoscope or the like. In one embodiment, the imaging assembly includes a transparent distal cap that is shaped to receive an image sensor insert. The image sensor insert has a cooling channel that supplies a cooling liquid or gas to one or more illumination sources.

Imaging assembly with transparent distal cap

A system for performing quasi-elastic light scattering and fluorescent ligand scanning on a subject's eye includes a light source configured to transmit light toward the subject's eye, a lens configured to focus light sent from the source and scattered by the subject's eye, a measurement reflector disposed to receive at least a portion of the focused light and configured to reflect a first portion of the received light, a camera configured and disposed to receive the first portion of the received light and configured to provide indicia of an image corresponding to the first portion of the received light, and a processor coupled to the camera and configured to analyze intensities of light in the image to determine a location of a reference point corresponding to an interface of a portion of the eye.

Ocular imaging

An underwater camera housing provided with an adaptive mechanical control arrangement for use with a broad range of camera brands and models. The camera housing is preferably formed of front and rear housing sections that are molded of clear transparent plastic and arranged to be moved between an open position for mounting a camera within the housing and a closed position in which the housing provides a watertight enclosure for protecting and communicating with a camera. The housing is provided with a truncated hemispherical lens through which a camera views scenes to be photographed to reduce distortion and not foreshorten viewing angle and a flat window and optional diffuser for providing controlled artificial illumination to a scene. A mounting plate is structured to slideably fit into one of the housing halves in one of two lateral orientations and includes a slidably adjustable camera mounting plate that permits a user to securely and accurately position cameras side-to-side and for and aft with respect to truncated hemispherical lens. Push button assemblies adjustable in length and point of contact are used to permit a user to adapt them to interact with a variety of camera control actuator architectures.

Underwater adaptive camera housing

An endoscopic imaging system includes a reusable control cabinet having a number of actuators that control the orientation of a lightweight endoscope that is connectable thereto. The endoscope is used with a single patient and is then disposed. The endoscope includes an illumination mechanism, an image sensor, and an elongate shaft having one or more lumens located therein. An articulation joint at the distal end of the endoscope allows the distal end to be oriented by the actuators in the control cabinet. The endoscope is coated with a hydrophilic coating that reduces its coefficient of friction and because it is lightweight, requires less force to advance it to a desired location within a patient.

Endoscope with actively cooled illumination sources

A support for an array of fluorescently labeled samples comprises a transparent body defining:

Excitation and imaging of fluorescent arrays

A video observation system, useful for location of fish and other plant and animal life underwater, comprises a solid state imager having substantial sensitivity to infrared radiation; video signal generating means for generating a video signal corresponding to the image formed on the solid state imager; mounting means for mounting the solid state imager on a submersible portion of a watercraft; and a video display device arranged to display a visible image corresponding to the image formed on the solid state imager.

Subsurface video observation system

A night vision apparatus comprises housing arrangement by which a user can place an eyepiece adjacent one eye, a solid state imager sensitive to infrared radiation, an infrared radiation generation means arranged to generate infrared radiation into the field of view of the solid state imager; and an image generator arranged to receive the output from the solid state imager and to generate a visible image representative of this output at a position visible to the eye of the user. Head-mounted and hand-held embodiments are provided.

Night vision apparatus

The invention features a multi-spectral microscopy system for illuminating a sample with light of a selectable spectral content and generating an image of the sample in response to the illumination. The multi-spectral microscopy system includes a multispectral illuminator that provides output radiation having the selectable spectral content. A preferred set of optical arrangements for the multispectral illuminator generates the output radiation so that the spectral content of the output radiation is substantially uniform across its transverse profile. Furthermore, the multispectral illuminator can include monitoring optics and a corresponding detector array that independently monitors the output in each spectral band of the radiation produced by the multispectral illuminator. The monitoring provides calibration, feedback, and/or source aging information to insure robust and reliable performance for the multispectral illuminator. The multi-spectral microscopy system also includes a microscope which illuminates the sample with light derived from the output of the multispectral illuminator, and beam modification optics, which modify the output from the lamp prior to the microscope to increase the light efficiency of the microscope and fully exploit field of view and resolution of the microscope.

Multispectral imaging system

An automated apparatus and method for measuring properties of optical components based on wavefront sensing and analysis. A wavefront of predetermined profile is directed at a surface to be measured so that it is more or less distorted in accordance with the shape of the surface and the distorted wavefront is sensed and analyzed. From the information derived from the distorted wavefront and other knowledge of the relationship between the surface and position of the wavefront of predetermined profile, the shape of the surface may be inferred along with other properties such as radius of curvature, focal length, conic constants, asphericity, toricity, tilt, and decentering. Concave, convex, cylindrical, and flat parts may be measured along with wavefront errors in bandpass transmitting components such as lenses, filters, and windows.

Automated optical measurement apparatus and method

An automated apparatus and method for measuring properties of optical components based on wavefront sensing and analysis. A wavefront of predetermined profile is directed at a surface to be measured so that it is more or less distorted in accordance with the shape of the surface and the distorted wavefront is sensed and analyzed. From the information derived from the distorted wavefront and other knowledge of the relationship between the surface and position of the wavefront of predetermined profile, the shape of the surface maybe inferred along with other properties such as radius of curvature, focal length, conic constants, asphericity, toricity, tilt, and decentering. Concave, convex, cylindrical, and flat parts may be measured along with wavefront errors in bandpass transmitting components such as lenses, filters, and windows.

An information processing system automatically identifies the page of a book, notebook, flip chart, writing pad, or the like. The system uses an optical sensor to read an identification code printed on each page (and the cover) of the book and processes the code to determine identifying information (e.g., page number) for the page. The optical sensor and related components are adjacent to the book and operate unobtrusively, yet reliability, at a distance therefrom. The system, which uses ambient light and selectively activates its own light source, is capable of operating under variable lighting conditions and requires no manual intervention by the user. In addition, the system is reliable and robust in that it allows standard printing techniques to be used to print the identification code on each page of the book.

Page identification system and method

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Stephen D Fantone