Solid state image pickup apparatus
I claim: 1. A solid state image pickup apparatus comprising a solid state image pickup device of the interline transfer type which has a photodetector (1) for producing signal charges in response to l... Read More
Inventors: Takeshita, Kaneyoshi;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Device for merging plural sensor outputs onto a single conductor
An object of this invention is to provide a simplified contact-type image scanner with a reduced amount of signal processing. Another object of this invention is to provide a simplified contact-type i... Read More
Inventors: Sakai, Shunji; Kitagawa, Tohru; Suzuki, Kunikazu; Watanabe, Naohiro;, Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Picture image information read-out method and apparatus
An object of this invention is to eliminate defects or problems encountered to the prior art technique and to provide a method for reading out image information and a solid state image pick-up device ... Read More
Inventors: Suzuki, Kenji;, Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. (Ashigara, JP) |
Photographing and recording method and apparatus for electronic still picture cameras
It is an object of the present invention to provide a photographing and recording method and apparatus for an electronic still picture camera, capable of providing reduced power consumption and rapid ... Read More
Inventors: Kawahara, Atsushi; Okita, Masaya;, Assignee: Nippon Kogaku K.K. (Tokyo, JP) |
Method of driving solid-state imaging element
It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide a method of driving a solid-state imaging element, which can control an exposure amount without provoking a sense of awkwardness. In ord... Read More
Inventors: Taniji, Yukio;, Assignee: NEC Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Power source for electronic tuning tuner
It is therefore an object of the present invention to overcome the above-mentioned disadvantages in the prior art. It is another object of the present invention to provide a power source for an electr... Read More
Inventors: Sugai, Yoshiro; Kimura, Hiroyuki;, Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
CCD imagers with registers partitioned for simultaneous charge transfers in opposing directions
In FIG. 1 there is optical coupling 5 of full field image (via a lens system, typically) to CCD imager 10. Imager 10 in effect comprises, preferably on a single semiconductor substrate, two component... Read More
Inventors: Elabd, Hammam; Kosonocky, Walter F.;, Assignee: RCA Corporation (Princeton, NJ) |
Automatic gain control circuit
An automatic gain control circuit in accordance with the present invention comprises an input means for inputting a video intermediate frequency signal, a video intermediate frequency signal processin... Read More
Inventors: Hyakutake, Junichi;, Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Generation of coherent optical radiation by optical mixing
The present invention is directed to an efficient, compact and reliable laser which can be operated in the infrared, visible and ultraviolet portion of the spectrum and is capable of modulation rates ... Read More
Inventors: Dixon, George J.; Anthon, Douglas W.; Clark, John H.;, Assignee: Amoco Corporation (Chicago, IL) |
Optically pumped solid-state laser oscillator
The present invention has been made in light of the foregoing circumstances, and it is an object of the invention to provide an optically pumped solid-state laser oscillator in which a stable output i... Read More
Inventors: Suzuki, Makoto;, Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Aichi, JP) |
Error-bit generating circuit for use in a non-volatile semiconductor memory device
An object of the present invention is, to provide an error-bit generating circuit for use in the EEPROM, being capable of easily checking the deterioration of operational performance in an ECC device,... Read More
Inventors: Kim, Jin-Ki; Yim, Hyung-Kyu;, Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon, KR) |
Optical device using a cerium-doped KTP crystal
Briefly, the invention provides a single crystal KTP, comprising cerium as a dopant. The cerium-doped KTP crystal may have increased optical transmissivity. Further, the amount of cerium may be approx... Read More
Inventors: Bordui, Peter F.; Norwood, Richard G.; Blachman, Ronald;, Assignee: Crystal Technology, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA) |
Broadly tunable high repetition rate femtosecond optical parametric oscillator
The present invention is directed to a technique for producing femtosecond pulses at different wavelengths through the use of the high peak intensities (greater than 10.sup.10 watts per square centime... Read More
Inventors: Edelstein, Daniel C.; Wachman, Elliot S.; Tang, Chung L.;, Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, NY) |
Solid-state laser system
It is an object of the present invention to provide a solid-state laser system of high reliability, which permits reduction in the required number of parts and easy alignment. According to the present... Read More
Inventors: Watanabe, Mitsuyoshi;, Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Nagoya, JP) |
Frequency-doubling solid state laser
The object of the invention is to provide a laser diode pumped frequency-doubling solid state laser that achieves a higher efficiency with a simplified production and which is equally suitable for con... Read More
Inventors: Sakowski, Harald; Brenner, Karl; Greve, Peter;, Assignee: Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung (Heidenheim, DE) |
Diode-pumped, continuously tunable, 2.3 micron CW laser
Accordingly, one object of the invention is to provide a tunable CW solid state laser which can operate over a preselected wavelength range. Another object of the invention is to provide a tunable sol... Read More
Inventors: Esterowitz, Leon; Stoneman, Robert C.; Pinto, Joseph F.;, Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, DC) |
Remote sensing of physical variables with fiber optic systems
These and other objects are accomplished by using so-called intensity sensors in a new manner whereby, in a preferred embodiment of the invention, interrogating light is launched into the core of an o... Read More
Inventors: Kleinerman, Marcos Y.;, Assignee: |
Extreme wide angle, very large aperture, compact, UV imaging lens
A lens system is provided including an extremely wide angle, very large aperture, compact, ultra-violet imaging lens. A lens made in accordance with the present invention may also be made solar blind.... Read More
Inventors: Hirs, John H.; Nicoli, Anthony M.; Clark, Warren L.;, Assignee: Loral Infrared & Imaging Systems, Inc. (Lexington, MA) |
Beam splitter coupled CDSE optical parametric oscillator
In its broad scope, our invention encompasses an optical parametric oscillator which comprises in combination (a) a cavity resonator formed by a pair of spaced reflectors, at least one of which is a l... Read More
Inventors: Levinos, Nicholas J.; Arnold, George P.;, Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States (Washington, DC) |
Optical parametrons
In accordance with these and many other objects, the subject invention provides for an optical parametric oscillator capable of performing logic operations in a digital computer. More particularly, th... Read More
Inventors: May, George A.;, Assignee: |
Frequency adding lasers and optical amplifiers
The present invention provides a method for creating population inversions for use in stimulated emission devices which beam combine, beam cleanup, and/or frequency up-convert electromagnetic radiatio... Read More
Inventors: Goldstone, Jeffrey A.;, Assignee: Rockwell International Corporation (El Segundo, CA) |
Pump steering mirror cavity
The present invention overcomes the problems associated with conventional cavity designs by providing two separate pairs of mirrors in the cavity, thereby simplifying the construction of the mirrors w... Read More
Inventors: Bosenberg, Walter R.; Cheng, Lap K.; Tang, Chung L.;, Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, NY) |
Tunable optical parametric oscillator
Briefly, the present invention is directed to the provision of a light source which is tunable in the visible and the near infrared. More particularly, the present invention provides an optical parame... Read More
Inventors: Cheng, Lap K.; Bosenberg, Walter R.; Tang, Chung L.;, Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, NY) |
High output coupling cavity design for optical parametric oscillators
It is, accordingly, a principal object of the present invention to provide a parametric oscillator that is non-resonant for both frequencies being parametrically generated. This object is achieved by ... Read More
Inventors: Guyer, Dean R.;, Assignee: Amoco Corporation (Chicago, IL) |
Coupled-cavity Q-switched laser
What is claimed is: 1. A method of Q-switching a laser comprising the steps of: a) disposing a gain medium within a first resonant cavity; b) disposing a second resonant cavity adjacent to the first r... Read More
Inventors: Zayhowski, John J.; Mooradian, Aram;, Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA) |
Recording error detector circuit and recording reproducing apparatus
It is an object of the present invention to provide a digital video tape recorder for recording and/or reproducing digital data wherein data errors caused by the failure in erasing the previously reco... Read More
Inventors: Murakami, Yoshihiro;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Second harmonic wave generating device
We claim: 1. A second harmonic wave generating device comprising a LiNbO.sub.3 thin film waveguide layer formed on a LiTaO.sub.3 substrate, characterized in that a fundamental wavelength (.lambda. .mu... Read More
Inventors: Miyazaki, Yasumitsu; Enomoto, Ryo; Yamada, Masaya;, Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd. (Gifu-Ken, JP) |
Automated single longitudinal mode locking system
What is claimed is: 1. A method for shifting a resonant cavity length of a laser cavity for a laser oscillator in response to a change in a pointing direction of a laser beam controlled by a dispersiv... Read More
Inventors: Hale, Michael O.;, Assignee: Amoco Corporation (Chicago, IL) |
Microstrip line antenna with crank-shaped elements and resonant waveguide elements
I claim: 1. A plane antenna comprising: a microstrip line antenna including a plane dielectric substrate and a plurality of parallel conductor lines arranged on said substrate along a first direction,... Read More
Inventors: Shirosaka, Toshiaki;, Assignee: DX Antenna Company, Limited (Kobe, JP) |
Dual band phased array antenna apparatus having compact hardware
It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide a dual band phased array antenna apparatus having compact hardware, to reduce the size and cost thereof. Another object is to reduce the... Read More
Inventors: Yamazaki, Tsugio;, Assignee: NEC Corporation (JP) |
MEMS 
