Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080212621 | WAVELENGTH CONVERTER AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - It is designed to prevent an efficiency reduction caused by the heat generation of a rare-earth doped fiber in a wavelength converter. | 09-04-2008 |
20080225361 | Light Source Device, and Two-Dimensional Image Display Device - There is provided a light source device which can miniaturize a two-dimensional image display device as small as possible. The light source device is provided with three coherent light sources ( | 09-18-2008 |
20080247150 | SURFACE ILLUMINATION APPARATUS, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY WITH THE SAME - A surface illumination apparatus includes: a light source; an end-surface light-guide portion which guides light emitted from the light source in a long-side direction thereof and generates emitted light in a short-side direction thereof; and a light guide plate which allows the emitted light to be incident upon an end-surface portion thereof and emits the incident light from one main-surface portion thereof. The end-surface light-guide portion includes a plurality of polarization control portions arranged in the long-side direction; the plurality of polarization control portions each has a half-wave plate and a polarizing prism; the end-surface light-guide portion emits the emitted light in the form of either of S-polarized light and P-polarized light, using the plurality of polarization control portions; and the light guide plate emits, as output light, either of S-polarized light and P-polarized light from the one main-surface portion. | 10-09-2008 |
20080266897 | Surface illumination device and a liquid crystal display device using such a surface illumination device - A surface illumination device is provided with a laser light source capable of emitting a laser light, an incident surface on which the laser light is incident, a light guiding plate having a principal surface from which the laser light emerges as a surface emergent light, and an irradiating member capable of irradiating the laser light from the laser light source over a specified range extending in the longitudinal direction of the light guiding plate. | 10-30-2008 |
20080273123 | Laser Picture Formation Device - In a laser picture formation device which forms a vide image by irradiating lights emitted from plural laser light sources ( | 11-06-2008 |
20080316590 | SHORT WAVELENGTH LIGHT SOURCE - A short wavelength light source is provided with a fundamental wave light source for generating a fundamental wave, and a plurality of wavelength conversion elements made of nonlinear optical crystals having periodic polarization-inversion structures and adapted to convert a part of the fundamental wave into a second harmonic, and the nonlinear optical crystals of the plurality of wavelength conversion elements are different in material or composition. By converting the fundamental wave from the fundamental wave light source by the plurality of wavelength conversion elements, the generation of a thermal lens effect caused by light absorption can be suppressed to improve a high output resistance. | 12-25-2008 |
20090002265 | Image Display Device and Image Display System - An image display device and an image display system which can establish visible light communication without interfering with an image displayed at a predetermined frame rate are provided. A controller | 01-01-2009 |
20090027587 | PLANAR LIGHTING DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - An optical fiber | 01-29-2009 |
20090027764 | Wavelength Converting Element - A wavelength converting element which does not generate crystal destruction and output saturation of a second harmonic due to a third harmonic generated inside the element is provided. The wavelength converting element receives a fundamental wave which is light having a wavelength (lambda), outputs the second harmonic which is light having a wavelength (lambda/2), and has a crystal including at least one element selected from a group composed of Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Eu, Gd, Ho, Yb, and Lu as an additive. | 01-29-2009 |
20090040596 | Short-Wavelength Light Source - A short wavelength light source of the present invention comprises a nonlinear crystal having a periodical polarization reversal structure. The polarization reversal structure of the nonlinear crystal is divided into a plurality of regions and the polarization reversal structure and the optical axis of the fundamental wave are inclined with different angles in the respective regions, so that higher harmonic generated is divided into a plurality of beams. By dividing the higher harmonic component into a plurality of beams, it is possible to reduce the power density of the higher harmonic and generate walk off in the fundamental wave and the higher harmonic, thereby to suppress generation of the sum frequency waves of the fundamental wave and the higher harmonic so as to enhance the tolerance to high output. Therefore, SFG generation is suppressed, and a high output power coherent light source is realized. | 02-12-2009 |
20090040787 | PLANAR ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A thin planar illumination device with a high light utilization efficiency is provided. In a planar illumination device | 02-12-2009 |
20090046361 | REFLECTION TYPE SCREEN AND FORWARD PROJECTION SYSTEM - There are provided a reflection type screen capable of suppressing effects of external light and obtaining a wide viewing angle with a simple structure, and a forward projection system having the reflection type screen. | 02-19-2009 |
20090051827 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device ( | 02-26-2009 |
20090059116 | LASER APPARATUS - The present invention comprises: a laser light source | 03-05-2009 |
20090066879 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY SYSTEM - A light source portion having laser light sources emitting red light, green light, and blue light and conventionally disposed integrally with the liquid crystal display panel is spatially separated from the liquid crystal display panel. Accordingly, the power supply, the optical system, and the heat source are incorporated into the light source portion and are thereby completely separated from the liquid crystal display panel. A laser beam emitted from the light source portion is guided to the liquid crystal display panel via a fiber. In this manner, it is possible to achieve a liquid crystal display device capable of significantly reducing the liquid crystal display panel in thickness and weight. | 03-12-2009 |
20090067453 | Laser Light Source and Optical Device - A laser light source is provided with a pump light source ( | 03-12-2009 |
20090067459 | ILLUMINATION LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND LASER PROJECTION DEVICE - An illumination light source is provided with a laser light source having a laser medium with a specified gain region, and a reflector having a narrow band reflection characteristic. A part of a laser light emitted from the laser light source is reflected and fed back by the reflector, so that an oscillation wavelength of the laser light source is fixed at a reflection wavelength. A peak of the gain region of the laser medium is shifted from the reflection wavelength by a change of an oscillation characteristic of the laser light source, so that the oscillation wavelength of the laser light source is changed from the reflection wavelength. Thus, an oscillation spectrum of the laser light source is spread to reduce speckle noise. | 03-12-2009 |
20090080466 | COHERENT LIGHT SOURCE AND RECORDING AND REPRODUCTION DEVICE USING THE SAME - For performing hologram recording or reproduction, an oscillation wavelength half value width Δλ of a coherent light source | 03-26-2009 |
20090135376 | LIGHTING APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS, LIGHTING METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND IMAGE PROJECTION METHOD - Red light emitted from a red laser light source, green light emitted from a green laser light source and blue light emitted from a blue laser light source are incident on a first disc body of a color wheel, are transmitted or reflected in conformity with the colors of the lights in wavelength selecting regions of a second disc body every time the color wheel performs a predetermined rotation. AS being reflected by the first disc body, the lights are divided into different positions to be emitted from the color wheel and irradiated to irradiation regions successively switched by an upward or downward reciprocal movement of a mirror group. | 05-28-2009 |
20090141193 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A laser light source | 06-04-2009 |
20090141496 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus includes a laser source for emitting ultraviolet or blue display-use laser light having a wavelength of 420 nm or less; and a display unit including a fluorescent light generating section for generating fluorescent light when irradiated with the display-use laser light, wherein the display unit displays an image using the fluorescent light generated by the fluorescent light generating section, wherein the display unit further includes an extraneous light shielding section for shielding an extraneous light which is emitted from a back side of the display unit and which has a wavelength in a range where the fluorescent light is generated so as to prevent the extraneous light from entering in the fluorescent light generating section. | 06-04-2009 |
20090141753 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - There has been a problem that interference noise called speckle noise occurs in a two-dimensional image display device using laser, and there is no applicable green light source although the speckle noise can be reduced by using a multi-wavelength light source. The present invention adopts a Yb-doped clad pump fiber ( | 06-04-2009 |
20090147811 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION LASER LIGHT SOURCE, LASER LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE ADOPTING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF SETTING TEMPERATURE OF WAVELENGTH CONVERSION ELEMENT - A wavelength conversion laser light source includes: an element temperature switching section that switches a temperature of the wavelength conversion element according to a harmonic wave output value as set in an output setting device, and the element temperature switching section for switching a temperature of a wavelength conversion element according to a harmonic wave output level as set in the output setting device, wherein the element temperature switch section includes an element temperature holding section that holds the wavelength conversion element at the temperature as switched by the element temperature switching section. | 06-11-2009 |
20090161700 | FIBER LASER - A fiber laser includes: a solid laser fiber doped with a rare earth element; a first grating fiber provided at one end portion of both ends along an optical axis direction of the solid laser fiber; and a first reflective element provided at the other end portion of the solid laser fiber. The first and second reflective elements constitute a resonator structure for the solid laser fiber; the first grating fiber Bragg-reflects only two polarizations of a first polarization having a first wavelength, and a second polarization having a second wavelength different from the first wavelength and being mutually orthogonal with the first polarization in a polarization direction; and at least one reflection wavelength of light which is reflected at the first reflective element and either one wavelength of the two polarizations which are Bragg-reflected at the first grating fiber coincide with each other. | 06-25-2009 |
20090161701 | LASER LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - There has been a problem that pumping light leaks from a part having a coating at the joint of a double-clad fiber added with a rare earth and a general single-mode fiber, and heat is generated partly from the fiber by this energy thus causing deterioration of the fiber. Deterioration of a fiber due to residual excitation light can be prevented by preventing residual excitation light in a double-clad fiber from exiting to a single-mode fiber, and the reliability is enhanced. Output of oscillation light can be increased because output of excitation light is not limited. Furthermore, a laser display having a high color reproducibility can be achieved by employing a light source combining a fiber laser light source and a wavelength conversion module. | 06-25-2009 |
20090190070 | PLANAR ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE ADOPTING THE SAME - A planar illumination device includes a laser light source; a light guide plate for guiding light entered through an end surface to be outputted from a first principal surface; an optical element which forms diffusing light outputted from the laser light source into a substantially parallel light in a thickness-wise direction of the light guide plate and which outputs the resulting parallel light to the end surface of the light guide plate; and a first light deflecting unit for deflecting a propagation direction in the light guide plate of the light incident thereon, wherein the first light deflecting unit is arranged such that a degree of deflection of the light incident on the light guide plate differs according to positions in the light guide plate, to make an amount of light outputted from the first principal surface uniform in the first principal surface. | 07-30-2009 |
20090190072 | Wavelength separator, planar illumination device and liquid crystal display device using the wavelength separator - A wavelength separator is provided with a reflective color filter arranged to intersect with an optical path of light emerging from a principal surface of a light guide plate, and a recycle portion arranged at a side of the light guide plate opposite to the reflective color filter. Out of light incident on the light guide plate, light reflected by the reflective color filter is returned to the reflected color filter again by being reflected by the recycle portion via the light guide plate. | 07-30-2009 |
20090195707 | LASER PICTURE FORMATION DEVICE AND COLOR PICTURE FORMATION METHOD - The laser picture formation device includes a two-dimensional modulation element performing video image modulation as well as four or more laser light sources having different center wavelengths. The video images which have no speckle noises at the wavelength region that has high visibility, which are realized by simultaneously emitting the laser lights of green (G) and yellowish green (Y) which have particularly high visibility, and video images which are vivid as cannot be represented by the conventional display, and which can be realized by controlling the laser lights of respective colors independently, can be displayed. Particularly, by modulating the two-dimensional modulation element and the laser light output with synchronized with each other, various video displays are enabled. | 08-06-2009 |
20090207322 | PROJECTOR SYSTEM AND VIDEO PROJECTION METHOD - A projector system is provided with at least one projector mobile in a specified space and adapted to project a video to a projection area included in the specified space in accordance with inputted video information, a plurality of position sensors each including a position detecting section for detecting a positional relationship of the projector with the projection area and arranged in a specified positional relationship with the specified space, and a controller for controlling a video to be projected from the projector to the projection area based on detection results by the position detecting sections of the plurality of position sensors. | 08-20-2009 |
20090219958 | WAVELENGTH CONVERTING LASER AND IMAGE DISPLAY - A wavelength converting laser includes: a fundamental-wave laser light source emitting a fundamental wave; and a wavelength conversion element converting the fundamental wave emitted from the fundamental-wave laser light source into a converted wave having a different wavelength from the fundamental wave, in which: a pair of fundamental-wave reflecting surfaces is arranged on both end sides of the wavelength conversion element in the directions of an optical axis thereof and reflects the fundamental wave to thereby pass the fundamental wave a plurality of times inside of the wavelength conversion element, and at least one of the fundamental-wave reflecting surfaces transmits the converted wave; and the pair of fundamental-wave reflecting surfaces allows the fundamental wave to cross inside of the wavelength conversion element and form a plurality of light-concentration points at places different from a cross point of the fundamental wave. The wavelength converting laser is capable of obtaining a high conversion efficiency stably and being miniaturized. | 09-03-2009 |
20090231550 | LASER DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a laser display device capable of ensuring the safety of eyes and reducing speckle noise even if a screen is arranged at an arbitrary position. The laser display device includes a laser light source for emitting a laser light, a modulator for modulating the laser light and emitting a modulated light, and a branching unit for branching the modulated light into a plurality of branched lights. At least two of the plurality of branched lights reach substantially the same positions on a screen substantially at the same timings. | 09-17-2009 |
20090244405 | LASER PROJECTION DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY TELEVISION - Disclosed herein is a laser projection device which can keep the colors of red, blue, and green laser beams constant even in high ambient temperature. The laser projection device includes a red laser light source which emits a red laser beam, a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the red laser light source, and a radiating unit for radiating heat from the red laser light source to the outside based on the temperature of the red laser light source detected by the temperature sensor. | 10-01-2009 |
20090251766 | WAVELENGTH CONVERTER - When one tries to obtain high-output wavelength conversion light of class W, the internal temperature of a wavelength conversion element rises significantly to cause an undue variation in phase matching wavelength and thereby it is difficult to match the wavelength of a fundamental wave to the phase matching wavelength. A part of the output of the fundamental wave or pumping light propagating on a fiber is thereby absorbed by doping the fiber with a rare earth element at a set concentration, and the temperature of a fiber grating is raised by heating the fiber grating with heat produced through the absorption. Consequently, the wavelength of the fundamental wave obtained through the fiber grating by widening the grating interval is substantially matched to the phase matching wavelength which can be converted by the wavelength conversion element, and a wavelength converter ensuring a stable high output up to class W is provided. | 10-08-2009 |
20090257029 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An image forming device which has a high reliability and forms an image without speckle noise is provided. | 10-15-2009 |
20090257463 | LASER LIGHT SOURCE, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND PROCESSING APPARATUS - A laser light source includes a fundamental laser generator that generates a fundamental laser light, a wavelength conversion element that is made of a ferroelectric crystal with a periodically poled structure and converts the fundamental laser light to a laser light having a different wavelength, a holding member that holds at least a part of an element surface of the wavelength conversion element that crosses a polarization direction of the periodically poled structure, and an insulation layer that is provided between the holding member and the element surface. Electric resistivity of the insulation layer is 1×10 | 10-15-2009 |
20090262262 | PROJECTION TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection type display apparatus is provided that is safe even when a person looks directly into a laser beam. A laser operation control unit sets the output power of at least one laser source so that intensity A (mW/mm | 10-22-2009 |
20090274182 | LIGHT SOURCE, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, LASER IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - The light sources ( | 11-05-2009 |
20090279017 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION MODULE, LASER LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, TWO DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, BACKLIGHT LIGHT SOURCE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND LASER PROCESSING DEVICE - A wavelength conversion module includes: a first fundamental wave propagation optical fiber for propagating a fundamental wave emitted from a laser light source; a first wavelength conversion element, optically connected to the first fundamental wave propagation optical fiber, for converting the fundamental wave emitted from the first fundamental wave propagation optical fiber into a harmonic wave; and a first harmonic propagation optical fiber, optically connected to the first wavelength conversion element, for propagating the harmonic wave emitted from the first wavelength conversion element, wherein the core diameter of the first harmonic propagation optical fiber is 0.5 to 0.9 times as large as the core diameter of first fundamental wave propagation optical fiber. | 11-12-2009 |
20090279573 | FIBER LASER AND OPTICAL DEVICE - A fiber laser and an optical device for controlling polarization and outputting single polarized light are provided in a simple structure. | 11-12-2009 |
20090290202 | HOLOGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM AND HOLOGRAM RECORDING/REPRODUCTION DEVICE - A hologram recording medium has a substrate and a hologram recording layer into or from which information is recorded or reproduced by a hologram, and a concavo-convex pattern having a reflection layer that transmits hologram recording/reproducing light and reflects light having a longer wavelength than the hologram recording/reproducing light is formed inside the hologram recording medium. | 11-26-2009 |
20090303417 | SURFACE ILLUMINATOR AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY USING SAME - The present invention provides a surface illuminator having a uniform luminance over a large area by using a laser light source, having a wide color reproduction range, and capable of suppressing a speckle noise, as well as a liquid crystal display using the same. The surface illuminator of the present invention includes the laser light source that emits a laser beam; a beam scan section that deflects and scans the laser beam; and a first plate-shaped light guide that makes the laser beam deflected and scanned by the beam scan section to be incident from an end face portion and making the incident laser beam to emit from a first major surface. Further, the liquid crystal display of the present invention includes a liquid crystal display panel and the surface illuminator, wherein the surface illuminator is used as a backlight illuminator that lights the liquid crystal display panel from backside in this liquid crystal display. | 12-10-2009 |
20090303856 | OPTICAL STORAGE MEDIUM AND OPTICAL INFORMATION APPARATUS - Disclosed is an arrangement that enables to keep a relative positional relation between a beam for servo control and a beam for information recording/reproduction constant concerning focusing control and tracking control, even if the two beams are different from each other. An optical storage medium has a reflection surface for reflecting a first beam having a first wavelength, and reflecting a second beam having a second wavelength different from the first wavelength; and an information storage layer for recording information as an interference pattern by incidence of the first beam, or reproducing the information from a wave surface based on the interference pattern. The reflection surface is formed with plural marks or guide grooves usable in a tracking operation or a focusing operation by irradiation of the second beam. The information storage layer is partially formed, in advance, with a reference interference pattern which is reproduced when the first beam is irradiated, and which is used as a reference for correcting the relative positional relation between the first beam and the second beam. | 12-10-2009 |
20090310087 | PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE, AND SPECKLE REDUCTION ELEMENT - An object of the invention is to miniaturize a projection display device, enhance reliability of the device, and reduce speckle noise. A blue laser ( | 12-17-2009 |
20090316431 | PLANAR ILLUMINATING DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A light source section ( | 12-24-2009 |
20090323026 | LASER IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND COLOR IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A laser image display device includes: a first laser light source capable of outputting a laser light having a first wavelength; a second laser light source capable of outputting a laser light having a second wavelength; and a color output conversion controller capable of individually controlling power of the first and the second laser light source displaying the pixels constituting an image according to an input signal. When an input signal is contained at the end point of the color reproducible region and the laser light having the first wavelength is driven substantially by a first maximum power while the laser light having the second wavelength is driven substantially by a second minimum power, the color output conversion controller displays in pixels, a color contained in the color reproducible region excluding the end point in the pixels by using the laser light of the first wavelength at a first power below the first maximum power and the laser light of the second wavelength at a second power above the second minimum power. | 12-31-2009 |
20090323172 | OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND WAVELENGTH CONVERSION LASER LIGHT SOURCE, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND LASER LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE ADOPTING SUCH OPTICAL APPARATUS - A wavelength conversion laser light source includes: a non-linear optical crystal of an oxygen octahedral structure, having added thereto a metal ion in other components than a main component; a light source for projecting light into the non-linear optical crystal in an operation mode; and a refractive index recovery mechanism for carrying out a recovery operation for recovering a refractive index of said non-linear optical crystal as shifted overtime due to light projected into the non-linear optical crystal in the operation mode with an applied external energy into the non-linear optical crystal in a non-operation mode in which light is not injected to the non-linear optical crystal. | 12-31-2009 |
20100014022 | PLANAR ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A planar illumination device for illuminating a liquid crystal display panel provided with a polarizing plate on a light incident side, includes: a light source unit for emitting light having a specified polarization direction; and a light irradiating member for deflecting light emitted from the light source unit and irradiating the liquid crystal display panel with the deflected light, wherein the light irradiating member deflects the light emitted from the light source unit such that the polarization direction of the light emitted from the light source unit substantially coincides with a transmission axis direction of the polarizing plate of the liquid crystal display panel. | 01-21-2010 |
20100020291 | 2-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, ILLUMINATION LIGHT SOURCE AND EXPOSURE ILLUMINATION DEVICE - A 2-dimensional beam scan unit ( | 01-28-2010 |
20100026929 | PLANAR ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A planar illumination device is provided with a plurality of light guide paths, on which scanned light in different scanning sections of a scanning range by a scanning unit is respectively incident, and an illumination unit having a plurality of emission regions for emitting the light guided by the respective light guide paths. The number of the emission regions is 2 or more and 1000 or less, and the respective emission regions successively become luminous as the scanned light is incident on the respective light guide paths. | 02-04-2010 |
20100033508 | LASER EMISSION DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A laser emission device which can emit a high-luminance and high-monochromaticity light with a high efficiency, a low power consumption, and a long lifetime, and a image display device using the laser emission device are provided. | 02-11-2010 |
20100039585 | PLANAR ILLUMINATION DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A laser light source ( | 02-18-2010 |
20100045894 | PLANAR ILLUMINATION APPARATUS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Laser lights emitted from a light source | 02-25-2010 |
20100045896 | LASER BACKSIDE IRRADIATION DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided are a laser backside irradiation device and a liquid crystal display device capable of reducing the thickness of the device and improving the contrast while making the luminance distribution substantially uniform. A laser backside irradiation device | 02-25-2010 |
20100053497 | SURFACE ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY USING THE SAME - A light guide body is arranged and light emerging from the light guide body is made incident on a light guide plate. The light guide body is formed to introduce the incident light to the light guide plate in such a manner that the light incident on an end surface of the light guide plate has a specified light quantity distribution. | 03-04-2010 |
20100066649 | WAVELENGTH CONVERTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS - A wavelength converting apparatus comprising: a laser resonator; a first wavelength converting element that converts a fundamental wave outputted from the laser resonator into a harmonic wave; a first temperature control element that controls the temperature of the first wavelength converting element; a second wavelength converting element that converts a fundamental wave outputted from the first wavelength converting element into a harmonic wave; a second temperature control element that controls the temperature of the second wavelength converting element; a first detecting portion that detects an output of a harmonic wave outputted from the first wavelength converting element; a second detecting portion that detects an output of a harmonic wave outputted from the second wavelength converting element; and a controller that manages temperature control of the first wavelength converting element by the first temperature control element, temperature control of the second wavelength converting element by the second temperature control element, and current value control of a driving current applied to the laser light source. | 03-18-2010 |
20100073600 | PLANAR ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A planar illumination device | 03-25-2010 |
20100085631 | WAVELENGTH CONVERTER AND IMAGE DISPLAY WITH WAVELENGTH CONVERTER - Upon obtaining green light as wavelength converted light by causing infrared light to be incident on a wavelength conversion element, the absorption of the green light occurs due to the generation of ultraviolet light as sum-frequency light of the infrared light and the green light in the wavelength conversion element and the destruction of a crystal composing the wavelength conversion element occurs due to heat generated at this time. In a laser wavelength converter of the present invention, a condensed position of the infrared light in the wavelength conversion element is deviated from a position assumed to be optimal when the influence of the generated heat is ignored. Consequently, crystal destruction is suppressed, a high-efficiency wavelength conversion is enabled and high-output wavelength converted light exceeding several watts, which was difficult to attain in conventional wavelength conversion elements, is attained. | 04-08-2010 |
20100097674 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a light source device which can miniaturize a two-dimensional image display device as small as possible. The light source device is provided with three coherent light sources ( | 04-22-2010 |
20100103088 | SOLID-STATE LASER APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND WAVELENGTH CONVERTING ELEMENT - A solid-state laser apparatus includes: a semiconductor laser light source for emitting laser light; an optical resonator having a solid-state laser medium to be excited by incidence of the laser light to oscillate fundamental laser light, and a mirror; and a quasi phase matching wavelength converting element, disposed in the optical resonator, for converting a wavelength of the fundamental laser light, wherein the quasi phase matching wavelength converting element is formed with a polarization inversion region having a predetermined cycle, and the length of the polarization inversion region in an optical axis direction is 1.0 mm or less. | 04-29-2010 |
20100103347 | DISPLAY AND ILLUMINATOR - A display for illuminating a liquid crystal display panel with laser light of uniform light quantity distribution, and an illuminator for irradiating with laser light of uniform light quantity distribution are provided. | 04-29-2010 |
20100103966 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION LASER, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND LASER PROCESSING DEVICE - A wavelength conversion laser is provided with a pair of fundamental wave reflecting surfaces for reflecting a fundamental wave to define a plurality of fundamental wave paths passing a wavelength conversion element at different angles, and a control unit for controlling wavelength conversion efficiencies so that the wavelength conversion efficiency on a specific one of the plurality of fundamental wave paths extending in different directions between the pair of fundamental wave reflecting surfaces is highest. | 04-29-2010 |
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 |
20100110533 | LASER LIGHT SOURCE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND PROCESSING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A laser light source ( | 05-06-2010 |
20100118535 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, LIGHTING DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A light source device is provided with a coherent light source for emitting the coherent light, and a pattern changer for changing an interference pattern of the coherent light on a surface of the illumination object. The pattern changer includes a photorefractive crystal which is arranged between the coherent light source and the illumination object and on an optical path of the coherent light and exhibits a photorefractive effect, and a changer for changing at least one of a light intensity distribution, a polarization direction, a wavelength and an intensity of coherent light incident on the photorefractive crystal. The illumination object is illuminated with the coherent light. | 05-13-2010 |
20100150186 | LASER LIGHT SOURCE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - According to the present invention, a laser light source comprises plural semiconductor lasers ( | 06-17-2010 |
20100157256 | IMAGE PROJECTION DEVICE AND REAR PROJECTION TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image projection device comprising an image projection means ( | 06-24-2010 |
20100164919 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device capable of performing image display with more adequate white level, during an operation of displaying an image which requires emphasizing white. A backlight illuminator for illuminating a liquid crystal display panel comprises a white light source adapted to generate white light, in addition to a laser source adapted to generate red light, blue light and green light. When an image to be displayed on a liquid crystal display panel requires emphasizing white, white light from the white light source is emitted to a liquid crystal display panel, in addition to red light, blue light and green light from the laser source. This makes it possible to display the image which requires emphasizing white, in the form of an image with more natural image quality. | 07-01-2010 |
20100165013 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device, which is capable of reducing a required response speed and increasing a pixel aperture ratio, as compared with a field sequential driving scheme. A unit pixel of a liquid crystal display panel is made up of a first sub-pixel adapted to allow only any two of red, green and blue lights to pass therethrough, and a second sub-pixel adapted to allow only a remaining one of the red, green and blue lights to pass therethrough, wherein one frame of image is time-divided into n pieces (wherein n is an integer of two or more), and respective image information about the two lights are applied to the first sub-pixel during every duration of the 1/n frame, while applying image information about the remaining one light to the second sub-pixel during a duration of the one frame of image. Further, the respective two lights are emitted during every duration of the 1/n frame in synchronization with applying the respective image information about the two lights, while continuously emitting the remaining one light during the duration of the one frame of image. | 07-01-2010 |
20100165297 | LASER PROJECTOR - A laser projector is provided with a laser light source ( | 07-01-2010 |
20100165307 | LASER IMAGE DISPLAY, AND OPTICAL INTEGRATOR AND LASER LIGHT SOURCE PACKAGE USED IN SUCH LASER IMAGE DISPLAY - A laser image display comprising a laser light source emitting laser light, a beam deflector element for receiving laser light and deflecting its advancing direction, a beam deflecting element control section for controlling the degree of deflection performed by the beam deflector element, an optical integrator for receiving and guiding the deflected laser light to output from its outputting end face, a pseudo surface light source element for scattering the deflected laser light, and a modulation element for receiving and modulating the laser light scattered by the false surface light source element. | 07-01-2010 |
20100165452 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION ELEMENT, LASER LIGHT SOURCE, TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY AND LASER PROCESSING SYSTEM - A wavelength conversion element is provided with a substrate including a nonlinear optical single crystal having a periodically poled structure, the visible light transmittance of the substrate is 85% or higher when ultraviolet light is irradiated to the substrate, and laser light having an average output of 1 W or more is outputted by shortening the wavelength of laser light having a wavelength of 640 nm to 2000 nm. By improving visible light transmission characteristics when the ultraviolet light is irradiated in this way, the breakdown of crystal can be prevented and the stabilization of output characteristics at high output can be realized. As a result, the absorption of green light induced by ultraviolet light can also be suppressed, and the saturation of output and the breakdown of crystal can be avoided. | 07-01-2010 |
20100165453 | SHORT WAVELENGTH LIGHT SOURCE AND LASER IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A short wavelength light source includes a wavelength conversion element having an incident surface, on which a fundamental wave is incident, and an output surface, from which a harmonic wave is outputted, the wavelength conversion element being provided for converting the fundamental wave into the harmonic wave; and a holder for holding said wavelength conversion element, wherein the wavelength conversion element has a specific region on the light output side, which is arranged so as to suppress variations in phase matching condition between the fundamental wave and the harmonic wave resulting from heat generated by absorbing the harmonic wave during a wavelength conversion. | 07-01-2010 |
20100177025 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE - An information display device ( | 07-15-2010 |
20100183037 | FIBER CUTTING MECHANISM AND LASER LIGHT SOURCE APPLICATION APPARATUS COMPRISING THE MECHANISM - Provided is a fiber cutting mechanism that prevents secondary utilization of a fiber laser light source incorporated in a device that uses a laser light. With a characteristic fiber cutting mechanism, when a laser device is separated from a laser light source application apparatus, at least a fiber | 07-22-2010 |
20100195022 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY BACKLIGHT DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - It is aimed to provide an LCD backlight device and liquid crystal display that can suppress light quantity loss and ensure uniform brightness. | 08-05-2010 |
20100195191 | WAVELENGTH CONVERTER, IMAGE DISPLAY AND MACHINING APPARATUS - A wavelength converter is provided with an infrared light source ( | 08-05-2010 |
20100201894 | PROJECTOR - A projector has: light source ( | 08-12-2010 |
20100214208 | PLANAR LIGHTING DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A planar lighting device that applies light having high luminance with good monochromatic characteristics, and a liquid crystal display device using the same are provided. The planar lighting device ( | 08-26-2010 |
20100220261 | PLANAR LIGHTING DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING SAME - The present invention provides a planar lighting device ( | 09-02-2010 |
20100220293 | PROJECTOR - A multipurpose projector | 09-02-2010 |
20100220294 | SHORT WAVELENGTH LIGHT SOURCE AND OPTICAL DEVICE - A GaN-based semiconductor laser ( | 09-02-2010 |
20100231491 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING SUCH LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - A light source device with high use efficiency is provided. By using a laser light source of a single polarization, uniformization of light quantity and uniformization of polarization are simultaneously realized, in a two-dimensional planar illumination utilizing reflection and collimating. Thus, it is possible to realize the two-dimensional planar illumination with polarization aligned, and therefore the use efficiency of light can be significantly improved, when combined with switching utilizing the polarization of a liquid crystal panel, etc. | 09-16-2010 |
20100231861 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus is provided with a laser light source, a spatial light modulation device for modulating the laser light emitted from the laser light source, a display surface for displaying the modulated light, an optical pixel aperture enlarging member for distributing the luminance of the laser light while introducing the laser light to apertures of pixels of the spatial light modulation device; and a display pixel aperture enlarging portion for optically enlarging the modulated light by the apertures of the pixels of the spatial light modulation device corresponding to pixels of an image to be displayed on the display surface. The luminance of a partial area of each pixel of the image displayed on the display surface is controlled to be below the threefold of an average value of the luminance in the area of the entire pixel by the optical pixel aperture enlarging member and the display pixel aperture enlarging portion, thereby accomplishing speckle noise reduction and an improvement of light utilization efficiency. | 09-16-2010 |
20100231862 | PROJECTION TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - Miniaturization is realized and high-output lights are obtained by optimizing the arrangement of a laser light source unit and a homogenizer. | 09-16-2010 |
20100245719 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A wavelength conversion device includes a laser light source that emits a fundamental wave; a wavelength conversion element that converts the fundamental wave into a second harmonic wave; and an optical system including a wavelength selective mirror that reflects the fundamental wave transmitted through the wavelength conversion element without being converted into the second harmonic wave, while transmitting therethrough the second harmonic wave generated by wavelength conversion, wherein the optical system makes the fundamental wave transmitted through the wavelength conversion element without being converted into the second harmonic wave enter the wavelength conversion element again to be subjected to wavelength conversion once or more than once, while being focused by the wavelength selective mirror, and the conversion efficiency in at least one of the second stage and stages subsequent to the second stage is higher than the conversion efficiency in the first stage, where the conversion efficiency in each stage is defined as: (a second harmonic wave generated in one stage)/(a square of the fundamental wave entered in the one stage). | 09-30-2010 |
20100246207 | LASER LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY AND ILLUMINATOR - There is a problem that in the connection portion between a rare-earth-doped double clad fiber and a single mode fiber, pumping light leaks in a portion having the coating, and the fiber generates heat partially with this energy and deteriorates. Also, there is another problem that the output is limited as the oscillation wavelength becomes shorter. Accordingly, in a laser light source device formed by combining a fiber laser and a fiber amplifier, by using the residual pumping light in the fiber laser as the pumping light in the fiber amplifier, it is possible to enhance the reliability by preventing the fiber deterioration caused by the residual pumping light. Further, by amplifying the output in the fiber amplifier in the latter stage without any limitation on the pumping light output, it is possible to increase an output of the oscillation light. | 09-30-2010 |
20100260213 | LASER LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention concerns a laser light source device capable of multiwavelength oscillation. This laser light source device is provided with a laser light source; a laser cavity including a fiber, a first fiber grating provided at a side of the fiber toward the laser light source and having a plurality of reflection peaks, and a second fiber grating provided at a light emission end of the fiber and having a plurality of reflection peaks; a wavelength converter for converting a fundamental wave emitted from the laser cavity into a harmonic wave; a reflection wavelength varying unit capable of shifting the reflection wavelengths of the reflection peaks of the second fiber grating; and a controller for controlling phase matching conditions of the wavelength converter. Intervals between adjacent reflection peaks of the first fiber grating are different from those between adjacent reflection peaks of the second fiber grating. | 10-14-2010 |
20100284428 | FIBER LASER LIGHT SOURCE - A fiber laser light source is provided with a laser resonator including a pair of fiber gratings optically connected to a fiber in a state that the fiber is interposed between the paired fiber gratings. The reflection center wavelength of a laser-exit side fiber grating, out of the paired fiber gratings, lies in a wavelength range where the reflectance of a fiber grating, out of the paired fiber gratings, closer to the pump laser light source is not smaller than 80% but not larger than 98%. | 11-11-2010 |
20100289664 | LIGHT PROJECTION DEVICE - A light projection device, includes a movable projector section which illuminates or display information by projecting light while moving a projection position; a position detecting section which detects a position of a lost article instructed by a user; a view field detecting section which detects a view field of the user, and a controller section which controls said movable projection section based on the lost article detected by the position detecting section and the view field of the user detected by the view field detecting section, and either directly illuminates the lost article or projects guide information for guiding the user to the lost article within a view field of the user. | 11-18-2010 |
20100289986 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A wavelength selection substrate | 11-18-2010 |
20100290105 | WAVELENGTH CONVERTER AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Since the absorption of a fundamental wave by a fiber increases if it is tried to obtain a wavelength conversion light of watt-class high output, the fiber length needs to be shortened. However, since oscillation efficiency conversely decreases if the fiber length is shortened, it is difficult to obtain a high-output fundamental wave. Thus, by reflecting an excitation light incident on the fiber in the fiber, the excitation light is efficiently absorbed to amplify the fundamental wave with a high gain. Further, by shortening the fiber length, the absorption of the fundamental wave is also reduced to improve a fundamental wave output. Consequently, a wavelength converter capable of ensuring a stable high output up to watt-class is achieved. | 11-18-2010 |
20100309438 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION LASER - A wavelength conversion laser | 12-09-2010 |
20100315574 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A compact liquid crystal display device is provided by connecting a plurality of liquid crystal display panel units each provided with a light guiding plate unit on a back side with a connection portion and supplying a laser light source via the connection portion. It includes a plurality of display portions formed of liquid crystal display panel units and light guiding plate units disposed in intimate contact with the back sides of the liquid crystal display panel units, a connection portion connecting a plurality of the display portions, and a laser light source. By supplying a laser beam emitted from the laser light source to the light guiding plate units via the connection portion, the display surfaces of the liquid crystal display panel units are illuminated by the laser beam. | 12-16-2010 |
20100321612 | PLANAR LIGHTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - Provided are a planar lighting apparatus which can perform display without luminance nonuniformity and with a specified luminance distribution in a scanning direction and has high luminance and a large area, and a liquid crystal display device using such a planar lighting apparatus. The scanning light quantity of scanning light | 12-23-2010 |
20110012986 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD USING THE SAME - Provided is a printing apparatus for printing information on a printing area of an object to be printed by irradiating the object to be printed with a first laser beam. The printing apparatus includes a light source for outputting the first laser beam, a light collecting optical system for collecting the first laser beam to the printing area of the object to be printed, and a scanning unit for performing scanning with the first laser beam. The object to be printed contains moisture at least in the printing area, and a wavelength of the first laser beam is 350 nm or more and 550 nm or less. | 01-20-2011 |
20110018911 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - An image display device and an image display system which can establish visible light communication without interfering with an image displayed at a predetermined frame rate are provided. A controller | 01-27-2011 |
20110032598 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION LASER LIGHT SOURCE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A wavelength conversion laser light source includes a fundamental wave laser light source ( | 02-10-2011 |
20110080927 | LIGHT SOURCE, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, LASER IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - The light sources according to the present invention include a laser oscillator including a semiconductor laser, a drive circuit for the semiconductor laser, an ACC circuit, an APC circuit, and a switch, and a starting drive current storage device, and is controlled in such a manner that the driving current at the start of the laser driving be always constant, and after the start of the lighting, it is switched to the APC operation to carry out the power control of the laser light output. | 04-07-2011 |
20110147566 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION LASER LIGHT SOURCE, AND PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND LASER LIGHT SOURCE PROVIDED WITH SAME - A wavelength conversion laser light source includes: a fundamental light source for outputting fundamental light; a wavelength conversion element with a nonlinear optical effect for converting the fundamental light into harmonic light of a different wavelength; a first optical receiver for receiving light of a specific polarization direction contained in the fundamental light output from the fundamental light source and converting an amount of light thereof into an electrical signal; a second optical receiver for receiving the harmonic light output from the wavelength conversion element and converting an amount of light thereof into an electrical signal; a temperature holding unit for holding a temperature of the wavelength conversion element constant; a fundamental light control unit for performing first control of controlling an amount of light of the fundamental light output from the fundamental light source based on the electrical signal from the second optical receiver, and second control of controlling an amount of light of the fundamental light based on the electrical signal from the first optical receiver; and a temperature control unit for performing third control of controlling a holding temperature of the temperature holding unit based on the electrical signal from the second optical receiver. | 06-23-2011 |
20110148661 | GUIDING DEVICE - A guiding device includes: a laser light source that emits a laser beam; and a linear guiding portion that propagates the laser beam and is extended in the guiding direction on a road surface on which a mobile body moves. The linear guiding portion is provided with a function of radiating the laser beam in the guiding direction from the surface where linear guiding portion extends, while propagating the laser beam, and guiding the mobile body by light. | 06-23-2011 |
20110170172 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION LASER DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A wavelength conversion laser device includes a laser light source which emits a laser beam, two reflective surfaces which reflect therefrom a laser beam, a wavelength converter provided between the two reflective surfaces, which converts a laser beam into a wavelength-converted laser beam, and condensing optics which condense the laser beams to be injected between the two reflective surfaces, wherein at least one of the two reflective surfaces has a curvature for reflecting a laser beam to be re-injected into the wavelength converter between the two reflective surfaces repeatedly while forming multi paths of laser beams injected into the wavelength converter at different incident angles, and the condensing optics are arranged to disperse beam waists of the laser beams in the wavelength converter, which reciprocate between the two reflective surfaces. | 07-14-2011 |
20110228195 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY BACKLIGHT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING SAME - An LCD backlight ( | 09-22-2011 |
20110292350 | 2-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, ILLUMINATION LIGHT SOURCE AND EXPOSURE ILLUMINATION DEVICE - A 2-dimensional beam scan unit reflects emission beams from a red laser light source, a green laser light source and a blue laser light source and scans in a 2-dimensional direction. Diffusion plates diffuse the respective light beams scanned in the 2-dimensional direction to introduce them to corresponding spatial light modulation elements. The respective spatial light modulation elements modulate the respective lights in accordance with video signals of the respective colors. A dichroic prism multiplexes the lights of the three colors after the modulation and introduces the multiplexed lights to a projection lens so that a color image is displayed on a screen. Since the 2-dimensional light emitted from the beam scan unit is diffused to illuminate the spatial light modulation element, it is possible to change the optical axis of the beam emerging from the light diffusion member for irradiating the spatial light modulation element moment by moment, thereby effectively suppressing speckle noise. | 12-01-2011 |
20120002136 | PLANAR ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A planar illumination device for illuminating a liquid crystal display panel provided with a polarizing plate on a light incident side, includes: a light source unit for emitting light having a specified polarization direction; and a light irradiating member for deflecting light emitted from the light source unit and irradiating the liquid crystal display panel with the deflected light, wherein the light irradiating member deflects the light emitted from the light source unit such that the polarization direction of the light emitted from the light source unit substantially coincides with a transmission axis direction of the polarizing plate of the liquid crystal display panel. | 01-05-2012 |
20120012759 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION LASER LIGHT SOURCE, LASER LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE ADOPTING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF SETTING TEMPERATURE OF WAVELENGTH CONVERSION ELEMENT - A wavelength conversion laser light source includes: an element temperature switching section that switches a temperature of the wavelength conversion element according to a harmonic wave output value as set in an output setting device, and the element temperature switching section for switching a temperature of a wavelength conversion element according to a harmonic wave output level as set in the output setting device, wherein the element temperature switch section includes an element temperature holding section that holds the wavelength conversion element at the temperature as switched by the element temperature switching section. | 01-19-2012 |
20120183006 | OPTICAL DEVICE, LASER BEAM SOURCE, LASER APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING OPTICAL DEVICE - After forming domain inverted layers | 07-19-2012 |