Abstract: An optical scanner includes a light source located within a housing. A reticle having an aperture is positioned within the housing to receive a first light beam emitted from the light source. The reticle is configured to transmit a second light beam through the aperture. A mirror is positioned within the housing to receive the second light beam transmitted from the reticle and reflect the second light beam through a first window in the housing onto a surface of interest of an object. A light receiver is configured to receive a third light beam from the surface of interest of the object through a second window in the housing, wherein the light receiver is configured to obtain one or more light position values to determine a parameter of the surface of interest of the object. Methods for generating three-dimensional images of an object utilizing the optical scanner are also disclosed.

Abstract: An optical scanner includes a light source located within a housing. A reticle having an aperture is positioned within the housing to receive a first light beam emitted from the light source. The reticle is configured to transmit a second light beam through the aperture. A mirror is positioned within the housing to receive the second light beam transmitted from the reticle and reflect the second light beam through a first window in the housing onto a surface of interest of an object. A light receiver is configured to receive a third light beam from the surface of interest of the object through a second window in the housing, wherein the light receiver is configured to obtain one or more light position values to determine a parameter of the surface of interest of the object. Methods for generating three-dimensional images of an object utilizing the optical scanner are also disclosed.

Abstract: An optical scanner includes a light source located within a housing. A reticle having an aperture is positioned within the housing to receive a first light beam emitted from the light source. The reticle is configured to transmit a second light beam through the aperture. A mirror is positioned within the housing to receive the second light beam transmitted from the reticle and reflect the second light beam through a first window in the housing onto a surface of interest of an object. A light receiver is configured to receive a third light beam from the surface of interest of the object through a second window in the housing, wherein the light receiver is configured to obtain one or more light position values to determine a parameter of the surface of interest of the object. Methods for generating three-dimensional images of an object utilizing the optical scanner are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical device for privacy or contrast enhancement of a viewing display. Also disclosed are a system including the optical device and methods of improving privacy or contrast of a viewing display, such as a plasma display panel, a liquid crystal display panel, an inorganic light emitting diode display panel, or an organic light emitting diode display panel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of making an optical device for contrast enhancement of a viewing display, such as a plasma display panel, a liquid crystal display panel, an inorganic light emitting diode display panel, or an organic light emitting diode display panel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of making an optical device for contrast enhancement of a viewing display, such as a plasma display panel, a liquid crystal display panel, an inorganic light emitting diode display panel, or an organic light emitting diode display panel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical device for privacy or contrast enhancement of a viewing display. Also disclosed are a system including the optical device and methods of improving privacy or contrast of a viewing display, such as a plasma display panel, a liquid crystal display panel, an inorganic light emitting diode display panel, or an organic light emitting diode display panel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical device for black level enhancement of a viewing display. Also disclosed are a system including the optical device and methods of improving black level of a viewing display, such as a plasma display panel, a liquid crystal display panel, an inorganic light emitting diode display panel, or an organic light emitting diode display panel.

Abstract: A resin transfer molding system including a sealable chamber having opposing flexible diaphragms forming an outer reconfigurable tooling surface and an inner surface surrounding a workpiece including fibrous reinforcing material to be impregnated and formed over a mold surface. There are means for impregnating the fibrous reinforcing material and means for compressing the diaphragms about the fibrous reinforcing material and for urging the compressed diaphragms and the fibrous reinforcing material contained therein over the mold surface to conform the compressed diaphragms and the fibrous reinforcing material to the contours of the mold surface.

Abstract: A disposable self contained cartridge for resin transfer molding including a sealable flexible-walled vacuum bag surrounding fibrous reinforcing material to be impregnated and formed and a quantity of resin for impregnating the fibrous reinforcing material, and vacuum port to collapse the vacuum bag about the fibrous reinforcing material and the resin.

Abstract: An edge detecting system for detecting an edge on a wavy surface includes a stylus for tracking across the surface; a transducer, responsive to the stylus, for producing a signal representative of surface transitions sensed by the stylus; a support for suspending the stylus over the surface with the stylus contacting the surface in which the support has a natural frequency which isolates the stylus from the low-frequency wavy surface contours and compels the stylus to respond only to the higher frequency surface transitions. Further included is a detector, responsive to the transducer, for detecting a signal representative of an edge amidst other high-frequency surface transitions. Also disclosed is a system in which the signal of the transducer is averaged and then compared to a reference level to determine the orientations of the fibers in the material of the surface.

Abstract: A reconfigurable fiber-forming resin transfer molding system including a sealed chamber with first and second spaced flexible diaphragms for holding a fiber workpiece and press and die mold surfaces for forming the fiber workpiece.