Abstract: A dynamically calibrating optical spectrometer and method for dynamically calibrating the optical spectrometer are provided. The optical spectrometer may include a band-pass device and a device that scans, such that a scan window can be widened, and the edges of the band-pass device can be used to calibrate out drifts in the system. The optical spectrometer may be for acquiring and analyzing a spectroscopic sample of an analyte from a sampling region of the tissue of a person. The optical spectrometer includes a tunable source of electromagnetic radiation, a probe for delivering the electromagnetic radiation to the tissue at the sampling region and obtaining a diffuse reflectance signal from the tissue at the sampling region, a spectroscopic detector for analyzing the diffuse reflectance signal for presence of the analyte, and a wavelength calibration detector for calibrating the tunable source of electromagnetic radiation to a desired wavelength.

Abstract: A lamp bracket and illumination optics assembly interface including at least one bracket engaging member formed on the illumination optics; and a receiving member formed on the lamp bracket corresponding to the bracket engaging member such that the bracket engaging member is configured to be received at least partially within the receiving member in an overlapping configuration.

Abstract: A lamp assembly including an integral reflector and heat sink having a reflector portion comprising an integrated heat sink and a plurality of integral cooling fins connected to the integrated heat sink, a cathode assembly mechanically coupled to the reflector portion, an anode mechanically coupled to the reflector portion and electrically isolated from the cathode assembly, and at least one thermal stress reduction feature.

Abstract: Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure include systems and methods for ejecting fluid from a fluid ejection system. One exemplary method, among others, includes: heating a fluid to a lower threshold using an electric heating layer; heating the fluid to an upper threshold using laser energy; and ejecting a volume of fluid.

Abstract: A display system is configured to produce a color image formed of a plurality of differently colored images and may include at least one light source that directs light along an optical path, and at least one filter having a given optical filter characteristic. The display system may be selectively operable in a first state in which the optical path does not pass through a first filter during production of the plurality of differently colored images to form a color image having a first optical characteristic, and in a second state in which the optical path passes through the first filter during production of the plurality of differently colored images to form a color image having a second optical characteristic different than the first optical characteristic.

Abstract: A programmable waveform ballast has a power supply and a waveform generator. The power supply provides, from a power source, a variable power to a discharge lamp. The waveform generator is coupled to the power supply and is programmable to produce a plurality of waveforms. The waveform generator controls the power supply to apply the variable power to the discharge lamp in accordance with a programmed waveform.

Abstract: An optical disc of one embodiment of the invention is disclosed that includes a first surface, a second surface, an optically writable label area, and an optically writable data area. The first and the second surfaces are oppositely situated to one another. The label area is on one of the first and the second surfaces. The data area is on one of the first and the second surfaces. The mechanism aids proper focusing of an optical beam of an optical disc device on the optically writable label area and on the optically writable data area.

Abstract: An image projection system is provided that includes a portable projector, where the projector includes a light engine, and a projector housing having a closed configuration and an open configuration, where in the closed configuration the projector housing at least partially encloses the light engine, and in the open configuration the projector housing supports the light engine.

Abstract: An image projection system is provided that includes a portable projector, where the projector includes a light engine, and a projector housing having a closed configuration and an open configuration, where in the closed configuration the projector housing at least partially encloses the light engine, and in the open configuration the projector housing supports the light engine.

Abstract: A digital micromirror device arrangement and devices using the arrangement are disclosed. The arrangement includes a digital micromirror device (DMD) having an active area, a cover plate disposed substantially adjacent to the DMD and having a thickness and a light blocking area having an aperture formed therein. The active area is adapted to receive incoming light and to reflect the incoming light as outgoing light. The light-blocking layer is offset from a plane of the active area by at least the thickness of the cover plate and is adapted to block light from passing therethrough. The aperture is dimensioned to produce a beam of outgoing light having desired dimensions.

Abstract: A technique is described to reduce overfill of light that has exited a light integrating device and is applied to an optical modulator in the form of an illuminating pattern. The illumination reduction technique makes the illuminating pattern more closely conform to a active planar surface of the optical modulator by at least partially providing anamorphic magnification of the illuminating pattern.

Abstract: A method of producing a light beam for a display system includes generating a light beam having a transverse cross section that is elongate along a longitudinal axis, and moving a plurality of beam-modifying optical elements sequentially along a travel path that intersects the light beam with the light beam cross-section longitudinal axis oriented transverse to the travel path.

Abstract: A method of producing a light beam for a display system includes generating a light beam having a transverse cross section that is elongate along a longitudinal axis, and moving a plurality of beam-modifying optical elements sequentially along a travel path that intersects the light beam with the light beam cross-section longitudinal axis oriented transverse to the travel path.

Abstract: A method for color management in a display system based on perception. A plurality of images may be displayed to a viewer using an additive display device. Each image of the plurality may have a different color adjustment and at least two colors. An input may be received from the viewer selecting an image of the plurality based on the viewer's color perception of such image relative to other images of the plurality. Subsequent images may be displayed according to the different color adjustment of the image selected.

Abstract: An optical disc of one embodiment of the invention is disclosed that includes a first surface, a second surface, an optically writable label area, and an optically writable data area. The first and the second surfaces are oppositely situated to one another. The label area is on one of the first and the second surfaces. The data area is on one of the first and the second surfaces. The mechanism aids proper focusing of an optical beam of an optical disc device on the optically writable label area and on the optically writable data area.

Abstract: A display system is configured to produce a color image formed of a plurality of differently colored images and may include at least one light source that directs light along an optical path, and at least one filter having a given optical filter characteristic. The display system may be selectively operable in a first state in which the optical path does not pass through a first filter during production of the plurality of differently colored images to form a color image having a first optical characteristic, and in a second state in which the optical path passes through the first filter during production of the plurality of differently colored images to form a color image having a second optical characteristic different than the first optical characteristic.