An all-directional optical sensor apparatus 8 includes an all-directional prism 20 which has a cylindrical-shaped body with a hollow-out cone section formed in its top surface 22. The surface 28 of the cone works as a reflector 30 for rays received through side surfaces 24 of the cylindrical-shaped body. An optical sensing element is disposed adjacent to a bottom surface 26 of the prism 20. A roof plate 40 having a dimension larger than the top surface 22 of the prism is arranged for shielding t...

An optical component consists of two or more plane-parallel windows with, respectively, two or more partially reflective surfaces. Each partially reflective surface splits off part of an original beam and produces another redirected beam. The redirected beam undergoes further redirection and attenuation by multiple reflections. Each even-numbered reflection produces a beam deviated from the original's beam direction by an even multiple of the angle between the windows. Thus, for a pair of window...

An apparatus for deflecting an optical beam is designed as a prism and has an entry face as well as two reflection faces and two exit faces. The prism is essentially symmetrically constructed with reference to a rotational axis. The entry face is oriented essentially perpendicularly relative to the rotational axis. Those sides of the prism facing away from the entry face are designed as reflection faces having an inclination relative to the rotational axis, these reflection faces adjoining one a...

A display apparatus includes an image source displaying information and a magnifying mirror element reflecting the displayed information and projecting one or more images thereof viewable by the operator in one or more focal planes, the mirror element being partially light transmissive. A display data source is also provided so that, in a first mode, the display data is not visible and in a second mode the display data is visible to the operator through the mirror. A motor mechanism is operable ...

Apparatus for handling biological specimens for a diagnostic device and an apparatus to load the diagnostic device, the diagnostic device including a transport system and a carousel bearing several cassettes containing biological specimens. By means of the mechanical separation of the carousel, transport system and diagnostic device, simultaneous, independent movement of the individual components is possible. Thus, tedious routine inspections for which a selection of biological specimens is nece...

An optical axis adjusting apparatus is provided and includes a laser beam source, a beam shaping prism for shaping a laser beam of elliptical flux emitted from the laser beam source into a laser beam of circular flux, and an angle adjusting device which adjusts the angular direction of the outgoing laser beam emitted from the shaping prism.

An optical rotation device with infinite depth of field for transmitting optical images along an optical axis and selectively rotating the image about the optical axis, while preserving all of the three dimensional characteristics of the image. The optical rotation device consists of two optical elements optically coupled in series, each of which produces an inversion of the image about an axis orthogonal to the optical axis. Rotation of the image by any angle in the plane normal to the optical ...

Stereo multi-vision scope with a pair of visual corn type tubes having an ocular portions and a pair of objects portions such as a conventional binocular type. The ocular portions have not optical lens and the objects portions have multi-image lenses to make a multitude of stereo visual image for viewing distant objects through it. The corn type tubes also have extension and shortening structure to control their respective distance or width in a horizontal state or position.

A tapered-shaped rotatable frame with at least three filter windows, with at least three filters installed on it, a lens stand which includes a supporting means to rotatably support the frame. The angle between the supporting means and the frame's surface is supplementary to the angle between the supporting means and the frontal surface of the lens.

This invention relates to a three-dimensional image display device comprising two or more parallel elements, each element being formed from a transparent material, each element having a coating formed thereon, the coating including means for reflecting a portion of a beam of light having a selected predetermined orientation of a chosen component of electric field vectors and means for passing the remaining portion of the beam of light. The coating may also include an absorbing means including a ...