Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
250227200 | With imaging | 37 |
20080277567 | Fast laser scanning optical CT apparatus - Disclosed are scanning devices which measure and quantify optical properties within an object such as the absorption of light, refractive index, light scattering, fluorescence, and phosphorescence. Through the use of two rotating plane mirrors and two paraboloid mirrors, a laser light beam is made to traverse the object to be scanned wherein the beam is always parallel to the optical axis. The invention provides an improvement over previously reported scanning devices by virtue of increased speed and resolution. Two-dimensional projections gleaned by each scan of the object are reconstructed into a three-dimensional image through the use of various computer techniques. | 11-13-2008 |
20090001257 | Image Sensor and Method for Manufacturing the Same - An image sensor is disclosed that can provide a microlens aligned directly above an active area of a substrate. The image sensor can include a substrate having a pixel area. An active region can be formed on the pixel area and can include photodiodes. Metal lines and an interlayer dielectric can be provided on the pixel area of the substrate. A microlens can be formed above the metal lines and interlayer dielectric to be directly aligned with the active area of the pixel area. To achieve such an alignment, an alignment key of the microlens can be aligned with an alignment key of the active region. In one embodiment, the microlens can avoid being formed right above the metal lines. | 01-01-2009 |
20090020690 | OPTICAL MEMBER, SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - An optical member includes high refractive index layers having a great refractive index and low refractive index layers having a small refractive index, which are each relatively thin as compared with an optical length, disposed alternately in the lateral direction as to an optical axis. Each width of the high refractive index layers and the low refractive index layers is equal to or smaller than the wavelength order of incident light. | 01-22-2009 |
20090026357 | IMAGE SENSOR AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - Provided is an image sensor including an overcoating layer and at least two micro lenses formed on the overcoating layer. The image sensor is characterized in that the overcoating layer positioned below a clearance between the micro lenses is etched such that curved surfaces of the micro lenses extend to the etched overcoating layer, and a contamination in the bonding pad can be prevented. | 01-29-2009 |
20090032688 | TWO DIMENSIONAL CONTACT IMAGE SENSOR WITH BACKLIGHTING - A two-dimensional image sensor is disclosed. The image sensor includes an array of photodetectors formed within a silicon substrate. The array of photodetectors is arranged to detect reflections of light from a surface. Channels are etched through the silicon substrate, allowing light to pass from a light source through the substrate to the surface. | 02-05-2009 |
20090127439 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS WITH ARTIFICIAL OMMATIDIA AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR ARTIFICIAL OMMATIDIA UNIT - An image sensing apparatus with artificial ommatidia includes an imaging optical lens group forming a concave focal surface, an artificial ommatidia unit having a curved top surface corresponding to the concave focal surface and a flat bottom surface, and an image sensor disposed under the artificial ommatidia unit. The artificial ommatidia unit is disposed under the imaging optical lens group so that the curved top surface is coincided with the concave focal surface of the imaging optical lens group. The artificial ommatidia unit having a plurality of artificial ommatidia collects light emitting from the imaging optical lens group, and guides the light to the bottom surface thereof. | 05-21-2009 |
20090127440 | COLORED MICROLENS ARRAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR COLORED MICROLENS ARRAY, COLOR SOLID-STATE IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR COLOR SOLID-STATE IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, COLOR DISPLAY APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR COLOR DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC INFORMATION DEVICE - A colored microlens array includes a plurality of microlenses for focusing incident light on a plurality of respective positions, on a substrate or a transparent film provided on the substrate, in which peripheral sections of the plurality of microlenses overlap each other at the adjacent positions and the microlenses are colored in a plurality of colors and arranged in a predetermined color arrangement. | 05-21-2009 |
20090127441 | Image Sensor and Method for Manufacturing Thereof - An image sensor according to an embodiment can comprise a metal line layer formed on a semiconductor substrate including a light receiving device; a first microlens formed on the metal line layer; a color filter array formed on the first microlens; and a second microlens formed on the color filter array. An oxide layer pattern can be disposed between the metal line layer and the first microlens. A blocking layer can be arranged in the oxide layer pattern in regions between adjacent first microlenses. | 05-21-2009 |
20090212202 | Imaging apparatus for taking images of objects in a plurality of directions and vehicle incorporating the same - The invention relates to an imaging apparatus that is capable of taking images of objects in at least three directions on a single imaging device, has a wide imaging angle of view and can easily be made compact, and a vehicle incorporating it. The imaging apparatus comprises a single imaging device | 08-27-2009 |
20090236505 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL OPTICAL SENSOR COMPRISING A PHOTODETECTORS MATRIX COUPLED TO A MICROLENSES MATRIX - Multifunctional optical sensor, comprising a matrix of photodetectors of the CCD or CMOS type, having a sensitive area divided into sub-areas, each of which, individually or combined with others, is dedicated to a specific function of monitoring the scene or measuring environmental parameters. The optical sensor comprises a matrix of microlenses, each of which is set to focus the radiation coming from a portion of solid angle on the associated photodetector or cluster of mutually contiguous photodetectors. Each function is associated to a single microlens or to a single subgroup of mutually contiguous microlenses or to multiple, not mutually contiguous microlenses or to multiple, not mutually contiguous subgroups of microlenses. The angular separation between the central directions of the portions of solid angle subtended by adjacent photodetectors or adjacent clusters of photodetectors is not constant within the matrix. | 09-24-2009 |
20090256064 | Electronic component, illuminating device, contact-type image sensor, and image reading device - An electronic component capable of effectively dissipating heat generated in an LED chip and other elements is provided. A light emitting unit | 10-15-2009 |
20090289178 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AND/OR ANALYZING IMAGE INFORMATION REPRESENTING RADIATION - A method for processing and/or analyzing image information representing radiation in a spatially resolved manner using an optical system coupled to at least one detector includes the step of collecting said image information with said optical system using at least one micromechanical mirror moved such that the image information is scanned and coupled sequentially into the at least one detector. | 11-26-2009 |
20090321618 | Image Pickup Apparatus and Information Code Reader - An image pickup apparatus operable to reduce defocusing due to temperature changes is disclosed. An optical system comprises a glass lens and a plastic lens, wherein a power of the plastic lenses is smaller than that of the glass lens. An image pickup device picks up an object image that has passed through the optical system as a defocused object image including an area with a large-depth-of-field light and a blurred area. An image processing device generates an image signal with a smaller blur than the blurred object image from the image pickup device. | 12-31-2009 |
20100001175 | IMAGING DEVICE - A shutter ( | 01-07-2010 |
20100051790 | Image Sensor and Method for Manufacturing the Same - Disclosed are an image sensor and a method for manufacturing the same. The image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate including unit pixels, a metal line and an interlayer dielectric layer formed on the semiconductor substrate, a passivation layer formed on the inter-layer dielectric layer and provided on a surface thereof with lens patterns corresponding to the unit pixels, and lens-type color filters formed on the lens patterns. | 03-04-2010 |
20100133420 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, AND CAMERA - A method of producing a solid-state imaging device includes the steps of forming on a substrate a photoelectric conversion portion that receives light on a light-receiving surface and that photoelectrically converts the received light to generate a signal charge, forming above the light-receiving surface an optical waveguide that guides light to the light-receiving surface, and forming above the optical waveguide a color filter which colors light and from which colored light is emitted to the optical waveguide, wherein, in forming the color filter, the color filter is formed from a photosensitive resin film containing a dye by performing an exposure process and then performing a development process on the film, and in forming the optical waveguide, a core portion of the optical waveguide is formed so that the core portion absorbs exposure light radiated onto the photosensitive resin film when the exposure process is performed. | 06-03-2010 |
20100133421 | Complementary Metal Oxide Silicon Image Sensor and Method of Fabricating the Same - Disclosed is a method of fabricating a CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Silicon) image sensor. The method includes the steps of: forming a device protective layer and a metal interconnection on a substrate formed with a light receiving device; forming an inner micro-lens on the metal interconnection; coating an interlayer dielectric layer on the inner micro-lens and then forming a color filter; and forming an outer micro-lens including a planarization layer and photoresist on the color filter. The inner micro-lens is formed by depositing the outer layer on dome-shaped photoresist. The curvature radius of the inner micro-lens is precisely and uniformly maintained and the inner micro-lens is easily formed while improving the light efficiency. Since the fabrication process for the CMOS image sensor is simplified, the product yield is improved and the manufacturing cost is reduced. | 06-03-2010 |
20100163714 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES IN IMAGE SENSORS - An embodiment relates to an image sensor comprising (a) a optical pipe comprising a core and a cladding, and (b) a pair of photosensitive elements comprising a central photosensitive element and a peripheral photosensitive element, wherein the central photosensitive element is operably coupled to the core and the peripheral photosensitive element is operably coupled to the cladding, and methods of fabricating and using the same. The image sensor could further comprise a lens structure or an optical coupler or an optical coupler over the optical pipe, wherein the lens structure or the optical coupler or the optical coupler is operably coupled to the optical pipe. | 07-01-2010 |
20100176281 | OPTICAL ELEMENT, IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND CAMERA MODULE - An optical element incorporated into an imaging optical system, comprising: an effective diameter area that allows effective light flux contributing to imaging to pass, a non-effective diameter area that surrounds the effective diameter area; and an outer peripheral face that surrounds the non-effective diameter area. The effective diameter area, the non-effective diameter area and the outer peripheral face are centered on an imaging optical axis. At least a thickness-direction part of the outer peripheral face or a circumferential part thereof is a non-parallel face having an inclination to an imaging optical axis. A light incident from a face of an object side, reflected on a face of an image-plane side to the outer peripheral face and reflected on the outer peripheral face is not incident to an image plane. | 07-15-2010 |
20100200736 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device, particularly but not exclusively for use in a targeting sensor for missile seekers. The imaging device including at least one lens; a substantially planar sensor having a plurality of pixels; a light guiding arrangement for directing light received via said lenses toward said sensor; in which said light guiding arrangement includes a plurality of light guides. | 08-12-2010 |
20100200737 | Optical system for controlling light propagation along a light path - An optical system and method for controlling light propagation along a light path. An optical element such as a lens is formed of a first light transmitting material and has a surface finish effective to scatter light impinging on the surface. Index matching material contacts to a portion of the surface so as to reduce or nullify the scattering effects of the surface finish within the portion. This allows the first optical element to have surfaces that have been generally prepared for scattering light and then later selectively negate the scattering effects of the surface finish by contacting portions of the surface with index matching material. As such, light in the optical element directed toward a surface or boundary within selected portion propagates into or out of the optical element. Light outside of the selected portion is scattered. Such an arrangement helps to reduce image degradation due to light outside of the light path being reflected about within the optical system. | 08-12-2010 |
20100230583 | SOLID STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A solid state image pickup device includes a pixel section defined by unit pixels arrayed in line and row directions of a semiconductor substrate. Each of the unit pixels includes a photoelectric transducer that is formed on the semiconductor substrate and converts incident light into a signal charge, a waveguide that is formed above the photoelectric transducer and guides the incident light to the photoelectric transducer, and a microlens that is formed above the waveguide and guides the incident light to an end of light incident side of the waveguide. The waveguide has a columnar body with a constant cross section from the end of light incident side to an end of light exit side, and is arranged such that a center of rays of the incident light incident from the microlens on the end of light incident side of the waveguide is aligned with a central axis of the waveguide. | 09-16-2010 |
20100243869 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes a light sensing portion which is formed on a substrate and generates a signal electric charge according to incident light; a rectangular or gradient-index on-chip micro lens formed on a light incident side above the light sensing portion; and a planarized lens layer which covers the on-chip micro lens and is formed in such a manner that a light incident surface is planarized. | 09-30-2010 |
20100282954 | OPTICAL PROBE - The present invention relates to an optical probe ( | 11-11-2010 |
20100288912 | OPTICAL PROBE - The invention relates an optical probe ( | 11-18-2010 |
20110068258 | NONROTATIONALLY SYMMETRIC LENS, IMAGING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A singlet lens with opposing first and second surfaces has at least one surface being nonrotationally symmetric, the singlet lens substantially maintaining a ratio of magnification along orthogonal axes. The nonrotationally symmetric surface may be used in an imaging system, which may be used in a mobile handset. | 03-24-2011 |
20110073752 | Adjustable Multimode Lightfield Imaging System - An adjustable multimode lightfield imaging system. A non-homogeneous filter module is positioned at the aperture plane of the lightfield imaging system and provides the multimode capability. The filter module can be moved relative to the imaging system, thus allowing adjustment of the multimode capability. | 03-31-2011 |
20110089314 | COMPACT TAP MONITOR - A compact PD unidirectivity solution for an optical tap monitor, which reduces the overall size of optical tap module, is provided. The solution is to use lensing to separate the light from the input and output fibres, and then add a mask or spacer in front of the monitor PD to prevent any of the light from the output fiber from entering the photodetector package. | 04-21-2011 |
20110108715 | IMAGE SENSOR AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A method for fabricating image sensor is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a substrate, wherein the substrate comprises a plurality of photodiodes; forming at least one dielectric layer and a passivation layer on surface of the substrate; using a patterned photomask to perform a first pattern transfer process for forming a plurality of trenches corresponding to each photodiode in the passivation layer; forming a plurality of color filters in the trenches; covering a planarizing layer on the color filters; and using the patterned photomask to perform a second pattern transfer process for forming a plurality of microlenses corresponding to each color filter on the planarizing layer. | 05-12-2011 |
20110163225 | WAFER LEVEL OPTICAL APPARATUS - A wafer level optical apparatus includes a wafer level lens unit for receiving light. The wafer level lens unit includes a lens substrate having a partial surface with a slope greater than zero and at least one lens adhered to a surface of the lens substrate. | 07-07-2011 |
20110253885 | IMAGE-CAPTURING MODULE FOR SIMPLIFYING OPTICAL COMPONENT AND REDUCING ASSEMBLY TIME - An image-capturing module for simplifying optical component and reducing assembly time includes a substrate unit, an image-capturing unit, a cover unit, a light-emitting unit and an optical imaging unit. The image-capturing unit has at least one image-capturing element electrically disposed on the substrate unit. The cover unit has at least one cover element disposed on the substrate unit and covering the image-capturing element, and the cover element has an opening for exposing the image-capturing element. The light-emitting unit has at least one light-emitting element electrically disposed on the substrate unit. The optical imaging unit has a light-guiding element disposed on the cover element for receiving light beams generated by the light-emitting element and an imaging element connected with the light-guiding element and disposed in the opening of the covering element. The light-guiding element and the imaging element are integrated with each other to form one piece. | 10-20-2011 |
20120187282 | IMAGE SENSOR WITH ANTI-REFLECTION LAYER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An image sensor the image sensor comprising an absorption layer disposed on a silicon substrate, the absorption layer having at least one of SiGe or Ge, and an antireflection layer disposed directly thereon. | 07-26-2012 |
20130234009 | IMAGING OPTICS AND OPTICAL DEVICE FOR MAPPING A CURVED IMAGE FIELD - The present invention relates to optical devices for imaging and spectroscopic applications where optical field curvature is a predominant characteristic. In particular, the invention relates to imaging optics and an optical device for mapping a curved image field. The optical device for mapping a curved image field comprises a focal plane array | 09-12-2013 |
20140246570 | IMAGE READING DEVICE - An image reading device including: concave first lens mirrors that are arranged in an array shape along a main scanning direction and that collimate scattered light reflected by an irradiated object and reflect the scattered light as a substantially parallel bundle of rays that are angled in a sub-scanning direction; planar mirrors that reflect light from the first lens mirrors; apertures that are arranged in an array shape and that allow light from the planar mirrors to pass through by way of openings that are arranged in an array shape and that are light-shielded therearound for selectively allowing light to pass through; concave second lens mirrors that are arranged in an array shape into which light from the apertures is incident and that reflect the light from the apertures as converged light; and light receivers that have light receiving areas on which light from the second lens mirrors is incident and that form images that correspond to light from the openings. | 09-04-2014 |
20150122979 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS, IMAGE SENSOR UNIT, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An illumination apparatus includes: a light guide that is formed in a rod shape and includes a positioning portion that is formed at one end in a longitudinal direction, and light incident surfaces that are formed at two end faces in the longitudinal direction; and light sources that are arranged in the vicinity of the light incident surfaces, respectively, and that emit light that is incident on the incident surfaces. The light guide is formed by injection molding. A gate portion for supplying a resin material during injection molding opens at a position that corresponds to a tip face of the positioning portion. | 05-07-2015 |
20150349480 | LASER WAVEGUIDE DEVICE AND LASER WAVEGUIDE SYSTEM - A laser light waveguide device includes laser light provision units that oscillate and cause laser light to exit; a laser light waveguide path formed of an optical fiber capable of guiding the laser light; and a control unit that controls the laser light provision units. The control unit detects an illumination spot (output of the visible laser light) based on a captured image, captured by an image capturing unit, of a laser light illumination area and an area close thereto illuminated with the laser light, and controls exit of the infrared laser light by the infrared laser light provision unit based on a result of detection of the illumination spot (output of the visible laser light). | 12-03-2015 |
20160116323 | MULTIPARAMETER DEVICE FOR MEASURING BY OPTICAL MEANS THE FILLING LEVEL OF TANKS AND RESERVOIRS OF LIQUIDS AND LIQUEFIED PRODUCTS, THE INDEX OF REFRACTION, AND FOR IMAGE ANALYSIS, WITHOUT MOVING PARTS - A new multiparameter device for measuring by optical means, the level of filling of tanks and reservoirs for liquids and liquefied products, index of refraction and image analysis, without moving parts, which is more specifically intended, but without restrictions of application, for the measuring the level of a liquid in a reservoir, besides being able to make possible the distinction and detection of the type of liquid included in this reservoir, by measuring the index of refraction and image analysis of these liquids, performing this task in a simple, practical and efficient manner through a specific configuration utilizing optical and electronic means, without use of moving parts, what allows that the same may be used for numerous applications between them, for the fuel quality control, the fuel identification, the measuring of the index of refraction, flow measurement, color measurement, temperature measurement and pressure measurement, inter alia, and more specifically for application in the automotive and associated industries. | 04-28-2016 |