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20080273239 | Imaging lens and method of manufacturing the same - There is provided an imaging lens including: a transparent substrate; an upper lens disposed on a top of the transparent substrate; and a lower lens disposed on a bottom of the transparent substrate to correspond to the upper lens, wherein one of the upper and lower lenses includes a lens element and a partition wall formed higher than the lens element to surround the lens element. Also, there is provided a method of manufacturing the same. In the imaging lens, the partition wall is replicated together with the lens element on one or both surfaces of the transparent substrate. The partition wall is formed higher than the lens element and has a flat top surface. Therefore, when another lens element is replicated on an opposite surface of the transparent substrate, the previously replicated lens element is prevented from deformation. | 11-06-2008 |
20090027766 | Infrared lens, infrared camera and night vision - An infrared lens | 01-29-2009 |
20090052018 | Compact two-element infrared objective lens and IR or thermal sight for weapon having viewing optics - A compact objective lens is disclosed which is particularly suitable for infrared optical systems. The lens features a simple design with only two lens elements, namely a first lens element receiving incident radiation and having front and rear surfaces, and a second lens element receiving incident radiation from the first element and having front and rear surfaces. The lens forms an image of a scene on a focal plane. At least three of the four surfaces of the elements are aspheric surfaces. The lens has an f-number less than about 2, a field-of-view less than about 30 degrees, and an effective focal length less than about 6 inches. The elements are made from a material selected to pass radiation in the infrared band of the electromagnetic spectrum, e.g., germanium. The lens is suitable for use as an objective lens for a long-wave infrared sight for small arms, e.g., rifle or shoulder-launched surface to air missile launching system, i.e., a lens optimized for operating in the electromagnetic spectrum between about 7.5 and about 15 micrometers. | 02-26-2009 |
20090067040 | Far-infrared camera lens, lens unit, and imaging apparatus - A far-infrared camera includes three lenses formed of ZnS. A first lens is a biconvex lens, a second lens is a negative meniscus or biconcave lens, and a third lens is a positive meniscus lens. A diffraction surface is formed in either surface of a lens. When a total focal distance f of the lens system is 10 mm to 30 mm and a focal distance f | 03-12-2009 |
20090067041 | Far-infrared camera lens, lens unit, and imaging apparatus - Three lenses formed of ZnS are used in combination. A first lens is a meniscus lens having a middle portion which is convex on an object side. A second lens has a middle portion that is a meniscus, which is concave on an object side and has positive refractive power, and a peripheral portion, which is convex on the object side. The first and second lenses have positive refractive power in combination. A third lens is provided adjacent to the second lens with a distance therebetween 1 mm or less and has a middle portion, which is a convex meniscus on an object side, and a peripheral portion which is concave on the object side. A diffraction surface is formed in either surface of the lens. | 03-12-2009 |
20090097103 | Camera Lens and Related Image Reception Device Capable of Filtering Infrared Light and Reducing Production Cost - In order to prevent infrared from reducing image quality of an image reception device, the present invention discloses a camera lens capable of filtering infrared light. The camera lens includes a barrel, an aperture installed on the barrel for controlling the amount of input light, and an optical lens installed inside the barrel for filtering infrared and performing optical lens. | 04-16-2009 |
20090122395 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, LIGHT RECEIVING DEVICE, SPATIAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE, LENS DESIGN METHOD, AND ILLUMINATING DEVICE - This light emitting device has a light emitting part for emitting light into a range including an optical axis, and a radiation lens for refracting the light emitted from the light emitting part and radiating the light into outer space, the radiation lens provided around the optical axis so as to cover the light emitting part. In a coordinate system having an origin that is a center of the light emitting part, a y-axis that is the optical axis, and an x-axis orthogonal to the y-axis, an interface between the radiation lens and the outer space is expressed by a function y=g(x) in a domain of x≧ | 05-14-2009 |
20090168153 | INFRARED ZOOM LENS AND INFRARED CAMERA - A small-sized and low-cost infrared zoom lens while maintaining the brightness of an image and relevant arts to the infrared zoom lens is provided. The infrared zoom lens | 07-02-2009 |
20090185266 | IR CAMERA - An IR camera comprising an optical system further comprises an additional optical element arranged in the form of a disk that is transparent to the infrared radiation in the beam path and at least a first motor arranged to tilt the additional optical element around a first axis substantially perpendicular to the beam path, and a control device for controlling said at least first motor in dependence of a first registered movement of the camera. | 07-23-2009 |
20090201578 | Reducing Flare in a Lens Having a Dichroic Filter - In order to obtain an image with high color fidelity in an environment with a bright source in a field of view, flare must be minimized. An image device that reduces flare may include an absorptive UV cut filter positioned in an integrated optical system and a dichroic IR cut filter disposed on a lens in the optical system. The dichroic IR cut filter receives reflected light from one or more surfaces in the optical system at an angle of incidence larger than an angle of incidence of image light entering the dichroic IR cut filter, so that the reflected light is transmitted out of the system. The absorptive UV cut filter may be used to reduce UV-wavelength light reaching an image sensor of the image device. In this manner, the image device avoids processing undesirable wavelengths of light that is beyond the visible spectrum. | 08-13-2009 |
20090268277 | LENSES, OPTICAL SOURCES, AND THEIR COUPLINGS - A lens may operate in the mid-IR spectral region and couple highly divergent beams into highly collimated beams. In combination with a light source having a characteristic output beam, the lens may provide highly stable, miniaturized mid-IR sources that deliver optical beams. An advanced mounting system may provide long term sturdy mechanical coupling and alignment to reduce operator maintenance. In addition, devices may also support electrical and thermal subsystems that are delivered via these mounting systems. A mid-IR singlet lens having a numerical aperture greater than about 0.7 and a focal length less than 10 mm may be combined with a quantum well stack semiconductor based light source such that the emission facet of the semiconductor lies in the focus of the lens less than 2 mm away from the lens surface. Together, these systems may provide a package that is highly portable and robust, and easily integrated with external optical systems. | 10-29-2009 |
20090323177 | SOLID STATE LENSES AND LENS COMPONENTS - Solid state lenses, lens blanks, and lens components comprising compressible materials ground into fine powders having mechanical properties that make them capable of being formed into cohesive monolithic masses that are low in scattering. The fine powders may be admixtures of host matrix materials and others which, when combined, provide preferred optical properties such as index and dispersion. Parts possessing transmission from within the range from the ultraviolet to the infrared are possible. The materials are suited to low temperature formation of aspheric lenses transmissive in the near and far IR. | 12-31-2009 |
20090323178 | SOLID STATE LENSES AND LENS COMPONENTS - Solid state lenses, lens blanks, and lens components formed of compressible mixed powders of two or more optical substances where the mixing ratio has been deliberately varied from place to place within the volume of the optical component to produce optically useful variations in the local refractive. The compressible mixed powders are ground as fine powders having mechanical properties that make them capable of being formed into cohesive monolithic masses that are low in scattering. The fine powders may be admixtures of host matrix materials and others which, when combined, provide preferred optical properties such as index and dispersion. Parts possessing transmission from within the range from the ultraviolet to the infrared are possible. The materials are suited to low temperature formation of aspheric lenses transmissive in the near and far IR. | 12-31-2009 |
20100027105 | ROBUST WINDOW FOR INFRARED ENERGY - Articles transparent to infrared radiation and resistant to impact and wear are provided. In one embodiment the article comprises a substrate and a composite coating disposed over the substrate and extending from an interface with the substrate to an external surface. The coating and the substrate are capable of transmitting infrared radiation. The composite coating comprises a first phase and a second phase, where the second phase has a higher resistance to erosive wear than the first phase. The coating comprises a compositional gradient proceeding from a first composition at the interface of the coating with the substrate to a second composition at the external surface, the first composition comprising a higher concentration of the first phase than that of the second composition. The first phase has at least one property selected from the group consisting of a) a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) that is within about plus or minus 3 parts per million per degree centigrade of a CTE of the substrate, and b) an index of refraction that is within a range from as high as about 0.1 plus the index of refraction of the substrate to as low as about the square root of the index of refraction of the substrate. | 02-04-2010 |
20100103509 | INFRARED WINDOW LENS ASSEMBLY - The present invention is a lens assembly | 04-29-2010 |
20100165455 | Compact two-element infrared objective lens and IR or thermal sight for weapon having viewing optics - A compact objective lens is disclosed which is particularly suitable for infrared optical systems. The lens features a simple design with only two lens elements, namely a first lens element receiving incident radiation and having front and rear surfaces, and a second lens element receiving incident radiation from the first element and having front and rear surfaces. The lens forms an image of a scene on a focal plane. At least three of the four surfaces of the elements are aspheric surfaces. The lens has an f-number less than about 2, a field-of-view less than about 30 degrees, and an effective focal length less than about 6 inches. The elements are made from a material selected to pass radiation in the infrared band of the electromagnetic spectrum, e.g., germanium. The lens is suitable for use as an objective lens for a long-wave infrared sight for small arms, e.g., rifle or shoulder-launched surface to air missile launching system, i.e., a lens optimized for operating in the electromagnetic spectrum between about 7.5 and about 15 micrometers. | 07-01-2010 |
20100182677 | ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens includes a first lens group and a second lens group disposed between the first lens group and an image side. The first lens group has three lenses. Refractive powers of the three lenses arranged from an object side to the image side are respectively negative, negative, and positive. The second lens group has five lenses. Refractive powers of the five lenses arranged from the object side to the image side are respectively positive, negative, positive, negative, and positive. Effective focal lengths (EFL) of the first and the second groups are respectively f1 and f2. The EFL of the zoom lens is f | 07-22-2010 |
20100232013 | INFRARED IMAGING LENS SYSTEM AND IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE HAVING SAME - An infrared imaging lens system includes, in the order from the object side to the image side thereof, a first lens with negative refractive power, a second lens with positive refractive power and a third lens with positive refractive power. The infrared imaging lens system satisfies the following formulas: | 09-16-2010 |
20100271692 | METAMATERIALS WITH TERAHERTZ RESPONSE AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME - Flexible metamaterials and three-dimensional metamaterials operable in the terahertz range are disclosed. Methods are disclosed for fabricating terahertz response metamaterials using microfluidic-jetted techniques. Layers of material including substrate and deposited material are stacked to form three dimensional bulk metamaterials. The fabricated metamaterials act as left-handed metamaterials in the range 0.1 to 3.0 THz. | 10-28-2010 |
20100296160 | LENS BLANK AND LENS ELEMENTS AS WELL AS METHOD FOR THEIR PRODUCTION - A method for manufacturing a preferably asymmetrical lens element ( | 11-25-2010 |
20110051229 | ACHROMATIC VISIBLE TO FAR INFRARED OBJECTIVE LENS - Disclosed herein are lens systems that are capable of imaging in the visible spectrum to the far infrared spectrum. The lens systems are formed from optical crystals with different and substantially parallel partial dispersion characteristics. | 03-03-2011 |
20110069377 | PLANAR GRADIENT INDEX OPTICAL METAMATERIALS - An apparatus comprises a metamaterial including a first conducting layer, a second conducting layer, and a dielectric layer located between the first conducting layer and the second conducting layer. Each conducting layer has holes formed therethrough, for example as an array of holes formed through the metamaterial. The holes are configured so that the metamaterial has a gradient refractive index at an operational wavelength. The operational wavelength may be an IR or visible wavelength. The apparatus may be an optical element, and for example may have the functionality of a lens or prism through the refractive index gradient. Interfaces may be parallel planar interfaces. | 03-24-2011 |
20110069378 | Near Infra-red Imaging Lens Assembly - This invention provides an NIR imaging lens assembly comprising a lens element with refractive power made of a visible-light-absorbable material, and a filter or a filter film formed on one lens element with refractive power for filtering out infrared light, wherein the number of lens elements with refractive power in the NIR imaging lens assembly is N, and wherein N≧2. The above lens arrangement allows light in a specific NIR wavelength range to pass through the lens assembly, thereby reducing interferences or influences from light in the other wavelength ranges. As a result, the resolution of the imaging lens assembly is improved, and its total track length is reduced effectively so that the entire lens system can be compact. | 03-24-2011 |
20110228383 | BROAD SPECTRAL TELESCOPE - An optical assembly includes: a first lens comprising a crown material; a second lens comprises a primary flint material for wavelengths below about 1.0 um; and a third lens comprising a secondary flint material for wavelengths below about 1.0 um, wherein the first, second and third lenses together are configured to transmit light and function in the visible, mid-wavelength infrared (MWIR) and long-wavelength infrared (LWIR) regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. In some implementations, the optical assembly may be configured as an afocal Galilean telescope having an objective lens assembly and a eyepiece lens assembly. | 09-22-2011 |
20110228384 | FLUIDIC LENS - A fluidic lens for use with IR light is provided having an optically transparent cavity containing a liquid perfluorocarbon retained within the cavity at least in part by an optically transparent flexible membrane whose surface profile may be varied by applying a variable pressure to the liquid within the cavity. | 09-22-2011 |
20110249323 | COMPENSATING OPTICAL COUPLER FOR VISIBLE AND NIR IMAGING - An optical system, in particular for endoscopic applications, is disclosed which uses wavelength-compensating optical components, in particular prisms, made of materials with different inter-element coatings and refractive indices to image significantly different wavelength-ranges (VIS and NIR) onto the same image plane of an image acquisition device, such as a CCD sensor. | 10-13-2011 |
20120019905 | LENS UNIT AND VEHICLE-MOUNTED INFRARED LENS UNIT - Provided are a lens unit and a vehicle-mounted infrared lens unit capable of correcting a focal shift due to a temperature change without increasing the apparatus size, complicating a production process, and increasing the costs. In a vehicle-mounted infrared lens unit | 01-26-2012 |
20120038975 | INFRARED IMAGING DEVICE WITH A COATED OPTICAL LENS - The disclosure describes a coated non-germanium lens for an IR imaging device. The coating may have a first layer and a second layer. The first layer is adapted to adhere well to the non-germanium lens and to provide a good adhering surface to the second layer, the second layer being not generally adherable to the non-germanium lens. | 02-16-2012 |
20120044566 | INFRARED CUT FILTER REMOVABLE MODULE CONTROL APPARATUS - An infrared cut filter removable (ICR) module control apparatus includes a photoresistor, first to sixth electronic switches, an ICR module, a comparator, and a central processing unit (CPU). A first terminal of the photoresistor is connected to a power supply through a resistor. A second terminal of the photoresistor is grounded, and connected to the second to fourth electronic switches and the CPU through the first electronic switch. The second electronic switch is connected to the fifth and sixth switches. A node between the third and fourth switches is connected to a first input terminal of the ICR module and the non-inverting terminal of the comparator. A node between the fifth and sixth switches is connected to a second input terminal of the ICR module and the inverting terminal of the comparator. The CPU is connected to the output terminal of the comparator and connected to the first electronic switch. | 02-23-2012 |
20120057223 | DUAL FIELD OF VIEW REFRACTIVE OPTICAL SYSTEM WITH EXTERNAL PUPIL AND INTERNAL STABILIZATION - Various embodiments provide an optical system including a first lens group including a plurality of lenses, the first lens group being configured to correct for lateral chromatic aberration; and a second lens group including a plurality of lenses, the second lens group being configured to correct for axial chromatic aberration, the second lens group being disposed adjacent the first lens group. The optical system further includes a detector disposed behind the second lens group; a mechanism for switching a configuration of the optical system between a narrow field of view (NFOV) configuration and a wide field of view (WFOV) configuration; and a ray path steering system disposed in front of the first lens group, the ray path steering system comprising a pair of counter-rotating grisms configured to enhance a field of regard of the optical system. The optical system also includes a stabilization system configured to suppress image jitter, the stabilization system including a mechanism for decentering at least one lens in the first lens group or in the second lens group orthogonal to an optical axis of the optical system. A pupil of the optical system is located external to the first and second lens groups for location of a cold shield within a cryo-vac Dewar enclosing the detector. | 03-08-2012 |
20120113504 | INFRARED OPTICAL SYSTEM - An infrared optical system, which can obtain excellent image even when used under a severe condition, is easily and cheaply produced by molding. The infrared optical system, is provided with a configuration of 2 groups 2 lenses having the first lens L | 05-10-2012 |
20120120483 | LASER SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING MATERIALS WITH MEANS FOR FOCUSSING AND ANTICIPATING SAID FOCUSSING OF THE LASER BEAM; METHOD OF OBTAINING A LASER BEAM AT THE EXIT OF AN OPTICAL FIBRE WITH PREDETERMINED VARIANCE - A laser system for processing thin film composite materials, such as solar cells and in general materials produced by depositing various layers of dielectric, semiconductor and conductor substances on rigid or flexible substrates of glass and/or polymers, comprising a laser generator ( | 05-17-2012 |
20120127565 | POLYIMIDE OPTICAL ARTICLE - Disclosed herein is an article comprising a lens having a width of 0.1 millimeters to 100 millimeters, a length of 0.5 millimeters to 500 millimeters, and a thickness of 0.2 millimeters to 5 millimeters; and the lens transmits light having a wavelength of 600 nanometers to 1600 nanometers, wherein the lens comprises a polymer and the polymer comprises a polyimide comprising structural units derived from specific combinations of compounds wherein the lens is transparent and dimensionally stable at a wall thickness of 0.2 millimeters to 5.0 millimeters and remains transparent and dimensionally stable after being (a) exposed to a precondition of 60° C./60% relative humidity for 120 hours and (b) then subjected to a lead free solder test having a peak temperature of 260° C. for up to 30 seconds. | 05-24-2012 |
20120188634 | Passively Athermalized Infrared Imaging System And Method Of Manufacturing Same - In an embodiment, a method of aligning elements in a manufacturing process includes placing a middle element onto a base element, the base element forming first alignment features, the middle element forming apertures therethrough corresponding to the first alignment features. The method also includes placing second alignment features of an upper element onto the first alignment features such that the first and second alignment features cooperate, through the apertures, to align the upper element with the base element. An infrared lens assembly includes a lens formed of an infrared transmitting material that is disposed within a carrier of a base material, the lens being molded within the carrier with at least one feature that secures the lens to the carrier. | 07-26-2012 |
20120188635 | Passively Athermalized Infrared Imaging Systems and Methods for Manufacturing Same - A passively athermalized infrared imaging system includes an object side meniscus lens that forms at least one aspheric surface, and an image side meniscus lens that forms two aspheric surfaces. Each of the meniscus lenses are formed of a material selected from the group consisting of a chalcogenide glass, germanium, silicon, gallium arsenide, zinc selenide and glass. An optical power of the image side meniscus lens is at least 1.6 times an optical power of the object side meniscus lens such that an effective focus position of the imaging system is athermalized over a range of 0 to +40 degrees Celsius. | 07-26-2012 |
20120206796 | INFRARED (IR) TRANSMITTING GRADED INDEX (GRIN) OPTICAL ELEMENTS AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - The present invention is directed to a method for making infrared transmitting graded index optical elements by selecting at least two different infrared-transmitting materials, each with a different refractive index, having similar thermo-viscous behavior; assembling the infrared-transmitting materials into a stack comprising one or more layers of each infrared-transmitting material resulting in the stack having a graded index profile; and forming the stack into a desired shape. Also disclosed is the related optical element made by this method. | 08-16-2012 |
20120212805 | Lens Unit for Infrared Camera and Infrared Camera Using the Same - A lens unit for an infrared camera is provided with one or more infrared transmitting lenses; a lens barrel which houses the infrared transmitting lens via a lens holding frame; and an actuator for performing image fluctuation correction of an infrared transmitting lens serving as a correction lens using magnetic means to prevent image fluctuation of a photographed image. The lens holding frame for the infrared transmitting lens serve as the correction lens and includes a fixing opening for the infrared transmitting lens and a shielding wall standing in an optical axis direction on an outer periphery of the fixing opening for the lens, and a separating space is provided between the correction lens and the lens barrel. | 08-23-2012 |
20120212806 | Infrared Lens Unit and Infrared Camera System Provided with the Infrared Lens Unit - An object of the present invention is to provide an infrared lens unit having a high optical quality and an infrared camera system provided with the infrared lens unit. An infrared lens unit according to the present invention to achieve the object is the infrared lens unit to be attached to an infrared camera-module characterized in comprising a data memory for storing lens data and an image focusing condition is controlled according to the data stored in the data memory and temperature data in the infrared lens unit. | 08-23-2012 |
20120212807 | Infrared Lens - An infrared lens has three lens groups put in serial order from a position closer to an object, namely, the foremost or first group of lens pieces of positive refractivity, the succeeding or second group of lens pieces of negative refractivity, and the rearmost or third group of lens pieces of positive refractivity, and a substance of the second group of lens pieces having greater dispersive power than that or those of the first and third groups of lens pieces. The infrared lens assuredly retains sufficient brightness, namely, having an appropriate numerical aperture, but yet no longer suffers chromatic aberration for rays in a wavelength range of 10 μm or so in addition to fully correcting spherical aberration, comatic aberration, and curvature of field, thereby attaining clear and vivid focused images. | 08-23-2012 |
20120218628 | OPTICAL ELEMENT RETAINING SYSTEM FOR SENSOR SYSTEMS - A system for retaining an optical element with a card assembly and heat sink is provided. The retaining system includes an optical element fastener and a retainer member. The optical element fastener is configured to hold the optical element to the heat sink. The retaining member is configured to hold the card assembly to the heat sink, and also serves to make the optical element fastener captive. In one embodiment, the retaining member includes a ridge for holding the card assembly to the heat sink. The top end of the retainer member may also include one or more recessed slots for tool engagement to facilitate fastening of the retainer member. In one embodiment, the retaining member is threaded at the bottom end to fasten the retaining member to the heat sink. Also, in one embodiment the retaining member includes an axial opening used to access the optical element fastener. | 08-30-2012 |
20120229892 | INFRARED OPTICAL LENS SYSTEM - Provided is an infrared optical lens system including: a first lens having negative refractive power; and a second lens having positive refractive power, wherein the first lens and the second lens are disposed in this order from an object side to an image side. | 09-13-2012 |
20120243077 | OPTICAL MEMBER, NEAR INFRARED CUT FILTER, SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT, LENS FOR IMAGING DEVICE, AND IMAGING/DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - Disclosed is an optical member in the form of a film or a thin plate. The optical member contains near infrared absorbing particles comprising crystallites of an oxide containing at least Cu and P and having a number average aggregated particle size of at least 20 nm and at most 200 nm. Further, a near infrared cut filter, a solid-state imaging element, a lens for an imaging device and an imaging/display device are disclosed. They comprise a near infrared absorbing layer containing near infrared absorbing particles comprising crystallites of an oxide containing at least Cu and P and having a number average aggregated particle size of at least 20 nm and at most 200 nm. | 09-27-2012 |
20120275016 | ACHROMATIC VISIBLE TO FAR INFRARED OBJECTIVE LENS - Disclosed herein are lens systems that are capable of imaging in the visible spectrum to the far infrared spectrum. The lens systems are formed from optical crystals with different and substantially parallel partial dispersion characteristics. | 11-01-2012 |
20120293861 | System and Method for Correcting Astigmatism Caused by an Aircraft Canopy - In a method embodiment, a method for correcting astigmatism caused by an aircraft canopy comprises receiving at a compensator module a plurality of light rays that have been refracted by an aircraft canopy. At least two of the refracted light rays have respective foci different from one another and propagate in respective planes that are substantially perpendicular to one another, such that astigmatism occurs. The method further includes using the compensator module to substantially compensate for the astigmatism by providing astigmatic power to the received plurality of light rays. The method also includes providing the plurality of light rays having the astigmatic power compensation to an imaging module. The imaging module is configured to generate imagery using the plurality of light rays having the astigmatic power compensation. | 11-22-2012 |
20120314280 | OPTICAL COMPONENT FOR PROTECTION AGAINST THERMAL RADIATION - An optical component ( | 12-13-2012 |
20130003168 | Infrared Zoom Lens - The present invention is directed to an infrared zoom lens that is adapted to have a reduced number of lens pieces and that is especially capable of holding field curvature and spherical aberration down on developing more during zooming. The infrared zoom lens comprises the first lens of a single positive-powered lens piece, the second lens of a single negative-powered lens piece, and the third lens of a single positive-powered lens piece where all the lens pieces are spherical lenses; and the infrared zoom lens has its first lens staying still in a fixed position and its second and third lens moved along the optical axis for the zooming. | 01-03-2013 |
20130057950 | OPTICAL LENS WITH ANTI-REFLECTION FILM AND LENS MODULE - An optical lens includes a lens body and an anti-reflection film. The lens body includes an optically effective portion and a peripheral portion surrounding the optically effective portion. The optically effective portion is configured for transmitting light therethrough. The optically effective portion has a first surface and an opposite second surface. The first and second surfaces each have a curvature of greater than zero. The anti-reflection film is formed on the first surface of the optically effective portion. A reflectivity of the anti-reflection film to light rays has wavelengths in a range from about 400 nm to about 850 nm being lower than 2%. | 03-07-2013 |
20130107353 | IFRARED FILTER WITH PROTECTION FILM AND LENS MODULE | 05-02-2013 |
20130120832 | INFRARED OPTICAL LENS SYSTEM - An infrared optical lens system including: a first lens which comprises a crystalline material; and a second lens which comprises an amorphous material and is formed by using molding processing, wherein a refractive index of the first lens is greater than that of the second lens, and the first lens and the second lens are disposed in the order from an object to an image. | 05-16-2013 |
20130155495 | LENS FOR ABSORBING INFRARED LIGHT AND LENS MODULE HAVING SAME - A lens module includes a lens barrel and a lens received in the lens barrel. The lens includes an image-side surface and an object-side surface, and is configured for converging or diverging light from the object-side surface to the image-side surface. The lens is made by a composition of raw materials which absorb the infrared element of the light passing therethrough. | 06-20-2013 |
20130182316 | Infrared Fixed-Focus Lens - The invention provides an infrared fixed-focus lens of which component lens pieces are made of germanium featured by low chromatic dispersion, and have no surface processed to serve as diffraction optics. The infrared fixed-focus lens comprises the first lens piece disposed closer to an object and of negative refractivity, and the second lens piece disposed closer to the image plane and of positive refractivity. Both the first and second lens pieces are made of germanium. | 07-18-2013 |
20130188247 | LWIR IMAGING LENS, IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - An imaging lens for use with an operational waveband over any subset of 7.5-13.5 μm may include a first optical element of a first high-index material and a second optical element of a second high-index material. At least two surfaces of the first and second optical elements may be optically powered surfaces. A largest clear aperture of all optically powered surfaces may not exceed a diameter of an image circle of the imaging lens corresponding to a field of view of 55 degrees or greater by more than 30%. The first and second high-index materials may have a refractive index greater than 2.2 in the operational waveband, an absorption per mm of less than 75% in the operational waveband, and an absorption per mm of greater than 75% in a visible waveband of 400-650 nm. | 07-25-2013 |
20130208353 | LWIR IMAGING LENS, IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - An imaging lens for use with an operational waveband over any subset of 7.5-13.5 μm may include a first optical element of a first high-index material and a second optical element of a second high-index material, that may have a refractive index greater than 2.2 in the operational waveband, an absorption per mm of less than 75% in the operational waveband, and an absorption per mm of greater than 75% in a visible waveband of 400-650 nm. Optically powered surfaces of the imaging lens may include a sag across their respective clear apertures that are less than 10% of a largest clear aperture of the imaging lens. Respective maximum peak to peak thicknesses of the first and second optical elements may be similar in size, for example within 15 percent of each other. Ratios of maximum peak to peak thickness to clear aperture and, separately, to sag are also provided. | 08-15-2013 |
20130222893 | IMAGE LENS WITH HIGH RESOLUTION AND SMALL DISTANCE - An image lens, in the order from the object side to the image side thereof, includes a first lens including a first surface and a second surface, a second lens including a third surface and a fourth surface, a third lens including a fifth surface and a sixth surface, a fourth lens including a seventh surface and a eighth surface, a fifth lens including a ninth surface and a tenth surface, and an image plane. The image lens satisfies the following formulas: (1) D/TTL>0.94; (2) D/L>1.21; wherein D is the maximum image diameter of the image plane; TTL is a total length of the image lens, and L is a distance from an outmost edge of the tenth surface to an optical axis of the image lens along a direction perpendicular to the optical axis. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222894 | INFRARED ABSORBING FILTER AND LENS MODULE HAVING SAME - An infrared absorbing filter includes a glass plate molded by melting a composition of raw materials and cooling the melted composition. The composition of raw materials includes 28-33 by percentage weight (wt %) of phosphorus pentoxide (P | 08-29-2013 |
20130229704 | GRADED INDEX METAMATERIAL LENS - A lens with a graded index of refraction is presented. The lens is formed out of a sheet of material having a uniform thickness with a top surface and a bottom surface. Elongated openings are formed in the top surface extending downwardly to the bottom surface. Material of the elongated sheet is left between adjacent openings. A width of the material between adjacent openings is less than a wavelength of electromagnet energy the lens is configured to refract. The density and distribution openings varies across the sheet of material so that the refractive index of the lens varies across the sheet of material. | 09-05-2013 |
20130235452 | ANTI-FOGGING OPTICAL FILTERS AND IR BLOCKING ASSEMBLIES, AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING SAME - Optical filters, infrared (IR) blocking assemblies, and methods for fabricating optical filters are provided herein. In an embodiment, an optical filter includes a transparent base lens having a first surface and a second surface. The optical filter includes an anti-fogging layer as an outermost layer connected to the first surface of the base lens. Further, an infrared (IR) blocking film is bonded to the second surface of the base lens. The IR blocking film includes reflective layers configured to transmit no more than about 40% of IR light. | 09-12-2013 |
20130250404 | OPTICAL LENS AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - An optical lens includes a lens member and two shade layers on opposite sides of the lens member. The lens member respectively has a lens portion on each side thereof. Each shade layer has an aperture above the corresponding lens portion of the lens member to serve the function of aperture. A method uses optical lithography technique to make such optical lens in a fast way, and the shade layers will have a strong bonding strength with the lens member. | 09-26-2013 |
20130278999 | GLASSES FOR THE CORRECTION OF CHROMATIC AND THERMAL OPTICAL ABERATIONS FOR LENSES TRANSMITTING IN THE NEAR, MID, AND FAR-INFRARED SPRECTRUMS - The invention relates to chalcogenide glass compositions for use in a lens system to balance thermal effects and chromatic effects and thereby provide an achromatic and athermal optical element that efficiently maintains achromatic performance across a broad temperature range. The glass composition is based on sulfur compounded with germanium, arsenic and/or gallium, and may further comprise halides of, for example, silver, zinc, or alkali metals. Alternatively, is based on selenium compounded with gallium, and preferably germanium, and contains chlorides and/or bromides of, for example, zinc, lead or alkali metals. | 10-24-2013 |
20140016188 | Lens System - A lens system includes a first lens. The first lens is an IR absorptive lens. The first lens includes a first surface facing the object side, and a second surface facing the image side. | 01-16-2014 |
20140016189 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND IMAGING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A lens includes a first optical surface including an optical axis X, and a first cut end surface at an outer circumference of the first optical surface. The first optical surface has a first SWS configured to reduce reflection of light. The first cut end surface has a second SWS configured to reduce reflection of light. A reflectance of the second SWS with respect to light having a predetermined wavelength is higher than the reflectance of the first SWS with respect to the light having the predetermined wavelength. | 01-16-2014 |
20140029088 | LITHIUM CONTAINING GLASS WITH HIGH OXIDIZED IRON CONTENT AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A low infrared absorbing lithium glass includes FeO in the range of 0.0005-0.015 wt %, more preferably 0.001-0.010 wt %, and a redox ratio in the range of 0.005-0.15, more preferably in the range of 0.005-010. The glass can be chemically tempered and used to provide a ballistic viewing cover for night vision goggles or scope. A method is provided to change a glass making process from making a high infrared absorbing lithium glass having FeO in the range of 0.02 to 0.04 wt % and a redox ratio in the range of 0.2 to 0.4 to the low infrared absorbing lithium glass by adding additional oxidizers to the batch materials. A second method is provided to change a glass making process from making a low infrared absorbing lithium glass to the high infrared absorbing lithium glass by adding additional reducers to the batch material. In one embodiment of the invention the oxidizer is CeO | 01-30-2014 |
20140043677 | INFRARED-CUT FILTER OF LOW COST AND HIGH QUALITY AND LENS MODULE - An infrared-cut (IR-cut) filter includes a substrate and an IR-cut film coated on the substrate. The IR-cut consists of thirty-two high-refractive layers and thirty-two low-refractive layers alternately stacked on the substrate. The first high-refractive layer is in contact with the substrate and the first low-refractive layer is coated on the first high-refractive layer. Transmissivity of the IR-cut film at wavelengths from about 400 nm to about 800 nm is greater than about 90%, while transmissivity of the IR-cut film at wavelengths from about 850 nm to about 1300 nm is less than about 1%, and transmissivity of the IR-cut film at wavelength 795 nm is about 50%. | 02-13-2014 |
20140071522 | IMAGING LENS SYSTEM - This invention provides an imaging lens system, in order from an object side to an image side comprising: a first positive lens element having a convex object-side surface at a paraxial region and a convex image-side surface at the paraxial region; a plastic positive second lens element having a concave object-side surface at the paraxial region, a convex image-side surface at the paraxial region, and both of the object-side and image-side surfaces being aspheric; and a plastic negative third lens element having a concave object-side surface at the paraxial region, a concave at the paraxial region and convex at a peripheral region image-side surface, and both of the object-side and image-side surfaces being aspheric. | 03-13-2014 |
20140153085 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BINARY FOCUS IN NIGHT VISION DEVICES - Focusing devices and methods for controlling a focal position of an objective lens assembly in a night vision optical device are provided. The focusing device includes an objective lens assembly positioned at a first or second focus position from an imaging device and a binary focus controller, coupled to the objective lens assembly, configured to translate the objective lens assembly relative to the imaging device to either the first or second focus position. The objective lens assembly is translated to either the first or second focus position in response to an orientation of the night vision optical device. | 06-05-2014 |
20140153086 | POLYIMIDE OPTICAL ARTICLES HAVING SELECTIVE TRANSMITTANCE PROPERTIES - An article comprises a lens having a width of 0.1 millimeters to 100 millimeters, a length of 0.5 millimeters to 500 millimeters, and a thickness of 0.2 millimeters to 5 millimeters; which transmits more than 60% of light having a wavelength of 760 nanometers to 2500 nanometers. The lens comprises a polymer and a colorant component. The lens is transparent and dimensionally stable at a wall thickness of 0.2 millimeters to 5.0 millimeters and remains transparent and dimensionally stable after being (a) exposed to a precondition of 60° C./60% relative humidity for 120 hours and (b) then subjected to a lead free solder test having a peak temperature of 260° C. for up to 30 seconds. | 06-05-2014 |
20140185134 | INFRARED LENS UNIT, IMAGE CAPTURE MODULE, AND IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE - An infrared lens unit includes, in order from the object side, an aperture, a lens group, and a band-pass filter which passes a light beam of a prescribed wavelength band of the infrared region. The lens group further includes, in order from the object side, a first meniscus lens which has a positive power and is convex on the object side, a second meniscus lens which has a positive power and is convex on the image side, and a convex lens which has a positive power and is convex on the object side. The lens group further includes a near-telecentric state on the image side, wherein the angle of entry of the light beam into the band-pass filter is either 0° or close to 0°. Thus, it is possible to accurately pass a light beam of a prescribed wavelength band of the infrared region by the lens unit. | 07-03-2014 |
20140268315 | GLASS SELECTION FOR INFRARED LENS DESIGN - The invention relates to process for manufacturing infrared optical lenses that will transmit in multiple infrared bands, for example, lenses with multiple optical elements such as doublet and triplet lenses (i.e., achromatic, apochromatic, and superachromatic optical elements). The lens materials are selected on the basis of dispersion ratios and/or minimum dispersions and minimum dispersion wavelengths as defined herein. | 09-18-2014 |
20150070754 | INFRARED OPTICAL SYSTEM - An infrared optical system of two-lens structure comprises a front or first lens of negative refractive power and a rear or second lens of positive refractive power disposed in series relative to an object, the first lens having its concave surface faced toward the imaging plane, the second lens having its convex surface faced toward the object, the infrared optical system meeting the requirements as defined in the following formula 2.1≦d/f≦11, where d is an axial distance from the surface of the first lens closer to the imaging plane to the surface of the second lens closer to the object, and f is a focal length of the entire optical system. | 03-12-2015 |
20150085353 | Optical System for an Infrared Ray - An object of the present invention is to provide an optical system for an infrared ray which can provide a bright image, and can be applied to fixed focal length lenses among wide-angle to medium-telephoto. To achieve the object, the optical system for an infrared ray is constituted by a first lens having negative refractive power and a second lens having positive refractive power, these are arranged sequentially from an object side, wherein both the first lens and the second lens are made of an infrared transmitting material that transmits a light beam in an infrared wavelength range of 3 micron-meters or more to 14 micron-meters or less, and at least one of the lenses is made of an infrared transmitting material excluding germanium. | 03-26-2015 |
20150146284 | LENS FOR INFRARED CAMERAS - An infrared camera lens that is simple in lens configuration and has lens pieces including only spherical surfaces but no aspheric surfaces. The infrared camera lens includes a foremost or first single spherical lens piece of positive refractivity, a succeeding or second single spherical lens piece of negative refractivity, and a third single spherical lens piece of positive refractivity. At least the second single spherical lens piece of negative refractivity or the third single spherical lens piece of positive refractivity is movable for focusing. The design of the infrared camera lens facilitates and implements an airtight environment within the lens barrel because the foremost or first lens closest to the object stays still during focusing, and the entire length of the lens system is unchanged for focusing. | 05-28-2015 |
20150293333 | F-THETA LENS AND LASER PROCESSING DEVICE FOR FAR-INFRARED LASER PROCESSING - An Fθ lens and a laser processing device for far-infrared laser processing are provided. The Fθ lens for far-infrared laser processing comprises a first lens (L | 10-15-2015 |
20150301317 | INFRARED CAMERA APPARATUS - The infrared camera apparatus incorporates an infrared lens system that retains high resolution power and yet is successfully reduced in a required volume of infrared lens material that is hard to obtain and expensive, so as to attain a compact and cost-reduced infrared camera apparatus incorporating such an infrared lens system. The infrared lens system has at least a single Fresnel lens piece that has at least one of its opposite sides formed in a Fresnel surface. The Fresnel lens piece is made of a lens material of which transmissivity to light waves of one or more monowavelength(s) within an available wavelength range from 3000 nm to 14000 nm is 35% or higher when it takes a shape of 4-mm thickness uncoated parallel flat plate. | 10-22-2015 |
20150361286 | ACHROMATIC OPTICAL-DISPERSION CORRECTED GRADIENT REFRACTIVE INDEX OPTICAL-ELEMENT - An optical-dispersion corrected optical-element, the optical-element comprising a first nanocomposite-ink, the first nanocomposite-ink comprising nanofillers dispersed in a cured organic-matrix, a second nanocomposite-ink, the second nanocomposite-ink comprising the nanofillers dispersed in a the cured organic-matrix, optical-dispersion of the second nanocomposite-ink different than optical-dispersion of the first nanocomposite-ink, wherein the distribution of the first nanocomposite-ink and the second nanocomposite-ink result in optical-dispersion refractive-gradients, where the refractive-gradients correct chromatic aberration. | 12-17-2015 |
20150362707 | Optics with Built-In Anti-Reflective Sub-Wavelength Structures - Optical elements having an intrinsic anti-reflective sub-wavelength structure (SWS) built into one or more surfaces thereof so that the structure becomes integral part of the surface of the lens. The SWS is in the form of a structure of identical or similar objects such as straight or graded cones, pillars, pyramids, or other shapes or depressions, where the dimensions of the objects and the distances between them are smaller than the wavelength of light with which they are designed to interact. The SWS can be a periodic or random, and can be the same across the entire surface or can vary across the surface so as to correspond with the index of refraction of the lens at that point. | 12-17-2015 |
20150378134 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM - A zoom lens system includes a positive first lens group and a negative second lens group. The first lens group includes a cemented lens, a diffraction surface having a rotationally symmetric shape satisfying condition (1) formed on a cemented surface of the cemented lens, and condition (2) is satisfied: | 12-31-2015 |
20160018628 | INFRARED REFRACTIVE OBJECTIVE LENS ASSEMBLY - A mid-infrared objective lens assembly ( | 01-21-2016 |
20160025897 | SYNTHETIC DIAMOND OPTICAL ELEMENTS - An optical element comprising: synthetic diamond material; and a flattened lens surface structure in the form of a zone plate, Fresnel lens, or a spherical lens formed directly in at least one surface of the synthetic diamond material, wherein the synthetic diamond material has an absorption coefficient measured at room temperature of ≦0.5 cm | 01-28-2016 |
20160040313 | METHOD OF PRODUCING AN OPTICAL ELEMENT - A process for producing an optical element, which may be suitable for use in an infrared camera with sharp surface features and low emissivity surfaces, including the steps of casting the element in the desired shape in a zinc alloy, deburring the zinc alloy element with a thermal deburring operation, and coating the deburred zinc alloy element with an electrocoating operation. | 02-11-2016 |
20160077315 | COMPACT PANORAMIC CAMERA: OPTICAL SYSTEM, APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An optical system, apparatus, and method for sensing 360-degree horizontal and wide vertical field of view are shown. Powerful optics creates high resolution decompressed images on an image sensor. The compact panoramic camera includes two major optical components: (i) an axially symmetric convex aspheric reflector incorporated into a catadioptric optical element capable of providing a virtual curved image of a 360-degree panoramic scene with a specific image compression and (ii) a decompression lens with hardware aperture. The decompression lens is comprised of three single lens elements and accepts the virtual curved and compressed image and projects it onto the image sensor with high optical resolution and desirable image decompression to achieve a high digital resolution at the same time. Another version of decompression lens is comprised only of a single lens element and projects high resolution decompressed images onto an image sensor. | 03-17-2016 |
20160116718 | Methods and System for Manufacturing Infrared (IR) Absorbing Lens - A method to manufacture infrared lens comprising the steps of: providing a portion of polyurethane (PU) material; mixing a portion of OH compound into said PU material to form a portion of OH PU material; providing a portion of solvent and mixing said OH PU material to said solvent to form a portion of PU solution; providing a portion of IR dye and mixing said IR dye to said PU solution to form a portion of IR PU solution; providing a portion of catalyst and mixing said catalyst to a portion of NCO compound to form a portion of NCO catalyst; mixing said NCO catalyst to said IR PU solution to form a portion of IR PU liquid solution; applying said IR PU liquid solution to a lens layer; allowing said PU liquid solution to solidify to form a IR functional lens layer. | 04-28-2016 |
20160116719 | Compact multispectral wide angle refractive optical system - A multispectral wide angle refractive optical device for focusing light from a first waveband and a non-overlapping second waveband is presented. A first element formed of a first material receives incident radiation. A second element formed of diamond material receives radiation from the egress end of the first element. A third element formed of a third material receives radiation from the egress end of the second element. An optical train through the three elements onto a common focal plane is shared by the first waveband and a second waveband. | 04-28-2016 |
20160131876 | Compact Achromatic and Passive Optically-Only Athermalized Telephoto Lens - The disclosure relates to infrared achromatic and athermalized narrow-field arrangements without any mechanical compensation mechanism realized by a single convergent front lens and a single divergent correcting lens. The long back focal length allows for cooled and uncooled detectors, different detector sizes, wavebands, and housing materials. A high resolution is achieved with fast f-numbers below f/2.0. | 05-12-2016 |
20160146992 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECORATING A LENS OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A decorated lens has a transparent layer applied within a first area of the lens, wherein the transparent layer is transparent to light in a visible band and transparent to light in an infrared band. The decorated lens also includes a dichroic filter layer applied within the first area of the lens, wherein the dichroic filter layer is transparent to the light in the infrared band. The transparent layer and the dichroic filter layer in combination create a visibly opaque coating on the first area of the lens. | 05-26-2016 |
20160170218 | HIGH EFFICIENCY OPTICAL COMBINER FOR MULTIPLE NON-COHERENT LIGHT SOURCES | 06-16-2016 |
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