Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
359737000 | With diverse refracting element | 17 |
20080231971 | 3-Dimensional Image Detector - The present invention relates to a 3-dimensional image detector adapted to simultaneously detect images of an object viewed from multi-directions, including: a lens barrel; a refraction section mounted at a front end side of the lens barrel; a lens section mounted at the rear of the refraction section; and an image-detecting section mounted at the rear of the lens section for acquiring an image passed through the refraction section and the lens section. | 09-25-2008 |
20090027781 | PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD - The present invention provides a projection optical system which projects an image on a first object plane onto a second object plane, comprising at least four optical members which are arrayed in turn from the second object plane, and made of an isotropic crystal, wherein the at least four optical members are formed by alternately arraying optical members in each of which a <1 1 1> crystal axis is oriented along a direction of an optical axis, and optical members in each of which a <1 0 0> crystal axis is oriented along the direction of the optical axis. | 01-29-2009 |
20090168203 | LENS MODULE - A lens module includes a barrel, a lens, and a light leveling assembly. The barrel includes an opening, which allows a light to pass therethrough. The lens is accommodated in the barrel. The light leveling assembly is accommodated in the barrel. The light leveling assembly includes a substrate and a film. The substrate has a first surface where the film is disposed and an opposite second surface facing the lens. A thickness of the film is approximately equal to a quarter wavelength of the light. A refractive index of the film exceeds that of the substrate. | 07-02-2009 |
20090296238 | Lens Apparatus and Image Pickup Apparatus Using the Same - This invention has as its object to provide a lens apparatus for an image pickup apparatus which can be reduced in size and is excellent in driving accuracy. In order to achieve the above-described object, this invention adopts a lens apparatus including a prism having an entrance surface which receives a light beam incident from a subject side, a reflection surface which deflects a light beam incident from the entrance surface, and an exit surface which emits a light beam deflected by the reflection surface toward an image pickup surface side, a prism holder which holds the prism, a lens group of subject side, and a lens group of image pickup surface side, wherein the lens group of subject side is fixed to the entrance surface of the prism and/or the lens group of image pickup surface side is fixed to the exit surface of the prism. | 12-03-2009 |
20090323203 | RISLEY INTEGRATED STEERING MODULE - A Risley integrated steering module is disclosed. The beam steering device consists of an outer assembly rotatable about an axis, and an inner assembly rotatable about the axis and positioned radially within the outer assembly. The beam steering device also includes a first prism connected to the outer assembly and a second prism connected to the inner assembly, and a stationary assembly, with the outer and inner assemblies being rotatable about the portion of the stationary assembly. In an alternative embodiment, the inner assembly rotates within the stationary assembly. The beam steering device also consists of beam expansion optics carried by either the inner assembly or the stationary assembly. | 12-31-2009 |
20110026141 | Low Profile Camera and Vision Sensor - A camera configured for a predetermined environment can be made low profile in the following manner. The camera includes an image sensor that has a light sensitive portion that can sense light from the predetermined environment. A substantially opaque mask is disposed above the light sensitive portion of the image sensor and has at least one opening through which the image sensor senses light. The low profile structure of the camera can be realized with substantially transparent material disposed between the substantially opaque mask and the image sensor that has index of refraction that is greater than an index of refraction of the predetermined environment. Accordingly, light through the opening refracts as it passes through the substantially transparent material to the image sensor. | 02-03-2011 |
20110188134 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING POINT SPREAD OF AN OBJECT - A method of controlling a point spread of an object is disclosed. The method includes determining a first value of a characteristic of an optical component of a display, wherein the display includes a first display screen and a second display screen, and wherein the first and second display screens overlap. The method also includes determining a position for the optical component based upon the first value of the characteristic by determining a distance from an origin of the object to the position based upon the first value of the characteristic. | 08-04-2011 |
20120075727 | IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging optical system, which is provided with an imaging lens group having at least one lens, an image side prism that bends light which has passed through the imaging lens group toward an image pickup device arranged at a predetermined position, and a cover glass that is provided for the image pickup device and lets the light bent by the image side prism pass therethrough, and wherein an exist surface of the image side prism from which the light bent by the image side prism emerges and an entrance surface of the cover glass are adhered to each other with an adhesive which is optically transparent. | 03-29-2012 |
20120075728 | IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging optical system, including an imaging lens group, an image side prism having an entrance surface a reflection surface and an exit surface from which light exits toward an image pickup device, and a first shielding member shielding at least a part of a region on the entrance surface, wherein the region on the entrance surface is located from an edge line of an apex between the entrance surface and the exit surface to a position corresponding to a height h from the edge line, and when L represents a length of the exit surface, α represents an angle formed between the reflection surface and the exit surface, n represents a refractive index of a surrounding area of the image side prism, and n′ represents a refractive index of the image side prism, the height h satisfies a following condition: h=L×cos {α+sin | 03-29-2012 |
20120200943 | Two-Stage Optical Object Molding Using Pre-Final Form - A lens, such as a lens for use in a wafer-level camera, is made by forming a polymeric material with at least one master to form a pre-final lens. The pre-final lens forms a majority of a final volume of the lens. The pre-final lens is allowed to harden, during which it may sag or shrink An aliquot of polymeric material is added to the lens and formed with the same master with a spacer, or with a second master, to form a first surface layer that provides correction between the pre-final lens shape and a final desired lens shape. In an embodiment, the surface layer has similar or identical index of refraction to the pre-final lens. In an embodiment the lens is formed on a substrate. In an embodiment, a send master, or master pair, are used to form a lens having upper and lower curvature, with a second aliquot of polymeric material forming a second surface layer on a surface of the lens opposite to the first surface layer. | 08-09-2012 |
20120327523 | OFFSET CONCENTRATOR OPTIC FOR CONCENTRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS - A concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) system for solar power generation incorporating an array of receiving elements in a panel with optical receiving components designed to accept light from an angle offset from the normal optical axis of the placement of the panel. The offset angle is approximately equal to the difference in the mean position of the sun, and the installed angle of the panel thereby enabling the elements to effectively point directly at the sun even if the angle of the sun is outside the limited angular rotation of the solar tracking system. | 12-27-2012 |
20140133039 | LENS BARREL AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A lens barrel includes a first lens disposed on a first optical axis, a bending optical element configured to bend a light flux incident from a direction of the first optical axis toward a direction of a second optical axis extending in a direction different from the direction of the first optical axis, and a holding member configured to hold the bending optical element, wherein, when the lens barrel shifts from a photographing state to a retracted state, the holding member holding the bending optical element moves along the second optical axis while rotating around a rotational axis extending in a direction different from the directions of the first optical axis and the second optical axis. | 05-15-2014 |
20140139934 | Two-Stage Optical Object Molding Using Pre-Final Form - A lens, such as a lens for use in a wafer-level camera, is made by forming a polymeric material with at least one master to form a pre-final lens. The pre-final lens forms a majority of a final volume of the lens. The pre-final lens is allowed to harden, during which it may sag or shrink. An aliquot of polymeric material is added to the lens and formed with the same master with a spacer, or with a second master, to form a first surface layer that provides correction between the pre-final lens shape and a final desired lens shape. In an embodiment, the surface layer has similar or identical index of refraction to the pre-final lens. In an embodiment the lens is formed on a substrate. In an embodiment, a send master, or master pair, are used to form a lens having upper and lower curvature, with a second aliquot of polymeric material forming a second surface layer on a surface of the lens opposite to the first surface layer. | 05-22-2014 |
20150077869 | APPARATUS FOR DELIVERY OF LASER-BEAMS OF DIFFERENT WAVELENGTHS TO A FLOW-CYTOMETER - An optical apparatus for delivering to a flow-cell of a flow-cytometer a plurality of beams of laser radiation each thereof having a different wavelength. The apparatus includes a dispersion compensation-prism and a plurality of directing-prisms equal in number to the number of laser-beam. The directing-prisms are arranged to direct the laser radiation beams directly therethrough into the dispersion compensation-prism as converging fan of beams in a first plane. The beams are transmitted by the compensation-prism as a converging fan of beams intersecting then proceeding as a diverging fan of beams in the first plane. A spherical focusing lens is arranged cooperative with a cylindrical lens for focusing the plurality of laser-beams as a plurality of spaced apart elongated focal spots in a plane in which the cytometer flow-cell is located. | 03-19-2015 |
20160054541 | HOUSING FOR OPTICAL COMPONENTS - An apparatus comprising a tubular housing having an axial length L and a circumferential length C. A first canopy secured to the tubular housing around a perimeter of the first canopy, the first canopy extends for an axial length L | 02-25-2016 |
20160124129 | IMAGE-CAPTURING MODULE - An image-capturing module successively captures light data in batches for a scene of a whole field of view by adjusting the position of a multifaceted prism, and executes patch process on these batches of the light data to acquire an image over the whole field of view in a higher imaging quality that is generally achieved by a camera module with large number of pixels. The movable multifaceted prism may be together with an image sensing module and a lens module to be within a holder to have a compact volume for an image-capturing mobile phone, wearable device, and/or smart opto-electronics. | 05-05-2016 |
20180024348 | ENDOSCOPE | 01-25-2018 |