Abstract: An eyepiece lens includes: a first lens having positive refractive power, the first lens having a convex surface that faces toward an eye point side; and a second lens having positive refractive power, the second lens having a convex surface that faces toward the eye point side. The first and second lenses are arranged in order from the eye point side. Following conditional expressions are satisfied, 3.0>(h×?)1/2/E>1.2??(1) 2.3>(L?E)/h>1.5??(2) where h is a height of the image at a horizontal end, ? is a half angle of view in a horizontal direction, E is a distance from an eye point to the first lens, the distance being an eye relief, and L is a distance from the eye point to the image.

Abstract: A bicycle-fork support device configured to hold: a conventional fork, allowing insertion of a quick-release-skewer support shaft, in a lower end portion of the fork of a bicycle; a through-axle fork where a through-axle insertion hole for securing a through-axle hub formed in a lower end portion of the through-axle fork, and configured to deal with outer diameters of through-axle forks. The support-fork switching unit includes: a support-device main body where a hollow portion is formed; end portions formed in right and left end portions of the hollow portion; a conventional-fork-use supporting body including, a contacting portion formed with an internal shape that fits the support shaft; a through-axle-fork-use supporting body including, a contacting portion formed with an internal shape that fits the through axle; and a unit for removably mounting any of the supporting bodies on the right and left end portions.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, in an information recording medium including a plurality of data layers, at least one pre-format area is provided on each of the data layers and is circumferentially divided into a plurality of segments. Management information including data layer identification information for identifying the data layers is recorded in at least one of the segments in each of the data layers, using the marks include BCA marks extending radially uniformly. On adjacent ones of the data layers, the BCA marks associated with the management information are recorded in differently positioned segments which are not opposed to each other.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information recording and reproducing apparatus including, a focus control module, an objective lens control module, a calculation module, and a tracking control module. If, detection the recording marks line, to focus a laser light of a second wavelength to the recording layer through an objective lens and to operation a recording layer tracking control using a tracking error signal taken out from a second reflected light and a laser light of a first wavelength to a track groove through the objective lens and to operation a guide layer tracking control to control the objective lens using a tracking error signal taken out from a first reflected light.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide an imaging lens and an imaging device that achieve optical performance high enough for high-pixel imaging elements, and have the smallest possible sizes and thicknesses. A first lens having positive refractive power, an aperture stop, a second lens having positive or negative refractive power, a third lens having negative refractive power, a fourth lens having positive refractive power, and a fifth lens having negative refractive power are provided in this order from the object side, and the following conditional expressions (1), (2), and (3) are satisfied: (1) 0.80<f1/f<1.40, (2) f1/|f3|<1.50, and (3) ?0.20<f1/f2<0.90, where f represents the focal length of the entire lens system, f1 represents the focal length of the first lens, f2 represents the focal length of the second lens, and f3 represents the focal length of the third lens.

Abstract: An image display apparatus according to an embodiment includes a recording medium on which a composite image obtained by composing a plurality of images corresponding to respective parallaxes is printed by a print apparatus, a lenticular lens having a plurality of cylindrical lenses arranged side by side, and configured to display the composed image separately for each direction of parallax, and a position adjustment mechanism configured to adjust relative position of the recording medium and the lenticular lens, and the position adjustment mechanism includes an inclination adjustment unit capable of changing an inclination angle of at least one of the recording medium and the lenticular lens, and a horizontal adjustment unit capable of moving at least one of the recording medium and the lenticular lens in a substantially perpendicular direction to a border line of the cylindrical lens, and the inclination adjustment unit and the horizontal adjustment unit can make adjustment independently, and a rotation cen

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image display apparatus includes a light source, a modulation unit, a first array and a second array. The modulation unit modulates intensity and a color of the light to generate beams corresponding to each of modulated pixels included in a modulated pixel group. The first array is formed by juxtaposing a plurality of first deflection elements each having a generating line parallel to a vertical direction of the modulated pixels. The second array is formed by juxtaposing a plurality of second deflection elements each having a generating line tilted by an angle represented by tan?1(?×m/n) with respect to a generating line of the first deflection element.

Abstract: An image pickup lens includes: in recited order from object plane toward image plane, a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; a third lens having positive refractive power; a fourth lens having positive or negative refractive power; a fifth lens having positive refractive power; and a sixth lens having negative refractive power and having optical surfaces, one or more of the optical surfaces each having an aspherical shape with one or more inflection points.

Abstract: An eyepiece lens includes: a first lens having positive refractive power, the first lens having a convex surface that faces toward an eye point side; and a second lens having positive refractive power, the second lens having a convex surface that faces toward the eye point side. The first and second lenses are arranged in order from the eye point side. Following conditional expressions are satisfied, 3.0>(h×?)1/2/E>1.2??(1) 2.3>(L?E)/h>1.5??(2) where h is a height of the image at a horizontal end, ? is a half angle of view in a horizontal direction, E is a distance from an eye point to the first lens, the distance being an eye relief, and L is a distance from the eye point to the image.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an image display apparatus includes: a projecting portion which projects in a second direction orthogonal to a first direction a first beam having a disparity image component which forms an image having a disparity in the first direction; a first deflecting portion which deflects the first beam in the second direction in a first plane having an axis in the first direction and an axis in the second direction, and obtains a second beam; and a second deflecting portion which further deflects in the first plane the second beam in a same direction as the second direction in which the first deflecting portion deflects the first beam, obtains a third beam and projects the third beam.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, in an information recording medium including a plurality of data layers, at least one pre-format area is provided on each of the data layers and is circumferentially divided into a plurality of segments. Management information including data layer identification information for identifying the data layers is recorded in at least one of the segments in each of the data layers, using the marks include BCA marks extending radially uniformly. On adjacent ones of the data layers, the BCA marks associated with the management information are recorded in differently positioned segments which are not opposed to each other.

Abstract: An image pickup lens includes: in recited order from object plane toward image plane, a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; a third lens having positive refractive power; a fourth lens having positive or negative refractive power; a fifth lens having positive refractive power; and a sixth lens having negative refractive power and having optical surfaces, one or more of the optical surfaces each having an aspherical shape with one or more inflection points.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an optical storage medium includes a guide layer, a recording layer group, and a guide layer-side intermediate layer. The recording layer group comprises a plurality of recording layers and a plurality of intermediate layers arranged between the plurality of recording layers. The guide layer-side intermediate layer is arranged between the guide layer and a first recording layer closest to the guide layer out of the plurality of recording layers. A thickness T1 of the guide layer-side intermediate layer does not match a sum S1 of thicknesses of arbitrary continuous intermediate layers comprised in the recording layer group.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a data reproducing apparatus includes a data recording medium, light source unit, light application unit, photodetector unit and control unit. An address mark string including address marks is formed on the data recording medium. The address marks are spaced from each other by a distance depending on address data. The light application unit is configured to split the light beam into a first branch light beam and a second branch light beam and apply the first and second branch light beams to the address mark string at different angles. The photodetector unit is configured to detect first reflected light beams and second reflected light beams from the address mark string to generate image data. The first and second reflected light beams result from the first and second branch light beams, respectively. The control unit is configured to reproduce address data based on the image data.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a pickup head includes a plurality of light sources, a first objective lens, second objective lens, a driving unit, a first control unit, a second control unit, light receiving units. The first objective lens focuses a first light beam at a first recording layer. The second objective lens focuses a second light beam at a second recording layer. The driving unit moves the first objective lens and the second objective lens in a first direction and a second direction. The first control unit corrects displacement from target track along the first direction. The second control unit controls a moving direction of a position of the second light spot in the second direction.

Abstract: An information storage device includes an information recording medium, at least a single light source that emits laser light, an illuminating unit that illuminates substantially the same position of the information recording medium with two light rays generated from the laser light, in different directions, a light detecting unit that detects reflection light of the two light rays reflected from the information recording medium and outputs a detection signal, an operation unit that calculates position error information of the information recording medium based on the detection signal; and, a driving device that changes the position of the information recording medium based on the position error information.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an optical pickup configured to record and to reproduce on a layer of a disk, including, a light source configured to emit a laser beam, an objective lens including a variable use magnification and configured to focus the laser beam on the layer, a collimator lens configured to change the magnification of the objective lens by moving along an optical axis direction, and a liquid crystal module configured to generate spherical aberration to cancel a coma aberration which may occur because an object point and an image point of the objective lens at the use magnification do not exist on an optical axis of the objective lens.

Abstract: An imaging lens includes: an aperture stop; a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a negative refractive power which is formed in a concave shape on both sides thereof; a third lens having a positive refractive power which is formed in a meniscus shape in which a concave surface is directed toward the side of an object; and a fourth lens having a negative refractive power in which a convex surface is directed toward the object side, which are sequentially disposed from the object side to the image side, wherein the imaging lens satisfies the following conditional expressions (1), (2), (3) and (4): 0.40<f1/|f2|<0.80??(1) 0.10<f/f3<0.80??(2) 0.20<f/|f4|<1.00??(3) vd1?vd2>25.

Abstract: A focus servo control device includes a first detector, first controller, second detector, and second controller. The first detector detects a first focus error signal. The first controller controls the objective lens based on the first focus error signal, so that a focal point of the first laser agrees with the guide layer. The second detector detects a second focus error signal. The second controller changes a relative distance between the focal point of the second laser and the focal point of the first laser, so that the focal point of the second laser agrees with a target recording/reproducing layer.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image display apparatus includes a light source, a modulation unit, a first array and a second array. The modulation unit modulates intensity and a color of the light to generate beams corresponding to each of modulated pixels included in a modulated pixel group. The first array is formed by juxtaposing a plurality of first deflection elements each having a generating line parallel to a vertical direction of the modulated pixels. The second array is formed by juxtaposing a plurality of second deflection elements each having a generating line tilted by an angle represented by tan?1(?×m/n) with respect to a generating line of the first deflection element.