Abstract: A lens system is configured to form an image on an imaging element having a quadrilateral shape disposed on an optical axis, and includes a first free-curved lens being asymmetrical with respect to the optical axis. A free-curved surface of the first free-curved lens has positive refractive power at an intersection point between a circle separated from the optical axis by a length having a predetermined ratio with respect to a minimum image height and a first surface passing through the optical axis and parallel to longer sides of the imaging element, and negative refractive power at an intersection point between a circle separated from the optical axis by a length having the predetermined ratio with respect to the minimum image height and a second surface passing through the optical axis and parallel to shorter sides of the imaging element.

Abstract: An infrared-cut filter structure is disclosed. The infrared-cut filter structure uses a glass substrate having an upper side and a lower side, with a first multilayer film formed on the upper side and a second multilayer film formed on the lower side so that the infrared-cut filter can effectively filter out infrared light and transmit visible light to produce normal colored images.

Abstract: A head-up display comprises an image-generating unit which is protected from damage caused by incident light from the outside, a corresponding mirror element, and a method for the manufacture of the head-up display. The head-up display comprises an image-generating unit, a deflection unit and a mirror unit. The deflection unit comprises a mirror element that comprises a spectrally partially reflecting layer, disposed on a substrate, on which an absorptive polarization layer is disposed.

Abstract: A spacer includes an outer circumferential surface in contact with a lens barrel, and an inner circumferential surface forming a hole for controlling an amount of light, a first length of the hole in a first direction, intersecting an optical axis, and a second length of the hole in a second direction, intersecting the optical axis, are different from each other, and a first distance from the outer circumferential surface to the inner circumferential surface, extended in the first direction, is less than a second distance from the outer circumferential surface to the inner circumferential surface, extended in the second direction.

Abstract: An augmented reality device, an augmented reality system and an information prompt method thereof. The augmented reality device includes a micro display, an augmented reality element and an optical waveguide element. The micro display is configured to emit light carrying display content, the light includes a first light portion in a first polarization state and a second light portion in a second polarization state; the augmented reality element is configured to allow the first portion to convert from the first polarization state into the second polarization state, to allow the second light portion to convert from the second polarization state into the first polarization state, and to couple the first light portion in the second polarization state and the second light portion in the first polarization state to the optical waveguide element; the first polarization state is perpendicular to the second polarization state.

Abstract: The triarylamine compound is represented by the following general formula (1), and the material, the optical element, and the optical apparatus each include a polymerized product (cured product) of the triarylamine compound. (In the general formula (1), R1 and R2 are each independently selected from a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, the alkylene group having a polymerizable functional group, and R3 to R12 are each independently selected from a hydrogen atom, a cyano group, a trifluoromethyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group having a polymerizable functional group, and a polymerizable functional group, provided that at least one of R3 to R12 represents an electron-withdrawing group, and at least one of R1 to R12 has a polymerizable functional group.

Abstract: A method is disclosed of fabricating all-dielectric flat lens with low refractive index comprising: selecting dielectric substrate material and lens structure material; determining incident wavelength; calculating phase modulation corresponding to each pillar unit; periodically sampling circular area of dielectric substrate with radius to obtain plurality of sampling points; calculating phase modulation required at position of each sampling point; obtaining pillar corresponding to each sampling point; arranging different dielectric pillars with low refractive index and same thickness are arranged on dielectric substrate, thereby obtaining all dielectric flat lens with low refractive index.

Abstract: A viewing lens and method for treating lenses to minimize glare and reflections for birds with tetra-chromatic vision. The anti-reflection lens is treated to with a coating on the surface. The coating is configured to enable the lens surface to be less perceptible to a bird with tetra-chromatic vision by reducing reflections therefrom. The lens treatment includes applying an anti-reflective coating in multiple coats. The coats comprise an adhesion composition, a low index composition (such as SiO2), a high index composition (such as ZrO2), and a superhydrophobic composition that are applied in subsequent layers of varying nanometer thicknesses. The treated lens exhibits minimal reflection properties in the visible range of the electromagnetic spectrum and almost no reflection in the UV-A range. This creates a lens surface that is difficult for birds with tetra-chromatic vision to see a reflection therefrom.

Abstract: A camera module includes an imaging lens system, an image sensor and a plurality of light-folding elements. The imaging lens system is configured to focus imaging light onto an image surface. The image sensor is disposed on the image surface. The plurality of light-folding elements includes at least one image-side light-folding element disposed on an image side of the imaging lens system, and each of the light-folding elements is configured to fold the imaging light from an entrance optical path thereof to an exit optical path thereof. At least one light-shielding mechanism is arranged on at least one of the entrance light path and the exit light path of the at least one image-side light-folding element. The at least one light-shielding mechanism has a minimal opening, and the minimal opening surrounds the imaging light in the at least one of the entrance optical path and the exit optical path.

Abstract: A disclosed medical observation system includes a capturing unit operable to capture an image of an observation target; and a light projection unit operable to project light on the observation target, outside a capturing area that is captured by the capturing unit and in a periphery of the capturing area, the light enabling recognition of a capturing state of the capturing unit.

Abstract: A method of making an optical filter film with varying optical properties includes the step of drawing a multilayer polymeric preform into an optical filter and varying at least one environmental condition being a member of the group including of heat, pressure, tension, and a drawing speed, the at least one environmental condition being varied over time or over a distance, or both, and causing a variation in layer thickness within the optical filter. The preform may be drawn through a furnace subjecting the preform to a heating power that varies across a width of the furnace or over time or both across the width and over time. The preform may also be drawn through the furnace while the drawing speed varies across a width of the furnace or over time or both across the width and over time.

Abstract: An optical lens assembly has a central axis and includes at least one dual molded lens element. The dual molded lens element includes a light transmitting portion and a light absorbing portion, wherein the light transmitting portion includes an optical effective region and a lens peripheral region, and the lens peripheral region surrounds the optical effective region. The light absorbing portion surrounds the optical effective region. The light transmitting portion and the light absorbing portion are made of different plastic materials with different colors, and are integrally formed by an injection molding. The light transmitting portion or the light absorbing portion includes a plurality of annular convex structures, and the annular convex structures surround the central axis.

Abstract: Operation of an electronic contact lens takes into account saccadic motion of the eye and reduced visual perception during saccades (saccadic suppression). The user's eye motion is tracked, and onset of a saccade is detected based on the eye's motion. For example, saccades may be detected when the eye's acceleration or jerk exceeds a threshold. The endpoint of the saccade is then predicted in real-time while the saccade is still occurring. This may be the temporal endpoint (i.e., when the saccade ends) and/or the positional endpoint (i.e., the eye position at the end of the saccade). Operation of the electronic contact lens is adjusted based on the predicted endpoint.

Abstract: A hybrid optical filter includes a plurality of film layers laminated to one another. This renders the filter flexible enough to be bendable and to implement a combination of at least two different wavelength-dependent optical filtering properties in a single hybrid optical filter. Two or more of the optical filtering properties may be caused by interference-based blocking of different ranges of wavelengths of light. Additionally or alternatively, at least one of the optical filtering properties may be an absorptive blocking of a first range of wavelengths of light and at least another one of the optical filtering properties is an interference-based blocking of a second range of wavelengths of light. The first range of wavelengths and the second range of wavelengths may overlap to provide for customized ranges of blocked wavelengths.

Abstract: A holographic display can include a light source configured to output light; a parallax generator optically coupled to the light source; an optical volume, where the light is perceivable as a three dimensional image within the optical volume; optionally, a flip controller; and, optionally, a viewcone expander.

Abstract: The microobjective optical system and the optical device provided in the present disclosure use a catadioptric structure. Specifically, a catadioptric relay lens group and a complex transmissive collimating lens group are combined to effectively correct a higher-order spherical aberration, and control astigmatism, field curvature, and primary and higher-order coma related to a field of view. In a spectrum band ranging from 320 nm to 800 nm, the field of view is larger than 2 mm, a numerical aperture is 1.0, and imaging quality reaches a diffraction limit.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pair of glasses, including spectacle lenses and a sensing device, wherein the spectacle lens includes two layers of lenses which form a cavity, wherein the layer of lens on a wearing side of the spectacle lens is deformable, the cavity is filled with a first liquid and a second liquid, a volume of the first liquid is greater than that of the second liquid, and an electrowetting film is provided oppositely on a middle portion of an inner surface of at least one layer of lens, and wherein the sensing device is configured to measure a distance between the glasses and an object to be observed, wherein in the case where the measured distance is less than a preset spacing, the sensing device is turned on to apply a voltage to the electrowetting film.

Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens having a positive refractive power, an image-side surface of the first lens being concave, a second lens, a third lens, an image-side surface of the third lens being concave, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, an image-side surface of the fifth lens being concave, and a sixth lens having a positive refractive power and having an inflection point formed on an image-side surface, wherein an F number of the optical imaging system is lower than 2.2.

Abstract: Systems and methods related to optical measurement of vibrations experienced by components may include a light source, a reflector associated with a component to be measured, and an optical sensor. In addition, the systems may include one or more fiber optic cables to transmit emitted light between the light source and the reflector, and to transmit reflected light between the reflector and the optical sensor. The optical measurement systems may enable detection of a large dynamic range of vibrations experienced by components or systems, and may also enable determinations related to high cycle fatigue and other stresses. Further, the optical measurement systems may be integrated into systems having various components to be measured, thereby enabling continuous, in-situ measurement of vibrations and health, as well as continuous monitoring and adjustment of operations of such systems.

Abstract: A micro lens assembly for short-range imaging, in order from the object side to the image side: a flat panel, a first lens group, a stop, a second lens group, and an IR cut filter. Wherein a focal length of the first lens group combined is LF, a focal length of the second lens group combined is RF, a distance from an object to be imaged to an object-side surface of a first lens element of the first lens group along an optical axis is OTL, a distance from the object to be imaged to an image plane along the optical axis is TTL, and they satisfy the relations: LF>0; RF>0; 0.65<LF/RF<1.25; OTL<2.0 mm; TTL<10 mm Such a lens assembly can obtain higher short-range imaging effect while maintaining its miniaturization and can reduce the aberration in short-range imaging.