Abstract: From an object plane to an image plane along an optical axis, a camera lens including a first lens, a diffractive optical element and a lens module is provided in various embodiments. The first lens has a positive focal power. The diffractive optical element has a positive focal power and a negative dispersion property. A surface that is of the diffractive optical element or the first lens and that faces the object plane side is a convex surface at the optical axis, a surface that is of the diffractive optical element or the first lens and that faces the image plane side is a concave surface at the optical axis. The lens module includes N lenses. At least one of a surface facing the object plane side and a surface facing the image plane side that are of each of the N lenses is an aspheric surface.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compact optical device for augmented reality having a ghost image blocking function and a wide field of view. The compact optical device includes: an optical means configured to transmit at least part of real object image light therethrough toward the pupil of an eye of a user; a first reflective means disposed inside the optical means and configured to transfer the augmented reality image light output from an image output unit to a second reflective means; and a second reflective means disposed inside the optical means and to reflect the augmented reality image light, transferred from the first reflective means, and transfer the augmented reality image light to the pupil of the eye of the user, thereby providing an image for augmented reality to the user.

Abstract: Configurations and compositions for frameworks supporting optics such as lenses are described that provide an invariant structure regardless of temperature swings, thereby maintaining alignment and focus. Frameworks may comprise tiered structures of materials having multiple distinct coefficients of thermal expansion. An optical framework includes a first framework portion coupled to a first lens and a second framework portion coupled to a second lens. The first framework portion and second framework portion comprise materials having a coefficient of thermal expansion such that expansion of the first framework portion in one direction is offset by expansion of the second framework portion in an opposite direction.

Abstract: An optical system, a lens module, and an electronic device are provide. The optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a first to seventh lenses. Each of the first lens, the third lens, and the sixth lens has a positive refractive power. Each of the second lens and the seventh lens has a negative refractive power. Each of the second lens, the third lens, and the sixth lens has an object-side surface which is convex near the optical axis. Each of the second lens and the seventh lens has an image-side surface which is concave near the oprtical axis. The third lens has an image-side surface which is convex near a periphery of the image-side surface of the third lens. The seventh lens has an object-side surface which is convex near the optical axis.

Abstract: A downsized lens apparatus in which a degree of freedom in arrangement is improved is provided. A lens apparatus comprises: a first operation member configured to move an optical element along an optical axis direction; a first elastic member configured to transmit a force to the first operation member; a pressing member configured to change a force applied to the first elastic member according to the movement along the optical axis direction; a second operation member configured to move the pressing member along the optical axis direction; and a fixed element configuring at least a part of an exterior unit, wherein the pressing member is movably held by the fixed element along the optical axis direction, and the second operation member is rotatably held by the fixed element.

Abstract: Provided is an optical apparatus having good lens positioning accuracy and excellent optical performance. The optical apparatus includes a straight-proceeding barrel configured to move on a lens group in an optical axis direction and a guide barrel having a guide groove part configured to guide the movement of the straight-proceeding barrel in the optical axis direction. In the guide groove part, a first guide groove part is formed in the optical axis direction so as to have a bottom on an outer diameter side, and a second guide groove part is formed in the optical axis direction as a through hole from the outer diameter side to an inner diameter side. The first guide groove part and the second guide groove part are connected to each other and have respective use regions configured to partially overlap each other in the optical axis direction.

Abstract: An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. At least one lens among the first to the sixth lenses has positive refractive force. The seventh lens has negative refractive force. Both an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the seventh lens are aspheric surfaces. At least one surface of the seventh lens has at least an inflection point thereon. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the seventh lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.

Abstract: Described are two mirror scanning projectors employing a collimated laser beam directed to a first mirror that scans in one direction, an optical relay system, and a second mirror that scans in a perpendicular direction from the first mirror to provide two dimensional scanning of the laser beam.

Abstract: An electrochromic structure is disclosed, which includes a first transparent non-conductive (GLASS-I) layer, a first transparent conductor (CONDUCTOR-I) layer coupled to the GLASS-I layer, an ion storage layer coupled to the CONDUCTOR-I layer, an electrolyte layer coupled to the ion storage layer, an electrochromic layer coupled to the electrolyte layer, a second transparent conductor (CONDUCTOR-II) layer coupled to the electrochromic layer, and a second transparent non-conductive (GLASS-II) layer coupled to the CONDUCTOR-II layer, wherein the electrochromic layer includes perovskite nickelates thin films formed on a transparent conductive film substrate and which has crystalline grains of the size of about 5 nm to about 200 nm resulting in intergranular porosity of about 5% to about 25%.

Abstract: A photographing lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has negative refractive power. The third lens element has positive refractive power, wherein both surfaces thereof are aspheric. The fourth lens element has refractive power, wherein both surfaces thereof are aspheric. The fifth lens element has negative refractive power, wherein both surfaces thereof are aspheric. The sixth lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof, wherein both of the two surfaces are aspheric.

Abstract: There is provided an imaging lens with excellent optical characteristics which satisfies demand of a low profile and a low F-number. An imaging lens comprises in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with negative refractive power having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region, a second lens with positive refractive power in a paraxial region, a third lens with the negative refractive power in a paraxial region, a fourth lens with the positive refractive power in a paraxial region, a fifth lens having a flat object-side surface and a flat image-side surface that are aspheric, and a sixth lens with the negative refractive power having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region.

Abstract: To provide a wide-angle lens having a four-group, five-lens configuration and capable of increasing an angle while maintaining productivity of a second lens and an object-to-image distance of an entire lens system is reduced. A wide-angle lens has a four-group, five-lens configuration. A second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens are plastic lenses, and the fourth lens and the fifth lens constitute a cemented lens. A refractive index n1 of the first lens is 1.839, which satisfies the following conditional expression (1), 1.800<n1??Conditional expression (1), As a ratio between a focal length f2 of the second lens and a focal length f0 of an entire lens system, f2/f0 is ?2.680, and satisfies the following conditional expression (2), ?3.000<f2/f0<?2.500??Conditional expression (2).

Abstract: A filter assembly includes an incident medium, a spacer, at least one dielectric filter and an exit medium. The spacer is arranged between the incident medium and the at least one dielectric filter such that the incident medium and the at least one dielectric filter are spaced apart by a working distance and thereby enclose a medium of lower index of refraction than the incident medium. The at least one dielectric filter is arranged on the exit medium.

Abstract: In an optical system according to each exemplary embodiment, an interval between adjacent lens units changes in focusing from an infinite-distance object to a close-distance object, and a first in-focus state in which ?=?1.2 is obtained can be caused, where ? is a lateral magnification of an entire system. The optical system according to each exemplary embodiment includes a plurality of focus lens units, and out of a focus lens unit having a largest absolute value of a focus sensitivity and a focus lens unit having a second largest absolute value of a focus sensitivity in a state in which focus is put on an infinite-distance object, a focus lens unit disposed on an object side is a lens unit LA, and a focus lens unit disposed on an image side is a lens unit LB. A partial optical system LC including all lenses disposed on the image side of the lens unit LB has negative refractive power. The partial optical system LC satisfies a predetermined conditional expression.

Abstract: A photographing system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element with refractive power. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in paraxial region. The second lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in paraxial region. The third, fourth and fifth lens elements all have refractive powers. The sixth lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in paraxial region, wherein the image-side surface has at least one convex shape in off-axis region, and both of two surfaces are aspheric. The seventh lens element with refractive power has an object-side surface being concave in paraxial region, and both of two surfaces are aspheric.

Abstract: A laser beam shaping system includes at least one doped medium which is doped with a dopant and which is optically transparent at the first wavelength range and a beam input or coupling configured to generate or receive a shaped beam that is required to be shaped, the shaped beam being at a first wavelength range and directed towards the doped medium. The system includes an absorbed beam input or coupling configured to generate or receive at least one absorbed beam at a second wavelength range which is different from the first wavelength range and which is directed towards the doped medium. The doped medium has a higher beam absorption characteristic at the second wavelength range than at the first wavelength range, causing the absorbed beam to have a higher absorption than the shaped beam in the doped medium. The doped medium has a coating which allows high transmission of both the first and the second wavelength ranges.

Abstract: The objective lens for an endoscope consists of, in order from an object side, a first lens group consisting of one negative lens, a second lens group consisting of two lenses cemented together, a stop, a third lens group consisting of two lenses that have refractive powers with different signs and are cemented together, and a fourth lens group consisting of two lenses that have refractive powers with different signs and are cemented together. The objective lens for an endoscope satisfies a predetermined conditional expression regarding an Abbe number, a length of a lens system, and the like.

Abstract: An image capturing lens assembly includes seven lens elements, which are, in order from an object side to an image side along an optical path, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. Each of the seven lens elements has an object-side surface towards the object side and an image-side surface towards the image side. The second lens element with positive refractive power has the object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The fourth lens element with positive refractive power has the image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The sixth lens element has positive refractive power. The seventh lens element has the image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof.

Abstract: An endoscope objective optical system includes in order from an object side, a front group having a positive refractive power, an aperture stop, and a rear group having a positive refractive power. The front group includes a negative lens which nearest to object, a rear group includes a positive lens which is nearest to image, and the endoscope objective optical system satisfies following conditional expressions (1??), (2) and (3??). ?15.0<ff/f1<?4.2??(1??) ?1.70<f1/f<?0.95??(2) 0.6<g1/g2<1.20??(3??) where, ff denotes a focal length of the positive lens, f1 denotes a focal length of the negative lens, f denotes a focal length of the overall endoscope objective optical system, g1 denotes a focal length of the front group, and g2 denotes a focal length of the rear group.

Abstract: A spectacle mount is described, comprising a front frame (2) with lateral lugs (4) and respective rods (5), each rod-lug pair comprising a first and a second articulation element (6, 7) and an insert (12) constrained to the first articulation element (6), a recess (17) being defined in the insert (12) and intended to receive, at least partially, a head (11) of the second articulation element (7) during the movement relative to the first articulation element (6), a shoulder surface (22) defined on the insert (12) being able to contact the head (11) during the articulation movement, so that the second articulation element (7) is movable from and towards open and closed positions of the rod on the mount, in a guided and contacted manner between the insert (12) and the first articulation element (6), to achieve a hinge movement between the lug (4) and the rod (5).