Abstract: A zoom lens includes in order from an object side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a fifth lens unit having a positive refractive power. The first lens unit includes a positive lens, and the second lens unit includes a positive lens, and the following conditional expressions (1), (2), (3), and (4) are satisfied: ?0.015?Tp2G_min_p?0.015??(1), 70.3??d1G_max_p??(2), 1.76?nd2G_max_p?2.3??(3), and 0.3?|f2/f3|?0.9??(4).

Abstract: A computerized device for processing image data is proposed. The computerized device comprises a receiving unit a receiving unit which is configured to receive optical coherence tomography data of a tissue of a patient, in particular of a retina, a providing unit which is configured to provide a prediction model for processing the optical coherence tomography data, and a processing unit which is configured to process the received optical coherence tomography data using the prediction model for providing at least one prediction parameter for predicting prospective objects of the tissue and/or prospective features allocated to the tissue.

Abstract: The invention relates to an interferometric method, in which the light scattered by an object is imaged onto an electronic camera, wherein a sample light component is assigned to scattering sites on a sectional face in the interior of the object. This sample light component can be separated from the contributions of the other sample light components by processing of the camera image and leads to a sectional image. A particular advantage of the invention lies in the fact that multiple parallel sectional faces can be exposed sequentially at predetermined intervals from each other in the interior of the object. Such a sequence of sectional images can be used to calculate a solid model of the object.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for evaluating the vision of an individual under certain brightness conditions, using a screen displaying an image including a background and characters to be deciphered which appear on the background. The method includes the following steps: a step of regulating the brightness of the background of the image; and a step of regulating the brightness of the characters to be deciphered which appear on the image, the two steps being independent from each other so as to obtain the desired contrast between the background and the characters.

Abstract: Provided is a zoom lens comprising, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a rear unit including at least one lens unit, in which the second lens unit is configured to move during zooming, an interval between each pair of adjacent lens units is changed during zooming, the rear unit has a positive refractive power over an entire zoom range, and the first lens unit includes a diffraction surface formed at a cemented surface of two optical elements cemented to each other. A focal length of the first lens unit, an amount of movement of the second lens unit during zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end and a back focus at the wide angle end are appropriately set.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes an image forming optical system which includes an aperture stop that determines an axial light beam, and one cemented lens, and an image pickup section which is disposed on an image side of the image forming optical system, and which has a surface which is not flat and is curved to be concave toward the image forming optical system, wherein the cemented lens includes in order from an object side, a first lens having a negative refractive power, a second lens, and a third lens having a positive refractive power.

Abstract: Provided is a zoom lens including, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens unit having a positive refractive power; a second lens unit having a negative refractive power; a third lens unit having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens unit having a negative refractive power; a fifth lens unit having a negative refractive power; and a sixth lens unit having a positive refractive power, wherein an interval between adjacent lens units is changed during zooming, wherein the first lens unit is configured to move toward the object side during zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, and wherein a focal length of the first lens unit, a focal length of the sixth lens unit, and a back focus at the wide angle end are appropriately set.

Abstract: Beam intensity conversion optical system of the present disclosure includes a laser light source and a beam intensity conversion lens that changes the light intensity distribution of laser light emitted from the laser light source and irradiates the light onto an irradiation region. The beam intensity conversion lens has a single-lens structure. The position of a paraxial image plane of the beam intensity conversion lens and the position of and the position of irradiation region are different from each other on an optical axis. The beam intensity conversion lens has a longitudinal spherical aberration characteristic on the paraxial image plane in which a changing range of longitudinal spherical aberration in a region of more than 70% of an image height is equal to or smaller than 20% of the amount of longitudinal spherical aberration at a position of 70% of the image height.

Abstract: A photographing module includes an imaging lens assembly. The imaging lens assembly includes a plurality of lens elements, wherein one of the lens elements is a plastic lens element. At least one surface of an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the plastic lens element includes an effective optical portion and a peripheral portion. The peripheral portion surrounds the effective optical portion, and includes a plurality of rib structures, a first fitting section and an isolation section. Each of the rib structures has a strip shape along a radial direction of an optical axis of the imaging lens assembly, and the rib structures are arranged around the effective optical portion. The first fitting section surrounds the effective optical portion, and is connected to another one of the lens elements adjacent to the surface. The isolation section is disposed between the rib structures and the first fitting section.

Abstract: An optical sheet, a screen, and a display apparatus capable of reducing speckles are provided. An optical sheet (50) includes a particle layer (55) including a transparent retaining part (56) having a predetermined thickness and a particle (60) that is accommodated in a cavity (56a) formed in the retaining part (56) and includes a first portion (61) and a second portion (62) having different dielectric constants. The first portion (61) includes a transparent first main portion (66a) and a first diffusion component (66b) that diffuses light. The second portion (62) includes a transparent second main portion (67a) and a second diffusion component (67b) that diffuses light. The first diffusion component (66b) and the second diffusion component (67b) have a diameter d satisfying the following conditional expression (1): 0.1 ?m?d?15 ?m??(1).

Abstract: A zoom lens includes a front-side lens unit, a rear-side lens unit, and an aperture stop. The front-side lens unit includes either one lens unit having a negative refractive power or two lens units having a negative refractive power, and has a negative refractive power as a whole. The rear-side lens unit is disposed on an image side of the front-side lens unit, and has a positive refractive power as a whole at a telephoto end. The rear-side lens unit includes a plurality of lens units, and includes an object-side positive lens unit having a positive refractive power which is disposed nearest to object and the following conditional expressions (1), (2), and (3) are satisfied: 1.2?|MGB_t|?6??(1), 10??dGn_min_p?27??(2), and ?0.03?TpGn_min_p?0.014??(3).

Abstract: An optical lens system includes, in order from a magnified side to a minified side, a first lens group and a second lens group. The first lens group of negative refractive power has at least one aspheric surface, and the second lens group of positive refractive power has at least one aspheric surface. Each of the lenses in the optical lens system is a singlet lens, and the condition: TE(?=365)>70% is satisfied, where TE(?=365) denotes an overall transmittance of all of the lenses in the optical lens system measured at a wavelength of 365 nm.

Abstract: A lens moving apparatus includes a housing for supporting a first magnet, a bobbin, which includes a first coil provided on an outer surface thereof and which moves in a first direction, a support member, which is disposed over one side surface of the housing, and which supports the bobbin and the housing such that the bobbin and the housing are movable in second and/or third directions, which are perpendicular to the first direction, a second coil, which is disposed over the housing, and which is spaced apart from the support member by a predetermined distance and which generates an electromagnetic force to move the support member in the second and/or third directions, and a printed circuit board disposed over the second coil.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicular display device that offers good visibility without causing a passenger to feel uncomfortable. In a bezel that includes a cover portion arranged above a display unit of a vehicular display device and a frame portion enclosing the cover portion, a front-side end portion of the cover portion is arranged at a position lower than a rear-side end portion. As a result, external light is reflected forward. Moreover, a front frame includes a reflecting plate, a semi-transparent output plate covering over the reflecting plate, and a light-collecting portion collecting external light that enters from a front into a space enclosed by the reflecting plate and the output plate. As a result, the front frame is prevented from being darkly reflected onto a front glass.

Abstract: To provide a multilayer film, wherein a reflectance of the multilayer film in a visible light region and a reflectance of the multilayer film in a near infrared region are both 0.1% or more but 20% or less in a temperature range of 5° C. or more but less than 30° C., and the reflectance of the multilayer film in the visible light region is 0.1% or more but 20% or less and the reflectance of the multilayer film in the near infrared region is 80% or more but less than 100% in a temperature range of 30° C. or more but less than 60° C.

Abstract: Disclosed is a lens of variable optical power, characterized in that it includes: a transparent flexible lamella; a body having a ridge inscribed in a cylindrical surface; an element able to move a first portion of the lamella, which is distinct from a second portion of the lamella making contact with the ridge, so as to deform the lamella by flection; and a liquid contained between the lamella and the body. An optical assembly including such a lens and a vision-correcting device including such an optical assembly are also proposed.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a light-blocking material for optical devices which is provided with a light-blocking coat achieving low gloss while maintaining the necessary physical properties of a light-blocking coat, i.e. a light-blocking property, even when the light-blocking coat is formed extremely thinly. In the method for producing the light-blocking material for optical devices which is provided with the light-blocking coat, a coating liquid including at least a binder resin, black microparticles, and a dye is prepared. A dye including a metal such as chrome oxide, iron oxide, or cobalt oxide is preferably used as the dye. The coating liquid is subsequently applied to a base material, and dried to form the light-blocking coat.

Abstract: A converter optical system includes 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 negative refractive power; and a fifth lens having positive refractive power; wherein the first to fifth lenses are sequentially disposed in numerical order from the first lens to the fifth lens from an object side of the converter optical system to an image side of the converter optical system; and the fourth lens is bonded to either one or both of the third lens and the fifth lens.

Abstract: A plastic barrel includes an object-end portion, an image-end portion, a tube portion and a plurality of wedge structures. The object-end portion includes an outer object-end surface, an object-end hole and an inner annular object-end surface. The image-end portion includes an outer image-end surface, an image-end opening and an inner annular image-end surface. The tube portion connects the object-end portion and the image-end portion, and includes a plurality of inclined surfaces. The wedge structures are disposed on at least one surface of the inner annular object-end surface, the inner annular image-end surface and the inclined surfaces, wherein the wedge structures are regularly arranged around the central axis, and each of the wedge structures includes an acute end and a tapered section. The tapered section connects the surface, which the wedge structure is disposed on, and the acute end.

Abstract: A photoluminescent display device includes a blue light source and a photoluminescent display panel adjoining the blue light source. The photoluminescent display panel includes a transparent substrate, a color filter structure and a photoluminescent structure. The color filter structure includes a red pixel region, a green pixel region and a blue pixel region arranged adjacent to one another on the transparent substrate. The photoluminescent structure, which is disposed on the color filter structure and is facing toward the blue light source, includes a red light-conversion layer and a green light-conversion layer, wherein the red light-conversion layer is disposed on the green light-conversion layer.