Abstract: A bleaching composition comprising:(a) Hydrogen peroxide or peroxide that produces hydrogen peroxide in aqueous solution; and(b) An organic acid peroxide precursor that produces organic acid peroxide by reacting with said hydrogen peroxide or peroxide that produces hydrogen peroxide in aqueous solution, wherein said organic acid peroxide is represented by general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a straight chain or branched chain alkyl or alkenyl group having 1-5 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 represents a straight chain or branched chain alkylene group having 1-8 carbon atoms or a phenylene group that may be substituted with a straight chain or branched chain alkyl group having 1-5 carbon atoms, A represent identical or different alkylene groups having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer from 0-100.

Abstract: A lens system includes a master lens system and a conversion lens system. The master lens system has a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, and a fourth lens, which are sequentially arranged from an object side of the lens system to an image side thereof, and has a first diaphragm which is arranged between the third lens and the fourth lens. The first lens is a positive meniscus lens having a convex surface toward the object side. The second lens is a negative lens. The third lens is a positive lens. The fourth lens is a negative meniscus lens having a concave surface toward the object side. The conversion lens system is arranged in such a manner that the conversion lens system can be freely inserted and removed between the third lens and the fourth lens of the master lens system.

Abstract: An input image of an object is optically Fourier-transformed and after coordinate-transforming the Fourier-transformed input image optically to obtain a rotation-invariant and scale-invariant image, the resultant image is pattern-matched with a computer generated hologram of a reference image. The coordinate-transformation of the Fourier-transformed input image is made using an optical phase filter represented as a computer generated hologram.

Abstract: A zoom finder of a real image type has an objective lens having positive refracting power and an eyepiece having positive refracting power. The objective lens is constructed by first, second, third and fourth lens groups sequentially arranged from an object side. The first lens group has positive refracting power. The second lens group has negative refracting power. The third lens group has positive refracting power. The fourth lens group has positive refracting power. The zoom finder is constructed such that a real image is focused and formed by the objective lens between the fourth lens group and the eyepiece and is observed through the eyepiece. A magnification of the zoom finder is increased by moving the second lens group from the object side to an eyepiece side. A change in diopter caused by this increase in magnification is corrected by moving the fourth lens group. In accordance with the above structure, an entire length of the zoom finder is short and is not changed in a zooming operation.

Abstract: An input image of an object is optically Fourier-transformed and after coordinate-transforming the Fourier-transformed input image optically to obtain a rotation-invariant and scale-invariant image, the resultant image is pattern-matched with a computer generated hologram of a reference image. The coordinate-transformation of the Fourier-transformed input image is made using an optical phase filter represented as a computer generated hologram.

Abstract: A vision recognizing method includes a logarithmic polar coordinate transforming method including the steps of storing an input image f1(x, y); optically generating complex amplitude information f1(x, y)A(x, y)T(x, y) by multiplying the information of the input image by the product of phase information A(x, y) for performing a logarithmic polar coordinate transformation and amplitude information T(x, y), an amplitude of which changes according to distance between each point composing the amplitude information and origin of logarithmic polar coordinate; and Fourier-transforming the complex amplitude information f1(x, y)A(x, y)T(x, y). An optical information processing apparatus is used to carry out the method and includes a combination of lenses and liquid crystal displays.

Abstract: A compact zoom lens has first to fourth lens groups sequentially arranged from an object side. The first, second and fourth lens groups respectively have negative, positive and negative focal lengths. When a zooming operation is performed from a wide angle end to a telescopic end, a distance between the first and second lens groups is decreased, a distance between the second and third lens groups is increased, and a distance between the third and fourth lens groups is decreased. Focal lengths f.sub.1 and f.sub.2 of the first and second lens groups, focal lengths f.sub.2,3,4W and f.sub.2,3,4T of a combined lens system of the second, third and fourth lens groups at the wide angle end and the telescopic end, a focal length f.sub.3,4T of a combined lens system of the third and fourth lens groups at the telescopic end, focal lengths f.sub.W and f.sub.T of an entire lens system at the wide angle end and the telescopic end satisfy the following conditions where symbol .sqroot.

Abstract: In a zoom lens having a high variable magnification, first and second lens groups and respectively having negative and positive focal lengths are sequentially arranged from an object side of the zoom lens to an image side thereof. A combined focal length of an entire lens system is charged by changing a distance between the first and second lens groups while the position of an image surface is constantly held. The zoom lens is constructed such that the second lens group is constructed by front and rear lens groups respectively having positive and negative focal lengths.

Abstract: New methods for producing computer generated holograms to be used for a liquid crystal spacial light modulator having a plurality of pixels, wherein the amplitude component of a coherent wave disturbance is corrected by taking into account the phase distortion due to the twist of liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal spacial light modulator.

Abstract: A compact zoom lens has a first lens group having a negative focal length f.sub.1 ; a second lens group having a positive focal length f.sub.2 ; and a third lens gorup having a negative focal length f.sub.3. The first, second and third lens groups are sequentially arranged from an object side of the zoom lens to an image side thereof. The first to third lens groups are moved on the object side while the mutual distances between the first, second and third lens groups are changed to perform a zooming operation from a wide angle side to a telescopic side. The third lens group is constructed by positive, negative and positive lenses sequentially arranged from the object side to the image side such that the negative and positive lenses respectively constituting the second and third lenses are joined to each other. The focal lengths f.sub.1, f.sub.2, f.sub.3 and a focal length f.sub.w of an entire lens system at a wide angle end of the zoom lens satisfy the following conditions.0.3<.vertline.f.sub.3 .vertline.