Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for light-guiding layers including asymmetrical light-turning features. In one aspect, the asymmetrical light-turning features may include a leading edge oriented at an angle which turns light out of the light-guiding layer, and a near-vertical trailing edge which reduces light leakage from the light-guiding layer. In another aspect, the asymmetrical light-turning features of the light-guiding layer may be oriented in the same or similar direction, and may be distributed with decreasing density adjacent a light source to provide more even illumination.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel and a backlight unit. The backlight unit includes a light source emitting a first color light, a light guide member, quantum dots, and a dichroic filter preventing the first color light from being leaked.

Abstract: Disclosed is a lighting device comprising an exit window (30); a plurality of solid state lighting elements (20) arranged in an annular pattern; an optical element (10, 50) for redirecting the luminous output of the solid state lighting elements towards said exit window, the shape of said optical element defining a cavity (15) on a central axis of the lighting device, said cavity being shielded from said luminous output; and a driver circuit (40) for driving at least some of said solid state lighting elements located in said cavity. A luminaire including such a lighting device is also disclosed.

Abstract: A light guide of a vehicular lamp includes a first light guide body that guides the incident light from a stationary side light source, and a second light guide body that guides the incident light from a movable side light source. The first light guide body is formed in a twisted bow shape. A reflection portion is formed on the rear surface of each of the first and second light guide bodies to reflect the incident light toward the front surface, and an emission portion is formed on the front surface to emit the reflected light. First and second side surfaces of each light guide body include a curved surface that is indicated as a curved line on a cross section of the light guide body. A side step is formed on the first side surface of the first light guide body to reflect the incident light toward the second side surface.

Abstract: Optical films, optical stacks including the optical films, and display systems including the optical films are described. The optical film includes a first major surface that may include a plurality of first microstructures that extend along a first direction. The optical film also includes a second major surface that is opposite to the first major surface and includes a plurality of second microstructures. The second major surface has an optical haze that is not greater than about 3% and an optical clarity that is not greater than about 85%.

Abstract: A backlight assembly is provided with an upper reflective layer including a plurality of first openings; a lower reflective layer secured to the upper reflective layer; a light guide plate disposed between the upper and lower reflective layers; an opaque shading layer disposed on one surface of the upper reflective layer; and a circuit board disposed above the shading layer and including a circuit and a plurality of second openings. Light with enhanced brightness is transmitted to bottoms of keycaps of an input device of a 3C product with energy consumed to a minimum during light transmitting.

Abstract: A backlight assembly is provided with an upper reflective layer including a plurality of transparent areas; a lower reflective layer secured to the upper reflective layer; a light guide plate disposed between the upper and lower reflective layers; a light source disposed under the lower reflective layer and corresponding to the transparent areas; a circuit board disposed above the upper reflective layer and including a plurality of first openings and a plurality of electrical contacts; and an opaque shading layer disposed on the circuit board and including a plurality of elastic members aligned with the electrical contacts, and a plurality of second openings. Light with enhanced brightness is transmitted to bottom of keycaps of an input device of a 3C product with energy consumed to a minimum during light transmitting.

Abstract: A backlight source and a display device are disclosed. The backlight source includes a frame, an optical film sheet, a light guiding plate and an embedded block. The coefficient of volume expansion of the embedded block is greater than the coefficient of volume expansion of the frame; the frame has a first transverse protrusion formed at a side in proximity to a light guiding plate, a bottom surface of the first transverse protrusion is attached to the light guiding plate by pressing, and the bottom surface has a groove provided therein, in which the embedded block is arranged.

Abstract: A light source module includes a circuit board, a light source electrically coupled to the circuit board including a first light emerging face, a light guide plate close to the light source and including an light incident face, a reflective piece located on one side of the light guide plate, a diffusion plate located on another side of the light guide plate, a frame used to fix the circuit board, the light guide plate, the reflective piece and the diffusion plate. The light incident face and the light emerging face cooperatively forming an angle. Light from the light source is guided by the light guide plate and reflected by the reflective piece and diffused by the diffusion plate.

Abstract: The exemplary embodiments disclosed herein provide a transparent LCD which is placed between a front glass and a rear glass. A light guide is preferably positioned behind the LCD and contains an edge. A plurality of LEDs are positioned adjacent to the edge and a cavity is positioned on the opposite side of the LEDs as the light guide. Generally, light which is exiting the LEDs is permitted to enter both the light guide as well as the cavity. A graphic may be placed in front of the cavity and could be bonded to the front glass.

Abstract: The present invention includes a liquid crystal panel, a light guide member, at least one laser diode (LD), and a heat sink. The light guide member is arranged on a back surface of the liquid crystal panel. The LD is arranged on at least one side surface of the light guide member. The heat sink is arranged to extend along a back surface of the light guide member and the side surface of the light guide member integrally and at least partially. The heat sink is arranged such that a part of the heat sink corresponding to the side surface of the light guide member houses at least a light-emitting surface of the LD.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a backlight module and a display apparatus. The backlight module includes: a substrate configured to fix a plurality of light sources; the plurality of light sources fixed on the substrate and connected electrically to each other; and a light guide plate having at least one side on which a recess portion for receiving the plurality of light sources or receiving the plurality of light sources and at least part of the substrate is provided. At least the plurality of light sources are embedded into the recess portion, thus, the light emitted from the plurality of light sources may enter the light guide plate completely for utilization. Not only the brightness of the backlight module may be improved, but also the energy waste due to the part of the light of the plurality of light sources failing to enter the light guide plate may be avoided.

Abstract: An electrical device that in one embodiment includes a first semiconductor device positioned on a first portion of a type IV semiconductor substrate, and an optoelectronic light emission device of type III-V semiconductor materials that is in electrical communication with the first semiconductor device. The optoelectronic light emission device is positioned adjacent to the first semiconductor device on the first portion of the type IV semiconductor substrate. A dielectric waveguide is present on a second portion of the type IV semiconductor substrate. An optoelectronic light detection device of type III-V semiconductor material is present on a third portion of the type IV semiconductor device. The dielectric waveguide is positioned between and aligned with the optoelectronic tight detection device and optoelectronic light emission device to transmit a light signal from the optoelectronic light emission device to the optoelectronic light detection device.

Abstract: A photonic waveguide structure may include a tapered photonic waveguide structure within a photonic substrate, such that the tapered photonic waveguide structure has a tapered region that progressively tapers in width along a longitudinal length of the tapered photonic waveguide structure. The photonic waveguide structure also includes an optical fiber waveguide having a core region and a cladding region, whereby a portion of the core region is partially exposed by removing a portion of the cladding region. An outer surface of the portion of the core region that is partially exposed is substantially coupled to the tapered photonic waveguide structure. An optical signal propagating along the tapered photonic waveguide structure is coupled from the tapered region of the tapered photonic waveguide structure to the core region of the optical fiber waveguide via the core region that is partially exposed.

Abstract: A monolithic optoelectronic device has a spot-size converter optically connected to a waveguide. The overclad extending over the core of the waveguide is thinner and differently doped than the overclad of the spot-size converter. This structure can be made by applying a process of etching and enhanced selective area regrowth to create regions of the overclad of different thickness or doping. The spot-size converter core is made of a different material than the waveguide core by using etching and enhanced selective area regrowth.

Abstract: A polarization beam splitter according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a demultiplexer (11); a multiplexer (14); a first arm waveguide (12), at least a part of which is formed of a rib waveguide; and a second arm waveguide (13), at least a part of which is formed of a channel waveguide. The first and second arm waveguides are formed with a waveguide width at which, in one of linear polarization components orthogonal to each other, a refractive index of the first arm waveguide (12) with respect to input light is the same as a refractive index of the second arm waveguide (13) with respect to the input light and a refractive index change of the first arm waveguide with respect to a change in the waveguide width is the same as a refractive index change of the second arm waveguide with respect to a change in the waveguide width.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward techniques and configurations for an optical device having a semiconductor layer to propagate light and a mirror disposed inside the semiconductor layer and having echelle grating reflective surface to substantially totally internally reflect the propagating light inputted by one or more input waveguides, to be received by one or more output waveguides. The waveguides may be disposed in the semiconductor layer under a determined angle relative to the mirror reflective surface. The determined angle may be equal to or greater than a total internal reflection angle corresponding to the interface, to provide substantially total internal reflection of light by the mirror. The mirror may be formed by an interface of the semiconductor layer comprising the mirror reflective surface and another medium filling the mirror, such as a dielectric. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: Devices and systems to perform optical alignment by using one or more liquid crystal layers to actively steer a light beam from an optical fiber to an optical waveguide integrated on a chip. An on-chip feedback mechanism can steer the beam between the fiber and a grating based waveguide to minimize the insertion loss of the system.

Abstract: To increase the protection of a fiber optic connector system from EMI, apertures in the system must be as small as possible. To reduce the size of apertures in the system, the openings are minimized by using electrically conductive fiber optic connector parts, including a connector housing, a fiber optic ferrule disposed within the electrically conductive connector housing, and an electrically conductive heat-shrink attachment securable to the connector housing. An electrically conductive heat shrink may be attached to the heat-shrink attachment to provide more protection.

Abstract: A plurality of connector modules are mounted to a support frame. The connector modules have respective optical connectors to optically connect with respective electronic devices, where the optical connectors are moveable between a retracted position and an extended position. The optical connector of a first of the connector modules is retractable and extendable independently of a second of the connector modules.

Abstract: An optical transceiver that installs an optical modulator with the Mach-Zehnder type and made of primarily semiconductor materials, and an Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier (EDFA) is disclosed. The EDFA and the MZ modulator, in addition to a wavelength tunable laser diode, an intelligent coherent receiver, and a polarization maintaining splitter, are installed within a compact case following the standard of CFP2.

Abstract: An optical fiber cable includes a bundle of a plurality of loose tubes held by a polypropylene binder. The polypropylene binder sustains the heat when a hot cable sheath is applied during the cable manufacturing process. This prevents the polypropylene binder from shrinking and cutting into the loose tubes, which cause indentations. Therefore, the resulting optical fiber cable is substantially free from indentations.

Abstract: An optical fiber cable includes a bundle of a plurality of semi-ridged loose tubes held by a polypropylene binder. The polypropylene binder sustains the heat when a hot cable sheath is applied during the cable manufacturing process. This prevents the polypropylene binder from shrinking and cutting into the loose tubes, which cause indentations. Therefore, the resulting optical fiber cable is substantially free from indentations.

Abstract: A fiber optic telecommunications device includes a rack for mounting a plurality of chassis, each chassis including a plurality of trays slidably mounted thereon and arranged in a vertically stacked arrangement.

Abstract: A distribution cable arrangement includes optical fibers extending along a length; a jacket defining one or more access regions along the length to provide access to the optical fibers; and a closure disposed around each of the access regions. One or more fibers are each cut at each access region to provide first and second cut ends. Both cut ends are routed out of the jacket and terminated by optical connectors. The first and second optical connectors are positioned relative to the closure to be mateable to optical cables that are external of the closure.

Abstract: A fiber optic stripping apparatus comprising a frame having an axis and a pair of outer arms extending from the axis, each arm pivotal about the axis and a pair of first blades each first blade having a first blade edge, each of the first blades attached to a corresponding frame arm with the first blade edge extending in the direction of the corresponding frame arm. The stripping apparatus includes a pair of second blades each second blade having a second blade edge, each of the second blades attached to a corresponding frame arm with the second blade edge extending transverse to the direction of the corresponding frame arm, the second blades each having a first set of notches forming a circle when the stripping apparatus is in a closed position and a second set of notches substantially forming a circle when the stripping apparatus is in the closed position.

Abstract: Some embodiments disclosed herein relate to a lens component having one or more lenses attached to a retainer portion configured to removably attach to communication devices such as mobile phones, tablet computers, media players, and the like. The retainer portion may be configured so as not to interfere with a user's view of a display panel of the communication device. In some embodiments, a plurality of lenses may be provided, and the lenses may be removably attached to the retainer portion and may be interchangeable. A structure for providing a flash may also be provided. In some embodiments, additional features may be provided, such as attachment components to facilitate attachment to stability devices, such as tripods, and to user-wearable accessories.

Abstract: A gap compensation mechanism capable of self adaptive posture adjustment is disclosed, which comprises a base seat, having at least a fixation portion disposed thereon, the fixation portion having a flow path area disposed peripheral thereto; at least an adjustment unit, sleeved onto an outer rim of the fixation portion; and a filler, being filled within the flow path area. As such, a workpiece to be fixed may be disposed on a face of an adjustment unit. Further, the adjustment unit provides at least three freedoms for the altitude and two axial inclinations for self adaptively compensating a gap with any geometrical shapes and thus further adjusting the posture of the combined workpiece. After all the adjustments, a filler is filled to reinforce the structure and finally a fixation unit is employed for locking and fixing.

Abstract: Provided is an optical device including an object-side body portion to and from which an eyepiece-side support member supporting an eyepiece system optical component can be attached and removed; an objective system optical component supported on the object-side body portion; a housing section that houses at least a portion of the eyepiece-side support member; a manipulation member by which a rotation manipulation is performed on the housing section; a following member that is driven and displaced by the manipulation member being rotated; and a gripping member that has at least a portion thereof arranged inside the housing section and grips the eyepiece-side support member when the following member is displaced. The manipulation member rotates freely relative to the following member when a gripping force exerted on the eyepiece-side support member by the gripping member reaches a prescribed value.

Abstract: An adjusting mechanism is disclosed. The adjusting mechanism has a differential, first and second stepping motors engaging with the differential, a screw rod connected to the output shaft of the differential such that the screw rod rotates along with the rotation of the output shaft, and a moving block threadably connected to the screw rod to permit motion of the moving block along the longitudinal axis of the screw rod. The output shaft of the adjusting mechanism rotates according to the rotation of the first and second stepping motors, so as to drive the movement of the moving block along the screw rod.

Abstract: A driving apparatus comprises a movable portion having movable side guide portions; a base portion having fixed side guiding portions; a vibrator having a piezoelectric element; a friction member provided at the other of the movable portion and the base portion; a pressing portion, provided at the one of said movable member and the base portion, for applying pressing force to the vibrator; and rolling portions sandwiched between the movable side guide portions and the fixed side guide portions. The movable side guide portions and the fixed side guide portions extend with a predetermined length in a moving direction in which the movable portion is moved with respect to the base portion, and one of movable side guide portions is positioned within spacing in a direction orthogonal to the moving direction of a pair of movable side guide portions of the movable side guide portions.

Abstract: First and second lens drive sections of the lens unit are disposed at positions where a center point connecting line, which connects center positions of the lens drive sections on a plane perpendicular to a lens axis, does not pass through the lens axis; and include yokes, voice coils, and plate-like magnets. The width of the magnet in a lens circumferential direction is smaller than the width of the yoke; and the magnets are disposed to be biased to end portions of the yokes, which are positioned in a divided area in which a lens axis center is present, of divided areas divided into two by a center point connecting line, in the lens circumferential direction, respectively. The shortest distance between an operating point connecting line is shorter than the shortest distance between the center point connecting line and the lens axis.

Abstract: A five-piece optical lens for capturing image and a five-piece optical module for capturing image includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; a fourth lens with refractive power; and a fifth lens with negative refractive power. An image-side surface of the fifth lens can be concave, and both surfaces thereof are both aspheric, wherein at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The first to the fifth lenses of the five-piece optical lens have refractive power. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.

Abstract: A photographing optical 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. The second lens element has refractive power. The third lens element has positive refractive power. The fourth lens element has refractive power. The fifth lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region and an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region. The sixth lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region, and the image-side surface thereof has at least one inflection point.

Abstract: A six-piece optical lens for capturing image and a six-piece optical module for capturing image are provided. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens comprises a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens and a fifth lens elements with refractive powers and both of an image-side and an object-side surfaces of the four lens elements are aspheric; and a sixth lens with negative refractive power and both of an image-side and an object-side surfaces of the four lens elements are aspheric, and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of the six lens elements has one inflection point. Each of the six lens elements may have a refractive power. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.

Abstract: A wide-angle lens, from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, an eighth lens and a ninth lens. The first, second and third lens are with negative refractive power. The fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh lens are with refractive power. The eighth lens is a biconvex lens with positive refractive power. The ninth lens is a biconvex lens with positive refractive power. The first lens, the second lens and the third lens satisfy: ?26<f1/f<f2/f<f3/f<?3 and ?1.64<f123/f<?1.6 wherein f1 and f2 are effective focal lengths of the first and second lenses, f3 and f are an effective focal lengths of the third lens and the wide-angle lens, and f123 is an effective focal length of the combination of the first lens, second lens and third lens.

Abstract: The anamorphic objective zoom lens includes, along an optical axis and in order from an object space to an image space: at least a negative (?) power spherical first lens group; an anamorphic second lens group, spherical third lens group preferably having positive (+) power, a variable power spherical fourth lens group and a positive (+) power spherical fifth lens group. The aperture stop is located before, after or preferably within the spherical fifth lens group. All spherical lens groups contain spherical and piano refractive optical surfaces. The anamorphic second lens group contains cylindrical and plano optical surfaces with at least one cylindrical surface oriented at substantially 90 degrees about at least one other cylindrical surface. The spherical first lens group may provide focusing. The variable power spherical fourth lens group provides zooming. The spherical third and fifth lens groups may provide compensation for thermal defocus.

Abstract: A zoom lens system includes a positive first lens group, a negative second lens group, in that order from the object side, and a positive nth lens group provided closest to the image side. During zooming from the short to long focal length extremities, the first lens group and the nth lens group remain stationary and the second lens group moves. A positive mth lens group is provided between the second and nth lens groups. The following conditions (1) and (2) are satisfied: 1.23<f1/fn<1.50??(1), and 1.20<fn/fm<1.60??(2), wherein f1, fn and fm designate the focal lengths of the first, nth and mth lens groups, respectively, wherein n is a positive integer of 4 or greater, and m is a positive integer of 3 or greater.

Abstract: There is provided a projection optical system capable of projecting an image formed on an image forming unit on a projection plane, which has an extremely short projection distance and a small size.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical imaging processing system. The system includes a screen, an incident light source, and at least one optical transmission medium, where the optical transmission medium is disposed in an optical imaging path in which the incident light source is emergent and is projected to the screen; an light incident face of the optical transmission medium faces the incident light source, and an light exiting face of the optical transmission medium faces the screen, where at least one cavity is included between the light incident face and the light exiting face of the optical transmission medium, and a cross-section shape of the cavity is an isosceles trapezoid; and the cavity includes a light transmission area and a light blanking area used for object accommodation, and the optical imaging path bypasses the light blanking area and penetrates through the optical transmission medium through the light transmission area.

Abstract: The first optical element 10 and the second optical element 20 are spaced away from each other in an effective area through which a light beam passes, and satisfy the following condition (1): 0<DMAX/f?0.3??(1) where DMAX is the maximum value of a distance as measured in the effective area through which the light beam passes on a section including a center chief ray of the light beam in a direction parallel with the center chief ray between the second surface 12 of the first optical element 10 and the first surface 21 of the second optical element 20, and f is the focal length of the decentered optical system 1.

Abstract: A microscopy system includes a first laser emitting a first laser pulse, the first laser pulse being a pump beam; a second laser emitting a second laser pulse, the second laser pulse being spectrally isolated for generating a probe beam and a donut beam; an optical device for combining the pump beam, the probe beam and the donut beam into a combined laser pulse, the probe beam and donut beam having a phase difference that causes a reduction of a focal volume of the combined laser pulse; a galvanometer scanning system for delivering the combined laser pulse to a focal spot in a focal plane, wherein the reduction of the focal volume of the combined laser pulse initiates a stimulated emission of a targeted molecule, the stimulated emission having dipole-like backscatter; and a sensor for enabling imaging of the dipole-like backscatter.

Abstract: A tube lens for a microscope includes, in the order from an object, a first lens group that has positive power and that includes a cemented lens, a second lens group that has negative power, and a third lens group has positive power. The tube lens satisfies the following condition expressions, where NA is a numerical aperture on an image side of the tube lens, FN is a field number of the tube lens, and ? is an airy disk diameter with respect to d line of the tube lens (588 nm): 0.04<NA; and 1700?FN/?.

Abstract: A microscope system according to the present invention includes a laser light source, a plurality of laser microscopes, and an optical path switching unit that is provided between the laser light source and the laser microscopes and switches a supply destination of a laser beam among the plurality of laser microscopes by changing a beam splitter to be arranged on an incident optical axis, in which each of the laser microscopes includes an optical axis adjustment unit that adjusts an optical axis of the laser beam, and a control unit that controls the optical axis adjustment unit based on identification information about the beam splitter arranged on the incident optical axis.

Abstract: A two-photon excited fluorescence microscope including a laser source configured to emit a light beam and an optical arrangement configured to receive the light beam from the laser source. The optical arrangement is configured to shape the light beam so that, at an output of the microscope, the light beam is substantially collimated in a first transverse direction perpendicular to the propagation direction of the light beam at the microscope output and is focused in a second transverse direction perpendicular to the first transverse direction and to the propagation direction, thereby forming a line parallel to the first transverse direction.

Abstract: A light observation device has a light splitting optical system for splitting observation light of an observation object; an imaging lens for focusing split beams to form optical images thereof; an imaging device arranged at image formation positions of the two optical images and being capable of performing independent rolling readout in a pixel row group included in a region corresponding to the image formation position of one optical image and in a pixel row group included in a region corresponding to the image formation position of the other optical image; and a control unit for independently controlling the rolling readout in the one pixel row group and in the other pixel row group; the control unit performs control such that a direction of the rolling readout in the one pixel row group and a direction of the rolling readout in the other pixel row group are identical.

Abstract: An illumination device includes a light output unit having an output end; an optical member that is disposed in a circumferential direction centered on a predetermined axis and that receives illumination light output from the output end and outputs the illumination light from a surface thereof; and a reflective layer that is provided adjacent to an inner side surface of the optical member and that reflects the illumination light outward in the radial direction. The optical member includes a light guide layer that receives the illumination light from the output end and that guides the illumination light and a diffusion layer that is located outside the light guide layer in the radial direction and at one end of the light guide layer in a direction along the axis and that receives the illumination light from the light guide layer and guides the illumination light while diffusing the illumination light.

Abstract: An optical module includes a mirror unit including a mirror holder and a mirror on the mirror holder, the mirror holding including a first plate; a center guide supporting the mirror unit; and an actuator configured to rotate the mirror unit about a rotation axis. The actuator includes a first actuator at the first plate and second and third actuators at second and third plates, respectively, and spaced from each other in a direction parallel to the rotation axis, and the first actuator is configured to be acted upon by the second and third actuators to rotate the mirror unit about the rotation axis.

Abstract: In a dust removing device including a vibration plate, which includes on its surface an optical effective region B having a substantially right-angled quadrate shape and an outer region A, and a piezoelectric element, when a region positioned in one end portion of the piezoelectric element in a direction along a side O of the piezoelectric element and spanning along the side P over a length b inwards from a line, which is an extension of a side N, N? of the optical effective region B and which intersects the piezoelectric element, is denoted by an near-end zone ? of the piezoelectric element, an absolute value of piezoelectric constant of the piezoelectric material in a region not including the near-end zone ?, is denoted by d, and an absolute value of the piezoelectric constant in the near-end zone ? is denoted by d0, relation of d>d0 is satisfied.

Abstract: A vision system of a vehicle includes a camera configured to be disposed at a vehicle so as to have a field of view exterior of the vehicle. The camera includes an imager and a lens. The imager includes a pixelated imaging array having a plurality of photosensing elements. With the camera disposed at the vehicle, the lens has an outer surface that is exposed to an environment exterior of the vehicle, and the outer surface of the lens includes a central portion and a lower portion, with the lower portion below the central portion when the camera is disposed at the vehicle. A water removal element is disposed at the lower portion of the lens. The water removal element is configured to cause a water droplet that collects at the lower portion of the outer surface of the lens to drain from the outer surface of the lens.