Patents Issued in April 18, 2019
  • Publication number: 20190113689
    Abstract: A hybrid outlet system includes an electrical outlet, a fiber optic adapter, and a single faceplate. The electrical outlet is coupled to an electrical system and configured to receive an electrical plug coupled to an electrically powered device. The fiber optic adapter is coupled to a fiber optic network and configured to receive a fiber optic connector coupled to a first end of an optical fiber; the second end of the optical fiber being coupled to a telecommunication or data communication device. The single faceplate is configured to provide plug coupling access to the electrical outlet and connector coupling access to the fiber optic adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Eric Ryan CHAPPELL
  • Publication number: 20190113690
    Abstract: Hardened fiber optic connectors having a mechanical splice assembly are disclosed. The mechanical splice assembly is attached to a first end of an optical waveguide such as an optical fiber of a fiber optic cable by way of a stub optical fiber, thereby connectorizing the hardened connector. In one embodiment, the hardened connector includes an inner housing having two shells for securing a tensile element of the cable and securing the mechanical splice assembly so that a ferrule assembly may translate. Further assembly of the hardened connector has the inner housing fitting into a shroud of the hardened connector. The shroud aides in mating the hardened connector with a complimentary device and the shroud may have any suitable configuration. The hardened connector may also include features for fiber buckling, sealing, cable strain relief or a pre-assembly for ease of installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Michael de Jong, Wolf Peter Kluwe, Daniel Leyva, JR., Min Tao
  • Publication number: 20190113691
    Abstract: A connector member for an optical waveguide includes a housing provided with a space portion for holding an end portion of an optical waveguide. In the housing, protruding portions serving as a positioner are provided on left-hand and right-hand side wall portions defining the space portion. Notches in the optical waveguide are fitted on the protruding portions, whereby a front end surface of the end portion of the optical waveguide is positioned at a location a predetermined distance inward from a front end surface of the housing. This configuration achieves optical coupling without bringing the end surface of the optical waveguide into direct abutment with an end surface of a target optical connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoto Konegawa, Yuichi Tsujita
  • Publication number: 20190113692
    Abstract: An optical fiber connector assembly and a connecting system are disclosed. The optical fiber connector assembly includes a first accommodating groove and a second accommodating groove concavely provided in sequence backward from a front end surface of the sliding seat and intercommunicated with each other. A width of the second accommodating groove is less than a width of the first accommodating groove. A step surface is provided between the first accommodating groove and the second accommodating groove. An optical fiber connector is mounted on the sliding seat and floatable with respect to the fixing seat along a front-rear direction, a left-right direction and a vertical direction. A mating section of the optical fiber connector is located in the first accommodating groove. A connecting section is partially accommodated in the second accommodating groove. The step surface is located behind the mating section to stop the mating section from moving backward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Qi Xiao Yang
  • Publication number: 20190113693
    Abstract: An assembly includes: a first circuit board, having an electrical connector assembly and an optical fiber connector assembly side by side, the electrical connector assembly is protrudingly provided with a first guiding mechanism in a front-rear direction, which includes a first guiding section and a second guiding section, and the optical fiber connector assembly has an aligning portion; and a second circuit board, having a mating electrical connector assembly and a mating optical fiber connector assembly side by side, the mating electrical connector assembly has a first matching region, which includes a first matching section and a second matching section, and the mating optical fiber connector assembly has an adaptation portion. When the first guiding section penetrates through the first matching section and enters the second guiding section, the aligning portion starts entering the adaptation portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Qi Xiao Yang
  • Publication number: 20190113694
    Abstract: A fiber optic plug, suitable for multi-core fiber (MCF), is structured to hold satellite cores of the MCF in a precise angular positions so as to attain suitable alignment with satellite cores of a mating connector. The plug includes features to permit a ferrule holding the MCF to move longitudinally relative to the connector's housing, so that a spring may control a mating force to an abutting ferrule of a mating connector. The ferrule may be held by ferrule barrel having splines projecting away from an outer peripheral surface. The splines may slide longitudinally within notches of the connector housing or a strength member attached to the connector housing. The notches and splines have a tight tolerance, so that the satellite cores remain in a desired, set angular position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Jeffrey D. Nielson
  • Publication number: 20190113695
    Abstract: A chip packaging structure that includes an optoelectronic (OE) chip mounted on a first surface of a substrate and whose optically active area is directed laterally; and a lens array for the optoelectronic (OE) chip that is mounted on the first surface of the substrate and faces to the optoelectronic (OE) chip, wherein the lens array has inside a reflector reflecting light from a first direction to a second direction, in which the first direction is substantially perpendicular to the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Jean Benoit Heroux, Masao Tokunari
  • Publication number: 20190113696
    Abstract: A method of forming an integrated module forms a surface protrusion structure and a first electrical pad on a first semiconductor substrate and forms a surface indentation structure and a second electrical pad on a second semiconductor substrate. The first semiconductor substrate is disposed over the second semiconductor substrate by substantially matching the protrusion structure to the indentation structure. The first electrical pad is aligned to the second electrical pad to form bonding between the first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Shu-Lu CHEN
  • Publication number: 20190113697
    Abstract: A reconnectable connection between an optical bench supporting an optical fiber and a photonic integrated circuit (PIC), which a foundation and a connector that is configured and structured to be removably attachable for reconnection to the foundation in alignment therewith. The foundation can be aligned to electro-optical elements in the PIC. The foundation may be permanently attached with respect to the opto-electronic device. The optical bench can be removably attached to the foundation. Alignment between the foundation and the connector is achieved by kinematic coupling, quasi-kinematic coupling, or elastic-averaging coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Shuhe LI, Robert Ryan VALLANCE
  • Publication number: 20190113698
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure pertain to an optical or optoelectronic transceiver comprising an optical or optoelectronic receiver, an optical or optoelectronic transmitter, a plurality of electrical devices, a housing, and a heat sink having a non-planar surface. The optical or optoelectronic receiver includes a receiver optical subassembly (ROSA). The optical or optoelectronic transmitter includes a transmitter optical subassembly (TOSA). The electrical devices are configured to provide or control one or more functions of the optical or optoelectronic receiver and the optical or optoelectronic transmitter. The housing is over and/or enclosing the optical or optoelectronic receiver and the optical or optoelectronic transmitter. The housing includes a first section and a second section, and is configured to (a) be removably insertable into a cage or socket of a host device and (b) position the first section of the housing outside the cage or socket when the housing is inserted in the cage or socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Source Photonics, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu HUANG, Ping CUI, Chao TIAN, Jianhua CHEN, Shengzhong ZHANG, Wayne WAINWRIGHT
  • Publication number: 20190113699
    Abstract: Methods and systems for optical power monitoring of a light source coupled to a silicon integrated circuit (chip) are disclosed and may include, in a system comprising an optical source coupled to the chip: emitting a primary beam from a front facet of a laser in the optical source assembly and a secondary beam from a back facet of the laser, directing the primary beam to an optical coupler in the chip, directing the secondary beam to a surface-illuminated photodiode in the chip, and monitoring an output power of the laser utilizing an output signal from the photodiode. The primary beam may comprise an optical source for a photonics transceiver in the chip. The focused primary beam and the secondary beam may be directed to the chip using reflectors in a lid of the optical source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Mack, Subal Sahni, Steffen Gloeckner
  • Publication number: 20190113700
    Abstract: A laser delivery device may include a connector portion at a proximal end of the laser delivery device and an optical fiber connecting the connector portion to a distal end of the laser delivery device. The connector portion may include a capillary at least partially surrounding a proximal portion of the optical fiber, and the capillary may include dimples on at least a portion of a circumferential surface thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Yihlih PENG, Wen-Jui Ray CHIA, Thomas Charles HASENBERG
  • Publication number: 20190113701
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an optical fiber cable. The optical fiber cable includes a central strength member. The central strength member lies substantially along a longitudinal axis of the optical fiber cable. In addition, the optical fiber cable includes a first layer. The first layer includes a plurality of water swellable yarns. Further, the optical fiber cable includes a plurality buffer tubes. Each of the plurality of buffer tubes includes a plurality of optical fiber. Moreover, the optical fiber cable includes a second layer of a pair of binder yarns. Further, the optical fiber cable includes a third layer. The third layer is formed of a plurality of water swellable yarns. The optical fiber cable includes a fourth layer. The fourth layer is a sheath layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Venkatesh Murthy, Kishore Sahoo, Atul Mishra, Kavya Chintada
  • Publication number: 20190113702
    Abstract: An optical fiber protection structure has a fiber accommodation portion having a fiber accommodation groove formed therein for accommodating at least a portion of optical fibers and first resins filled in the fiber accommodation groove. The first resins are to fix a portion of the optical fibers within the fiber accommodation groove. The optical fiber protection structure has a cover member disposed above the fiber accommodation portion so as to cover the fiber accommodation groove, second resins for allowing the first resins to expand toward the cover member to reduce a stress applied to the optical fibers, and a third resin for fixing the cover member onto the fiber accommodation portion. The second resins have a Young's modulus lower than those of the first resins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Fujita, Hiroto Nakazato, Takanori Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20190113703
    Abstract: A fiber optic drop cable may include a buffer tube having a diameter between approximately 2.20 mm and approximately 3.20 mm to facilitate housing of at least twelve optical fibers. First and second strength rod may be respectively positioned on opposite sides of the buffer tube, and each strength rod may have a diameter between approximately 1.25 mm and approximately 2.10 mm. Additionally, a jacket may be formed around the buffer tube and the strength rods. The jacket may have an elongated cross-sectional shape with a major dimension between approximately 8.0 mm and approximately 9.5 mm and a minor dimension between approximately 4.0 mm and approximately 4.4 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Christopher Cook, Jeffrey Scott Laws
  • Publication number: 20190113704
    Abstract: A rack-level breakout box, system, and method for distributing high-fiber count optical fiber cables to one or more network racks. External routing of incoming and outgoing cables around the rack is kept neat and orderly, with one large cable serving a fully populated rack and, optionally, multiple racks. A flexible mounting configuration is further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Craig Steven Potter, Daniel Brian Hangebrauck, Daniel Frederick Oberklein, Patrick Stephen VanVickle
  • Publication number: 20190113705
    Abstract: A lens module includes a first lens barrel and a first element. The first lens barrel includes a first outer wall and a plurality of first lenses, wherein the first lenses have an optical axis formed from an object side to an image side. The first element is configured to carry the first lens barrel and includes an outer circumferential portion, wherein the outer circumferential portion surrounds the optical axis and includes at least four barriers. The barriers form an accommodating space in which the first lens barrel is disposed. At least one of the barriers has an opening portion to expose the first outer wall of the first lens barrel. The first outer wall of the first lens barrel is not protruded from the opening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Guo-Quan Lin, Ming-Wei Shih
  • Publication number: 20190113706
    Abstract: The invention provides an insert molded lens driving apparatus including a driving coil having two ends, wherein the lens holder includes multiple insert members for electrical connection partially embedded into the lens holder and spaced apart from each other. Each of the insert members electrically coupled to the driving coil and having a first connecting end extending along a first direction and a second connecting end extending along a second direction, which.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Hung-Lin Wang, Chen-Chi Kuo, Shou-Jen Liu, Kun-Shih Lin
  • Publication number: 20190113707
    Abstract: A lens adjustment device for a scope includes an elongated tubular body having an objective end portion and an eyepiece end portion so as to define a rotation axial therealong, a first lens group and a second lens group slidably and operatively assembled at the objective end portion and the eyepiece end portion respectively, a first controller arranged for controlling the first lens group and the second lens group, and a second controller arranged for controlling the second lens group individually. The first controller and the second controller are arranged adjacently with each other on the outer tubular casing of the scope facilitating the adjustment operation of the scope so as to enable one-hand operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Songquan WANG, Min LAI, Quanjun LUO, Gregory PALATNIK, Derek Phillips MEHL
  • Publication number: 20190113708
    Abstract: In a lens apparatus, an interchangeable lens includes an optical system including first and second focus lens units each configured to move in loci different from each other in focusing and a lens control unit configured to control positions of the first and second focus lens units. The lens control unit controls the positions of the first and second focus lens units based on target positions of the first and second focus lens units which are determined according to information about an optical element disposed between the optical system and an image sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Kana Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20190113709
    Abstract: A lens driving apparatus includes a holder, a metal cover, a carrier, a sensing magnet, a printed circuit board, a position sensor, a coil and at least one driving magnet. The metal cover is coupled with the holder and has an opening. The carrier is assembled to a lens assembly having an optical axis, wherein the carrier is disposed in the metal cover and is movable along a direction parallel to the optical axis. The sensing magnet is coupled with the carrier. The printed circuit board is disposed near to one of the four lateral sides of the holder. The position sensor is disposed on the printed circuit board and corresponds to the sensing magnet. The coil is disposed on an outer surface of the carrier. One of the driving magnet is disposed in the metal cover and corresponds to the coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Te-Sheng TSENG, Wen-Hung HSU, Ming-Ta CHOU
  • Publication number: 20190113710
    Abstract: An observation device, comprising an image sensor that forms images of a specimen and outputs an image signal, an AF detection circuit that calculates evaluation values based on the image signal, and a focus control circuit that controls focus position based on the evaluation values, wherein the AF detection circuit calculates a plurality of evaluation values based on signals relating to a plurality of frequency bands of the image signal, and the focus control circuit controls focus position based on maximum value or minimum value of the plurality of evaluation values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Satoshi TAKINOIRI
  • Publication number: 20190113711
    Abstract: An optical system includes, in order from object side, a first unit, a stop, a second unit, and a third unit. The first and second units are moved toward object side to increase respective intervals from the third unit for focusing from infinity to proximity. The first unit includes a negative lens and a positive lens arranged adjacent and on image side of the negative lens. The third unit consists of a positive lens (G3P) and a negative lens (G3N) arranged adjacent and on image side of the positive lens (G3P). An equivalent air length from a lens surface on image side of the negative lens (G3N) to an image plane when focused at infinity, and a distance on an optical axis from a lens surface on object side of a lens (G1F) arranged closest to object side, to the image plane when focused at infinity are appropriately set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Shinya Okuoka
  • Publication number: 20190113712
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a camera lens assembly includes, sequentially along an optical axis from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens and a fourth lens, the lenses having refractive powers. At least one of the first lens or the second lens has a positive refractive power. An object-side surface of the third lens and an image-side surface of the fourth lens are both concave surfaces. Half of a diagonal length ImgH of an effective pixel area on an image plane of the camera lens assembly and a total effective focal length f of the camera lens assembly satisfy: ImgH/f>1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Lin HUANG
  • Publication number: 20190113713
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes first, second, third, fourth, fifth and six lens elements arranged in order from an object side to an image side along an optical axis. Each lens element has an object-side surface and an image-side surface. The image-side surface of the second lens element has a concave portion in a vicinity of the optical axis. The third lens element has negative refractive power. The object-side surface of the third lens element has a concave portion in a vicinity of the optical axis. The object-side surface of the fifth lens element has a convex portion in a vicinity of a periphery. All lens elements of the imaging lens having the refractive power are only the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and six lens elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: GENIUS ELECTRONIC OPTICAL (XIAMEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Ming Chen, Pei-Chi Wang
  • Publication number: 20190113714
    Abstract: An imaging optical lens includes six lens elements, the six lens elements being, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element; a second lens element having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, a third lens element having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, and a sixth lens element having negative refractive power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Chun-Che Hsueh, Tzu-Chieh Kuo
  • Publication number: 20190113715
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an optical imaging lens assembly. The optical imaging lens assembly sequentially includes, from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a first lens group and a second lens group. The first lens group includes a first lens having a positive refractive power and a second lens having a negative refractive power. The second lens group includes at least one optical element and at least one lens having a refractive power, where an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the at least one optical element are aspheric surfaces. An effective focal length f1 of the first lens and a combined focal length f12 of the first lens and the second lens satisfy: f1/f12>0.65.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Ming LI, Saifeng LYU
  • Publication number: 20190113716
    Abstract: An optical imaging 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 second lens element has positive refractive power. The third lens element has positive refractive power. The fourth lens element has positive refractive power. The fifth lens element has positive refractive power. The sixth lens element has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, wherein the image-side surface of the sixth lens element has at least one inflection point. The optical imaging lens assembly has a total of six lens elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: LARGAN PRECISION CO.,LTD.
    Inventor: Hsin-Hsuan HUANG
  • Publication number: 20190113717
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens, disposed in order from an object side to an imaging plane. One or any combination of the first lens to the seventh lens are formed of glass. One or both surfaces of one or more of the first lens to the seventh lens are aspherical. A pair of lenses, among the first lens to the seventh lens, allows paraxial areas opposing each other to be bonded to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyuk Joo KIM, Jin Su SEOK
  • Publication number: 20190113718
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens having a negative refractive power, a fifth lens having a negative refractive power, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens having a positive refractive power. The first lens to seventh lens are sequentially disposed in a direction from an object side toward an imaging plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Hwa JUNG, Yong Joo JO
  • Publication number: 20190113719
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an optical imaging lens assembly. The optical imaging lens assembly includes, sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. The first lens has a positive refractive power and a convex object-side surface. The second lens has a refractive power, a convex object-side surface, and a concave image-side surface. Each of the third lens and the fourth lens has a refractive power. The fifth lens has a positive refractive power, and a convex image-side surface. The sixth lens has a negative refractive power, and a concave object-side surface and a concave image-side surface. A total effective focal length f of the optical imaging lens assembly and an entrance pupil diameter EPD of the optical imaging lens assembly satisfy: f/EPD?1.6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Kaiyuan ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20190113720
    Abstract: A photographing device is provided. The photographing device includes a first casing, a second casing, a first wide-angle lens, a second wide-angle lens, an axle and a controlling device. The first wide-angle lens is assembled on the first casing and the second wide-angle lens is assembled on the second casing. The axle is coupled to the first casing and the second casing to open or close the first casing and the second casing. The controlling device detects whether the first casing and the second casing are completely opened or closed to determine whether to enable a virtual reality (VR) function or a 360-degree panoramic function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Kun-Da Lee, Cong-Wei Cai
  • Publication number: 20190113721
    Abstract: An optical system of this invention includes a first lens unit having a positive refractive power that is moved to an object side for focusing from infinity to a close distance. The first lens unit consists of, in order from the object side to an image side, a first lens sub-unit, an aperture stop, and a second lens sub-unit including a positive lens. A positive lens made of a material having an extraordinary dispersion characteristic ??gF which is largest among the positive lenses included in the second lens sub-unit is represented by positive lens Lp. An extraordinary dispersion characteristic of the material of the positive lens Lp, a focal length of the positive lens Lp, a focal length of the first lens unit, a focal length of the first lens sub-unit, and a focal length f1b of the second lens sub-unit are each appropriately set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Masato Katayose
  • Publication number: 20190113722
    Abstract: A zoom lens including, in order from an object side, a positive first unit configured not to be moved for zooming, a negative second unit configured to be moved for zooming, a positive third unit configured to be moved for zooming, a zooming lens group including a lens unit and configured to be moved for zooming, and a positive unit configured not to be moved for zooming, wherein the third unit includes positive and negative lenses, the second and third units move to an image side for zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, and focal lengths at the wide-angle end and the telephoto end, a zoom ratio, a space between the second unit third units and is maximum in a zoom range from the telephoto end to a predetermined focal length, and a space between the second third units at the telephoto end are properly set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Masakazu Kodaira, Masaru Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20190113723
    Abstract: A catoptric system for EUV lithography includes six freeform reflective surfaces that are specified based on fringe Zernike polynomials. Each of the surfaces is tilted and/or decentered in a meridian plane and with respect to a common axis so that image and object planes are parallel. Rectangular fields can be imaged with image space numerical aperture of at least 0.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: David M. Williamson
  • Publication number: 20190113724
    Abstract: A reflective afocal switching assembly permits variable fields of view while at the same time providing a common axis and mechanism to achieve an optical de-roll of the image. This complex arrangement provides a relatively large change in magnification for an all-reflective optical system than can image over 0.4-12.0 micron spectrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: John M. Hall
  • Publication number: 20190113725
    Abstract: A system includes an optical waveguide configured to receive multispectral radiation from a scene, a first optical component and a second optical component. The first optical component is configured to cause a first portion of the multispectral radiation with wavelengths in a first range to exit the optical waveguide at a first position, and a second portion of the multispectral radiation with wavelengths in a second range to travel through the optical waveguide from the first position to a second position via total internal reflection. The second optical component is configured to cause the second portion of the multispectral radiation to exit the optical waveguide at the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Nicholas Karl Bustin
  • Publication number: 20190113726
    Abstract: A front projection display device is provided including an image-generating source configured to generate an image, a wide angle lens system adapted to receive the image, and a screen. The wide angle lens system may be configured to increase distortion of the image in a first stage and decrease distortion of the image in a second stage. The screen may be configured to receive the image from the wide angle lens system on a first side and reflect the image back to a viewer on the first side. In another embodiment, a screen is provided for a front projection system, the screen may be configured to receive light from a steep angle and may include any number of surface topographies configured to reflect light back to the viewer along a desired viewing plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark D. PETERSON, T Scott ENGLE, Jeffrey Alan GOHMAN
  • Publication number: 20190113727
    Abstract: A system, method and device for collimating the output of a light emitting diode (LED) are disclosed. The system, method and device include an LED substrate including a top surface from which the light is emitted, and an array of subwavelength scattering antennas positioned within the emitted light path, the array of subwavelength scattering antennas configured to select directions of scatter of the LED emitted light to provide collimated light output from the device. The array may be aligned perpendicular to the plane of propagation of the light emitted from the LED and may be positioned adjacent to the top surface. The array may be at least partially, or completely, positioned within the LED substrate. The array may be spaced a distance from the top surface and the spacing may be achieved using a dielectric spacer adjacent to the top surface. The array may be positioned within the dielectric spacer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Lumileds LLC
    Inventor: Venkata Ananth TAMMA
  • Publication number: 20190113728
    Abstract: When an observation target is enabled to be observed by a plurality of types of measuring methods having different principles, to make it possible switch an illuminating method in a plurality of ways to increase types of observation targets that can be observed. An observation target SP is illuminated by at least one of coaxial epi-illumination 24 and non-coaxial epi-illumination 25. A focus search is performed on the basis of an image acquired by a first light receiving element 50. The observation target SP is illuminated by a light source 26. The focus search is performed on the basis of a signal acquired by a second light receiving element 51.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Keyence Corporation
    Inventors: Jumpei Yamashita, Takashi Nakatsukasa
  • Publication number: 20190113729
    Abstract: A microscope apparatus includes an illumination optical system. The illumination optical system includes an illumination lens that irradiates a sample with light, and two or more reflection members that have a shift function for changing a light-reflection position and/or a rotation function for changing a light-reflection-angle direction. Each of the two or more reflection members is located at a pupil position of the illumination lens, a position pupil-conjugate to the illumination lens, or a position conjugate to a rear focal position of the illumination lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahito DOHI
  • Publication number: 20190113730
    Abstract: An observation apparatus includes an objective that receives light from a sample and an imaging optical system that forms an image of the sample. The objective and the imaging optical system are positioned in a manner such that a front focal position of the imaging optical system does not coincide with a rear focal position of the objective. The imaging optical system has a focal length shorter than a focal length of a second imaging optical system. An optical system that includes the objective and the second imaging optical system has a projection magnification equal to a magnification defined by the objective.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kentaro YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20190113731
    Abstract: A microscope directs light through an excitation objective to generate a lattice light sheet (LLS) within a sample. A detection objective collects signal light from the sample in response to the LLS and images the collected light onto a detector. Second and third light beams are imaged onto focal planes of the excitation objective and detection objective, respectively. One or more wavefront detectors determine wavefronts of light emitted from the sample and through the excitation objective in response to the imaged second light beam and emitted from the sample through the detection objective in response to the imaged third light beam. A wavefront of the first light beam is modified to reduce a sample-induced aberration of the LLS within the sample, and a wavefront of the signal light emitted from the sample is modified to reduce a sample-induced aberration of the signal light at the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Robert Eric Betzig, Tsung-Li Liu, Daniel E. Milkie, Kai Wang, Wesley Legant
  • Publication number: 20190113732
    Abstract: A method for pathology data capture includes magnifying a pathology sample with a microscope to form magnified pathology images, and recording the magnified pathology images with a digital camera. The method further includes transferring the magnified pathology images to a processing apparatus, where the processing apparatus performs operations including: stitching together the magnified pathology images to form a plurality of high-resolution images, where the plurality of high-resolution images include un-imaged holes; and generating image data that is not actual image data for the un-imaged holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Joƫlle K. Barral
  • Publication number: 20190113733
    Abstract: Provided is a data recovery device, having: an acquiring unit that acquires photon detection number distribution of an image acquired from an imaging optical system; a recovering unit that acquires an estimated image from the photon detection distribution using a predetermined IPSF (an inverse function of a point spread function PSF); an evaluation value calculating unit that calculates, in relation to each of the estimated image and a plurality of images similar to the estimated image, an evaluation value indicating a likelihood that the image is an actual image; and an outputting unit that generates and outputs a physical parameter with which the evaluation value is at least a significance level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: RIKEN
    Inventors: Daisuke MIYASHIRO, Akihiko NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20190113734
    Abstract: When acquiring a navigation image, to make it possible to set conditions the same as conditions under which a navigation image is acquired last time and create a natural navigation image. A navigation-image acquiring section controls a placement-table control section on the basis of designation of addition of a region to a navigation image and, when present imaging conditions are different from the last imaging conditions, changes the imaging conditions to the last imaging conditions, acquires a region to be added with an imaging element, and causes a display section to display an image of the acquired region to be added and an existing navigation image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Keyence Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke Tanaka, Jun Tabuchi, Takuya Karube, Norio Shibata
  • Publication number: 20190113735
    Abstract: An imaging telescope including a first mirror configured to receive electromagnetic radiation having a first polarization state and to reflect electromagnetic radiation having a second polarization state, the first mirror including a multi-layer dielectric (MLD) coating configured to convert the first polarization state to the second polarization state, and a plurality of reflecting configured to receive the electromagnetic radiation having the second polarization state reflected from the first mirror and to reflect and focus the electromagnetic radiation having the second polarization state onto an image plane of the imaging telescope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Tim P. Johnson, Eric C. Fest
  • Publication number: 20190113736
    Abstract: Optimal angular field mappings that provide the highest contrast images for back-scanned imaging are given. The mapping can be implemented for back-scanned imaging with afocal optics including an anamorphic field correcting assembly configured to implement a non-rotationally symmetric field mapping between object space and image space to adjust distortion characteristics of the afocal optics to control image wander on a focal plane array. The anamorphic field correcting assembly can include one or more mirrors having non-rotationally symmetric aspherical departures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: David N. Sitter, JR.
  • Publication number: 20190113737
    Abstract: The binocular system 100 includes monoculars 10, 20 in pairs and a coupling portion 30 coupling the monoculars 10, 20 in pairs, wherein: one monocular 10 has a connecting portion 11 on a side of an objective lens 13 thereof; the other monocular 20 has a connected portion 22 connectable to the connecting portion 11 on a side of an eye lens 24 thereof; the coupling portion 30 includes a first coupling portion 31 formed integrally with the one monocular 10, a second coupling portion 32 formed integrally with the other monocular 20, and a hinge portion 33 coupling the first coupling portion 31 and the second coupling portion 32 in such a manner that a mutual bending angle therebetween is adjustable centering around a bending axis B; and the one monocular 10 and the other monocular 20 are detachable from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Toshiya KAMAKURA, Naomi WATANABE, Kazuki SHIRAISHI
  • Publication number: 20190113738
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of an optical unit for endoscope includes: a process of crimping a bonding sheet including a curable resin film to a release substrate having a release surface which is an optical flat surface; a mirror-finishing process of performing a partial curing treatment on a predetermined region of the bonding sheet to process the predetermined region into an optical flat surface; a process of fabricating a laminated wafer by laminating a first element wafer including a first optical element and a second element wafer including a second optical element, with the bonding sheet being arranged between the first element wafer and the second element wafer; a curing process of performing a curing treatment on an uncured region of the bonding sheet; and a process of cutting the laminated wafer and segmenting the laminated wafer into optical units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ken YAMAMOTO