Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel, a light guide plate disposed behind the display panel and configured to guide light to the display panel, a light source configured to irradiate light to at least one side of the light guide plate, a diffusion plate disposed between the display panel and the light guide plate, and at least one diffusion plate support member coupled to the light guide plate and configured to support the diffusion plate. The light guide plate includes an optical pattern arranged in a light emitting surface facing the diffusion plate and at least one insertion hole which is formed in the light emitting surface for the at least one diffusion plate support member being inserted thereto. The optical pattern includes a pattern change region which surrounds at least a portion of the insertion hole.

Abstract: An optical plate is an optical plate for irradiating a target with light, and includes a light input surface for inputting the light, a light output surface for outputting the light, a back surface opposite to the light output surface, and a light diffusion portion formed at least inside the optical plate by converging laser light, for diffusing the light. The light input surface is a surface between the light output surface and the back surface, and the light input from the light input surface is diffused in the light diffusion portion and output from the light output surface.

Abstract: A light guide plate includes a light-transmissive substrate and at least one microstructure. The light-transmissive substrate includes first and second major surfaces and a side surface connecting the first and second major surfaces. The microstructure is formed on the first major surface. The microstructure comprises a recess and an annular groove around the recess. The annular groove has a depth greater than a depth of the recess. A bottom of the recess is at higher elevation than the first major surface from the second major surface.

Abstract: Disclosed are a backlight module and a display device. The backlight module includes a back plate; at least one positioning mechanism is disposed inside the bottom plate of the back plate, each positioning mechanism includes at least one positioning stud, each positioning stud includes a main body and a flexible sleeve wrapping the main body. The backlight module further includes a light guide plate; a groove matched with at least one positioning mechanism is provided on the light guide plate, an inner wall of the groove is in contact with the flexible sleeve of the main body.

Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel; a light guide plate configured to guide light to the display panel and disposed behind the display panel; a light source configured to emit light to a lateral surface of the light guide plate; a diffusion plate disposed between the display panel and the light guide plate; and at least one support member configured to support the diffusion plate and disposed to pass through the light guide plate, wherein a light transmittance of a portion of the at least one support member at a side of the support member facing the light source is different from a light transmittance of a remaining portion of the at least one support member.

Abstract: Provided is a display device that can prevent light emitted from, a light guide plate from arriving at a display panel via a gap in an optical sheet and a gap between the optical sheet and a holding frame member. The display device is provided with: a light guide plate having a light exit surface; an optical sheet that is arranged facing the light exit surface, that is configured from a plurality of stacked unit sheets, and in which a plurality of flanges are arranged in each of the unit sheets so as to extend along the sheet surface of the unit sheet from the side edge of the unit sheet toward the exterior; and a holding frame member having formed therein a plurality of accommodating sections in which the flanges of the optical sheet are accommodated when holding the optical sheet. One or more of the plurality of flanges in each of the unit sheets is a matching flange having a shape that matches the shape of the accommodating section along the sheet surface.

Abstract: A display includes a display panel for displaying an image; a backlight including a light guide plate disposed behind the display panel for outputting light to the display panel, and a light source that irradiates the light to a first side surface of the light guide plate; and a holder for supporting the display panel and the light guide plate and to have a concave portion that exposes at least a portion of a second side surface of the light guide plate positioned to be opposite to the first side surface of the light guide plate.

Abstract: A backlight module includes a frame, a light guide plate, and at least one first optical film. The frame has a supporting surface. The light guide plate is disposed in the frame. The first optical film is disposed above the light guide plate. The first optical film has a first body and a first ear extending from the first body. The first ear is supported by the supporting surface. A first boundary line exists between the first body and the first ear. The first optical film includes an opening region crossing the first boundary line. The opening region has at least one opening.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a light guide plate disposed behind the display panel, the light guide plate being lengthwise or widthwise smaller than the display panel, a light source disposed adjacent to a first lateral surface of the light guide plate and irradiates light onto the first lateral surface, a back chassis disposed behind the light guide plate and supports a back surface of the light guide plate and a support structure disposed along a second lateral surface of the light guide plate different from the first lateral surface of the light guide plate. Further, the support structure includes light blocking protrusion that blocks a portion of the second lateral surface.

Abstract: Provided is the light guiding member including an incident surface, an exit surface extending in a first direction, a light guiding surface opposed to the exit surface, and being configured to guide light entering the incident surface to the exit surface, a side surface connecting the exit surface and the light guiding surface, and a held portion formed on the side surface. The light guiding surface includes a plurality of deflection portions arrayed in the first direction. At least one of a density or a depth of each of the plurality of deflection portions differs between a first region on the light guiding surface, which corresponds to a region at which the held portion is present in the first direction, and a second region on the light guiding surface adjacent to each of both sides of the first region in the first direction.

Abstract: Methods and structures for shielding optical waveguides are provided. A method includes forming a first optical waveguide core and forming a second optical waveguide core adjacent to the first optical waveguide core. The method also includes forming an insulator layer over the first optical waveguide core and the second optical waveguide core. The method further includes forming a shielding structure in the insulator layer between the first optical waveguide core and the second optical waveguide core.

Abstract: An optical waveguide that performs both in-coupling and out-coupling using two diffractive optical elements is provided. Each optical element is a diffraction grating and can be applied to the same or different surface of the optical waveguide. The diffraction gratings overlap to form two overlapping regions. The first overlapping region in-couples light into the waveguide and the second overlapping region out-couples light from the optical waveguide. Because the optical waveguide only uses two gratings, and therefore only has two grating vectors, the optical waveguide is easier to manufacture than optical waveguides with a greater number of grating vectors.

Abstract: The present invention provides a light transmittable and tissue integration integrable biofiber device including a plurality of biofibers. The plurality of biofibers consist a single bare fiber or a single constructed fiber. The single constructed fiber consists a core layer and either a single cladding layer or a plurality of cladding layers, and the cladding layer dads and fuses a circumferential surface of the core layer. Each of the plurality of biofibers comprises a light receiving end and a light emitting end, a light radiates through the light receiving end and the light is emitted from the a light emitting end. Therefore, the biofiber device of the present invention may simultaneously accomplish light transmittable and tissue integrable purposes to facilitate light therapy, optical gene therapy and optogenetics.

Abstract: Methods and systems for grating couplers incorporating perturbed waveguides are disclosed and may include in a semiconductor photonics die, communicating optical signals into and/or out of the die utilizing a grating coupler on the die, where the grating coupler comprises perturbed waveguides. The perturbed waveguides may include rows of continuous waveguides with scatterers extending throughout a length of the perturbed waveguides a variable width along their length. The grating coupler may comprise a single polarization grating coupler comprising perturbed waveguides and a non-perturbed grating. The grating coupler may comprise a polarization splitting grating coupler (PSGC) that includes two sets of perturbed waveguides at a non-zero angle, or a plurality of non-linear rows of discrete shapes. The PSGC may comprise discrete scatterers at an intersection of the sets of perturbed waveguides. The grating coupler may comprise individual scatterers between the perturbed waveguides.

Abstract: An optical fiber with lens in which one end face of a first GRIN lens is connected to an end face of an optical fiber and one end face of a second GRIN lens is connected to another end face of the first GRIN lens, wherein the optical fiber and the first and second GRIN lenses are coaxially connected, a numerical aperture of the first GRIN lens is smaller than a numerical aperture of the second GRIN lens, and a position in a radial direction of a minimum distribution refractive index nt of the second GRIN lens is set on an inner side of an outer edge of the second GRIN lens and set at a same position as or on an outer side of an outermost periphery of light that is spread by the first GRIN lens.

Abstract: A waveguide apparatus, comprises: disposed in at least one layer: an input coupler; a first fold grating; a second fold grating; an output coupler; and a source of light optically coupled to the waveguide providing at least first and second polarizations of the light and at least one wavelength. The input coupler is configured to cause the first polarization light to travel along a first total internal reflection (TIR) path and the second polarization light to travel along a second TIR path.

Abstract: A fiber optic connector assembly having a body connected to first and second tubular enclosures at their first ends is disclosed. The first tubular enclosure extends in a first direction. The second tubular enclosure extends in a second direction. An optical splitter is positioned in the body proximal to the first ends of the first tubular enclosure and the second tubular enclosure. A first waveguide extends from the optical splitter in the first direction through the first tubular enclosure. A second waveguide extends from the optical splitter in the second direction through the second tubular enclosure. A first fiber connector in optical communication with the first waveguide is connected to a second end of the first tubular enclosure. A second fiber connector in optical communication with the second waveguide and is connected to a second end of the second tubular enclosure. In some embodiments, the body may be sealed from environmental elements.

Abstract: A fiber optic connection device having a casing with a first end and a second end is disclosed. An optical splitter is positioned in the casing and has an input proximal to the first end of the casing and an output proximal to the second end of the casing. A first optical interface is located adjacent to the first end and is in optical communication with the input of the optical splitter. The first optical interface includes a first optical fiber interconnection point. A second optical interface is located adjacent the second end of the casing and is in optical communication with the output of the optical splitter. The second optical interface includes a second optical fiber interconnection point. In some embodiments, the casing may provide protection from environmental elements.

Abstract: An optical coupler (1) for coupling light in/out of an optical receiving/emitting structure comprises an optical fiber (100), a supporting device (200) to support the optical fiber (100) comprising a supporting structure (210) in which the optical fiber is arranged, and a covering device (300) to cover the supporting structure. An end face (E100a) of the optical fiber (100) is configured to reflect the light to one of the supporting device (200) and the covering device (300) comprising a first area and a second area (210, 220, 310, 320) being provided with a respective different index of refraction or a change of the respective index of refraction so that the first area (310) is configured as one of an optical waveguide (311) and at least one optical lens (312) being embedded in the second area and forming an optical pathway in said one of the supporting device and the covering device.

Abstract: An optical fiber connector includes a body member, a positioning member, a plastic portion, and an optical fiber assembly. The body member includes a first positioning hole and a concave portion. The positioning member includes a first spacing board and at least one positioning sheet. The first spacing board is provided with a second positioning hole and a protrusion. The second positioning hole corresponds to the first positioning hole, and the protrusion corresponds to the concave portion. The at least one positioning sheet is provided with a third positioning hole corresponding to the second positioning hole. The plastic portion is formed at the third positioning hole. The optical fiber assembly includes a bare fiber and a protective layer, such that the bare fiber passes through the third positioning hole, and is enveloped by the protective layer however with at least an end of the bare fiber uncovered.

Abstract: A fiber optic connector along with a tool allows for the changing of the polarity of the fiber optic connector. Keys may be installed in both the top and the bottom of the fiber optic connector, one in a first position and the other in a second position. Using the tool in one back-and-forth motion, the polarity of the fiber optic connector can be changed. The keys have a configuration that resist an incorrect insertion and provide better retention of the keys in the correct configuration due to a better retention force.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure are drawn to methods for producing a fused connector termination. An exemplary method may include setting a specification requirement to be met by the fused connector termination and applying an amount of heat to a proximal region of an unfused connector termination. The proximal region of the unfused connector termination may include an inner optical fiber coaxially positioned within an outer ferrule, and applying the amount of heat may at least partially fuse the optical fiber to the outer ferrule to form an at least partially fused connector termination. The method may also include imaging the proximal region of the at least partially fused connector termination and determining, based on the imaging, whether the proximal region of the at least partially fused connector termination meets the specification.

Abstract: An optical fiber cable is disclosed. The optical fiber cable comprises an optical cable including optical fibers and a sheath where the optical fibers are arranged in a first array, and a holder. The optical fibers have first extending parts that extend outside from the sheath, and second extending parts that extends from the first extending parts to the tips of the optical fibers. The holder comprises a first portion that houses therein transition portions where the first extending parts transitions from the first array to a second array, and a second portion that holds parts of the first extending parts in the second array. The second portion is configured to hold the first extending parts in a manner such that a mutual positional relationship among the second extending parts keeps the same state as a mutual positional relationship among the first extending parts at the second portion.

Abstract: A cable clamp for clamping drop cable clamp assemblies to main span cables. The cable clamp has a body that includes a main span cable guide and holders for supporting one or more drop cable clamp assemblies. The body has a lower body half and an upper body half. The lower body half is movable relative to the upper body half between an open position and a clamping position. When the body is in a clamping position the lower body half and upper body half of the main span cable guide form a main span cable cradle. A stem extends through the lower body half of the main body section and is releasably secured to the upper body half of the main body section such that rotational movement of the stem is translated to movement of the lower body half relative to the upper body half. The stem has a collar and a spring is positioned on the stem between the collar and the lower body half of the intermediate body section to normally bias the body to the clamping position.

Abstract: In various embodiments, optical fibers may be placed into V-shaped grooves in a substrate. A lid may then be placed on top of the optical fibers to hold them accurately in place, and the lid may be attached to the substrate using a reflow solder technique. Epoxy may then be applied as a strain relief. Because the V-shaped grooves and optical waveguides are manufactured with precision on the same substrate, precise alignment between these two may be achieved. Because the epoxy is applied after reflow, the epoxy may not be exposed to reflow temperatures, which might otherwise cause the epoxy to distort during the cure process.

Abstract: The optical receptacle of the present invention comprises an optical receptacle body and a support member. The optical receptacle body comprises: a first optical surface upon which is incident light transmitted from the photoelectric conversion element; a second optical surface that emits light transmitted from the photoelectric conversion element to the light transmission medium. The support member comprises a support member body that includes a mounting surface for mounting on a substrate, and a second mating part that mates with the first mating part and that is positioned at a position on the inside of the support member body at a position corresponding to the first mating part. The optical receptacle is positioned on the support member side of the mounting surface.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include an optoelectronic package that allows for in situ alignment of optical fibers. In an embodiment, the optoelectronic package may include an organic substrate. Embodiments include a cavity formed into the organic substrate. Additionally, the optoelectronic package may include an actuator formed on the organic substrate that extends over the cavity. In one embodiment, the actuator may include a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer formed on the first electrode, and a second electrode formed on the piezoelectric layer. According to an additional embodiment of the invention, the actuator may include a first portion and a second portion. In order to allow for resistive heating and actuation driven by thermal expansion, a cross-sectional area of the first portion of the beam may be greater than a cross-sectional area of the second portion of the beam.

Abstract: An optoelectronic system includes an optoelectronic module and a heat sink. The optoelectronic module includes a housing and first and second housing slide locks. The first and second housing slide locks extend outward from opposite sides of the housing. The heat sink includes a heat sink bottom, first and second heat sink legs, and first and second heat sink slide locks. The first and second heat sink legs extend downward from opposite ends of the heat sink bottom. The first and second heat sink slide locks extend inward from the first and second heat sink legs. The heat sink bottom is configured to be in thermal contact with a housing top of the housing. Each of the first and second heat sink slide locks is configured to be respectively disposed beneath the first and second housing slide locks when the heat sink is removably secured to the housing.

Abstract: An optical transceiver includes a substrate, a housing, a ferrule and a fixture. The housing is disposed on an outer surface of the substrate and includes a pressed portion and an inset portion connected to each other. The pressed portion defines a first pressed surface, and the ferrule is disposed on the inset portion. The fixture is disposed on the housing, a first pressing surface of the fixture is pressed against the first pressed surface of the housing, and a second pressing surface of the fixture is pressed against a second pressed surface of the ferrule. The fixture detached from the housing is in a force-free condition, and a distance between the first pressing surface and the second pressing surface in the force-free condition is smaller than a distance between the first pressed surface and the second pressed surface.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to a chip package that includes a base that includes a redistribution layer; an optical transducer circuit element on the base electrically connected to the redistribution layer; an optical element adjacent to the optical transducer circuit element and at an edge of the base; and an encasement encasing the optical transducer circuit element and a portion of the optical element, wherein one side of the optical element is exposed at an edge of the encasement and at the edge of the printed circuit board.

Abstract: An optical fiber unit includes: an optical fiber bundle formed by bundling a plurality of optical fibers; and a plurality of bundling members. One bundling member of the plurality of bundling members is wound on an outer circumference of the optical fiber bundle in a length direction of the optical fiber bundle, while reversing a winding direction alternately, and is joined to another bundling member at a section where the winding direction is reversed. A ratio of a width of a cross-section of the bundling member to a thickness of the cross-section of the bundling member is smaller than 20.

Abstract: A fiber optic ribbon cable includes a jacket of the cable, the jacket having a cavity defined therein, an optical element including an optical fiber and extending within the cavity of the jacket, and a dry water-blocking element extending along the optical element within the cavity. The dry water-blocking element is wrapped around the optical element with at least a portion of the dry water-blocking element disposed between another portion of the dry water-blocking element and the optical element, thereby defining an overlapping portion of the dry water-blocking element. The optical element interfaces with the overlapping portion to provide direct or indirect coupling between the optical element and the jacket.

Abstract: In a step of intermittently applying an adhesive resin, while rotating an adhesive resin conveying roller formed by alternately laminating a disk-like fiber roller installed in a pass line, a disk-like partition plate having a diameter larger than that of the fiber roller and including a gap portion for holding the adhesive resin in a part of the vicinity of a peripheral edge portion in a circumferential direction, the adhesive resin conveying roller is immersed in the adhesive resin, which is not cured, to hold the adhesive resin in the gap portion, and then the optical fibers are brought into contact with the partition plate such that the partition plate is sandwiched between the optical fibers in running, so as to intermittently apply the adhesive resin held in the gap portion to the optical fibers in a longitudinal direction.

Abstract: An optic fiber system for mounting in a rack, cassette and front plate are disclosed. A fiber optic cassette receives a pair of opposed rails on opposite inner surfaces of a housing. Catches on the fiber optic cassette comprise biased tabs which engage grooves within the rails thereby releasable securing the cassette into the housing. Catches may be provided at both ends of the cassette allowing the cassette to be inserted from either end of the housing. The cassette comprises removeable front plate which is secured to it using a snap fit. The removeable plate can be used either with the cassette or as a standalone within the housing.

Abstract: Spring retainer units or clips according to the present invention are configured to be secured to the desired surface using the mounting holes provided with screws, rivets, or other fasteners. The spring retainer units or clips include a protrusion on one or more sides of the clip which meets and releasably interconnects with an opening in each the side of the cassette. Two spring retainer units or clips are required for each cassette, one for each side.

Abstract: A fiber optic cassette including a body defining a front and an opposite rear and an enclosed interior. A cable entry location is defined in the body for a cable to enter the interior of the cassette. The cable which enters at the cable entry location is attached to the cassette body and the fibers are extended into the cassette body and form terminations at connectors. The connectors are connected to adapters located at the front of the cassette. A front side of the adapters defines termination locations for cables to be connected to the fibers connected at the rear of the adapters. A cable including a jacket, a strength member, and fibers enters the cassette. The strength member is crimped to a crimp tube and is mounted to the cassette body, allowing the fibers to extend past the crimp tube into the interior of the cassette body. A strain relief boot is provided at the cable entry location.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an optical fiber laying method by using Archimedes spiral in optical frequency domain reflection, wherein the optical fiber laying method comprises the following steps: performing two measurements continuously via a two-dimensional strain sensing device, and performing cross-correlation operation on the two one-dimensional information of the local distance domain, and obtaining the strain variation of the one-dimensional information corresponding to the two measurements from the obtained cross-correlation information; deriving the two-dimensional angle information and curvature radius information of the plane to be measured corresponding to one-dimensional information in the local distance domain based on Archimedes spiral formula; deriving the position coordinates corresponding to the two-dimensional plane based on the curvature radius information and two-dimensional angle information; corresponding the strain variation of the one-dimensional information to the position coordi

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a lens unit including: a lens including a first circular shaped portion and a second circular shaped portion arranged in a row along an optical axis direction; and a lens-barrel formed of a resin and formed in a tubular shape, the lens-barrel including: a first inner peripheral face to which the first circular shaped portion is fitted, and a second inner peripheral face to which the second circular shaped portion is fitted and is positioned separated in the optical axis direction from a fitting section where the first circular shaped portion and the first inner peripheral face are fitted, the second circular shaped portion contacts with the second inner peripheral face at three or more portions in a circumferential direction.

Abstract: The present embodiment provides a camera module and a vehicle comprising same, the camera module comprising: a lens barrel accommodating at least one lens; a front body accommodating the lens barrel; a substrate assembly which couples with the front body, is disposed so as to be spaced apart from the lens barrel, and comprises at least one substrate so as to have an image sensor and a connector mounted thereon; a shield can which couples with the substrate assembly so as to accommodate at least one portion of the substrate assembly; and a rear body which couples with the front body and accommodates the substrate assembly and the shield can. The shield can comprises: a hole formed in a position corresponding to the connector; and a connection member which is bent and extends towards the inside from the hole. The connector passes through the hole, and the connector has a ground part disposed on the outer surface thereof so that the ground part and the connection member electrically make contact.

Abstract: A camera module for a vehicular vision system includes a camera housing having a rear camera housing portion, a front camera housing portion, and a lens barrel at the front camera housing portion. A lens assembly includes a plurality of optical elements arranged along an optical path for focusing images at an imager. The optical elements include barrel-mounted optical elements disposed in the lens barrel and an outermost optical element disposed at a removable cover element. The imager is optically aligned with an optical axis of the lens assembly. The cover element is removably attached at the lens barrel such that, when attached, the outermost optical element is at an appropriate location relative to the barrel-mounted optical elements for focusing of images at the imager. The cover element seals against the lens barrel when the cover element is attached and seated at the lens barrel.

Abstract: A lens driving device is provided, including: a cover member; a bobbin installed with at least one lens and having a coil unit arranged on an outer circumferential surface of the bobbin; a magnet arranged at a position corresponding to that of the coil unit; first and second elastic members, where one end of each of the first and second elastic members may be respectively coupled to an upper surface and a lower surface of the bobbin and supporting movement of the bobbin in an optical axis direction; a detection unit configured to detect movement of the bobbin in a direction parallel to the optical axis direction; a damping member arranged at a connecting portion between the bobbin and the first elastic member; and a support unit provided at at least one of the bobbin and the first elastic member and maintaining an arranged position of the damping member.

Abstract: A lens driving device (12) includes a lens support (20) configured to support a lens, a frame member (22) surrounding a periphery of the lens support (20), and a support mechanism (38) configured to support the lens support (20) so as to be freely movable relative to the frame member (22) in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis direction of the lens. The support mechanism (38) includes a support portion (44, 48) and a guiding portion (46, 50). The support portion (44, 48) and the guiding portion (46, 50) extend in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis direction of the lens, and the support portion (44, 48) is in contact with the guiding portion (46, 50) at least at two points in a cross section in the optical axis direction of the lens.

Abstract: The lens barrel comprising an optical system held by a holding portion, a fixed barrel, an operation ring rotatably supported in a circumferential direction with respect to the fixed barrel, a drive barrel that engages with the holding portion and rotate around the optical axis of the optical system to drive the holding portion in the optical axis direction, a transmitter to transmit to the drive barrel a rotational force of a motor or a rotational force of the operating ring, and a regulator to regulate the rotation of the transmitter so as to set a first range in which the transmitter rotates in the circumferential direction by the rotational force of the operating ring narrower than a third range which is wider than a second range in which the transmitter rotates in the circumferential direction rotated by the rotational force of the motor.

Abstract: An embodiment comprises: a housing including first side parts and second side parts; a bobbin arranged inside the housing, and including first side parts corresponding to the first side parts of the housing and second side parts corresponding to the second side parts of the housing; a first coil arranged on an outer surface of the bobbin; a first magnet arranged on the first side parts of the housing; a second magnet arranged on any one among the second side parts of the bobbin; and a position sensor arranged on any one of the second side parts of the housing, and sensing a strength of the magnetic field of the second magnet, wherein the second magnet is located outside the first coil, and the outside of the first coil is an opposite side of a central side of the bobbin on the basis of the first coil.

Abstract: A variable focal length lens apparatus includes an objective lens and an imaging lens that are aligned on the same optical axis; a front side lens system and a rear side lens system that are disposed in a section between the objective lens and the imaging lens on the optical axis, and change a refractive index in accordance with an input drive signal; and a diaphragm disposed in the section between the front side lens system and the rear side lens system on the optical axis.

Abstract: Various expandable mirrors and a vehicle having the same are described. An expandable mirror may include a first pane having a first reflective surface and a second pane having a second reflective surface. The expandable mirror may also include a mechanism connected with each of the first and second panes. The mechanism may be actuated to expand a viewing area of the mirror such that the expanded viewing area includes both the first and second reflective surfaces. The expandable mirror may also include a third pane having a third reflective surface that contributes to the viewing area when the mirror is expanded. The expandable mirror may also include a manual button configured to actuate or de-actuate the mechanism when pressed. The expandable mirror may also include a positioning motor configured to adjust the orientation of the viewing area of the mirror.

Abstract: Provided are an imaging device, an imaging method and an imaging control program which make it possible to shorten an imaging time, and to capture an image of each observation region at an appropriate focusing position regardless of the state of installation of a culture vessel on a stage. In a case where an observation target is imaged multiple times, a focusing position of an observation region within a culture vessel is detected by auto-focus control during first imaging, and the first imaging of each observation region is performed using the focusing position. Next, the focusing position of a reference position is detected by auto-focus control during second imaging subsequent to the first imaging, and the focusing position of each observation region detected in the first imaging is corrected on the basis of the detected focusing position and the focusing position of the reference position in the first imaging.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a camera lens assembly. The 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 first lens has a negative refractive power. The third lens has a positive refractive power. The second lens and the fourth lens both have refractive powers. An object-side surface of the third lens is a convex surface, an image-side surface of the fourth lens is a concave surface, and a radius of curvature R5 of the object-side surface of the third lens and a radius of curvature R8 of the image-side surface of the fourth lens satisfy: 0.7<R5/R8<1.2.

Abstract: It is possible to (i) cause a sixth lens to more effectively correct various aberrations and (ii) make an optical overall length shorter. A first lens (L1) has positive refractive power. A fifth lens (L5) and a sixth lens (L6) each have negative refractive power. An object-side surface (L1F) of the first lens (L1) is a convex surface. At least one of an object-side surface and an image plane-side surface of each of a second lens (L2), a third lens (L3), a fourth lens (L4), and the fifth lens (L5) is an aspheric surface. An object-side surface (L6F) of the sixth lens (L6) is a concave surface and is an aspheric surface. An image plane-side surface (L6R) of the sixth lens (L6) is an optically planar surface throughout a region corresponding to an effective diameter of the image plane-side surface (L6R) of the sixth lens (L6).

Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens having an object-side surface that is convex; a second lens having a refractive power; a third lens having a refractive power; a fourth lens having a refractive power; a fifth lens having a refractive power and an object-side surface that is concave; and a sixth lens having a refractive power and an object-side surface that is concave, wherein the first lens through the sixth lens are sequentially disposed in numerical order from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane, and the optical imaging system satisfies the conditional expressions 0.7<TL/f<1.0 and TL/2<f1, where TL is a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane, f is an overall focal length of the optical imaging system, and f1 is a focal length of the first lens.