Abstract: A photonic system includes a light source and a photonic structure. The photonic structure includes an optical transmission structure and an optical absorption structure. The optical transmission structure is configured to transmit light associated with a first wavelength range. The optical absorption structure is configured to absorb light associated with a second wavelength range. The light source is configured to provide a light beam with a wavelength that is within the second wavelength range to the optical absorption structure. The optical absorption structure is configured to generate and provide heat to the optical transmission structure when the light beam falls incident on the optical absorption structure.

Abstract: To provide a planar lightwave circuit capable of being optically connected to a semiconductor optical element or an optical wiring component in a simple, precise, and stable manner without an increase in circuit footprint or the number of fabrication steps or a deterioration of characteristics. By arranging a dummy optical waveguide having a mirror function in the vicinity of an input/output waveguide of an optical functional circuit forming the planar lightwave circuit, a semiconductor optical element or an optical wiring component can be easily aligned with and fixed to the optical functional circuit by monitoring the reflection light intensity from the dummy optical waveguide. When the optical functional circuit has a plurality of input/output waveguides to be optically connected, each input/output waveguide can be identified if the dummy optical waveguides having the mirror function have different reflection properties (such as reflectance, width, position, or reflection wavelength).

Abstract: A passive optical network includes a central office providing subscriber signals; a fiber distribution hub including an optical power splitter and a termination field; and a drop terminal. Distribution fibers have first ends coupled to output ports of a drop terminal and second ends coupled to the termination field. A remote unit of a DAS is retrofitted to the network by routing a second feeder cable from a base station to the hub and coupling one the distribution fibers to the second feeder cable. The remote unit is plugged into the corresponding drop terminal port, for example, with a cable arrangement having a sealed wave division multiplexer.

Abstract: A seal may include a first seal section defining a first internal cylindrical surface defining a first internal diameter configured to provide a substantially fluid-resistant seal between the first internal cylindrical surface and an external surface of a cable. The seal may also include a second seal section coupled to the first seal section and defining a second internal cylindrical surface defining a second internal diameter configured to provide a substantially fluid-resistant seal between the second internal cylindrical surface and an external surface of a cable, wherein the first internal diameter and the second internal diameter may differ from one another. An entry module assembly for facilitating entry of one or more cables into an enclosure may include an entry module plate defining an aperture configured to receive a cable therethrough, and a seal coupled to the entry module plate and extending through the aperture of the entry module plate.

Abstract: A fiber optic telecommunications device includes a fiber optic cassette comprising a body defining a front and an opposite rear and an enclosed interior. A fiber optic signal entry location is defined on the body for a fiber optic signal to enter the interior via a fiber optic cable. An adapter block defines a plurality of fiber optic adapters and is removably mounted to the body with a snap-fit interlock, each adapter including a front outer end, a rear inner end, and internal structures allowing mating of optical connectors mounted to the front and rear ends, respectively. A removable spacer is mounted to the body, the spacer configured to expand the size of the enclosed interior of the cassette and a removable cover is mounted to the spacer. Connectorized optical fibers extend from the fiber optic signal entry location to the rear inner ends of at least some of the fiber optic adapters for relaying the fiber optic signal to fiber optic connectors to be coupled to the front outer ends of the adapters.

Abstract: An optical apparatus includes a plurality of lenses including a first lens affixed to an optics mount holder which is adjustably affixed to an alignment channel part. The optical axis of the first lens passes through a hollow area of the alignment channel part. The lens is mounted on the optics mount holder which is adjustably affixed to one end of the alignment channel part with a plurality of adjustable fasteners. A method is provided for aligning the optical apparatus.

Abstract: A thinned lens module with high imaging quality comprises a base, an optical filter, and a metal sheet. The base defines a first receiving groove and a second receiving groove communicating with the first receiving groove. The metal sheet is received in the first receiving groove and fixed to a sidewall of the first receiving groove. The optical filter is received in the second receiving groove and fixed on the metal sheet. An electronic device including the lens module is also disclosed.

Abstract: A lens barrel includes a front end portion. The front end portion includes an outer surface facing toward an object side and an inner surface facing toward an image side. The inner surface includes an inner side conical surface. The inner side conical surface is connected to the outer surface. The inner-side conical surface includes a plurality of toothed structures, an inner edge near an optical axis and an outer edge away from the optical axis. The outer edge is closer to the image side than the inner edge. The inner edge forms a clear hole. Each of the toothed structures includes a tooth peak and a tooth valley. The tooth peak and the tooth valley are disposed at the inner edge, and the tooth peak extends from the inner edge to the outer edge to form a convex strip.

Abstract: An optical imaging lens, sequentially including at least one lens element and an optical ring element from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, is provided. The optical ring element is located on a side of the lens element closest to the image side and facing the image side, and has an object-side bearing surface facing the object side and in contact with the closest lens element. The object-side bearing surface has an object-side outer periphery and an object-side inner periphery, and the object-side inner periphery is located between the optical axis and the object-side outer periphery. The object-side bearing surface has at least one groove, and the at least one groove extends to the object-side inner periphery along a radial direction.

Abstract: An optical actuator, including: a base; a lens module comprising two first side surfaces opposite each other; and a plurality of shape memory alloy wires forming two wire groups, the two wire groups being disposed on the two first side surfaces, respectively, wherein two ends of each shape memory alloy wire are fixed to a base-end fixing device and a lens-end fixing device, respectively; and the direction of the resultant force acting on the lens module by the two wire groups is consistent with the direction of the optical axis of the lens module, so that the lens module is driven to move along the direction of the optical axis of the lens module by means of expansion and contraction of the shape memory alloy wires of the two wire groups.

Abstract: A lens barrel is removeably attachable to an image pickup unit, wherein a large amount of shake can be corrected. This lens barrel includes a mounting part that is removeably attachable to an image pickup unit, including: an image forming optical system that forms a subject image for the image pickup unit; a support unit that supports at least a portion of the image forming optical system; and a fixed unit that is disposed outside of the support unit and that is fixed to the mounting unit. The support part is relatively rotatable and moveable with respect to the fixed unit, about at least two axes which are substantially orthogonal to the light axis of the image forming optical system.

Abstract: An embodiment provides an imaging lens comprising first to fourth lenses that are sequentially arranged from an object side towards an image side and satisfying mathematical formula 1, wherein the first lens has negative refractive power, the second lens and the third lens have positive refractive power, and the fourth lens has negative refractive power. ?40.0<R1+R2<?20.0 where R1 is the curvature radius of the object side surface of the first lens, and R2 is the curvature radius of the image side surface of the first lens.

Abstract: A camera optical lens includes first to fifth lenses. The camera optical lens satisfies: 0.75?f1/f?0.95; ?4.50?f3/f??3.00; 2.00?(R5+R6)/(R5?R6)?8.00; 3.00?d7/d5?5.00; and ?12.00?R3/R4??2.50, where f denotes a focal length of the camera optical lens; f1 denotes a focal length of the first lens; f3 denotes a focal length of the third lens; R3 and R4 respectively denote curvature radiuses of an object side surface and an image side surface of the second lens; R5 and R6 respectively denote curvature radiuses of an object side surface and an image side surface of the third lens; and d5 and d7 respectively denote an on-axis thickness of the third lens and an on-axis thickness of the fourth lens. The camera optical lens can achieve good optical performance while satisfying design requirements for ultra-thin, wide-angle lenses having large apertures.

Abstract: A camera optical lens includes, from an object side to an image side: a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens and a fifth lens having a positive refractive power. The camera optical lens satisfies conditions of 0.30?f1/f?0.50, ?4.00?f3/f??1.20, 2.00?d6/d7?8.00, and 3.00?R9/R10?10.00. Here f denotes a focal length of the camera optical lens, f1 denotes a focal length of the first lens, f3 denotes a focal length of the third lens, d6 denotes an on-axis distance from an image-side surface of the third lens to an object-side surface of the fourth lens, d7 denotes an on-axis thickness of the fourth lens. The camera optical lens of the present disclosure has excellent optical performances, and meanwhile can meet design requirements of a large aperture, a wide angle and ultra-thin.

Abstract: Provided is a camera optical lens, which includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. At least one of the first lens to the sixth lens includes a free-form surface. The camera optical lens satisfies f3/f1??1.50, ?8.50?f2/f??1.50, and 4.00?(R7+R8)/(R7?R8)?16.00, where f denotes a focal length of the camera optical lens, f1 denotes a focal length of the first lens, f2 denotes a focal length of the second lens, f3 denotes a focal length of the third lens, R7 denotes a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the fourth lens, and R8 denotes a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the fourth lens. The camera optical lens according to the present disclosure has optical performance and meet the design requirements of being ultra-thin, and having a wide-angle.

Abstract: An optical lens assembly and an imaging device including the optical lens assembly are disclosed. The optical lens assembly may include a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis. The first lens may have a negative refractive power with an image-side surface being concave. The second lens may have a positive refractive power with an object-side surface being convex. The third lens may have a negative refractive power with an object-side surface and an image-side surface being concave. The fourth lens may have a positive refractive power with an object-side surface and an image-side surface being convex. The seventh lens may have a positive refractive power with an object-side surface being convex.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an optical imaging lens assembly and an electronic device. The optical imaging lens assembly includes, sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a window member; a first lens having a positive refractive power, and an object-side surface of the first lens being a convex surface; a second lens having a negative refractive power; and at least one subsequent lens having a refractive power, wherein an entrance pupil diameter EPD of the optical imaging lens assembly and half of an effective aperture DTg of the window member at an object-side surface thereof satisfy: EPD/DTg>1.6, which makes the optical imaging lens assembly have the characteristics of high resolution and miniaturization. When the optical imaging lens assembly is installed on an electronic device, it can minimize the impact on the full-screen display.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an optical imaging lens assembly, and the optical imaging lens assembly includes, sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis: a first lens having positive refractive power, and at least one subsequent lens having refractive power. An F-number Fno1 of the optical imaging lens assembly satisfies Fno1>3.5, where an object distance is finite, and an F-number Fno2 of the optical imaging lens assembly satisfies Fno2?1.0, where the object distance is infinite.

Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens, a third lens, and a fourth lens, arranged sequentially from an object side along an optical axis. The first lens through the fourth lens are spaced apart from each other along the optical axis in a paraxial region. A total focal length f of a lens unit including the first lens through the fourth lens and half (IMG HT) of a diagonal length of an imaging surface of an image sensor satisfy f/IMG HT>4.9. An effective aperture radius of an object-side surface of the first lens and an effective aperture radius of an object-side surface of the second lens are both greater than effective aperture radii of an object-side surface and an image-side surface of each of the lenses other than the first lens and the second lens.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an optical imaging lens assembly including, sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a first lens having positive refractive power with a convex object-side surface; a second lens having refractive power; a third lens having refractive power; a fourth lens having refractive power with a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface; a fifth lens having positive refractive power; and a sixth lens having negative refractive power with a convex object-side surface, wherein a distance TTL along the optical axis from the object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging plane of the optical imaging lens assembly, half of a diagonal length ImgH of an effective pixel area on the imaging plane, and half of a maximal field-of-view Semi-FOV of the optical imaging lens assembly satisfy TTL/ImgH<1.6, and 4.5 mm<f*tan(Semi-FOV)<7 mm.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an optical imaging lens assembly including, sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a first lens having refractive power; a second lens having refractive power with a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface; a third lens having refractive power; a fourth lens having negative refractive power; a fifth lens having negative refractive power with a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; and a sixth lens having refractive power with a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface. A distance TTL along the optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging plane of the optical imaging lens assembly and a total effective focal length f of the optical imaging lens assembly satisfy: TTL/f<1.

Abstract: A five-piece infrared single wavelength lens system includes, in order from the object side to the image side: a first lens element with a negative refractive power, a stop, a second lens element with a positive refractive power, a third lens element with a negative refractive power, a fourth lens element with a positive refractive power, and a fifth lens element with a negative refractive power, where a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the third lens element is R5, a central thickness of the third lens element along an optical axis is CT3, and they satisfy the relation: 5<R5/CT3<35. Such a system has a wide field of view, large stop, short length and less distortion.

Abstract: An optical system includes a first lens including a negative refractive power and a convex object-side surface, a second lens, and a third lens including a negative refractive power and a convex object-side surface. The optical system also includes a fourth lens, a fifth lens including a negative refractive power, and a sixth lens including a negative refractive power and comprising an inflection point on an image-side surface thereof. The first to sixth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object toward an imaging plane.

Abstract: Provided is a camera optical lens including a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a positive refractive power, a third lens having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens, a fifth lens having a positive refractive power, and a sixth lens. The camera optical lens satisfies: 5.00?f1/f?20.00; 12.00?(R7+R8)/(R7?R8); and 2.00?(R11+R12)/(R11?R12)?8.00, where f denotes a focal length of the camera optical lens; f1 denotes a focal length of the first lens; R7 and R8 denote curvature radiuses of an object side surface and an image side surface of the fourth lens, respectively; and R11 and R12 denote curvature radiuses of an object side surface and an image side surface of the sixth lens, respectively. The camera optical lens can achieve good optical performance while satisfying design requirements for ultra-thin, wide-angle lenses having large apertures.

Abstract: A camera optical lens is provided, including from an object side to an image side: a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens having positive refractive power; a fourth lens having negative refractive power; a fifth lens having negative refractive power; a sixth lens having positive refractive power; and a seventh lens having negative refractive power. The camera optical lens satisfies following conditions: 1.50?f2/f?5 0.00; ?9.50?(R9+R10)/(R9?R10)??1.20; ?2.00?f7/f??0.60, where f denotes focal length of the camera optical lens; f2 denotes focal length of the second lens; f7 denotes focal length of the seventh lens; R9 denotes central curvature radius of object side surface of the fifth lens; and R10 denotes central curvature radius of image side surface of the fifth lens. The above camera optical lens may meet design requirements for large aperture, wide angle and ultra-thinness, while maintaining good imaging quality.

Abstract: The present invention provides a camera optical lens, including, from an object side to an image side, a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens having a positive refractive power, and a fifth lens having a negative refractive power. The camera optical lens satisfies: ?2.00?f2/f??1.25; —1.50?f4/f5??0.80; 1.50?d6/d8?3.00; ?1.50?(R1+R2)/(R1?R2)??1.00; and 6.00?R9/R10?15.00. The camera optical lens has excellent optical performance while meeting the design requirements of a large aperture, a wide angle, and ultra-thinness.

Abstract: A camera optical lens includes successively from an object side to an image side: a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. The camera optical lens satisfies 58.00?v1?82.00; 2.30?R5/R6; and 0.80?d8/d10?1.20, where v1 denotes an abbe number of the first lens, R5 denotes a curvature radius of an object side surface of the third lens, R6 denotes a curvature radius of an image side surface of the third lens, d8 denotes an on-axis distance from an image side surface of the fourth lens to an object side surface of the fifth lens, and d10 denotes an on-axis distance from an image side surface of the fifth lens to an object side surface of the sixth lens. The camera optical lens meets design requirements of a large aperture, a wide angle, and ultra-thinness while having good optical performance.

Abstract: There is provided an imaging lens with excellent optical characteristics which satisfies demand of wide field of view, low profile and low F-number. An imaging lens comprising in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface in a paraxial region, a second lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region, a third lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region, a fourth lens with positive or negative refractive power in a paraxial region, a fifth lens, a sixth lens with positive refractive power in a paraxial region, and a seventh lens with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region, and predetermined conditional expressions are satisfied.

Abstract: A tethered imaging camera encapsulated in a shell lens element of such camera enables viewing from inside and imaging of a biological organ in/from a variety of directions. A portion of camera's optical system together with light source(s) and optical detector mutually cooperated by housing structure inside the shell are moveable/re-orientable within the shell to vary a desired view of the object space without interruption of imaging process. A tether carries electrical but not optical signals to and from the camera and controllable traction cords to move the camera, and a hand-control unit and/or electronic circuitry configured to operate the camera and power its movements. Method(s) of using optical, optoelectronic, and optoelectromechanical sub-systems of the camera.

Abstract: An athermalized Short-Wave InfraRed (SWIR) telephoto lens for a tracking camera having, in order, from a remote object to an image plane an aperture stop, a first optical element having a first element first surface radius of 23.21 mm, a first element second surface radius of 46.25 mm, a second optical element having a second element first surface radius of 22.72 mm, a second element second surface radius of 45.58 mm, a third optical element having a third element first surface radius of ?56.85 mm, a third element second surface radius of 16.65 mm, where the lens is corrected over a spectral waveband of 1.5 ?m to 1.6 ?m from ?10 C to +65 C, has a length from the first element to the camera of 88 mm, has a telephoto ratio of 0.367, has an F# of 24, and has a focal length of 240 mm.

Abstract: An optical system (ZL(1)) comprises a plurality of lens groups including a first focusing lens group (G2) and a second focusing lens group (G4) that are disposed side by side on an optical axis, and the second focusing lens group (G4) is disposed at a position closer to an image surface than the first focusing lens group (G2). The first focusing lens group (G2) has positive refractive power, and moves toward an object along the optical axis from focusing on an infinite-distance object to focusing on a short-distance object. The second focusing lens group (G4) moves toward the image surface along the optical axis from focusing on the infinite-distance object to focusing on the short-distance object. The optical system (ZL(1)) satisfies the following conditional expression. ?020<?F1/?F2<0.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for imaging: a side-view of a object on a surface, a Contact Angle of a liquid object, the color of an object, or combinations thereof.

Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for multi-color imaging using a microscope system. The microscope system can have a relatively small size compared to an average microscope system. The microscope system can comprise various components configured to reduce or eliminate image artifacts such as chromatic aberrations and/or noise from stray light that can occur during multi-color imaging. The components can be configured to reduce or eliminate the image artifacts, and/or noise without substantially changing the size of the microscope system.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a spatial posture adjusting device for an optical axis of a microscopic monitoring system for a cellular fermentation tank. The adjusting device includes a base frame, where the base frame is fixedly provided with an up/down adjustment table; the up/down adjustment table is slidably connected to a load plate; the load plate is fixedly provided with a microscope adjustment mechanism and an illumination rotation adjustment mechanism in sequence; the illumination rotation adjustment mechanism includes a base; the base is fixedly connected to a first support frame; the first support frame is fixedly provided with an illuminator; the microscope adjustment mechanism includes a second support frame; the second support frame is fixedly provided with a clamping device; the clamping device is fixedly provided with a microscope device; the illumination rotation adjustment mechanism is fixedly connected with a mobile platform.

Abstract: A system comprises one or more processors and one or more storage devices. The system is configured to receive first image data of a first image of an object from a first image sensor and receive second image data of a fluorescence image of the object from a second image sensor. Further, the system is configured to process the first image data and the second image data and generate combined image data of an output image of the object in a linear color space based on the processed first image data and the processed second image data. Additionally, the system is configured to convert the combined image data to a non-linear color space representation of the output image.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described which provide a film through scope camera mount including a housing that includes a beam splitter, first and second mirrors, and a sensor. The camera mount system may receive an input optical signal from a first direction; split the input optical signal using the beam splitter such that a first portion of the input optical signal may be communicated out of the camera mount system in a second direction and a second portion of the input optical signal may be reflected lateral to the first direction; reflect the reflected signal vertically using the first mirror; reflect the vertically reflected signal in a second lateral direction using the second mirror; and receive the signal reflected by the second mirror in the sensor, which may comprise a visible light sensor and/or an infrared sensor.

Abstract: An endoscope includes a plurality of illuminating optical systems, an objective optical system, and an optical-path splitting member. The optical-path splitting member has an optical element which forms a first optical path and a second optical path, and an optical-path length of the first optical path differs from an optical-path length of the second optical path. Illumination light is irradiated to an object from the plurality of illuminating optical systems. The objective optical system has an object-side incidence surface which is located nearest to the object, and each of the plurality of illuminating optical systems has an object-side emergence surface which is located nearest to the object. Each of the object-side emergence surfaces is located on an image side of the object-side incidence surface, and following conditional expression (1) is satisfied: 2.0<Dmin/OPLdiff<50??(1).

Abstract: A user-wearable fluorescence based visualization system comprising a multi-light lamp assembly that provides for the selected output of light using multiple light emitting sources, wherein the outputted light may be tailored to generate response wavelength by the interaction of the emitted light and a tissue illuminated by the emitted light, through the process of fluorescence, and a viewing system that allows a practitioner view the fluorescent light generated by the tissue, and distinguish between healthy and diseased tissues.

Abstract: An optical device, wherein the optical device includes a dielectric layer over a mirror layer. The optical device further includes a plurality of plasmonic nanoparticles over the dielectric layer. Additionally, the optical device includes a protective layer over the plurality of plasmonic nanoparticles.

Abstract: A foot imprinting device includes a plurality of foot imprinting units each of which includes a base seat, a colored pad disposed on the base seat, and a light transmitting sheet flippably disposed on and covering the colored pad. The light transmitting sheet is movable between a first state, in which the light transmitting sheet is configured to be stepped on by a person, and a second state, in which the light transmitting sheet is configured to show a footprint of a foot of the person.

Abstract: An optical device includes an elastic support portion which includes a torsion bar which extends along a second direction perpendicular to a first direction and a nonlinearity relaxation spring which is connected between the torsion bar and a movable portion. The nonlinearity relaxation spring is configured so that a deformation amount of the nonlinearity relaxation spring around the second direction is smaller than a deformation amount of the torsion bar around the second direction and a deformation amount of the nonlinearity relaxation spring in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction is larger than a deformation amount of the torsion bar in the third direction while the movable portion moves in the first direction. A comb electrode is disposed along an outer edge of the movable portion.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of making the apparatus, the apparatus including an optical component; an electromagnetic microactuator configured to deflect the optical component; and a substrate configured to support the electromagnetic microactuator, wherein in an undeflected state the electromagnetic microactuator is configured to support the optical component above a plane of the substrate, and wherein the electromagnetic microactuator is configured to deflect from the undeflected state, to deflect at least a portion of the optical component towards the plane of the substrate without the portion of the optical component intersecting the plane of the substrate.

Abstract: A mirror device includes a support portion, a movable portion, and a pair of torsion bars disposed on both sides of the movable portion on a first axis. The movable portion includes a frame-shaped frame connected to the pair of torsion bars and a mirror unit disposed inside the frame. The mirror unit is connected to the frame in each of a pair of connection regions located on both sides of the mirror unit in a direction parallel to a second axis. A region other than the pair of connection regions in a region between the mirror unit and the frame is a space. An outer edge of the mirror unit and an inner edge of the frame are connected to each other so that a curvature in each of the pair of connection regions is continuous when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the first and the second axes.

Abstract: A sensor is disclosed. The sensor may comprise: a housing, comprising a transmitting coil; and an optic assembly, comprising a body supporting at least one receiving coil and a conductive film that is in electrical contact with the at least one receiving coil, wherein, when the transmitting coil is energized, the at least one receiving coil is wirelessly energized causing a temperature of the film to increase.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an optical waveguide for a display device and to a method for controlling such an optical waveguide. The optical waveguide has a switchable input coupling hologram and an electrode for switching the switchable input coupling hologram. The electrode is designed as an electrode array having a pixel matrix. The pixels of the pixel matrix can be switched individually. For this purpose, the pixels can be connected to a voltage source. Controlling the pixels is performed by a control unit.

Abstract: Systems and methods according to present principles allow social distancing within themed attractions such as haunted attractions in order to allow the enjoyment of the same in various circumstances. These circumstances include times of pandemic, for customers that are afraid to congregate in large groups, for customers that desire to control aspects of the experience, and so on.

Abstract: An augmented reality head mounted display system an eyepiece having a transparent emissive display. The eyepiece and transparent emissive display are positioned in an optical path of a user's eye in order to transmit light into the user's eye to form images. Due to the transparent nature of the display, the user can see an outside environment through the transparent emissive display. The transmissive emissive display comprising a plurality of emitters configured to emit light into the eye of the user.

Abstract: The purpose is to provide a higher-quality three-dimensional image with a downsized optical system that does not need interpupillary adjustment. An ocular optical system according to the present disclosure includes, on an optical path viewed from an observer side, at least: a first polarization member; a mirror; a second polarization member; and an image display device in this order. A polarized state in the first polarization member and a polarized state in the second polarization member are orthogonal to each other.

Abstract: A display system includes a controller and a head-mounted display. The head-mounted display includes a display, a head support coupled to the display for supporting the display on a head of a user to be viewed by the user, and sensors coupled to the head support for sensing an environment from the head-mounted display unit in low light. The sensors include one or more of an infrared sensor for sensing the environment with infrared electromagnetic radiation, or a depth sensor for sensing distances to objects of the environment, and also include an ultrasonic sensor for sensing the environment with ultrasonic sound waves. The controller determines graphical content according to the sensing of the environment with the one or more of the infrared sensor or the depth sensor and with the ultrasonic sensor, and operates the display to provide the graphical content concurrent with the sensing of the environment.

Abstract: An optical reflective device for homogenizing light including a waveguide having a first and second waveguide surface and a partially reflective element is disclosed. The partially reflective element may be located between the first waveguide surface and the second waveguide surface. The partially reflective element may have a reflective axis parallel to a waveguide surface normal. The partially reflective element may be configured to reflect light incident on the partially reflective element at a first reflectivity for a first set of incidence angles and reflect light incident on the partially reflective element at a second reflectivity for a second set of incident angles.