Abstract: A method for concentrating light includes converting each section of a plurality of distinct collinear sections of incident illumination into a respective one of a plurality of collimated beams. The plurality of collimated beams forms a beam-array having an initial beam-array width in an incidence plane that intersects each of the plurality of distinct collinear sections. The method also includes decreasing a width of the beam-array from the initial beam-array width to a concentrated beam-array width that is less than a total width of the plurality of distinct collinear sections in the incidence plane.

Abstract: The present description relates to a device that includes: a microscope lens with an optical axis; a mounting that includes a distal portion, in which the microscope lens is arranged; a first end piece fixed in a removable manner, in a first operating mode for in vivo microscopic analysis of the skin, to the distal portion of the mounting; a second end piece fixed in a removable manner, in a second operating mode for ex vivo microscopic analysis of a sample, to the distal portion of the mounting; a sample carrier with a receiving surface; a support that cooperates with the second end piece in the second operating mode so as to receive the mounting so that the optical axis of the microscope lens is substantially aligned in a predetermined direction with respect to the receiving surface.

Abstract: An optical focusing and collecting system includes: a first optical shaping portion, including an output surface, adapted to supply a primary light beam which is made annular; a second optical focusing and collecting portion, including a conical upper central reflective surface and a conical lower central reflective surface; a third optical return portion, including a reflective surface located between the output surface and the upper central reflective surface, along a main optical axis (?) and having transverse dimensions smaller than those of the annular primary light beam supplied by the first optical portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a visualization device (1), in particular a virtual reality (VR) headset or head mounted display (HMD) for transferring images of a microscopy device (100), comprising: a supporting device (2) for arranging the visualization device (1) on the head of a user, at least one mounting device (3) for mounting at least one optical display device (4) about a point of rotation on the supporting device (2), wherein there is at least one drive device (5) via which the at least one optical display device (4) on the at least one mounting device (3) is movable between an operating position (B) and a rest position (R), such that the at least one optical display device (4) can be fixed, in the operating position (B), in the field of view of the user and, in the rest position (R), outside of the field of view of the user, wherein the drive device (5) is attached in a region outside of the point of rotation of the mounting device (3) on the at least one display device (4).

Abstract: The present invention relates to night-vision binoculars, comprising: a. a fixed lens assembly comprising a projection lens having an output axis referred to as the projection axis, b. two eyepieces, each eyepiece having an output axis referred to as the vision axis, the vision axes of the two eyepieces being parallel and separated by an adjustable distance, called inter-pupillary distance, the vision axis of each eyepiece also being parallel to the projection axis of the lens assembly and having the same non-zero centre-to-centre distance from the projection axis of the lens assembly, each eyepiece being rotatably movable relative to the projection axis of the lens assembly so as to adjust the inter-pupillary distance.

Abstract: A wavelength conversion device includes a main body, a counterweight element, and an adhesive. The main body has a first surface, a second surface, multiple through holes, and a recess. The recess is located on the central axis of the wavelength conversion device and is recessed into the main body relative to the first surface, and the recess has a blocking surface surrounding the central axis. The through holes has multiple segments, which are respectively partial inner walls of the through holes. The counterweight element is disposed in the recess and is supported by the blocking surface. An orthographic projection of the through hole corresponding to at least one of the segments on the second surface at least partially overlaps the orthographic projection of the counterweight element on the second surface in the direction parallel to the central axis. The adhesive at least partially covers the counterweight element.

Abstract: A first embodiment of the present invention relates to an actuator device comprising: a housing; a holder disposed inside the housing; a reflective member disposed on the holder; a moving plate disposed between the housing and the holder; a rigid mover coupled to the holder; and a damper coupled to the rigid mover, wherein the rigid mover comprises a protruding portion coupled to the housing by the damper.

Abstract: An image projection device includes: a light source; an optical scanning element; an optical member that projects the light in a circumferential direction; a sensor that detects the deflection angle and the rotation angle at a specific time point or consecutive time points in a specific period; and a processor, in which the processor determines a target scanning trajectory of a movable mirror, which is necessary for projecting a target image, and a target light emission timing in the target scanning trajectory, drives the optical scanning element based on the target scanning trajectory, calculates a trajectory of the movable mirror based on a detection value of the sensor, determines a light emission timing based on the target light emission timing and the trajectory of the movable mirror, and causes the light source to emit the light based on the determined light emission timing.

Abstract: An image calibration method and a device are provided. The method includes: obtaining a pupil position offset of a user and a visual acuity of the user, where the pupil position offset of the user is an offset of a pupil of the user relative to an optical axis; and adjusting a to-be-displayed image based on the pupil position offset of the user and the visual acuity of the user. In this way, when the user wears a head-mounted display device improperly, a point seen by the user when the user looks straight ahead is a center point of an image displayed on a display.

Abstract: An exit pupil steering device (110) comprises: at least one first lens coupler module, each of which includes: a first controllable polarization converter (114), which can convert an incident light (140) of a first polarization state into a second polarization state under control, and a first diffractive lens (113), which diffracts the incident light of the first polarization state to a first pupil location of a viewer (142) and passes the incident light of the second polarization state, or which passes the incident light of the first polarization state and diffracts the incident light of the second polarization state to the first pupil location (142); and a second lens coupler module, which is placed after the first lens coupler module and diffracts the incident light to a second pupil location of the viewer (144). The exit pupil steering device (110) can be used in an optical display system and an electronics apparatus (70).

Abstract: A projection system comprising a display device, a hologram engine and a waveguide. The display device is arranged to display a hologram of an image and spatially modulate light in accordance with the hologram to form a holographic wavefront. The hologram engine is arranged to calculate the hologram. The hologram is arranged to angularly distribute light within the holographic wavefront in accordance with spatial position within the image such that continuous angular ranges of the holographic wavefront respectively correspond with continuous regions of the image. The waveguide comprising a pair of parallel reflective surfaces arranged to waveguide the holographic wavefront therebetween. A first surface of the pair of parallel reflective surfaces is partially reflective-transmissive so as to form an output comprising a plurality of emission zones for the holographic wavefront.

Abstract: A method of head-up display for a vehicle. A first step comprises displaying a hologram of an image on a display device and spatially modulating light in accordance with the displayed hologram to form a holographic wavefront. A second step comprises replicating the holographic wavefront in a first direction using a first pupil expander to form a 1D array of replicas of the holographic wavefront. A third step comprises using a windscreen of the vehicle as a second pupil expander to form a 2D array of replicas of the holographic wavefront from the 1D array of replicas.

Abstract: Disclosed is eye-tracking system (100, 302) comprising: light-emitting units (102a-b), each light-emitting unit comprising light source(s) (108a-b, 202) and means (110a-b, 200) for changing direction of light beam emitted by light source(s), wherein light-emitting units are controlled to emit respective light beams towards user's eye and to change directions of light beams; light sensors (104a-b) to sense reflections of light beams off surface of user's eye; and processor(s) (106) configured to: detect, based on reflections sensed by light sensors, specific direction of light beam at which it is incident upon pupil of user's eye; determine position of pupil, based on specific directions of light beams emitted by light sources of at least two of light-emitting units at which light beams are incident upon pupil and positions of light sources of at least two of light-emitting units; and determine gaze direction of user's eye, based on position of pupil.

Abstract: A head-up display includes an image generation unit emitting light for generating a predetermined image and a mirror reflecting the light so that a transmission member is irradiated with the light emitted by the image generation unit. The image generation unit includes a light source, an optical member transmitting light from the light source, and a liquid crystal portion in which an original image for forming the predetermined image is generated by the light emitted from the optical member. The original image is formed in a shape corresponding to distortion of the predetermined image. The optical member is formed in a shape matching the shape of the original image.

Abstract: Computer-implemented methods of operating an augmented reality device can involve capturing camera images, processing the camera images, and displaying virtual display images. The camera images can be captured automatically using a camera disposed within an augmented reality device worn by a user. The camera images can be processed automatically using a processor located within the augmented reality device. The virtual display images can be displayed automatically to the user within the augmented reality device while the user is looking through the augmented reality device and simultaneously viewing real objects through the augmented reality device. The virtual display images can be based on the processed camera images. Additional steps can include accepting a first user input, storing camera image(s) on a memory located within the augmented reality device based on the first input, accepting a second user input, and displaying stored image(s) to the user based on the second input.

Abstract: A head-up display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image, and a reflecting mirror configured to reflect light from the display panel. An optical distance between the reflecting mirror and the display panel is changed to continuously change a display position of a virtual image from a distant place to an adjacent position such that a virtual image obtained by being reflected at an upper portion of a windshield is formed farther than a virtual image obtained by being reflected at a lower portion of the windshield when viewed from a viewpoint position of a driver.

Abstract: A head-up display includes: a display device that emits image light; a mirror that reflects the image light; a mirror holder that supports the mirror and includes a rotational shaft; a bearing that rotatably supports the rotational shaft; and a pressing component that presses a portion of the rotational shaft. The rotational shaft includes an eccentric portion including an area in which a distance from a rotation center changes. The pressing component presses the eccentric portion.

Abstract: Provided is a display device including a photographic image acquisition unit that acquires data regarding a photographic image to be displayed, a plurality of singular point detection units that each determine whether or not an allocated target pixel in the photographic image is a singular point which has an abnormal value, a plurality of correction units that each correct a pixel value by using values of adjacent pixels when the allocated target pixel is the singular point, and an output unit that outputs data regarding an image in which a pixel value of the singular point has been corrected, to a display panel.

Abstract: A Pancharatnam-Berry phase (PBP) lens includes a substrate and one or more liquid crystal material layers on the substrate. The one or more liquid crystal material layers include a plurality of zones at different distances from a center of the PBP lens, where different zones of the plurality of zones of the one or more liquid crystal material layers have different liquid crystal twist angles along a surface-normal direction of the substrate and different phase delays for surface-normal incident light. The PBP lens can have an f-number less than 1, and can be used in a near-eye display system to project display images to an eye of a user at an efficiency greater than 75% at a peripheral region of the PBP lens.

Abstract: A head mounted display, a display device and an image display method thereof are provided. The display device includes a first display and a second display. The first display is configured to provide a first display image to a peripheral area of a target zone. The second display is configured to provide a second display image to a central area of the target zone. A resolution of the second display image is higher than a resolution of the first display image.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR) systems for providing a user additional information that was previously invisible to the naked eye. More specifically, the invention relates to a system that is capable of overlaying information onto human vision such that the user can see both the environment around them, and the information superimposed over it.

Abstract: An image display device includes: a display unit including a projection optical system and a combiner in an integrated state; and a frame configured to support the display unit, in which the display unit includes an upper portion that is in contact with a periphery of an opening of the frame and is fixed in a hung state, and the frame includes, at an upper side, a recessed portion at which a circuit member is disposed.

Abstract: An image display device according to a specific aspect includes: a first image element, a first optical member disposed on a light emission side of the image element, a second optical member including an incident surface disposed on the light emission side of the first optical member, a reflection surface configured to bend an optical axis, and a concaved emitting surface, and a barrel configured to accommodate the first optical member and hold the second optical member, wherein the emitting surface of the second optical member is exposed through an opening of the barrel, and an outer edge of the emitting surface is surrounded by an edge portion of the opening.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a near-eye, near-eye display system comprises a stack of waveguides having pillars in a central, active portion of the waveguides. The active portion may include light outcoupling optical elements configured to outcouple image light from the waveguides towards the eye of a viewer. The pillars extend between and separate neighboring ones of the waveguides. The light outcoupling optical elements may include diffractive optical elements that are formed simultaneously with the pillars, for example, by imprinting or casting. The pillars are disposed on one or more major surfaces of each of the waveguides. The pillars may define a distance between two adjacent waveguides of the stack of waveguides. The pillars may be bonded to adjacent waveguides may be using one or more of the systems, methods, or devices herein. The bonding provides a high level of thermal stability to the waveguide stack, to resist deformation as temperatures change.

Abstract: An optical display system and an electronic device are disclosed. The optical display system comprises: an image generating unit, which generates an image light output, wherein the image light output has a narrow angular luminance distribution; and an optical lens system, which is placed in front of the image generating unit and guides the image light output to an eye of a viewer, wherein the image generating unit includes: an image generating component, which generates a polarized light output; a polarization-dependent light deflection component, disposed to accept the polarized light output from the image-generating component and increase the amount of the polarized light output that can enter an exit pupil of the optical lens system, and the polarized light output deflected by the polarization-dependent light deflection component has the narrow angular luminance distribution.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a processor of a wearable device is configured to control a display to display a visual object in association with an external object viewable through a display. The processor is configured to identify whether an acoustic signal is output from an external object, in response to receiving the acoustic signal having a first volume while displaying the visual object, through a microphone of the wearable device, based at least on an image obtained by a camera. Based on identifying that the acoustic signal is output from the external object, the processor is configured to obtain a second volume corresponding to the visual object, by adjusting the first volume based on a position relationship between the external object and the visual object. The processor is configured to output an audio signal corresponding to the visual object through a speaker of the wearable device based on the obtained second volume.

Abstract: A head-mounted device may include a main housing portion and a temple housing portion. Displays in the main housing portion may be configured to present images that are viewable from eye boxes. A light-blocking cover may extend between the main housing portion and the temple housing portion and may be configured to prevent outside light from reaching the eye boxes. The light-blocking cover may have a stretchable outer fabric layer and an inner light-blocking layer formed from fabric or other suitable materials. The light-blocking cover may include slack in the inner light-blocking layer so that the inner light-blocking layer can accommodate movement of the main housing portion relative to the temple housing portion without sacrificing opacity. The slack may be heat-set, molded, or covered with a layer of elastic so that the slack returns to a retracted state within the temple housing portion after being expanded.

Abstract: A display may include an optical emitter that emits infrared light, a first coupler that couples the infrared light into a waveguide, and a second optical coupler that couples the infrared light out of the waveguide and towards the eye box. The infrared light may reflect off an eye as reflected light. The second optical coupler may couple the reflected light into the waveguide and the first optical coupler may couple the reflected light out of the waveguide and towards a camera for performing gaze tracking operations based on the sensor data. The display may sequentially illuminate different regions of the eye with the infrared light at different times using a scanning mirror, an array of light sources, or a wavelength-adjustable light source and gratings. This may minimize infrared light scattering, which minimizes background generation and maximizes signal-to-noise ratio for gaze tracking operations.

Abstract: Examples of an imaging system for use with a head mounted display (HMD) are disclosed. The imaging system can include a forward-facing imaging camera and a surface of a display of the HMD can include an off-axis diffractive optical element (DOE) or hot mirror configured to reflect light to the imaging camera. The DOE or hot mirror can be segmented. The imaging system can be used for eye tracking, biometric identification, multiscopic reconstruction of the three-dimensional shape of the eye, etc.

Abstract: Disclosed is a head-mounted display including a captured image acquisition section that acquires data of an image captured by a camera mounted on the head-mounted display, a display image generation section that displays the captured image on a projection plane set in a virtual three-dimensional space as a display target and draws an image obtained when the captured image is viewed from a virtual camera, to generate a display image including the captured image, a projection plane controlling section that changes the projection plane according to a situation, and an outputting section that outputs the display image.

Abstract: A display system may include a diffuser having a curved surface, a display device positioned to emit light that is focused on the curved surface of the diffuser, at least one viewing optic, and an eye box. The light focused on the curved surface of the diffuser may have a first cone angle and is diffused by the diffuser such that light output from the diffuser has a second cone angle, the second cone angle being larger than the first cone angle. Additionally, the light output from the diffuser may propagate through the at least one viewing optic to the eye box. Various other devices, systems, and methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: An image processing device includes at least one processor, in which in a case in which, for at least one image of a real image visually recognized by a user through a transmission unit of a glasses-type information display device or a projected image projected onto the transmission unit and visually recognized by the user, a visibility change unit that changes visibility by the user changes visibility of the real image, the processor generates an image simulating the real image after the change in visibility from a captured image obtained by imaging a real world with a camera based on at least one of information indicating the change in visibility, model information on the glasses-type information display device, or model information on the camera.

Abstract: A control device includes at least one processor, in which the processor acquires a region of interest of a user, performs, for at least one image of a real image visually recognized by the user through a transmission unit or a projected image projected onto the transmission unit and visually recognized by the user, a control to change visibility by the user based on a relationship between at least one of the real image or the projected image and the region of interest, by a visibility change unit that changes the visibility, and records the projected image in which the visibility is not changed by the visibility change unit.

Abstract: A display system is configured to direct a plurality of parallactically-disparate intra-pupil images into a viewer's eye. The parallactically-disparate intra-pupil images provide different parallax views of a virtual object, and impinge on the pupil from different angles. In the aggregate, the wavefronts of light forming the images approximate a continuous divergent wavefront and provide selectable accommodation cues for the user, depending on the amount of parallax disparity between the intra-pupil images. The amount of parallax disparity may be selected using an array of shutters that selectively regulate the entry of image light into an eye. Each opened shutter in the array provides a different intra-pupil image, and the locations of the open shutters provide the desired amount of parallax disparity between the images. In some other embodiments, the images may be formed by an emissive micro-display.

Abstract: This disclosure describes a wearable display system configured to project light to the eye(s) of a user to display virtual (e.g., augmented reality) image content in a vision field of the user. The system can include light source(s) that output light, spatial light modulator(s) that modulate the light to provide the virtual image content, and an eyepiece configured to convey the modulated light toward the eye(s) of the user. The eyepiece can include waveguide(s) and a plurality of in-coupling optical elements arranged on or in the waveguide(s) to in-couple the modulated light received from the spatial light modulator(s) into the waveguide(s) to be guided toward the user's eye(s). The spatial light modulator(s) may be movable, and/or may include movable components, to direct different portions of the modulated light toward different ones of the in-coupling optical elements at different times.

Abstract: A method for generating an image in a near-eye display may include dividing an image into first and second sub-images, sequentially transmitting the first sub-image and the second sub-image through a channel, extracting light corresponding to the first sub-image in a first polarization and light corresponding to the second sub-image in a second polarization, deflecting a first order of the light in the first polarization in a first direction, and deflecting an opposite order of the light in the second polarization in a opposite direction different from the first direction. The resulting image width corresponding to a wider field of view.

Abstract: The current invention relates to an improved hinge system in a head-mounted device for allowing movement of a carrier supporting an electronic device.

Abstract: An augmented reality, virtual reality, and/or mixed reality (AR/VR) system includes a wearable visualization assembly configured to be worn by a user and to display virtual features for visualization by the user during a ride stage of an attraction. The wearable visualization assembly includes a sensor configured to provide feedback indicative of an attachment status of the wearable visualization assembly on the user. The AR/VR system also includes a retraction assembly coupled to the wearable visualization assembly via a tether and configured to retrieve the tether. The AR/VR system further includes a controller communicatively coupled to the retraction assembly and the sensor. The controller is configured to actuate the retraction assembly to retrieve the tether to transition the wearable visualization assembly to a storage configuration in response to the feedback indicating that the wearable visualization assembly is in a detached configuration during the ride stage.

Abstract: A magnification application for use with augmented reality (AR) eyewear devices. The magnification application enables a user of an eyewear device to activate a magnification overlay on a display whenever a camera on the eyewear device detects that the field of view includes a registered virtual marker. The magnified overlay includes one or more frames of the captured video data, presented according to a predefined and configurable magnification power. A pointer including a vector and a visual tether guides the user toward the virtual marker. When the eyewear device location is near a perimeter associated with the virtual marker, the magnified overlay appears in a predefined and configurable frame on the display.

Abstract: A laser system includes a laser source generating a laser beam having ultra-short pulses; a laser delivery assembly optically receiving the laser beam and comprising: a beam splitter configured to split the laser beam between a first beam delivery path and a second beam delivery path; and at least one focusing lens optically coupled to the beam splitter and configured to focus the laser beam from each of the first beam delivery path and the second beam delivery path to a focal point on a predefined plane; wherein the first beam delivery path intersects the predefined plane at a first angle, the second beam delivery path intersects the predefined plane at a second angle, and a first pulse from the first beam delivery path and a second pulse from the second beam delivery path are coincident at the focal point.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for generating high power flattop laser beams are disclosed. Schematics and arrangements of diodes, fast axis and slow axis cylindrical lens arrays, collimation lenses, and other optics are described and disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of generating flattop beams for myriad applications.

Abstract: An exemplary illumination source is provided. The illumination source includes a light integrating device for coupling to at least one optical structure at an output port. The light integrating device includes at least one input port. At least one light source produces at least one optical illumination coupled to the at least one input port. A light adjusting tool controls the optical illumination emitted by the light integrating device. The light adjusting tool controls uniformity of light emitted by the light integrating device by modifying at least one internal surface of the light integrating device.

Abstract: An one-way homogeneous beam expanding screen (20) and a three-dimensional display device. The one-way homogeneous beam expanding screen (20) comprises a lenticular grating (22) and at least one linear Fresnel lens (21); the linear Fresnel lens (21) is located between a projection unit (10) and the lenticular grating (22); the linear Fresnel lens (21) comprises a plurality of tooth-shaped structures (211) extending in a second direction (x); the linear Fresnel lens (21) is used for deflecting a light beam emitted by the projection unit (10) and enabling the deflected light beam to be normally incident to the lenticular grating (22); a grating line (221) of the lenticular grating (22) extends along the second direction (x); the lenticular grating (22) is used for uniformly expanding a light beam emitted by the linear Fresnel lens (21) along a first direction (y), wherein the first direction (y) intersects with the second direction (x).

Abstract: A laser light source combiner system includes a laser light source, a phosphor wheel, a first dichroic filter located between the laser light source and the phosphor wheel, and a dichroic filter assemble located between the first dichroic filter and the laser light source. The laser light source is configured to emit a first blue light traveling along a first direction. The phosphor wheel is configured to reflect a portion of the first blue light so as to form a second blue light and to convert a portion of the second blue light into a fluorescent light. The first dichroic filter is configured to make the second blue light partially transmit and partially reflected and make the fluorescent light transmit. The dichroic filter assemble is configured to reflect the second blue light and the fluorescent light.

Abstract: An example apparatus may include a display and an optical configuration configured to provide an image of a display, for example, in a head-mounted device. An example apparatus may include a display, a first lens assembly including a lens and a reflector, and a second lens assembly including a second lens and a second reflector. In some examples, the first lens assembly has a front surface configured to receive display light from the display when the display is energized. The first lens assembly may include a Fresnel surface (e.g., a Fresnel surface including facets and steps) that may, for example, be formed in a lens surface, or in the surface of a substrate supported by a lens surface. Other devices, methods, systems and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal diffraction element in which chromatic aberration is small and diffraction efficiency is high in the liquid crystal diffraction element, and an image display apparatus and a head mounted display which use this diffraction element. The liquid crystal diffraction element includes an optically anisotropic layer that is formed of a liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystal compound, where the optically anisotropic layer has a liquid crystal alignment pattern in which a direction of an optical axis derived from the liquid crystal compound changes while continuously rotating along at least one in-plane direction, and the optically anisotropic layer has at least a curved surface portion.

Abstract: In a light shielding unit, an introductory reflection surface is positioned in the vicinity of a focus position of a first-order diffracted beam on an optical axis of a first-order diffracted beam and in the vicinity of a zero-order diffracted beam aperture. The introductory reflection surface reflects the first-order diffracted beam in a direction deviating from an incident direction of the first-order diffracted beam and going away from an optical axis of a zero-order diffracted beam. A light guide path has an introduction port to which light from the introductory reflection surface is incident and guides light introduced from the introduction port. A circumference of the light guide path is surrounded by a light shielding member. A light absorbing part absorbs light guided while being diffused by the light guide path.

Abstract: A method for optical contact bonding components includes: placing a first surface (2a) of a first component (2) onto a second surface (3a) of a second component (3), to form an air film, and pressing the first surface against the second surface for optical contact bonding of the two components. Placing and pressing the first component is carried out by a robot (4). A laminar gas flow (10) is generated between the first and second surfaces with a ventilation device (9). A related apparatus (1) includes: the robot, configured to place the first surface onto the second surface thereby forming an air film. The robot presses the first surface against the second surface, to optically contact bond the first and second components. A holding device (8) holds the second component during the placing and pressing. A ventilation device generates the laminar gas flow between the first and second surfaces.

Abstract: An optical image stabilization unit capable of being miniaturized is provided. The optical image stabilization unit includes a fixed member, a lens, a movable member that holds the lens and is movable on a plane, which is substantially perpendicular to an optical axis direction, in the fixed member, a position detection sensor held by the movable member, and a flexible printed wiring board. The flexible printed wiring board includes a fixed side holding portion that is fixed to the fixed member, a movable side holding portion that is fixed to the movable member, a bending portion that connects the fixed side holding portion and the movable side holding portion, and a sensor mounting portion, on which the position detection sensor is mounted. When the flexible printed wiring board is viewed from the optical axis direction, the bending portion and the sensor mounting portion are disposed to overlap each other.

Abstract: A lens device includes a base, a lens module, a first carrier, a second carrier and a resilient element. The lens module includes an optical axis extended in a first direction. The first carrier is disposed on the base to carry the lens module. The second carrier is disposed on the base to carry the first carrier. The resilient element is flexible and connects the second carrier and the base. The first carrier is movable with respect to the second carrier in the first direction. The second carrier carrying the first carrier is movable with respect to the base in a second direction and a third direction. The first direction is perpendicular to the second direction and the third direction.