Mounting Of Optical Parts, E.g., Lenses, Shutters, Filters (epo) Patents (Class 348/E5.028)
  • Patent number: 11693130
    Abstract: A radiation detection device includes a circuit board, a light receiving sensor having a light receiving region and a plurality of circuit regions, an FOP, a scintillator layer, and a plurality of wires. The FOP includes a first portion facing the light receiving region and fixed to the light receiving sensor, a second portion facing the circuit region while separated from the light receiving sensor, and a second portion facing the circuit region while separated from the light receiving sensor. The second portions are integrally formed with the first portion. One end of the wire is connected to the circuit region in a region between the light receiving sensor and the second portion, and one end of the wire is connected to the circuit region in a region between the light receiving sensor and the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Keisuke Nakao, Kazuhisa Miyaguchi
  • Patent number: 10838164
    Abstract: A holding apparatus which holds an optical element, the apparatus including: a lens barrel having an axis; and an annular pressing member configured to be screwed with the lens barrel and press the optical element against the lens barrel in a direction of the axis, wherein an engaging portion is formed in the pressing member, the engaging portion being to engage with a fastening tool for fastening the pressing member, at least a part of the engaging portion being formed, in the direction, in a region of the pressing member where the pressing member is screwed with the lens barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Shima, Hidenori Nakagawa, Toshinori Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 10819893
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a mobile terminal device. The mobile terminal includes a housing having a receiving space, a driving module, a telescopic bracket, and a camera module. The housing includes a first surface adjacent to the receiving space, a second surface away from the receiving space, and a through hole extending through the first surface to the second surface. The driving module is received in the receiving space of the housing and disposed adjacent to the first surface. The telescopic bracket includes two openings and a telescopic space extending through the two openings. The telescopic bracket is disposed on the second surface of the housing, the opening corresponds to the position of the through hole, and one end of the camera module is electrically connected to the driving module, and the other end penetrates the through hole and is received in the telescopic space of the telescopic bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: AAC Optics Solutions Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ossi Pirinen, Tomi Lintulahti
  • Patent number: 10656373
    Abstract: The disclosed apparatus may include (1) a camera lens assembly including at least one lens held within a lens barrel, (2) a conductive coil fixably attached to the lens barrel, (3) a housing at least partially surrounding the conductive coil and the lens barrel, (4) at least one mechanical flexure maintaining the lens barrel within the housing and allowing movement of the lens barrel between stabilized discrete positions along an optical axis of the lens barrel, and (5) a magnet spaced from the conductive coil and coupled to the housing such that, in response to an electrical current in the conductive coil, an electromagnetic interaction between the conductive coil and the magnet causes the lens barrel to move from a first position of the stabilized discrete positions to a second position of the stabilized discrete positions. Various other systems and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Andrew Matthew Bardagjy
  • Patent number: 10630908
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a system for and method of frequency prefiltering comprising a camera shutter capable of continuously variable illumination during a single exposure of the sensor. The shutter comprises a continuously variable exposure effector which in disposed in an image path, either in front of a lens or between a lens and a sensor. The system for frequency prefiltering further comprises a synchronization cable that synchronizes a drive system with a sensor or with film. The shutter further comprises a postfilter. The postfilter comprises a digital finite impulse response convolutional filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: RED.COM, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Wayne Davis, John Rodrigue Kouns
  • Patent number: 10404921
    Abstract: A method comprising receiving first camera information from a first camera module that is configured to face in a first camera direction, causing display of at least part of the first camera information, receiving information indicative of a zoom input that corresponds with a zoom direction that signifies zooming out of the first camera information, determining that the zoom input is indicative of zooming beyond a zoom out threshold associated with the first camera information, receiving second camera information from a second camera module that is configured to face in a second camera direction based, at least in part, on the determination that the zoom input is indicative of zooming beyond the zoom out threshold, and causing display of at least part of the second camera information is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Toni Makinen, Mikko Tammi, Miikka Vilermo
  • Patent number: 10401711
    Abstract: A multidirectional drive device includes: a driven member that comprises a spherical surface having depressions and protrusions; a rotation driving part that is in contact with the spherical surface of the driven member and rotates the driven member; and a supporting member that is fixed to the driven member and supports an operated body. At least either one of a position and an orientation of the operated body is adjusted by rotation of the driven member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: NEC Embedded Products, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomomi Matsuda, Riichiro Tadakuma, Hiroto Saito, Kazuki Abe
  • Patent number: 10277791
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a camera module, the camera module including a circuit board, an image sensor disposed on an upper surface of the circuit board, a current carrying part electrically connecting the image sensor and the circuit board, and a base disposed on the upper surface of the circuit board, wherein the base is not overlapped with the image sensor and the current carrying part in a direction of an optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Min Ha, Hyun Ah Oh
  • Patent number: 10264179
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a photographing apparatus, where the photographing apparatus includes a first lens and a second lens, where the first lens and the second lens are separately disposed on two adjacent surfaces of the photographing apparatus, the first lens is configured to acquire a first image, and the second lens is configured to acquire a second image; a light control unit, disposed at a juncture of an optical axis of the first lens and an optical axis of the second lens, and configured to transmit or reflect the first image, and reflect or transmit the second image; and an image sensing unit configured to collect the first image and the second image using the light control unit, and synthesize the first image and the second image into an image of a wide field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jing Xu, Yingtao Li, Limin Xia
  • Patent number: 10233291
    Abstract: The present invention relates to ligands, nanocrystal complexed with the ligands and their use for bio-imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignees: NEXDOT, FONDS DE L'ESPCI-GEORGES CHARPAK
    Inventors: Nicolas Lequeux, Thomas Pons, Emerson Giovanelli
  • Patent number: 10151965
    Abstract: This application relates to the field of aerial vehicle technologies, and provides a motor, a gimbal, and an unmanned aerial vehicle. The motor includes: a first and a second connection terminals, where the first connection terminal includes a circuit board including a coil circuit; the second connection terminal includes a permanent magnet adjacent to the coil circuit, wherein there is a gap between the permanent magnet and the coil circuit, and the permanent magnet has an axial magnetization structure; one of the first and the second connection terminals is fixedly connected to a lens module and sleeved over the lens module, and the other is movably connected to the lens module and sleeved over the lens module. In the foregoing manner, the overall size and weight of the motor are greatly reduced, and therefore, the motor has the advantages of a compact structure, a small size, and a light weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhengli Zhang, Songtao Chang, Zhuanpeng Cheng
  • Patent number: 10133053
    Abstract: A method of generating in-focus images of measurement locations of a sample holder in a microscopy imaging system is provided. A camera array is positioned at a first distance from the sample holder. A first image of a measurement location is acquired using an imaging device disposed on the camera array. A candidate output image associated with the imaging device is developed in accordance with the first image. The camera array is positioned at a second distance from the sample holder and a second image of the measurement location is acquired using the imaging device. A portion of the candidate output image is updated in accordance with a portion of the second image in accordance with a selection criterion. The updated candidate image is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Molecular Devices, LLC
    Inventor: Avrum I. Cohen
  • Patent number: 10097742
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid lens control circuit, which includes a liquid lens including a plurality of individual electrodes disposed in compartmental areas at the same level and a common electrode disposed at a different level from that of the individual electrodes, a voltage control circuit configured to supply voltages to the common electrode and at least one of the individual electrodes in the liquid lens in order to control an interface in the liquid lens, and a capacitance measuring circuit configured to calculate a capacitance between the common electrode and at least one of the individual electrodes in the liquid lens using a switched capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Seop Moon, Young Woon Kim
  • Patent number: 10067406
    Abstract: A light adjusting apparatus includes a substrate, a rotating shaft member made of an axial magnet, a light adjusting section rotatably integrated with the rotating shaft member and an electromagnetic drive source rotating the rotating shaft member using a coil core member made of a coil and a magnetic body, the light adjusting apparatus being configured to adjust light by displacing the light adjusting section to a retracted position and an inserted position, and a rotatable range ?a is set to have a portion overlapping at least one of a range ?n in which a direction of torque acting on the rotating shaft member when no current is flowing through the coil becomes a negative direction and a range ?p in which the direction of torque becomes a positive direction, and a range ?1 where ?a overlaps ?n and a range ?2 where ?a overlaps ?p have different widths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaya Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10008533
    Abstract: A semiconductor package device includes a first semiconductor package including a first package substrate and a semiconductor chip stacked on the first package substrate, and a second semiconductor package stacked on the first semiconductor package. The second semiconductor package includes a second package substrate, an image sensor chip stacked on the second package substrate, and a transparent substrate disposed on the image sensor chip. The first semiconductor chip may include a semiconductor memory device, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and/or an image sensor driver circuit and may transfer, process and/or store signals output from the image sensor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyunsu Jun
  • Patent number: 10003725
    Abstract: An open-ended, incoherent bundle of optical fibers transmits light from a nearby scene. A camera captures images of the back end of the fiber bundle. Because the fiber bundle is incoherent, the captured image is shuffled, in the sense that the relative position of pixels in the image differs from the relative position of the scene regions that correspond to the pixels. Calibration is performed in order to map from the front end positions to the back-end positions of the fibers. In the calibration, pulses of light are delivered, in such a way that the time at which light reflecting from a given pulse enters a given fiber directly correlates to the position of the front end of the given fiber. A time-of-flight sensor takes measurements indicative of these time signatures. Based on the map obtained from calibration, a computer de-shuffles the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Barmak Heshmat Dehkordi, Ik Hyun Lee, Hisham Bedri, Ramesh Raskar
  • Patent number: 9894254
    Abstract: An open-ended, incoherent bundle of optical fibers transmits light from a nearby scene. A camera captures images of the back end of the fiber bundle. Because the fiber bundle is incoherent, the captured image is shuffled, in the sense that the relative position of pixels in the image differs from the relative position of the scene regions that correspond to the pixels. Calibration is performed in order to map from the front end positions to the back-end positions of the fibers. In the calibration, pulses of light are delivered, in such a way that the time at which light reflecting from a given pulse enters a given fiber directly correlates to the position of the front end of the given fiber. A time-of-flight sensor takes measurements indicative of these time signatures. Based on the map obtained from calibration, a computer de-shuffles the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Barmak Heshmat Dehkordi, Ik Hyun Lee, Hisham Bedri, Ramesh Raskar
  • Patent number: 9735866
    Abstract: The present invention describes a method, system and device for supervising a set of optical fibers of an Optical Network (detecting and locating the failures in deployed optical fibers) which solve some of the problems found in prior art techniques The embodiments of the present invention suggest an innovative approach, which allows to accurately and unambiguously detect and locate failures even in complex point to multipoint optical fiber networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Telefonica, S.A.
    Inventors: Manuel Sanchez Yanguela, Rafael Canto Palancar
  • Patent number: 9634046
    Abstract: A semiconductor package can include a substrate and a semiconductor chip inside the semiconductor package mounted on the substrate. A first conductive pattern can be on the substrate inside the semiconductor package and can be electrically connected to an input/output of the semiconductor chip. A holder can be on the substrate, where the holder can be configured to provide a recess in which the semiconductor chip is located. An electrically insulating adhesive layer can be configured to electrically insulate the first conductive pattern from an Electric Static Discharge (ESD) source located outside the semiconductor package and configured to adhere the holder to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyunsu Jun
  • Patent number: 9612362
    Abstract: Provided herein are an optical zoom lens capable of actively zooming in and/or out and an apparatus using the same. The optical zoom lens may include an electro-active polymer layer configured to be deformable in response to an electric signal; a lens structure formed over the electro-active polymer layer; a first electrode formed on an upper surface of the electro-active polymer layer; a second electrode formed on a lower surface of the electro-active polymer layer; and a control circuit unit configured to apply a voltage to the first electrode and the second electrode. The optical zoom lens, having a structure of a combination of the polymer lens structure and the electro-active polymer actuator, is able to embody active variation in position of the polymer lens structure body and control therefor using deformation of the electro-active polymer layer by an electric signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sung Ryul Yun, Ki Uk Kyung, Sun Tak Park, Sae Kwang Nam, Bong Je Park
  • Patent number: 9606425
    Abstract: An imaging optical system, which images an image on one conjugate surface of an enlargement side conjugate surface and a reduction side conjugate surface onto the other conjugate surface, includes, in order from the reduction side conjugate surface to the enlargement side conjugate surface, a refractive optical system and a reflective optical system. The refractive optical system forms an intermediate real image at an intermediate imaging position inside the refractive optical system. The reflective optical system includes a convex mirror disposed closest to the enlargement side conjugate surface. The predetermined conditional expression is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Ode, Kazuhiro Inoko
  • Patent number: 9602732
    Abstract: A method comprising receiving first camera information from a first camera module that is configured to face in a first camera direction, causing display of at least part of the first camera information, receiving information indicative of a zoom input that corresponds with a zoom direction that signifies zooming out of the first camera information, determining that the zoom input is indicative of zooming beyond a zoom out threshold associated with the first camera information, receiving second camera information from a second camera module that is configured to face in a second camera direction based, at least in part, on the determination that the zoom input is indicative of zooming beyond the zoom out threshold, and causing display of at least part of the second camera information is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Toni Mäkinen, Mikko Tammi, Miikka Vilermo
  • Patent number: 9593945
    Abstract: A compact integrated optical system including an eyepiece, a reflective telescope, and a multi-spectral combiner optically coupled between the reflective telescope and the eyepiece, and configured to direct visible light received via the reflective telescope assembly along a direct view optical path to the eyepiece assembly. In one example, the multi-spectral combiner includes a display that displays a visual representation of the imagery of the viewed scene, and laser range-finder transceiver that transmits and receives a laser beam via the reflective telescope. A pair of beamsplitters is used to separate the imaging optical path from the direct view and laser range-finding optical paths. A blocking device is used to enable laser range-finding capability during daytime viewing of the imaging optical path imagery on the display. The reflective telescope provides a common aperture for the direct view optical path, an imaging optical path, and the laser range-finder transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Brent L. Sisney, Robert B. Chipper, John Jackson
  • Patent number: 9423589
    Abstract: A lens driving device in which the lens holder is employed, a camera device and an electronic device are also disclosed. The lens holder includes portions formed as having the respective different outer circumferential diameters between the upper side and the lower side of the vertical direction and provided in predetermined areas located in the circumferential direction of the outer circumferential wall of the lens holder around which a coil is to be wound, and a flanged portion that protrudes from the outer circumferential wall of the lens holder toward the radially outward side, wherein the diametrically larger portion among the portions formed as having the respective different outer circumferential diameters between the upper side and the lower side of the vertical direction and the flanged portion are arranged so that they can be spaced away from each other by a predetermined gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: NEW SHICOH TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenzo Nakagawa, Kazuhiko Naito
  • Patent number: 9398216
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus including a display image generation section configured to generate display image data by performing a display projection process in a case where panorama image data to be a display target is judged to be a full circumference panorama image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Kimura
  • Patent number: 9313381
    Abstract: A display apparatus which provides user interaction includes a display main body having a display screen, a camera module mounted on the display main body and configured to image a user to perform the user interaction, and a camera door configured to slidably move between a first location in which light is blocked to be incident to the camera module and a second location in which light is permitted to be incident to the camera module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hak-young Kim, Go-hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 9194839
    Abstract: An analytical cell includes first and second holders. The first and second holders each contain a substrate having a through-hole and a transmission membrane with an electron beam permeability so as to cover the through-hole. The first and second holders are stacked to form an overlapping portion such that the transmission membranes face each other and that an inner space therein containing the electrolytic solution is sealed. The through-holes face each other across the transmission membranes to form an observation window. Negative and positive electrode active materials are separated from each other and contact the electrolytic solution in the observation window. A transmission body containing an electron beam permeable solid is formed between at least one of the negative and positive electrode active materials and the transmission membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nariaki Kuriyama, Yoshiya Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 8797609
    Abstract: An image sensor unit includes a reflection reading light guide that emits light from a reflection reading light source toward the bill, a transmission reading light guide that emits light from a transmission reading light source toward the bill, an imaging element that focuses light from the bill, and a light receiving element that receives light that is collected by the imaging element. The transmission reading light source and the transmission reading light guide are disposed on the opposite side of a conveyance path through which the bill can pass, for the reflection reading light source and the reflection reading light guide, and a light blocking member that blocks a part of the light from the reflection reading light guide is disposed between the reflection reading light guide and the transmission reading light guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Shuuichi Shimoda, Tomoyuki Horiguchi, Hidemasa Yoshida, Akifumi Fujiwara, Hidehisa Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7872820
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus enabling construction of a small bending optical system with high magnification. A first lens group is movably disposed toward an object on a first optical axis. A second lens group is movably disposed radially inward of the first lens group. The second lens group comprises a drive frame drivingly controlled along the first optical axis and a lens holding frame for holding the second lens group. A prism is disposed on the first optical axis, for bending light incident on the prism to thereby guide the light along a second optical axis. The prism is retracted along the second optical axis in a non-shooting state. In the non-shooting state, the second lens group is retracted and accommodated in a space defined by the drive frame and the lens holding frame and a space occupied by the prism in a shooting state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Harushige Yamamoto, Kazushige Ichino, Takumi Uehara
  • Patent number: 7830561
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a lensless optical device for acquiring an image. The device can include a light attenuating layer having a plurality of elements, where transmittance of each of the plurality of elements is controllable, and an image detector disposed at a distance from the light attenuating layer, the image detector configured to acquire an image with light that passes through the light attenuating layer. The device also can include a light attenuating layer controller configured to simultaneously control transmittance of each of the plurality of elements independent of each other. Methods of detecting and tracking an object in a scene are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Asaf Zomet, Shree K. Nayar
  • Patent number: 7724451
    Abstract: A lens assembly includes: a lens group including a plurality of lenses; and a lens holder accommodating the lens group and having an opening in each of a front end face of the lens holder and a rear end face of the lens holder. The opening of the front end face has a smaller diameter than an outer diameter of a foremost lens accommodated in a foremost end face side of the lens holder, the lens holder includes a spacer ring disposed on a rear side of a rearmost lens accommodated in a rearmost end face side of the lens holder, the spacer ring abutting on a peripheral portion of the rearmost lens to keep a space between a rear face of the rearmost lens and the rear end face of the lens holder, and the lens holder holds a rear face of the spacer ring by thermal caulking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Fujinon Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Takase