Lens Patents (Class 359/642)
Eyepiece (Class 359/643)
With field curvature shaping (Class 359/648)
With graded refractive index (Class 359/652)
Microscope objective (Class 359/656)
High distortion lens (e.g., f0, etc.) (Class 359/662)
Telecentric system (Class 359/663)
Spherical (Class 359/664)
Fluid (Class 359/665)
Anamorphic (Class 359/668)
Selective magnification by exchanging or adding a lens component (Class 359/672)
With variable magnification (e.g., zoom type) (Class 359/676)
Diffusing (Class 359/707)
Including a nonspherical surface (Class 359/708)
Asymmetric (e.g., prismatic or eccentric, etc.) (Class 359/720)
Plural focal length (Class 359/721)
Selective wavelength transmitting or blocking (Class 359/722)
Annular zonal correcting (Class 359/724)
Panoramic (Class 359/725)
With reflecting element (Class 359/726)
With diverse refracting element (Class 359/737)
With light limiting or controlling means (Class 359/738)
With multipart element (Class 359/741)
Afocal (e.g., galilean telescopes, etc.) (Class 359/744)
Telephoto (Class 359/745)
Reverse telephoto (Class 359/749)
Multiple component lenses (Class 359/754)
Single component with multiple elements (Class 359/796)
With viewed object or viewed field illumination (Class 359/798)
With viewed object support (Class 359/804)
With lens casing (Class 359/808)
Combined with diverse art tool, instrument or machine (Class 359/809)
With support (Class 359/811)
  • OPTICAL PICK-UP DEVICE AND OPTICAL COMPONENT FOR THE SAME
    Publication number: 20130051208
    Abstract: An optical component for an optical pick-up for converging a laser beam having a particular wavelength onto a recording layer of an optical disc. The optical component comprises a base material formed of a resin composition, an undercoating which is formed of three layers of thin films having a same main constituent and is formed on a top surface of the base material, and a functional thin film formed on a top surface of the undercoating. In this configuration, each of a first layer and a third layer of the undercoating is a thin film formed without introducing oxygen, and a second layer is a thin film formed while introducing oxygen. A film thickness of the undercoating falls within a range of 160 nm to 270 nm, and film thicknesses of the thin films constituting the undercoating are substantially equal to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi SHINDE, Akira KOMORI, Kazuya ARAKAWA
  • Method for manufacturing solid state imaging device and solid state imaging device
    Patent number: 8384175
    Abstract: Certain embodiments provide a method for manufacturing a solid state imaging device, the method including: forming a plurality of first semispherical lens bodies; forming a second transparent resin layer; and forming a second lens body. The plurality of first semispherical lens bodies are respectively formed on a plurality of photodiode layers formed on a principal surface of a semiconductor substrate. The second transparent resin layer is a resin layer having an etching rate higher than that of the first lens body, and is formed so that the semiconductor substrate including the plurality of first lens bodies is covered with the second transparent resin layer. The second lens bodies are formed on a surface except the top part of each of the first lens bodies by etching an entire surface of the second transparent resin layer until top parts of the first lens bodies are exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Hajime Ootake
  • Concentric ring dielectric lens
    Patent number: 8385000
    Abstract: A lens and a method of forming a lens are included. A lens can include a plurality of concentric rings formed from a dielectric material interleaved by a plurality of gaps separating the plurality of concentric rings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Jingjing Li, David A. Fattal, Marco Fiorentino, Raymond G. Beausoleil
  • OPTICAL LENS AND IMAGE PICK-UP APPARATUS HAVING SAME
    Publication number: 20130044253
    Abstract: A lens includes an optically effective portion and a peripheral portion. The optically effective portion is configured for converging light, and includes a first surface, a second surface, and a third surface interconnecting the first and second surfaces. The first and second surfaces are plane surfaces, and are parallel with each other. The third surface is a convex surface. The peripheral portion is arranged surrounding the optically effective portion. The peripheral portion has a fourth surface substantially perpendicular to the first and second surfaces. The third surface is convex away from the fourth surface. The first surface intersects the fourth surface at a first side. The second surface intersects the fourth surface at a second side. The first and second sides have a same length. The length is greater than a distance between the first side and the second side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: CHUN-YU LEE
  • Lens and a Method of Forming the Same, a Method of Generating a Refractive Index Profile for a Lens and a Photonic Package
    Publication number: 20130039620
    Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, a lens comprising a refractive index profile configured such that rays of light propagating in the lens form an at least substantially plane wavefront at an at least substantially vertical plane of the lens, is provided. The profile is configured to vary in an at least substantially bell curve shape along a radial direction of the lens. The lens includes a plurality of layers configured to generate the profile, wherein each layer of the plurality of layers comprises at least a first film and a second film arranged one above the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Seng-Tiong Ho, Qian Wang, Yingyan Huang
  • Wafer Lens, Laminated Wafer Lens, Wafer Lens Cutting Method and Laminated Wafer Lens Cutting Method
    Publication number: 20130038952
    Abstract: A laminated wafer lens includes a wafer lens and a spacer substrate bonded to each other. The wafer lens includes a resin section provided on a surface of a glass substrate. The resin section includes lens portions and interval portions, each interval portion provided between adjacent lens portions. The spacer substrate has openings at positions corresponding to the respective lens portions. The lens portions are arrayed in row and column directions in a matrix fashion. The interval portions include first and second interval portions, the second interval portion longer than the first interval portion. The spacer substrate includes interval portions each of which is provided between adjacent openings. The interval portions include third and fourth interval portions corresponding to the first and second interval portions, respectively, the fourth interval portion being longer than the third interval portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Tougo Teramoto, Akira Sato, Tohru Tominami
  • Variable magnification optical system, image pickup device and digital apparatus
    Patent number: 8369022
    Abstract: A variable magnification optical system of the present invention and an image pickup device and a digital apparatus including this are provided with a four-component optical system of negative-negative-positive-negative arrangement, wherein a first lens group thereof includes only one negative lens as a lens having an optical power, and a third lens group thereof satisfies a conditional expression of 1.4<?3t/?3w<4 when ?3t and ?3w respectively denote image magnifications of the third lens group at a telephoto end and at a wide-angle end. The variable magnification optical system, the image pickup device and the digital apparatus having such a construction can be further downsized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.
    Inventor: Keiji Matsusaka
  • Method And Apparatus For Providing Vision Corrected Data At A Mobile Device
    Publication number: 20130027384
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for providing vision corrected data at a mobile device is presented. The data on the mobile device is provided accounting for vision correction requirements of a viewer of the information, such that the viewer does not require the use of corrective lenses to view the information on the display of the mobile device or the removal of corrective lenses to view the information. Alternately a display cover, having a predefined shape, is provided that accounts for vision correction required by the user of the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventor: David M. Ferris
  • Man-made composite material and man-made composite material antenna
    Publication number: 20130027782
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a man-made composite material and a man-made composite material antenna. The man-made composite material is divided into a plurality of regions. An electromagnetic wave is incident on a first surface exits from a second surface of the man-made composite material opposite to the first surface. A line connecting a radiation source to a point on the bottom surface of the ith region and a line perpendicular to the man-made composite material form an angle ? therebetween, which uniquely corresponds to a curved surface in the ith region. A set formed by points on the bottom surface of the ith region that have the same angle ? forms a boundary of the curved surface to which the angle ? uniquely corresponds. The refraction, diffraction and reflection of the present invention at the abrupt transition points can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventors: Ruopeng Liu, Chunlin Ji, Yutao Yue
  • AlxGaN single crystal, method of producing AlxGaN single crystal, and optical lens
    Patent number: 8363326
    Abstract: A method of producing an AlxGa(1-x)N (0<x?1) single crystal of the present invention is directed to growing an AlxGa(1-x)N single crystal by sublimation. The method includes the steps of preparing an underlying substrate, preparing a raw material of high purity, and growing an AlxGa(1-x)N single crystal on the underlying substrate by sublimating the raw material. At the AlxGa(1-x)N single crystal, the refractive index with respect to light at a wavelength greater than or equal to 250 nm and less than or equal to 300 nm is greater than or equal to 2.4, and the refractive index with respect to light at a wavelength greater than 300 nm and less than 350 nm is greater than or equal to 2.3, measured at 300K.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Arakawa, Takashi Sakurada, Yoshiyuki Yamamoto, Issei Satoh, Keisuke Tanizaki, Hideaki Nakahata, Naho Mizuhara, Michimasa Miyanaga
  • Meta-material slab with anisotropic permittivity
    Patent number: 8351126
    Abstract: In a particular embodiment, a meta-material slab is formed from multiple layers of at least two different compositions. The meta-material slab is adapted to propagate an evanescent wave in a direction parallel to an axis to form a cone-shaped wave along the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventor: Chubing Peng
  • Optical system, image projection apparatus including the same and an image pickup device
    Patent number: 8345357
    Abstract: Provided is an optical system (PS) which is used in a wavelength range including a near ultraviolet light range having a wavelength longer than approximately 350 nm and a visible light range. The optical system includes at least two first positive lenses which satisfies a predetermined conditional expression concerning anomalous dispersion characteristic and a rate of change of the refractive index with respect to temperature, and is disposed closer to a contraction side than an aperture stop (ST), and at least one second positive lens which satisfies a predetermined conditional expression concerning anomalous dispersion characteristic and a rate of change of the refractive index with respect to temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.
    Inventor: Masayuki Imaoka
  • Long-length lens
    Patent number: 8345353
    Abstract: A lens including a lens portion having first and second opposite oblong surfaces is disclosed. At least one of the first and second oblong surfaces of the lens portion is a curved lens surface having a reflective power. A rib portion is disposed at each of two opposite sides of the lens portion facing in a direction of a width of the first oblong surface. The rib portion extends along a longitudinal direction of the lens portion in a position separate from the second oblong surface. A draft surface extends between the second oblong surface and the rib portion. The draft surface includes a slant surface slanting outwardly toward the rib portion. The slant surface is curved inwardly with a draft thereof increasing gradually toward the rib portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuomi Jibu, Yasuhiro Ideno, Junji Fujitani
  • OBJECTIVE LENS, LENS MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND OPTICAL DRIVE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120327756
    Abstract: An objective lens includes as a front lens disposed on the most objective side: a front lens configured to have a laminated structure wherein a first thin film of which the permittivity is negative, and a second thin film of which the permittivity is positive are mutually laminated, and also the films are formed so as to have a rectangular shape protruding on a side to which light from a light source is input, as a cross-sectional shape thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji Sekiguchi
  • COMPOSITE OPHTHALMIC DEVICES AND METHODS WITH INCIDENT LIGHT MODIFYING PROPERTIES
    Publication number: 20120327362
    Abstract: A composite ophthalmic device comprising an ophthalmic structure, means or lens having a photo-shifting material deployed thereon or therewithin so as to up-shift or down-shift the amplitude, wavelength (or both) of incident radiation into the visible wavelength range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Anand Doraiswamy, Jensen Buck, Nahid Izadpanah
  • METAMATERIAL-BASED OPTICAL LENSES
    Publication number: 20120328240
    Abstract: Devices based on metamaterial structures to guide and manipulate light, other electromagnetic radiation and acoustic waves. For example, a lens can include a metamaterial structure comprising nano structures of metallic and dielectric materials; and a plasmonic waveguide coupler formed over the metamaterial structure for coupling electromagnetic radiation to or from metamaterial structure. The metamaterial structure has an anisotropic structure and the plasmonic waveguide coupler is structured to include metal and non-metal parts to support surface plasmon polaritons and to cause different phase delays at different locations of an interface with the metamaterial structure in a way that the metamaterial structure and the plasmonic waveguide coupler effect a lens for performing a Fourier transform of the electromagnetic radiation coupled between the metamaterial structure and the plasmonic waveguide coupler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Changbao Ma, Zhaowei Liu
  • PLASTIC LENS, PHOTOGRAPHING LENS, IMAGING DEVICE, AND PORTABLE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120314122
    Abstract: A plastic lens includes a flange portion on an outer circumference of a lens effective-diameter portion and manufactured by injecting a resin into a mold via a gate portion. The plastic lens is characterized by having a shape satisfying conditions of s/t?0.61 and E.D/D?0.4 when s [mm] and t [mm] represent a peripheral thickness, a central thickness of the lens effective-diameter portion, E.D [mm] represents a lens effective diameter, and D [mm] represents a lens diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Masatoshi Yamashita
  • Adaptor optical system for endoscopes and endoscope
    Patent number: 8328715
    Abstract: An optical system which can be detached and attached is constituted such that it is arranged at the object side of an objective optical system for endoscope in which an incidence pupil is arranged, and a middle image of the objective is formed at its inside, and in the arrangement state, the incidence pupil of the objective optical system for endoscope is relayed at a predetermined position which is more projected toward the utmost object side than a surface at the object side in the endoscope. (An incidence pupil which is conjugate with an incidence pupil is arranged at a position which is more projected toward the object side by a predetermined amount than a surface which is at the utmost object side in the endoscope).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventor: Susumu Takahashi
  • Optical lens
    Patent number: 8331037
    Abstract: An optical lens includes a main body having an outer convex surface and a bottom surface opposite to the outer convex surface. The bottom surface has an inner concave surface which is concave toward the outer convex surface. The outer convex surface and the inner concave surface cooperatively form two positive lens portions and a negative lens portion. The positive lens portions and the negative lens portion are arranged in a triangular configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Edison Opto Corporation
    Inventors: Mu-Yin Lu, Hung-Hsun Chou
  • Projection objective of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus
    Patent number: 8325426
    Abstract: A projection objective of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus has a high index refractive optical element with an index of refraction greater than 1.6. This element has a volume and a material related optical property which varies over the volume. Variations of this optical property cause an aberration of the objective. In one embodiment at least 4 optical surfaces are provided that are arranged in at least one volume which is optically conjugate with the volume of the refractive optical element. Each optical surface comprises at least one correction means, for example a surface deformation or a birefringent layer with locally varying properties, which at least partially corrects the aberration caused by the variation of the optical property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Schuster, Heiko Feldmann, Toralf Gruner, Michael Totzeck, Wilfried Clauss, Susanne Beder, Daniel Kraehmer, Olaf Dittmann
  • OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT, LIGHTING DEVICE AND LENS
    Publication number: 20120299030
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor component for a lighting device including a carrier, at least one optoelectronic semiconductor chip mounted on the carrier and which includes a radiation passage face remote from the carrier, by which a plane is defined, and a lens comprising 1) a radiation exit face, which, relative to a height above the plane, exhibits a minimum, in particular in a central region, and at least two local maxima, and at least two local maxima, and 2) at least two connecting embankments which each extend from one of the maxima to another of the maxima, and each connecting embankment comprises a saddle point higher than the minimum and lower than the maxima adjoining the connecting embankment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventor: Peter Brick
  • LIGHT MODULE AND OPTICAL LENS FOR THE LIGHT MODULE
    Publication number: 20120294013
    Abstract: A light module includes a light source and an optical lens. The light source emits light to the optical lens. The light source is a single unit and has a parallelizing surface, a first plane, a wave surface, and a second plane in sequence. The light source emits light to the optical lens and through the parallelizing surface, the first plane, the wave surface, and the second plane in sequence to form a parallel linear light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: ASIA OPTICAL CO., INC.
    Inventors: Hua-Tang Liu, Ching-Shiang Wang
  • System and Method for Correcting Astigmatism Caused by an Aircraft Canopy
    Publication number: 20120293861
    Abstract: In a method embodiment, a method for correcting astigmatism caused by an aircraft canopy comprises receiving at a compensator module a plurality of light rays that have been refracted by an aircraft canopy. At least two of the refracted light rays have respective foci different from one another and propagate in respective planes that are substantially perpendicular to one another, such that astigmatism occurs. The method further includes using the compensator module to substantially compensate for the astigmatism by providing astigmatic power to the received plurality of light rays. The method also includes providing the plurality of light rays having the astigmatic power compensation to an imaging module. The imaging module is configured to generate imagery using the plurality of light rays having the astigmatic power compensation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: Elbit Systems of America, LLC
    Inventors: James A. Harder, Michaelene W. Sprague
  • Sintered compact, process for production thereof, and optical element
    Patent number: 8298975
    Abstract: There is provided a sintered body that does not readily deform during use and that allows a high flexibility for the design of surface layers, a method for manufacturing the sintered body, and an optical component including the sintered body. The method for manufacturing a sintered body includes a sintered body having a predetermined shape, the sintered body having a ceramic base material, the method for manufacturing a sintered body comprising a step for preparing a ceramic preform, a step for using a predetermined mold having an upper die and a lower die to hot-press the ceramic preform to form a pressure-sintered body, and a step for cooling the pressure-sintered body while applying a pressure load of approximately 5% or more and 100% or less (and preferably approximately 20% or more and 40% or less) of the pressure load applied during the step for forming the pressure-sintered body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Hasegawa, Tomoyuki Ueno
  • Molecular film for coating optical lenses and a manufacture method thereof
    Patent number: 8300316
    Abstract: A molecular film for coating optical lenses comprises Octadecyltrichlorosilane; and a germicide, wherein the weight ratio between the germicide and the Octadecyltrichlorosilane is 3 to 13. Furthermore, a manufacture method of a molecular film for coating optical lenses comprises a step of “preparation”, by preparing a substrate, Octadecyltrichlorosilane solution and a germicide; a step of “cleaning”, by removing olein and contamination from surfaces of the substrate and washing the substrate; and a step of “soaking”, by soaking the substrate in a mixture of the germicide and Octadecyltrichlorosilane solution to generating a molecular film on the surfaces of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: National Formosa University
    Inventors: Jeng-Haur Horng, Chin-Chung Wei, Sheng Chang, Hsiang-Jung Cheng, Wei-Shun Hsu, Ya-Hsin Horng
  • Wafer Lens and Method for the Production Thereof
    Publication number: 20120268829
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wafer lens in which the warpage of a glass substrate included therein can be prevented. Specifically disclosed is a wafer lens comprising a glass substrate, a first resin part composed of a curable resin, and a second resin part composed of a curable resin. In each of the first resin part and the second resin part, two or more lens parts are formed. The first resin part contains the resin in the same volume as that in the second resin part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventor: Yasunari FUKUTA
  • Liquid Casting Compositions, Production Processes and Photochromic Optical Elements
    Publication number: 20120268828
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid casting composition for producing photochromic optical elements, the composition including: (i) an acrylate or methacrylate monomer; (ii) a photochromic compound; (iii) a terpinolene-based radical chain transfer agent; and (iv) a thermal free radical initiator. Also provided are methods for producing photochromic optical elements using the liquid casting composition and photochromic optical elements produced thereby. The photochromic optical elements include, for example, ophthalmic lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: CARL ZEISS VISION AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventor: Fang Chen
  • LABEL WITH INTEGRATED THIN FILM MAGNIFIER
    Publication number: 20120268837
    Abstract: The invention features a label having a plurality of layers (e.g., at least two or more layers), in which at least one of the layers includes a thin film magnifier. Also featured are compositions to which the multi-layered label is affixed, methods of affixing the multi-layered label to compositions, and methods of making the multi-layered labels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventors: Lorna RITTENBURG, James Rittenburg
  • Optical film
    Patent number: 8293861
    Abstract: An optical film comprising a copolycarbonate composed of 25 to 90 mol % of unit (A) of the following formula, and 10 to 75 mol % of unit (B) of the following formula, wherein the substituents are defined herein, and the optical film satisfies the following expression (1), R(450)<R(550)<R(650) (1), wherein R(450), R(550) and R(650) are in-plane retardation values of the film at wavelengths of 450 nm, 550 nm and 650 nm. The optical film exhibits a desired chromatic dispersion, low photoelasticity and excellent melt processability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Teijin Chemicals Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Motoyoshi, Masatoshi Ando, Akiko Washizu
  • CONCENTRIC RING DIELECTRIC LENS
    Publication number: 20120262795
    Abstract: A lens and a method of forming a lens are included. A lens can include a plurality of concentric rings formed from a dielectric material interleaved by a plurality of gaps separating the plurality of concentric rings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: JINGJING LI, David A. Fattal, Marco Fiorentino, Raymond G. Beausoleil
  • ULTRASONIC INJECTION MOLDING ON BOTH SIDES OF A WEB
    Publication number: 20120262796
    Abstract: Injection molding parts onto a carrier web located between mold halves, each mold half having a cavity, resulting in molded articles having parts on both sides of the carrier web. Polymer flow into the cavities is assisted by application of ultrasonic energy to the mold. After the molding operation, mold halves are separated, and the carrier web is advanced, or indexed, to a next position for another molding sequence. Articles produced include lenses with part of the carrier web between lens halves, and a carrier web bearing an array of molded parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: Dennis E. Ferguson, Satinder K. Nayar, Peter T. Benson, Stanley Rendon, Donald L. Pochardt, James N. Dobbs, Daniel H. Carlson
  • UV-VIS-IR imaging optical systems
    Patent number: 8289633
    Abstract: Imaging optical systems having good transmission and that are well corrected over the full 315 nm-1100 nm ultraviolet-visible-infrared (UV-VIS-IR) wavelength band are disclosed. A wide variety of apochromatic and superachromatic design examples are presented. The imaging optical systems have a broad range of applications in fields where large-bandwidth imaging is called for, including but not limited to forensics, crime scene documentation, art conservation, forgery detection, medicine, scientific research, remote sensing, and fine art photography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Inventor: James Brian Caldwell
  • LENTICULAR UNIT FOR TWO-DIMENSIONAL/THREE-DIMENSIONAL AUTO-STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20120250151
    Abstract: A lenticular unit includes a transparent substrate; first electrodes being transparent and disposed on the substrate; a second electrode being transparent and elastic; and a transparent material layer interposed between the first and second electrodes and being deformable in a lens shape in a thickness direction depending on a potential applied between the first and second electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-Su LEE, Yoon-Ho KHANG, Se-Hwan YU
  • Diffraction grating, aberration correction element and optical head device
    Patent number: 8279737
    Abstract: There is provided a diffraction grating including a convex portion and a concave portion which are used for lights having different wavelengths ?1, ?2 and ?3 and are alternately disposed on at least one surface of a substrate with a predetermined pitch. An average refractive index of the convex portion is smaller than an average refractive index of the concave portion. A phase difference in the lights having the wavelength ?1 which transmit the convex portion and the concave portion and a phase difference in the lights having the wavelength ?2 which transmit the convex portion and the concave portion are both substantially the integral multiple of 2?, and a phase difference in the lights having the wavelength ?3 which transmit the convex portion and the concave portion is substantially the non-integral multiple of 2?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Koji Miyasaka, Hiromasa Sato
  • Fiber optic connector and alignment mechanism for single lens multi-fiber connector
    Patent number: 8280205
    Abstract: The invention pertains to an optical connector assembly having an alignment mechanism for coupling two single-lens, multi-fiber optical connectors together. Particularly, each connector comprising a single lens through which the light from multiple fibers is expanded/focused for coupling to corresponding fibers in a mating connector. In one aspect of the invention, the alignment mechanism includes mating features extending from the fronts of the lenses having substantially longitudinal surfaces that meet and contact each other when the two connectors are coupled together in only one or a limited number of rotational orientations relative to each other to as to properly rotationally align the multiple fibers in the two mating connectors. This mechanism also helps align the two connectors with the optical axes of their lenses parallel to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: David Donald Erdman, Michael Aaron Kadar-Kallen
  • Polyimide optical article
    Patent number: 8274744
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an article comprising a lens having a width of 0.1 millimeters to 100 millimeters, a length of 0.5 millimeters to 500 millimeters, and a thickness of 0.2 millimeters to 5 millimeters; and the lens transmits light having a wavelength of 600 nanometers to 1600 nanometers, wherein the lens comprises a polymer and the polymer comprises a polyimide comprising structural units derived from specific combinations of compounds wherein the lens is transparent and dimensionally stable at a wall thickness of 0.2 millimeters to 5.0 millimeters and remains transparent and dimensionally stable after being (a) exposed to a precondition of 60° C./60% relative humidity for 120 hours and (b) then subjected to a lead free solder test having a peak temperature of 260° C. for up to 30 seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.V.
    Inventors: Gurulingamurthy Haralur, Kapil Sheth
  • LED module
    Patent number: 8272767
    Abstract: An LED module includes an LED having a central axis I, and a lens. The lens has an incident face for incidence of the light of the LED and an opposite emitting face for refracting the light of the LED out of the lens. The emitting face of the lens has a central axis II. The central axis II is offset from the central axis I and located at one side of a plane ZOX of an XYZ coordinate with an original O which is located at a center of the LED, in which the central axis I is coincident with the Z axis. The light beams emitted from the one side of the plane ZOX are stronger than the light beams emitted from the another side of the plane ZOX after the light beams emitted from the LED pass through the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chin-Chung Chen, Hai-Wei Zhang
  • OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SCANNING LENS, AND MOLDING METHOD OF THE SCANNING LENS
    Publication number: 20120236380
    Abstract: An optical scanning device that scans a plurality of surfaces to be scanned in a main scanning direction by using a light beam includes: a plurality of light sources; a light deflector that deflects a plurality of light beams emitted from the light sources; and a scanning optical system that individually guides each one of the light beams deflected by the light deflector to a corresponding one of the surfaces to be scanned. The scanning optical system includes one scanning lens shared by the light beams, and at least one surface of the scanning lens has a plurality of optical surfaces corresponding to the plurality of light beams disposed in a sub-scanning direction with a flat surface provided between the optical surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Naoki MIYATAKE, Tadashi Nakamura, Eiichi Hayashi, Chieko Hatashita, Go Takahashi
  • OPTICAL ELEMENT AND A LIGHT DETECTION DEVICE AND AN OBJECT SENSING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120235027
    Abstract: An optical element for condensing light is provided, wherein the optical element has a first cylindrical face and a second cylindrical face at one side and a third cylindrical face at an other side and a plane including an axis of the first cylindrical face and an axis of the third cylindrical face intersects with a plane including an axis of the second cylindrical face and the axis of the third cylindrical face. A light detection device for detecting light is provided, wherein the light detection device includes the optical element as described above and an element for detecting light condensed by the optical element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Suguru SANGU, Atsushi Sakai
  • Lens and related lens module
    Patent number: 8270101
    Abstract: A lens includes a central optically active part, and a peripheral optically inactive part surrounding the optically active part. The optically inactive part includes a first surface, an opposite second surface, and a side surface connected between the first surface and the second surface. The side surface includes a first support area, a glue guide area, and a second support area in the order written. The glue guide area has a first groove defined therein. The first groove extends from a first side of the glue guide area adjacent to the first support area to an opposite second side of the glue guide area next to the second support area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chien-Feng Huang
  • OPTICAL ELEMENT HAVING INTERNAL INCLUSIONS CONFIGURED FOR MAXIMUM CONVERSION EFFICIENCY
    Publication number: 20120229911
    Abstract: An optical element comprises a body having opposed planar major surfaces with a plurality of open-mouthed inclusions (grooves) formed on its light output surface. Each groove has a closed apex with an included apex angle. The body is formed from a material having an index of refraction of at least 1.3 and an induced absorbance rate ?Abs/Dose less than or equal to about 0.4. The apex angle is selected such that light incident upon the body is conveyed the light output surface by the mechanism of total internal reflection from the boundary walls of the grooves and/or without retro-reflection toward the incident surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Jose Manuel Rodriguez-Parada, Ronald Jack Riegert, Mark E. Lewittes, Roger Harquail French
  • Apparatus and method for optical isolation
    Publication number: 20120229910
    Abstract: Provided herein is an apparatus for optically isolating a light beam from a laser, comprising an optical isolator configured to isolate a light beam having a beam quality; a reference plane; an output connector disposed at the output of the optical isolator, wherein the output connector is configured with a common collimator interface to connect to a collimator which is capable of being mechanically referenced to the reference plane; a first lens arrangement disposed proximal to a distal end of the output connector, wherein the first lens arrangement is selected to provide an output light beam having a predetermined divergence. The laser can be selected from the group consisting of a fiber laser, a disk laser and a rod laser. Also provided herein are a system, a plurality of lasers, and a method of providing a light beam that has a consistent divergence and distance from a reference plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: SPI LASERS UK LTD
    Inventors: Michael Kevan Durkin, Stewart Thomas Ingram
  • LENS SHEET AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION MODULE
    Publication number: 20120228481
    Abstract: A lens sheet is provided which is configured to create, below the lens sheet, a region not irradiated with light when light is incident on the lens sheet from above. A photoelectric conversion element is efficiently irradiated with light incident on the lens sheet. In addition, a high-efficiency photoelectric conversion module is provided. The lens sheet includes a light-transmitting substrate having lens arrays on both sides, and the lens arrays each have lens regions and non-lens regions placed alternately (in stripes), in which an end portion of each lens region on the front side overlaps with an end portion of each lens region on the back side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichiro TANAKA, Emi Koezuka
  • Method of applying multi-layer structure onto a curved substrate
    Patent number: 8262843
    Abstract: A curved multi-layer structure (10) is formed from individual films (1, 2) that are initially flat. The films are firmly bonded to each other along respective facing surfaces. A heat treatment is applied to one or both of the films (1, 2) of the structure so as to cause respective contractions or elongations that are different for the two films at standard use temperatures. A difference between said contractions or elongations causes the curvature of the multi-layer structure. The structure thus has a permanent curved shape, without contact between compression-forming instruments and a useful part of the multi-layer structure being necessary. The multi-layer structure can then be applied onto a curved substrate without causing any tears or ripples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale d'Optique)
    Inventor: Romain Fayolle
  • Method of making high precision optics having a wavefront profile
    Patent number: 8262220
    Abstract: A method of generating a high precision optical surface profile includes obtaining a high precision optical surface profile which contains information of the optical path difference map of the profile. A substrate material has a known index of refraction, Ns, while a cover material has an index Nc that is more closely matched to the index Ns of the substrate material than the index of air Nair to Ns. An exaggerated surface profile is cut that is proportionally expanded from the high precision profile by a factor: (Ns?Nair) divided by (Ns?Nc). The cut surface profile is covered with the cover material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Inventor: Shui T. Lai
  • COMPOSITE OPTICAL ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20120224139
    Abstract: Provided is a composite optical article including (a) a polymeric base layer comprising a sulfur-containing urethane-based material having a refractive index of at least 1.57; and (b) a polymeric outer layer cast over a surface of the base layer (a) comprising (i) a poly(urea-urethane) material having a refractive index of less than 1.57, and (ii) a photochromic compound and/or a static dye. The thickness of the base layer (a) is greater than the thickness of the outer layer (b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC.
    Inventor: William H. Retsch, JR.
  • METHOD OF FABRICATING MICROLENS, AND DEPTH SENSOR INCLUDING MICROLENS
    Publication number: 20120224028
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a microlens includes forming layer of photoresist on a substrate, patterning the layer of photoresist, and then reflowing the photoresist pattern. The layer of photoresist is formed by coating the substrate with liquid photoresist whose viscosity is 150 to 250 cp. A depth sensor includes a substrate and photoelectric conversion elements at an upper portion of the substrate, a metal wiring section disposed on the substrate, an array of the microlenses for focusing incident light as beams onto the photoelectric conversion elements and which beams avoid the wirings of the metal wiring section. The depths sensor also includes a layer presenting a flat upper surface on which the microlenses are formed. The layer may be a dedicated planarization layer or an IR filter, interposed between the microlenses and the metal wiring section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: DOO CHEOL PARK, SEUNG HYUK CHANG, MYUNG-SUN KIM, WON JOO KIM, JU HWAN JUNG, SEUNG HOON LEE, KWANG-MIN LEE, HYOUNG SOO KO
  • OPTICAL COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20120224267
    Abstract: A recessed portion, through which a covering plastic that has been melted and that is used for covering a core lens is introduced in a bifurcating manner, is formed in the core lens, and the covering plastic is introduced simultaneously onto the front and back surfaces of the core lens through the recessed portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Wataru Kikuchi, Daigo Kobayashi
  • SELECTIVE TINTING METHOD
    Publication number: 20120207968
    Abstract: The invention relates to a selective dyeing method used for dyeing a substrate (10), selectively within a first exposed surface portion (S1) of said substrate. For this purpose, the substrate consists of a material (2) that is impervious to a dye with the exception of the first portion of the exposed surface. In particular, the impervious material can form a layer which covers a base portion (3) of the substrate in a second portion (S2) of the exposed surface. The substrate is heated such that the dye (C) penetrates a pervious material (1) which constitutes the first portion of the exposed surface. The method is particularly useful for eliminating light diffused by the walls of a multilayer structure which is supported by means of ocular glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Samuel Archambeau, Jérôme Ballet, Jean-Paul Cano, Stéphane Perrot
  • Optical Element, Light-Emitting Device, Lighting Device, and Method for Manufacturing Optical Element
    Publication number: 20120206923
    Abstract: An optical element comprises an organic resin and bubbles distributed to have a number density increasing from a first plane of the optical element toward a second plane of the optical element, where a diameter of the bubbles is less than or equal to a wavelength of light which enters the optical element. At least one of the first plane and the second plane may have an uneven structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Koichiro Tanaka, Katsuki Yanagawa