Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a projection lens and a light source disposed at a rear of the projection lens. The vehicle lamp is configured to irradiate light from the light source through the projection lens to a front. The projection lens is configured by a plurality of lenses disposed on an optical axis extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction. A rear major surface of the projection lens is configured as a convex curved surface which has a curvature greater than a curvature of a spherical surface centered on a rear focal point of the projection lens.

Abstract: An imaging lens formed of 4 lenses, in which a negative first lens having a meniscus shape with a convex surface on the object side, a biconvex positive second lens, a negative third lens having a concave surface on the image side, and a positive fourth lens having a convex surface on the object side, arranged in order from the object side, and the imaging lens satisfies conditional expressions (1): L12/f<0.82; (2): 2.3<L12×R2F2/f2<10.0; (5): ?1.3<f1/f<?0.9; and (6): 48<v1 simultaneously, where, L12 is the air equivalent distance between the first lens and the second lens, f is the focal length of the entire lens system, R2F is the radius of curvature of the object side lens surface of the second lens, f1 is the focal length of the first lens, and v1 is the Abbe number of the first lens with respect to the d-line.

Abstract: A lens assembly suitable for use in miniature cameras is disclosed. The lens assembly can have a plurality of glass lenses having spherical surfaces and a single plastic lens having aspheric surfaces, for example. Optionally, all of the lenses can be disposed within a common lens barrel. A pupil plane can be located just in front of the first lens to provide a small chief ray angle. Both the cost of the lens assembly and alignment sensitivity are advantageously mitigated.

Abstract: An imaging optical system having superior optical performance with the improved correction of chromatic aberration over a wide wavelength range extending from the visible wavelength range to the infrared wavelength range is provided. According to one aspect, an imaging optical system includes, in order from an object, a front lens group GF with a positive refractive power having at least one lens element, an aperture stop SP and a rear lens group GR with a positive refractive power having at least one lens element. The front lens group GF includes a double convex positive lens GT arranged to the most object side. At least one of the front lens group GF and the rear lens group GR includes a triple cemented lens GS being adjacent to the aperture stop SP having a negative refractive power as a whole composed of a first positive lens, a negative lens, and a second positive lens. Predetermined conditional expression is satisfied.

Abstract: An electronic imaging system is disclosed, for assessing the intensity of colorimetric, fluorescent or luminescent signal in a matrix consisting of wells, microwells, hybridization dot blots on membranes, gels, or other specimens. The system includes a very sensitive area CCD detector, a fast, telecentric lens with epi-illumination, a reflective/transmissive illumination system, an illumination wavelength selection device, and a light-tight chamber. A computer and image analysis software are used to control the hardware, correct and calibrate the images, and detect and quantify targets within the images.

Abstract: An electronic imaging system is disclosed, for assessing the intensity of calorimetric, fluorescent or luminescent signal in a matrix consisting of wells, microwells, hybridization dot blots on membranes, gels, or other specimens. The system includes a very sensitive area CCD detector, a fast, telecentric lens with epi-illumination, a reflective/transmissive illumination system, an illumination wavelength selection device, and a light-tight chamber. A computer and image analysis software are used to control the hardware, correct and calibrate the images, and detect and quantify targets within the images.

Abstract: A color image readout lens having four lens groups of positive, positive or negative, negative, and positive refractive power, respectively, in order from the object side. The first lens group is formed of a first lens element having a convex surface on the object side. The second lens group has a convex surface of the object side and is formed of a biconvex lens element that is cemented to a biconcave lens element. The third lens group is formed of a fourth lens element that is cemented to a fifth lens element, with the fifth lens element having positive refractive power and a convex surface on the image side. A fourth lens group is formed of a sixth lens element having a convex surface on the image side. Various conditions are satisfied in order to favorably correct the various aberrations.

Abstract: An electronic imaging system is disclosed, for assessing the intensity of colorimetric, fluorescent or luminescent signal in a matrix consisting of wells, microwells, hybridization dot blots on membranes, gels, or other specimens. The system includes a very sensitive area CCD detector, a fast, telecentric lens with epi-illumination, a reflective/transmissive illumination system, an illumination wavelength selection device, and a light-tight chamber. A computer and image analysis software are used to control the hardware, correct and calibrate the images, and detect and quantify targets within the images.

Abstract: An electronic imaging system is disclosed, for assessing the intensity of calorimetric, fluorescent or luminescent signal in a matrix consisting of wells, microwells, hybridization dot blots on membranes, gels, or other specimens. The system includes a very sensitive area CCD detector, a fast, telecentric lens with epi-illumination, a reflective/transmissive illumination system, an illumination wavelength selection device, and a light-tight chamber. A computer and image analysis software are used to control the hardware, correct and calibrate the images, and detect and quantify targets within the images.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes: illuminating means for illuminating an original with light; a lens forming an image of reflected light from the original, the lens having a resolution characteristic in which a resolution in a vertical scanning direction in an image-reading wavelength region at a field angle in a vicinity of an end of the original is lower than a minimum resolution in an image-reading wavelength region at a field angle on an inner side of the vicinity-of the end of the original; light shielding means for shielding part of the reflected light such that a pupil diameter in the vertical scanning direction in the reflected light from the vicinity of the end of the original is reduced; and photoelectrically converting means for converting the reflected light partly shielded by the light shielding means and undergone image formation by the lens into an electrical signal.

Abstract: Low-power objective lenses for a microscope are disclosed. The objective lenses exhibit apochromatic optical performance at a numerical aperture of at least 0.1 and have a magnification of about 2.times. or less. Each such objective lens comprises, in order from the object side, a first lens group having positive refractive power; a second lens group having negative refractive power and comprising a negative meniscus lens with a concave surface oriented toward the image side; a third lens group having negative refractive power and having at least one cemented surface; and a fourth lens group having positive refractive power and comprising a positive meniscus lens element with a convex surface oriented toward the image side, and a positive cemented lens including a negative lens element cemented to a positive lens element. The objective lenses satisfy the condition: 1.2<f.sub.1 /D.sub.1 <2.3 and other conditions, wherein f.sub.l is focal length of the first lens group and D.sub.

Abstract: A copy lens comprising four lens elements arranged symmetrically with an aperture, namely, in order from the object end to the image end, a first biconvex element and a biconcave element, which are positioned on one side of the aperture, a third biconcave element identical with the second biconcave element and a fourth biconvex element identical with the first biconvex element, which are positioned on another side of the aperture.

Abstract: An imagery lens system for image reading consists of first to fourth lens elements which are arranged in this order from the object side. The first and fourth lens elements respectively are double-convex lenses, and the second and third lens elements respectively are double-concave lenses. The following formulae are satisfied.0.35<f1/f<0.51--(1)0.34<f4/f<0.45--(2)0.11<d7/f<0.16--(3)0.29<d/f<0.41--(4)wherein f represents the synthetic focal length of the overall lens system, f1 represents the focal length of the first lens element, f4 represents the focal length of the fourth lens element, d represents the axial surface separation between the object side face of the first lens element and the image side face of the fourth lens element and d7 represents the central thicknesses of the fourth lens element.

Abstract: A compound lens system specifically designed for use in a handy scanner of a computer system for photographing a printed object. The compound lens is capable of photographing the printed object up to a width of 128 mm, (5.04 in). The compound lens system encompasses four lenses which include a positive lens with a convex surface and a non-concave surface, two biconcave lenses, and a biconvex lens.