Three Components Patents (Class 359/784)
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Patent number: 8507859Abstract: Provided is an optical arrangement of the infrared camera comprising a lens unit in which a lens is supported by a frame body, an infrared detector module in which an infrared detector for detecting amount of an infrared ray transmitted through the lens as a heat and converting the infrared rays to an image signal is sealed in a housing having a window portion, and a shutter provided between the lens and the infrared detector module. A detector surface of the infrared detector, the window portion, the shutter, and the lens are arranged such that an inclination angle of a virtual straight line which connects each corner portion of the detector surface, the window portion and a maximum aperture of the shutter, and edge portion of an effective lens area of a lens closest to the shutter against to an optical axis is 25° to 35°, is adopted.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2012Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Tamron Co., Ltd.Inventor: Atsushi Koide
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Publication number: 20130201380Abstract: An optical imaging system is provided, including a first lens having a positive (+) refractive power, a second lens having a positive (+) or negative (?) refractive power positioned at the rear of the first lens, and a third lens having a positive (+) or negative (?) refractive power positioned at the rear of the second lens, in which the first lens is a heterogeneous cemented lens in which a first sub lens and a second sub lens which have different dispersion values are integrally coupled to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2013Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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Publication number: 20130194487Abstract: An image pickup optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit that does not move for focusing and has a positive optical power, a second lens unit that moves during focusing, an aperture diaphragm, and a third lens unit that does not move for focusing. The image pickup optical system includes a diffractive optical element, and an optical element NLF made of a solid material on the object side of an intersection between a paraxial chief ray and an optical axis. The predetermined conditional expressions are satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2013Publication date: August 1, 2013Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Patent number: 8493668Abstract: The present invention provides a micro-projection lens including first lens group, a second lens group, and a third lens group arranged in sequence along an optical axis from a screen side to a light modulator side. The first lens group has positive refractive power and includes at least an aspheric lens. The second lens group has negative refractive power and includes at least a glass tablet. The third lens group has positive refractive power and includes at least an aspheric lens. Therefore, the micro-projection lens of the present invention has a small size and high optical performance.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2011Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Asia Optical Co., Inc.Inventors: Chun-Hong Chen, Yu-Hsiang Huang
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Patent number: 8482867Abstract: The invention provides an imaging optical system comprising, in order from an object side to an image side thereof, a first lens group of positive refracting power, a second lens group having positive or negative refracting power and a third lens group of positive refracting power. The optical system includes an aperture stop located between an object-side surface in the first lens group and an object-side surface in the second lens group. The lens on the most object side of the first lens group and the lens on the most image side of the third lens group remain constantly fixed, and upon focusing from a far distance to a near distance, only the second lens group moves axially. The third lens group comprises a front lens subgroup of positive refracting power located on the object side and a rear lens subgroup of negative refracting power located on the image side, with the largest axial air separation in the third lens group interposed between them.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2011Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.Inventor: Yuki Kubota
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Publication number: 20130170050Abstract: An imaging lens includes first, second, and third lens elements arranged from an object side to an image side in the given order. The first lens element has a positive refracting power, and has a convex object-side surface facing toward the object side. The second lens element has a concave object-side surface facing toward the object side, and a convex image-side surface facing toward the image side. The third lens element has an image-side surface facing toward the image side and having a concave portion in a vicinity of an optical axis of the imaging lens. The imaging lens satisfies |?1??2|<5, and |?1??3|>20, where ?1, ?2, and ?3 represent dispersion coefficients of the first, second, and third lens elements, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2012Publication date: July 4, 2013Applicant: GENIUS ELECTRONIC OPTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: I-Lung Lu, Poche Lee
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Publication number: 20130170051Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; and a third lens having positive refractive power, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. Further, the first lens is formed in a shape so that a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the object side is positive. The second lens is formed in a shape so that a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the object side is negative and a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the image plane side is positive. The third lens is formed in a shape so that a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the object side and a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the image plane side are both positive.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2012Publication date: July 4, 2013Applicants: KANTATSU CO., LTD., OPTICAL LOGIC INC.Inventors: OPTICAL LOGIC INC., KANTATSU CO., LTD.
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Publication number: 20130148214Abstract: The present invention is directed to an imaging lens with an optical system that comprises the foremost lens group closest to an object and of positive refractivity, the succeeding middle lens group, and the rearmost lens group closest to an image plane and of negative refractivity where the middle lens group, having the first, second, and third lens subgroups disposed in series, is moved axially along the optical axis for focusing, and the foremost lens group includes at least three or more convex lens pieces and a single concave lens piece and meets predetermined requirements defined in formulae. The imaging lens has a quality image stabilizing system in which a light-weight lens piece(s) is moved in directions perpendicular to the optical axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2012Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: TAMRON CO., LTD.Inventor: Tamron Co., Ltd.
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Patent number: 8456767Abstract: Provided is a high-performance objective optical system which is compatible with a high-pixel-count image acquisition device, in which focusing can be achieved according to a change in object point distance and which has sufficient depth of field at the individual object point distances. Provided is an objective optical system (1) including, in order from an object side, a first group (G1), a second group (G2), and a third group (G3), in which the first group (G1) includes, in order from the object side, a plano-concave lens (L1) and a meniscus lens (L2) whose convex surface is towards an image side and in which the second group (G2) includes a positive meniscus lens whose convex surface is towards the object side and moves in the direction of an optical axis to perform focusing.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2011Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.Inventor: Hideyasu Takato
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Patent number: 8456761Abstract: A lens system includes a first lens with negative refraction power, and a second lens with positive refraction power. The first lens includes a surface facing the image side having an optical portion. The lens system satisfies the formulas: (1) Y/Z<1.10;(2) G1R1/F1<?3.10; and (3) G2R2/F2>1.49, wherein Y is a distance between an end point of the optical portion and a center point of the optical portion along a direction perpendicular an optical axis, Z is a distance between the end point of the optical portion and the center point of the optical portion along the optical axis, F1 and F2 are the focal lengths of the first and second lenses, respectively, G1R1 and G2R2 respectively denote the radius of curvatures of a surface of the first lens facing the object side and another surface of the second lens facing the image side.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2012Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Wcube Co.,Ltd.Inventor: Chun-Cheng Ko
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Patent number: 8456564Abstract: Provided are a wafer scale lens, which is so short in an optical total length with respect to an image height that it can correct an aberration satisfactory, and an optical system including the wafer scale lens and having a thin lens element on the side closest to the image. The optical system includes a first lens having a positive refractive power relative to an object, and a second lens arranged on the side of the image of the first lens and having a recessed shape on the side of the object. At least one lens is arranged on the side of the second lens.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2008Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.Inventors: Yusuke Hirao, Keiji Matsusaka, Yasunari Fukuta
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Patent number: 8451547Abstract: An easily manufacturable wide angle lens with less possibility of distortion even using a small number of lenses has a first lens which is a spherical meniscus lens having negative power and whose convex surface faces an object; the second lens which is an aspherical meniscus lens having negative power along an optical axis and has positive power off the optical axis and whose convex surface faces the object side; the third lens having positive power in order from an object side, and an aperture. The Abbe number of the second lens is 30 or less; the ratio between the diagonal length of an imaging device placed on an image plane and the focal length of the whole lens system is 0.26 or less; and the ratio between the focal length of the third lens and the focal length of the whole lens system is less than 1.5.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2009Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventor: Takuya Imaoka
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Patent number: 8437093Abstract: A projection lens system has first, second and third lens groups. The first lens group with combined focal length f1 has, in order from a screen side, a first negative meniscus lens, a second negative meniscus lens with focal length f12, refractive index n12 and screen side surface radius of curvature R12a, and a negative biconcave lens with focal length f13. A second lens group consists of a positive biconvex lens with a radius of curvature R21b of a surface on a light modulator side of the positive biconvex lens. The system satisfies the following conditions: 1.0<|f12/f1|<4.0; 5.0<|f13/f1|<9.0; 1.75<n12<2.0; and 0.1<|R21b/R12a|<0.8.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2012Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Nittoh Kogaku K.K.Inventor: Takahiko Matsuo
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Patent number: 8437091Abstract: A wide viewing angle optical lens assembly comprises, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element with negative refractive power having a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, a second lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface, a third lens element with positive refractive power having a convex image-side surface. By adjusting the relationship among the above-mentioned lens elements, the wide viewing angle optical lens assembly can effectively reduce its size, obtain greater angle of view as well as superior imaging quality.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2011Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Largan Precision Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chih-Wen Hsu, Ming-Ta Chou, Tsung-Han Tsai
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Publication number: 20130107374Abstract: An ocular lens used in an optical apparatus, such as a telescope optical system, includes the following lens groups sequentially arranged from the object side: a first lens group G1 having negative refracting power; a second lens group G2 including a lens component having a convex surface facing the viewer's eye side; and a third lens group G3 having positive refracting power. An object-side focal plane of the third lens group G3 is located between the second lens group G2 and the third lens group G3. The first lens group G1 includes the following lens components sequentially arranged from the object side: a first lens component G1A having a convex surface facing the object side, having negative refracting power, and having a meniscus shape; and a second lens component G1B having negative refracting power.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2012Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: NIKON VISION CO., LTD.Inventor: Nikon Vision Co., Ltd.
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Publication number: 20130100337Abstract: An optical system includes a first lens unit fixed during a focusing operation and having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit moving in an optical axis direction during the focusing operation and having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit positioned at the image side relative to the second lens unit and having a positive or negative refractive power, the first lens unit is configured by first, second, and third partial lens units, the first partial lens unit is configured by two positive lens components, the second partial lens unit is configured by one cemented lens having a negative combined refractive power, the third partial lens unit is positioned between the second partial lens unit and the second lens unit and has a positive refractive power as a whole, and each lens unit is configured so as to meet an appropriate condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2012Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Patent number: 8427759Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive curvature radii on both an object side and an image side, a second lens having a concave shape on both sides, and a third lens having positive curvature radii on both the object side and the image side. The first to third lenses are arranged in this order from the object side toward the image side. When a whole lens system has a focal length f, the first lens has a focal length f1, the second lens has a focal length f2, and the third lens has a focal length f3, the following conditional expressions are satisfied: f1<|f2| f1<|f3| 0.5<f1/f<1.0.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2011Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignees: Optical Logic Inc., Kantatsu Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Ichiro Kurihara, Yoshio Ise
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Publication number: 20130094099Abstract: A lens system includes a first lens with negative refraction power, and a second lens with positive refraction power. The first lens includes a surface facing the image side having an optical portion. The lens system satisfies the formulas: (1) Y/Z<1.10;(2) G1R1/F1<?3.10; and (3) G2R2/F2>1.49, wherein Y is a distance between an end point of the optical portion and a center point of the optical portion along a direction perpendicular an optical axis, Z is a distance between the end point of the optical portion and the center point of the optical portion along the optical axis, F1 and F2 are the focal lengths of the first and second lenses, respectively, G1R1 and G2R2 respectively denote the radius of curvatures of a surface of the first lens facing the object side and another surface of the second lens facing the image side.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2012Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: CHUN-CHENG KO
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Publication number: 20130094102Abstract: The present invention provides an optical unit and an imaging device, which are capable of providing a small-sized low-cost imaging optical system that has high resolution and high heat resistance. The optical unit comprises at least a first lens group (110) and a second lens group (120) among the first lens group, the second lens group and a third lens group which are sequentially arranged from the object side to the image plane side. The first lens group (110) comprises an assembly of at least a first lens element (111) and a second lens element (112), a transparent body (113) and a third lens element (114) which are sequentially arranged from the object side to the image plane side. The first lens element (111) and the second lens element (112) of the assembly are formed from resin materials that have different temperature-dependent refractive index changes.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2010Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Tomohiko Baba
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Patent number: 8390942Abstract: An optical lens module is provided, including a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, and an aperture stop formed in the first lens by wafer level processing. The first lens, the second lens, and the third lens are sequentially arranged from an object side to an image side along an optical axis of the optical lens module. The first lens has a convex surface and a concave surface, respectively, on an object side and an image side. The second lens has a concave surface and a convex surface, respectively, on the object side and the image side. The third lens has a convex peripheral portion on the image side, wherein the convex peripheral portion forms a surface with a concave center on the image side, and the surface has an inflection point.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2011Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignees: OmniVision Technologies, Inc., VisEra Technologies Company LimitedInventor: Yun-Chiang Hsu
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Patent number: 8390943Abstract: An imaging optical system has, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens group, an aperture stop, a second lens group and a third lens group. A first lens, in said third lens group, is movable along an optical axis thereby implementing focusing from a focusing-on-infinity state to a focusing-on-a-near-distance state, with satisfaction of: |f(2+3)g/f1g|<1??(1) ?6.0<(R3gr+R3gf)/(R3gr?R3gf)<3.5??(2) where f(2+3)g is the combined focal length of the second lens group and the third lens group upon focusing on infinity; f1g is the focal length of the first lens group; R3gr is the axial radius of curvature of the surface of the most image side of a negative lens component of the third lens group; and R3gf is the axial radius of curvature of the surface of the most object side of said lens component of the third lens group.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2011Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventor: Ryosuke Uemura
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Patent number: 8379327Abstract: An optical system comprises, in order from the object side, an aperture stop, a first lens with positive refracting power, a second lens with negative refracting power, and a third lens, both surfaces of the third lens are an aspherical surface in which refracting power varies in accordance with distance from the optical axis in such a way that the both surfaces have a convex shape facing toward the object side in the vicinity of the optical axis and have a concave shape facing toward the object side in the vicinity of the outer circumference, and the following conditions (1) and (2) are satisfied: 2.2<d2/d3<7??(1) ?0.04<f/f3<0.04??(2) where d2 is the thickness of the first lens on the optical axis, d3 is a space distance between the first and second lenses on the optical axis, f is a focal length of the whole of the wide angle optical system, and f3 is a focal length of the third lens.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2009Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Hisashi Goto, Akio Michinaka, Takahiro Amanai
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Publication number: 20130033976Abstract: An acoustic hologram imaging system constructed from a machined housing having folded optics. Various surfaces of the housing are machined to provide a precise alignment to the optical members to be connected thereto, such as a mirror, a lens assembly, a light emitting laser diode, a camera, and the like. A three-part lens is described having different materials with different indexes of refraction in order to provide a desired focus of the light. In addition, an optical spatial filter is disclosed in which, according to various embodiments, all, some, or none of the light passing therethrough is attenuated for recording of the optical image of the hologram.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2011Publication date: February 7, 2013Applicant: ADVANCED IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Todd F. Garlick, George F. Garlick
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Publication number: 20130027788Abstract: A lens module includes a barrel, a first lens, a second lens, and a spacer. The first lens and the second lens are received in the barrel from an object side to an image side of the lens module. Each lens includes an optical portion and a non-optical portion around the optical portion. The spacer is positioned between the non-optical portion of the first lens and the non-optical portion of the second lens. The second lens includes an image-side surface. The non-optical portion on the image-side surface includes a contact portion. The contact portion defines a triangular notch.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2011Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: SHIH-CHIEH YEN
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Publication number: 20130027787Abstract: A lens module includes a barrel, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, and two spacers. The first lens, the second lens, and the third lens are received in the barrel from an object side to an image side of the lens module. Each lens includes an optical portion and a non-optical portion around the optical portion. The two spacers are respectively positioned on the non-optical portions of two adjacent lenses. The non-optical portion of the second lens includes a first contact portion and two second contact portions. The first contact portion contacts an inner sidewall of the barrel. The second contact portions respectively contact the first lens and the third lens and are arranged in an acute angle with respect to an optical axis of the lens module. The non-optical portion of the second lens excluding the first contact portion and the second contact portions is nebulized.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2011Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: SHIH-CHIEH YEN
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Patent number: 8363338Abstract: A fixed focal length optical lens system includes a lens group and a diaphragm. The diaphragm is located in front of the lens group. The lens group includes three lenses, respectively the first, the second and the third lens, which are sequentially arranged as a “negative-positive-positive” separated focal power system. The first lens is a plano-concave negative lens, the second lens is a positive meniscus lens, and the third lens is a double convex positive lens. All of the curved surfaces of the second lens are bent in the direction towards the diaphragm, wherein, the focal length of the entire optical system is f, the focal lengths of the first, the second and the third lens are respectively f1, f2, and f3, and which satisfies the following requirement: ?0.6<f1/f<?0.4; 1.0<f2/f<1.2; 0.6<f3/f<0.8.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2010Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Han's Laser Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jiaying Li
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Publication number: 20130021513Abstract: A photographic optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having positive refractive power, a second lens unit having negative refractive power configured to move in an optical axis direction to perform focusing, and a third lens unit having positive or negative refractive power, wherein the position of an optical element (A) satisfies a predetermined condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2012Publication date: January 24, 2013Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kaoru Eguchi
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Patent number: 8355213Abstract: This invention provides a photographing lens system comprising, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens with negative refractive power, both its two surfaces being aspheric; a third lens having a concave image-side surface, both its two surfaces being aspheric and at least one of them having at least one inflection point; and an aperture stop disposed between an imaged object and the first lens; wherein there are only three lenses with refractive power; the focal length of the photographing lens system is f, the focal length of the first lens and the second lens is f1 and f2, respectively, the radius of curvature of the object-side surface of the first lens is R1, the Abbe number of the first lens and second lens is V1 and V2, respectively, and they satisfy the relations: 1.28<f/f1<2.0, 23.0<(R1/f)*100<33.0, 30.5<V1?V2<46.0, ?0.65<f/f2<?0.25.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2010Date of Patent: January 15, 2013Assignee: Largen Precision Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hsiang Chi Tang, Tsung Han Tsai
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Publication number: 20130010181Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical unit and an imaging apparatus, which can realize a lens element that has a high MTF, is small, bright, and optimal to a fixed-focus camera while having an advantage of a three-group configuration that the depth of field is deep. An optical unit 100 includes a first lens group 110, a second lens group 120, and a third lens group 130, which are arranged in order from an object side to an image plane side, and the first lens group 110 includes a first lens element 111, a first transparent body 112, and a second lens element 113, which are arranged in order from the object side to the image plane side.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2011Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Tomohiko Baba
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Publication number: 20130003184Abstract: A variety of optical arrangements and methods of modifying or enhancing the optical characteristics and functionality of these optical arrangements are provided. The optical arrangements being specifically designed to operate with camera arrays that incorporate an imaging device that is formed of a plurality of imagers that each include a plurality of pixels. The plurality of imagers include a first imager having a first imaging characteristics and a second imager having a second imaging characteristics. The images generated by the plurality of imagers are processed to obtain an enhanced image compared to images captured by the imagers.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: Pelican Imaging CorporationInventor: Jacques Duparre
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Publication number: 20130003196Abstract: A lens assembly includes a plurality of component lens elements, and a fiber optic face plate having a back surface and a non-planar front surface. The plurality of component lens elements are configured to direct a focused image onto the non-planar front surface of the fiber optic face plate, and the fiber optic face plate is configured to transmit the focused image through the back surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2011Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Brian Kevin Guenter, Neel Suresh Joshi, Changyin Zhou
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Patent number: 8345359Abstract: A lens system includes, from an object-side to an image-side, a first lens with positive refractive power, an aperture stop, a second lens with positive refractive power, a third lens with negative refractive power, a color filter, and an image plane. The first lens includes a first surface facing the object-side and a second surface facing the image-side. The second lens includes a third surface facing the object-side and a fourth surface facing the image-side. The imaging lens satisfies the following conditions: 0.26<R1/F1<0.35; and ?0.65<R2/F2<?0.35. Wherein: R1 is a radius of curvature of the first surface; R2 is a radius of curvature of the second surface; F1 is a focal length of the first lens; F2 is a focal length of the second lens.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2011Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kuo-Yen Liang
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Publication number: 20120314305Abstract: An imaging lens includes: a first lens group; a second lens group having positive refractive power; and a third lens group having negative refractive power, which are arranged in order from an object side, wherein the first lens group includes a former lens group having a negative lens in a most object side, a diaphragm, and a rear lens group having positive refractive power, wherein the second lens group includes a first lens having negative refractive power, a second lens having positive refractive power, and a third lens having positive refractive power in an order from the object side, and wherein, when focusing is performed, the second lens group is moved in an optical axis direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2012Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: Sony CorporationInventor: Naoki Miyagawa
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Publication number: 20120314306Abstract: An imaging lens includes: a first lens group; a second lens group having positive refractive power; and a third lens group having negative refractive power, which are arranged in order from an object side, wherein the first lens group includes a former lens group having a negative lens in a most object side, a diaphragm, and a rear lens group, and wherein, when focusing is performed, the second lens group is moved in the optical axis direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2012Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: Sony CorporationInventor: Toshihiro Sunaga
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Patent number: 8331036Abstract: This invention provides an imaging lens system in order from an object side to an image side including a first lens element having a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, a second lens element with positive refractive power having its object-side and image-side surfaces being aspheric, a third lens element with negative refractive power having its object-side and image-side surfaces being aspheric and at least one inflection point formed on one of the two surfaces, and an aperture stop disposed between the first lens element and the second lens element. There are three lens elements with refractive power in this system.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2010Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Largan Precision Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hsiang Chi Tang, Tsung Han Tsai
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Patent number: 8331044Abstract: A fixed focal length optical lens system includes a lens group and a diaphragm which is located in front of the lens group. The lens group includes three lenses, respectively the first, the second and the third lens, which are sequentially arranged as a “negative-positive-positive” separated focal power system, wherein the first lens is a negative meniscus lens, the second lens is a positive meniscus lens, the third lens is a plano-convex or positive meniscus lens. All the curved surfaces of the first lens and the second lens are bent in the direction towards the diaphragm, and the focal length of the entire optical system is f, the focal lengths of the first, the second and the third lens are respectively f1, f2, and f3, and which satisfies the following requirement: ?0.6<f1/f<?0.4; 0.5<f2/f<0.8; 0.9<f3/f<1.2.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2010Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Han's Laser Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jiaying Li
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Patent number: 8331043Abstract: An optical lens includes a lens group and a diaphragm which is located in front of the lens group. The lens group includes three lenses, respectively the first, the second and the third lens, which are sequentially arranged as a “negative-positive-positive” separated focal power system. The first lens is a double concave negative lens, the second lens is a positive meniscus lens, and the third lens is a double convex positive lens. A concave surface of the second lens is towards the diaphragm, and the focal length of the entire optical system is f, the focal lengths of the first, the second and the third lens are respectively f1, f2, and f3, and which satisfies the following requirement: ?0.7<f1/f<?0.5; 1.0<f2/f<1.3; 0.8<f3/f<1.0.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2010Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Han's Laser Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jiaying Li
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Patent number: 8310770Abstract: This invention provides a photographing optical system comprising: in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens with negative refractive power having a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, at least one of the object-side and image-side surfaces thereof being aspheric; a third lens having at least one inflection point formed thereon and both surfaces thereof being aspheric. A stop is positioned between an imaged object and the first lens element. The photographing optical system further comprises an electronic sensor on which an object is imaged, and there are three lens elements of the photographing optical system with refractive power.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2010Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Largan Precision Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hsiang Chi Tang, Tsung Han Tsai
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Publication number: 20120262806Abstract: This invention provides an optical image lens assembly in order from an object side to an image side comprising: a first lens group has a first lens element with positive refractive power; a second lens group has a second lens element with negative refractive power; and a third lens group has at least three lens elements with refractive power; wherein a lens element in the third lens group closest to an image plane has negative refractive power and a concave image-side surface; wherein while a distance between an imaged object and the optical image lens assembly changes from far to near, focusing is performed by moving the second lens group along the optical axis toward the image plane. By such arrangement and focusing adjustment method, good image quality is achieved and less power is consumed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2011Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.Inventor: Hsin-Hsuan Huang
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Patent number: 8289633Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 7, 2008Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Inventor: James Brian Caldwell
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Patent number: 8270098Abstract: Disclosed is an image pickup lens (LN) including at least three lens blocks (BK) each equipped with a lens substrate (LS) being a parallel flat plate, and a lens or lenses (L) having a positive or negative power and being connected to at least one of an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the lens substrate (LS). In the image pickup lens (LN), a first lens block (BK1) arranged at a closest position to an object side has a positive powder, a second lens block (BK2) arranged at an image side of the first lens block (BK1) has s negative power, and predetermined conditional expressions are satisfied, whereby the image pickup lens capable of being easily produced at a low cost and having a high performance and a compact size can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2009Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Konica Minolto Opto, Inc.Inventors: Yasunari Fukuta, Keiji Matsusaka
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Publication number: 20120229921Abstract: A photographic optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive or negative refractive power, and a third lens unit having a positive or negative refractive power, focusing being performed by moving the second lens unit, wherein at least one diffractive optical element and at least one optical element made of solid material are provided closer to the object side than a position where a paraxial chief ray intersects an optical axis, and wherein a focal length obtained by only a diffraction component of the diffractive optical element, a focal length of the optical element made of solid material, a focal length of the first lens unit, and a relative anomalous partial dispersion of a material forming the optical element made of solid material are appropriately set.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2012Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kaoru Eguchi
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Publication number: 20120212842Abstract: An imaging lens includes: a first lens group; a diaphragm; a second lens group having positive refractive power; and a third lens group having negative refractive power, which are arranged in order from an object side, wherein the first lens group is configured by at least one positive lens and one negative lens, wherein the second lens group is configured by a negative lens, a positive lens, and a positive lens in order from the object side, and wherein, when focusing is performed, the second lens group is moved in a direction of an optical axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2012Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Masaharu Hosoi, Motoyuki Otake
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Publication number: 20120212841Abstract: A projection lens for projecting an image beam is provided. The image beam is converted by a light valve from an illumination beam irradiating the light valve. The projection lens includes a first lens group, a second lens group, and a third lens group. The first lens group is disposed on a transmission path of the image beam, and has a first optical axis. The second lens group is disposed on both a transmission path of the illumination beam and the transmission path of the image beam, and between the light valve and the first lens group. The second lens group has a second optical axis. The second optical axis is inclined with respect to the first optical axis. The third lens group is disposed on the transmission path of the image beam, and between the first lens group and the second lens group. A projection apparatus is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2011Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: YOUNG OPTICS INC.Inventors: Kuo-Chuan Wang, Yi-Hao Kang, Chi-Tang Hsieh, Chia-Chang Lee
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Publication number: 20120206639Abstract: Provided is an image pickup lens composed of three lens elements and an image pickup apparatus using the same, where the image pickup lens has satisfactorily corrected aberrations despite being smaller in size than conventional image pickup lenses. As image pickup lens includes, in order from the object side, an aperture stop, a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens. The first lens is a positive lens and is a meniscus lens having a convex surface facing the object side and a concave surface facing the object side, and the third lens is a negative lens. The image pickup lens satisfies conditional expressions relating to an air gap between the second and third lenses, a focal length of the second lens, and a curvature radius of the object-side surface of the second lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2010Publication date: August 16, 2012Inventors: Kazuki Matsui, Yasunari Fukuta
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Publication number: 20120206823Abstract: The projection lens comprises: the first of the components of negative power, facing with its concave surface to the object and cemented of negative and positive menisci, the second component comprising a positive meniscus, having the concave surface facing an object side, the third one being a biconvex lens, the forth one being a positive meniscus, having the concave surfaces facing an image side, the fifth one being negative, faced with its concave surface to the image and being cemented of biconvex and biconcave lenses. The technical objective is that relative aperture (1:1.8) is increased, brightness at the image edge field is enhanced against that in the centre (0.91), in the image, formed by the lens, the required value of negative distortion is provided (?3%), an image quality is enhanced, conditions of lens operating are provided for the object, located at the finite distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2012Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: ZAKRYTOE AKCIONERNOE OBSHCHESTVO "IMPUL'S"Inventor: Valery Vasilievich KOZODOY
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Publication number: 20120194922Abstract: A lens system includes, in order from an object side to an image side: the first lens element with negative refractive power having a convex object-side surface and concave image-side surface, the second lens element with refractive power, the third lens element with positive refractive power having a convex image-side surface, the fourth lens element with negative refractive power having a concave object-side surface, the fourth lens element connected to the third lens element, and the fifth lens element with negative refractive power. By such arrangement, the aberration of the lens system can be corrected. The photosensitivity of the lens system can be effectively reduced while retaining high image quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2011Publication date: August 2, 2012Applicant: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.Inventors: Hsiang-Chi TANG, Tsung-Han TSAI, Ming-Ta CHOU
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Publication number: 20120176690Abstract: An optical lens module is provided, including a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, and an aperture stop formed in the first lens by wafer level processing. The first lens, the second lens, and the third lens are sequentially arranged from an object side to an image side along an optical axis of the optical lens module. The first lens has a convex surface and a concave surface, respectively, on an object side and an image side. The second lens has a concave surface and a convex surface, respectively, on the object side and the image side. The third lens has a convex peripheral portion on the image side, wherein the convex peripheral portion forms a surface with a concave center on the image side, and the surface has a deflection point.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2011Publication date: July 12, 2012Inventor: Yun-Chiang HSU
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Patent number: 8213096Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first group having a positive or negative refractive power, a second group having a positive refractive power, a third group having a positive or negative refractive power, which are sequentially arranged from the object side of the imaging lens. The first group includes an aperture stop, and the second group includes a positive lens, and a cemented lens of a positive lens and a negative lens. The third group is composed of a cemented lens of a positive lens and a negative lens, and the following formula (1) is satisfied: 0.5?f2/f?1.2??(1), where f: focal length of the entire system of the imaging lens, and f2: focal length of the second group.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2010Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventor: Katsuhisa Tsutsumi
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Patent number: 8203797Abstract: This invention provides a photographing optical lens assembly from an object side toward an image side in order including a first lens element with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface, a second lens element with positive refractive power having the object-side surface and the image-side surface being convex, a third lens element with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface and both surfaces thereof being aspheric. An aperture stop is positioned between the first and the second lens elements. An electronic photo sensor is positioned at the image plane. There are three lens elements with refractive power in the photographing optical lens assembly.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2010Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Largan Precision Co., Ltd.Inventors: Po Lun Hsu, Tsung Han Tsai