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7570399 Focal point shifter for scanning applications  
A method, system, and apparatus for the shifting of a scanning device's focal point is described herein. The method, system, and apparatus comprise a focal point shifter interposed between a...
7557852 Image-taking apparatus, magnification variation control method, and lens unit  
A digital still camera switches an image sensor between moving picture shooting and still picture shooting. The digital still camera includes a variable-magnification optical system having a...
7554750 Imaging using a multifocal aspheric lens to obtain extended depth of field  
A system for imaging with a circularly symmetric multifocal aspheric lens is provided for obtaining an extended depth of field. The system includes a camera for capturing an image of at least one...
7493030 Adaptive optical plane formation with rolling shutter  
A scene is imaged by moving an optical lens relative to an image sensing surface (such as film or a pixel array) synchronously with exposing different portions of the image sensing surface. The...
7460306 Multi-directional optical element and an optical system utilizing the multi-directional optical element  
Multi-directional optical elements are disclosed that include a body having a first side having a first curvature, a second side having a second curvature, a third side having a third curvature,...
7423801 Lens with SLM  
Apparatus for enhancing vision of a user includes a focal modulation device ( 22 ), which is adapted to focus light from objects in a field of view of the user onto the retina while alternating...
7412158 Deeper depth of field for video  
A digital camera apparatus has a sensing surface that captures images at a first resolution. A derivative of the captured image is displayed at a viewfinder or stored in a memory, after encoding,...
7408724 Optical systems including a chromatic diffractive optical element corrector and associated methods  
A diffractive optical element (DOE) corrector for use with three different wavelengths includes a first diffractive element on a first surface of a first material, the first diffractive element...
7385173 Photosensitive array detector for spectrally split light  
A detector includes a photosensitive array including at least one photosensitive surface. A focusing device focuses spectrally split light onto the photosensitive array. The focusing device is...
7357521 Chromatic dispersion compensation device and method  
A chromatic dispersion compensator whereby the amount of dispersion and the group delay time can be easily adjusted. A dispersion unit, a transmitting lens and a group delay generation unit are...
7301686 Optically controlled optical-path-switching apparatus, and method of switching optical paths  
An optical signal optical path switching method comprising steps of using a thermal lens based on a distribution of refractive index produced reversibly caused by temperature increase generated in...
7271963 Bi-curvature lens for light emitting diodes and photo detectors  
A bi-curvature lens for diodes in an infrared wireless communication transceiver is disclosed. Devices having such a bi-curvature lens, such as a light emitting device, a light detecting device,...
7253948 Optical magnification device for distance variation  
An optical magnification device for varying the distance between an observer's eye ( 1 ) and an object ( 7 ), e.g., for a binocular magnifier or a microscope, in which focusing onto the object ( 7...
7221399 Imaging apparatus with a multifocal lens formed of two pieces with different focal lengths  
An imaging apparatus for imaging a first object at a normal distance and a second object nearer than the first object readily with high precision. The imaging apparatus has an imaging lens, an...
7220064 Coupling optical system for optical communications  
A coupling optical system for coupling light into an optical fiber of an optical communications system includes a liquid that includes a dispersion of microscopic particles and two transparent...
7215491 Optical path switching device and method  
An optical path switching method includes converging and irradiating, on a light absorption layer film provided in a thermal lens forming element including at least the film, each of a control...
7085063 Multi-directional optical element and an optical system utilizing the multi-directional optical element  
Multi-directional optical elements are disclosed that include a body having a first side having a first curvature, a second side having a second curvature, a third side having a third curvature,...
7082000 Aspherical lens with grating  
An aspherical lens ( 10, 10′ ) has an aspherical surface ( 101, 101′ ) and an opposite flat surface ( 102, 102′ ). A multiple-step grating is defined in the flat surface by a...
7068438 Grin-lens arrangement  
A lens arrangement for transforming a divergent, generally astigmatic laser beam from a diode laser into a beam having a high degree of rotational symmetry is disclosed. The arrangement comprises,...
7042649 Microfabricated rubber microscope using soft solid immersion lenses  
Soft lithography with surface tension control is used to microfabricate extremely efficient solid immersion lenses (SILs) out of rubber elastomeric material for use in microscope type applications....
RE39025 Lens device including a light controlling mechanism and an optical pickup apparatus using a lens device  
A lens device which can be used as an objective lens in an optical pickup apparatus includes an objective lens provided along a light path facing a disc and having a predetermined effective...
6990136 Laser beam transmission apparatus  
A laser beam transmission apparatus comprises a light-incidence optical system ( 22 ) converging and focusing a laser beam emitted from a solid-state laser apparatus ( 1 ), and an optical fiber ( 8...
RE38943 Compound objective lens for optical disks having different thicknesses  
A compound objective lens is composed of a hologram lens or transmitting a part of incident light without any diffraction to form a beam of transmitted light and diffracting a remaining part of the...
6950384 Optical pickup appratus, recording/reproducing apparatus provided with the optical pickup apparatus, optical element, and information recording/reproducing method  
An optical pickup apparatus for reproducing information from an optical information recording medium or for recording information onto an optical information recording medium, is provided with a...
6947223 Multi-focal length miniature refractive element and method for making the same  
A monolithic multi-focal length miniature refractive element comprising a first surface region and a second surface region. The first surface region has a first characteristic radius of curvature....
6876501 Objective lens, coupling lens, light converging optical system, and optical pick-up apparatus  
An objective lens for recording and/or reproducing an optical information recording medium, comprises a first lens having a positive refractive power; and a second lens having a positive refractive...
6870690 Dual-band lens  
A single lens or optical system is used to image two different optical bands, for example visible and infrared, with the same possible adjustments in zoom and/or focus. A dual band singlet is...
6859333 Adaptive liquid crystal lenses  
An adaptive optical lens device, system and method of using the same is composed of at least two planar substrates and at least one homogeneous nematic liquid crystal (LC) layer. One planar...
6813097 Lenses capable of post-fabrication modulus change  
Novel optical elements are provided which are capable of post fabrication modifications. Specifically, the invention includes lenses, such as intraocular lens, which can undergo changes in storage...
6788454 Viewing apparatus having a photographic function  
A viewing apparatus with a photographing function, includes a viewing optical system by which an image of an object, formed by a positive objective optical system, is viewed though a positive...
6636365 Optical pickup apparatus and objective lens  
An optical pickup apparatus for first and second optical information recording medium, comprises first and second light sources to emit first and second light flux; a single objective lens made and...
6625103 Aspherical objective lens for reading information from optical disks of different thickness and manufacturing method therefor  
An aspherical objective lens and its manufacturing method are disclosed which allows for forming an optical spot with fewer side lobes on optical discs having a continuous lens plane and substrates...
6621644 Optical wavelength-demultiplexer with an improved optical lens  
An optical wavelength demultiplexer includes an optical lens, a first-side waveguide and a plurality of second-side waveguide. The lens has a wave number distribution-surface having a section where...
6552760 Luminaire with improved light utilization efficiency  
A lens array 22 C has convex lenses 221 and 221 C arranged in alternate and staggering manner to one another. In combination with a condenser lens 23 , the convex lenses 221 form images of...
6545821 Diffraction type lens and optical pickup apparatus using the same  
One surface of the substrate constituting a diffraction type lens is formed with a zone plate exhibiting a smaller converging action with respect to a first wavelength λ 1 of light and a greater...
6542314 Objective lens for optical recording media and optical pickup apparatus using the same  
One surface of an objective lens is provided with a zonal part which acts such that the quantity of light having a wavelength of λ 1 is apparently canceled in the outer peripheral portion of the...
6426838 Polarization dependant multi-focus optical system  
An optical element has a coating thereon to reflect energy, such as light, of a first polarization into a first focus zone and to allow energy, such as light, of a second polarization orthogonal to...
6409141 Particle analyzer and composite lens formed by integrally joining plural lens elements of different focal points  
A flow cell 2 , a composite lens 15 , and first to third detectors 16 to 18 are arranged in this sequence in the light pathway of light emitted from a laser light source 1 . The composite...
6404563 Portable electronic device having variable focus display  
A portable electronic device having a variable focus display comprises a housing ( 512 ), supporting an image generating apparatus ( 518, 610, 710, 810 ), a lens ( 514, 612, 712, 812 ), and an...
6396622 Electro-optic apparatus and process for multi-frequency variable refraction with minimized dispersion  
The object of the prevent invention is to provide an optical system for producing variable refraction with minimized dispersion. A first material with a first apex angle in a first state and a...
RE37717 Optical pickup device  
An optical pickup device for condensing the light from a light source on a signal recording surface by an objective lens and for detecting the return light from the signal recording surface by a...
6388822 Optical pickup device and optical recording medium  
An optical pickup device which includes an objective lens having a numerical aperture of 0.7 or more collects light emitted from a light source and irradiates an optical recording medium. The...
6342976 Luminous flux diameter variable type objective lens and optical apparatus using the same  
A luminous flux diameter variable type objective lens having a wavelength selectivity is disposed within a luminous flux. Arranged on a surface of the lens are a first region 11 with no...
6330118 Dual focus lens with extended depth of focus  
A magneto optic or optical disk drive comprises a laser source for providing laser beam, and a lens or compound lens for focussing the laser onto a currently inserted recording disk with specific...
6301061 Switching device for multiple (dual) focus points of multiple (dual) optical paths  
A switching device for multiple (dual) focus points of multiple (dual) optical paths in a scanning optical path device is disclosed. The scanning optical path means comprising: a glass arranged for...
6288767 Imaging optical system  
An imaging optical system includes a liquid crystal lens including a first body formed of a substantially transparent birefringent liquid crystal member, a second body formed of a substantially...
6285514 Lens for angularly overlapping a central portion of an optical beam with an outer portion of the beam  
A lens for angularly overlapping a central portion of an optical beam with an outer portion of the beam is disclosed. The lens comprises a lens body having an optical axis, a rear surface on said...
6271975 Light collecting optical device forming a multiple focal distance lens  
A multiple focal distance light collecting optical device, is characterised in that it consists of a monoblock structure formed of at least a first and a second transparent material (8, 10) formed...
6134055 Objective lens and optical pickup device  
An objective lens for condensing a light beam, has at least one of annular grooves and ridges producing a phase difference. Each of the annular groove and ridge is formed concentrically on at least...
6124988 Objective lens  
An objective lens that allows spherical aberration to be suppressed during the reproduction of a CD without sacrificing reproduction characteristics of a DVD, has a first numerical aperture...
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