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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8110514 | Optical glass An optical glass that is an oxide glass having a very high refractive index in spite of its low-dispersion property, having excellent glass stability and having less susceptibility to coloring. ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8110323 | Optically semitransmissive film, photomask blank and photomask, and method for designing optically semitransmissive film The present invention provides an optically semitransmissive film that has a near-zero phase shift, has a desired transmissivity, and is relatively thin; a novel phase-shift mask that uses the optically semitransmissive film; a photomask blank that can [be used to] ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107350 | Optical information recording/reproducing apparatus and objective lens for the same An objective lens including: a first region to respectively converge first and second light beams onto recording surfaces of first and second optical discs; and a second region located outside of the first region and configured to converge the first light beam onto ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107063 | Transparent article An inspection method of transparent articles wherein presence or absence of optical inhomogeneities within the transparent articles can be accurately inspected is provided. In an inspection method of transparent articles used in photolithography, for inspecting whet... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107004 | Imaging device An imaging device includes an imaging optical system including at least one movable optical element; an image sensor, an imaging surface of which lies on an image-forming plane of the imaging optical system; a circuit board on which the image sensor is mounted; and ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102430 | Interchangeable lens and lens-data communication method An interchangeable lens which can communicate with an associated camera body, the interchangeable lens including an interface logic IC; and a memory connected to the interface logic IC, and stores the data of the interchangeable lens. Fixed data of the interchangeab... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102415 | Electronic endoscope system and processor for electronic endoscope An electronic endoscope system includes an electronic endoscope, a processor connected with the electronic endoscope, and a server that performs data communication with the processor via a network. The processor sends, to the server, update request data including an... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100904 | Treatment tool for endoscope A treatment tool for an endoscope includes a flexible sheath, with a transparent portion near a distal end thereof, which is inserted into and ejected from a treatment tool insertion channel of the endoscope, a rod-shaped treatment piece arranged into the flexible s... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100529 | Progressive-addition lens In a progressive-addition lens having a progressive surface on one side and an aspherical or atoroidal surface on the other side, the lens shape is designed so that a high degree of aberration correction can be carried out on the periphery of the lens and the distan... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098320 | Imaging device An imaging device includes a housing including first and second photographing apertures which are open toward opposite directions; an image pickup device provided in the housing; a main optical system forming incident light from the first photographing aperture onto... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8094382 | Zoom lens system and electronic imaging device using the same A zoom lens system includes a negative first lens group, a positive second lens group and a positive third lens group, in this order from the object. The second lens group includes a cemented lens having a positive first lens element and a negative second lens eleme... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8094354 | Scanning objective lens, scanning probe and scanning endoscope A scanning objective lens for scanning on an observation target with light emitted from an exit end face of an optical fiber moving on a curved plane formed to be convex on an objective lens side, including first and second lens groups each having a positive power, ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8094206 | Endoscope processor executing gamma correction on image signals using gamma coefficients An endoscope processor including a light source controller, an imaging device driver, and a gamma-correction block, is provided. The light source controller can order first and second light sources to alternately emit first and second lights, respectively. The imagi... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8092376 | Light source device of endoscope system A light source device of an endoscope system comprises a light source and a light-source controller. The light source emits in a flash-emitting mode that the light source flashes in a flash interval longer than a field period of an imaging sensor for the endoscope s... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8092014 | Plastic lens and manufacturing method thereof A plastic lens plastic includes a plastic substrate (1) having a first main surface that is a convex surface (1A) and a second main surface that is a concave surface (1B), a photochromic compound-containing photochromic layer formed on the conve... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8091387 | Method of manufacturing glass articles, method of manufacturing glass gobs, and method of manufacturing optical elements A method of manufacturing high-quality preforms from glass melt, manufacturing glass elements, such as lenses, by press molding these preforms and, manufacturing optical elements by reheating and press molding these glass gobs. In the method glass gobs are continuou... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090249 | Position controller for optical element A position controller for an optical element includes a movable member and is supported by a support member to be movable from an anti-shake driving range to a removed position, an image-shake correction driver, and an insertion/removal operational member. The inser... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8089705 | Objective lens for optical pick-up There is provided an objective lens for an optical pick-up. The objective lens includes a first surface on a light source side, and a second surface on an optical disc side. The first surface has a convex shape. The objective lens is formed to be a single-element le... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8089061 | Quantum dot inorganic electroluminescent device An inorganic EL device is provided with a substrate, a first electrode, a first insulating layer, a light emitting layer, a second insulating layer and a second electrode. The inorganic EL light emitting device is characterized in that the light emitting layer conta... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8088314 | Process for producing surface-treated intraocular lens and intraocular lens capable of inhibiting secondary cataract Provided are a process for producing an intraocular lens capable of inhibiting secondary cataract that may occur after the insertion of an intraocular lens and a secondary-cataract-inhibiting intraocular lens obtained by the above process, and the process is for pro... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8085316 | Image-processing unit, imaging apparatus, and computer program product An image-processing unit, comprising an exposure conversion circuit, a standard image-setting circuit, a contour extraction circuit, a contour comparison circuit, a final setting circuit, and an image synthesis circuit, is provided. The exposure conversion circuit g... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8081558 | Optical system of optical pick-up and optical information recording/reproducing apparatus An optical system of an optical pick-up including a resin coupling lens and a resin objective lens with NA larger than 0.8, wherein, magnification β satisfies a condition: −0.13 | 12/20/2011 |
| 8081384 | Multilayer reflective film coated substrate, manufacturing method thereof, reflective mask blank, and reflective mask A multilayer reflective film coated substrate includes a multilayer under film comprised of Mo/Si alternately-layered films, an intermediate layer in the form of a Si film, and a multilayer reflective film comprised of Mo/Si alternately-layered films for reflecting ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8079951 | Intubation assistance apparatus An intubation assistance apparatus includes a main body having a proximal end portion; an intubation assistance instrument having an elongated insertion section for insertion into a target site or its vicinity of a patient from a mouth cavity of the patient, the ins... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8079704 | Multifocal ophthalmic lens A multifocal ophthalmic lens, including: a far zone for correcting a far vision; and a near zone for correcting a near vision, arranged concentrically in an optical region of the lens, wherein a power distribution is set to vary progressively in radial direction of ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8077406 | On-vehicle camera lens glass material and on-vehicle camera lens An on-vehicle camera lens glass material satisfies at least one of conditions in which a measurement result in water resistance based on a powder method prescribed by Japanese Optical Glass Industrial Standard is 1st Class, a measurement result in Knoop h... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8076014 | Glass for use in substrate for information recording medium, substrate for information recording medium and information recording medium, and their manufacturing method According to one aspect of the present invention, provided is glass for use in substrate for information recording medium, which comprises, denoted as molar percentages, a total of 70 to 85 percent of SiO2 and Al2O3, where SiO2 ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8072694 | Objective lens There is provided an objective lens used for a plurality of types of optical discs having a front surface and a rear surface, each of which includes an inner region and an outer region. The outer region has a surface shape which suppresses a coma caused when a beam ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072508 | Photographing apparatus having first and second operation devices A photographing apparatus comprises an imaging sensor, a controller, and an exposure-mode-selecting device. The controller performs a photometric operation on a photographing subject and obtains a luminance value of the photographing subject based on the photometric... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8070760 | Clipping instrument for an endoscopic surgical device A clipping instrument for an endoscope is provided. The clipping instrument includes a flexible sheath, an operation wire, at least one detachable clip assembly, including a pair of openable and closable clipping arms and a fastening ring, the clipping arms being co... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068401 | Objective optical system and optical information recording/reproducing device having the same There is provided an objective optical system used for information recording/reproducing for three types of optical discs. The objective optical system includes an objective lens, and a diffraction structure formed on an optical surface. The diffraction structure in... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8067132 | Photomask and exposure method To provide a photomask capable of preventing a foreign matter generation in using the photomask, and an exposure method using this photomask. The photomask includes a transparent substrate 2; a transfer pattern 4 formed in a main region 3 of a c... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8064760 | Dust removal apparatus of photographing apparatus A dust removal apparatus of a photographing apparatus comprises a movable unit and a controller. The movable unit has an imaging device and is movable. The controller moves the movable unit on a plane that is parallel to a first direction and a second direction. The... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064135 | Polarization element Provided is a polarizing element, which is made into an assembly of metal elements by utilizing the fact that the plasmon resonance wavelengths of metal elements are different for the polarization direction of a light to irradiate the metal elements. The sum of the ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8062310 | Clipping instrument for an endoscopic surgical device A clipping instrument for an endoscope is provided. The clipping instrument includes a flexible sheath and at least one clip assembly with a pair of openable and closable clipping arms. The clip assembly is arranged in vicinity to a distal end portion of the flexibl... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059953 | Retractable zoom lens A zoom lens includes a zoom optical system including movable lens groups for zooming which are moved between a ready-to-photograph position and an accommodated position, a diaphragm mechanism, and a lens shutter. One of the movable lens groups serves as an aperture-... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059949 | Gyro-sensor mounting structure in a camera having an image-stabilizing function A gyro-sensor mounting structure in a camera having an image-stabilizing function, the camera including a first gyro sensor and a second gyro sensor for detecting rotations about two axes, respectively, which are mutually orthogonal to each other and orthogonal to a... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059186 | Camera having a focus adjusting system and a face recognition function A camera having a focus adjusting system and a face recognition function includes a photographing optical system; an image pickup device; a focus adjusting device which performs a focus search process in which the image pickup device captures object images at differ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8053702 | Method of connecting pipe members for endoscope A method for connecting pipe members for an endoscope includes the steps of arranging two pipe members each made of a corrosion-resistant alloy material by fitting one in another so that a passage is defined through the two pipe members, jetting inert gas toward an ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8052682 | High-frequency incision instrument for endoscope A high-frequency incision instrument for an endoscope is provided with a flexible sheath, and a rod electrode remotely operated to protrude from/retract into the distal end portion of the sheath. A stationary stopper provided at the distal end portion of the sheath ... | 11/08/2011 |
