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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8072847 | Optical device, optically heat assisted magnetic recording head and optically heat assisted magnetic recording apparatus, having intensity point deviated from axis of the core Provided are an optical device, optically assisted magnetic recording head and optically assisted magnetic recording apparatus that effectively emit the introduced light, from the apex portion of a waveguide. The optical device includes: an optical element having a ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068291 | Imaging lens, imaging device, portable terminal, and method for manufacturing imaging lens An imaging lens (LN) includes one or two lens blocks (BK), and an aperture stop (ape). The lens block (BK) includes a plane-parallel lens substrate (LS) and a lens (L) formed of different materials. In the imaging lens (LN), a first lens block (BK1) disposed at the ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068167 | SMA actuator driving device, and image pickup device incorporated with the same In a shape memory alloy actuator driving device, a predetermined constant current is applied to a shape memory alloy member as a retrieval signal to detect a terminal voltage of the shape memory alloy member, and a detection result of the terminal voltage is compare... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068149 | Image processing device, image processing method, and image pickup apparatus An image processing device includes a corrector for performing an optical correction of correcting a distortion of an image by interpolating image data of the distorted picked-up image resulting from an optical characteristic of an image pickup section, and locally ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8064147 | Imaging lens, imaging device, portable terminal, and method for manufacturing imaging lens An imaging lens (LN) includes at least three lens blocks (BK), and an aperture stop (ape). The lens block (BK) includes parallel flat lens substrates (LS) formed of different materials, and a lens (L). In the imaging lens (LN), the object side lens surface of a firs... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8061855 | Projection apparatus A projection apparatus including an image display element for modulating illumination light, an illumination optical system for irradiating the illumination light onto the image display element, a projection optical system for projecting the modulated light by the i... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8052283 | Oblique projection optical system An oblique projection optical system enlarges an image formed on a display device surface, and obliquely projects the enlarged image on a screen surface. The oblique projection optical system has, in the order from a reduction side: a refraction optical portion havi... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8031415 | Imaging lens, imaging device, portable terminal, and method for manufacturing imaging lens An imaging lens (LN) includes one or two lens blocks (BK), and an aperture stop (ape). The lens block (BK) includes a plane-parallel lens substrate (LS) and a lens (L) formed of different materials. In the imaging lens (LN), a first lens block (BK1) disposed ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8026688 | Driving device In order to provide a driving device that is capable of eliminating sticking of a movable member due to nonuse, the driving device includes a drive shaft that reciprocates in axial directions with expansion and contraction of an electromechanical transducer element,... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8013596 | Position detector and positioning device A position detector (3) capable of obtaining an output having a linearity in a wide range includes: a magnetic field generating member (11) attached to a movable member (10) movable in a predetermined movable direction (x); and magnetic field de... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8009365 | Projection optical system The projection optical system uses a plurality of wavelengths or a wavelength band within a wavelength range from a visible region to a near ultraviolet region. The double-telecentric projection optical system includes: a first lens group with a positive power; a se... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8007116 | Video projection device having a converter lens attachably and detachably provided A video projection device has one of a plurality of types of projection lenses replaceably loaded and projects a video on a screen at a fixed position. The video projection device includes: a converter lens which is composed of a plurality of lenses, which is afocal... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8000590 | Driving apparatus, image capturing unit, and image capturing apparatus An object of the preset invention is to provide a technique capable of preventing occurrence of an assembly error. A driving apparatus for driving an object includes: a driving part having a stationary part and a moving part; and a displacement transmitting part for... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8000038 | Image pickup lens, image pickup apparatus and mobile terminal The present invention provides an image pickup lens, an image pickup apparatus, and a mobile terminal The image pickup lens includes a lens group. The lens group includes a lens substrate which is a parallel flat plate, and lenses are formed on an object side surfac... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8000037 | Imaging lens, imaging device, and mobile terminal Provided is an imaging lens, including, in order from an object side: a positive first lens; a second lens having a concave shape toward the object side; and (i−2) number of lens, wherein the i-th lens, which is the most image-side lens, includes: an i-th lens fla... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7982968 | Variable-power optical system, image pickup device, and digital apparatus A variable-power optical system includes, in order from an object side thereof: a first lens group with a negative optical power; a second lens group with a positive optical power; and a third lens group with a negative optical power, where an interval between the f... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7978745 | Two-dimensional photonic crystal surface-emitting laser Two-dimensional photonic crystal surface-emitting laser comprising a two-dimensional photonic crystal, having media different in refractive index arrayed in a two-dimensional cycle, disposed in the vicinity of an active layer that emits light by the injection of car... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7975477 | Driving device and method of manufacturing the same A driving device and driving device manufacturing method that ensure stable fixing of an SMA, without causing difficulties in downsizing the device, and without adversely affecting the performance of the SMA. A driving device equipped with a string-shaped shape memo... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7969063 | Driver A driver, including: a piezoelectric element extending and contracting upon application of an electrical voltage; a driving member having one end secured to the piezoelectric element; a frictionally coupling member, frictionally coupling the driving member; and a dr... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7957047 | Laser projection device A laser projection device includes: an incidence optical system condensing laser light, a scanning device deflect the laser light in a first scanning direction and a second scanning direction with a mirror, and a projection optical system guiding the deflected light... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7953319 | Position controller, driving mechanism and image pickup system In a position controller, a driving mechanism and an image pickup system according to the present invention, an operation of controlling a position of a movable member is performed by using, as a reference value, a first resistance value giving a first change point ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7952965 | Optical pickup device, optical pickup controller and optical pickup control method An optical pickup device such that the driving force of the drive unit provided on the same optical base as that of the objective lens exerts no adverse influence on controlling of the objective lens is provided. The optical pickup device 1 has an objective l... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7950806 | Rear projector A rear projector for performing image projection includes: a screen and a projection optical system. The screen has a rotationally symmetric Fresnel lens. The projection optical system has at least one reflection surface formed of a rotationally asymmetric free curv... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7944800 | Optical recording head, optical recording head manufacturing method and recording/reproducing device Provided is a highly reliable optical recording head which has a small fluctuation of a quantity of light applied on a recording medium due to temperature. The optical recording head is provided with a light guide section for guiding light applied from a light sourc... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944780 | Magnetic recording device and magnetic recording head drive mechanism having a magnetic applying section of a specific length Provided is a magnetic recording device which can perform high density magnetic recording by simple constitution. The magnetic recording device is provided with a disk driving device for rotating a magnetic disk; a head having a heating section for heating a circula... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944129 | Ultrasonic actuator and magnetic recording apparatus using the same Provided are ultrasonic actuators and magnetic recording apparatuses that are stably equipped with superior driving performance without making the apparatus complex or raising cost. By providing an approximately equilateral triangular shaped vibrating member provide... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943893 | Illumination optical system and image projection device having a rod integrator uniformizing spatial energy distribution of diffused illumination beam An illumination optical system has: a light source, a diffusion member, and a rod integrator, and illuminates an image display surface of a display element. The light source emits an illumination beam having a flat cross section. The diffusion member isotropically d... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941051 | Laser optical device and control method of actuator A laser optical device, having: a laser light emitting section to emit laser signal light modulated by information; a laser light receiving section to receive the laser signal light emitted from the laser light emitting section; a light condensing optical unit to co... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7928027 | Optical glass and optical element The optical glass of the invention comprising: SiO2: 10 to 30%, B2O3: 15 to 35%, Li2O: 0 (inclusive) to 10%, Na2O: 0 (inclusive) to 5%, and K2O: 0 (inclusive) to 5% provided that Li2O+Na | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925146 | Image blur correction device and imaging device using same In an image blur correction device and an imaging device according to the present invention, a holder for holding an optical component, which is displaced for correcting an image blur, is supported by one or more balls, so as to be freely displaced by sliding on the... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7922340 | Projection optical system with enlargement at a varying magnification A projection optical system that receives light from a display element to project an image displayed by the display element onto a screen with enlargement at a varying magnification achieved by varying the projection distance to the screen has: a refractive optical ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7920331 | Anamorphic converter and image projection system An anamorphic converter includes, from a projected-surface side, a first group and a second group. The first group includes one or more lens elements and has a negative power at least in a main magnification direction. The second group includes one or more lens elem... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7911705 | Projection lens and projector An object of the invention is to provide a projection lens capable of sufficiently correcting lateral chromatic aberration at both of the wide-angle end and the telephoto end, with an increased zoom ratio, a less number of lens elements, and less variation in telece... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7898745 | Lens unit and image pickup apparatus A simply structured zooming movement mechanism for moving a first lens group located in the object side from a bending member. Also provided are a small-sized lens unit by making it collapsible and an image pickup apparatus. The lens unit has: the bending member for... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7880972 | Projection optical system A projection optical system for projecting, while enlarging, an image formed on an image formation surface onto an image projection surface from an oblique direction relative thereto has at least three optically powered reflective surfaces and a refractive lens surf... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7880948 | Scanning projection device Scanning projection device PJ two-dimensionally deflects a beam emitted from light source unit 1 and performs scanning with deflection element 3, and projects the beam obliquely on screen SC with projection optical system 7. By defining a range ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7869134 | Variable power optical system, imaging lens system and digital apparatus Provided is a microminiaturized zoom optical system capable of sufficiently correcting aberration. The zoom optical system (100) includes a first lens group (101) having a negative optical power, a second lens group (102) having a positive optic... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7864392 | Microscanner and optical equipment with the same An optical scanner including a mirror part for reflecting light, a main axis part for supporting the mirror part in a pivotable manner, and a deformable holding part for holding the main axis part. A torsion bar for converting a deformation of the holding part itsel... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7864390 | Image display apparatus An image display apparatus capable of displaying an image on a plane of projection by beam raster scanning associated with resonant oscillation in a horizontal scanning direction (the main scanning direction), includes a resonance-point detector for detecting a mech... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7862180 | Optical system for image projection and image projection apparatus The invention provides an optical system for image projection, wherein when used in an image projection apparatus, a screen-continuing portion (e.g., screen-underlying portion) of the apparatus can be reduced to a small size, or can be removed, and thereby the appar... | 01/04/2011 |
