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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120127565 | POLYIMIDE OPTICAL ARTICLE Disclosed herein is an article comprising a lens having a width of 0.1 millimeters to 100 millimeters, a length of 0.5 millimeters to 500 millimeters, and a thickness of 0.2 millimeters to 5 millimeters; and the lens transmits light having a wavelength of 600 nanometers... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120044566 | INFRARED CUT FILTER REMOVABLE MODULE CONTROL APPARATUS An infrared cut filter removable (ICR) module control apparatus includes a photoresistor, first to sixth electronic switches, an ICR module, a comparator, and a central processing unit (CPU). A first terminal of the photoresistor is connected to a power supply through a... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120038975 | INFRARED IMAGING DEVICE WITH A COATED OPTICAL LENS The disclosure describes a coated non-germanium lens for an IR imaging device. The coating may have a first layer and a second layer. The first layer is adapted to adhere well to the non-germanium lens and to provide a good adhering surface to the second layer, the seco... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120026382 | WIDE FIELD OF VIEW LWIR HIGH SPEED IMAGER Various embodiments provide an optical system including a first lens group having a plurality of lenses, the first lens group being configured to correct for an axial chromatic aberration; a second lens group having a least one lens, the second lens group being disposed... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120019905 | LENS UNIT AND VEHICLE-MOUNTED INFRARED LENS UNIT Provided are a lens unit and a vehicle-mounted infrared lens unit capable of correcting a focal shift due to a temperature change without increasing the apparatus size, complicating a production process, and increasing the costs. In a vehicle-mounted infrared lens unit ... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110249323 | COMPENSATING OPTICAL COUPLER FOR VISIBLE AND NIR IMAGING An optical system, in particular for endoscopic applications, is disclosed which uses wavelength-compensating optical components, in particular prisms, made of materials with different inter-element coatings and refractive indices to image significantly different wavele... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110228384 | FLUIDIC LENS A fluidic lens for use with IR light is provided having an optically transparent cavity containing a liquid perfluorocarbon retained within the cavity at least in part by an optically transparent flexible membrane whose surface profile may be varied by applying a variab... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110228383 | BROAD SPECTRAL TELESCOPE An optical assembly includes: a first lens comprising a crown material; a second lens comprises a primary flint material for wavelengths below about 1.0 um; and a third lens comprising a secondary flint material for wavelengths below about 1.0 um, wherein the first, sec... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110164142 | INFRARED LENS, INFRARED CAMERA, AND NIGHT VISION An infrared lens 1a includes first to third lenses L1 to L3 which are made of zinc sulfide and arranged in this order from an object side. Each of the first to third lenses L1 to L3 is configured as a positive meniscus lens of w... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110149143 | Image pickup lens, camera module using the same, image pickup lens manufacturing method and camera module manufacturing method An image pickup lens is provided that includes a substrate; resin layers formed on both respective opposite surfaces of the substrate; a lens portion formed on at least any one of the surfaces of the substrate; and a spacer formed on at least any one of the surfaces of ... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110069378 | Near Infra-red Imaging Lens Assembly This invention provides an NIR imaging lens assembly comprising a lens element with refractive power made of a visible-light-absorbable material, and a filter or a filter film formed on one lens element with refractive power for filtering out infrared light, wherein the... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110069377 | PLANAR GRADIENT INDEX OPTICAL METAMATERIALS An apparatus comprises a metamaterial including a first conducting layer, a second conducting layer, and a dielectric layer located between the first conducting layer and the second conducting layer. Each conducting layer has holes formed therethrough, for example as an... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110051229 | ACHROMATIC VISIBLE TO FAR INFRARED OBJECTIVE LENS Disclosed herein are lens systems that are capable of imaging in the visible spectrum to the far infrared spectrum. The lens systems are formed from optical crystals with different and substantially parallel partial dispersion characteristics.... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110006229 | LENSES, OPTICAL SOURCES, AND THEIR COUPLINGS A lens may operate in the mid-IR spectral region and couple highly divergent beams into highly collimated beams. In combination with a light source having a characteristic output beam, the lens may provide highly stable, miniaturized mid-IR sources that deliver optical ... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110001036 | SYSTEM FOR IMAGING AN OBJECT A device (100) for imaging an object (101), wherein the device (100) comprises an objective lens (102) adapted to manipulate a beam of electromagnetic radiation (103) transmitted through the object (101), a collimator lens (1... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100296160 | LENS BLANK AND LENS ELEMENTS AS WELL AS METHOD FOR THEIR PRODUCTION A method for manufacturing a preferably asymmetrical lens element (5a) from a tempered blank (1) is characterized by: producing the lens element (5a) from a first partial volume (1a) of the tempered blank (1), whos... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100271692 | METAMATERIALS WITH TERAHERTZ RESPONSE AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME Flexible metamaterials and three-dimensional metamaterials operable in the terahertz range are disclosed. Methods are disclosed for fabricating terahertz response metamaterials using microfluidic-jetted techniques. Layers of material including substrate and deposited ma... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100232013 | INFRARED IMAGING LENS SYSTEM AND IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE HAVING SAME An infrared imaging lens system includes, in the order from the object side to the image side thereof, a first lens with negative refractive power, a second lens with positive refractive power and a third lens with positive refractive power. The infrared imaging lens sy... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100187418 | INFRARED LENS, INFRARED CAMERA, AND NIGHT VISION An infrared lens 1a includes first to third lenses L1 to L3 which are made of zinc sulfide and arranged in this order from an object side. Each of the first to third lenses L1 to L3 is configured as a positive meniscus lens of w... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100182677 | ZOOM LENS A zoom lens includes a first lens group and a second lens group disposed between the first lens group and an image side. The first lens group has three lenses. Refractive powers of the three lenses arranged from an object side to the image side are respectively negative... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100165455 | Compact two-element infrared objective lens and IR or thermal sight for weapon having viewing optics A compact objective lens is disclosed which is particularly suitable for infrared optical systems. The lens features a simple design with only two lens elements, namely a first lens element receiving incident radiation and having front and rear surfaces, and a second le... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100103509 | INFRARED WINDOW LENS ASSEMBLY The present invention is a lens assembly 10 for an infrared window through which infrared inspection of apparatus within a housing is performed when the lens assembly is mounted in an aperture provided in the housing. The lens assembly comprises an infrared trans... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100059677 | Aspheric Lenses for Imaging A lens for Terahertz imaging that has a transparent body defining at least a first and a second lens surface. The lens body is arranged such that light incident to the lens refracts at the first lens surface, propagates through the body to the second lens surface and re... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100027105 | ROBUST WINDOW FOR INFRARED ENERGY Articles transparent to infrared radiation and resistant to impact and wear are provided. In one embodiment the article comprises a substrate and a composite coating disposed over the substrate and extending from an interface with the substrate to an external surface. T... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20090323178 | SOLID STATE LENSES AND LENS COMPONENTS Solid state lenses, lens blanks, and lens components formed of compressible mixed powders of two or more optical substances where the mixing ratio has been deliberately varied from place to place within the volume of the optical component to produce optically useful var... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090323177 | SOLID STATE LENSES AND LENS COMPONENTS Solid state lenses, lens blanks, and lens components comprising compressible materials ground into fine powders having mechanical properties that make them capable of being formed into cohesive monolithic masses that are low in scattering. The fine powders may be admixt... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090268277 | LENSES, OPTICAL SOURCES, AND THEIR COUPLINGS A lens may operate in the mid-IR spectral region and couple highly divergent beams into highly collimated beams. In combination with a light source having a characteristic output beam, the lens may provide highly stable, miniaturized mid-IR sources that deliver optical ... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090225405 | Wide-Angle Lens, Optical Device Using the Wide-Angle Lens, and Method for Fabricating the Wide-Angle Lens A wide-angle lens includes an object-side lens group 200, an image-forming side lens group 400, and at least one converging lens 300 arranged between the object-side lens group 200 and the image-forming side lens group 400. The object-... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090212219 | INFRARED IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM WITH VARYING FOCAL LENGTH ACROSS THE FIELD OF VIEW Provided is an infrared imaging optical system with an advantageously varying focal length across the field of view. More specifically, in a particular embodiment, provided is an inverse telephoto lens group having a field of view on the order of at least two radians. T... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090201578 | Reducing Flare in a Lens Having a Dichroic Filter In order to obtain an image with high color fidelity in an environment with a bright source in a field of view, flare must be minimized. An image device that reduces flare may include an absorptive UV cut filter positioned in an integrated optical system and a dichroic ... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090185266 | IR CAMERA An IR camera comprising an optical system further comprises an additional optical element arranged in the form of a disk that is transparent to the infrared radiation in the beam path and at least a first motor arranged to tilt the additional optical element around a fi... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090168153 | INFRARED ZOOM LENS AND INFRARED CAMERA A small-sized and low-cost infrared zoom lens while maintaining the brightness of an image and relevant arts to the infrared zoom lens is provided. The infrared zoom lens 1a is made up of first to third lens groups G1 to G3 formed of zinc sul... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090122395 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, LIGHT RECEIVING DEVICE, SPATIAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE, LENS DESIGN METHOD, AND ILLUMINATING DEVICE This light emitting device has a light emitting part for emitting light into a range including an optical axis, and a radiation lens for refracting the light emitted from the light emitting part and radiating the light into outer space, the radiation lens provided aroun... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090108187 | LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE In a laser scanning microscope comprising an infrared pulse laser; an objective lens focusing an infrared light from the infrared pulse laser on a sample; a condenser lens disposed on an opposite side of the objective lens across the sample for collecting an observation... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090097103 | Camera Lens and Related Image Reception Device Capable of Filtering Infrared Light and Reducing Production Cost In order to prevent infrared from reducing image quality of an image reception device, the present invention discloses a camera lens capable of filtering infrared light. The camera lens includes a barrel, an aperture installed on the barrel for controlling the amount of... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090067040 | Far-infrared camera lens, lens unit, and imaging apparatus A far-infrared camera includes three lenses formed of ZnS. A first lens is a biconvex lens, a second lens is a negative meniscus or biconcave lens, and a third lens is a positive meniscus lens. A diffraction surface is formed in either surface of a lens. When a total fo... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090067041 | Far-infrared camera lens, lens unit, and imaging apparatus Three lenses formed of ZnS are used in combination. A first lens is a meniscus lens having a middle portion which is convex on an object side. A second lens has a middle portion that is a meniscus, which is concave on an object side and has positive refractive power, an... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090052018 | Compact two-element infrared objective lens and IR or thermal sight for weapon having viewing optics A compact objective lens is disclosed which is particularly suitable for infrared optical systems. The lens features a simple design with only two lens elements, namely a first lens element receiving incident radiation and having front and rear surfaces, and a second le... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20090027766 | Infrared lens, infrared camera and night vision An infrared lens 1a includes first to third lenses L1 to L3 which are made of zinc sulfide and arranged in this order from an object side. Each of the first to third lenses L1 to L3 is configured as a positive meniscus lens of w... | 01/29/2009 |
| 20080273239 | Imaging lens and method of manufacturing the same There is provided an imaging lens including: a transparent substrate; an upper lens disposed on a top of the transparent substrate; and a lower lens disposed on a bottom of the transparent substrate to correspond to the upper lens, wherein one of the upper and lower len... | 11/06/2008 |
