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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120105970 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL METAMATERIAL In a metamaterial, a dielectric layer includes a host medium and dielectric bodies disposed in rows with predetermined intervals therebetween is sandwiched between a pair of conductive mesh plates each having holes, thereby forming a functional layer including dielectri... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120050878 | NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAME Embodiments of the invention described herein include metamaterials that exhibit negative permittivity and negative permeability at optical frequencies, methods for preparing such materials, and devices prepared from same.... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120044588 | OPTICAL LENS AND LENS ASSEMBLY HAVING SAME An optical lens includes a central optical portion and a peripheral portion surrounding the optical portion. The peripheral portion includes a first step surface, a second step surface, and a first connecting surface interconnecting the first step surface and the second... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120026595 | LENS FORMING METHOD, LENS, AND CAMERA MODULE A lens forming method comprising the steps of: interposing an uncured resin between a lens molding plate and a flat-shaped transparent substrate that are disposed to face each other so as to keep an externally-opening distance; and performing light irradiation on the re... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120028197 | TRANSMISSION OPTICAL SYSTEM, ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD According to one embodiment, a transmission optical system which guides light in a nearly parallel beam state emitted from an optical outlet port of a light source, to an optical inlet port of an exposure apparatus body and which injects the light in the nearly parallel... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026594 | MOLECULAR FILM FOR COATING OPTICAL LENSES AND A MANUFACTURE METHOD THEREOF A molecular film for coating optical lenses comprises Octadecyltrichlorosilane; and a germicide, wherein the weight ratio between the germicide and the Octadecyltrichlorosilane is 3 to 13. Furthermore, a manufacture method of a molecular film for coating optical lenses ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120020198 | OBJECTIVE LENS AND OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS An optical information recording/reproducing apparatus for an optical disc using a light beam having a wavelength of λ including: an objective lens that converges the light beam onto a recording surface of the optical disc and satisfies a condition: | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120019771 | USING LENSES AND LENS ARRAYS TO ENHANCE THE APPEARANCE OF PEOPLE A variety of applications of the integration of lenses and lens arrays into clothing, eyewear, and other worn articles so as to enhance or alter the appearance of a wearer are disclosed.... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120019937 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS USING THE SAME An optical system includes a positive lens unit, wherein the positive lens unit includes an optical element containing a base material and minute particles that are mixed with the base material and have Abbe number that is lower than that of the base material, and the m... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120019913 | Lens Manufacturing Method and Lens A lens manufacturing method comprising:forming a first layer directly or via a second layer on an optical base; and forming a light-transmissive thin film on a surface of the first layer in a physical vapor deposition process, the light-transmissive thin film including ... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120020618 | Fiber Optic Connector and Alignment Mechanism for Single Lens Multi-Fiber Connector The invention pertains to an optical connector assembly having an alignment mechanism for coupling two single-lens, multi-fiber optical connectors together. Particularly, each connector comprising a single lens through which the light from multiple fibers is expanded/fo... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120019912 | Lens Provided is a lens having a high NA, wherein defects caused when the lens is molded can be eliminated and the laps exhibits a high mountability. A transition surface transferring surface (31b) is formed between a first optical surface transferring surface ... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120013989 | META MATERIAL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Provided are a meta material and a method of manufacturing the same. The meta material comprises: a substrate; at least one conductive nano pattern patterned on the substrate and having a size with a negative refractive index in a predetermined electromagnetic wavelengt... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110317431 | Optical Element, Method for Manufacturing Optical Element, Light Emitting Unit, and Method for Assembling Light Emitting Unit Provided are an optical element and a method for manufacturing the optical element, wherein the concave optical surface of the optical element does not adhere to the metal mold convex surface and excellent mold releasability is ensured by providing the end surface of th... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110310620 | TRANSPARENT OPTICAL ELEMENT AND INDICATOR LIGHT HAVING THE SAME Disclosed herein is a transparent optical element for changing a propagation direction of light. The transparent optical element includes a light-receiving surface and a light-emitting surface. The light-receiving surface is formed thereon with a first recess having a b... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110310492 | MASK USED FOR FABRICATION OF MICROLENS, AND FABRICATION METHOD FOR MICROLENS USING THE MASK A fabrication method is provided which makes it possible to obtain a microlens that is more tightly spaced (the space between individual microlenses is smaller) than in the related art, even when the same fabrication process as that in the related art is used. The prese... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110310309 | TELEVISION APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND LENS According to one embodiment, a television apparatus includes, a printed wiring board, a plurality of light emitting diodes provided on the printed wiring board and configured to emit light parallel to the printed wiring board, and a lens including a plurality of light r... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110304764 | LENS ELEMENT, IMAGING LENS, AND IMAGING MODULE In order to provide (i) a simple-structured imaging module that is arranged to have resolution good enough to satisfy required specifications both in photographing a near-by object and in photographing a distant object, (ii) a lens element constituting the imaging modul... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110279915 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND OPTICAL UNIT USING THE SAME An optical element of the present invention is provide with a first surface which is formed on the front-object side and upon which light from the front-object side is incident, a second surface formed on the image side, and a third surface which is formed between the f... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110279904 | Lens and Molding Die Provided are a high NA lens wherein defects caused in a molding process can be controlled, and a mold which can be used to mold such a lens. As a lens (OE) has a first end area (OE11b) and a second end area (OE21b) which do not overlap with e... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110249342 | THERMALLY COMPENSATING LENS FOR HIGH POWER LASERS A method for thermally compensating lenses in an optical system for high power lasers includes the steps of providing a fused silica lens to collimate a high power laser beam and positioning that lens in collimating relation to the laser beam. A focusing lens assembly i... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110242671 | LENS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME A lens including a lens portion having two opposite oblong surfaces at least one of which is a curved lens surface having a refractive power is disclosed. At both ends in a longitudinal direction of the lens portion, first and second flange portions are provided each of... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110242657 | BI-LAYER ADHESIVE FOR LENS LAMINATION A method for laminating a film on to an optical article and a bi-layer adhesive for use in the method. The bi-layer adhesive includes a latex adhesive layer or a specific silane adhesive and an HMA layer sequentially disposed on the film and dried to form a solid layer ... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110228405 | OPTICAL LENS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN OPTICAL LENS In various embodiments, an optical lens is provided, which is shaped like a hood and has a light-transmissive front face as well as a sidewall adjacent thereto, wherein the sidewall has at least one ridge-like section having an increased wall thickness and running in th... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110222162 | Optical Lens An optical lens, (1) is shaped like a hood and comprising a light transmissive front face and an adjacent sidewall (12), wherein the sidewall (12) and the front face (11) form different components of the optical lens (1), which are joi... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110222171 | RECESSED OPTICAL SURFACES An optics block includes a substrate having first and second opposing surfaces, the substrate being a first material, a plurality of through holes extending in the substrate between the first and second opposing surface, a second material, different than the first mater... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110222172 | OPTICAL ELEMENT An optical element includes: an optically functional part having a first convex surface and a second convex surface intersecting with an optical axis and facing opposite to each other; and an outer peripheral part provided around the optically functional part, the outer... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110211105 | LENS ARRAY A lens array includes: a substrate in which a plurality of through holes are formed; and a plurality of lenses provided in the substrate by burying the plurality of through holes. A part of the through hole is different in at least one of sectional shape and opening are... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110211261 | WAFER LENS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Disclosed is a wafer lens in which the warpage of a glass substrate included therein can be prevented. Specifically disclosed is a wafer lens including a glass substrate, a first resin part composed of a curable resin, and a second resin part composed of a curable resin... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110205639 | IMAGING LENS AND IMAGING MODULE In order to attain an imaging lens whose resolution performance is totally excellent, the imaging lens of the present invention is in a shape of rotation symmetry in an optical effective aperture, and an image height-MTF property of the imaging lens is designed such tha... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110194187 | HYBRID OPTICAL ELEMENT A hybrid optical element includes: a glass substrate having a first optically functional surface and a second optically functional surface; and a resin layer bonded to the second optically functional surface. The glass substrate further has an outer peripheral surface p... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110194195 | Optical apparatus with structure for liquid invariant performance A phase-adjusting element configured to provide substantially liquid-invariant extended depth of field for an associated optical lens. One example of a lens incorporating the phase-adjusting element includes the lens having surface with a modulated relief defining a plu... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110188032 | Far-field superlensing An apparatus for creating a sub-wavelength image in the farfield. In an example embodiment, the apparatus includes a far-field superlens that is adapted to generate a sub-wavelength image or a sub-diffraction-limited image at a far field distance from a negative-index m... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110181961 | Mold, Method of Manufacturing Mold, Method of Manufacturing Wafer Lens, and Wafer Lens Provided are a mold used to form a concave lens section and provided with a reference surface having improved flatness, a method of manufacturing the mold, a method of manufacturing a wafer lens by using the mold, and a wafer lens. The mold has one or more concave cavit... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110176220 | Process for Producing Polythiol Compound for Optical Materials, and Polymerizable Composition Containing Polythiol Compound Provided is a process for producing a polythiol compound for an optical material, the method includes reacting 2-mercaptoethanol with an epihalohydrin compound to give polyalcohol, and preparing a polythiol compound through the polyalcohol, wherein a content of bis(2-hy... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110170197 | Method of Fabricating a Photomask Used to Form a Lens A method of fabricating a photomask used to form a lens. The method includes the steps of generating mask pattern data for each of a plurality of grid cells constituting a mask pattern for the lens, and fabricating the photomask based on the mask pattern data. The step ... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110158633 | LENS, LENS MODULE, AND CAMERA MODULE HAVING SAME A lens includes a light incident surface, a light emitting surface opposite to the light incident surface, and a side surface connected between the light incident surface and the light emitting surface. The side surface includes arc-shaped convex surfaces. Each arc-shap... | 06/30/2011 |
| 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 |
| 20110139242 | LIGHT CONDENSING LENS, MODULE, AND PHOTOELECTRIC TRANSDUCING APPARATUS Light condensing lens, module, and photoelectric transducing apparatus are disclosed. The lens has a light receiving surface, a bottom surface, and two side surfaces. The side surfaces are obliquely connected with the light receiving surface and the bottom surface. By d... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110141873 | DIFFRACTION GRATING, ABERRATION CORRECTION ELEMENT AND OPTICAL HEAD DEVICE There is provided a diffraction grating including a convex portion and a concave portion which are used for lights having different wavelengths λ1, λ2 and λ3 and are alternately disposed on at least one surface of a substrate with a p... | 06/16/2011 |
