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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120051206 | OBJECTIVE LENS, LENS MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND OPTICAL DRIVE APPARATUS An objective lens includes: a solid immersion lens having a super-hemispherical or hemispherical shape, wherein a hyper-lens portion is formed in a part of an object-side surface of the solid immersion lens and integrated therewith by alternately stacking a first thin f... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20110194188 | ZOOM LENS A zoom lens includes a first lens group, a second lens group, a third lens group, and a fourth lens group. The first lens group including three lenses is disposed between a magnified side and an reduced side, and the first lens group has a negative refractive power. The... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110157710 | ZOOM LENS A zoom lens including a first lens group and a second lens group arranged in sequence from a magnified side toward a reduced side is provided. The first lens group has a negative refractive power and includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, and a fourth lens ... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20100328779 | DIELECTRIC COVERED PLANAR ANTENNAS An antenna element suitable for integrated arrays at terahertz frequencies is disclosed. The antenna element comprises an extended spherical (e.g. hemispherical) semiconductor lens, e.g. silicon, antenna fed by a leaky wave waveguide feed. The extended spherical lens co... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100238559 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND LENS ASSEMBLY An optical device (1) includes: a first capillary tube assembly (2) and a second capillary tube assembly (3), in which capillary tubes (6, 10) into which optical fibers (5, 8 (9)) are inserted and fixed, are retained, respective... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100231873 | FIXED-FOCUS LENS AND APPARATUS INTEGRATING OPTICAL PROJECTION AND IMAGE DETECTION A fixed-focus lens disposed between an object side and an image side is provided. The fixed-focus lens includes a reflector, a curved reflector, a first lens group, and a second lens group disposed in sequence from the object side to the image side. The first lens group... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100149650 | Optical Device and Lens Assembly The optical device includes a first capillary tube assembly including a capillary tube into which an optical fiber is inserted and fixed, and a retaining sleeve for retaining the capillary tube; a second capillary tube assembly including a capillary tube into which opti... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100046073 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE An optical waveguide with a tubular or hose-like housing is provided, which is used in a high-temperature environment, such as, for example, in a burner. The housing has an input opening, an output opening and a centre line extending from the input opening to the output... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20090317961 | BEAM HOMOGENIZER AND LASER IRRADIATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE The inhomogeneous energy distribution at the beam spot on the irradiated surface is caused by a structural problem and processing accuracy of the cylindrical lens array forming an optical system. According to the present invention, in the o... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090308377 | OPTICAL SYSTEM WITH A TRANSPARENT SPHERE AND USE OF THE SAME The invention relates to an optical system comprising a transparent ball, particularly filled with a transparent liquid. Direct sunlight that is incident on the ball area exposed to the sun is reflected on the opposite, internal face of the hollow ball by means of a rot... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090296228 | Integrated micro-optical systems An integrated micro-optical system includes at least two wafers with at least two optical elements provided on respective surfaces of the at least two wafers, at least one of the two optical elements being a spherical lens. The resulting optical system presents a high n... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090135712 | SOLID IMMERSION LENS AND FOCUSING LENS, OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE, AND DATA RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS USING THE SAME A solid immersion lens (SIL) is provided. The SIL includes a spherical part, a cone-shaped part, a tip part, and an edge part between the cone-shaped part and the tip part. The edge part includes a curved surface.... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20080316609 | Compact Super Wide-Angle Imaging System A super wide-angle imaging system has a short total track length. The lens system is a retrofocus type lens system that uses only a few lenses with no cemented lens elements. Acceptable performance is achieved by taking advantage of subsequent digital image processing. ... | 12/25/2008 |
| 20080278823 | Optoceramics, optical elements manufactured thereof and their use as well as imaging optics The present invention relates to optoceramics and refractive, transmissive or diffractive optical elements manufactured thereof, their use and an optical imaging system. These optoceramics and optical elements are transparent to visible light and/or infrared radiation. ... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080144323 | OPTICAL LENS AND LIGHT EMITTING DIODE USING THE SAME An exemplary light emitting diode (30) includes a light output unit (31), an optical lens (33), and a reflective sheet (35). The optical lens is mounted on the light output unit. The optical lens includes a light input surface (331), a... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080112059 | Optical lens and method of manufacturing the same An optical lens is provided. The optical lens provides miniaturization and thin size, and reduces the cost and improves productivity by simplifying the structure and manufacturing process. The optical lens includes a light-transmitting substrate with a lens chamber and ... | 05/15/2008 |
| 20080006859 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LENSES, IN PARTICULAR FOR AN IMAGER COMPRISING A DIAPHRAGM A method for manufacturing a lens of a polymer material, comprises producing in the core of the lens or on the surface of the latter at least one opaque zone having an optical function, by locally degrading the molecular structure of the polymer material using a beam of... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20070273977 | Resin Optical Member and Method for Manufacturing the Same A method for manufacturing a resin optical component in which a light-shielding may easily be formed is provided. A laser beam is focused on a given position in the resin having a high light transmittance to concentrate the energy to the focal point, resulting in a smal... | 11/29/2007 |
| 20060056040 | Image pick-up apparatus with curvature-of-field correction An image pick-up apparatus includes an object lens, an image transmission device, and an image-sensing device. The object lens projects an image of an object to be picked-up. The image transmission device has an image-receiving side disposed to receive the image project... | 03/16/2006 |
| 20050168828 | Microlicensing particles and applications A microscopic lens, of size approximately 1 micron is used for its optical characteristics. ... | 08/04/2005 |
| 20050052754 | 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. In order to counteract the surface tension of the mold material in a neg... | 03/10/2005 |