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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120127591 | INTERCHANGEABLE LENS, CAMERA BODY, AND CAMERA SYSTEM An interchangeable lens has a zoom lens, a zoom driver operable to drive the zoom lens along an optical axis, a focus lens, a focus driver operable to drive the focus lens along the optical axis, and a storage unit operable to store link information which links position... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120044578 | LENS BARREL A lens barrel capable of increasing the degree of freedom of installation of a detection unit and capable of making the lens barrel compact in size. The lens barrel includes third and fourth lens groups disposed adjacent to each other and movable in a common optical axi... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120019932 | LENS BARREL AND OPTICAL APPARATUS A lens barrel showing a satisfactory property in assembly and a high dust-proof and drip-proof performance includes: a first member; a lens holding frame configured to hold lens units moving in an optical axis direction to either zoom or focus the lens units; and an ela... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110304914 | INTEGRATED LENS BARREL An integrated lens barrel for a miniature camera is disclosed. The lens barrel can include components such as a shutter, an autofocus mechanism, a zoom mechanism, and/or an image stabilization mechanism. These and/or components can define a portion of the lens barrel th... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110286110 | LENS BARREL AND IMAGING DEVICE The lens barrel has a first lens unit that is disposed at the object side and changeable between a first state, a spacing of the lenses is a predetermined spacing, and a second state, the spacing of the lenses is narrower than in the first state; a second lens unit that... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110273782 | LENS BARREL AND IMAGING DEVICE A lens barrel having an image forming optical system including a first optical system and a second optical system which is moveable independently from the first optical system, a first driving portion which drives the first optical system during a magnification changing... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110235187 | LENS BARREL AND IMAGING DEVICE An interchangeable lens unit comprises a second lens group unit, a focus lens unit, a fourth lens group unit, a zoom ring unit, and a focus motor. The zoom ring unit mechanically transmits operational force inputted to a zoom ring to the second lens group unit and the f... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110157461 | LENS SYSTEM The lens system includes: a lens apparatus including a member whose position or state varies continuously; and a commanding apparatus outputting a command signal to the member, wherein the lens apparatus includes a first wireless communication unit performing wireless c... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110149413 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING TWO POSITION ZOOM-FOCUS A system for providing a two-position zoom-focus capability in a video inspection device comprising, in one embodiment, a focus lens cell and primary aperture attached to a set of fixed rails and connected to a zoom lens cell. In one embodiment, the focus lens cell is m... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110149414 | ZOOM LENS A zoom lens includes a lens, a shutter-aperture, a moving barrel and a resisting ring. The lens includes a curved surface. The shutter-aperture includes a diaphragm for allowing light rays passing through and at least three blind holes. The moving barrel includes a bott... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110116175 | ZOOM LENS ASSEMBLY A zoom lens assembly includes a first barrel including a first lens group; a second barrel including a second lens group that is aligned with respect to an optical axis of the first lens group, the second barrel disposed in front of the first lens group so as to be posi... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110096411 | FLEXIBLE LENS ASSEMBLY WITH VARIABLE FOCAL LENGTH The present invention is related to a lens assembly comprising a flexible lens body (10) inside a cavity bounded by a sidewall (11) and a first transparent cover (13), and a second transparent cover (14), wherein both covers (13,14) ar... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110085252 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGING DEVICE An optical system includes: a main mirror (11) having a shape of a portion of a convex paraboloid which includes an opening in a center and is rotationally symmetric; a second-reflection mirror (12) which further reflects light reflected by the main mirror... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110051258 | OPTICAL SIGHT FOR MAINTAINING DIOPTER ADJUSTMENT An optical sight includes a main barrel unit, an objective lens unit, an ocular lens unit, and a magnification unit. The main barrel unit extends about an axis. The objective lens unit is mounted to a front end of the main barrel unit. The ocular lens unit is mounted to... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110043928 | Method and Apparatus for Moving a Component in an Optical Sight A method and apparatus relate to an optical sight having a first section, and having a second section that is movable relative to the first section, and that has optics thereon. One aspect involves: preventing movement of the second section away from a first position pa... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110038057 | Optical Imaging Lens Systems Optical imaging lens systems are disclosed in which a lens assembly (110) is operable to simultaneously focus light rays originating from various distances onto a first focal plane which is maintained at a fixed distance from the lens assembly (110). To th... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110013289 | DRIVER A driver includes: a first member that holds a lens; a second member to which the first member is fixed; and drive means for driving the second member, wherein a portion in which at least part of the drive means is accommodated is provided in the side surface of the sec... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20100328786 | RETRACTABLE ZOOM LENS HAVING A VARIABLE APERTURE-STOP MECHANISM A zoom lens includes a variable aperture-stop mechanism positioned in front or behind an aperture-control lens group; a first rotation imparting member, which rotates an opening/closing ring of the variable aperture-stop mechanism by a relative movement between the vari... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100271711 | OPTICAL POSITION DETECTING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS The present apparatus includes: a light emitting portion for emitting a detection-receiving light; a light emitting portion arranged parallel to the light emitting portion for emitting a detection-receiving light; a reflecting plate which is moved relative to the light ... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100264310 | GANGED FOCUS MECHANISM FOR AN OPTICAL DEVICE An optical device for viewing an image is provided. The optical device includes two optical channels, each optical channel including an image detector assembly and a complimentary objective lens assembly spaced by a respective distance from the image detector assembly. ... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100232775 | Interchangeable lens, camera body, and camera system An interchangeable lens has a zoom lens, a zoom driver operable to drive the zoom lens along an optical axis, a focus lens, a focus driver operable to drive the focus lens along the optical axis, and a storage unit operable to store link information which links position... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100232034 | OPTICAL LENS DISPLACEMENT SYSTEMS The present invention provides optical systems, devices and methods which utilize one or more electroactive polymer actuators to adjust an optical parameter of the optical device or system.... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100208360 | WATERPROOF AND EXTERNALLY MODULATED ZOOM STRUCTURE The present invention provides a waterproof and externally modulated zoom structure, which comprises a module, on which there are a first adjusting section and a second adjusting section; the first adjusting section and second adjusting section are covered and affixed i... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100188756 | Zoom dial mechanism A zoom dial mechanism includes a zoom dial mounted on a base plate so as to extend through a central hole of the base plate and so as to be turnable, a coil spring mounted on the base plate to urge the zoom dial toward a neutral position, and a push knob mounted in a ce... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100149405 | ZOOM ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM AND CAMERA A zoom adjustment system, comprising a touch panel, a course detector, and a first zoom adjuster, is provided. The touch panel has an input surface. The touch panel detects a certain location on the input surface when it is touched. The touch panel detects a touched loc... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100128365 | RETRACTABLE ZOOM LENS A retractable zoom lens includes a holder, at least one movable barrel assembly received in the holder, a holding frame received in the movable barrel assembly, and a slide barrel engaged with the holding frame. The holding frame can move along the optical axis along wi... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100067120 | LENS BARREL The present invention provides a lens barrel that has a first barrel member and a second barrel member, and arranges the first barrel member on an outer circumference of the second barrel member to enable the first barrel member to move in an optical axis direction. The... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100053422 | LENS APPARATUS AND SHOOTING APPARATUS USING SAME A lens apparatus can be easily set even in cases where the lens body and demands are distant from each other upon shooting without a decrease in the reliability. A lens body 20 mounted on a camera body 10 is provided with command signal converting unit, ti... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20090310229 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ZOOM, FOCUS AND APERTURE CONTROL IN A VIDEO INSPECTION DEVICE An optical system for a remote video inspection device including an elongated probe for inspection of target objects, comprising: an imager located distally within the probe, wherein the imager receives an image of the target object; a focus lens group located within th... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090303613 | Variable Focal Length Lens, And Focal Length Adjusting Device, And Imaging Apparatus That Use The Same A variable focal length lens having a simple structure and capable of being used for applications requiring small size is provided, as well as a focal length adjusting device and an imaging device using the same. A variable focal length lens 10 has a lens 11 | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090284844 | Position sensing device and lens driving module using the same Provided is a position sensing device including a sensing unit that is mounted on one side of a lens barrel, which is inserted into a lens housing portion of a base so as to be vertically driven, and includes a light receiving section and a light emitting section which ... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090251798 | LENS ACTUATOR AND CAMERA MODULE WITH SAME A lens actuator for driving a lens received in a lens barrel includes a plate shaped body comprising a through hole defined in the center thereof, an inner portion surrounding the through hole, an outer portion for mounting the lens barrel thereon, and a plurality of re... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090251799 | LENS BARREL A lens barrel includes a support ring movable in an optical axis direction; a displaceable optical element supported by the support ring movable between a photographing position and a radially-displaced position in which the displaceable optical element is eccentrically... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090244721 | CAMERA MODULE A camera module includes a lens unit, a magnet mounted around the lens unit, a stator receiving the lens unit and the magnet therein and an elastic element. The stator includes a coil seat and a coil wound therearound. The coil establishes a magnetic field when an elect... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090244722 | TURNING MECHANISM A turning mechanism is adapted to a projector including a base and a zoom lens set in a base for turning a zoom bar of the zoom lens. The turning mechanism includes a fixed element and a movable element. The fixed element is suitable to be fastened to the base and has a... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090231709 | IMAGING DEVICE An imaging device includes an axial-direction moving member which moves between an operating position and a retracted position in an optical axis direction, an in-plane moving optical element movable in a plane orthogonal to the optical axis, a controller which moves th... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090225284 | PROJECTION LENS MODULE AND OPTICAL PROJECTOR A projection lens module including a projection lens, a first transmission gear, and an adjusting ring is provided. The projection lens has a lens barrel, a driving ring, and an optical lens module. The driving ring has a plurality of first external teeth and rotates ab... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090225438 | REFLEX, MAGNIFYING OPTICAL SYSTEM A first lens group in a reflex, magnifying optical system includes sequentially from the side of an object, a first lens that has a negative refractive power and is a meniscus lens having a concave aspect facing toward an image, an optical element (prism) that refracts ... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090219628 | Variable power optical system and image-recording device A variable power optical system composed of a first optical part, a second optical part, and a third optical part, with the first optical part being movable with respect to the second and third optical parts to change the focal length of the entire system. The first opt... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090207503 | LENS TUBE, OPTICAL DEVICE HAVING THE LENS TUBE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE LENS TUBE A lens tube includes a standard member, a lens, a guide, and a pushing member. The standard member has a standard surface via which the standard member is to be mounted to a camera main body. The lens retainer retains at least one lens and is connected to the standard m... | 08/20/2009 |
