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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120127445 | ISOLATION SYSTEM FOR AN OPTICAL ELEMENT OF AN EXPOSURE APPARATUS An optical isolation assembly (30) for reducing the transmission of vibration from an optical barrel (25) to an optical element assembly (28) includes an optical mover assembly (256), a first measurement system (258), a second measurem... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120002306 | SCREW-MOUNT LENS BARREL A screw-mount lens barrel includes a screw mount cylinder which is screw-engaged with a screw mount of a camera body, a shift ring which is rotatably supported by the screw mount cylinder to be coaxial therewith, a lens barrel body which supports an optical system and i... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120002275 | OPTICAL ELEMENT SWITCHING APPARATUS AND MICROSCOPE SYSTEM An optical element switching apparatus is provided that includes: a connecting portion connecting a transmitting portion with a traveling body portion via a predetermined elastic body and displacing the traveling body portion in each of first and second directions in a ... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110317287 | DRIVE DEVICE, LENS PART, AND CAMERA MODULE A drive device capable of engaging a drive shaft and a part holding the drive shaft with a suitable force without accompanying increase in the size of the drive device. The drive device includes a couple member with a piezoelectric element and a transmission shaft coupl... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110317288 | MONOLITHIC OPTICAL MOUNT The invention relates to a monolithic optical mount, which is divided by a plurality of cutouts into a stationary outer mount ring, a laterally adjustable inner mount ring, and manipulator units that are arranged with uniform offset from each other and formed by the rem... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110255181 | REPLACEMENT APPARATUS FOR AN OPTICAL ELEMENT A replacement apparatus for an optical element mounted between two adjacent optical elements in a lithography objective has a holder for the optical element to be replaced, which holder can be moved into the lithography objective through a lateral opening in a housing o... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110255182 | PLANAR FLEXURE SYSTEM WITH HIGH PITCH STIFFNESS A flexure system for miniature camera and the like is disclosed. The flexure system can include a frame and a stage that is configured to move with respect to the frame. One or more flexures can interconnect the frame and the stage. Each flexure can have one or more fil... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110176051 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FOCUSING OPTICS In an apparatus and system for focusing optics an objective lens is configured to collect light from a region of an object to be imaged, said region having a feature with a known geometric characteristic, wherein the geometric characteristic is known before the feature ... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110141586 | LENS BARREL, LENS DRIVING APPARATUS, CAMERA, AND MOBILE INFORMATION TERMINAL A lens barrel includes a plurality of lens groups each having at least one lens; a plurality of lens retaining frames which retain a corresponding one of the plurality of lens groups; a telescopic cylinder containing therein the plurality of lens groups and the pluralit... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110109885 | PROJECTOR AND LENS COLLAR MODULE THEREOF A projector includes a casing, a light source disposed in the casing and capable of providing an illumination beam, a light valve disposed in the casing and capable of converting the illumination beam into an image beam, a lens disposed in the casing and adapted to proj... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110090471 | Lens Shift Mechanism and Projection Video Display Apparatus A lens shift mechanism includes a projection lens drive unit, a vertical-horizontal limit sensor which detects that a projection lens apparatus reaches a limit in a shift range in vertical and horizontal directions, and a vertically-horizontally central sensor which det... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110085223 | LIGHT ADJUSTING APPARATUS A light adjusting apparatus includes a substrate (10, 40) having an aperture, a plurality of incident light adjusting units (20a, 20b, 20c) each moving in a same plane, and a plurality of driving units (50a<... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110001940 | LENS BARREL SHIFT MECHANISM AND PROJECTOR Disclosed is a technique that prevents the inclination of a lens barrel in a downward direction and does not hinder a reduction in size. A pair of sliding portions that slides along slide shafts is provided on both sides of a plate-shaped f... | 01/06/2011 |
| 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 |
| 20100271716 | REPLACEMENT APPARATUS FOR AN OPTICAL ELEMENT A replacement apparatus for an optical element mounted between two adjacent optical elements in a lithography objective has a holder for the optical element to be replaced, which holder can be moved into the lithography objective through a lateral opening in a housing o... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100271715 | ACTUATOR AND OPTICAL DEVICE An actuator capable of attaining two-dimensional positioning with a simple configuration includes an electromechanical transducer 11 which makes mechanical displacement in accordance with a voltage applied thereto, a driving shaft 12 which is axially displ... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100123819 | PORTABLE CAMERA HAVING LENS ASSEMBLY SWITCHING MECHANISM A portable camera having a lens assembly switching mechanism is provided. The portable camera includes a camera main body, a camera module, a slab module and a coupling structure. The camera main body has a camera opening formed in a first surface thereof. The camera mo... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100046097 | LENS BARREL, LENS DRIVING APPARATUS, CAMERA, AND MOBILE INFORMATION TERMINAL At least one objective of the present invention is to provide a lens barrel capable of detecting a position of a retractable lens retaining frame with high accuracy, a lens driving apparatus, a camera, and a mobile information terminal using the lens barrel. 02/25/2010 | |
| 20100039549 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL An exemplary communication terminal includes a housing, a camera module, and a zooming subassembly. The housing defines a guiding slot. The camera module is positioned in the housing. The zooming subassembly includes a convex lens and a controlling member. The controlli... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100026976 | Actuator System Using Multiple Piezoelectric Actuators A positioning system adjusts a position of an optical element within an optical device, such as a variable-zoom lens system. A frame supports the optical element, and an elongated surface of each of one or more elongated support structures supports the frame. The frame ... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20090316281 | Laterally Adjustable Optical Mount with Bent Lever Manipulator Units The present invention relates to an optical mount, in particular a lens mount, which is divided by a plurality of cuts in the mount material into a stationary outer mounting ring, a laterally adjustable inner mounting ring and three bent lever manipulator units which ar... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090304035 | LASER TRANSMITTER AND METHOD A laser transmitter projects a beam of laser light outward while raising and lowering the beam. The beam may define a conical surface of varying inclination. The transmitter includes a laser source that directs a beam generally vertically, and a beam diverting element. ... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090268586 | Objective Lens Unit and Optical Pickup Apparatus An objective lens unit for use in an optical pickup device, includes: a first lens section; a first flange section positioned peripheral of the first lens section; and a support section which supports a second objective lens having a second lens section provided in para... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090251671 | LENS POSITION ADJUSTING MECHANISM A lens position adjusting mechanism includes a lens, a lens attachment frame that includes a lens holding portion for holding the rim of the lens, and a holding case that sandwiches the lens attachment frame movably in a plane direction perpendicular to an optical axis ... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090225448 | Magnifier A magnifier is provided for magnifying textual, graphic, or other material associated with a container or other object.... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090225297 | PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND OPTICAL SYSTEM The disclosure relates to a projection exposure apparatus and an optical system, such as a projection objective or an illumination system in a projection exposure apparatus for microlithography, that includes at least one optical element and at least one manipulator hav... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090219483 | Front-lens attachment for an optical observation device The present invention, among other things, relates to a front-lens attachment (20) for an optical observation device (10), in particular for a microscope. The front-lens attachment (20) has a retaining element (38) that has a retaining elemen... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090207509 | IMAGING DEVICE An imaging device includes a rectangular image sensor, and an imaging optical system which includes an on-axis lens element and a radially-retractable lens element. The radially-retractable lens element is supported by a free end of a swingable arm pivoted about an axis... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090185032 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE AND LENS UNIT An image pickup apparatus of the present invention varies optical properties by moving a part of lenses of an objective lens, and includes a solid-state image pickup device unit that is disposed at a rear-end section and that subjects a subject image to photoelectric co... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090173219 | Multi-functional support structure A support structure comprises as image formers, weapons and sighting systems. An image former system is completely practicable by individuals of short stature or limited mobility, especially those in wheelchairs. Ordinary telescope optics and extremely rigid and simplif... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20090122425 | COMBINED LENS AND SPECTACLES PROVIDED WITH AT LEAST ONE SUCH COMBINED LENS The invention relates to a combined lens comprising two lens elements lying behind one another along the optical axis of the lens and means for displacing at least one lens element relative to the other lens element in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis of the le... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090073581 | LENS BARREL, LENS DRIVING APPARATUS, CAMERA, AND MOBILE INFORMATION TERMINAL A lens barrel capable of accurately detecting a position of a retractable lens retaining frame. A frame female member for rotating a frame around a lead screw and driving the frame in forward and backward directions along the lead screw is formed with a T-shared protrud... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090067067 | ENDOSCOPE An optical axis restriction surface, which restricts movement of a first lens frame in an optical axis direction, and a fixing slit, which is located in rear of the optical axis restriction surface, are formed on an end portion of a second lens frame. Lens frame hold po... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090047009 | Driving device and image pickup apparatus A driving device includes a fixed section, a holding member, a driving section disposed at the fixed section and having a driving shaft, a first movable body having a bearing section friction-coupled with the driving shaft, a second movable body formed as a body separat... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20080285002 | PROJECTION OBJECTIVE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR LITHOGRAPHY Objectives, such as projection objectives for semiconductor lithography, are disclosed. An objective generally has an optical axis and optical elements mounted in an objective housing. Projection exposure apparatuses having an objective are also disclosed. In addition, ... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080252998 | Lens barrel A lens barrel has a first group frame provided with a rotating frame having a cam groove and made of a synthetic resin and a cam follower made of a synthetic resin integrated with the circumferential face for relative movement with the rotating frame and engaged with th... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20080238250 | DRIVING APPARATUS, LENS DRIVING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS A driving apparatus comprises an actuator, the actuator comprising an electromechanical conversion element and a driving shaft attached to the electromechanical conversion element, wherein the driving apparatus expands and contracts the electromechanical conversion elem... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080238251 | DRIVING APPARATUS, LENS DRIVING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS A driving apparatus comprises an actuator, the actuator comprising an electromechanical conversion element and a driving shaft attached to the electromechanical conversion element, wherein the driving apparatus expands and contracts the electromechanical conversion elem... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080212210 | Optical element and optical element holder An optical element including a first groove extending from first end of the outer peripheral face in an optical axis direction towards second end, and a second groove connected to the first groove and extending from second end of the outer peripheral face in the optical... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080204905 | DRIVING MECHANISM AND OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING APPARATUS An optical-element driving mechanism is configured to drive an optical element, and includes a uniaxial driving mechanism that includes a linear actuator that drives in a first direction, and a link mechanism that converts a displacement in a direction orthogonal to the... | 08/28/2008 |
