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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189088 | Lens apparatus and camera system The interchangeable lens apparatus is attachable to a camera and selectively uses at least one of a plurality of accessories. The apparatus includes an aberration data memory configured to store optical aberration data for each of the plurality of accessories, an or... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8184195 | Lens shielding structures for digital image sensors Camera modules are provided using wafer level optics structures. Wafers of optical stack components such as spacers, lenses, filters, and aperture layers may be combined to form optical stacks for camera modules. Each optical stack may be formed from pieces of the l... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8164678 | Optical photographing lens assembly This invention provides an optical photographing lens assembly comprising, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface, at least one of the object-side and image-side surfaces... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164677 | Lens module with gas pressure control device and camera module having same An exemplary lens module includes a barrel, a first lens fixedly disposed in the barrel, a second lens movably received in the barrel, and a pressure control device. The barrel includes a peripheral side wall. A hole is defined in the peripheral side wall. The first... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164675 | Apparatus and method for removing moire pattern of digital imaging device An apparatus for and a method of removing a moire pattern of a digital imaging device are provided. It is determined whether or not a moire pattern is created based on an image frequency of a preview image and a spatial frequency of an image sensor, and when it is d... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164676 | Camera module providing reliable long term adherence An camera module includes a substrate, an image sensor chip, and a lens module. The image sensor chip is disposed on and electrically connected to the substrate. The lens module is mounted on the base via an adhesive layer. The lens module includes a bottom surface ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159595 | Camera module having circuit component A camera module includes: a case including a first surface formed with a first opening for entering incident light, and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the second surface being formed with a second opening; a lens unit mounted in the case; a first su... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154649 | Optical unit and image pickup apparatus utilizing electrostrictive drive elements An optical unit is provided which is characterized by compact configuration, high performance and minimized noise, and which has a drive element to drive a lens cone holding an image pickup optical system, and has the same outside diameter as the lens cone, wherein ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149322 | Image sensor with an improved sensitivity An image sensor having a surface intended to be illuminated and pixels, each pixel including a photosensitive area formed in an active area of the substrate, at least one first pixel including a first microlens located on the surface, the sensor including at least o... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149321 | Camera module and method of manufacturing the same Provided is a camera module including a housing that is formed in a rectangular box shape and has a cylindrical barrel coupling portion extending upward from the central portion thereof; an image sensor module that is mounted in the housing; a lens barrel that has a... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8134634 | Lens driving unit and image photographing module comprising the same An image photographing module is provided that includes: a lens unit and has a guide hole guiding the movement of the lens unit; a module supporting unit disposed at the back of the lens unit along the optical axis, wherein a driving axis that is movably inserted in... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8125559 | Image formation for large photosensor array surfaces The invention performs electronic image formation and refinement from overlapping measurement vignettes captured by an array of image sensors and associated micro-optics. The invention is directed to an alternate image formation system that combines readily-fabricat... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8120694 | Lens barrel and imaging apparatus A lens barrel includes: a plurality of lenses disposed in an outer enclosure; and an imaging device that converts image light introduced as an image capturing signal through the plurality of lenses into an image signal. The outer enclosure has a unit assembling port... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8120695 | Camera module having a lens barrel holder including a protrusion inserted in a recess in a sidewall of the lens barrel and providing good coaxiality A camera module includes a lens barrel assembly and a lens holder. The lens assembly includes a lens barrel and a lens received in the lens barrel. The lens include an optical axis. The lens barrel defines a recess in a sidewall of the lens barrel. The barrel holder... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8111320 | Multi-image capture system with improved depth image resolution The multi-image capture system comprises an imaging lens, a beamsplitter directing a first portion of light on an array of micro-imaging elements and a first photodetector array divided into a plurality of macropixels providing a set of depth images, and another por... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8106994 | Image pickup apparatus having a microlens array An image pickup apparatus includes: an image pickup lens section; an image pickup device obtaining image pickup data on the basis of light detected; a microlens array section arranged on a focal plane of the image pickup lens section, and including a plurality of mi... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102460 | Solid-state imaging device A CCD image sensor which is a solid-state imaging device has four kinds of pixels of first pixel to fourth pixel arranged in a predetermined pattern. The each pixel has each PD and each microlens. The first pixel and the fourth pixel are dedicated imaging pixels. Th... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8085336 | Optical apparatus having device for removing foreign substance An optical apparatus includes a rectangular optical member provided on an optical axis, and a rectangular vibrating device stuck to the optical member close to and in parallel with one of four sides of the optical member and configured to vibrate the optical member ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8077247 | Imaging system, imaging apparatus, portable terminal apparatus, onboard apparatus, medical apparatus and method of manufacturing the imaging system An imaging system is provided and includes an imaging lens and an imaging device such that the maximum diameter of an effective region of a point image covers three or more pixels of light receiving pixels, the point image being projected onto a light receiving surf... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8077248 | Optical device and production method thereof A lead frame is buried in mold resin to form a mold structure. A wide blade is used to make an indentation having an alignment step in the mold structure. Then, a narrow blade is used to split the mold structure. At the outer perimeter portion of a base which is a s... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8077246 | Method and apparatus for controlling imaging direction and magnification of camera At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to an imaging processing method where a plurality of images are picked up while an imaging direction of a camera is being changed. The images are combined into a composite image. A target region is specified within the c... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8077245 | Apparatus for imaging using an array of lenses An imaging system/camera consisting of multiple nano-sized optical elements arranged in an array format with more than one pixel per optical element will have a higher resolution than each element would be capable of individually, since each element being at a diffe... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8068163 | Optical imaging systems and methods utilizing nonlinear and/or spatially varying image processing Systems and methods include optics having one or more phase modifying elements that modify wavefront phase to introduce image attributes into an optical image. A detector converts the optical image to electronic data while maintaining the image attributes. A signal ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8063975 | Positioning wafer lenses on electronic imagers A low cost manufacturing method (300) and assembly (100) for positioning a lens (106) relative to an electronic imager (102). A viscous adhesive (104) is applied to the lens (106) or the electronic imager (102) outsid... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8054370 | Wiring substrate, solid-state imaging apparatus using the same, and manufacturing method thereof In one embodiment, a miniaturized solid-state imaging apparatus includes a body having a cavity for mounting a semiconductor chip therein. The body has an overhanging portion extending toward the cavity. Further, a lead is disposed within the body. The lead has one ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8054369 | Image capturing device An image capturing device includes a base formed with a first receiving space defined by a bottom wall and a first surrounding wall, and a second receiving space defined by a top side of the first surrounding wall and a second surrounding wall. A lens module is moun... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8049806 | Thin camera and associated methods A camera includes a first substrate having a convex refractive element, a second substrate having a concave refractive element, a separation between the first to second substrates, the separation including an air gap between convex refractive element and the concave... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8049808 | Contoured surface cover plate for image sensor array A cover for an image sensor array is disclosed. The cover includes a plate formed of substantially transparent material and placed adjacent to the image sensor array. The plate has a plurality of surfaces and forms a lensing structure. At least one of the plurality ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8049809 | Solid-state image pickup device and electronic instruments A solid-state image pickup device which includes a circuit board provided with a hole and with a circuit layer formed thereon, a solid-state image pickup element housed in the hole and having an upper surface constituting a light-receiving face and electrodes formed... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8049807 | Digital camera and dust reduction apparatus for digital camera Arranged are an optical element, a piezoelectric element arranged on the optical element, and an oscillation circuit for causing the piezoelectric element to vibrate so as to generate vibrational waves, wherein the volume of the piezoelectric element is determined b... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8045043 | Optical module and imaging device It is an object of the present invention to provide an optical module which can extract only light components satisfying predetermined conditions, and an imaging device comprising the optical module. The optical module (10) comprises a first plate-like optica... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045044 | Camera module comprising three members A camera module includes an actuator body movably supporting a lens assembly along the direction of an optical axis of a lens, a sensor board on which an image pickup device is mounted, a base member disposed between the actuator body and the sensor board. The base ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8031256 | Zoom lens and image pickup device Disclosed herein is a zoom lens formed by arranging a first lens group having a negative refractive power, a second lens group having a positive refractive power, and a third lens group having a positive refractive power in order from an object side to an image side... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8031255 | Image capturing device with field limiting parts and method of capturing an image using field limiting parts An image capturing device includes: at least two field limiting parts which limit a field of view to a dot-like section to define a passage of light; a light sensor which detects light passing through the field limiting parts; a scanning device which moves a scannin... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8018523 | Imaging optical system for image sensor Provided is a imaging optical system for an image sensor. The imaging optical system includes a stop and a first lens sequentially arranged from an object side. The first lens has aspherical surfaces on both sides and has a positive refractive power, a first surface... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8013927 | Solid-state image sensors Solid-state image sensors are disclosed that include one or more pixels formed on a semiconductor substrate. Each pixel includes a photoelectric converter to convert light to an electric signal, and a microlens above the photoelectric converter. The microlens has a ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8009222 | Image pickup apparatus and method of manufacturing the same To provide an image pickup apparatus with excellent optical characteristics as well as high reliability and a method of manufacturing the same, capable of efficiently manufacturing the image pickup apparatus in large quantities. The image pickup apparatus of the pre... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7999873 | Imaging device with plural lenses and imaging regions A plurality of lenses 102a to 102d arranged in the same plane form a plurality of subject images on a plurality of imaging regions 104a to 104d. Vertical line directions and horizontal line directions of the pi... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7978251 | Imaging apparatus and arranging method for the same An optical system for a CMOS sensor includes an aspherical lens with which an exit pupil distance appears short in a central region of an imaging plane and long in a peripheral region of the imaging plane. The aspherical lens functions such that the exit pupil dista... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7961243 | Camera unit and imaging apparatus A camera unit 100 is provided and includes an imaging device for receiving light of an optical image incident from a lens unit; a support board for supporting the imaging device; and a holder having an attachment part to which the support board is attached. T... | 06/14/2011 |
