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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8049967 | Anamorphic lens Provided is a low-cost and compact super-wide-angle anamorphic lens having small number of lenses and exhibiting excellent lens performance when the lens is used for an onboard camera, capturing of an unwanted portion is minimized. The super-wide-angle anamorphic le... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8009366 | Super wide-angle lens A small-sized super wide-angle lens for a solid-state image sensor that is suitable for a digital input apparatus such as a monitoring camera and an onboard camera, which is excellent in terms of optical performance and is low in terms of cost. The super wide-angle ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7978419 | Scan lens for imaging device A scan lens for an imaging device includes first, second, third, and fourth lens elements optically positioned in ascending numeric order between a scanning component and an imaging surface. The first lens element has an optical power in an in-scan direction of the ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7457044 | Ultra wide angle imaging optical system, ultra wide angle imaging lens device, and image sensing apparatus An ultra wide angle imaging optical system includes, in order from an object side, a first lens group, an aperture stop, and a second lens group. The first lens group includes, in order from the position closest to the object side, a negative meniscus lens element c... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7310185 | Double pass illumination system A display device is disclosed, wherein the display device comprises a light source configured to emit light, a projection lens configured to transfer the light to a display surface, at least one other optical element, and a lens disposed optically between the light ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7289272 | Optical system including an anamorphic lens An optical system includes a primary lens group having a central beam path therethrough and including a front lens group and a rear lens group. An anamorphic lens group lies on the central beam path and is positioned between the front lens group and the rear lens gr... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7241262 | Image-distorting endoscopes and methods of making and using such endoscope An endoscope having restricted dimensions and comprising at least one image gatherer, at least one image distorter and at least one image sensor shaped to fit within said limited dimensions, and wherein said image distorter is operable to distort an image received f... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7203344 | Biometric imaging system and method A method and system of obtaining a ten-print plain impression fingerprint includes scanning a print image, processing the scanned image, separating the processed image into individual fingerprint images, and determining how many print images have been scanned. The m... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7167297 | Micromirror array In order to minimize light diffraction along the direction of switching and more particularly light diffraction into the acceptance cone of the collection optics, in the present invention, micromirrors are provided which are not rectangular. Also, in order to minimi... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167315 | Apparatus and method for combining multiple electromagnetic beams into a composite beam A beam combiner includes a first beam-input face, a beam-output face, and first and second reflectors. The first beam-input face receives first and second beams of electromagnetic energy respectively having a first and second wavelengths. The first reflector reflect... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7113344 | Anamorphic converter, lens device using the same, and image-taking device using the same An anamorphic converter, which can be inserted into and removed from a lens group of an image-formation optical system, includes an anamorphic lens that satisfies the following conditions 0.9 | 09/26/2006 |
| 7101063 | Systems and methods for integrating light A light integrating system includes at least one total internal reflection (TIR) prism and a light integrating device disposed to collect and homogenize light exiting from the TIR prism. ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7095563 | Anamorphic converter, lens system, and shooting system An anamorphic converter, which is disposed at an image side of an image-forming optical system, includes a first lens unit having one of positive and negative optical power, a second lens unit including an anamorphic lens, and a third lens unit having positive optic... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7061691 | Optical lens and method of producing the same, method of producing optical lens array, focus error signal production method, and optical pickup apparatus An optical lens whose focal length is different on first and second planes perpendicular to each other is provided. The optical lens is configured such that a convex element, which is formed integrally with a substrate having a flat face, has a convex curved face th... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6927891 | Tilt-able grating plane for improved crosstalk in 1×N blaze switches A light modulator includes elongated elements arranged parallel to each other. Each elongated element includes a light reflective planar surface with the light reflective planar surfaces configured in a first grating plane. A support structure is coupled to the elon... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6922483 | Methods for measuring DMD low frequency spatial uniformity Methods for measuring the low spatial reflectivity uniformity of a DMD spatial light modulator. These methods are unique since they compensate for the non-uniformities introduced by the tilt angle of the DMD mirrors in addition to the normal system non-uniformities ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6754007 | One-dimensional optical condensing system, optical lighting system for correcting light intensity distribution, and exposure head Provided are an optical correcting system which can form a linear image or illuminating light having a substantially uniform light intensity distribution without reducing the efficiency of use of light, and an exposure head which can perform excellent exposure by us... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6624956 | Numerical aperture limiter The invention provides a numerical aperture limiter for an optical thermal imaging system, comprising at least one pair of wedge-like prisms made of a transparent material having a known index of refraction, the prisms of the pair being disposed in close ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6512636 | Anamorphic lens for digital projection An anamorphic lens for a digital projection display system comprising a projection lens and an optical axis has an anamorphic factor between 1.3 and 2.0. The anamorphic lens includes a first afocal part placed in front of the projection lens and a second ... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6504652 | Apparatus and method for laser processing A CO2 laser beam 12 is converted into a beam of uniform intensity at the position of a phase matching element 15 by an intensity converting element 14 and the phase matching element 15. Then, the uniform intensity beam irradiates a mask 17 cont... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6310731 | Anastigmatic anamorphic lens An anastigmatic anamorphic lens, in particular for the projection of Cinemascope films, with a high aperture and an anamorphic factor of greater than 1.7. The anastigmatic anamorphic lens comprises a main objective with considerable positive astigmatism. ... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6301059 | Astigmatic compensation for an anamorphic optical system A lens system defined along an X-Y-Z coordinate system transforms an elliptical optical beam defined as exhibiting a first, fast axis component and a second, slow axis component, into an essentially circular optical beam. A first and a second lens interce... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6016227 | Apparatus and method for producing an improved laser beam This invention relates to an improved laser beam useful in material surface processing and an apparatus for producing the improved laser beam. The improved laser beam of the present invention comprises a power distribution that is more intense at the oute... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5946139 | Compact monitor A color display including a non-polarized light source, at least one polarizing beam-splitter receiving light from the non-polarized light source, at least one selectably actuable polarization rotating light valve having thereon impinging light from the p... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5930050 | Anamorphic lens for providing wide-screen images generated by a spatial light modulator An anamorphic lens (11) for use in a display system (10) that has a spatial light modulator (12) and a projection lens (13) and that projects images to a screen (14). The anamorphic lens (11) is placed between the projection lens (13) and the screen (14).... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5905597 | Optical apparatus The present invention is characterized in that when a phototaking lens system forms image information on a image pickup device in which a plurality of light-receiving elements are arranged in a non-square lattice pattern and a signal from the image pickup... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5796526 | Illumination optics for spatial light modulator Variations on the Koehler illumination system, used for providing light to be reflected from, or transmitted by, an SLM. An anamorphic illumination system (10) uses multiple light sources (11) and a cylindrical lens (14) to provide an elongated and compre... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5731908 | Photographic lens system A photographic lens system, comprising, from an object side, a first lens group having a positive refractive power, and a second lens group having a positive refractive power, wherein the first and the second lens groups comprise at least one cylindrical ... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5703722 | Segmented axial gradinet array lens A segmented axial gradient array lens is provided. In one embodiment, the segmented array lens includes two sheets of optical material which mate at opposing faces which have a series of corresponding parallel grooves and ridges. At least one of the sheet... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5671093 | Anamorphic lens for a CCD camera apparatus The present invention relates to an anamorphic lens for a CCD camera apparatus used for inspecting a semiconductor chip during the manufacturing process. The reduced image of the semiconductor chip being inspected is formed at a magnification of 0.25 time... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5465178 | Focusing optical system for semiconductor lasers The invention is directed to a focusing optical system for semiconductor lasers, which is regulated in terms of magnification power in both its directions normal to the optical axis, so that the back focus of sufficient magnitude can be made equal in both... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5307208 | Optical system for imaging the light from light sources An optical system for imaging the light from light sources having varying astigmatic differences of focus in different planes, having an optical element with an astigmatic effect and having an imaging lens system, the optical element having an astigmatic ... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5208702 | Objective lens system for endoscopes An objective lens system for endoscopes comprising, in the order from the object side, a first lens component having a negative refractive power, a second lens component having a positive refractive power, an aperture stop arranged right after the second ... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5184222 | Wipe generator having start position and width controller A wipe waveform signal generating apparatus includes a wipe width generator generating a wipe width. A wipe waveform extended width holding device outputs a horizontal extended width and a vertical extended width. A wipe waveform calculator receives the w... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5184223 | Electronic imaging apparatus The electronic imaging apparatus comprises an imaging lens system for forming an image of an object at magnifications different between an x-z section and y-z section when the object is placed on a z-axis, an imaging optical system, an image sensor having... | 02/02/1993 |
| 4684222 | Small anamorphic lenses and method Anamorphic lenses or lens arrays are formed in photosensitively crystallizable glass by selective exposure of the glass surface and thermal treatment to cause the crystallization of the glass surrounding the lenses. The lenses, which have elongated cross-... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4426135 | Lens attchment for forming wide-ranging images The invention provides a lens attachment adapted for use as a supplemental attachment to optical instruments, such as cameras, enlargers, when they are employed to form wide-ranging images upon a wide screen for example. According to the invention, the lens at... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4362366 | Focal length extender An improved focal length extender of the anamorphic type is disclosed for use in combination with a conventional primary lens. The lens system of the present invention comprises two portions. A first portion is positioned in front of the conventional lens... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4056307 | Anamorphic scanner lens system An improved anamorphic scanner lens system including seven axially aligned cylindrical lens elements, the cylinder axes of the surfaces of the first six elements being disposed at right angles to the direction of the scan line, the axis of the front surfa... | 11/01/1977 |
