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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8107172 | Single-lens optical system A single-lens optical system including a stop and a lens sequentially arranged from an object side, and reducing distortion by controlling a distance between the stop and the lens. ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8072692 | Lens, laser arrangement and method for producing a laser arrangement An aspherical planoconvex lens (20), containing a material with a refractive index of at least 3.0, in which the height (h) of the convex region (21) is a maximum of one fifth of the thickness (1) of the lens (20). Also disclosed is a las... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8009368 | Aspherical fiber coupling lens An aspherical fiber coupling lens applied to a photoelectric coupling module is disclosed. The spherical fiber coupling lens is a bi-convex lens with positive refraction power and having a first optical surface and a second optical surface, both are aspherical surfa... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7936521 | Method of measuring a deviation of an optical surface from a target shape A method of aligning at least two wave shaping elements, a method of measuring a deviation of an optical surface from a target shape and a measuring apparatus for interferometrically measuring a deviation of an optical surface from a target shape. The method of alig... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7787195 | Illumination lens and endoscope illuminating optical system An endoscope illuminating optical system includes an illumination lens having a positive power. Illumination light rays parallel to each other emitted from an optical fiber bundle enter an incident surface of the illumination lens. The incident surface of the illumi... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7755852 | Optical element molding method and optical element A molding material is heated and pressed plural times when molded is an optical element having a radius of curvature smaller than a radius of a sphere having the same volume as the optical element. When such an optical element is molded, a closed space is formed bet... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7612950 | Aspheric plastic lens and mold for manufacturing the same An aspheric plastic lens comprises a spherical surface portion having upper and lower portions at the center thereof, the upper and lower portions having curved surfaces with a different curvature, respectively; a rib formed in a circular plate shape so as to extend... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7535656 | Lenses, optical sources, and their couplings A lens may operate in the mid-IR spectral region and couple highly divergent beams into highly collimated beams. In combination with a light source having a characteristic output beam, the lens may provide highly stable, miniaturized mid-IR sources that deliver opti... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7502175 | Aspherical lens and process for the production thereof An aspherical lens formed of a high-refractivity low-dispersion glass, which is useful for constituting a compact and high-function image-sensing optical unit and which is formed by precision press-molding, the optical glass having a refractive index (nd)... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7492529 | Bi-convex solid immersion lens A bi-convex solid immersion lens is disclosed, having a top and bottom convex surfaces. The radius of curvature of the bottom surface is larger than that of the top surface. A conical sloped side-wall connects the top and bottom surface. ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7440197 | Image forming lens and portable information terminal The image forming lens comprises a stop and a single lens placed in this order from the object side, wherein if the object-side surface of the single lens having paraxial curvature radii to form biconvex surfaces is referred to as the first surface while the image-s... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7414796 | Objective lens design method, lens, and optical system, optical head, and optical disc apparatus using the same When the DVD provided with the DVD substrate 2 having thickness t2 of 0.6 mm is installed in the optical disc apparatus, the light beam 4 having wavelength λ1=655 nm is used as luminous flux of numerical aperture NA=0.63 to be co... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7411742 | Focusing lens for LED A focusing lens for an LED is provided. The focusing lens for an LED, which concentrates light emitted from the LED so as to have directionality parallel to an optic axis, comprises: a transparent body; a first lens part formed in the body; and a second lens part co... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7391580 | Ultra compact mono-bloc catadioptric imaging lens A mono-bloc catadioptric imaging lens comprising a solid body and a single-focal Maksutov type construction characterized by two refractive surfaces and two reflective surfaces wherein all surfaces are surfaces of revolution and wherein at least one surface is asphe... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7365916 | Aspherical lens and optical instrument using the same An object is to provide an aspherical lens having compactness in dimension, large degree of freedom in design, and good optical performance, with increasing in productivity, and lowering production cost. The aspherical lens constructed by a substrate member A and a ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362514 | Imaging system, in particular a projection objective of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus Imaging systems, in particular a projection objectives of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus, are provided. The imaging systems can have an optical axis and produce an image field which is extra-axial relative to the optical axis. The imaging systems ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7349163 | High-heat-dissipation lighting module There is provided a lighting module of the type having a solid-state light source, in particular a LED, a supporting plate, and a lens; the lens has a recess housing the light source; the lens is supported by and projects from the plate by means of supporting member... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348517 | Laser cutting apparatus with a high quality laser beam A laser cutting apparatus capable of properly cutting a workpiece having a large thickness with a laser beam. The laser cutting apparatus includes a gas laser oscillator; and an optical system including a collective lens and transmitting and collecting a laser beam ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7339752 | Image pick-up lens system An image pick-up lens system from an object side to an image side includes an aperture stop (10), and a meniscus-shaped lens (20) having a concave surface on the object side and a convex surface on the image side. The lens has at least one aspheric sur... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7321475 | Image pick-up lens system An image pick-up lens system includes an aperture stop (10), a biconvex first lens (20), and a meniscus-shaped second lens (30) having a concave surface on a side of an object. The aperture stop, the first lens and the second lens are aligned in... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7312933 | Rectangular monobloc optical lens and manufacturing method thereof A rectangular monobloc optical lens and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. A monobloc optical lens includes a rectangular surround and a central mirror-surface area. The rectangular surround is mounted inside a clipping part of a lens holder. The central ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7292397 | Beam-shaping optical element and method and program for designing the same A beam-shaping optical element employing an aspherical profileis presented to minimize aberration. A beam-shaping optical element according to the present invention includes an entrance surface and the exit surface, both having a non-circular cross-section in any pl... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289273 | Zoom lens and electronic imaging apparatus having the same A zoom lens includes, in order from the object side, the first lens unit consisting of one negative lens component in which a plurality of lens components are cemented to one another and the second lens unit including one negative lens component and having positive ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7270454 | Vehicular lamp A vehicular lamp in which a luminous flux utilization factor is enhanced by a structure of a light-emitting element that is disposed to face forward with respect to a vehicular lamp and covered from its front side with a translucent member. The circumferential regio... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7263163 | X-ray lens In an x-ray lens for focusing x-rays over a large energy range wherein the lens comprises a large number of lens elements, the lens elements have a quasi-parabolic profile Y(x) according to the equation Y(x)=x2/2[(r+f... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259849 | Optical system for micro analyzing system There is provided an optical system 8 for a micro analyzing system capable of precisely analyzing a sample. In the optical system 8, after light beams leaving the tip of an optical fiber 14 pass through a condensing part 13, a sample movi... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7239458 | Image pick-up lens system An image pick-up lens system includes an aperture stop (10), a biconvex first lens (20), a second lens (30) having a concave surface on an object side, and a third lens (40) having a concave surface on an image side. The aperture stop ( | 07/03/2007 |
| 7227702 | Bi-convex solid immersion lens A bi-convex solid immersion lens is disclosed, having a top and bottom convex surfaces. The radius of curvature of the bottom surface is larger than that of the top surface. A conical sloped side-wall connects the top and bottom surface. ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7227703 | Aspheric lens and method for making same An aspheric lens (1) includes a substrate (10) and an aspheric film (12). The substrate (10) is made of glass, and has a spherical surface (102). The aspheric film (12) is formed on a surface of the substrate (10), an... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7212355 | Image pick-up lens system An image pick-up lens system includes an aperture stop (10), a biconvex first lens (20), and a meniscus-shaped second lens (30) having a concave surface on a side of an object. The aperture stop, the first lens and the second lens are aligned in... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207700 | Near field lens with spread characteristics A near field lens is for an automotive light assembly, generally comprising a central body positioned between opposing side bodies. The central body extends in a vertical direction, while the side bodies are positioned on horizontal sides of the central body. The op... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7206141 | Image pick-up lens system An image pick-up lens system includes an aperture stop (10), a first lens (20), and a second lens (30) having a concave surface on an object side. The aperture stop, the first lens and the second lens are aligned in that order from the object si... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7196854 | Complex optical element and method for manufacturing thereof A lens-laminated composite optical element composed of a vitreous optical element having a plane surface to perform inherent optical functions, and a thin and filmy transparent plastic lens portion molded in a curved lens profile and laminated on the plane surface o... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7192153 | Lens, light irradiation apparatus, and laser pointer A lens, a light irradiation apparatus and a laser pointer to which the lens is applied to are provided, in which eccentricity, discrepancy of light axes, uneven gap of lens surfaces and the like are reduced without performing positioning of respective lenses; and co... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193791 | Tilt error reducing aspherical single lens homogenizer A single lens homogenizer for converting a wide, parallel, in-phase Gaussian beam into a narrow uniform-power beam and shooting an object with the narrow uniform-power beam is proposed. A tilt error induces beam deformation. A single lens homogenizer which can reduc... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7180663 | 3D motion picture theatre When any observer receives an image of a scene having the same relative size, shape and location on the retina of each of his two eyes at any instant and the image of the scene has some component of horizontal motion in any direction, the image viewed is three dimen... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181378 | Compact folded-optics illumination lens The present embodiments provide for apparatuses, and methods for manufacturing apparatuses to convert a first distribution of an input radiation to a second distribution of output radiation. The apparatus can be defined in some embodiments by generating a two-dimens... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180685 | Image pick-up lens system An image pick-up lens system includes an aperture stop (10), a biconvex first lens (20), and a meniscus-shaped second lens (30) having a concave surface on a side of an object. The aperture stop, the first lens and the second lens are aligned in... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7179536 | Optical element having a low surface roughness, an optical pickup device including the optical element, and a die for making the optical element An optical pickup device for recording and/or reproducing information in an optical information recording medium, comprises a light source to emit light flux having a central wavelength not longer than 500 nm; a converging optical system to converge the light flux e... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7167322 | Beam shaping apparatus A beam shaping apparatus including an optical lens is provided. The optical lens includes a diverging surface and a cylindrical surface. The diverging surface expands the input laser beam into a uniform line in one plane. The cylindrical surface converges the laser ... | 01/23/2007 |
