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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7129474 | Unit for scanning an image and an image forming apparatus for using it An image scanning unit includes at least two lens groups for imaging a reflected image of a manuscript on a lined photoelectric conversion element (12), lens barrels (14, 15) for holding the lenses, respectively, and constituting an imaging lens system... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130136 | Optical modulator holder, optical device, and projector Cooling chambers (R1, R2) for accommodating therein a cooling fluid for cooling a liquid crystal panel (441) are formed inside a pair of frame members (4405, 4406) constituting an optical modulator holder (4402). There are provided... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130135 | Lens holding jig A lens holding jig used for immersing a lens (L) in a liquid by holding the lens (L) at at least three positions that are side holding portions (41, 42) for holding both left and right edges of the lens (L), and at a lower-side holding portion (43) for... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7126769 | Thin magnifier structure with magnetic protective jacket A thin magnifier structure with magnetic protective jacket, including a transparent magnifying member, a magnetic jacket and a pivot member. The transparent magnifying member integrally has a magnifier and is movably clipped and hidden in the magnetic jacket. The tr... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7126111 | Camera module having a threaded lens barrel and a ball grid array connecting device An image sensor package includes an image sensor, a window, and a molding, where the molding includes a lens holder extension portion extending upwards from the window. The lens holder extension portion includes a female threaded aperture extending from the window s... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7126768 | Projection lens unit A projection lens unit includes a main body; a lens fixed to the main body; and a hood disposed to one end of the main body close to a screen. The hood defines the outermost boundary of a view angle stretching with respect to the center of the lens and includes a li... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7119878 | Exposure apparatus and method of cleaning optical element of the same An exposure apparatus for exposing a substrate to a pattern of a mask by use of exposure light. The apparatus includes an optical system for directing the exposure light from a light source to the substrate, the optical system having an optical element, a first casi... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7116494 | Optical apparatus and method for adjusting amount of light of the same An optical apparatus provided in an optical pickup includes first and second light sources, a light splitting element, a condensing lens, a mounting base, a light receiving element, and a protruding piece formed on the condensing lens. The condensing lens guides tra... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7113350 | Lens barrel and optical device A lens barrel and an optical device that can be reduced in size while maintaining high optical performance. A lens barrel has a cam ring (3) that is disposed for rotation about an optical axis. A linked member (37) can advance and recede in a direction... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7111999 | Lens holder used in digital camera A lens holder (20) used in a digital camera includes a first housing (21) and a second housing (22) complementary thereto. Each housing includes a joining edge (203,204) and a plurality of screw threads (201,202) on an outside surf... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7113263 | Supporting structure of optical element, exposure apparatus having the same, and manufacturing method of semiconductor device A supporting structure for supporting an optical element includes a first supporting member for supporting the optical element, and a second supporting member for supporting the first supporting member. The value of a thermal expansion coefficient of the first suppo... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7110193 | Optical lens preform, optical lens, and method of making optical lens The method of making an optical lens in accordance with the present invention comprises an optical lens preform producing step of producing an optical lens preform 40 having a plurality of curved surface parts 43 formed parallel to each other, and a pa... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7110172 | Microscope and sample observation method For a semiconductor device S as an inspected object, there are provided an image acquisition part 1, an optical system 2 including an objective lens 20, and a solid immersion lens (SIL) 3 movable between an insertion position including an... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7107602 | Objective-lens driving apparatus and optical disk apparatus An objective-lens driving apparatus includes permanent magnets on both ends of the movable unit, simultaneously, on the other side of the movable unit parallel to the tracking direction, also a permanent magnet at a position closer to the center of the movable unit.... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7102835 | Optical member with handling portion and method for manufacturing optical member and method for mounting optical member and optical module A lens element 1 is formed by making use of an optical substrate, and includes a lens portion 2, an edge portion 6 in the form of a circular arc provided along the circumference of the lens portion 2, and a handling portion 4 which... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7101660 | Method for producing a colorimetric resonant reflection biosensor on rigid surfaces The invention provides a methods for fabricating colorimetric resonant reflection biosensors. ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7095572 | Lens holder apparatus of camera lens module A lens holder apparatus of a camera lens module is provided and includes a printed circuit board, an image sensor provided on a printed circuit board, a plurality of lenses, and a spacer The lenses are assembled within the lens holder allow focal lengths between the... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7095573 | Image pickup apparatus An image pickup apparatus comprises one holding component which holds two or more prisms and an image pickup element. As for the holding component, a prism holding portion and an image pickup element holding portion are formed in one component. At the prism holding ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7095574 | Optical pickup An optical pickup includes: a lens holder having an objective lens, an optical component, a radiator plate formed of a sheet metal, and a base member on which the lens holder and the optical component are mounted, the base member being formed of a synthetic resin mo... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7092173 | Objective lens drive device, optical pickup device, and disk drive device A lens holder portion 3 for holding an objective lens 5 is supported on an end side of each of four suspension wires 2 so that it is capable of moving in a focusing direction and in a tracking direction. Minute uneven faces 2a are ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7092176 | Electronic signal transmission and switching jack The present invention relates to an electronic signal switching module with connectors on a first side for connecting with a variety of devices and sources and with jacks for receiving patch cords on a second side. The switching modules include two position switches... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7092174 | Image pickup lens, image pickup apparatus and method for forming image pickup lens The present invention relates to an image pick-up lens, an image pick-up apparatus comprising the image pick-up lens and a producing method of the image pick-up lens, and the image pick-up lens comprising: a lens part to form an image point of an object point at pre... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7088530 | Passively aligned optical elements An optical system has a first lens element (L1) having an outer portion (36) and a first tapered surface (34). A second lens element (L2) has an outer portion (26) and a second tapered surface (24). The first lens element (L... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7088529 | Composite lens system, and lens unit provided with such composite lens system, as well as image pickup device provided with such lens unit The present invention provides a composite lens system, a lens unit and an image pickup device, wherein the productivity is enhanced, while maintaining an optical performance, by achieving an axis-aligning adjustment for the composite lens system easily and appropri... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7085082 | Objective pivoting device having crossed swivelling axes The invention relates to an objective pivoting device (1) for pivoting an objective which is concentrically arranged in said device, about two perpendicular swiveling axes (A—A; M—M) which cross each other at a common apex in the optical axis of the objec... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7085081 | Optical device and projector An optical device (44) includes fluid circulating member link sections (446) that can link a plurality of fluid circulating members (448). The fluid circulating member link sections (446) are arranged respectively between a main tank (... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7085078 | Combined optical elements A compound optical unit has combined optical elements in which two optical elements having convex optical functional surfaces are joined to each other with the optical functional surfaces facing each other, the optical elements being formed of glass. An inner flange... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7082003 | Pressure compensating device for optical apparatus In order to provide an arrangement for pressure compensation for optical devices, particularly spectrometers or the like optical devices, for compensating pressure differences caused by changes in temperature and air pressure between the internal pressure and the ex... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7079331 | Device for holding a beam splitter element The invention relates to a device for holding a beam splitter element having an optically active beam splitter layer in an optical imaging device, the beam splitter element being connected to at least one support element that is fastened in the housing of the imagin... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7079332 | Lens tilt adjusting mechanism A lens tilt adjusting mechanism includes a lens frame to which at least one lens element is fixed, a lens frame holder which holds the lens frame, axially-opposed radial surfaces formed on the lens frame and the lens frame holder, respectively, a biasing device for ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7072125 | Lens holder and lens-fitted photographic film unit A first lens, a first spacer ring, a second lens, a second spacer ring, and a third lens are disposed along an optical axis and from the subject side in the stated order within a holder main body. A flare stopper in the shape of a ring (a washer) is integrally forme... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7070987 | Guided mode resonant filter biosensor using a linear grating surface structure Methods and compositions are provided for detecting biomolecular interactions. The use of labels is not required and the methods can be performed in a high-throughput manner. The invention also provides optical devices useful as narrow band filters. ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7072122 | Lens apparatus, projection type optical apparatus and projection type image display apparatus An optical apparatus according to the present invention has a plurality of lens units which can move in the direction of an optical axis, each of the lens units has a cam follower, a guide member which guides the each lens unit in the direction of the optical axis, ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7072124 | Light-weight high resolution viewer A magnification loupe carried by spectacles has a Galilean lens system comprising a single-element eyepiece lens and a two-element objective lens. The loupes may be mounted to eyeglass frames by a flip-up mounting member, or they may be mounted through the eyeglass ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7064910 | Projection lens movement-adjusting apparatus A projection lens movement-adjusting apparatus comprises an adjusting module and a projection lens module. The adjusting module comprises a fixed support, an adjusting rod, a sliding seat and a fixing portion. The adjusting rod is pivoted to the fixed support. The s... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7064907 | Optical part and its manufacturing method The invention provides an optical part, whose set-up position, shape, and size are properly controlled, and its manufacturing method. The optical part of this invention can include a substrate having an optical surface, a spire part being set up in a manner of surro... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7061699 | Projection lens, producing method of projection lens and projector having projection lens A projection lens (46) comprises: a cylindrical exterior case (621) having a lens-shifting through-hole (625) on a side thereof and an inner circumferential step or inner flange (623); a lens (610) of which outer periphery (611 | 06/13/2006 |
| 7061697 | Method for fixing a lens of an optic group with respect to an optical sensor inside an electronic device able to acquire images and corresponding device A method is described for fixing a lens of an optical group with respect to an optical sensor in an image acquisition device comprising the steps of housing the optical sensor in a housing, fixing a lower holder of the optical group to the housing, aligning an upper... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7061576 | Exposure apparatus and method of cleaning optical element of the same An exposure apparatus includes a light source, which emits an exposure beam, an optical system including a casing and an optical element, the casing having a closed space and the optical element being disposed in the casing, a first supplier, which supplies an inert... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7057832 | Microlens for projection lithography and method of preparation thereof Methods and systems for effecting responses on surfaces utilizing microlens arrays including microoptical components embedded or supported by a support element and positioned from the surface at a distance essentially equal to the image distance of the microoptical ... | 06/06/2006 |
