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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7961382 | Mid infrared spectral band continuous zoom system A mid infrared spectral band continuous zoom system is described herein that can provide a continuous zoom range with a focal length change greater than 25× when thermally imaging a distant object. In addition, a method is described herein for using the mid infrare... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7773296 | Ultra-broadband UV microscope imaging system with wide range zoom capability An ultra-broadband ultraviolet (UV) catadioptric imaging microscope system with wide-range zoom capability. The microscope system, which includes a catadioptric lens group and a zooming tube lens group, has high optical resolution in the deep UV wavelengths, continu... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7423805 | Ultra-broadband UV microscope imaging system with wide range zoom capability An ultra-broadband ultraviolet (UV) catadioptric imaging microscope system with wide-range zoom capability. The microscope system, which comprises a catadioptric lens group and a zooming tube lens group, has high optical resolution in the deep UV wavelengths, contin... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423665 | Vehicle pathway vision system having in-path delineation reticle A vehicle vision system displays a vehicle pathway image that includes a reticle for visually identifying the in-path portion of the image. A reticle array is disposed between a video camera chip and a lens, and includes a conical or frustro-conical region of substa... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7411729 | Optical filter, method of manufacturing optical filter, optical system, and imaging apparatus An optical system includes a plurality of optical elements having finite refractive power and an electronic imaging device disposed at an image side of the optical system. At least one of the plurality of optical elements is made of resin, and an infrared-cut coatin... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7382526 | Optical system An optical system projecting onto an image plane an object that is disposed at infinity by an intermediate image. The optical system includes a front group and a relay optic, each including a plurality of lenses, the intermediate image disposed between the front gro... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7369303 | Dual band lens system incorporating molded chalcogenide An image forming system and lens system including at least one molded chalcogenide lens element and configured to simultaneously image light at the medium wave infrared region (MWIR) and the long wave infrared region (LWIR) at a common focal plane. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7359105 | Spatial light modulator and a display device A spatial light modulator comprises: a first substrate (25); a second substrate (26); a layer of electrooptic material disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. A first electrode arrangement (27) is disposed over the first s... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7333270 | Dual band night vision device A night vision device provides both an amplified visible light image and an infrared image, overlayed upon each other so that they appear to be a single image. A user may select to utilize either an intensified visual image only, an infrared image only, or ratios of... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7248293 | Image-sensing apparatus having a zoom lens system that folds an optical path An image-sensing apparatus has a zoom lens system for forming an optical image of an object with variable magnification, which zoom lens system includes a plurality of lens units and achieves zooming by varying distances between the lens units, and an image sensor f... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7218444 | Dual-band, dual-focal-length, relayed refractive imager An imaging device includes a refractive imager lying in an optical path, and optionally a telescope that directs the optical path to the refractive imager. The refractive imager includes a first lens group that forms an intermediate image of a scene on the optical p... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7206126 | Optical system, and image pick-up apparatus using the same An optical system including a diffractive optical element, and an optical member for suppressing incidence of ultraviolet radiation on the diffractive optical element is disclosed. The optical member is disposed on a light incident side of the diffractive optical el... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7180542 | Imaging lens device and digital camera having the imaging lens device Imaging lens device has a zoom lens system and an image sensor. The zoom lens system has a first reflecting surface, a first movable lens unit, an aperture stop, a second reflecting surface, a second movable lens unit. A first reflecting surface bends a first optica... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7133219 | Telescopic sighting device with variable exit pupil A sighting device includes a fixed-position objective lens group lying on an optical axis, an eyepiece lens group lying on the optical axis, and a variable-position objective lens group lying on the optical axis and positioned between the fixed-position objective le... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7119969 | Pixel matched camera optics An optical system and method comprising acquiring radiation in a plurality of spectral bands, each acquired by a discrete collector, receiving the acquired radiation in one or more of the spectral bands with one or more afocal zoom optics, each receiving radiation f... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7092150 | Optically compensated infrared zoom lens having a single movable lens carriage and no aspheric lenses An infrared zoom lens having no aspheric lens elements comprises, six distinct lens groups each having two or less spherical lens elements. The first group has a positive power, the second group has a negative power, the third group has a positive power, the fourth ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7079314 | Catadioptric optical system and exposure apparatus equipped with the same A catadioptric optical system comprising a first imaging optical system for forming an intermediate image of a first plane surface, a second imaging optical system for forming a final image of the first plane surface onto a second plane surface which is substantiall... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7042656 | Compact wide-field-of-view imaging optical system An imaging optical system has an optical axis and a refractive optical group including a lens lying on the optical axis. At least one lens of the refractive optical group lying on the optical axis has an aspheric front surface and an aspheric back surface. An image ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7012759 | Zoom lens system A zoom lens system is disclosed. The zoom lens system forms a final image of an object and a first intermediate real image between the object and the final image. The zoom lens system includes a first optical unit located between the object and the first intermediat... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6999243 | Fixed focus, optically athermalized, diffractive infrared zoom objective lens A zoom lens assembly (10) compensates optically, as opposed to mechanically, for changes in temperature. In a preferred embodiment a difference in focus between WFOV and NFOV zoom lens positions, over temperature, is minimized such that any actual shift in fo... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6970201 | Method and lens system for modifying the modulation transfer function of light for a camera A method and lens system for modifying the modulation transfer function of the light passing through the lens system to a camera or other imaging system that includes providing a spatial frequency response modifying (SFRM) filter within the lens system. The SFRM fil... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6961188 | Zoom lens system A zoom lens system is disclosed. The zoom lens system forms a final image of an object and a first intermediate real image between the object and the final image. The zoom lens system includes a first optical unit located between the object and the first intermediat... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6933998 | Display devices with integrated control elements and methods of making devices A display device includes an array of control elements formed on a semiconductor substrate, and an array of reflective-type pixel electrodes stacked over the array of the control elements, so that each of the control elements control a state of reflection of a corre... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6829070 | Electro-optic device and electronic device The invention provides an electro-optic device capable of keeping the cell gap constant or substantially constant throughout the substrate surface regardless of the existence of a liquid crystal inlet. The electro-optic device of the invention has a TFT array substr... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6801357 | Ultra-broadband UV microscope imaging system with wide range zoom capability An ultra-broadband ultraviolet (UV) catadioptric imaging microscope system with wide-range zoom capability. The microscope system, which comprises a catadioptric lens group and a zooming tube lens group, has high optical resolution in the deep UV wavelengths, contin... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6795237 | Overhead console active night vision system for an interior cabin of a vehicle An illuminator system (16) for an interior cabin (12) of a vehicle (14) includes a light source (72) and a beam-forming optic (100) that is optically coupled to the light source. The optic (100) forms an illumination pattern... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6547406 | Infra-red imaging systems and other optical systems An infra-red imaging system has two variable focal length optical components (6, 7) whose positions are fixed relative to one another. The system also comprises an image detector (8). Control means (13) is provided such that the focal length of one of the... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6538625 | Scanned beam display with adjustable accommodation In a scanning display apparatus an image signal source produces an image signal. A light emitter is coupled to the image signal source and responsive to the image signal to emit light. A lens receives light from the light emitter and passes exiting light,... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6493143 | Diffractive optical element and optical system incorporating the same A diffractive optical element, as well as an optical system incorporating the same, has a comparatively large minimum grating pitch and, hence, is easy to produce. The diffractive optical element has a diffraction grating surface and an aspherical surface... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6483638 | Ultra-broadband UV microscope imaging system with wide range zoom capability An ultra-broadband ultraviolet (UV) catadioptric imaging microscope system with wide-range zoom capability. The microscope system, which comprises a catadioptric lens group and a zooming tube lens group, has high optical resolution in the deep UV waveleng... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6476962 | Multi-beam zoom lens for producing variable spot sizes for a laser printer A multi-beam zoom lens for producing variable spot sizes on a photosensitive medium from a plurality of individually modulated light sources wherein each light source emits a light beam parallel to each of the other light sources and parallel to an optica... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6424460 | Dual field-of-view objects system for the infrared A dual field-of-view objective system (40) which is inexpensive, has high transmission and is essentially achromatized and athermalized. The system (40) uses a silicon front lens A and all lens elements have positive temperature/refractive index change co... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6388641 | Scanned beam display with adjustable accommodation A scanning beam display controls the curvature of scanning light wave impinging on the eye to simulate image points of differing depth. To simulate an object at a far distance the generated light waves are flatter. To simulate closer objects, the light wa... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6362923 | Lens for microscopic inspection An optical system comprising three lens sections, a catadioptric objective lens section, a reimaging lens section and a zoom lens section, which are all aligned along the optical path of the optical system. The reimaging lens section re-images the system ... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6281862 | Scanned beam display with adjustable accommodation A scanning beam display controls the curvature of scanning light wave impinging on the eye to simulate image points of differing depth. To simulate an object at a far distance the generated light waves are flatter. To simulate closer objects, the light wa... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6249374 | Wide field of view infrared zoom lens assembly having a constant F/number A wide field of view infrared zoom lens assembly (16) having a constant F/Number. The wide field of view infrared lens assembly (16) includes a focusing component (33), a collecting component (37), an aperture stop (46), and a diffracting component (41). ... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6151170 | Dual purpose infrared lens assembly using diffractive optics An infrared zoom lens assembly (16) operative as either a continuous zoom or a two-position zoom lens. The infrared zoom lens assembly (16) includes a focusing component (33), a collecting component (37) and a diffracting component (41). The focusing comp... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6078436 | Mechanism correcting a trembling of focused image A pair of correction lenses is unitarily held by a holding plate in binoculars. The direction and the amount of the movement of the focused image occurring due to hand tremble while utilizing hand-held binoculars, are detected. The holding plate is driven... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6030671 | Low emissivity window films A solar control window film having low emissivity minimizes the transfer of thermal energy through window glass by thermal radiation between a temperature controlled interior environment and a uncontrolled exterior environment. The film is comprised of a ... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6018414 | Dual band infrared lens assembly using diffractive optics An infrared lens assembly (16, 60 and 80) operative in the near and far infrared wavebands to focus infrared radiation at an image plane (15) of an infrared detector (18). The infrared lens assembly (16, 60 and 80) includes a focusing component (33, 63 an... | 01/25/2000 |
