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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7889433 | Immersion type microscope objective lens An immersion type microscope objective lens OL includes, in order from a cover plate C side, a first lens group G1 having positive refractive power, a second lens group G2 having positive refractive power, and a third lens group G3 having negati... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7885011 | Objective for optical imaging systems A wide angle hybrid refractive-diffractive endoscope objective is provided. The objective comprises a negative meniscus lens having a first surface and a second surface; a stop adjacent to the negative meniscus lens; a positive lens adjacent to the negative lens and... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7864437 | Adaptor for microscope and microscope apparatus (microscope-use adaptor and microscope device) A microscope apparatus efficiently supplies and collects a liquid for observation by local liquid immersion. The apparatus includes an objective of a liquid immersion system, a discharging member for discharging the liquid between a front edge of the objective and a... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7864438 | Image forming lens and microscope apparatus using the same An image forming lens has a configuration that an image forming lens IL for receiving parallel beams of light emitted from an observation target object and emerging from an infinity-designed objective lens of a microscope and forming an image of the observation targ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7663807 | Microscope objective A microscope objective includes, in order from the object side, a first lens unit with positive refracting power, having two meniscus lenses, each with a concave surface facing the object side, and at least one positive lens; a second lens unit with positive refract... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7646542 | Microscope objective lens A microscope objective lens is disclosed that includes, in order from the object side, a first lens group having positive refractive power, a second lens group having positive refractive power that is movable along the optical axis, and a third lens group. The first... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7423816 | Solid immersion lens and microscope A solid immersion lens 1 comprises a spherical portion 2 and a bottom surface portion 3. The bottom surface portion 3 is attached in close contact with a substrate 10 of a semiconductor device to be an observed object. The bottom s... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7362501 | Microscope apparatus An objective lens can be reduced in diameter, which allows examination inside a specimen such as a living organism with minimum invasiveness and also reduces costs. The invention provides a microscope apparatus including an objective-lens mounting part for removably... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7342867 | Optical head device, optical recording device, and optical recording method An object of the present invention is to acquire optimum recording characteristics of an optical recoding medium having multiple data layers, with respect to each of the multiple data layers without increasing learning time required for learning a relation between a... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7330404 | Near-field optical transducers for thermal assisted magnetic and optical data storage An optical transducer comprises an optical element for directing an electromagnetic wave to a focal region and a metallic nano-structure having a longitudinal axis substantially parallel to an electric field of the electromagnetic wave, the metallic nano-structure b... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7319896 | Capsule endoscope A capsule endoscope is disclosed that includes a light source, an objective optical system that forms an image of an object that is illuminated by the light source, an image pickup device that receives the image formed by the objective optical system; and a transpar... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7301712 | Image-formation optical system, and imaging system incorporating the same The invention relates to an image-formation optical system that meets both demands for high performance and compactness, and an imaging system that incorporates the same. The imaging system is built up of an image-formation optical system comprises, in order from it... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7289415 | Optical pick-up apparatus and divergent angle-converting element An optical pickup apparatus comprising: a first light source emitting first light flux having wavelength λ1 (380 nm≦λ1≦450 nm); a second light source emitting second light flux having wavelength λ2 (600 nm≦λ2≦700 nm); a third ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289271 | Tube lens unit with chromatically compensating effect The invention relates to a tube lens unit that obtains a chromatically compensating effect when used with objectives having an infinite image distance and chromatic residual errors. The inventive tube lens unit fulfils the following conditions: CHL=CHL | 10/30/2007 |
| 7283313 | Bulk-shaped lens, light-emitting unit, and lighting equipment The lens embraces a bulk-shaped lens body identified by a top surface, a bottom surface and a contour surface, and a well-shaped concavity is implemented in the inside of the lens body, aligned from the bottom surface toward the top surface. The lens body has geomet... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7274433 | Objective, optical analyzer, method of driving optical analyzer, and microscope An objective having an apical lens and a lens frame which supports the apical lens, includes an elastic member which supports the lens frame by exerting a bias force in a central axial direction of the apical lens, and an apex of the lens frame has a convex portion ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7262922 | Immersion microscope objective lens An immersion microscope objective lens includes, in the following order from an object side to an image side, a first lens group having positive refractive power as a whole, including a first lens component composed of a first meniscus lens and a second meniscus len... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7262923 | Microfabricated lenses, method of manufacture thereof, and applications therefor Microfabricated lenses, e.g., solid immersion lens (SIL) structures, are provided along with techniques for constructing these lens structures, as well as selected applications of such lens structures. ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7244229 | Capsule endoscope A capsule endoscope is disclosed having an illumination means, an imaging system that includes an objective optical system, and a transparent cover. The invention is characterized by one of: (1) the transparent cover has a larger radius of curvature in a central reg... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7242521 | Dual-axis confocal microscope having improved performance for thick samples An optical head for confocal microscopy that is especially advantageous for measurements on thick samples is provided. An interface between the optical head and the sample is index matched, to avoid beam aberration at this interface. The optical head includes a wind... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239456 | Super wide-angle lens system and image-capturing device using the same In order to provide a fast super wide-angle lens system having the f-number of f/2.8 and a wide angle of view of 2ω=100° or more in an imaging area of a digital camera and an image-capturing device equipped with the super wide-angle lens system. The lens system in... | 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 |
| 7218454 | Endoscope objective lens To provide an endoscope objective lens which has a lens constitution of a relatively small number of three pieces, a short total length of lens, and various kinds of good optical performances starting with curvature of field. It is constituted of a first lens L... | 05/15/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7195667 | Composition for opaque coating, lamp with coating, and method of manufacture A composition for the manufacture of an opaque silvery coating on a glass surface is provided. The composition comprises a mixture of at least two metal powders. The metal powder mixture contains carbonyl iron and aluminum, and a carrier liquid for forming a suspens... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7187641 | Objective lens and optical pick-up apparatus An objective lens has a first meniscus-shape lens including a first object-side surface having a positive reflective power; and a second meniscus-shape lens having a positive reflective power. The first meniscus-shape lens and the second meniscus-shape are arranged ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7184610 | Miniaturized microscope array digital slide scanner An array of microscopes and a method of imaging an object with the array of microscopes. The array includes a plurality of optical elements being individually disposed with respect to a corresponding image plane and configured to image respective sections of an obje... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180644 | Holographic storage lenses Disclosed are holographic storage systems and lenses for holographic storage systems. The lens units can be of a two-component design. The lenses can be used to both record to photorefractive storage media and to read from photorefractive storage media. ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177089 | Objective, optical pickup apparatus and optical information recording and/or reproducing apparatus An objective is used in an optical pickup apparatus which conducts reproducing and/or recording information for three different types of optical information recording media each having different thickness protective substrate by using three different wavelength ligh... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7158310 | Objective lens system for microscope An objective lens system for microscope which comprises first and second lens units or first through fourth lens units, and in which the second or third lens unit has a function to correct chromatic aberration within a range from a visible region to a near infrared ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7149036 | Solid immersion lens and sample observation method using it Using a solid immersion lens (SIL) having a spherical lens surface with a radius of curvature RL from a material having a refractive index nL, an image of a sample is observed. A geometric aberration characteristic caused by the SIL is evaluate... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7123571 | Compound objective lens with fold mirror A compound objective lens includes a first lens element and a second lens element, the first element including a mirror surface for internally redirecting a radiation beam passing through the first element. The objective lens has a numerical aperture greater than 0.... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7085064 | Object lens and endoscope using it An objective lens includes, in order from the object side, a first lens (L1) with negative power, a second lens (L2) with positive power, an aperture stop (AS), and a third lens (L3) with positive power. A lens component located on the image sid... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7057804 | Ultraviolet imaging system An ultraviolet imaging system includes at least two negative lens elements, and at least two positive lens elements. The ultraviolet imaging system satisfies the following conditions: −3 | 06/06/2006 |
| 7046449 | Solid immersion lens and sample observation method using it Using a solid immersion lens (SIL) having a spherical lens surface with a radius of curvature RL from a material having a refractive index nL, an image of a sample is observed. A geometric aberration characteristic caused by the SIL is evaluate... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7046451 | Immersion microscope objective lens To provide an immersion microscope objective lens capable of making a numerical aperture NA larger than 1.45 even if an ordinary oil is used, the objective lens includes, in order from an object, a first lens group, a second lens group, and a third lens group. The f... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7041958 | Lens system and image-taking apparatus having the same A lens system disclosed in the present application comprises: in order from the front to the rear, a first lens element having a meniscus shape whose concave surface is directed rearward and having a negative optical power; an aperture stop; a second lens element wh... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7042648 | Objective lens An objective lens includes a diffractive optical element constructed of a medium having an internal transmittance of at least 50% at a wavelength of 300 nm when the thickness is 10 mm and a cemented doublet made up of two lenses having media of different refractive ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7042649 | Microfabricated rubber microscope using soft solid immersion lenses Soft lithography with surface tension control is used to microfabricate extremely efficient solid immersion lenses (SILs) out of rubber elastomeric material for use in microscope type applications. In order to counteract the surface tension of the mold material in a... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7038856 | Microfabricated lenses, method of manufacture thereof, and applications therefor Microfabricated lenses, e.g., solid immersion lens (SIL) structures, are provided along with techniques for constructing these lens structures, as well as selected applications of such lens structures. ... | 05/02/2006 |
