Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8254042 | Imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus includes an imaging system, a dome cover that houses the imaging system, and a correction lens between the imaging system and the dome cover. The focal length of the dome cover and the focal length of the correction lens are appropriately set ba... | 08/28/2012 |
| 8068292 | Electronic device including a stepped lens Disclosed is an electronic device including a lens having a stepped edge and a viewing area and more particularly, an electronic device having a display in which the viewing area of the lens is stacked with the active area wiring of a display panel and the stepped e... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7952819 | Optical device, light irradiation apparatus and light irradiation method An optical device is provided. The optical device including an optical member having a first main surface and a second main surface, which respectively serve as an entrance surface and an exit surface for light from a directional light source, and made of a material... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7835090 | Clutching jig A clutching jig used to disassemble a lens module which includes a lens socket and a lens component mounted to the lens socket by a plurality of buckling pieces of the lens socket abutting a top and a side of the lens component defines a housing having a base. The b... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7796350 | Interchangeable lens barrel, program rewriting system for interchangeable lens barrel An interchangeable lens barrel and a program rewriting system, in which a program included in the interchangeable lens barrel is easily changeable, are provided. An interchangeable lens barrel 2 is detachable from a camera body 1, and includes a storag... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7408726 | Lens alignment apparatus A lens alignment apparatus includes a main lens holding frame having a main lens secured thereto; an adjusting lens holding frame to which an adjusting lens to be aligned with the main lens is secured; at least one radial groove formed in one of adjacent end surface... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7405891 | Projection apparatus A projection apparatus including an optical engine, a ring, a lens and multiple casings is provided. The optical engine is suitable for producing an image light beam to project an image onto a screen. The ring is fixed on the optical engine. The lens is disposed out... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7391582 | Objective lens holder, objective lens driving device including same and optical disk read/write device An objective lens holder of the present invention includes: (i) a cavity, having an entrance and an exit, which guides, to an objective lens, an incident light beam entering the entrance, the exit being provided on a side of the cavity where the objective lens is ho... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7385772 | Optical device with lens positioning and method of making the same Optical devices which accurately position optical elements and methods for producing such optical devices. Each optical element is carried by a support on an axis that has portions plastically deformed to overlap portions of the faces of the optical element adjacent... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7382555 | Optical module An optical module (100) includes a lens barrel (10), a lens module (20), a filter (40) and a clip (50). The lens barrel defines a groove in an inner periphery thereof. The lens module is received in the lens barrel. The clip is rec... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7331720 | Transceiver module for optical communications and method for transmitting and receiving data A transceiver module for optical communications is provided in which the leadframe assembly includes at least first and second die attach regions to which the laser diode driver IC and the laser diode IC are secured, respectively. A slot formed in the leadframe betw... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7311453 | Lens tube and mounting base thereof A lens tube and a mounting base thereof comprise a lens tube for reception of a lens array and a mounting base for accommodation of an image sensor. On an outer periphery of the lens tube is formed a first conical surface, and in the mounting base is formed a concav... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7304811 | Optical module An optical module (100) includes a lens barrel (10), a lens (201), and a clip (50). The lens barrel has a groove (104) defined in an inner periphery thereof. The lens is engagingly received in the lens barrel. The clip is received ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301713 | Object lens unit and optical pickup device employing the unit An object lens unit for an optical pickup comprising: a first optical element positioned facing an optical information recording medium; a second optical element positioned on a light source side of the first optical element; and a frame which has a first reference ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7292399 | Method for fabricating metal ring-fitted optical device, and metal ring-fitted optical device A lens is fitted into a metal ring that covers the outer peripheral surface of the lens and can be soldered to a fixture member. The side cylindrical part of the metal ring is expanded toward the outer peripheral direction thereof by the pressure of the optical mate... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7286307 | Method for fixing optical member and optical unit A method for fixing an optical member of an optical unit including the optical member and a holding member is provided. The holding member includes positioning portions for positioning the optical member. The optical member and the holding member are fixed to each o... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286448 | Actuator for use in pickup device in reducing lens distortion Provided is an actuator for use in a pickup device, which can improve the quality of the pickup device by reducing a lens distortion even when the frequency of an electromagnetic drive rises beyond a servo band and causes resonance of a lens holder. An adhesive laye... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7277242 | Lens module A lens module includes a lens seat, an image sensor unit, a lens set, a circuit board, and a resilient interposer. The lens seat includes a top wall that is formed with a barrel hole, a side wall that extends from a periphery of the top wall and that cooperates with... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277240 | Intermediately mounted magnification apparatus A magnification apparatus having a magnifier and mechanical structure that is configured for securing the magnifier intermediately between a universally positionable mounting apparatus and a bracket of a type configured for holding an electronic device using fastene... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7268958 | Holder and optical element A holder and optical element device includes a holder having a substantially cylindrical interior shape and an optical element fitted in the holder along an inner surface of the holder. The holder may have a step on the inner surface thereof. This step has a surface... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7268960 | Mount for an optical structure and method of mounting an optical structure using such mount An improved mount for, and method of mounting an, optical structure is provided, wherein the optical structure has at least one mounting surface. The mount has a mounting section with at least one surface extending therealong for receipt thereagainst of a portion of... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7262926 | Lens barrel There is described a lens barrel including; a plurality of lens units; an actuator to move at least a lens unit included in the plurality of lens units; and a housing member. The actuator includes: a vibrating device constituted by two vibrating members, each of whi... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7242538 | Optical device An optical device includes a base of ring shape, and a light emitting/receiving element and a transparent plate both attached to the base. A side face of the opening of the base is formed to have a taper serving as a draft for a molding resin. A side surface of the ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239459 | Scanning device including plastic high-numerical aperture objective An optical scanning device for scanning an information layer (104) of an optical record carrier (102) includes a radiation source (110) for generating a radiation beam (108) and a high-NA objective system (118) for converging the r... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7224542 | Lens and lens unit Provided are a lens and a lens unit, whereby even in the case of a small-diameter lens, manufacturing can easily be performed, and a sufficient strength of adhesion to a lens holder can be obtained. The lens includes an effective portion; a peripheral edge portion p... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7221446 | Fluid dispenser and lens inspection device A fluid dispenser dispenses a fluid alternately from one of a pair of ports (29,31) that are provided on opposite ends of a syringe (26) by moving a piston (42) back and forth inside the syringe. A pair of stirrers (47,48) are provided in... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7195403 | Pluggable optical transceiver with highly shielded structure The present invention is to provide an intelligent pluggable transceiver improving EMI tolerance with a simple mechanism. The optical transceiver of the invention includes upper and lower housings, a holder, optical assemblies, a cover, a substrate and a grip. The o... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7182473 | Lens cover set A lens cover set, used with a lens disposed on an electronic product, includes a lens cover and a lens jacket. The lens cover is disposed on a housing of the electronic product and is used for containing the lens. The lens jacket is installed on the lens cover adjus... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180688 | Holder/optical-element assembly A holder/optical-element assembly includes a holder and an optical element disposed within the holder. The holder has an inner periphery surface in which at least one opening is provided, and the optical element is formed with at least one protrusion extending outwa... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7161747 | One piece clear plastic cardholder, cardholder shaped fresnel magnifying lens and method of making the same Disclosed is a cardholder with dimensions approximating a standardized card carried by a person, the cardholder being made of a one-piece clear plastic material and may contain a viewing portion having fresnel contour lines and at least a pair of folded edges which ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7139670 | Image scanning system and method for calibrating sizes of scanned images A system and method for calibrating sizes of scanned images automatically. The method includes scanning a reference chart, generating a calibration parameter according to the number of scanned pixels obtained in the scanning and the expected number of pixels of the ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7136331 | Disk drive An optical pick-up includes a lens holder and a lens holder supporting portion. The lens holder has a focusing coil, a tracking coil, and a pair of nickel plates arranged to sandwich the focusing coil from the top and the bottom. The lens holder supporting portion i... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7133033 | Actuator for a switch An actuator for a switch, the actuator being movable between on and off positions against an adjustable resilient bias to provide a first signal when said actuator is in said on position and a second signal when said actuator is in said off position. ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7096478 | Optical pickup device with elastic supporters and with dynamic vibration absorbing balance weight bonded in concave part with adhesive agent An optical pickup device includes a lens for projecting a light onto a recording medium, a lens holder elastically supported by a frame and holding said lens, an actuator mounted in and driving said lens holder, and a weight part balanced with a weight of said actua... | 08/22/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7050292 | Case for portable equipment A case of a portable equipment for communication to an external system comprises a body portion and an operation portion acting as a function member. At least a portion of the case is provided with a decorative film having a resin film having transparency and a prin... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7050246 | Scanning device including a partly plastic high-NA objective system An optical scanning device for scanning an information layer (104) of an optical record carrier (102) includes a radiation source (110) for generating a radiation beam (108) and a high-NA objective system (118) for converging the r... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7031028 | Optical scanner equipped with plug-in calibration film An optical scanner equipped with plug-in calibration film, which the optical scanner provides light incident upon a transmission-typed document and catches the image signals of the transmission-typed document by an optical chassis. The optical scanner equipped with ... | 04/18/2006 |
