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| 20080198254 | Voice coil motor - A voice coil motor lens module has a two part casing accommodating a magnet housing of annular form with an outer wall and an inner wall joined by a top wall. One or more magnets producing a magnetic field, are fitted to the inner surface of the outer wall. A lens holder, for supporting a lens, has a coil fitted to an outer surface thereof and is suspended by a pair of springs such that the coil is disposed within the magnetic field. The lens holder has an inner bore and an axially upper end. The inner wall extends into the inner bore of the lens holder and the upper end of the lens holder rests, in a park position, against an upper cushion fixed to an inner surface of the top wall. In use, current passing through the coil moves the lens holder downwardly to focus an image on an image sensor below the lens holder. At a fully extended position, the lower end of the lens holder rests against a lower cushion fixed to the casing. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080204588 | Image-Recording System - The present invention relates to an image-recording system having an optical module and a control unit, the optical module including a programmable logic module and the control unit including control means for the configuration of the logic module. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080211955 | Camera Modules With Lens Drive Device - A camera module has a plurality of lenses aligned along an optic axis that receive and transmit light from a scene being imaged by the camera module. At least one lens is mounted on a platform which is movable along the optic axis and is moved by action of a piezoelectric motor. Optionally, at least one lens is mounted on a second platform which is movable along the optic axis. The second platform may be driven by a second piezoelectric motor or moved by action of the first platform. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080239135 | MULTI-EYE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - A stereo camera comprises a camera body, a lens barrel rotatably attached to the camera body, and a converter lens barrel | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080252769 | Camera Arrangement, Mobile Phone Comprising a Camera Arrangement, Method of Manufacturing a Camera Arrangement - The present invention relates to a camera arrangement as for instance used in a mobile phone that utilizes a liquid crystal based lens for providing an adjustable depth of focus. The camera arrangement comprises a photo sensor ( | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080284896 | Joint Optics and Image Processing Adjustment of Electro-Optic Imaging Systems - Adjustments to the optical subsystem of an electro-optic imaging system take into account different subsystems within the overall electro-optic imaging system. In one implementation, end-to-end imaging performance is predicted based on determining propagation of a source through the optical subsystem, the detector subsystem and the digital image processing subsystem. The optical subsystem is then adjusted after taking into account these other subsystems. For example, the compensators for the optical subsystem and the digital image processing subsystem may be jointly adjusted based on a post-processing performance metric that takes into account the effects of the image processing. Unlike in conventional approaches, the intermediate optical image produced by the optical subsystem is not required to be high image quality since, for example, the image may be subsequently improved by other adjustments in the digital image processing subsystem. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080297641 | OPTICAL APPARATUS HAVING DEVICE FOR REMOVING FOREIGN SUBSTANCE - An optical apparatus includes a rectangular optical member provided on an optical axis, a supporting member configured to support the optical member, and a rectangular vibrating device stuck to the optical member close to and in parallel with one of four sides of the optical member and configured to vibrate the optical member in a wave fashion to have a plurality of nodes parallel with the one side. The vibrating device is configured to operate in two or more vibration modes differing from one another at least in number or positions of the plurality of nodes. A support position at which the optical member is supported by the supporting member is a position of a portion of the optical member that corresponds to a node in a vibration mode other than a vibration mode whose amplitude is largest among the two or more vibration modes. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080297642 | CAMERA MODULE - A camera module includes a lens unit; a holder which houses the lens unit therein and is displaceable along an optical axis direction of the lens unit; a coil provided on the holder; a yoke, four main magnets and two flat plate-shaped auxiliary magnets which provide a magnetic field to the coil, in which the yoke has a roughly rectangular and relatively thin box shape of which bottom side is opened so that the yoke is defined by four side wall portions and a top plate portion, and the yoke also has an opening formed in the top plate portion for receiving the holder; upper and lower leaf springs respectively attached to the upper and lower cylindrical end portions of the holder for supporting the holder so as to be displaceable along the optical axis direction; and a base which supports the yoke and the lower leaf spring. In the camera module, the coil is formed into a roughly cylindrical shape having two opposite outer circumferential flat surfaces, each of the four main magnets has a triangle block shape and they are respectively arranged at the four corner portions inside the yoke, and the two auxiliary magnets are respectively arranged on a pair of the opposite side wall portions of the yoke so as to face the corresponding outer circumferential flat surfaces of the coil, respectively. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080297643 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA - Provided is an image capturing apparatus, including: an optical system causing a light receiving section to receive, in substantially the same spread, light from positions within a predetermined range of positional relation, and has different optical transfer functions for light from different positions lying within the predetermined range; a storage storing each process parameter for correcting the effect of an optical transfer function on the captured image, in association with a condition regarding a positional relation between a subject and the optical system to be satisfied in performing correction using the process parameter; an obtaining section obtaining positional information indicating a positional relation between a subject and the optical system; and a selecting section selecting a process parameter stored in the process parameter storage in association with a condition that the positional relation indicated by the positional information obtained by the positional information obtaining section satisfies. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080303936 | CAMERA SYSTEM - An image display control component | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090002541 | IMAGING APPARATUS HAVING UNIT FOR REMOVING FOREIGN SUBSTANCE - An imaging apparatus includes an image sensor configured to convert an optical image of a subject into an electric signal, an optical member provided on an imaging optical axis in front of the image sensor, a vibrating device configured to vibrate the optical member, a status acquiring unit configured to acquire a status inside the imaging apparatus, and a control unit configured to control the vibrating device to vibrate the optical member at each of frequency steps into which a predetermined frequency band is divided and to change at least one of the frequency band, a number of frequency steps into which the frequency band is divided, and a time per frequency step based on the status acquired by the status acquiring unit. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090040358 | IMAGE-RECORDING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPENING AND CLOSING OF LENS BARRIER OF SAME - An object of the present invention is to reduce the time an image-recording device takes for switching from power-saving mode to recording-mode. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090040359 | MOVEMENT SIGNAL GENERATION APPARATUS, OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL DEVICE CONTROL APPARATUS, AND VIDEO PRODUCTION SYSTEM - A movement signal generation apparatus is disclosed which can convert an analog position signal of an optical adjustment unit into digital signals representing a movement amount and a movement direction of the optical adjustment unit and output the digital signals. The movement signal generation apparatus includes an analog signal output section which outputs an analog signal in accordance with the position of the optical adjustment unit, and a digital signal generation section which generates two digital signals in accordance with a movement amount and a movement direction of the optical adjustment unit based on the analog signal. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090040360 | IMAGING DEVICE AND PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE - In a camera module ( | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090046194 | Piezoelectric Actuator Element for Micromovement - An actuator element comprises at least two actuator arms. Each of the at least two actuator arms is fixed to a first mount part at a first end of the actuator arm and to a second mount part at a second end of the actuator arm. The at least two actuator arms are configured to cause moving of the first mount part and the second mount part in respect of each other by application of an electric field to the at least two actuator arms. A lens element may comprise the actuator element and a lens mounted on the first mount part. An electronic device may comprise the actuator element or the lens element. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090086082 | TELEVISION CAMERA SYSTEM - An EFP lens | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090102958 | LENS BARREL AND CAMERA - A lens barrel has a drive frame, a first lens frame, a zoom motor, and a control device. The drive frame has three first cam grooves. The first lens frame has cam pins inserted into the first cam grooves. The zoom motor rotationally drives the drive frame. The control device limits the drive range of the zoom motor so that the cam pins do not stop near the wide-angle position of the imaging region. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090122175 | Imaging device and lens array used therein - An object of the present invention is to provide: a thin imaging device in which a high image resolution is obtained and in which the resolution does not uniformly vary even when the shooting distance is changed; and a lens array used therein. The present invention relates to an imaging device comprising: a lens array | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090128681 | Camera Module - Provided are a camera modules. The camera module includes a lens unit including a lens unit; a holder coupled to the lens unit; an image sensor for converting a light through the lens into an electric signal; and a ceramic board coupled to the holder, the ceramic board having a concave portion where the image sensor is inserted. Another camera module includes a lens unit including a lens barrel; a holder including an infrared ray (IR) cut off filter, the holder being coupled to the lens unit; an image sensor for converting a light through the lens into an electric signal; a ceramic board coupled to the holder, one surface of the ceramic board having a first concave portion; and an image signal processor (ISP) inserted into the first concave portion. Another camera module includes a lens unit including at least one lens; and a ceramic board coupled to the lens unit; the ceramic board including an image sensor and an IR cut off filter; wherein the image sensor is inserted into the ceramic board. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090135286 | DIGITAL CAMERA - A digital camera of the present invention has: a lens group reflecting photographic object light entering along a first optical axis to a second optical axis direction perpendicular to the first optical axis and forming an image of light flux thereof on an image pickup device located on the second optical axis; and a driving force generating member blocking or allowing entering light flux along the first optical axis by driving a barrier member, and has a camera body having an optical housing, a containing portion containing the optical housing and the barrier member, and having a transmitting member transmitting driving force of the driving force generating member to the barrier member, wherein the coupling relation between the driving force generating member and the driving force transmitting member is maintained. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090135287 | CONVERTER LENS ATTACHMENT WITH BUILT-IN LIGHT SOURCE FOR COMPACT DIGITAL CAMERA - A converter lens attachment with a built-in light source for macrophotography by a compact camera is disclosed. The converter lens attachment includes a mounting seat, a printed circuit board (PCB) with light emitting diodes (LEDs) parallelly mounted on the mounting seat, an adapter ring accommodating the mounting seat and the PCB, a light diffuser connecting with the PCB, a sleeve being passed through by the light diffuser and leaning against the adapter ring, and a barrel connecting with the sleeve and accommodating the light diffuser. The adapter ring is removably connected to a base body mounted on the camera. There is a battery in the base body for supplying power to the LEDs. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090141160 | CONTOURED SURFACE COVER PLATE FOR IMAGE SENSOR ARRAY - A cover for an image sensor array is disclosed. The cover includes a plate formed of substantially transparent material and placed adjacent to the image sensor array. The plate has a plurality of surfaces and forms a lensing structure. At least one of the plurality of surfaces is contoured into a lensing surface capable of performing an imaging improvement or enhancement function. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090147124 | IMAGING SYSTEM, IMAGING APPARATUS, PORTABLE TERMINAL APPARATUS, ONBOARD APPARATUS, MEDICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE IMAGING SYSTEM - An imaging system is provided and includes an imaging lens and an imaging device such that the maximum diameter of an effective region of a point image covers three or more pixels of light receiving pixels, the point image being projected onto a light receiving surface through the imaging lens from an intended position. A signal processing unit executes restoration processing on first image data output from the imaging device, and the restoration processing is executed to generate second image data equivalent to the first image data output from the imaging device when the resolving power of the imaging lens is higher. The imaging lens has a first lens group having a positive power, and a second lens group having a positive power, in order from the object side. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090180019 | HIGH MAGNIFICATION LENS MODULE AND DIGITAL IMAGING APPARATUS - A high magnification lens module is coupled to a digital camera. The digital camera has an imaging lens. The high magnification lens module comprises an adapter ring, an optical magnifying unit connected to the adapter ring, and a focusing unit connected to the optical magnifying unit. The optical magnifying unit has a fiber optic taper. The fiber optic taper has a first facet facing the imaging lens and a second facet opposite to the first facet. The area of the first facet is larger than that of the second facet. The focusing unit has at least one lens facing the second facet. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090180020 | Method and Apparatus For Recording A Sequence Of Images Using A Moving Optical Element - An imager ( | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090201408 | Method and Apparatus for Detecting Camera Sensor Intensity Saturation - A method for detecting intensity saturation of a light sensor includes monitoring an electrical signal from a light sensor for detecting an intensity saturation condition of at least one pixel of the light sensor, converting the electrical signal to a digital signal, imposing a reserved bit combination on the digital signal indicating the intensity saturation condition of the pixel, and transmitting a control signal in response to the digital signal to compensate for the intensity saturation condition of the pixel. Alternatively stated, the method includes monitoring pixel data from an output of a light sensor to determine a number of pixels at saturation and a number of pixels near saturation, comparing the number of pixels at saturation to a predetermined first threshold number, comparing the number of pixels near saturation to a predetermined second threshold number, reprogramming the light sensor to adapt to more brightness if the number of pixels at saturation is above the first threshold number, and reprogramming the light sensor to adapt to less brightness if the number of pixels near saturation is below the second threshold number. An apparatus for detecting intensity saturation of a light sensor includes a saturation detector for detecting and measuring an intensity saturation condition of at least one pixel of a light sensor, the intensity saturation condition of the pixel being at saturation upon receiving light with an intensity above a predetermined level, the saturation detector emitting a digital signal with a reserved bit combination indicating the intensity saturation condition of the pixel, and a processor receiving and processing the digital signal from the saturation detector and transmitting a control signal in response to the digital signal to compensate for the intensity saturation condition of the pixel. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090251588 | Imaging Apparatus and Imaging Method - An imaging apparatus able to design lenses without regard as to a zoom position or zoom amount and able to restore an image by high precision operation and a method of same, including an optical unit | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090262231 | DISTORTION CORRECTING METHOD, DISTORTION CORRECTING DEVICE, PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC CAMERA - In a preparation operation of a distortion correcting method, actual measured lens position information obtained by an optical system at a time of shooting an image, an error range in the lens position information, and a relational expression between a distortion pattern and the lens position information, are respectively obtained. In a correcting operation, actual measured data of the lens position information is fit to the relational expression to estimate the distortion pattern of the image shot by the optical system, and a temporary corrected image is obtained. In a selection operation, a distortion correcting pattern to be applied in main correcting performed on the image is selected based on the temporary corrected image. In a repeating operation, when the distortion correcting pattern is not selected, a value of the actual measured data is adjusted within the error range and the correcting operation is repeated. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090278975 | Method of correcting perspective deformation of a lens system - The present invention relates to a method for the correction of perspective deformation in a lens system ( | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090278976 | Drive control unit, drive control method and program thereof - A drive control unit of the present invention includes: a first external force detecting section for detecting that an external force is applied to a first moving object body movable back and forth in a single direction; and a second initialization processing section which when it is detected that the external force is applied to the first moving object body by the first external force detecting section, moves at least one of second moving object bodies movable back and forth in the single direction to a predetermined second initial position and when it is not detected that the external force is applied to the first moving object body, does not move the second moving object body. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090284638 | CAMERA MODULE SPACER AND CAMERA MODULE USING SAME - A camera module includes a barrel, at least two optical elements received in the barrel, a spacer disposed between the two optical elements, a holder connected to the barrel, an image sensor module, and a circuit board. The spacer has an inner side with a curvature at each point on a contour of an axial section thereof greater than 0. The image sensor module is disposed at the image side of the optical elements. The circuit board is electrically connected to the image sensor module and fixed on the holder. Because the stray light is scattered utilizing the spacer, a brightness of the light spot formed by the stray light on the image sensor module | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090295978 | Apparatus for processing digital image and method of controlling the same - An apparatus for processing a digital image capable of recognizing user input by motion of a user through a voice coil motor (VCM) is provided. Also, a method of controlling the apparatus is provided. The apparatus for processing a digital image includes: a body; a VCM installed to the body generating motion signals according to motion of the body; an operation recognition interface processing the motion signals and generating motion data of a digital signal; and a controller recognizing motion of the body from the motion data and recognizing user input according to the motion. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090295979 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND CAMERA MODULE - A solid-state image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup pixel unit in which a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element and a field-effect transistor are arranged on a semiconductor substrate so that a light-receiving surface is disposed at a first surface side of the semiconductor substrate; a peripheral circuit unit provided at a periphery of the image pickup pixel unit of the semiconductor substrate; and a multilayered wiring layer in which a plurality of wiring layers for driving the field-effect transistor of the image pickup pixel unit are laminated at a second surface side of the semiconductor substrate, wherein a wiring in each of the wiring layers constituting the multilayered wiring layer is disposed so that a coverage of the wiring located at least in the image pickup pixel unit of the semiconductor substrate reaches 100%, viewed from the second surface side. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090303376 | LENS MODULE WITH GAS PRESSURE CONTROL DEVICE AND CAMERA MODULE HAVING SAME - An exemplary lens module includes a barrel, a first lens fixedly disposed in the barrel, a second lens movably received in the barrel, and a pressure control device. The barrel includes a peripheral side wall. A hole is defined in the peripheral side wall. The first lens, the second lens, and the barrel together define a chamber. The chamber communicates with the hole. The pressure control device communicates with the hole so as to change the gas pressure of the chamber, thereby moving the second lens relative to the first lens. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090322927 | CAMERA - The present invention has an object in providing a camera with which further miniaturization is realized, in a camera having the bending optical system. A digital camera ( | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100013978 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH IMAGE CAPTURING FUNCTION - An electronic device includes a lens body, a rotatable portion, a base, and a main body. The lens body contains a lens module. The rotatable portion is secured to the lens body, and defines a number of grooves on the circumference surface thereof. The base defines a through hole with the rotatable portion received therein. An elastic sheet is disposed at a lateral side of the through hole and has a protrusion projecting into the through hole for engaging with the grooves of the rotatable portion. The main body is secured with the base. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100026874 | CCTV Camera Lens Adjustment Structure - The present invention relates to an improved CCTV camera lens adjustment structure comprising a housing with a shell and a cover, wherein the shell has a through hole; an image capturing unit installed in the shell, wherein one end is a lens corresponding to the hole installed on the shell; the lens is installed with a driving ring, said driving ring matches the fixed rod installed on the lens; said fixed rod is partially extended as driving ring; and a movable adjusting mechanism installed in the hole forming interference with fixed rod. Thus the matching of the shell and the adjustment structure is used for the image capturing unit to achieve the effect of ease in installation and waterproof, and the adjustment mechanism can be used to rotate the driving ring of the linked lens for rotating the lens of image capturing unit so as to achieve the convenience in use. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100026875 | INFORMATION REGISTRATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION REGISTRATION METHOD, REGISTRATION APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A registration apparatus obtains, from an image pickup apparatus, identification information set in a lens apparatus that is attached to the image pickup apparatus. The registration apparatus pre-stores lens information including information that identifies the models of lens apparatuses and corresponding correction information, such that the lens information can be referenced by identification information. The registration apparatus displays a list of the stored lens apparatus models in a confirmation window such that the models of lens apparatuses corresponding to obtained identification information can be distinguished from the models of other lens apparatuses. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100033616 | CAMERA MODULE HAVING VOICE-COIL MOTOR - A camera module includes an image sensor, a substrate, a lens part, a lens holder, and a voice-coil motor (VCM). The image sensor is supported on and electrically connected to the substrate. The lens holder has a bottom end and an upper end opposite to the bottom end. The image sensor is accommodated within the lens holder. The lens part includes a lens barrel which has an upper portion and a bottom portion and is disposed on the lens holder. The VCM includes a winding coiling around the upper portion and a set of permanent magnetic members fixedly fixed and surrounding the winding. The outer diameter of the upper portion is smaller than that of the bottom portion. The VCM is configured for driving the lens part to move toward to or away from the image sensor. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100039549 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - An exemplary communication terminal includes a housing, a camera module, and a zooming subassembly. The housing defines a guiding slot. The camera module is positioned in the housing. The zooming subassembly includes a convex lens and a controlling member. The controlling member is connected to the convex lens and slidably received in the guiding slot. The convex lens is capable of moving in front of the camera module when the controlling member moves along the guiding slot. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100053411 | Control of Adaptive Optics Based on Post-Processing Metrics - Adaptive optics (AO) elements in imaging system allow dynamic and precise control over the optical wavefront to reduce uncontrolled wavefront errors in imaging systems. Traditional control of such devices is based on inverting the wavefront function to minimize the RMS wavefront error. However, this approach is not always optimal, particularly when the wavefront error is near or exceeds the limit of the AO element's correction capability. In the current approach, the AO element is instead controlled based on a performance metric that takes into account image processing, and not just RMS wavefront error. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053412 | Camera module and electronic device including the same - A camera module | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100060773 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPTICALLY CONVERTING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT INTO A TWO-DIMENSIONAL PLANAR IMAGE - A device and method for optically converting a three-dimensional object into a two-dimensional planar image includes a camera, a lighting source and a concentric-shaped mirror positioned about a concentric inspection surface of an object to be inspected. A planar image of the object inspection surface about 360 degrees is generated and inspected for defects, marking indicia or other qualities of interest without having to rotate the camera or object. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100060774 | LENS DRIVE DEVICE - A lens drive device may include a movable lens body provided with a lens and a drive mechanism for moving the movable lens body in an optical axis direction of the lens. The drive mechanism may include a drive coil, a magnet comprised of a plurality of magnet pieces, and a holder body which holds the magnet. The magnet may be disposed so that predetermined gap spaces are formed between opposite end faces of the plurality of magnet pieces, and the respective magnet pieces may be adhesively bonded and fixed to the holder body by using a first adhesive means, and a second adhesive means may be disposed in the gap spaces and between the end faces of the magnet pieces. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100060775 | CAMERA BODY AND IMAGING DEVICE - A camera body allows the mounting of a lens unit configured to form an optical image of a subject, and includes a body mount, an imaging element, a capacitor, and a housing member. The body mount allows a lens unit to be mounted. The imaging element includes a light receiving face arranged to receive light passing through the lens unit, and converts an optical image of the subject into an electrical signal. The capacitor is disposed above the imaging element and more to the imaging element side than the body mount in a landscape orientation. The housing member accommodates the imaging element and the capacitor. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100066892 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup optical system and an image pickup unit configured to receive an image formed by the image pickup optical system. The image pickup optical system includes an optical element having optical incident and optical emergent surfaces disposed between an aperture stop and an object and a fine textured structure having a mean pitch shorter than a wavelength of visible light and formed on at least one of the optical incident and optical emergent surfaces. The conditions 3.5| 03-18-2010 | |
| 20100103307 | LENS BARREL, IMAGING DEVICE AND INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE - The invention provides a lens barrel, an imaging device and an information terminal device using the lens barrel. The lens barrel includes: at least one lens group which constitutes an imaging optical system; a lens frame which retains the at least one lens group; and a retaining frame which retains the lens frame, the at least one lens group being capable of moving from a collapse position to a photographable position, at least one cam member being arranged between the lens frame and the retaining frame, and tilt of the lens frame relative to the retaining frame being changed by moving the at least one cam member. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100123817 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURE METHOD THEREOF - An optical element and image capture lens structure. The optical element includes a substrate and an optical component with at least one effective area and non-effective area, formed on the substrate, wherein the non-effective area has a rough surface. The image capture lens structure includes a substrate, an optical component formed on the substrate, and a spacer with a micro structure, attached to the substrate by an adhesive, wherein the micro structure is located between the adhesive and the optical component to prevent the overflow of the adhesive. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100149403 | AUTOMATIC WHITE BALANCING USING METER SENSORS - An image sensor system includes an image sensor that can be exposed with light from an illuminated scene to produce a secondary image, a meter sensor that can be exposed with light from the illuminated scene to produce a meter secondary image, and an image processor. The image processor can be configured to determine an average pixel color in the secondary image. The image processor can also be configured to determine a white balancing point in response to the secondary image average pixel color, the meter secondary image, meter calibration information for the meter sensor, and the image calibration information for the image sensor. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100149404 | Image forming optical system and electronic image pickup apparatus equipped with same - An image forming optical system characterized by comprising a positive first lens group, a negative second lens group, and third and subsequent lens groups having a positive composite refracting power, wherein the first lens group is composed of a cemented lens made up of one positive lens and one negative lens arranged in order from the object side, and the image forming optical system satisfies the following conditional expressions (1-1) and (2-1): | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100149405 | ZOOM ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM AND CAMERA - A zoom adjustment system, comprising a touch panel, a course detector, and a first zoom adjuster, is provided. The touch panel has an input surface. The touch panel detects a certain location on the input surface when it is touched. The touch panel detects a touched location. The course detector detects a course traced on the input surface by the touched location when the touched location is moved about on the input surface while maintaining continuous contact with the input surface. The first zoom adjuster adjusts a magnification of a photographic optical system according to the traced course detected by the course detector. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100165170 | VIBRATING DEVICE AND IMAGE EQUIPMENT HAVING THE SAME - A vibrating device includes a drive unit configured to drive a vibrating member to produce vibration Z (x, y) at a dust-screening member, the vibration being expressed as follows: | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100171864 | OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A lens driving device includes a lens, a moving member that supports the lens, a stationary member that movably supports the moving member, a pitch drive mechanism that drives the moving member in the pitch correction direction, and a yaw drive mechanism that drives in the yaw correction direction. The pitch drive mechanism has first and second magnets provided to the stationary member, and first and second coils provided to the moving member. The yaw drive mechanism has a third magnet provided to the stationary member, and a third coil provided to the moving member. The first and second coils are arranged on opposite sides of the lens when viewed in a third direction that is perpendicular to the pitch and yaw correction directions, and the third coil is arranged on the same side as the first coil with respect to the lens when viewed in the third direction. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100188551 | LENS BARREL, IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, LENS BARREL INSPECTING METHOD, AND LENS BARREL MANUFACTURING METHOD - A lens barrel includes a fourth lens, a prism, and a sixth lens. The fourth lens receives a light flux incident along a first optical axis. The prism includes a reflecting surface reflecting the light flux passing through the fourth lens to a direction along a second optical axis intersecting with the first optical axis. The sixth lens receives the light flux reflected by the prism. A second group frame includes an opening portion, a prism retaining frame that is arranged in a more inner position than the opening portion and in which the prism is contained, and a plurality of adhesive pockets arranged on an area around the prism retaining frame and being open to the side of the opening portion. Adhesive agent is filled in the adhesive pockets. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100194964 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, INTERCHANGEABLE LENS APPARATUS AND CAMERA SYSTEM - Provided is a zoom lens system including a compact focusing lens unit and having a suppressed change in image magnification at the time of movement of the focusing lens unit. The zoom lens system of the present invention, in order from an object side to an image side, includes, a first lens unit G | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100214466 | IMAGE ACQUISITION DEVICE AND OPTICAL COMPONENT THEREOF - An optical component of an image acquisition device includes at least two faces each having a first optically active region, the first optically active regions of the at least two faces being assigned to optical functions homologous to each other, but according to different acquisition configurations, the at least two faces defining respective reference planes, the normals to the reference planes being differently oriented. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100225799 | IMAGE PICKUP UNIT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING IMAGE PICKUP UNIT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH IMAGE PICKUP UNIT - In the image pickup unit according to the present invention, of a lens group, a leg section of a lens at a tail end located closest to an image sensor in an optical axis direction is adhered to the image sensor using a UV adhesive and a light-receiving section of the image sensor is thereby sealed between the lens at the tail end and the light-receiving section via an enclosed space. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100231778 | TELEVISION CAMERA SYSTEM AND TELEVISION LENS APPARATUS | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231779 | CAMERA MODULE WITH DUAL LENS MODULES AND IMAGE SENSORS - A camera module includes first and second lens modules, a first holder receiving the first lens module therein, a second holder receiving the second lens modules therein, a circuit board arranged between the first and second holders, first and second image sensors arranged on opposite surfaces of the circuit board, and first and second reflecting members. The first image sensor is received in the first holder. The second image sensor is received in the second holder. The first reflecting member is arranged in the first holder and has a first reflecting surface for reflecting and directing the light converged by the first lens module to the first image sensor. The second reflecting member is arranged in the second holder and has a second reflecting surface for reflecting and directing the light converged by the second lens module to the second image sensor. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231780 | VIBRATING DEVICE AND IMAGE EQUIPMENT HAVING THE SAME - A vibrating device includes a dust-screening member shaped like a plate as a whole, a vibrating member arranged outside the dust-screening member and configured to produce, at the dust-screening member, vibration having a vibrational amplitude perpendicular to a surface of the dust-screening member, a counter member spaced apart from that surface of the dust-screening member, on which the vibrating member is arranged, a pushing member configured to push the dust-screening member onto the counter member, and a first support member arranged between the counter member and the dust-screening member, surrounding a center of the dust-screening member, and configured to support the dust-screening member when pushed by the pushing member. The first support member is pushed with a pressure of 2 N or less when the pushing member pushes the first support member. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100245653 | Endoscope Objective Lens and Method of Assembly - A wide field video endoscope objective and method of assembly the objective including four groups with five lenses, a mechanical housing containing the entire image forming elements, a aperture stop, a centering member and a retainer sleeve. The centering member is at first centered over the photo sensitive area of the chip and bonded to the surface of the cover glass. The retainer sleeve slides over said centering member and is glued to the centering member and the housing of the video chip. The objective housing with the optical elements is screwed on the centering member to adjust for focusing. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100253826 | COMPONENTS OF A PORTABLE DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA - An integrated hands-free, point of view, action-sports, digital video camera (or camcorder) ( | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100259667 | CAMERA MODULE FOR TAKING WIDE ANGLE IMAGES AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING SAME - An exemplary camera module for mounting to a base and capturing an image of a top surface of the base is provided. The camera module includes a reflective mirror having a curved reflective surface, a lens, and an image sensor in optical alignment with the lens. The curved reflective surface is configured for reflecting light from the top surface of the base to the lens. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100265380 | VARIABLE POWER OPTICAL SYSTEM, IMAGING DEVICE, AND DIGITAL DEVICE - A variable power optical system ( | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100265381 | IMAGING DEVICE - Disclosed herein is an imaging device, including: an imaging lens having an aperture stop; an imaging element adapted to obtain image data based on received light; and a microlens array provided in the focal plane of the imaging lens between the imaging lens and imaging element, the microlens array including a plurality of microlenses arranged in such a manner that each microlens is associated with a plurality of imaging pixels of the imaging element, wherein the arrangement of the microlenses of the microlens array is corrected from an equidistant arrangement to a non-linear arrangement according to the height of the image from the imaging lens on the imaging element. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100265382 | ULTRA-WIDE ANGLE MEMS SCANNER ARCHITECTURE - An optical microscanner achieves wide rotation angles utilizing a curved reflector. The optical microscanner includes a moveable mirror for receiving an incident beam and reflecting the incident beam to produce a reflected beam and a Micro Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) actuator that causes a linear displacement of the moveable minor. The curved reflector produces an angular rotation of the reflected beam based on the linear displacement of the moveable mirror. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100271533 | Image Recordation Device with a Plurality of Lenses - Through the use of image recordation devices that have at least two lenses with non-overlapping fields of view, a photographer can better record a memorable event. Additionally, through the inclusion of a timing module, a user can record a plurality of candid images about these events at regular or irregular intervals. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100277637 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - An image pickup device includes a fixedly provided half mirror that separates object light that has passed through a shooting optical system into transmitted light and reflected light, and an image pickup unit that generates an image of an object by receiving the transmitted light. The half mirror includes an optically transmissive film that is optically isotropic. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100283883 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE DIVISION PROGRAM AND IMAGE SYNTHESISING METHOD - A polarization image capturing section | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100302431 | IMAGING LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - Disclosed is an imaging lens capable of improving weatherability, reducing performance degradation, and obtaining an optical performance excellent across a wide wavelength region from the visible wavelength region to the near-infrared wavelength region. An imaging lens for forming an image of visible and near-infrared light includes, in order from the object side: a front group that has a positive power; an aperture stop; and a rear group that has a negative power. In the imaging lens, the rear group includes a negative meniscus lens that is disposed closer to the object side and has a surface convex toward the object side, and a biconvex lens that is disposed closer to the image side. In addition, all the lenses constituting the imaging lens are single lenses. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100309362 | LENS APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - A lens control unit transmits the pattern of openings and non-openings of an aperture plate as a pattern image to a digital single-lens reflex camera when an aperture plate driving mechanism places the aperture plate at a specified position on an optical path in accordance with an external instruction. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100328516 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a lens actuator which displaces a lens so as to slidingly move along a guide member, and a control circuit which controls the lens actuator. The control circuit supplies a driving signal for vibrating the lens in a second direction opposite to a first direction to the lens actuator before the lens is displaced in the first direction along the guide member. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110001865 | IMAGING LENS, IMAGING DEVICE, PORTABLE TERMINAL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens (LN) includes at least one lens block (BK), and an aperture stop (ape). The lens block (BK) includes a plane-parallel lens substrate (LS) and a lens (L) formed of different materials. In the imaging lens (LN), a first lens block (BK | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110001866 | Image pickup apparatus - An image pickup apparatus including: an image pickup device for receiving subject light passed through a photographing optical system by an image pickup surface in which a pixel arrangement is formed, and generating an image signal; and an optically transparent film having an optical anisotropy, and disposed in front of the image pickup surface, the subject light entering the optically transparent film; wherein a width of separation between a first ray of light and a second ray of light produced by birefringence in the optically transparent film is 1/2 or more of a pixel pitch in the pixel arrangement. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110007200 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device according to the present invention comprises a lens unit having a frame to which a lens is attached, an image sensor which ray of light that has passed the lens should enter, and a board member fixed to the frame of the lens unit, the board member being provided with an aperture for accommodating the image sensor, and the image sensor being adhered and fixed to the board member. Here, a protrusion which extends along an edge of the aperture is formed on a lens-side surface or a rear surface of the board member in at least a part of an area surrounding the aperture, and an adhesive is filled between the protrusion and the image sensor to fix the image sensor to the board member. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110013069 | Imaging lens system - This invention provides an imaging lens system including, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens with negative refractive power; a third lens having a concave image-side surface; a fourth lens with positive refractive power; a fifth lens with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface, at least one surface thereof having at least one inflection point; and an aperture stop disposed between an imaged object and the third lens. The on-axis spacing between the first lens and second lens is T | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110019062 | Optical Element Assembly, Image Pickup Module, and Method for Manufacturing Electronic Apparatus - Provided is an optical element assembly which is composed of two or more optical members and can prevent one optical member from being separated from another even if the optical element assembly is subjected to reflow processing, and also provided are an image pickup module using the optical element assembly, and a method for manufacturing an electronic apparatus including the image pickup module. There is provided an optical element assembly in which a first optical member formed of glass or curable resin and a second optical element formed of curable resin are joined together, and the following expression (1) is satisfied, where α | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110025902 | SYSTEM FOR ZOOMING AN OBJECT / OBJECTS AND HOLDING THEREOF IN A VISION ZONE - A system for zooming and holding an image of an object/objects in a vision zone is proposed. The vision zone comprises—a first sector having a first zoom factor, first size, first contour, and first position, and—a second sector having a second zoom factor, second size, second contour, and second position. The second zoom factor may differ from the first one. The first sector can be disposed inside of the second sector, the contours may have or may not have a common point. The system is capable of—changing the first and second zoom factors independently, and/or—respectively decreasing/increasing the first size in response to decreasing/increasing the second size and vice-versa, and/or—changing the sectors' positions. In some embodiments, the vision zone comprises multiple sectors. The system can be built employing conventional optical/optoelectronic components/technologies, and associated with optical/electronic or optical-electronic sights, binoculars, video/photo cameras (including digital ones), etc. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110050978 | Optical element module and manufacturing method thereof, electronic element module and manufacturing method thereof, and electronic information device - An optical element module according to the present invention is provided, in which: a plurality of optical elements are housed within a light shielding holder; a metal light shielding plate is interposed at least between respective planarized surfaces of a spacer section of an upper optical element and a spacer section of a lower optical element; the light shielding plate includes an opening formed at a position corresponding to an optical surface of the optical element; and the light shielding plate includes a cut section, which is formed by cutting a part of a peripheral edge of the light shielding plate. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050979 | OPTICAL MODULE, WAFER SCALE PACKAGE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THOSE - An optical module for an electro-optical device with a functional element, in particular for a camera device, and to an electro-optical device with such a module. The optical module includes a lens substrate portion with at least one lens element, and a spacer. The spacer serves to keep the lens substrate at a well defined axial distance from a base substrate portion of the fully assembled electro-optical device. In order to ensure improved performance of the functional element, an EMC shield is provided. The spacer is at least in parts electrically conductive and thus forms the EMC shield or a part thereof. A method of manufacturing a plurality of such modules on a wafer scale is also provided. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110058088 | IMAGE-CAPTURING MODULE WITH A FLEXIBLE TYPE SUBSTRATE STRUCTURE - An image-capturing module with a flexible type substrate structure includes a substrate unit, an image-capturing unit, an optical imaging unit, a light-emitting unit and a light-transmitting unit. The substrate unit has a bottom substrate, a middle substrate extended upwards from one end of the bottom substrate, and a top substrate extended outwards from one end of the middle substrate and corresponding to the bottom substrate. The top substrate has a light-transmitting region. The image-capturing unit has at least one image-capturing element electrically disposed on the bottom substrate. The optical imaging unit is disposed on the bottom substrate and covers the image-capturing unit. The light-emitting unit has at least one light-emitting element electrically disposed on the top substrate and above the optical imaging unit. The light-transmitting unit has a light-transmitting element disposed on the top substrate and adjacent to the light-emitting unit, and an object is disposed on the light-transmitting element. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110063492 | PCB AND CAMERA MODULE HAVING THE SAME - A print circuit board and a camera module having the same are disclosed. A printed circuit board of the present invention that is thermally coupled to an electronic device includes: a binding part, which has a binding pad coupled to the electronic device; a first ground, which is arrayed in an area heated at the time of thermal binding; and a second ground, which is connected to the first ground and arrayed adjacent to the binding pad. A multi-layered printed circuit board that is thermally coupled can be formed by forming a heat transfer path that is connected from the heating area to the binding pad through a ground. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110075013 | LENS ASSEMBLY AND CAMERA MODULE HAVING SAME - A lens assembly includes a first lens and a second lens. The first lens includes an optical axis, and a first engaging face facing toward the optical axis and a first engaging structure formed on the first engaging face. The second lens is used for engagement with and coaxially alignment with the first lens. The second lens includes a second engaging face facing away from the optical axis and a second engaging structure formed on the second engaging face for engagement with the first engaging structure of the first lens. The second lens is rotatable about the axis but non-movable along the optical axis relative to the first lens when the second lens is engaged with the first lens. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110102660 | Lens component, image forming optical system, and electronic image pickup apparatus using the same - A lens component of the present invention is made by cementing a lens LA and a lens LB having a refracting power smaller than a refracting power of the lens LA, and satisfies predetermined conditional expressions. Moreover, in an image forming optical system of the present invention which includes a lens group B having a negative refracting power, a lens group C having a positive refracting power and which moves only toward an object side at the time of zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, and one or two more lens groups additionally, one of the lens components of the present invention is used in the lens group B. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102661 | Imaging Lens and Manufacturing Method and Imaging Unit Therefor - Provided is an imaging lens, in which a space holding portion is formed outside the effective aperture of one or both of junction type compound lenses facing each other in order to hold the space between the junction type compound lenses. A mating face formed on the space holding portion which is made of the same material as that of a lens portion is brought in direct contact with a mating face provided on the other among the junction type compound lenses facing each other at the position facing the mating face of the space holding portion, outside the effective aperture of the other junction type compound lens. Alternatively, mating faces which are formed on confronting surfaces of the space holding portions formed on the facing junction type compound lenses are brought in direct contact with each other. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110109786 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A manual input via a manual input unit while automatically changing a zoom magnification via a zoom control unit is permitted, and after the manual input, the zoom magnification is automatically changed so that a size of an object output from an object extraction unit becomes a second size in relation to an angle of view. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109787 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA - A zoom lens system, in order from an object side to an image side, comprising a first lens unit having negative optical power, a second lens unit having positive optical power, a third lens unit having positive optical power, and a fourth lens unit having positive optical power, wherein in zooming, the intervals between the respective lens units vary, the third lens unit comprises a plurality of lens elements, and the condition (I-1): 0.47<|f | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110115962 | IMAGE-CAPTURING LENS ASSEMBLY - This invention provides an image-capturing lens assembly comprising, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens element with negative refractive power; a third lens element with positive refractive power having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface, the object-side and image-side surfaces thereof being aspheric; a fourth lens element with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface on which at least one inflection point is formed, the object-side and image-side surfaces thereof being aspheric; and a stop disposed between an imaged object and the first lens element; wherein there are four lens elements with refractive power. Such an arrangement of optical elements can effectively reduce the size of the lens assembly, mitigate the sensitivity of the optical system and enable the lens assembly to obtain a higher resolution. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110141335 | LENS MODULE OF AN IMAGING DEVICE AND A METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A lens module of an imaging device includes a lens-barrel plate, a shutter plate and at least one elastic device. The lens-barrel plate includes at least one guide post, which is vertically arranged on the surface of the lens-barrel plate. The shutter plate includes at least one groove, which facilitates movement of the guide post in the groove. Each elastic device corresponds to an associated guide post and groove. Accordingly, the elastic device is compressed when external force is exerted on the lens-barrel plate and the shutter plate, and the elastic device recovers to separate the shutter plate from the lens-barrel plate when the external force is removed. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110157449 | Photographing Lens Assembly - This invention provides a photographing lens assembly comprising, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; a second lens element with negative refractive power having a concave object-side surface and a concave image-side surface; a third lens element with negative refractive power, the object-side and image-side surfaces thereof being aspheric; a fourth lens element with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface on which at least one inflection point is formed; and an aperture stop disposed between an imaged object and the second lens element; wherein there are four lens elements with refractive power. Such an arrangement of optical elements can effectively reduce the size of the lens assembly, attenuate the sensitivity of the optical system and enable the lens assembly to obtain higher resolution. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157450 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device includes a housing defining a through hole, a barrel positioned in the housing, a lens fixed at an end of the barrel and a light detection unit fixed at the other end of the barrel away from the lens. The lens includes an imaging portion facing the light detection unit and an incidence portion facing the through hole. The incidence portion forms a reflecting surface angled relative to an optical axis of the imaging portion, such that light entering from the through hole through the incidence portion is then reflected by the reflecting surface and refracted by the imaging portion, and is then received by the light detection unit. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110176046 | LENS DRIVING APPARATUS - A lens driving apparatus comprises a lens portion having at least one lens ( | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110176047 | DRIVING DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE - Provided is a driving device having a rod-like terminal capable of stably fixing an SMA and connecting a conductive member without preventing the size of the driving device from being reduced and affecting the performance of the SMA. Also provided is an imaging device. The driving device is equipped with a string-shaped shape-memory alloy as a driving source and includes: a base member serving as the base of the driving device; and the rod-like terminal made of a metal penetrating the base member and secured to the base member. One end side of the rod-like terminal is caulked to interpose and hold the shape-memory alloy, and the other end side of the rod-like terminal has a crimp portion where the conductive member for supplying current to the shape-memory alloy is crimped and fixed. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110187915 | Waterproof Camera Sealing Device and Sealing Method Thereof - A waterproof camera sealing method includes steps of: the chamber body of the camera is provided with a charging valve installation hole, a camera lens, a circuit board, a data line and the chamber body of the camera are assembled as a waterproof camera semi-finished product; the charging valve is arranged inside the charging valve installation hole on the camera chamber body; the air is filled into the chamber body of the camera; the waterproof camera semi-finished product is poured into water; whether continuous bubbles burst out or not is observed so as to detect the sealing performance of the camera; the semi-finished product where bubbles continuously burst out is an unqualified product; the air inside the camera chamber body with qualified sealing performances is pumped out till the vacuum exists in the chamber body; the idler gas is filled into the chamber body of the camera; the charging valve installation hole is sealed by waterproof sealing glue; thus obtain the finished waterproof camera with sealing completed. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110194012 | Camera - To provide a camera having improved efficiency. A camera is provided with a fitting portion to which a lens barrel is detachably fitted, and a first driving portion capable of driving an aperture portion included in the lens barrel. The first driving portion can be switched between an actuable state in which it is actuated in response to an input and drive the aperture portion and an actuation-restricted state to restrict the actuation. The first driving portion is brought into the actuation-restricted state when the lens barrel fitted to the fitting portion is equipped with a second driving portion capable of driving the aperture portion. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110199529 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus prevents the physical switch operation from being wrongly detected as the tapping operation to thereby cause the intended process to be surely performed. The information processing apparatus has an operation member. The vibration of the information processing apparatus is detected and an operation of the operation member is detected. If the operation of the operation member is not detected by the member operation detecting unit within a predetermined period after the vibration detecting unit has been detected the vibration, a function assigned to the detected vibration is executed, and if the operation of the operation member is detected by the member operation detecting unit within the predetermined period after the vibration detecting unit has detected the vibration, a function corresponding to the operation of the operation member without executing the function assigned to the detected vibration is executed. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110205420 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - The image pickup apparatus includes an image taking optical system, an optical filter into which the light from the image taking optical system enters, an image pickup element electrically converting the optical image formed by the light that has passed through the optical filter, an image pickup element holding member holding the image pickup element together with the optical filter, and a lens holding member holding an image surface side lens unit disposed closest to the optical filter. The lens and image pickup element holding members are moved relatively to each other in an optical axis direction, and include dust-proof walls that surround a space between the image surface side lens unit and the optical filter and mutually overlap in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis direction in an entire range where the lens and image pickup element holding members are relatively moved. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110211104 | OPTICAL FIBER SCANNING PROBE - The invention relates to optical probes for miniature applications, e.g. medical inspections and procedures or in industrial inspections, in particular a probe applying a confocal scanning-scanning endoscope. The probe comprises an optical guide ( | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110221950 | CAMERA DEVICE, WAFER SCALE PACKAGE - A camera device comprising an image capturing element, one or more lens elements for projecting an object on the image capturing element, one or more spacer means for maintaining a predetermined distance between the lens and the image capturing element, and one or more lens substrates for carrying the lens, wherein the camera device further comprises an electrically variable focus polymer-stabilized liquid crystal lens. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110228156 | DIGITAL CAMERA - A digital camera of the present invention has: a lens group reflecting photographic object light entering along a first optical axis to a second optical axis direction perpendicular to the first optical axis and forming an image of light flux thereof on an image pickup device located on the second optical axis; and a driving force generating member blocking or allowing entering light flux along the first optical axis by driving a barrier member, and has a camera body having an optical housing, a containing portion containing the optical housing and the barrier member, and having a transmitting member transmitting driving force of the driving force generating member to the barrier member, wherein the coupling relation between the driving force generating member and the driving force transmitting member is maintained. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110261245 | VIBRATING DEVICE AND IMAGE EQUIPMENT HAVING THE SAME - A dust-screening member is shaped like a plate as a whole. A vibrating member is adjacent to one side of the dust-screening member and arranged on the surface along the one side. A drive unit is configured to drive the vibrating member to produce a vibration having a vibrational amplitude perpendicular to the surface, on the surface, such that peak ridges of the vibration form a closed loop and an area including a center of the closed loop surrounded by a node area having almost no vibrational amplitude. When a length of a side in a dust-screening member virtual rectangle corresponding to a short side of a vibrating member virtual rectangle is assumed to be LFw, and a length of short side of the vibrating member virtual rectangle is assumed to be WE, WF/LFw has a dimension of 0.095 or greater and 0.105 or less. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261246 | VIBRATING DEVICE AND IMAGE EQUIPMENT HAVING THE SAME - A dust-screening member is shaped like a plate as a whole, and has at least one side that is symmetric with respect to a virtual axis on a surface of the member. A vibrating member is adjacent to one side of the dust-screening member, arranged on the surface along the one side, and configured to produce, at the surface, vibration having a vibrational amplitude perpendicular to the surface. A drive unit is configured to drive the vibrating member to produce the vibration on the surface, such that peak ridges of the vibration form a closed loop and an area including a center of the closed loop is surrounded by a node area having almost no vibrational amplitude. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110292270 | INTERCHANGEABLE LENS, IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INTERCHANGEABLE LENS, AND PROGRAM - An interchangeable lens includes an acquiring section that acquires an amount of supply power from an imaging apparatus to which the interchangeable lens is attached, and operation information related to an operation of the imaging apparatus in a period during which the supply power is supplied, and a determining section that determines power to be distributed to a plurality of driving sections that drive a plurality of optical members, for each of the driving sections, on the basis of the acquired amount of supply power and the acquired operation information. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110304762 | LENS MODULE HAVING LIQUID CRYSTAL LENS AND IMAGE PICK-UP DEVICE USING SAME - A lens module includes a liquid crystal lens, a lens barrel and two electrically conductive traces. The liquid crystal lens includes a light incident surface, a light output surface facing away from the light incident surface, and a number of side wall surfaces interconnecting the light incident surface and the light output surface. The liquid crystal lens includes at least two electrode layers. Each of the electrode layers comprising a connection terminal exposed at the corresponding side wall surface. The liquid crystal lens is received in the lens barrel. The two electrically conductive traces are embedded in an outer surface of the lens barrel, and includes a first end electrically connected to the corresponding connection terminal, and a second end for electrical connection to an external circuit. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120002096 | IMAGING DEVICE INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF IMAGING UNITS - An imaging device with a plurality of imaging units is provided. The imaging device includes a supporting substrate, a flexible substrate and a movable unit. The supporting substrate is formed with a hard material, and the flexible substrate includes a plurality of imaging units positioned at least in a width direction. The flexible substrate is fixed at a first edge portion with the supporting substrate, while an opposite second edge portion of the flexible substrate is connected with the movable unit. The movable unit moves the opposite second edge portion of the flexible substrate in the width direction and bends or flattens the flexible substrate. A degree of curvature at which the flexible substrate is bent may vary based on a distance by which the movable unit moves in the width direction, so that a field of view (FOV) of the plurality of imaging units may be adjusted. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120002097 | DUAL-PURPOSE HARDWARE APERTURE - Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system which supports a dual-purpose aperture for an electronic device. This system includes a first component configured to perform an acoustic function through the aperture and a second component configured to perform a non-acoustic function through the aperture. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120019704 | AUTOMATIC DIGITAL CAMERA PHOTOGRAPHY MODE SELECTION - A digital camera having a plurality of photography modes, comprising: an imaging sensor; an optical system for imaging a scene onto the imaging sensor; an image capture control for initiating an image capture operation; a photography mode user interface for selecting between a plurality of photography modes, the photography modes having associated image capture and image processing settings; a power control for turning the digital camera on or off, wherein when the camera is in an off state and the power control is activated with a first activation pattern the digital camera is turned on and set to operate in a default photography mode and when the power control is activated with a second activation pattern the digital camera is turned on and set to operate in a previously selected photography mode. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120026382 | WIDE FIELD OF VIEW LWIR HIGH SPEED IMAGER - Various embodiments provide an optical system including a first lens group having a plurality of lenses, the first lens group being configured to correct for an axial chromatic aberration; a second lens group having a least one lens, the second lens group being disposed adjacent the first lens group; and a third lens group having a plurality of lenses, the third lens group being configured to correct for a lateral chromatic aberration and field curvature, the third lens group being disposed adjacent the second lens group. The first, second and third lens groups are configured to provide a wide field of view greater than approximately 20 deg., and an f-number of less than approximately F/2 in a wavelength range between approximately 8 μm and approximately 12 μm. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120033124 | OPTICAL PHOTOGRAPHING LENS ASSEMBLY - This invention provides an optical photographing lens assembly comprising, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface, at least one of the object-side and image-side surfaces thereof being aspheric; a second lens element with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface; a third lens element with positive refractive power having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; and a fourth lens element with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface on which at least one inflection point is formed, the object-side and image-side surfaces thereof being aspheric; wherein a stop is disposed between an imaged object and the first lens element and an electronic sensor is disposed at an image plane for forming images of the imaged object; and wherein the optical photographing lens assembly further comprises another stop disposed between the second and fourth lens elements. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120062781 | Camera System and Method for Adjusting a Camera System - On a camera, the lens board ( | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120069236 | CAMERA DEVICE, LIQUID LENS, AND IMAGE PICKUP METHOD - A camera device is provided which has a compound eye structure only by a liquid lens unit and a control unit without requiring a plurality of lenses to be mounted in advance and is capable of taking a three-dimensional stereoscopic video image. In addition, a compact and lightweight three-dimensional stereoscopic camera is provided which can be switched to take a two-dimensional planar image or to take a three-dimensional stereoscopic image only by an electronic control with no need for a movable mechanism and can reduce the power consumption and improve the reliability. A camera device comprises a liquid lens ( | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120092543 | Optical Lens Having Fixed Lenses And Embedded Active Optics - An electrically controllable optical lens apparatus makes use of fixed lenses and an active optical element together in a lens enclosure. The enclosure may be a barrel structure that is easily mounted to a camera device having an image sensor. The active optical element, such as a tunable liquid crystal lens, receives an electrical signal from the camera device via electrical conductors integral with the lens enclosure that provide electrical pathways between the active element on the interior of the enclosure and surface contacts on the camera device. The enclosure may be a two-piece structure, and the electrical conductors may be attached to either piece of the structure. The lens enclosure may also be threaded for attachment to the camera device. The electrical conductors may also use spring loaded contact portions or molded interconnect devices. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120113309 | IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS - An image-capturing apparatus including an imaging device to convert light into an electrical signal; a vibration plate disposed in front of the imaging device to transmit the light to the imaging device; a vibration generating unit mounted on the vibration plate and to generate a vibration when a driving signal is input to the vibration generating unit; and a vibration partitioning unit mounted on at least one of the vibration plate or the vibration generating unit to asymmetrically deliver the generated vibration to the vibration plate. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120120297 | ACTUATOR INSIDE OF MOTION CONTROL - A device can comprise an outer frame, a platform, and a motion control mechanism. The motion control mechanism can be adapted to permit movement of the platform in a desired direction with respect to the outer frame and inhibit rotation of the platform with respect to the outer frame. An actuator can be contained at least partially within the motion control mechanism. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120298 | LENS MODULE, CAMERA MODULE, AND METHOD FOR MAKING LENS MODULE - A lens module includes a lens holder, a liquid crystal lens, wires, and a driving unit. The holder includes an outer surface, a first end portion adjacent to an object side, and a second end portion adjacent to an image side. The first end portion and the second end portion are at opposite sides of the holder. The outer surface connects the first end portion to the second end portion. The holder defines wire grooves in the first end portion and the outer surface. The liquid crystal lens is received in the first end portion. The wires are formed on the first end portion and the outer surface in the grooves. The wires are electrically connected to the liquid crystal lens. The driving unit is electrically connected to the wires and drives the liquid crystal lens to zoom. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120299 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ADJUSTABLE CAMERA - A portable electronic device includes a main body, a camera electrically connected to the main body, and a holder assembly. The holder assembly includes a first connecting beam, a second connecting beam, and a third connecting beam. The second connecting beam is rotatably connected to an end of the first connecting beam and an end of the third connecting beam. The camera is rotatably assembled on the other end of the first connecting beam, and the other end of the third connecting beam rotatably is connected to the main body. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120133818 | ACTUATOR, DRIVING DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE - The actuator disclosed herein comprises a coil, a magnet and a magnetism detection element. The magnet is configured to move a predetermined distance relative to the coil via a magnetic force generated when current is passed through the coil. The magnet includes a first polarization line perpendicular to the direction in which the magnet moves relative to the coil, and a second polarization line parallel to the first polarization line. The magnetism detection element is configured to detect the position of the magnet. The coil faces the first polarization line and the magnetism detection element faces the second polarization line. The length from the second polarization line to a first end of the magnet is equal to or more than 1.25 times the predetermined distance. The first end of the magnet is closer to the magnetism detection element than to the coil. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120140103 | IMAGE PICK-UP APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A controller controls a first changing unit to intermittently drive an optical unit of an image pick-up unit, and while the image pick-up parameter is being changed, reduces the noise based on an audio signal obtained by a microphone unit in a period before or after a period the optical unit is being driven. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120140104 | IMAGING LENS, IMAGING DEVICE, AND PORTABLE TERMINAL - The image pickup lens is composed of, in order from the object side, an aperture stop; a first lens with positive refractive power, including a convex surface facing the object side; a second lens with negative refractive power, including a concave surface facing an image side; a third lens with positive refractive power, including a convex surface facing the image side; a fourth lens with positive refractive power, having a meniscus shape including a convex surface facing the image side; and a fifth lens with negative refractive power, including a concave surface facing the image side. The image pickup lens satisfies conditional expressions relating to curvature radiuses of the object-side surface and the image-side surface of the fourth lens, a distance on an optical axis from the aperture stop to a focal point at the image side, and a focal length of the total system of the image pickup lens. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120147247 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An optical system is provided. The system includes a lens having a negative refractive power to which light is incident from an imaging target object; a compound eye optical element; and an imaging device for receiving the light passing through the lens and the compound eye optical element, wherein the compound eye optical element includes a plurality of optical elements to which the light passing through the lens is incident. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120154665 | CAMERA BODY AND IMAGE PICKUP UNIT ATTACHABLE TO AND DETACHABLE FROM CAMERA BODY, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A camera body includes a recess to which an image pickup unit is detachably attached to be placed therein. The image pickup unit includes a housing having an optical system, an image pickup device, a first connector section. The recess has three wall sections including a back wall section facing a rear of the housing of the image pickup unit and a side wall section facing a side surface of the housing when the image pickup unit is placed in the recess. The side wall section includes a second connector section to be connected to the first connector section to perform communication. The back wall section is provided with a controlling member. A rear of the image pickup unit has an insertion opening into which the controlling member is to be inserted and an abutting section to allow the controlling member to abut thereon. When the image pickup unit is attached to the recess, the first connector section and the second connector section are connected to each other when the controlling member is inserted into the insertion opening, and the first connector section is not connected to the second connector section when the controlling member abuts on the abutting section. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120162491 | CAMERA MODULE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a camera module including a PCB (Printed Circuit Board, an image sensor and a lens assembly, wherein the PCB formed with an opening, a staircase sill formed at an edge of the opening to insert a lens assembly, and an accommodation structural unit provided at a lower distal end of the opening to insert the image sensor, and wherein the image sensor is assembled to the accommodation structural unit of the PCB, and the lens assembly is inserted into the staircase sill of the PCB for assembly. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120169915 | Image Capturing Apparatus and Electronic Apparatus - An image capturing apparatus and an electronic apparatus are described. The image capturing apparatus comprises a body, a flash lamp, a lens and a fill lamp. The flash lamp is disposed on the body and emits a flash light, and the lens is also disposed on the body. The lens collects and provides lights to an image sensing unit disposed inside the body to generate images. The fill lamp is disposed on the lens and electronically connects to the body. The fill lamp further locates on the direction of the flash lamp facing the lens, and thus provides lights as a filled light when the lens shields the light emitted by the flash lamp. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120176526 | Camera light - A camera light assembly ( | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120182457 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - An image capturing apparatus with an image sensor converting the image of a subject and an optical member in front of the image sensor. First and second piezoelectric elements at respective ends of the optical member are independently driven by respective first and second driving units. A detection unit has first and second detecting piezoelectric elements adjacent to the respective first and second piezoelectric elements for detecting vibration of the optical member. A first control unit controls the first and second driving units and the detection unit to vibrate the optical member by vibrating the first piezoelectric element and detect vibration of the optical member using the second detecting piezoelectric element, or vibrate the optical member by vibrating the second piezoelectric element and detect vibration of the optical member using the first detecting piezoelectric element. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120212659 | ILLUMINATION OF AN OBJECT - There is provided an improved solution for illuminating an object by means of an optical component. In use, the optical component is integrated with a hand-held camera unit. The optical component comprises a light-diffusing element. In addition, the optical component may also comprise at least one light source and an end element that directs the light to the object. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120218454 | OPTICAL DEVICE, SOLID-STATE IMAGE APPARATUS, PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - An optical element according to an embodiment includes: a lens array including a plurality of convex shaped lenses provided on a first surface thereof and taking a flat shape at a second surface which is opposite from the first surface; a lens holder comprising concave portions formed to correspond to respective lenses in the lens array, at a surface opposed to the lens array, each of the concave portions having a size which makes it possible for one of the convex shaped lenses corresponding to the concave portion to fit therein; and a drive unit configured to drive at least one of the lens array and the lens holder to bring the convex shaped lenses in the lens array and the concave portions in the lens holder into an isolation state or a contact state. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120224093 | OPTICAL IMAGING DEVICE - An optical imaging device includes a display panel whereon a coordinate detecting area is formed, at least one first reflective optical unit installed on an outside corner of the display panel for reflecting light transmitted from an object moving within the coordinate detecting area, at least one second reflective optical unit installed outside the display panel for reflecting the light reflected from the at least one first reflective optical unit, an image capturing module for capturing the light reflected from the at least one second reflective optical unit so as to capture image of the object, and a control module coupled to the image capturing module for receiving the image captured by the image capturing module and for calculating a coordinate value of the object within the coordinate area according to the image. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120229688 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus including an image pickup lens, a lens array and an image sensor is capable of reducing brightness unevenness of an image taken by the apparatus by making use of the lens array. In the image pickup apparatus for obtaining an image while separating light rays from each other to propagate in a plurality of viewpoint directions by making use of the image pickup lens, the lens array and the image sensor, the lens array is configured to include a plurality of first lens sections and a plurality of second lens sections. Principal light rays passing through the image pickup lens and the first lens sections can be guided to propagate to the light receiving surfaces of pixels on the image sensor | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229689 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC IMAGING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH ZOOM LENS SYSTEM - A zoom lens system includes a positive first lens group, a negative second lens group, and positive third and fourth lens groups. Upon zooming from the short to long focal length extremities, the distance between the first and second lens groups increases and the distance between the second and third lens groups decreases. The first lens group includes a positive first sub-lens group which remains at a stationary position during focusing and a positive second sub-lens group which moves during focusing. Condition (1) is satisfied: | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120249858 | OPTICAL UNIT AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An optical unit with a first lens group and a second lens group, the first lens group and the second lens group being sequentially arranged from an object side to an image plane side, the first lens group including a first lens element, a transparent body, and a second lens element, the first lens element, the transparent body, and the second lens element being sequentially arranged from the object side to the image plane side, the second lens group including only a third lens element. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120262621 | IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - Enabling an ordinary image-capturing apparatus to achieve all-around image-capturing without having a user to perform particularly difficult setting operation. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120268642 | DRIVING APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Provided are a driving apparatus and an imaging device having the driving apparatus mounted thereon, the driving apparatus being capable of performing, with a simple configuration, driving in the Z-axis direction in addition to driving in a direction along the XY plane, reducing friction at the time of driving, and performing precise position holding at the time of stop. A driving apparatus includes: a frame, a contact body supported by the frame; a holder pressed against the contact body to be supported thereby; a VCM for relatively moving the frame in a direction along a support plane formed by the contact body; and a transducer for displacing, relative to the frame, the contact body in the Z-axis direction. When driving, the transducer causes the contact body to vibrate in the Z-axis direction so as to reduce a frictional force between the contact body and the holder. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268643 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging apparatus of the present invention includes: a lens optical system including a lens and a stop; an imaging device including at least a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixels on which light having passed through the lens optical system is incident; and an arrayed optical device arranged between the lens optical system and the imaging device, wherein: the lens optical system includes, in a plane vertical to an optical axis, a first optical area that transmits therethrough light of a first wavelength band and a second optical area that transmits therethrough light of a second wavelength band different from the first wavelength band; and the arrayed optical device makes light having passed through the first optical area incident on the plurality of first pixels and light having passed through the second optical area incident on the plurality of second pixels. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120293703 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup optical system and an image pickup unit configured to receive an image formed by the image pickup optical system. The image pickup optical system includes an optical element having optical incident and optical emergent surfaces disposed between an aperture stop and an object and a fine textured structure having a mean pitch shorter than a wavelength of visible light and formed on at least one of the optical incident and optical emergent surfaces. The conditions 3.5| 11-22-2012 | |
| 20120300111 | VOICE COIL MOTOR AND CAMERA MODULE HAVING SAME - A voice coil motor includes an outer shell, a moveable frame, a coil of wire, a number of magnetic members and a first elastic member. The outer shell includes a number of sidewalls connected to each other end-to-end. The moveable frame is moveably received in the outer shell. The coil of wire is wrapped around the moveable frame and is received in the outer shell. Each of the magnetic members is attached to a corner formed by two inner surfaces of two adjacent sidewalls. The magnetic members and the coil of wire are configured for cooperating to drive the movable frame to move in the outer shell. The first elastic member is attached to the moveable frame and received in the outer shell. The first elastic member is configured for providing an elastic restoring force. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120307127 | GAME CAMERA HAVING AN ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICE FOR SWITCHING AN OPTICAL LENS FILTER - A digital camera for wild game animals includes a camera having automatic flash, focus, aperture and shutter speed and film advance functions. The camera is mounted within a camera housing adapted for outdoor installation and protection from adverse weather conditions. An electronic control circuit mounted within the camera housing is operably connected to the camera and includes a memory device and a microprocessor for storing and performing a set of programmable functions. The camera is activated by a passive infrared sensor detecting body heat of the animal or group of animals. An electromechanical device mounted within the camera housing selectively inserts an optical lens filter, such as day optical filter and a night optical filter, into an optical path of the camera in accordance with light intensity and/or a signal from a user or timer. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120314118 | Imaging Device - An imaging device of the present invention includes: an imaging element for taking an optical image of a photographic subject and generating image data therefrom; a main circuit board for conducting signal processing on the image data, an imaging element flexible cable on which the imaging element is mounted and that has a ground potential; a shutter that opens and closes timed on the shooting of images or video of the photographic subject; a shutter flexible cable that transfers a control signal for controlling the shutter and that has a ground potential; a mount for fixing the imaging element and that includes a metallic component; and a metal plate that is connected to the mount and is disposed between the imaging element and the main circuit board. Therein, the ground potential of the imaging element and the shutter flexible cable are connected. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120314119 | Imaging Device - An imaging device of the present invention, which is an imaging device for shooting images or video of a photographic subject, includes: an imaging element for taking an optical image of the photographic subject and generating image data therefrom; a main circuit board for conducting signal processing on the image data generated by the imaging element; an imaging element flexible cable that is connected to the main circuit board and on which the imaging element is mounted; a mount for fixing the imaging element and that includes a metallic component; a metal plate disposed between the imaging element and the main circuit board. The imaging element flexible cable includes an imaging element flexible cable GND which has a ground potential, and the imaging element flexible cable GND is connected to the metal plate. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120327286 | LIQUID LENS DEVICE AND CAMERA - A liquid lens device includes: a circular tube with a liquid pressurization port formed therein; a first elastic film and a second elastic film each closing off one of two ends of the circular tube, so as to form a lens chamber inside the circular tube; and a pressurization unit that pressurizes the lens chamber via the liquid pressurization port, wherein: the first elastic film and the second elastic film are deformed in states different from each other by pressure inside the lens chamber pressurized by the pressurization unit. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327287 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING IMAGE FRAMES USING QUANTUM PROPERTIES - A system and method for generating a series of frames of a subject comprising measuring light reflected from the subject into at least one first receiver at first points in time; receiving spatial information relating to the light source illumination independent of interaction with the subject at second points in time into at least one second receiver, at least some of second points occurring before or after the first points in time; transmitting a measured value from the at least one first receiver to a processor; transmitting the spatial information relating to the light source illumination from a second receiver to a processor; correlating the measured values from the at least one first receiver at the first points in time with the spatial information derived from the at least one second receiver at the corresponding second points in time; and creating frames of a subject. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130002929 | DATA RECORDING CONTROL DEVICE AND DATA RECORDING DEVICE - A data recording control device controls a recording device to record data acquired by a data acquisition device from a first time point before inputting a trigger signal to a second time point after the trigger signal is input, to a record medium. The control device has a sensor for detecting a light; an output portion for outputting the trigger signal in correspondence to the sensor detecting the light with a predetermined amount of lighting or above when the output portion is set in a standby state; and a control portion releasing the standby state when the output portion outputs the trigger signal, and setting the output portion in the standby state in correspondence to the sensor not detecting the light with the predetermined amount of lighting or above within a predetermined period of time. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002930 | LIGHT-REDUCTION DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A light reduction device for adjusting an amount of light reaching an imaging device includes: a light shielding plate in which light shielding parts are discretely formed for blocking the light, and a light transmission part is formed for transmitting the light; a first light reduction plate in which light reduction parts are discretely formed for reducing the amount of the light passing through, and a light transmission part is formed for transmitting the light; and a moving unit configured to move at least one of the light shielding plate and the first light reduction plate in a first direction which intersects with an incident direction of the light, in which the light shielding plate and the first light reduction plate overlap each other at least in part, when viewed from the incident direction of the light. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130010174 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens including first to fifth lens units in order from an object side toward an image. The refractive powers of the first to the fifth lens units are positive, negative, positive, negative and positive, respectively. The distance between the first and the second lens units is increased at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, and the distance between the second and the third lens unit is decreased at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end. The first lens unit and the fourth lens unit are fixed for the zooming. When M2 and M3 are the amounts of movement of the second lens unit and the third lens unit at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, respectively, the conditional expression; 0.2<|M2/M3|<5.0 is satisfied. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130010175 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ANALYZING THE OPTICAL QUALITY OF A TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE - A device for analyzing a transparent surface of a substrate including a reference pattern facing a surface of the substrate to be measured. The reference pattern is formed on a support of short and long extents. A camera is provided for taking at least one image of the reference pattern distorted by the measured substrate. A reference pattern illumination system and a processor for processing the image and digital analysis are connected to the camera. The support is of oblong shape and the reference pattern is a one-directional pattern that extends along the shortest extent of the support. The pattern is transversely periodic to the short extent, and the camera is a linear camera. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130016271 | LIGHT TRANSMITTANCE ADJUSTING DEVICE, IMAGE APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE LIGHT TRANSMITTANCE ADJUSTING DEVICEAANM KWON; Jong-ohAACI Suwon-siAACO KRAAGP KWON; Jong-oh Suwon-si KRAANM KIM; Che-heungAACI Yongin-siAACO KRAAGP KIM; Che-heung Yongin-si KR - A light transmittance adjusting device is provided, including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a first elastomer layer disposed between the first and second electrodes. A light transmittance of the first elastomer layer is variable depending on a voltage applied thereto. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016272 | MIRROR UNIT AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUSAANM ICHIKAWA; YoshikiAACI Kawasaki-shiAACO JPAAGP ICHIKAWA; Yoshiki Kawasaki-shi JP - Provided is a mirror unit comprising a movable mirror that pivots back and forth between an observation position and a withdrawn position; a movable mirror drive section that accumulates bias force using drive force of a drive force source, and causes the movable mirror to pivot from one of the observation position and the withdrawn position to the other by releasing the accumulated bias force; an attachment drive section that accumulates bias force using the drive force of the drive force source, and drives a working section other than the movable mirror by releasing the accumulated bias force; and an interlocking section that interlocks with the movable mirror and the attachment drive section, accumulates bias force in the attachment drive section while the movable mirror drive section releases bias force, and releases bias force from the attachment drive section while the movable mirror drive section accumulates bias force. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016273 | Device Having an Optical Module and a Supporting PlateAANM Mueller; GerhardAACI Bad WaldseeAACO DEAAGP Mueller; Gerhard Bad Waldsee DE - The invention relates to an optical device ( | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130021513 | PHOTOGRAPHIC OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - A photographic optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having positive refractive power, a second lens unit having negative refractive power configured to move in an optical axis direction to perform focusing, and a third lens unit having positive or negative refractive power, wherein the position of an optical element (A) satisfies a predetermined condition. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130027600 | CAMERA MODULE WITH PARTICLE TRAP - A camera module including a particle trap. The particle trap may be disposed in the camera module and may be operable to prevent particles from obstructing an optical path defined between a lens assembly and an image sensor. The particle trap may include a particle getter to retain particles in contact with the particle trap. The camera module may be operative to move the lens assembly so as to provide focus on the image sensor for objects at various distances from the camera module. The movement of the lens assembly may be a source of particles retained by the particle trap. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027601 | IMAGING DEVICE, FILTER HOLDING MEMBER, AND FILTER MOUNTING METHOD FOR IMAGING DEVICE - Provided is an imaging device including an image sensor, and an engagement member which is an annular or cylindrical member provided between a lens mount unit and a first optical filter fixedly installed on a subject side of the image sensor, and has a second uneven portion formed in an inner circumferential direction, the second uneven portion having a shape corresponding to a first uneven portion formed on an outer periphery of a filter holding member for holding a second optical filter, and being for engaging the filter holding member in an attachable/detachable manner. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027602 | CAMERA MODULE - In a camera module ( | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027603 | CATADIOPTRIC OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A catadioptric optical system of the present invention includes a first imaging optical system that collects a light beam from an object, and a second imaging optical system including a refractive portion that forms an intermediate image by receiving a light beam from the first imaging optical system and to form an image of the intermediate image on an image plane, the first imaging optical system includes a first optical element and a second optical element, a reflection surface of the reflective portion of the first optical element and a reflection surface of the reflective portion of the second optical element are disposed so as to face each other, and an aperture stop is disposed between the first optical element and the second optical element. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130033635 | CATADIOPTRIC SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - The catadioptric system includes a first imaging optical system collecting light from an object and a second imaging optical system causing the light from the first imaging optical system to form an intermediate image and to cause the light from the intermediate image to form an optical image. The first imaging optical system includes a first optical element including a first light transmissive portion and a first back reflective portion, and a second optical element including a second light transmissive portion and a second back reflective portion. The first light transmissive portion, the second back reflective portion, the first back reflective portion and the second light transmissive portion introduce the light from the object to the second imaging optical system. The second imaging optical system includes an aspheric lens having a negative refractive power on and around the optical axis and a positive refractive index in its peripheral portion. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130044252 | Lens Cap with Storage Device - A multi-purpose lens cap | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130050559 | OPTICAL IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING PROCESSING METHOD FOR OPTICAL IMAGING DEVICE - An optical imaging device includes a display panel whereon a coordinate detecting area is formed, at least one light source disposed outside the display panel for emitting light to illuminate an object, and a depth sensor installed on a side of the display panel for sensing image data of the object. The image data include a width information corresponding to a distance between the object and the depth sensor in a first direction, and a depth information corresponding to a distance between the object and the depth sensor in a second direction. The optical imaging device further includes a control module coupled to the depth sensor for receiving the image data sensed by the depth sensor and for determining whether to calculate a coordinate value of the object according to the width information and the depth information. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130050560 | ELECTRONIC SELECTION OF A FIELD OF VIEW FROM A LARGER FIELD OF REGARD - An electronic vertical adjustment focal plane assembly for electronic selection of a field of view from a larger field of regard is disclosed. In one embodiment, the electronic vertical adjustment focal plane assembly includes a lens assembly configured to focus radiation coming from an external field of view on to the focal plane assembly. Further, the electronic vertical adjustment focal plane assembly includes a fixed focal plane assembly that is oversized to substantially cover an entire field of regard and configured to receive the focused radiation from the lens assembly and to output a signal. Furthermore, the electronic vertical adjustment focal plane assembly includes a video controller electronically coupled to the signal from the fixed focal plane assembly and to generate an image based on an electronically selected desired elevational field of view. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130070146 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND RANGEFINDER DEVICE - An imaging apparatus according to the present invention includes a lens optical system L, an imaging device N at least having a plurality of first and second pixels P | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130088631 | LENS ASSEMBLY WITH AN IMAGE SENSOR BACKOFF MECHANISM - A lens assembly includes a base frame, an image sensor, a lens barrel, a lens and a backoff mechanism. By means of the backoff mechanism, the image sensor is mounted at the base frame and movable between an operative position and a non-operative backoff position. When the image sensor is in the operative position, the lens barrel is in a first position far frame the base frame, and the optical axis of the lens intersects the image sensor. When the lens barrel is moved to a second position close to the base frame, the image sensor is moved to the non-operative backoff position, and the optical axis of the lens is not intersected with the image sensor. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088632 | INTERCHANGEABLE LENS AND CAMERA BODY TO WHICH INTERCHANGEABLE LENS IS MOUNTABLE - There is provided an interchangeable lens mountable to a camera body. The interchangeable lens includes a zoom lens which can change a field angle of a subject image, a receiving unit for receiving sound pickup property information from the camera body, the sound pickup property information indicating sound pickup property of the camera body, and a lens controller for controlling drive of the zoom lens. The lens controller decides an available driving speed based on the sound collecting property information, the available driving speed being a driving speed settable to the zoom lens. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130100332 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A photographing apparatus includes: a lens unit; a light transmission adjustment unit that adjusts light transmittance of light that passes through the lens unit; a photographing unit that is disposed a reflected light path of the light transmission adjustment unit and that generates an image data according to received light, and a view finder that is disposed on a transmitted light path of the light transmission unit. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100333 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POLARIZATION IMAGING - A polarization imaging apparatus includes a laser light source and an image pickup element. Object light and reference light each include a first polarized-light component polarized in a first direction and a second polarized-light component polarized in a second direction that is different from the first direction. The image pickup element simultaneously captures an image of an interference pattern including (i) a first interference figure, (ii) a second interference figure, (iii) a third interference figure, and (iv) a fourth interference figure. The polarization imaging apparatus includes a reconstructing section generating respective reconstructed images of the object in regard to the first and second polarized-light components, from the first to fourth interference figures, and a polarized-light-image-calculating section obtaining polarized-light images from the reconstructed images. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130113978 | ADJUSTABLE LENS STRUCTURE - An adjustable lens structure includes a lens housing, a lens module, a rotatable lens seat, and a shifting apparatus. The lens housing has a front housing and a top housing located behind the front housing. The front housing is a hollow cylinder and the rotatable lens seat is placed inside the front housing. The lens module is placed on the rotatable lens seat. The shifting apparatus is engaged with the top housing. The shifting apparatus has a gear assembly engaged with the rotatable lens seat to provide adjustable shooting angle for the lens module. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113979 | IMAGING UNIT - An imaging unit includes an incident-side optical system; an incident-side prism including a first incident surface which is orthogonal to the optical axis of the incident-side optical system, a first reflecting surface and a first exit surface; an exit-side prism including a second incident surface, a second reflecting surface and a second exit surface which is orthogonal to the optical axis and from which light rays reflected by the second reflecting surface emerge; and an image sensor which receives light rays that emerge from the second exit surface. The first incident surface is positioned closer to the photographic object than the second exit surface. A deflection angle of parallel light rays, on the optical axis, at the first reflecting surface is greater than 90°, and a deflection angle of the parallel light rays at the second reflecting surface is smaller than 90°. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130120636 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM - A method for capturing an image with an image capture device, such as a camera or mobile electronic device. The method includes initiating a master-slave relationship between the image capture device and at least one secondary device. Once the master-slave relationship is initiated, remotely activating one of an at least one light source of the at least one secondary device. As the light source is activated, capturing a test image of a scene illuminated by the at least one light source by the image capture device. Then, analyzing the test image to determine if an illumination of the scene should be adjusted and if the illumination of the scene is to be adjusted, providing a control signal to the at least one secondary device including at least one of a position instruction, an intensity level, or timing data. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130128092 | CAMERA MODULE - According to one embodiment, a camera module includes an image sensor, a main lens system and a sublens group. The sublens group is provided in an optical path between the main lens system and the image sensor. The sublens group forms an image piece for every pixel block. The image piece corresponds to a part of a subject image. The sublens group is integrated with a support structure. The support structure serves to support the sublens group above the image sensor. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130128093 | DEVICE FOR TRANSPORTING OPTICAL ELEMENT AND PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE DEVICE - A device for transporting an optical element so that inclination of the optical element is substantially prevented to more precisely control the position of the optical element, including: a base; a transporting member that supports the optical element and is movably disposed along a predetermined direction with respect to the base; a magnet extending from the base along a movement direction of the transporting member; a coil that is coupled to the transporting member and generates a magnetic field when an electrical signal is applied thereto; and a magnetic substrate that is disposed on the transporting member and applies a force to the transporting member toward the magnet due an action of a magnetic force between the magnet and the magnetic substrate. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130128094 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging optical system using a zoom lens and a focus lens; an optical system driving unit configured to drive the imaging optical system; and a controller configured to prevent an avoidance operation of avoiding an influence of hysteresis of a position of the zoom lens having the hysteresis with respect to a driving direction of the zoom lens in a first operation mode of recording an moving image and to control the optical system driving unit to perform the avoidance operation at a predetermined timing in a second operation mode different from the first operation mode. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130135512 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DOCKING STATION THEREOF - A mobile electronic device including: a body including an accommodation space; and an aroma capsule that is accommodated in the accommodation space, is removable from the accommodation space, and includes an aroma to diffuse a fragrance. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135513 | SHORT DISTANCE IRIS RECOGNITION CAMERA - The short distance iris recognition camera of the present invention has a prism, installed on top of a guide for an infrared LED light, which has an inclined surface and a protrusion part, thereby enhancing the degree of uniformity in brightness around an iris, and thus enhancing iris recognition, and also effectively preventing static electricity from being delivered to internal devices. To accomplish this, the camera for iris recognition according to the present invention comprises a sensor and accessory circuits, a lens, and a lighting source including a white light and an infrared LED light. The lighting source is spaced apart from the lens centerline by a set length. The object plane of the lens is located where the iris is located, and is spaced apart by a set length L from the end of the lens. In practice, the object plane comprises the area around the lens centerline. The phase surface of the lens is an image sensor surface. The lighting source is disposed exactly or nearly parallel to the lens centerline such that the lighting centerline directs the object plane of the lens and has a lighting inclination angle of at least the arctangent of D/L with respect to the centerline of the lens. And also, the lighting centerline is separated from the centerline of the lens and inclined with respect to the object plane. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130148004 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A zoom lens includes, in order from the object side, a first lens group having a positive refracting power and fixed in position, a second lens group having a negative refracting power and movable in a direction of an optical axis for zooming, a third lens group having a positive refracting power, and a fourth lens group movable in the direction of the optical axis. The first lens group includes three lenses including a negative lens, a positive lens and another positive lens disposed in order from the object side to the image side and satisfies | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130155311 | CAMERA MODULE HAVING PROTRUDING LENS BARREL - An electronic device and camera module are described. The camera module includes a housing for housing components of the camera module. The housing has a top side which defines an opening. The camera module also includes a lens barrel housed by the housing and having one or more lens elements and an actuator housed by the housing and engaging the lens barrel. The actuator is configured to move the lens barrel to a first position in which at least a portion of the lens barrel extends through the opening. The camera module also includes an image sensor for receiving light which passes through the lens elements of the lens barrel. The image sensor is configured to produce an electronic signal based on the received light. The electronic device also includes a processor electrically connected to the camera module for receiving the electronic signal from the image sensor. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130169851 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND OPTICAL APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit of a positive refractive power, an aperture diaphragm, and a second lens unit of a positive refractive power. The first lens unit includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a cemented lens Lp | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130182169 | IMAGING APPARATUS - According to an illustrative embodiment an imaging system is provided. The system includes a lens tube; a first polarizing filter; and a second polarizing filter; wherein the first polarizing filter and the second polarizing filter are adjacent each other, and wherein a polarizing imparted by the first polarizing filter is different from a polarizing imparted by the second polarizing filter. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130208169 | HOUSING CAMERA LENS COVER USING GRIN TECHNOLOGY - A mobile device having an external housing that includes a housing camera lens cover made of graded index (GRIN) material is described herein. The housing camera lens cover has one face that faces a camera lens of a camera module included in the mobile device and another face that is exposed to the exterior of the mobile device. By using the GRIN material in the housing camera lens cover, the light rays are bent by the GRIN material before the light rays reach the camera lens. This bending of the light rays reduces the optical total track length (TTL) of the camera module and also reduces high Chief Ray Angle (CRA) such that the z-height of the camera module may be reduced while maintaining the camera's imaging performance. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130208170 | PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD AND PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS HAVING HYBRID FOCAL PLANE SHUTTER - A photographing apparatus includes: an image capturing unit; a first blade making a first movement to move to the other side edge of the image capturing unit and a second movement to move to a side edge of the image capturing unit; a second blade moving along with the first blade to the other side edge while being spaced apart from the first blade during the first movement and moving to the side edge of the image capturing unit during the second movement; a third blade moving along with the first blade to the side edge of the image capturing unit to block light from the image capturing unit and then moving to the other side edge to open the image capturing unit; and a controlling unit that resets the plurality of pixels in the rows of the image capturing unit corresponding to the first blade during the first movement. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130215316 | CAM FRAME STRUCTURE, LENS BARREL STRUCTURE, SHAKE COMPENSATION DEVICE AND IMAGING ELEMENT UNIT - The lens barrel includes a lens frame and a cam frame. The lens frame has a body supporting a lens element in the optical system, at least three through-holes formed in the lens frame body, at least three cam members arranged on the lens frame body and at least one protruding member that protrude from the lens frame body. The cam frame has a body, at least three projection members extending from the cam frame body and inserted through the through-holes, at least three cam grooves formed in the cam frame body and the projection members to guide the cam members and to movably support the lens frame with respect to the cam frame body. The cam frame also has at least one auxiliary groove to guide the protruding member. One end of the auxiliary groove is disposed in the circumferential direction between two adjacent projection members. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215317 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - Disposing from an object side in the order of a positive first lens group which is fixed at the time of zooming, a negative second lens group which is moved at the time of zooming, an aperture stop, a positive third lens group which is fixed at the time of zooming, and a fourth lens group which is moved along the optical axis at the time of zooming to correct a change in image plane position arising from the zooming for focusing. The zoom lens is configured to simultaneously satisfy, when a focal length of the overall lens system at the telephoto end, an overall optical length, and an Abbe number of the second group first lens with respect to d-line are taken as ft, TL, and νd21 respectively, conditional expressions (1): 0.62| 08-22-2013 | |
| 20130215318 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image pickup apparatus capable of highly efficiently realizing optical corrections of various aberrations while reducing the load imposed on a central processing unit (CPU). A plurality of optical correction units apply optical correction processes to a plurality of aberrations in an optical system. A time period assigned for the optical correction processes and a time period required for the optical correction processes are acquired. Priorities of the plurality of optical correction units are decided if the time period required for the optical correction processes is longer than the time period assigned for the optical correction processes. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130235249 | SPECTROMETER, AND IMAGE EVALUATING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE INCORPORATING THE SAME - A spectrometer includes a light source to project a light beam to a target object, a spectral element to disperse the light beam reflected by the target object and including a diffraction element to diffract the light beam, and a light receiving element to receive, at pixels, light beams with different spectral characteristics from each other dispersed by the spectral element, wherein the diffraction element and the light receiving element are integrally formed. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130258161 | OPTICAL SCOPE FOR IMAGING OF AN OBJECT - An optical scope has at least one optical element which is used to image an object. An optical element is, for example, understood to mean a lens unit, a prism, or a prism system composed of multiple prisms. A lens unit is, for example, understood to mean one single lens or a unit which is composed of at least two lenses. It is now provided to make the optical element of glass, namely of at least one of the following glasses (glass types): N-BK7HT, N-SK2HT, F2HT, N-LASF45HT, SF6HT, N-SF6HTultra, N-SF6HT, SF57HTultra, N-SF57HTultra, N-SF57HT, as well as N-LASF9HT. The above-named glasses are glasses of the SCHOTT corporation. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130265475 | Reflecting Telescope Optical System, Optical Unit, and Image Pickup Apparatus Using the Same - A reflecting telescope optical system comprises, a main reflecting mirror, a sub reflecting mirror which is disposed at a position facing a reflecting surface of the main reflecting mirror, and a plurality of lens units which is disposed at a position facing a reflecting surface of the sub reflecting mirror. The reflecting surface of the main reflecting mirror is a concave surface, and a reflecting area is formed to be ring-shaped. The reflecting surface of the main reflecting mirror and the reflecting surface of the sub reflecting mirror are mutually facing. The first operation is a movement for focusing at an object positioned between infinity and a near position, and the second operation is a reciprocating movement for changing the focused state after focusing. An amount of movement in the first operation is larger than an amount of movement in the second operation. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265476 | OPTICAL DEVICE, IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING OPTICAL DEVICE - An optical device is configured such that the device includes an inorganic light-transmissive base material and an organic antireflection layer, which is provided on a principal surface of the light-transmissive base material and contains an organosilicon compound, an epoxy group-containing organic compound, and hollow silica, and the light-transmissive base material and at least one of the organosilicon compound and the epoxy group-containing organic compound are covalently bonded to each other. Since dirt, dust, etc. do not adhere to a principal surface of the light-transmissive base material during film formation, the occurrence of a defect in the organic antireflection layer can be prevented. The organic antireflection layer has a larger contact angle than an antireflection layer made of an inorganic material, and therefore has a higher dust-proof effect than an inorganic antireflection layer, and thus, dirt, dust, etc. hardly adhere thereto. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265477 | OPTICAL DEVICE, IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING OPTICAL DEVICE - An optical device includes an inorganic light-transmissive base material, a hard coat layer, which is provided on a principal surface of the light-transmissive base material and is harder than the light-transmissive base material, and an organic antireflection layer, which is provided on a principal surface of the hard coat layer and contains an organosilicon compound, an epoxy group-containing organic compound, and hollow silica. The hard coat layer and at least one of the organosilicon compound and the epoxy group-containing organic compound are covalently bonded to each other. The occurrence of a defect in the organic antireflection layer can be prevented. The organic antireflection layer has a higher dust-proof effect than an inorganic antireflection film, and therefore, dirt, dust, etc. hardly adhere thereto. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130271639 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, AND VIBRATION CONTROL METHOD - A photographing apparatus includes a supporting member which supports a photographing element such as an image sensor, a vibration means which vibrates an optical member provided on a front surface of the photographing element, and a control means which controls vibrations generated by the vibration means at two different frequencies, wherein the first frequency is around a natural frequency of the supporting member and the second frequency is around a natural frequency of the optical member. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130278810 | OPTICAL UNIT - The invention relates to an optical unit comprising. The present invention further relates to the use of such an optical unit. Such an optical unit comprises, seen in a direction from the object side to the imaging surface, a first substrate, a first lens element, a second lens element and a second substrate, characterised in that the first substrate includes a diaphragm function. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130286273 | Image Capture Device and Dustproof Method Thereof - An image capture device and a dustproofing method thereof. The image capture device comprises a switch module, optical-component adaptor module, optical-component adaptor detecting module, mask module, power detecting module and controlling module. The switch module switches the image capture device on or off and produces an on signal or off signal correspondingly. The optical-component adaptor detecting module detects whether a removable optical-component is connected with the optical-component adaptor module and produces a detecting signal. The power detecting module measures the residual power in the image capture device and produces a residual power signal. The controlling module, according to the on signal, off signal, detecting signal and the residual power signal controls the mask module to shield or un-shield the photosensor. Therefore, when the image capture device is powered off or during replacement of removable optical-components, the mask module shields the photosensor to render it dustproof. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130300911 | OPTICAL CONTROL TECHNIQUES - New optic control systems are provided that manage camera, user or environmental movement and other factors impacting optical and resulting image quality. In some aspects of the invention, a variably, directionally shadable semi-transparent matrix and actuating system is provided, which limits problematic glare for an observation point. In other aspects of the invention, a matrix creates directional light from a plurality of shiftable and angle-directable sources, which may aid in creating virtual, 3-D objects of greater realism than conventional 3-D imaging methods and aid in reducing the appearance of distracting interceding objects (e.g., finger blocking a touch screen). In still other aspects of the invention, electromagnetically actuated optical control techniques, including rotational lenses and sensors, are provided. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300912 | Dictionary Learning for Incoherent Sampling - Machine learning techniques are used to train a “dictionary” of input signal elements, such that input signals can be linearly decomposed into a few, sparse elements. This prior knowledge on the sparsity of the input signal leads to excellent reconstruction results via maximum-aposteriori estimation. The machine learning imposes certain properties on the learned dictionary (specifically, low coherence with the system response), which properties are important for reliable reconstruction. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130308033 | OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY FOR CAPTURING IMAGES AND IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE THEREWITH - The invention is an optical lens assembly for capturing images and an image capture device therewith. The optical lens assembly for capturing images includes, along an optical axis, a total reflection prism, a first lens group having negative focal power, wherein the first lens group comprises a lens having negative focal power, a second lens group having positive focal power, wherein the second lens group comprises at least one lens having an aspherical optical surface, a third lens group having positive focal power, wherein the third lens group comprises at least one lens having positive focal power and at least one lens having negative focal power, and a fourth lens group having positive focal power, wherein the fourth lens group comprises at least one lens having an aspherical optical surface. Thereby, the aberration can be improved and a thin lens module for capturing images can be achieved. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130308034 | TELECONVERTER, AND IMAGING SYSTEM COMPRISING THE SAME - A teleconverter includes a master lens apparatus-side mount on which a master lens apparatus is mounted, a camera body-side mount on which a camera body is mounted, and a converter lens unit that has a negative refracting power for mounting the master lens apparatus thereon to obtain a lens system having a focal length longer than that of the master lens apparatus, the converter lens unit including a first lens group on the master lens apparatus side and a second lens group on the camera body side with an on longest air separation interposed between them, the first lens group has positive refracting power, and the second lens group has negative refracting power, with satisfaction of the following condition (1): | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130321689 | Zoom Lens And Image Pickup Unit - A zoom lens includes: a first lens group having a positive refracting power; a second lens group having a negative refracting power; a third lens group having a positive refracting power; a fourth lens group having a positive refracting power; and a fifth lens group having a positive refracting power and configured of sub lens groups. The first, the second, the third, the fourth, and the fifth lens groups are arranged in this order from an object plane. The third lens group serves as a first compensation lens group, and one or more of the plurality of sub lens groups serves as a second compensation lens group. Each of the first compensation lens group and the second compensation lens group independently shifts in a direction perpendicular to a light axis to allow an image formed on an image plane to be shifted in the direction perpendicular to the light axis. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130329115 | CASE FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A case for a portable electronic device having a camera component can include a housing suitable for coupling with the portable electronic device. The housing can have an opening configured to allow light to pass therethrough. The case can also include a light-redirecting component integrated with the housing and configured to receive the light passing through the opening and redirect the light to the camera component. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130335615 | Imaging Device - Provided is an imaging device for mobile devices such as a mobile phone, using a high resolution image sensor such as a charge coupled device (CCD) and a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS). | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130342748 | CAMERA MODULE HAVING TIGHTENING RING FOR FIXING LENS TO LENS HOLDER - A camera module includes a lens and a lens holder. The lens has a connecting barrel. The lens holder includes a base plate, a number of claws extending up from the base plate and sleeving on the connecting barrel, a fixing block extending up from the base plate and defining a fixing hole, a tightening ring sleeving on the claws and having two end sections sandwiching the fixing block. The tightening ring also includes a tightening screw for threadedly passing the threaded holes to tightening the tightening ring such that the claws deforms and grasps the connecting barrel. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140002710 | SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140016014 | VIBRATION-TYPE ACTUATOR, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND STAGE - A vibration-type actuator includes a supporting mechanism functioning such that a reaction force from a base against a pressing force from a driven member to an elastic member is dispersed to a vibrating portion and a supported portion of the elastic member. The supported portion is supported by the base with a vibration-isolating member interposed therebetween. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140028891 | VARIABLE FOCAL LENGTH LENS SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP UNIT - A variable focal length lens system includes: first to fourth lens groups alternately having negative and positive refractive power; and an aperture stop; the first to fourth lens groups being arranged to allow a space between the first and second lens groups to be decreased and spaces between the second and third lens groups and between the third and fourth lens groups to be varied, thereby transition of the lens system from wide end state to telephoto end state being accomplished, the third lens group travelling to allow image-plane position variation caused by subject position variation to be compensated and satisfying a following conditional expression, | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140036132 | ROTATING LENS APPARATUS - A lens cleaning device having a housing. A cylindrical lens is disposed inside the housing and defines an inner cavity. An imager is disposed in the cavity. A gear assembly operably couples the cylindrical lens with a motor. The motor is operational to rotate the gear assembly and consequently the cylindrical lens. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140043518 | FIXED FOCAL LENGTH OPTICAL LENS ARCHITECTURE PROVIDING A CUSTOMIZED DEPTH OF FOCUS OPTICAL SYSTEM - Providing for a fixed focus optical system exhibiting extended depth of field is provided herein. By way of example, a compact and fast optical system that yields an asymmetric modulation transfer function (MTF) is disclosed. In some aspects, the asymmetric MTF results in extended depth of field for near field objects. Such a response can be particularly beneficial for small handheld cameras or camera modules having high resolution. According to some disclosed aspects, the resolution can be about 8 mega pixels. Additionally, the optical system can comprise four lenses in one aspect and five lenses in another, while remaining below about 5.3 mm total track length (TTL) for the respective systems. In at least one application, the disclosed optical systems can be employed for a high resolution compact camera, for instance in conjunction with an electronic computing device, communication device, display device, surveillance equipment, or the like. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140055659 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - The zoom lens includes first to fourth lens units respectively having negative, positive, negative and positive refractive powers and being moved during zooming. The first lens unit includes 1-1 and 1-2 negative lenses each having a meniscus shape with an object side convex surface. The conditions of −4.0| 02-27-2014 | |
| 20140055660 | DUAL-PURPOSE HARDWARE APERTURE - Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system which supports a dual-purpose aperture for an electronic device. This system includes a first component configured to perform an acoustic function through the aperture and a second component configured to perform a non-acoustic function through the aperture. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140063322 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH CAMERA FUNCTIONS - An electronic device with camera functions includes a housing and a camera module. The housing has a first opening and a second opening. The first opening is disposed on a display surface of the housing, and the second opening is disposed on a rear surface of the housing. The camera module is located between the first opening and the second opening. Therefore, a user can take a photograph for an object by the display surface or the rear surface of the electronic device facing toward the object. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140063323 | IMAGE PICKUP LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP UNIT - An image pickup lens includes: in recited order from object plane toward image plane, a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having positive or negative refractive power; a third lens having negative refractive power; a fourth lens having negative refractive power; a fifth lens having positive refractive power; and a sixth lens having negative refractive power and having optical surfaces, an image-sided surface of the optical surfaces having an aspherical shape with one or more inflection points other than an intersection point of the image-sided surface and an optical axis. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140071327 | Compact Optic Design for Digital Image Capture Devices - A compact optic design is disclosed in which an image capture device's cover glass (or other transparent material) is imbued with optic power and affixed directly to the device's housing. A lens barrel, in which one or more additional lens elements are mounted, may be aligned with the optical lens formed by the cover glass and an image sensor to provide a complete camera module. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140078374 | FOCAL-PLANE SHUTTER, IMAGE-PICKUP APPARATUS, AND IMAGE-PICKUP SYSTEM - A focal-plane shutter includes at least one blade group, a shutter base plate where the blade group is rotatably attached, a blade driving member rotatably supported by the shutter base plate and configured to drive the blade group from a standby position to a travelling completed position when taking pictures, a charge member configured to charge the blade driving member and a braking member formed on a first surface opposite to a second surface where the blade driving member of the shutter base plate is rotatably supported and configured to abut against a protruding portion which penetrates the shutter base plate from the blade driving member so as to protrude to the first surface. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140092293 | IMAGING LENS - A four element lens system for use with an imaging sensor includes first, second, third, and fourth lens elements and an optical filter that are arranged sequentially in order from an object side to an imaging side. The lens elements are coated with an anti-reflective film. The lens system further includes an optical filter that is disposed at a distance from the imaging sensor. The lens elements are relatively positioned to each other to satisfy specific conditions. The lens elements further include thickness to diameters ratios that satisfy specific conditions. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140098276 | CT Optic distortion filter - The present invention creates distorted images for use in video, film, photos, mobile devices, video games, morphing targets, interactive screens, or any device with a display screen. The main components are a frame with provision for mechanical manipulation, with a reflective surface affixed to it, video or film source, projector, receiving surface, camera and computer. A video is projected onto a reflective surface that has been manipulated by the introduction of mechanical movement and/or heat so as to create changes in the reflective surface, causing visual distortions. The reflection is then recorded by a device such as a camera and/or a three dimensional scanner. While the description of the invention enables one of ordinary skill in the art to make and use what is disclosed, it should not be limited by the above described but by all embodiments and methods within the scope and spirit of the invention as claimed. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098277 | CATADIOPTRIC LENS SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP UNIT - A catadioptric lens system includes: a first lens group including a concave mirror and a convex mirror and having positive refractive power; a second lens group having positive refractive power; and a third lens group having negative refractive power, the first to third lens groups being provided, in order, on a light path of incident light and in a direction of travel of the incident light. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098278 | LENS BARREL AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A lens barrel includes a cam ring that includes a first cam sliding part and a second cam sliding part, and that is rotated in a direction around an optical axis; a fixing and holding barrel in which the cam ring is disposed; a moving ring that includes a first cam engagement part and a second cam engagement part, and that is moved in an optical axis direction; and an optical element that is moved in connection with movement of the moving ring. In a part of a movement range of the moving ring, one of the first cam engagement part and the second cam engagement part is engaged with the first cam sliding part or the second cam sliding part, and another one of the first cam engagement part and the second cam engagement part is positioned on an outside of the cam ring in the optical axis direction. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098279 | LENSLESS IMAGING CAMERA PERFORMING IMAGE FORMATION IN SOFTWARE AND EMPLOYING MICRO-OPTIC LAYERS THAT IMPOSE LIGHT DIFFRACTIONS - An approach is presented for a lensless imaging camera wherein image formation is implemented in software image processing operations rather than by means of a lens. The image formation operations are coordinated with an array of micro-optical elements that impose light diffraction. The array of micro-optical elements can comprise one or more micro-optic layers, and micro-optic layers can be configured so that different portions of the micro-optic layer affect light in different ways. The image formation operation can include deconvolution based on an impulse response determined by the array of micro-optical elements which can be configured to produce a desired spatial light intensity pattern on the array of photosensors so as to optimize detection characteristics. The image formation operation can comprise include frequency-domain division operations, and the system can be configured to avoid division by zero values of the frequency-domain impulse response of the array of micro-optical elements. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140104479 | Heat Transfer Camera Ring - A camera system includes a camera and a camera housing structured to at least partially enclose the camera. The camera comprises an internal heat sink thermally coupled to electronics of the camera and a lens ring positioned around a lens of the camera. The camera housing comprises a thermal conductor. An interior portion of the thermal conductor makes contact with the lens ring when the camera is enclosed within the housing, and an exterior portion extends outside the housing. The thermal conductor is configured to transfer heat from the interior of the housing to the exterior to dissipate heat from the camera's electronics. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140132818 | BARRIER FOR A LENS - Described is a lens for a camera, the camera having a flash and an image sensor, the lens comprising a flash portion for covering the flash; an image sensor portion for covering the image sensor; and a barrier between the image sensor portion and the flash portion. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140139718 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A zoom lens system according to the present invention includes a first lens group with negative refractive power, a second lens group with positive refractive power, a third lens group with positive refractive power, and a fourth lens group with negative refractive power which are arranged in turn from the object side toward the image side, and the zoom lens system is formed so that, in performing a zooming operation from the wide angle end position to the telephoto end position, the first lens group keeps still, the distance between the first and second lens groups becomes small, the distance between the second and third lens groups becomes wide, and the distance between the third and fourth lens groups becomes small. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140146214 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device includes a welded part on a lens barrel side that is hardened after a contact portion of a lens barrel or a contact part on the lens barrel side is softened, where the contact portion of the lens barrel and the contact part on the lens barrel side are fixed, and a welded part on a light-receiving circuit side that is hardened after a contact portion of the light-receiving circuit or a contact part on a light-receiving circuit side is softened, where the contact portion of the light-receiving circuit and the contact part on the light-receiving circuit side are fixed. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140146215 | IMAGING LENS SYSTEM - An imaging lens system comprises, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens element with refractive power; a third lens element with refractive power having object-side and image-side surfaces being aspheric, at least one surface thereof having at least one inflection point; a fourth lens element with refractive power having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; a fifth lens element with refractive power having an aspheric object-side surface and an aspheric concave image-side surface, the image-side surface thereof having at least one inflection point. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140152884 | WDR PIXEL ARRAY, WDR IMAGING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - Disclosed is a WDR pixel array having high sensitivity under the middle intensity of illumination and high intensity of illumination by using the 4T pixel structure representing high sensitivity under the low intensity of illumination. According to the embodiment, the overflow charges generated under the very high intensity of illumination are not discarded or partially stored, but read through the 3T pixel operation, so that the WDR pixel array having high sensitivity under the middle intensity of illumination and high intensity of illumination can be obtained based on the 4T pixel structure without additionally providing a transistor or a photodiode for the high intensity of illumination in the WDR pixel array. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140160342 | ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens includes, sequentially from an object side, a positive first lens group, a negative second lens group, a positive third lens group, and a positive rear lens group. During zooming from a wide angle position to a telephoto position, an interval between the first lens group and the second lens group increases, and an interval between the second lens group and the third lens group decreases. The rear lens group includes a positive first sub-group, a negative second sub-group, and a positive third sub-group, and focusing is performed by moving the second sub-group toward an image surface side. The zoom lens satisfies the following conditions: 0.2| 06-12-2014 | |
| 20140160343 | IMAGING LENS UNIT - Disclosed herein is an imaging lens unit, including: a first lens having a positive (+) power; a second lens having a negative (−) power; a third lens selectively having one of a positive (+) and negative (−) power; a fourth lens having a negative (−) power; and a fifth lens having a negative (−) power, wherein the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens, and fifth lens are arranged in order from an object to be formed as an image, and the fourth lens is concave toward an image side. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140168496 | OPTICAL COUPLING LENS DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An optical coupling lens detection system includes an optical coupling lens and a planar mirror. The optical coupling lens includes a light incident surface, a light output surface perpendicular to the light incident surface, a reflection surface obliquely interconnected between the light incident surface and the light output surface, first converging portions, second converging portions corresponding to the first converging portions, a first locating post, a second locating post, two first engaging posts, and two second engaging posts corresponding to the two first engaging posts. One end of the planar mirror contacts an intersecting line between the reflection surface and the light output surface, and an opposite end of the planar mirror is far away the light output surface, an included angle between the planar mirror and the light output surface is about 45 degrees, and a mirror surface of the planar mirror faces toward the light output surface. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168497 | CAMERA MODULE DRIVER AND CAMERA MODULE INCLUDING THE SAME - There are provided a camera module driver and a camera module including the same. The camera module driver includes: a driving unit driving a lens; and a memory unit storing an operation setting value of the driving unit, wherein the driving unit includes a register sensing application of power to perform a reset operation of changing arbitrarily distributed data into preset default data, and the driving unit and the memory unit are formed in a single integrated circuit. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168498 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an image generating unit obtaining a first imaging signal or a second imaging signal from a first light-receiving element group or a second light-receiving element group of an image pickup device, respectively and generating a first image or a second image, and the first light-receiving element group and the second light-receiving element group of the image pickup device are configured to obtain a first image and a second image with different weights according to a first characteristic and a second characteristic, respectively, of a photographing optical system. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140176778 | ZOOM LENS AND PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A zoom lens and a photographing apparatus having the zoom lens are provided. The zoom lens includes: a first lens group having a positive refractive power; a second lens group having a negative refractive power; a third lens group including a shutter and having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power, a fifth lens group having a negative refractive power, and a sixth lens group having a positive refractive power, wherein the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth are arranged from an object side toward an image side, and when the zoom lens zooms from a wide angle position to a telephoto position, the third lens group is fixed, and the first, second, fourth, fifth, and sixth lens groups are moved. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176779 | INTEGRATED CAMERA WINDOW - Apparatus, systems and methods for camera integration with cover glass and for processing cover glass to provide a camera window for an electronic device are disclosed. A camera window can be integrated into the cover glass. The apparatus, systems and methods are especially suitable for cover glasses, or displays (e.g., LCD displays), assembled in small form factor electronic devices such as handheld electronic devices (e.g., mobile phones, media players, personal digital assistants, remote controls, etc.). The apparatus, systems and methods can also be used for cover glasses or displays for other relatively larger form factor electronic devices (e.g., portable computers, tablet computers, displays, monitors, televisions, etc.). | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140184871 | MOBILE DEVICE AND OPTICAL IMAGING LENS THEREOF - Present embodiments provide for a mobile device and an optical imaging lens thereof. The optical imaging lens comprises four lens elements positioned sequentially from an object side to an image side. Though controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces, the refraction power and/or the ratio among the parameters of the lens element(s), the optical imaging lens shows better optical characteristics and the total length of the optical imaging lens is shortened. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184872 | Imaging Lens and Portable Electronic Apparatus Having the Same - An imaging lens includes first, second, third, and fourth lens elements arranged from an object side to an image side in the given order. The first lens element has a positive refractive power, and both of the object-side and image-side surfaces thereof have a convex portion near an optical axis of the imaging lens. The object-side and image-side surfaces of the second lens element respectively have a convex portion and a concave portion near the optical axis. The fourth lens has a negative refractive power, and the object-side surface thereof has a concave portion near the optical axis. The imaging lens satisfies EFL/CT1≧5.3, where EFL is an effective focal length of the imaging lens, and CT1 is a thickness of the first lens element. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184873 | OPTICAL IMAGING LENS SET AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME - An optical imaging lens set includes: a first lens element with positive refractive power having an image-side surface with a convex part in a vicinity of a circular periphery of the first lens element, a second lens element having an object-side surface with a convex part in a vicinity of a circular periphery of the second lens element, a third lens element having an object-side surface with a concave part in a vicinity of a circular periphery of the third lens element, a fourth lens element having a concave object-side surface, and a plastic fifth lens element having an image-side surface with a concave part in a vicinity of the optical axis. The air gap between the second lens element and the third lens element G | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184874 | MOBILE DEVICE AND OPTICAL IMAGING LENS THEREOF - Present embodiments provide for a mobile device and an optical imaging lens thereof. The optical imaging lens comprises five lens elements positioned sequentially from an object side to an image side. Though controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces, the refracting power of the lens elements and/or equations between parameters, the optical imaging lens shows better optical characteristics and the total length of the optical imaging lens is shortened. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184875 | Imaging Lens System - An imaging lens system includes, sequentially from an object side to an image side: a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a negative refractive power; and a third lens having a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power, wherein a viewing angle θ satisfies following condition, | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184876 | PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL, PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A piezoelectric material includes, as a main component, a perovskite-type metal oxide represented by a general formula (Ba | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140211071 | CELL PHONE AUTHENTICATION DEVICE - A system for authenticating an object includes a label ( | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140218582 | OPTICAL IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - An optical image capturing system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface. The second lens element and the third lens element have refractive power. The fourth lens element with negative refractive power has a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface. The fifth lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface, wherein at least one inflection point is on at least one surface thereof. The sixth lens element with negative refractive power has a concave object-side surface. The surfaces of the fifth and the sixth lens elements are aspheric. The optical image capturing system has a total of six lens elements with refractive power. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218583 | Imaging Lens Having Five Lens Elements, and Electronic Apparatus Including the Same - An imaging lens includes first, second, third, fourth and fifth lens elements arranged from an object side to an image side in the given order. The first lens element has a positive refractive power. The second lens element has a negative refractive power, and has an object-side surface with a concave portion, and an image-side surface with a concave portion. The third lens element has an object-side surface with a concave portion. The fourth lens element has an image-side surface with a convex portion. The fifth lens element has an object-side surface with a concave portion. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218584 | MOBILE DEVICE AND OPTICAL IMAGING LENS THEREOF - Present embodiments provide for a mobile device and an optical imaging lens thereof. The optical imaging lens comprises five lens elements positioned sequentially from an object side to an image side. Through controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces and/or the refracting power of the lens elements, the optical imaging lens shows better optical characteristics and the total length of the optical imaging lens is shortened. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218585 | Imaging Lens, and Portable Electronic Apparatus Including the Same - An imaging lens includes an aperture stop, first, second, third, fourth and fifth lens elements arranged from an object side to an image side in the given order. The first lens element has a positive refractive power. The second lens element has an image-side surface with a concave portion in a vicinity of a periphery. The third lens element has an object-side surface with a concave portion in a vicinity of a periphery. The fourth lens element has an object-side surface with a convex portion in a vicinity of a optical axis. The fourth lens element and the fifth lens element have an image-side surface with a concave portion in a vicinity of a optical axis. The fifth lens element is made of a plastic material. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218586 | OPTICAL MODULE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND SPECTROSCOPIC CAMERA - An optical module includes a fixed reflection film, a movable reflection film, a first driver having a plurality of sub-drivers that can be driven independently of each other via voltage application in a plan view, a second driver that changes the dimension of a gap between the fixed reflection film and the movable reflection film, and a voltage controller that applies first drive voltages to the sub-drivers and applies a second drive voltage to the second driver, and the voltage controller applies a first drive voltage set for each of the sub-drivers in accordance with parallelism between the fixed reflection film and the movable reflection film at the time when the dimension of the gap is changed. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140240581 | ANTENNA FOR CAMERA - An antenna for a camera, comprising a camera having a communication module provided therein, a first radiator provided in a predetermined position of a lens barrel of the camera and having a length and a width for receiving a signal from a first wireless communication system, a power feeding line configured to feed a power from the communication module of the camera to the first radiator, and a ground line configured to ground the first radiator. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240582 | PRODUCT HAVING LATENT IMAGE AND DEVICE FOR PHOTOGRAPHING THE LATENT IMAGE - According to the present invention, provided is a birefringent transfer foil, comprising a temporary support, an orientation layer, a birefringent layer (preferably a patterned optically anisotropic layer) formed from a composition comprising a liquid-crystal compound having at least one reactive group, said orientation layer being in contact with the temporary support or a releasing layer, wherein the releasing layer being in contact with the temporary support, and said orientation layer being a layer comprising a cellulose alkyl ether or a hydroxyalkyl derivative of cellulose alkyl ether. In the birefringent transfer foil of the present invention, the above orientation layer also functions as a protective layer and a detachment layer, enabling to reduce the manufacturing cost. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140253780 | METHOD OF ADJUSTING LIGHT DETECTION ALGORITHM - A method of adjusting light detection algorithm is disclosed. The method of adjusting light detection algorithm comprises steps of obtaining a position information of a mobile device comprising at least one light sensor; determining an ambient light information by the at least one light sensor; and adjusting a light detection algorithm according to the position information and the ambient light information. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140253781 | Phase Gratings with Odd Symmetry for High-Resolution Lensed and Lensless Optical Sensing - A sensing device with an odd-symmetry grating projects near-field spatial modulations onto a closely spaced photodetector array. Due to physical properties of the grating, the spatial modulations are in focus for a range of wavelengths and spacings. The spatial modulations are captured by the array, and photographs and other image information can be extracted from the resultant data. Used in conjunction with a converging optical element, versions of these gratings provide depth information about objects in an imaged scene. This depth information can be computationally extracted to obtain a depth map of the scene. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140253782 | OPTICAL IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - An optical image capturing system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface. The second lens element has refractive power. The third lens element has refractive power. The fourth lens element has refractive power. The fifth lens element with refractive power has both surfaces being aspheric. The sixth lens element with refractive power has both surfaces being aspheric. The seventh lens element with refractive power has both surfaces being aspheric. The optical image capturing system has a total of seven lens elements with refractive power and a stop disposed closer to the object side than the third lens element. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140267874 | INDICATING THE OPERATIONAL STATUS OF A CAMERA - An electronic device, method, at least one machine readable medium, and apparatus for indicating the operational status of a camera are provided herein. The electronic device includes a camera function, a lens, and an element associated with the lens. The element includes a second state wherein the element substantially optically occludes the lens from being visible to an observer of the electronic device when the camera function is not activated. The element also includes a first state wherein the element is substantially optically transparent and does not occlude the lens from being visible to an observer of the electronic device when the camera function is activated. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267875 | IMAGING METHOD AND SYSTEM WITH OPTICAL PATTERN GENERATOR - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for imaging. In one aspect, the imaging system can include a light sensor, a light guide, an optical pattern generator, and a processor. The light guide can include light turning features configured to receive ambient light and to direct the ambient light out through an output surface of the light guide to the light sensor. The optical pattern generator can be configured to generate a light intensity pattern upon the passage of the ambient light through the optical pattern generator and project the light intensity pattern onto the light sensor. The processor can be configured to construct an image based on the light intensity pattern. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267876 | CAMERA MODULE - A camera module includes a housing, a wafer level module (WLM), a liquid crystal panel, and an image sensor. The housing includes a top surface and a bottom surface facing away from the top surface. The housing defines a through hole running through the top surface and the bottom surface. The WLM is received in the through hole, and includes a lens barrel and at least one lens received in the lens barrel. The lens barrel includes an upper surface and a lower surface facing away from the upper surface. The liquid crystal panel is received in the through hole and positioned on the upper surface. The image sensor is received in the through hole and connected to the lower surface. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267877 | Zoom Lens and Image Pickup Apparatus Using the Same - A zoom lens includes a first positive lens unit, a first negative lens unit, a stop, and a second positive lens unit, and at the time of zooming, the first positive lens unit is stationary, the first negative lens unit and the second positive lens unit move, and at the time of focusing, the first positive lens unit is stationary, and the first positive lens unit includes a reflecting member and a first positive lens unit object-side system, and the first positive lens unit-object side system is positioned on the object side of the reflecting member, and has a negative refractive power, and the following conditional expressions are satisfied. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140285700 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - There are included a housing, an image capturing unit provided to the housing, for capturing a subject image formed through an optical system, a sound pickup unit provided to the housing, for picking up audio, and a movable unit capable of moving at least between a first position and a second position with respect to the housing, the movable unit including a light emitter for emitting light on a subject, and a plate-shaped plate portion, the movable unit being for forming a space between the light emitter and the plate portion, and in a case where the movable unit is at the first position, the sound pickup unit is disposed in the space, and in a case where the movable unit is at the second position, the plate portion is disposed at a position facing the sound pickup unit. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140293114 | OPTICAL MEMBER, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL MEMBER - The present invention provides an optical member including a porous glass film on a base member, wherein a ripple is suppressed. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140300794 | OPTICAL SCOPE FOR IMAGING OF AN OBJECT - An optical scope has at least one optical element which is used to image an object. An optical element is, for example, understood to mean a lens unit, a prism, or a prism system composed of multiple prisms. A lens unit is, for example, understood to mean one single lens or a unit which is composed of at least two lenses. It is provided to make the optical element of glass, namely N-BK7HT, N-SK2HT, F2HT, N-LASF45HT, SF6HT, N-SF6HTultra, N-SF6HT, SF57HTultra, N-SF57HTultra, N-SF57HT, N-LASF9HT and/or N-BAK4HT. The above-named glasses are glasses of the SCHOTT corporation. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140300795 | Apparatus and Method Comprising a Beam Splitter - An apparatus and method wherein the apparatus includes a beam splitter configured to split a beam of light into at least two split beams, such that the at least two split beams are incident on different imaging sensors, wherein the beam splitter includes at least one diffraction grating; and at least two imaging sensors configured to detect the at least two split beams. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140307148 | OPTICAL IMAGING LENS SET AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME - An optical imaging lens set includes: a first lens element with positive refractive power, a second lens element having an image-side surface with a concave portion in a vicinity of its periphery, a third lens element with positive refractive power, having a convex image-side surface, an object-side surface with a concave portion in a vicinity of its periphery, a fourth lens element having a concave object-side surface, and a plastic fifth lens element having an image-side surface with a concave portion in a vicinity of the optical axis. The total thickness T | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140307149 | OPTICAL IMAGING LENS SET AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME - An optical imaging lens set from an object side toward an image side along an optical axis in order includes: a first lens element with positive refractive power, a second lens element with negative refractive power, a third lens element having an image-side surface with a convex portion in a vicinity of the optical axis, a fourth lens element having an object-side surface with a concave portion in a vicinity of the optical axis, and a fifth lens element having an object-side surface with a convex portion in a vicinity of its circular periphery. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140313390 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging unit configured to receive light collected from an object area through an imaging optical system provided at a front side facing an object, and to generate image data; a body unit including the imaging unit; an optical sight unit including a light source unit for emitting luminous flux, and a reflecting optical element for allowing light from the object area to transmit and reflecting the luminous flux toward a back side opposite to the front in order to produce a virtual image of the luminous flux in the object area or near the object area; and a leg unit that holds at least the reflecting optical element in a movable manner in a direction away from the body unit and in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the imaging optical system, at startup of the optical sight unit. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140313391 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus for imaging a subject image from a lens on an imaging element through an optical filter has a porous body having pores which three dimensionally communicate with each other at least at a side opposite to the imaging element of the optical filter. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140313392 | LENS DEVICE, DRIVE METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE - According to an aspect of the present invention, when driving one optical member at a time, the control part sets a first current equal to or more than a rated current of the driving part and equal to or less than a maximum supply current from the image-capturing device body, or a second current less than the rated current of the driving part, for the one optical member as the current limit value, and controls the driving part so that first drive for driving the optical member for a first time by allowing the first current to serve as the current limit value, and second drive for driving the optical member for a second time by allowing the second current to serve as the current limit value after the first drive being performed, are repeated until drive of the optical member to the drive target is completed. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140320727 | ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS FOR CAMERA MODULE - An adjustment apparatus for adjusting a camera lens with an adjustment pin includes a supporting bracket, a gear assembly installed to the supporting bracket, a motor mounted to the supporting bracket, a controller electrically connected to the motor, and an adjustment member movably installed to the supporting bracket. The adjustment member includes two spaced clamping poles clamping the adjustment pin of the camera lens. The controller controls the motor to rotate and the motor drives the gear assembly to rotate, to drive the adjustment member to move. Thereby, the adjustment pin is moved by the clamping pins to adjust the camera lens. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140327807 | MOBILE DEVICE AND OPTICAL IMAGING LENS THEREOF - Present embodiments provide for a mobile device and an optical imaging lens thereof. The optical imaging lens comprises six lens elements positioned sequentially from an object side to an image side. Through controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces and/or the refracting power of the lens elements, the optical imaging lens shows better optical characteristics and the total length of the optical imaging lens is shortened. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140327808 | MOBILE DEVICE AND OPTICAL IMAGING LENS THEREOF - The present invention provides a mobile device and an optical imaging lens thereof. The optical imaging lens comprises six lens elements positioned in an order from an object side to an image side along an optical axis. Through controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces and/or the refracting power of the lens elements, the optical imaging lens shows better optical characteristics and the total length of the optical imaging lens is shortened. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140340560 | LENS DEVICE AND POSITION DETECTION METHOD OF MOVABLE OPTICAL ELEMENT - A lens device includes a movable optical element, a rotary member; first and second magnetic recording scales fixedly disposed on an outer periphery of the rotary member to extend along a peripheral direction of the rotary member; a signal detecting unit which detects first to fourth signals; and a position detecting unit which detects a position of the movable optical element based on the detected signals, in which the position detecting unit includes: a phase difference calculating unit which calculates a phase difference between the first signal and the third signal, based on the detected first to fourth signals for one cycle; a phase average calculating unit which calculates an average of the phase differences respectively calculated for n cycles; and an absolute position detecting unit which detects an absolute position of the movable optical element based on the calculated average. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140354872 | IMAGING LENS SYSTEM AND IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - An imaging lens system includes six non-cemented lens elements with refractive power, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element has positive refractive power. The second lens element has refractive power. The third lens element has positive refractive power. The fourth lens element has refractive power. The fifth lens element has refractive power, wherein both of the surfaces thereof are aspheric. The sixth lens element with refractive power has a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof, wherein the image-side surface has at least one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof, and both of the surfaces thereof are aspheric. The imaging lens system has a total of six lens elements with refractive power. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140368722 | IMAGE LENS ASSEMBLY - An image lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial. The second lens element with refractive power has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region. The third lens element with negative refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region. The fourth lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region and an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140375866 | Integrated Lens Stack - Disclosed is an integrated lens stack manufactured by dicing a wafer. The integrated lens stack includes an image sensor, at least one lens modules located on the image sensor. Each of the lens modules has a top lens, a bottom lens, and a middle lens between the top lens and the bottom lens, the bottom lens including a first active area and a second active area opposite to the second active area for collecting light, respectively. A chamber is formed between the middle lens and the bottom lens and is a closed room. An area of the first active area is sufficiently smaller than an area of the second active area. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140375867 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING TRANSMITTANCE OF TRANSMITTANCE CHANGING MEMBER, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image pickup apparatus that is capable of reducing changes in characteristics of a transmittance changing member. The image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup device, an optical unit for forming an object image on the image pickup device, and a physical stop that is provided between the optical unit and the image pickup device and is capable of changing a transmittance thereof with which incident light is transmitted therethrough. A reduced light amount by the physical stop is calculated. The transmittance of the physical stop is controlled using the calculated reduced light amount such that a change in characteristics of the physical stop beyond an acceptable level is not caused by heat generated by absorption of light incident from the optical unit by the physical stop. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140375868 | LENS APPARATUS, OPTICAL APPARATUS AND CAMERA - The lens apparatus allows adjustment of lens tilt due to component variation caused by tolerance. The lens barrel includes a straight guiding barrel having a straight groove portion, a cam barrel having a cam groove portion, a straight movable barrel disposed outside the straight guiding and cam barrels, holding a lens and being movable in an optical axis direction by a relative movement of the straight guiding and cam barrels. A cam follower includes first and second cylindrical portions that respectively engage with the straight groove and cam groove portions. The first and second cylindrical portions have central axes decentered from each other. The cam follower includes an operation portion allowing rotational operation of the first and second cylindrical portions from outside of the straight movable barrel. A connecting member connects the cam follower and the straight movable barrel with each other. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150009392 | MOBILE DEVICE AND OPTICAL IMAGING LENS THEREOF - Present embodiments provide for a mobile device and an optical imaging lens thereof. The optical imaging lens comprises five lens elements positioned sequentially from an object side to an image side. Through controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces and/or the refracting power of the lens elements, the optical imaging lens shows better optical characteristics and the total length of the optical imaging lens is shortened. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150015765 | PHOTOGRAPHING LENS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are a photographing lens and an electronic apparatus including the same. The photographing lens includes: a first lens that includes a convex object-side surface and has a positive refractive power; a second lens that includes a convex image-side surface and has a positive or negative refractive power; a third lens that has a negative refractive power; a fourth lens that has a positive or negative refractive power; a fifth lens that includes a convex image-side surface and has a positive refractive power; and a sixth lens that includes an image-side surface that is concave near an optical axis, and has a negative refractive power, wherein the first through sixth lenses are sequentially arranged from an object side. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150015766 | IMAGE CAPTURE SYSTEM AND IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM - An optical system includes a first lens to focus incident light, a first prism including a reflection surface by which light having transmitted through the first lens is reflected, a second lens to focus incident light from a different direction from a direction of the incident light on the first lens, and a second prism including a reflection surface by which light having transmitted through the second lens is reflected, in which the reflection surface of the first prism and the reflection surface of the second prism oppose each other. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150022707 | MOBILE DEVICE AND OPTICAL IMAGING LENS THEREOF - Present embodiments provide for a mobile device and an optical imaging lens thereof. The optical imaging lens comprises five lens elements positioned sequentially from an object side to an image side. Through controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces and/or the refracting power of the lens elements, the optical imaging lens shows better optical characteristics and the total length of the optical imaging lens is shortened. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150029383 | IMAGE LENS ASSEMBLY AND IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - An image lens assembly includes five lens elements with refractive power, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element has refractive power. The second lens element with positive refractive power has a convex image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof. The third lens element has positive refractive power. The fourth lens element with refractive power has a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof, wherein the surfaces thereof are aspheric. The fifth lens element with refractive power has a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof, wherein the image-side surface of the fifth lens element has at least one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof, and the surfaces thereof are aspheric. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150042862 | IMAGE CAPTURING LENS ASSEMBLY AND IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - An image capturing lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has negative refractive power. The third lens element has refractive power. The fourth lens element has refractive power. The fifth lens element with refractive power has two surfaces being both aspheric, wherein at least one of the surfaces of the fifth lens element has at least one inflection point thereon. The sixth lens element with positive refractive power has an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof, wherein the surfaces of the sixth lens element are both aspheric. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150042863 | OPTICAL IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - An optical image capturing system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. The first, the second and the third lens elements all have refractive power. The fourth lens element with refractive power has both surfaces being aspheric. The fifth lens element with refractive power has both surfaces being aspheric. The sixth lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface having at least one convex shape at a peripheral region thereof and both surfaces being aspheric. The seventh lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface having at least one convex shape at a peripheral region thereof, wherein both surfaces being aspheric, and at least one surface has at least one inflection point thereon. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150055009 | CAMERA MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - There is provided a camera module including: a lens housing in which a lens is disposed; a glass cover formed of a transparent material and covering the lens housing; and a coil conductive part formed between an outer surface of the lens and an inner surface of the glass cover. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150062404 | IMAGE-CAPTURING LENS AND DEVICE USING THE SAME - An image-capturing lens is disclosed in the disclosure. The image-capturing lens includes a central portion and a periphery portion. The central portion includes a plurality of optical elements arranged in a circular fashion, and each of the optical elements differs in thickness. The periphery portion extends peripherally from the central portion and has a constant thickness. The thickness of the periphery portion is smaller than a thickness of one of the plurality of optical elements that is approximate to the periphery portion. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062405 | Imaging Lens, and Electronic Apparatus Including the Same - An imaging lens includes first to sixth lens elements arranged from an object side to an image side in the given order. Through designs of surfaces of the lens elements and relevant optical parameters, a short system length of the imaging lens may be achieved while maintaining good optical performance. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062406 | Imaging Lens Having Six Lens Elements, and Electronic Apparatus Including the Same - An imaging lens includes an aperture stop and first to sixth lens elements arranged from an object side to an image side in the given order. Through designs of surfaces of the lens elements and relevant optical parameters, a short system length of the imaging lens may be achieved while maintaining good optical performance. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062407 | MOBILE DEVICE AND OPTICAL IMAGING LENS THEREOF - Present embodiments provide for a mobile device and an optical imaging lens thereof. The optical imaging lens comprises six lens elements positioned sequentially from an object side to an image side. Through controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces and/or the refracting power of the lens elements, the optical imaging lens shows better optical characteristics and the total length of the optical imaging lens is shortened. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062408 | LENS DRIVE APPARATUS, LENS BARREL TO WHICH THE LENS DRIVE APPARATUS IS APPLIED, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A lens drive apparatus includes a yoke which has a first parallel portion parallel to an optical axis and a second parallel portion which is located closer to the optical axis than the first parallel portion, the first and the second parallel portions being magnetically coupled, a magnet arranged at the first parallel portion to extend in the optical axis direction, a first lens frame which has a first coil wound around the second parallel portion and which is guided by a first guide shaft, and a second lens frame, which has a second coil wound around the second parallel portion and which is guided by a second guide shaft, and the first and the second guide shafts are arranged at positions so as not to interfere with the yoke in a cross-section perpendicular to the optical axis. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150070561 | TRANSMITTED LIGHT VOLUME ADJUSTING APPARATUS AND TRANSMITTED LIGHT VOLUME ADJUSTING METHOD - There is provided a transmitted light volume adjusting apparatus including a first polarizing plate provided on an optical axis, the first polarizing plate being configured to transmit light in a first polarizing direction, a second polarizing plate provided on the optical axis at a back stage of the first polarizing plate, the second polarizing plate being configured to transmit light in a second polarizing direction, and a first actuator configured to rotate the first polarizing plate and the second polarizing plate around a direction of the optical axis as a rotation axis direction in a state in which a difference between polarizing axes, which is an angle formed by the first polarizing direction and the second polarizing direction, is kept constant. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150098003 | LENS MODULE AND SPEAKER MODULE - A lens module and a speaker module are provided. The lens module includes a lens stand, a base and a shape memory alloy. The shape memory alloy connects the lens stand and the base. The speaker module includes a speaker unit, a box and a shape memory alloy. The box has a rear wall and an opening. The shape memory alloy connects the speaker unit and the rear wall. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150098004 | OPERATION MECHANISM AND IMAGING APPARATUS - There is provided an operation mechanism including an operation part that is slidable with respect to a fixed part, a plurality of operation-feeling generating members configured to generate different operation feelings on the operation part, and a switching part configured to switch the plurality of operation-feeling generating members independently from each other to switch to one of the operation-feeling generating members that is to act on the operation part. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150103225 | OPTICAL IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND MOBILE TERMINAL - An optical image capturing system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element with refractive power has a convex object-side surface in a paraxial region thereof and a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has positive refractive power. The third lens element with negative refractive power has a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof. The fourth lens element with positive refractive power has a convex image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof, wherein the surfaces thereof are aspheric. The optical image capturing system has a total of five lens elements with refractive power. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150103226 | OPTICAL LENS, LENS UNIT, IMAGING MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An optical element includes an optical base material and a light blocking portion. The optical base material transmits light therethrough. The light blocking portion is formed on part of a surface of the optical base material. The light blocking portion includes a light blocking layer and an antireflection layer that is formed on a non-adhesion surface with the optical base material in the light blocking layer. A refractive index of the antireflection layer is lower than a refractive index of the light blocking layer. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150116569 | SMALL FORM FACTOR TELEPHOTO CAMERA - A compact telephoto lens system that may be used in a small form factor cameras. The lens system may include five lens elements with refractive power. Alternatively, the lens system may include four lens elements with refractive power. At least one of the object side and image side surfaces of at least one of the lens elements is aspheric. Total track length (TTL) of the lens system may be 6.0 mm or less. Focal length f of the lens system may be at or about 7.0 mm (for example, within a range of 6.5-7.5 mm). Lens elements are selected and configured so that the telephoto ratio (TTL/f) satisfies the relation 0.74| 04-30-2015 | |
| 20150116570 | IMAGING LENS ASSEMBLY, IMAGING DEVICE AND MOBILE TERMINAL - An imaging lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex image-side surface. The second lens element has refractive power. The third lens element has refractive power. The fourth lens element has refractive power. The fifth lens element has negative refractive power. The sixth lens element with negative refractive power has a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof, wherein both of the surfaces thereof are aspheric, and at least one of the surfaces thereof has at least one inflection point. The imaging lens assembly has a total of six lens elements with refractive power. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116571 | POSITION DETECTING APPARATUS, AND LENS APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE POSITION DETECTING APPARATUS - A position detector, includes: a scale having pattern arrays formed in different cycles in a movement direction an obtaining unit which obtains signals in accordance with the pattern arrays; a first deriving unit which derives a temporal position of the scale relative to the obtaining unit based on the signals; a second deriving unit which derives a displacement amount of the scale relative to the obtaining unit based on one or more signals of the signals; and a determinates which determines a determined position of the scale relative to the obtaining unit based on the temporal position and the displacement amount, wherein the determinator determines the determined position based on a result of comparison between a difference between first and second temporal positions respectively calculated by the first and second deriving units at first and second positions and a displacement amount from the first position to the second position. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150124148 | DEVICES HAVING AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTABLE POLARIZERS AND RELATED OPERATING METHODS - Devices having adjustable polarizers and related operating methods are provided. An exemplary electronic device includes one or more sensing arrangements, a polarization arrangement including a polarizer, and a control module coupled to the one or more sensing arrangements and the polarization arrangement. The control module determines an angle for the polarizer based at least in part on output from the one or more sensing arrangements and operates the polarization arrangement to achieve the angle. In one or more exemplary embodiments, the angle corresponds to an orientation of the polarizer in a plane substantially orthogonal to a line-of-sight that is configured to result in the polarizer absorbing incident light rays emanating from the sun that are aligned with the line-of-sight. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150124149 | IMAGE LENS ASSEMBLY, IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND MOBILE TERMINAL - An image lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element and a fourth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element with negative refractive power has a concave object-side surface in a paraxial region thereof and a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof. The third lens element with positive refractive power has a concave object-side surface in a paraxial region thereof and a convex image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof. The fourth lens element with negative refractive power has a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof. The image lens assembly has a total of four lens elements with refractive power. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150124150 | IMAGING MECHANISM AND FORWARD-MONITORING CAMERA USING SAME IMAGING MECHANISM - An imaging mechanism provided in a forward surveillance camera can adjust, without using a mechanical constitution, light intensity brought into an image sensor by adjusting the light intensity passing through a liquid crystal shutter disposed in an adjusting part. For example, when the light intensity is great during the day, or the like, the resolution of images taken during the day can be improved by the light passing through the adjusting part being shielded and the light intensity brought into the image sensor being reduced. When there is little light intensity at night, or the like, the brightness of images taken at night can be improved by light passing through the adjusting part and the light intensity brought into the image sensor being increased. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150130984 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING AN IMAGE SENSOR - An electronic device includes: a detachable lens module including at least one lens, and a shutter module disposed beneath the lens module and including an openable shutter. An imaging module is disposed beneath the shutter module and converts light imaged by the lens module and the shutter module to an electrical signal. A sensor module outputs a detection signal in response to attachment or detachment of the lens module; and a control module outputs a control signal for opening or closing the shutter to the shutter module in response to the detection signal. Also, other various exemplary may be implemented. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150138420 | LIQUID CRYSTAL CELL CONNECTION TO LENS MOUNT OF CAMERA MODULE - Electronics modules and methods of making electronics modules are provided. An electronics module includes a substrate having an electronic circuit mounted thereon, a lens mount affixed to the substrate, the lens mount having a lens assembly mounted therein, and a liquid crystal cell affixed to the lens mount over the lens assembly, the liquid crystal cell having electrical terminals, wherein the lens mount includes adhesive containment pockets that are filled with a conductive adhesive so as to contact the electrical terminals of the liquid crystal cell, wherein the adhesive containment pockets include contacts that are electrically connected to the substrate. In some embodiments, the electronics module is a camera module. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150138421 | OPTICAL IMAGING LENS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME - An optical imaging lens set includes a first lens with positive refractive power and a convex object-side surface, a second lens element with negative refractive power and an image-side surface with a concave portion in a vicinity of its periphery, a third lens element has an object-side surface with a concave portion in a vicinity of its periphery, a fourth lens element with positive refractive power, a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface, a fifth lens element with an object-side with a convex portion in a vicinity of the optical axis, an image-side surface with a concave portion in a vicinity of the optical axis and a convex portion in a vicinity of its periphery. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150138422 | OPTICAL MEMBER, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL MEMBER - To provide an optical member in which crystallization is suppressed and which has a porous glass layer on a base material. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150146073 | CAMERA MODULE - An exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) mounted with an image sensor, a housing arranged on an upper surface of the PCB and including therein at least one or more lenses, an actuator positioned on the housing, and an electronic circuit pattern layer formed at an non-exposed surface of the housing. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150292867 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING POSITION OF IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT - An image pickup element position detection device ( | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150293277 | DIFFRACTION-GRATING LENS, AND IMAGE-CAPTURING OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE USING SAID LENS - A diffraction-grating lens has positive power and includes a lens base ( | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150312450 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING LENS ELEMENTS HAVING DIFFERENT DIAMETERS - An image pickup apparatus capable of performing a zooming function without increasing a thickness of the image pickup apparatus, and obtaining depth information at the same time by using lens elements having different diameters, is provided. The image pickup apparatus includes lens elements, and image pickup regions respectively disposed in correspondence to the lens elements. At least two of the lens elements have different diameters. At least two of the image pickup regions have different sizes. A smallest image pickup region among the image pickup regions having a smallest size among sizes of the image pickup regions is disposed with respect to a lens element among the lens elements having a largest diameter. A largest image pickup region among the image pickup regions having a largest size among sizes of the image pickup regions is disposed with respect to a lens element among the lens elements having a smallest diameter. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150316757 | SPECIMEN OBSERVATION APPARATUS - A superior superresolution image can be generated. Provided is a specimen observation apparatus including an objective lens that radiates excitation laser light emitted from a light source onto a specimen; and a main controller that obtains a plurality of sets of image data of the same region on the specimen by repeatedly detecting fluorescence from the same region on the specimen irradiated with the excitation laser light by the objective lens, and that emphasizes high-frequency components in an addition image data obtained by adding the obtained plurality of sets of image data of the same region on the specimen. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150319344 | Light Field Camera with MEMS Scanners - A light field camera device comprising an array of light field camera elements, each camera element comprising a scanner for scanning an input beam across a two-dimensional angular field; an input focus modulator for modulating the focus of the input beam over time; a radiance sensor for sensing the radiance of the input beam over time; and a radiance sampler for sampling the radiance of the input beam at discrete times; the scanner comprising a biaxial electromechanical scanning mirror comprising: a mirror, a platform, an inner frame, and an outer frame; the mirror attached to the platform via a post, the platform attached to the inner frame via a first pair of hinges, and the inner frame attached to the outer frame via a second pair of hinges; the first pair of hinges arranged substantially orthogonally to the second pair of hinges, thereby to allow biaxial movement of the mirror; the extent of the mirror larger than the extent of the inner frame. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150319345 | Lens Driving Actuator - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a camera module includes: a movable element having first magnets which are formed at uniform intervals on the outer circumferential surface of a bobbin fixing a lens and second magnets which are arranged between the first magnets on the outer circumferential surface of the bobbin; a stator having first coil blocks which respectively face the first magnets, second magnets which respectively face the second magnets, and a housing which fixes the first coil blocks and the second magnets; an elastic member elastically supporting the movable element with respect to the stator; a base supporting the stator; and a case covering the housing and coupled to the base. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150319351 | Image-Capturing Device - An image-capturing device includes: a plurality of microlenses arranged in a two-dimensional manner; a plurality of photodetectors arranged to correspond to the plurality of microlenses; an image synthesizing part that synthesizes an image at an optional image plane of a photographic optical system, based on signals from the plurality of photodetectors; and an image processing part that removes signals of other pixels from signals of pixels constituting the image synthesized in the image synthesizing part. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150322929 | DRIVE DEVICE AND LENS UNIT - A drive device and a lens unit include a base member; a driven member disposed at a prescribed distance from the base member and having a flat plane; a support member coupling the base member and the driven member and supporting the driven member so as to substantially maintain a prescribed distance between the base member and the driven member from start to end of movement of the driven member; and a driving member driving the driven member so as to move the flat plane in parallel from start to end of movement. The driving member causes a linear shape-memory alloy wire to expand and contract, thereby moving the driven member. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150331225 | OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM FOR PICKUP - An optical imaging system for pickup, sequentially arranged from an object side to an image side, comprising: the first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface, the second lens element with refractive power, the third lens element with refractive power, the fourth lens element with refractive power, the fifth lens element with refractive power; the sixth lens element made of plastic, the sixth lens with refractive power having a concave image-side surface with both being aspheric, and the image-side surface having at least one inflection point. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150338620 | ZOOM LENS AND CAMERA DEVICE INCORPORATING THE SAME - Provided are: a zoom lens which exhibits a large variable-power ratio, an increased degree of freedom with respect to aberration correction, and which has been achieved having a sufficient reduction in size in the optical axis direction; and an imaging device equipped therewith. The zoom lens includes at least, from the object side, a first lens group having positive refractive power, a second lens group having negative refractive power, a third lens group having positive refractive power, a fourth lens group, and a fifth lens group, in that order. In the zoom lens, prescribed conditions are satisfied. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150346459 | IMAGING LENS, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An imaging lens includes first to sixth lens elements arranged from an object side to an image side in the given order. Through designs of surfaces of the lens elements and relevant optical parameters, a larger field of view and a shorter system length of the imaging lens may be achieved while maintaining good optical performance. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150346460 | IMAGING LENS, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An imaging lens includes first to sixth lens elements arranged from an object side to an image side in the given order. Through designs of surfaces of the lens elements and relevant optical parameters, a short system length of the imaging lens may be achieved while maintaining good optical performance. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150355434 | LENS APPARATUS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - The lens apparatus includes a first operating member rotatable around an optical axis of an optical element so as to move the optical element in an optical-axis direction, a first elastic member configured to press the first operating member, a second elastic member configured to press the first operating member, a second operating member rotatable around the optical axis and movable in the optical-axis direction, and a first interposition provided between the first operating member and the second operating member. When the second operating member is moved in the optical-axis direction, the first interposition is moved in the optical-axis direction without rotating around the optical axis and presses the first elastic member and the second elastic member. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150355438 | IMAGE PICKUP OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY - This invention discloses an image pickup optical lens assembly, sequentially arranged from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, comprising: the first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface, the second lens element with negative refractive power, the third lens element with refractive power, the fourth lens element with positive or negative refractive power having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface with both being aspheric, and the fifth lens element with positive or negative refractive power having a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface with both being aspheric. Additionally, the image pickup optical lens assembly satisfies conditions related to the reduction of the total length and the sensitivity of the image pickup optical lens assembly for compact cameras and mobile phones with camera functionalities. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150362702 | OPTICAL IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - An optical image capturing system, in order from an object side to an image side, the optical image capturing system comprising a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with a refractive power has a convex object-side surface. The second through fifth lens elements have a refractive power, and the object-side surface and the image-side surface of these lens elements are aspheric. The sixth lens element with a negative refractive power has a concave object-side surface, the object-side surface and the image-side surface are aspheric, and at least one of the object-side and the image-side surfaces has an inflection point. When satisfying specific conditions, the compact optical image capturing system receives lights effectively and reduces the height of the optical system, so as to acquire better imaging quality. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150365167 | Method and Apparatus for Optical Communication - A method, apparatus and computer program for controlling a digital microlens array camera to obtain a sequence of images each including microimages captured by respective microlenses; for determining in each of the images a set of diffused microimages in which an optical communication light source is diffused over each of the microimages of the set; and for decoding optically communicated information from the set. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150370044 | Imaging Optical System, Imaging Optical Device, and Digital Apparatus - An imaging optical system includes first to third lens groups, and performs focusing by moving the second lens group, to satisfy the following conditional expressions: | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150381862 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - A base member holds a first ring-shaped operating member such that the first ring-shaped operating member can move rectilinearly in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis of a lens unit and holds a second ring-shaped operating member such that the second ring-shaped operating member can rotate about the optical axis of the lens unit. When the rotation of the second ring-shaped operating member is not detected by a rotation detection unit, a restricting unit permits rectilinear movement of the first ring-shaped operating member, and when the rotation of the second ring-shaped operating member is detected by the rotation detection unit, the restricting unit restricts the rectilinear movement of the first ring-shaped operating member. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150381871 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - An image capturing apparatus includes: an image sensor in which multiple light receiving elements are arrayed with respect to one lens on an image sensing plane on which an object image is formed by an imaging lens, the lens being arranged such that the exit pupil of the imaging lens and the light receiving elements are in a conjugate relationship; a polarizer arranged at approximately the position of the exit pupil of the imaging lens, and having multiple areas that have different polarization directions corresponding to different areas of the exit pupil; and an image processing unit that generates multiple images corresponding to the areas of the polarizer from output of the light receiving elements. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160004037 | MOBILE DEVICE AND OPTICAL IMAGING LENS THEREOF - Present embodiments provide for a mobile device and an optical imaging lens thereof. The optical imaging lens comprises an aperture stop and six lens elements positioned sequentially from an object side to an image side. Through controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces of the lens elements and designing parameters satisfying at least one inequality, the optical imaging lens shows better optical characteristics and the total length of the optical imaging lens is shortened. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160006907 | IMAGING SYSTEM - An imaging system includes an imaging body having an optical system and an imaging element, a power supplier configured to supply power to the imaging element, and a housing configured to hold the imaging body and the power supplier, wherein the optical system includes at least one optical element projecting from the housing, and a distance AP between a gravity center A of a portion including the optical system and a gravity center P of the entire imaging system and a distance BP between a gravity center B of the power supplier and the gravity center P of the entire imaging system satisfy the following condition. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160014325 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, LENS APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160033696 | Phase Gratings with Odd Symmetry for Lensed Optical Sensing - A sensing device with an odd-symmetry grating projects near-field spatial modulations onto a closely spaced photodetector array. Due to physical properties of the grating, the spatial modulations are in focus for a range of wavelengths and spacings. The spatial modulations are captured by the array, and photographs and other image information can be extracted from the resultant data. Used in conjunction with a converging optical element, versions of these gratings provide depth information about objects in an imaged scene. This depth information can be computationally extracted to obtain a depth map of the scene. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160037021 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND ANALYZING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a lens optical system including a lens, a stop, and first through nth divided optical elements in which first through nth optical regions are defined, respectively, along a plane perpendicular to an optical axis and positioned to be point-symmetric with respect to the optical axis, an image sensor, and a microlens array guiding light that has passed through the first through nth optical regions to the first through nth pixels of the image sensor, respectively. At least three of s | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160037022 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM - An imaging apparatus comprises a lens optical system including a lens and having first through nth optical regions (n is an integer equal to or greater than 2), an image sensor including pixel groups each including first through nth pixels, an optical element array disposed between the lens optical system and the image sensor and including optical components each guiding light that has passed through the first through nth optical regions to the respective first through nth pixels in each of the pixel groups, and an optical absorption member on which light reflected by the imaging surface of the image sensor is incident. The optical absorptance of the optical absorption member is substantially uniform across the entire wavelength bands of light that passes through the first through nth optical regions and is substantially uniform across the entire optical absorption member. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160041368 | OPTICAL IMAGING LENS AND ELETRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME - An optical imaging lens includes: a first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth lens element, the first lens element has a positive refracting power, the second lens element has a negative refracting power and an object-side surface with a concave part in a vicinity of its periphery, the third lens element has an object-side surface with a concave part in a vicinity of its periphery, and an image-side surface with a convex part in a vicinity of the optical axis, the fourth lens has an image-side surface with a convex part in a vicinity of the optical axis, the fifth lens element has object-side surface with a concave part in a vicinity of its periphery, and an image-side surface with a convex part in a vicinity of the optical axis, the sixth lens element has an image-side surface with a convex part in a vicinity of its periphery. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160041369 | OPTICAL IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - An optical image capturing system, from an object side to an image side, comprises a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, and a sixth lens element. The first lens element has a positive refractive power and may have a convex object-side surface. The second through fifth lens elements has a refractive power and the object-side and image-side surfaces of these lens elements are aspheric. The sixth lens element has a negative refractive power and a concave image-side surface. The object-side surface and the image-side surface are aspheric, and at least one of the two surfaces has inflection points. The first through sixth lens elements has a refractive power. When specific conditions are satisfied, the optical image capturing system may has a large aperture value and a better optical path adjusting ability to acquire better imaging quality. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160042522 | Processing Multi-Aperture Image Data - A method and a system for processing multi-aperture image data are described, wherein the method comprises: capturing image data associated with one or more objects by simultaneously exposing an image sensor in an imaging system to spectral energy associated with at least a first part of the electromagnetic spectrum using at least a first aperture and to spectral energy associated with at least a second part of the electromagnetic spectrum using at least a second and third aperture; generating first image data associated with said first part of the electromagnetic spectrum and second image data associated with said second part of the electromagnetic spectrum; and, generating depth information associated with said captured image on the basis displacement information in said second image data, preferably on the basis of displacement information in an auto-correlation function of the high-frequency image data associated with said second image data. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160054579 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is a zoom lens, comprising, in order from an object side to an image side, first to fourth lens units having positive, negative, positive, and positive refractive powers. During zooming, first lens unit does not move, and second to fourth lens units move. Third lens unit comprises, in order from the object side to the image side, first and second lens subunits each having a positive refractive power. Second lens subunit moves in a direction having a component of a direction perpendicular to an optical axis during image blur correction. Third lens unit comprises at least two positive lenses and at least two negative lenses. Second lens subunit comprises a positive lens and a negative lens. A focal length (f | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160054603 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image pickup apparatus includes: a polarization removing element layer including a plurality of polarization removing elements, each of the plurality of polarization removing elements being configured to polarize an incident light to thereby obtain light having a polarization axis in a predetermined direction and to transmit the polarized light; a polarizer layer provided in front of the polarization removing element layer, the polarizer layer being configured to twist polarization axes of light having a plurality of polarization axes by predetermined angles, respectively, and to transmit the light; an inclination detecting device configured to detect inclination of the incident light to an optical axis; a controller configured to control and drive the polarizer layer such that the polarizer layer twists the polarization axis of light depending on the inclination detected by the inclination detecting device and transmits the light; and an image pickup device configured to detect the light. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160062084 | IMAGE CAPTURING OPTICAL SYSTEM, IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present disclosure provides an image capturing optical system comprising: a positive first lens element having a convex object-side surface; a negative second lens element having a concave object-side surface; a third lens element; a fourth lens element having a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, the object-side surface and the image-side surface thereof being aspheric; a fifth lens element having a concave image-side surface concave, both of the object-side surface and the image-side surface being aspheric, at least one of the object-side surface and the image-side surface having at least one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160065815 | LENS BARREL AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A lens barrel which is capable of securing excellent impact resistance of a lens barrel without increasing the lens barrel in size. A fixed barrel has a plurality of first projection or follower portions on an outer peripheral part thereof and having a flange portion on an object side-outer peripheral end thereof. A stopper member is fixedly arranged coaxially with the fixed barrel and has a plurality of second projection or follower portions. A cam barrel rotatingly moves in the optical axis direction. In an area where the cam barrel is extended to the object side and is close to the flange portion of the fixed barrel, side walls of the plurality of the second cam grooves with which the plurality of the second projection or follower portions are engaged, respectively, are open on the image surface side of the plurality of the second cam grooves. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160091693 | OPTICAL SYSTEM - An optical system includes a first lens having positive refractive power, of which both surfaces are convex, a second lens having negative refractive power, a third lens having positive refractive power, and a fourth lens having negative refractive power. The first to fourth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side. Whereby, an aberration improvement effect may be increased, high resolution may be implemented, sensitivity of lenses may be improved, and a demand for miniaturization may be satisfied. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160091739 | Optical Module And Electronic Apparatus - An optical module that achieves an adjustable aperture with a multilayer liquid crystal diaphragm, and an electronic apparatus using the optical module are described. The optical module includes at least one diaphragm layer having a light-transmission area that is fully transmissive and a variable light-transmission area filled with material having variable transmittance; and an electrode unit for applying an adjustment voltage to the at least one diaphragm layer. Transmittance of the variable light-transmission area varies in accordance with the adjustment voltage applied by the electrode unit. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160103300 | OPTICAL IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - A six-piece optical lens for capturing image and a six-piece optical module for capturing image are provided. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens comprises a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens and a fifth lens elements with refractive powers and both of an image-side and an object-side surfaces of the four lens elements are aspheric; and a sixth lens with negative refractive power and both of an image-side and an object-side surfaces of the four lens elements are aspheric, and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of the six lens elements has one inflection point. Each of the six lens elements may have a refractive power. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160103325 | OCULAR VISION SYSTEM WITH OPTICAL GUIDE THAT CAN BE POSITIONED IN TWO POSITIONS - An ocular vision system with a display module, which includes a transparent optical guide, is adapted for propagating, by total internal reflections, a light beam transporting an image as far as an extraction section of the optical guide. The system may include: means for positioning the optical guide in a first position in which the extraction zone is placed along a first axis corresponding to a nominal axis of sight of the user's eye; means for positioning the optical guide in a second position in which the extraction zone is placed along a second axis offset with respect to the nominal axis of sight of the user's eye; and means for rotating the optical guide about an axis intended to pass substantially through the center of rotation of the user's eye, enabling the optical guide to pass from the first position to the second position and vice versa. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160104473 | IMAGING APPARATUS - Provided is an imaging apparatus that performs sound processing suitable for each type of AF operation according to a lens f-number so that recorded sound is clear and contains little noise. The imaging apparatus includes a lens, a microphone for recording sound, and a filter configured to reduce noise contained in an output signal of the microphone. The noise reduction level of the filter is controlled according to the lens f-number so that the noise reduction level of the filter is increased when the lens f-number is large than when the lens f-number is small. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160116708 | MOBILE DEVICE AND OPTICAL IMAGING LENS THEREOF - Present embodiments provide for a mobile device and an optical imaging lens thereof. The optical imaging lens comprises an aperture stop and four lens elements positioned sequentially from an object side to an image side. Through controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces of the lens elements and designing parameters satisfying at least one inequality, the optical imaging lens shows better optical characteristics and the total length of the optical imaging lens is shortened. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160116713 | OPTICAL IMAGING LENS AND ELETRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME - An optical imaging lens includes: a first, second and third lens element. The first lens element has a positive refracting power, and has an object-side surface with a convex part in a vicinity of the optical axis, and a convex part in a vicinity of its periphery. The second lens element has a positive refracting power, and has an object-side surface with a concave part in a vicinity of the optical axis, and a concave part in a vicinity of its periphery, and has an image-side surface with a convex part in a vicinity of the optical axis. The third lens element has negative refracting power, and has an image-side surface with a concave part in a vicinity of the optical axis, and a convex part in a vicinity of its periphery. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160127621 | CAMERA MODULE - A camera module can include a lens housing, an imaging unit and a driving motor. The lens housing can include a first lens module, a second lens module and a lens holder holding the first lens module and the second lens module. The imaging unit is located between the first lens module and the second lens module. The imaging unit is in optical alignment with the first lens module and the second lens module. The driving motor is coupled to the lens housing and configured to drive the lens housing to move relative to the imaging unit. When the driving motor drives the first lens module and the second lens module to move relative to the imaging unit, distance between the imaging unit and the first lens module is changed, or a distance between the imaging unit and the second lens module is changed. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160131868 | Imaging Lens, and Electronic Apparatus Including the Same - An imaging lens includes first to fourth lens elements arranged from an object side to an image side in the given order. Through designs of surfaces of the lens elements and relevant optical parameters, a short system length of the imaging lens may be achieved while maintaining good optical performance. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160154198 | CAMERA MODULE INCLUDING A NON-CIRCULAR LENS | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160154216 | OPTICAL IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160155230 | PLENOPTIC CAMERA COMPRISING A LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160156816 | ADAPTER AND CASING APPARATUS FOR AN IMAGING DEVICE | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160161714 | Photographic Lens Optical System - Provided is a photographic lens optical system having low manufacturing costs and high performance. A lens optical system includes: first through fifth lenses, which are sequentially arranged along a light proceeding path between an object and an image sensor where an image of the object is formed; and an aperture provided between the object and the image sensor, wherein the first lens has positive refractive power, the second lens has negative refractive power and a flat incident surface, the third lens has positive refractive power and is convex towards the image sensor, the fourth lens has negative refractive power and is a meniscus lens convex towards the image sensor, the fifth lens has negative refractive power, wherein at least one of an incident surface and an emitting surface of the fifth lens is aspheric. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160161723 | Photographing Lens System - Provided is a photographing lens system that is cheap and has a small size. The photographing lens system includes a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a negative refractive power, and including an object side surface that is plane, and an image side surface concave toward an image side; a third lens having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens having a negative refractive power; and a fifth lens having a negative refractive power, and including an image side surface that includes at least one inflection point. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160170103 | Phase Gratings with Odd Symmetry for Optical Sensing | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160170167 | LENS TUBE AND IMAGING SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160187620 | IMAGING OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY, IMAGING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An imaging optical lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface. The second lens element has negative refractive power. The third lens element with refractive power has both an object-side surface and an image-side surface being aspheric. The fourth lens element with refractive power has both an object-side surface and an image-side surface being aspheric. The fifth lens element with refractive power has both an object-side surface and an image-side surface being aspheric. The sixth lens element with refractive power has both an object-side surface and an image-side surface being aspheric. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160187621 | OPTICAL PHOTOGRAPHING LENS ASSEMBLY, IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An optical photographing lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has refractive power. The third lens element has refractive power. The fourth lens element has refractive power. The fifth lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof, wherein an object-side surface and the image-side surface of the fifth lens element are both aspheric. The sixth lens element with refractive power has an object-side surface and an image-side surface being both aspheric. The optical photographing lens assembly has a total of six lens elements with refractive power. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160187622 | PHOTOGRAPHING OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY, IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A photographing optical lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has refractive power. Each of the third through sixth lens elements has refractive power and an object-side surface and an image-side surface being both aspheric. The photographing optical lens assembly has a total of six lens elements with refractive power. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160191764 | OPTICAL IMAGING LENS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME - An optical imaging lens includes: an aperture stop, a first, second, third and fourth lens element arranged in order from an object side to an image side along an optical axis of the imaging lens. The image-side surface of the first lens element has a convex part in a vicinity of its periphery, the object-side surface of the second lens element has a concave portion in a vicinity of the optical axis, the object-side of the third lens element has a concave portion in a vicinity of the optical axis, and a convex part in a vicinity of its periphery; the object-side surface of the fourth lens element has a convex portion in a vicinity of the optical axis. The imaging lens satisfies T3/AAG≧1.4, (G12+G34)/T2≦1.4 and |V1−V4|≦20. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160195794 | Control Method for Camera Module, and Camera Module | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160205297 | COMPACT OPTICAL SYSTEM, IMAGE CAPTURING UNIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160252709 | LENS SYSTEM, IMAGE CAPTURING UNIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160381309 | Auto-Correction of Depth-Sensing Camera Data for Planar Target Surfaces - A depth-sensing camera may be used to locate objects on a planar surface. A planar fit calculation is used to model the surface. One problem with the best planar fit calculation is that it is not robust over time. Firstly, this is because the depth data has a non-linear curve near its extremities because of camera lens distortion. Secondly, as the depth-sensing camera warms up and its thermal activity changes, the depth data drifts and the initial plane fit is no longer valid. The position and the amount of curvature and drift may be different for cameras of the same make and model in some cases. In accordance with some embodiments, algorithms may be used to detect and correct for these types of errors to support more robust plane fitting in real time. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20170235212 | LENS ACCESSORY, LENS APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS | 08-17-2017 |
| 20180024307 | LENS ASSEMBLY, CAMERA MODULE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD | 01-25-2018 |
| 20220141362 | LIGHT SHIELDING PLATE, CAMERA UNIT, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE LIGHT SHIELDING PLATE - A light shielding plate includes a front surface that is located on a light incident side, a rear surface that is a surface facing away from the front surface, and an aperture that penetrates through the front surface and the rear surface. The aperture has a first aperture portion and a second aperture portion that is connected to the first aperture portion via a central opening, and the first aperture portion extends from a rear opening in the rear surface toward the central opening and has a shape tapered from the rear surface toward the front surface. The second aperture portion extends from a rear opening in the front surface to the central opening and has a shape tapered from the front surface toward the rear surface. The front opening is larger than the rear opening. | 05-05-2022 |
