39th week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 45 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210302623 | METHOD OF MAKING METAMATERIAL DEVICE - An optical sensor system, comprising refractory plasmonic elements that can withstand temperatures exceeding 2500° C. in chemically aggressive and harsh environments that impose stress, strain and vibrations. A plasmonic metamaterial or metasurface, engineered to have a specific spectral and angular response, exhibits optical reflection characteristics that are altered by varying physical environmental conditions including but not limited to temperature, surface chemistry or elastic stress, strain and other types of mechanical load. The metamaterial or metasurface comprises a set of ultra-thin structured layers with a total thickness of less than tens of microns that can be deployed onto surfaces of devices operating in harsh environmental conditions. The top interface of the metamaterial or metasurface is illuminated with a light source, either through free space or via an optical fiber, and the reflected signal is detected employing remote detectors. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302624 | LITHIUM NIOBATE DEVICES FABRICATED USING DEEP ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION - An optical device is described. At least a portion of the optical device includes lithium niobate and is fabricated utilizing ultraviolet lithography. In some aspects the at least the portion of the optical device is fabricated using deep ultraviolet lithography. In some aspects, the short range root mean square surface roughness of a sidewall of the at least the portion of the optical device is less than ten nanometers. In some aspects, the at least the portion of the optical device has a loss of not more than 2 dB/cm. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302625 | INSERT MATERIALS WITH HIGH OXYGEN PERMEABILITY AND HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX - The invention is generally related to an insert for being embedded in a silicone hydrogel contact lens. The insert is made of a crosslinked materials which are rigid in dry state at room temperature (from about 22° C. to about 26° C.), have a high oxygen permeability and a high refractive index in fully hydrated state, and can become softer at a temperature great than 32° C. Such materials are useful for making inserts in embedded contact lenses for correcting corneal astigmatism, presbyopia, and color blindness lenses and for imparting photochromic characteristics to the lenses. The invention is also related to a method for making embedded silicone hydrogel contact lenses comprising an insert of the invention therein and to embedded silicone hydrogel contact lenses comprising an insert of the invention therein. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302626 | HIGH-PERFORMANCE OPTICAL SURFACE - A high-performance optical surface includes: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a first anti-reflection (A/R) coating formed on the second surface of the substrate; a coated layer formed over the A/R coating on a surface of the A/R coating opposite to the stress compensation layer, where a surface of the coating layer opposite to the first A/R coating is diamond point turned or polished to improve finish; and a second A/R coating formed on the polished surface of the coating layer to formed the high-performance reflective surface. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302627 | EYEPIECE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - An eyepiece according to the present disclosure includes a first lens and a second lens that are opposed to each other. The first lens includes a first Fresnel lens surface formed at least in a peripheral region of a lens surface that is opposed to the second lens. The second lens includes a second Fresnel lens surface formed at least in a peripheral region of a lens surface that is opposed to the first lens. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302628 | TEXTURED COATING FOR OPTICAL PRODUCTS - A coating composition includes a first polymer and a second polymer that are incompatible and non-reactive with one another. The absolute value of the difference between the refractive index of the first polymer and the refractive index of the second polymer is about 0 to about 0.01. The first polymer and the second polymer are soluble in a carrier liquid that is a good solvent for the first polymer and a poor solvent for the second polymer. The carrier liquid is removed from the coating layer to spinodally decompose the mixture of the first polymer and the second polymer in an amount sufficient to form a substantially continuous first phase with a predominant amount of the first polymer and a substantially discontinuous second phase with a predominant amount the second polymer. At least 70% of the second phase includes droplets with an aspect ratio, when viewed in the plane of the surface of the substrate, of less than about 3. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302629 | Mirror Cabinet Capable of Preventing Mirror Capacitive Touch Button from Touch Misoperation - The invention relates to a mirror cabinet capable of preventing mirror capacitive touch button from touch missoperation, the mirror cabinet comprises a mirror surface, which comprises a glass layer, a metal plating layer provided on the back of the glass layer, and an uncoated metal layer area is provided on the back of the glass layer, and a capacitive touch panel including a plurality of touch buttons is provided in the uncoated metal layer area; a back of the mirror is also provided with a controller electrically connected to the capacitive touch panel and a high-frequency switching power supply electrically connected to the controller. The mirror cabinet can prevent touch missoperation of the mirror surface capacitive touch button so as to enable a touch system to have good stability. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302630 | STATIC MULTIVIEW DISPLAY AND METHOD HAVING MULTIVIEW ZONES - A multiple view-zone static multiview display employs diffraction gratings configured to provide directional light beams having principal angular directions for views of multiview images of the static multiview display. The multiple view-zone static multiview display includes a light guide that guides light from a light source. The light source may include an optical emitter, which may be offset in a longitudinal direction. The optical emitter of the light source provides within the light guide a collimated guided light beam having a propagation angle determined by the longitudinal offset of the optical emitter. Moreover, different sets of diffraction gratings scatter or diffract out different portions of the collimated guided light beam as different pluralities of directional light beams representing the multiview images into different view zones. These view zones may have different, non-overlapping angular ranges, which may be separated by a blank zone. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302631 | Wavelength tunable bidirectional optical wireless communication system based on self-injection lock - A wavelength tunable bidirectional optical wireless communication system based on self-injection lock includes one optical node and multiple optical terminals, wherein the optical node consists of a tunable filter and a self-injection lock system to replace the conventional optical amplifier while achieving an amplified optical power, increasing the modulation bandwidth, wavelength adjustment and reducing the linewidth of each wavelength, in a low noise criteria. The optical terminal is composed by a modulated retroreflector to achieve the purpose of lightweight and low power consumption. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302632 | FOCUS-CORRECTED OPTICAL FILTER APPARATUS FOR MULTI-WAVELENGTH OPTICAL SYSTEMS - The focus-corrected optical filter apparatus includes multiple optical filter assemblies supported by a movable support member. Each optical filter assembly includes an optical filter and a corrector that form a filter-corrector pair that move together with the support member. Each corrector is formed to compensate for the adverse effects of chromatic aberration of a focusing lens at the given wavelength of the corresponding optical filter in the filter-corrector pair. Example correctors are flat glass plates with different thicknesses. The focus-corrected optical filter apparatus is arranged so that the different optical filter assemblies can be sequentially inserted into the optical path of a focused multi-wavelength light beam to sequentially form substantially monochromatic focused light beams having the different wavelengths but have the same focus position. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302633 | PHOTOCHROMIC ARTICLES - Photochromic article having first and second opposed major surfaces comprising a first, transparent layer having first and second opposed major surfaces, the first layer comprising thermoplastic, a second, transparent layer having first and second opposed major surfaces, the second layer comprising photochromic dye and amorphous copolyester, wherein the first major surface of the second layer is adjacent to the second major surface of the first layer, and a third layer having first and second opposed major surfaces, wherein the first major surface of the third layer is adjacent to the second major surface of the second layer. Embodiments of photochromic article described herein are useful, for example in eyewear, window films, security films, decorative films, electronic devices (i.e., having a display with a photochromic article). | 2021-09-30 |
20210302634 | SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The present technology relates to a semiconductor chip and an electronic apparatus that can suppress degradation of optical characteristics of a semiconductor chip including an image pickup device. A semiconductor chip includes: an image pickup device; a transparent protective member that protects the image pickup device; an IR cut film arranged between a light-receiving surface of the image pickup device and the protective member; a bonding layer that bonds the IR cut film and the protective member together; and a protective film that covers side surfaces of the IR cut film and the bonding layer. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a semiconductor chip for an image pickup device. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302635 | LOW ANGLE SHIFT FILTER - An optical thin film filter may include a first set of filter layers with a first refractive index. The optical thin film filter may include a second set of filter layers with a second refractive index. A first set of thicknesses of the first set of filter layers, a second set of thicknesses of the second set of filter layers, the first refractive index, and the second refractive index may be configured to cause the optical thin film filter to achieve less than a threshold angle shift at a particular wavelength. The optical thin film filter may have an effective refractive index greater than or equal to 95% of a refractive index of a highest refractive index component material of the optical thin film filter. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302636 | OPTICAL DEVICE WITH ONE-WAY MIRROR - In some implementations, an optical device includes a one-way mirror formed by a polarization selective mirror and an absorptive polarizer. The absorptive polarizer has a transmission axis aligned with the transmission axis of the reflective polarizer. The one-way mirror may be provided on the world side of a head-mounted display system. Advantageously, the one-way mirror may reflect light from the world, which provides privacy and may improve the cosmetics of the display. In some implementations, the one-way mirror may include one or more of a depolarizer and a pair of opposing waveplates to improve alignment tolerances and reduce reflections to a viewer. In some implementations, the one-way mirror may form a compact integrated structure with a dimmer for reducing light transmitted to the viewer from the world. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302637 | OPTICAL FILM INCLUDING INFRARED REFLECTOR AND MULTILAYER REFLECTIVE POLARIZER WITH CRYSTALLINE LOW INDEX LAYERS - Optical films are described. In particular, optical films including a reflective polarizer portion and an infrared portion, with no adhesive between these two portions, are described. These optical films may be particularly suitable for combiner applications, including automotive heads up display applications with demanding ambient environments. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302638 | POLARIZING PLATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A polarizing plate and a display device including the same. The polarizing plate includes a retardation layer exhibiting ultraviolet blocking characteristics even in a state where the retardation layer does not include any ultraviolet absorber or light stabilizer. The polarizing plate can be used alone or in combination with an appropriate sunscreen or a light stabilizer as needed to selectively block ultraviolet rays in a region requiring blocking, without affecting display performance, such as color senses and image quality, of a display device. The polarizing plate can also be formed with a small thickness without requiring a separate ultraviolet blocking layer, and also has excellent durability, because the polarizing plate exhibits a certain ultraviolet blocking property even in the absence of an ultraviolet absorber or light stabilizer. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302639 | POLARIZING PLATE - A polarizing plate having excellent optical properties includes: a transparent substrate that is transparent to light in a used wavelength band; grid-shaped protrusions arranged on the transparent substrate at a pitch shorter than the wavelength of light in the used band, extending in a predetermined direction, and has a reflective layer and a reflection control layer; and a groove which is recessed between the grid-shaped protrusions and whose width in a direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction is reduced to zero in the depth direction. This improves transmittance and reflectance properties, thereby achieving excellent optical properties. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302640 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REAL-TIME ATTITUDE ANGLE MEASUREMENT BASED ON FIELD OF VIEW EFFECT OF BIREFRINGENT CRYSTAL - A method and a device for real-time attitude angle measurement based on the field of view effect of the birefringent crystal are provided. The device includes a high-speed polarization measurement module and an object attitude adjustment module connected to each other. The high-speed polarization measurement module includes a polarizer unit and a real-time polarization analyzer unit, respectively located on two opposite sides of the object attitude adjustment module. The object attitude adjustment module includes an attitude angle controller, a roll angle adjustment unit, a pitch angle adjustment unit, a yaw angle adjustment unit, and a height adjustment unit respectively connected to the attitude angle controller, and a birefringent crystal. The method includes an algorithm for real-time extraction of object attitude angle according to optical parameters measured by the high-speed polarization measurement module, and a method for compensating attitude angle measurement errors. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302641 | POLARIZING LAMINATE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A polarizing laminate according to an embodiments of the present invention includes a polarizer, a retardation layer disposed on one surface of the polarizer, and a protective layer disposed on the other surface of the polarizer and having a coefficient of thermal expansion of 60 μm/m·° C. or less. Thereby, flexibility and antireflection performance may be improve. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302642 | COLLIMATING DEVICE, OPTICAL FILM, BACKLIGHT MODULE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A collimating device includes at least one microstructure portion. Each microstructure portion includes a bottom surface; a side surface connected to the bottom surface, an angle between the side surface and the bottom surface being an obtuse angle; and a top surface opposite to the bottom surface and connected to the side surface, the top surface being a convex free-form surface. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302643 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A display substrate is provided. The display substrate includes: an optical waveguide; a first buffer layer at a side of the optical waveguide, the first buffer layer including a first buffer pattern and a plurality of openings defined by the first buffer pattern; and a second buffer layer at a side of the optical waveguide provided with the first buffer layer and at least covering the plurality of openings, a refractive index of the first buffer pattern is less than a refractive index of the optical waveguide, and a refractive index of the second buffer layer is greater than the refractive index of the optical waveguide. A display panel and a display device are further provided. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302644 | LIGHT EMITTING MODULE - A light emitting module includes: a lightguide plate having an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface, the upper surface including a first hole; a light emitting element on a lower surface side of the lightguide plate, the light emitting element facing the first hole; and a reflective resin layer, wherein the first hole includes a first portion and a second portion, the first portion includes a first lateral surface sloping with respect to the upper surface, the second portion has a second lateral surface sloping with respect to the upper surface, the second lateral surface being present between an opening in the upper surface and the first lateral surface of the first portion, and the reflective resin layer is located in the first portion of the first hole. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302645 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEMS EMPLOYING THIN AND FLEXIBLE WAVEGUIDES WITH ENHANCED LIGHT COUPLING - An illumination system with enhanced light coupling employing an optical waveguide and a linear array of discrete side-emitting light emitting diode (LED) packages which provide a light source. The optical waveguide is formed from a thin and flexible light transmissive sheet having a thickness between 0.2 mm and 2 mm and including a light input edge, a patterned light extraction area located at a distance from the light input edge, and a light mixing area located between the light input edge and the light extraction area. The LEDs are arranged on a flexible printed circuit board (PCB) which is positioned parallel to the light transmissive sheet and has a substantial portion of its area disposed in a space between the light input edge and an opposite edge. The light mixing area may include one or more light coupling structures and the flexible PCB may be bonded to the optical waveguide using adhesive. Light emitted by the LEDs is mixed within the light mixing area, distributed over the waveguiding substrate and emitted from the light extraction area. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302646 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device including a reflective sheet with high rigidity and low shrinkage and expansion, the liquid crystal display device comprising: a liquid crystal panel; a light guide plate provided below the liquid crystal panel; a light source for supplying light to the light guide plate; a reflective sheet provided below the light guide plate; a glass fiber coating layer provided on the upper surface and/or the lower surface of the reflective sheet; and a lower chassis provided below the reflective sheet. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302647 | Optical Fiber with Sequential Varying Core Profile Zones - The present disclosure provides an optical fiber and a method of fabricating an optical fiber. The method includes providing an optical fiber, the optical fiber defining a length having a proximal end and a distal end. The optical fiber includes a first core profile zone defining a first core diameter, and a second core profile zone defining a second core diameter different from the first core diameter. The optical fiber includes a first transition zone connecting the first core profile zone to the second core profile zone. The first core profile zone, the second core profile zone, and the first transition zone are formed as a single, continuous fiber. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302648 | HIGH-DENSITY ENERGY DIRECTING DEVICES FOR TWO-DIMENSIONAL, STEREOSCOPIC, LIGHT FIELD AND HOLOGRAPHIC HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAYS - Disclosed are high-density energy directing devices and systems thereof for two-dimensional, stereoscopic, light field and holographic head-mounted displays. In general, the head-mounted display system includes one or more energy devices and one or more energy relay elements, each energy relay element having a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is disposed in energy propagation paths of the one or more energy devices and the second surface of each of the one or more energy relay elements is arranged to form a singular seamless energy surface. A separation between edges of any two adjacent second surfaces is less than a minimum perceptible contour as defined by the visual acuity of a human eye having better than 20/40 vision at a distance from the singular seamless energy surface, the distance being greater than the lesser of: half of a height of the singular seamless energy surface, or half of a width of the singular seamless energy surface. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302649 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE ARTICLE WITH LAMINATE STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME - An optical waveguide article includes a base layer formed from a first glass composition with a refractive index n | 2021-09-30 |
20210302650 | FABRICATION PROCESS CONTROL IN OPTICAL DEVICES - Methods of fabricating optical devices with high refractive index materials are disclosed. The method includes forming a first oxide layer on a substrate and forming a patterned template layer with first and second trenches on the first oxide layer. A material of the patterned template layer has a first refractive index. The method further includes forming a first portion of a waveguide and a first portion of an optical coupler within the first and second trenches, respectively, forming a second portion of the waveguide and a second portion of the optical coupler on a top surface of the patterned template layer, and depositing a cladding layer on the second portions of the waveguide and optical coupler. The waveguide and the optical coupler include materials with a second refractive index that is greater than the first refractive index. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302651 | POLARIZERS BASED ON LOOPED WAVEGUIDE CROSSINGS - Structures for a polarizer and methods of fabricating a structure for a polarizer. A waveguide crossing includes a first arm and a second arm. A waveguide loop couples the first arm of the waveguide crossing to the second arm of the waveguide crossing. The waveguide crossing and the waveguide loop provide a structure for the polarizer. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302652 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR PHOTONIC DEMULTIPLEXERS - Techniques for photonic demultiplexers are disclosed. In the illustrative embodiment, an output of an unbalanced interferometer formed from waveguides is positioned to the input of a slab grating, with several output waveguides collecting light in different wavelength ranges to create different channels for the demultiplexer system. In some embodiments, one or more auxiliary structures may be positioned near the input of the grating to change the structure of the spatial modes being provided as an input to the grating in order to alter the spectra of the output channels. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302653 | ANALOG OPTIC MEMORY AND SIGNAL PROCESSING - A method, system, and computer program product for using photorefractive material for analog optic storage and other applications of optical neuromorphic systems. The method may include coupling electromagnetic radiation into a first optical input and a second optical input, where the first optical input and the second optical input are part of an integrated optical device, the integrated optical device including: a first optical mode coupler connected to a first pair of optical ports including a first optical input and output; a second optical mode coupler connected to a second pair of optical ports including a second optical input and output, and the first optical mode coupler connected to the second optical mode coupler using a pair of arms (including a photorefractive material). The method may also include obtaining an optical interference pattern in the photorefractive material of each arm of the integrated optical device. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302654 | Packaged Device With Optical Pathway - A packaged device includes an optical IC having an optical feature therein. An interconnect structure including layers of conductive features embedded within respective layers of dielectric materials overlie the optical feature. The interconnect structure is patterned to remove the interconnect structure from over the optical feature and a dielectric material having optically neutral properties, relative to a desired light wavelength(s) is formed over the optical feature. One or more electronic ICs may be bonded to the optical IC to form an integrated package. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302655 | OPTICAL FIBER MASS SPLICE METHODS AND ASSEMBLIES - Optical fiber mass splice methods and assemblies are provided. A method may include securing a fiber clamp to a fiber setting fixture, the fiber setting fixture including a fiber alignment block and a backstop. A plurality of fiber grooves may be defined in the fiber alignment block. The method may further include inserting a plurality of optical fibers into the fiber setting fixture such that each of the plurality of optical fibers is disposed in one of the plurality of fiber grooves and contacts the backstop. The method may further include loading, after the inserting step, each of the plurality of optical fibers into the fiber clamp. The method may further include clamping the plurality of optical fibers in the fiber clamp. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302656 | MULTI-FIBER SPLICE PROTECTOR, FIBER OPTIC CABLE ASSEMBLY INCORPORATING SAME, AND FABRICATION METHOD - A multi-fiber splice protector includes a strength member having at least one wall arranged in a tubular shape with a longitudinal opening extending through the wall to permit passage of a coated optical fiber into an inner cavity, with a thermoplastic hotmelt material arranged in the inner cavity. The longitudinal opening has a first width between 1 and 2 times the diameter of one coated optical fiber, while the inner cavity has a second width that is significantly greater than the first width to permit fusion spliced optical fibers to be not exclusively arranged in a 1-D array in the inner cavity. A fiber optic cable assembly including a multi-fiber splice protector with thermoplastic hotmelt material encapsulating fusion splice joints is further provided. Additionally provided is a method for forming a fiber optic cable assembly. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302657 | TERMINATING A CABLE ASSEMBLY WITH CONNECTORIZED PIGTAILS - A multi-fiber cable assembly includes a pigtail segments spliced to a trunk segment using multiple mass fusion splices. The splices are disposed at axially spaced positions within a hollow, flexible conduit. Fibers of the trunk segment are axially fixed at a first demarcation region disposed at the first end of the conduit. Fibers of the pigtail segments are axially fixed at a separate, second demarcation region disposed at the second end of the conduit. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302658 | OPTICAL FIBER DEVICE FOR REMOVING CLADDING LIGHT, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ETCHING THE SAME - The present invention relates to an optical fiber device for removing cladding light, an apparatus and a method for etching the same. The optical fiber device comprises: a first optical fiber section through an N | 2021-09-30 |
20210302659 | TUNABLE OPTICAL FILTER WITH BANDWIDTH TUNING CAPABILITY - Wavelength-tuning optical filters are presented that also allows for the tuning or real-time adjustment of its bandwidth, or passband width. The bandwidth-adjustable tunable optical filters use one or more diffraction gratings that are fixed in place to provide angular dispersion of different wavelengths. A first rotatable or tilting mirror is used to adjust the angle of incidence of an input optical beam to the diffraction grating or diffraction grating system, while a second rotatable or tilting mirror is used to aim the diffracted optical beam back through the diffraction grating or diffraction grating system, so that a subset of the incoming wavelengths are optically aligned to the end face of an output fiber. The first rotatable or tilting mirror provides tuning or adjustment of the bandwidth or passband width of the tunable optical filter, while the second rotatable or tilting mirror tunes or adjusts the center wavelength of the passband. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302660 | PAIR ROUTING BETWEEN THREE UNDERSEA FIBER OPTIC CABLES - An undersea fiber optic cable routing architecture including a branching unit coupled to three trunk cables capable of switching individual fibers in each fiber pair within a cable to either of the other two cables. The branching unit comprises a plurality of optical switches and a controller for receiving remote command signals and configuring the optical switches in accordance with the remote command signals. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302661 | PITCH CONVERSION APPARATUS FOR USE WITH OPTICAL FIBERS - Aspects and techniques of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus for providing 200 micron, or smaller, coated optical fibers with a 250 micrometer pitch diameter in preparation for insertion into a Multi-fiber Push On connector (MPO) and/or splicing apparatus. The apparatus can sort, arrange, and clamp optical fibers into a proper sequence to allow the coated optical fibers to be aligned for processing, for example, connectorization and/or splicing. The apparatus includes a separator element that defines grooves for receiving and sequencing coated optical fibers with respect to each other to set a uniform pitch diameter. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302662 | Fiber Optic Ferrule and Method for Terminating a Fiber Optic Ferrule to Prevent Delamination - A method for terminating a fiber optic ferrule included applying a force to a fiber optic ferrule while simultaneously holding the optical fibers. The fiber optic ferrule uses epoxy to hold the optical fibers, the epoxy can be either heat or light cured. The force is applied through a pusher that engages a cap on the front end of the fiber optic ferrule. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302663 | FIBER OPTIC CONNECTION SYSTEM - A fiber optic connection system ( | 2021-09-30 |
20210302664 | LENS-BASED CONNECTOR ASSEMBLIES HAVING PRECISION ALIGNMENT FEATURES AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - Lens-based optical connector assemblies and methods of fabricating the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a lens-based connector assembly includes a glass-based optical substrate includes at least one optical element within the optical substrate, and at least one alignment feature positioned at an edge of the glass-based optical substrate, wherein the at least one alignment feature is located within 0.4 μm of a predetermined position with respect to the at least one optical element along an x-direction and a y-direction. The lens-based connector assembly further includes a connector element including a recess having an interior surface, The interior surface has at least one connector alignment feature. The glass-based optical substrate is disposed within the recess such that the at least one alignment feature of the glass-based optical substrate engages the at least one connector alignment feature. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302665 | OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTORS AND METHODS OF CONNECTING OPTICAL FIBERS - A connector for optically connecting an optical fiber to an optical fiber port at a leading edge of the connector, the connector comprising: a housing configured to receive the optical fiber; a latch coupled to the housing and extending from the housing toward the leading edge of the connector; and a handle coupled to the latch, the handle operable to move the latch between locked and unlocked positions with respect to the optical fiber port, wherein moving the handle away from the leading edge of the connector unlocks the latch from the optical fiber port. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302666 | OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTORS AND METHODS OF CONNECTING OPTICAL FIBERS - A connector for optically connecting an optical fiber to an optical fiber port, the connector defining a first length, L | 2021-09-30 |
20210302667 | COMPACT FIBER OPTIC CONNECTORS HAVING MULTIPLE CONNECTOR FOOTPRINTS, ALONG WITH CABLE ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - Fiber optic connectors, cable assemblies and methods for making the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the optical connector comprises a housing and a ferrule. The housing comprises a longitudinal passageway between a rear end and a front end, and, a part of the rear portion of the housing comprises a round cross-section and a part of the front portion of the housing comprises a non-round cross-section with a transition region disposed between the rear portion and the front portion. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302668 | FEMALE HARDENED OPTICAL CONNECTORS FOR USE WITH MALE PLUG CONNECTORS - A female hardened fiber optic connector for terminating an end of a fiber optic cable that is suitable for making an optical connection with another hardened cable assembly and cable assemblies using the same are disclosed. The female hardened fiber optic connector includes a connector assembly, a crimp body, a connector sleeve, and female coupling housing. The connector sleeve has one or more orientation features that cooperate with one or more orientation features inside the female coupling housing. The crimp body has a first shell and a second shell for securing the connector assembly at a front end of the shells and a cable attachment region rearward of the front end for securing a cable. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302669 | FIBER OPTIC CASSETTE - A fiber optic cassette includes a body defining a front and an opposite rear. A cable entry location is defined on the body for a cable to enter the cassette, wherein a plurality of optical fibers from the cable extend into the cassette and form terminations at non-conventional connectors adjacent the front of the body. A flexible substrate is positioned between the cable entry location and the non-conventional connectors adjacent the front of the body, the flexible substrate rigidly supporting the plurality of optical fibers. Each of the non-conventional connectors adjacent the front of the body includes a ferrule, a ferrule hub supporting the ferrule, and a split sleeve surrounding the ferrule. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302670 | FIBER OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION MODULE - A fiber optical transceiver includes a package, a plurality of lead frames provided with the package and protruding outward from the package, a first circuit board installed in the package and electrically connected to the plurality of lead frames, and an optical element provided on the first circuit board. The package includes a ceramic portion formed of ceramic and covered with a metallized film. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302671 | Opto-Electronic Package and a Method for Making an Opto-Electronic Package - Opto-electronic packages and methods for making opto-electronic packages are disclosed, including a method comprising forming an opto-electronic circuit on a first surface of a substrate of a lower package assembly, the first surface of the substrate having a first bonding pattern configured to provide a hermetic seal, the first bonding pattern extending around the opto-electronic circuit; positioning a bottom of a ring frame onto the first bonding pattern so as to surround the opto-electronic circuit with the ring frame; hermetically sealing a bottom of the ring frame to the first bonding pattern of the first surface of the substrate of the lower package assembly subsequent to the formation of the opto-electronic circuit on the first surface of the substrate; and hermetically sealing a top of the ring frame to form a hermetically sealed opto-electronic package. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302672 | OPTICAL RECEPTACLE AND OPTICAL MODULE - An optical receptacle includes a first incidence surface, a first emission surface, and a reflection transmission part. The reflection transmission part includes an individual reflection surface, an individual transmission surface, and an individual connection surface. 0°<θa<37°, 70°<θb≤90° and θa+θb≥100° are satisfied where θa represents an angle between the individual transmission surface and an installation surface of the optical receptacle to a substrate and θb represents an angle between the individual connection surface and the installation surface. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302673 | OPTICAL RECEPTACLE AND OPTICAL MODULE - An optical receptacle optically couples a light emitting element and an optical transmission member when disposed between the light emitting element and the optical transmission member, and includes a first optical surface that allows incidence of light emitted from the light emitting element; a second optical surface that emits, toward the optical transmission member, light emitted from the light emitting element and advanced inside the optical receptacle; and a diffraction grating disposed on the first optical surface, on the second optical surface, or on a light path between the first and second optical surfaces. The diffraction grating is configured such that zero-order diffraction light of the light emitted from the light emitting element reaches an end portion of the optical transmission member, and that primary diffraction light of the light emitted from the light emitting element does not reach the end portion of the optical transmission member. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302674 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE, AND OPTICAL MODULATION DEVICE AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE USING IT - An optical waveguide device includes: a substrate having an electro-optic effect, an optical waveguide formed on the substrate, a light-receiving element disposed on the substrate and monitoring a light wave propagating through the optical waveguide or a light wave that is radiated from the optical waveguide; and a monitoring optical waveguide extending from the optical waveguide to the light-receiving element, in which the monitoring optical waveguide has a U-turn waveguide with respect to an output direction of the optical waveguide, and the light-receiving element is disposed at a part of the monitoring optical waveguide after the U-turn waveguide. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302675 | OPTICAL CONTROLLER SOCKET WITH WRAPPING WATERPROOF STRUCTURE - The disclosure discloses an optical controller socket with wrapping waterproof structure including a socket body with an opening at an inner hollow lower end, the lower end opening of the socket body is provided with an end cover, and an upper side of the end cover is fixedly installed with three clamping pieces disposed in the socket body, an upper side of the socket body is formed with plugholes respectively corresponding to three clamping pieces, and an outer side of an upper end of the socket body is wrapped with a waterproof sealing structure. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302676 | OPTICAL FIBER CABLE - An optical fiber cable includes a core that includes optical fibers, a sheath that accommodates the core, and an interposed layer disposed between the core and the sheath. The interposed layer includes sheet materials arranged in a circumferential direction of the optical fiber to cover the core. Each of the sheet materials includes fibers solidified by a matrix. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302677 | OPTICAL FIBER CABLE HAVING ROLLABLE RIBBONS AND CENTRAL STRENGTH MEMBER - An optical fiber cable may include a cable jacket, a rigid tensile reinforcement member centered within the cable jacket, and a plurality of partially bonded optical fiber ribbons around the rigid tensile reinforcement member. The optical fiber cable does not include any buffer tubes but may include a cushioning layer adjacent the ribbons. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302678 | SUBMARINE CABLE BRANCHING UNITS WITH FIBER PAIR SWITCHING - Submarine cable branching units with fiber pair switching configured to allow any number of trunk cable fiber pairs to access the optical spectrum any number of branch cable fiber pairs. Access to a particular branch terminal is not limited to predefined subset of the trunk fiber pairs. This approach allows fewer branch cable fiber pairs to be equipped in each branching unit, reducing system cost, simplifies system planning and provides flexible routing of overall trunk cable capacity. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302679 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE, AND OPTICAL MODULATION DEVICE AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE USING SAME - An optical waveguide device includes a substrate on which an optical waveguide is formed, and a reinforcing block disposed on the substrate, along an end surface of the substrate on which an input portion or an output portion of the optical waveguide is disposed, in which an optical component that is joined to both the end surface of the substrate and an end surface of the reinforcing block is provided, a material used for a joining surface of the optical component and a material used for the substrate or the reinforcing block have at least different linear expansion coefficients of a direction parallel to the joining surface, and an area of a joining portion of the optical component is set to be smaller than an area of the end surfaces including joining portions of the substrate and the reinforcing block. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302680 | SLIDABLE FIBER OPTIC CONNECTION MODULE WITH CABLE SLACK MANAGEMENT - A fiber optic telecommunications device includes a frame and a fiber optic module including a rack mount portion, a center portion, and a main housing portion. The rack mount portion is stationarily coupled to the frame, the center portion is slidably coupled to the rack mount portion along a sliding direction, and the main housing portion is slidably coupled to the center portion along the sliding direction. The main housing portion of the fiber optic module includes fiber optic connection locations for connecting cables to be routed through the frame. The center portion of the fiber optic module includes a radius limiter for guiding cables between the main housing portion and the frame, the center portion also including a latch for unlatching the center portion for slidable movement. Slidable movement of the center portion with respect to the rack mount portion moves the main housing portion with respect to the frame along the sliding direction. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302681 | FIBER OPTIC ENCLOSURE WITH INTERNAL CABLE SPOOL - A fiber optic enclosure assembly includes a housing having an interior region and a bearing mount disposed in the interior region of the housing. A cable spool is connectedly engaged with the bearing mount such that the cable spool selectively rotates within the housing. A termination module disposed on the cable spool so that the termination module rotates in unison with the cable spool. A method of paying out a fiber optic cable from a fiber optic enclosure includes rotating a cable spool, which has a subscriber cable coiled around a spooling portion of the cable spool, about an axis of a housing of the fiber optic enclosure until a desired length of subscriber cable is paid out. A termination module is disposed on the cable spool. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302682 | FIBER OPTIC ENCLOSURE WITH EXTERNAL CABLE SPOOL - A fiber optic telecommunications device includes an enclosure defining an interior. A first fiber optic adapter is provided at the enclosure. A spool is provided at an exterior of the enclosure. A fiber optic cable, which includes a first optical fiber, is wrapped around the spool. A first fiber optic connector is mounted at a first end of the first optical fiber. The first end of the first optical fiber is positioned within the interior of the enclosure. The first fiber optic connector is inserted within the first fiber optic adapter. The enclosure and the spool are configured to rotate in unison about a common axis when the fiber optic cable is unwound from the spool. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302683 | LENS HOLDER HAVING AIR ESCAPE HOLE, CAMERA MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A lens holder with an air escape hole which cannot be fouled by adhesive includes a holder body and a lens barrel disposed on the holder body. The holder body includes a first surface away from the lens barrel and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the first surface defines a groove. The groove includes a first bottom surface, the first bottom surface defines a recess. The recess includes a second bottom surface, the second bottom surface defines an air escape hole. A cross-sectional size of the air escape hole is less than a cross-sectional size of the recess. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302684 | SPACER AND LENS ASSEMBLY INCLUDING SPACER - A spacer includes: an opening through which light passes; an inner side surface forming the opening; and a protruding portion including a plurality of protrusions protruding from the inner side surface. Lengths of the plurality of protrusions vary in a circumferential direction of the protruding portion. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302685 | LENS APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A lens apparatus includes an holding barrel configured to hold a lens, movable relative to a fixed barrel in an optical axis direction, and configured to form a retracted state having an overall length of the lens apparatus smaller than when the lens apparatus is in an imaging state, an operating member configured to switch between a lock state that locks the holding barrel and an unlock state that unlocks the holding barrel, a state detector configured to detect a state of the holding barrel relative to the fixed barrel in the optical axis direction, a lock detector configured to detect whether the operating member is in the lock state or the unlock state, and an output unit configured to output detection results by the state detector and the lock detector, or information on whether imaging is available according to the detection results. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302686 | ANISOTROPIC ADHESIVE, LENS MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An anisotropic conductive adhesive includes a conductive layer including a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The conductive layer defines at least one air guide hole penetrating the first surface and the second surface. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302687 | A LENS ACTUATOR AND A CAMERA MODULE INCLUDING THE SAME - The embodiment relates to a lens actuator and a camera module including the same. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302688 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, PROJECTOR AND LIGHTING DEVICE - A light source device includes an excitation-light light source which emits excitation light, a reflection member which reflects the excitation light, a lens which is arranged on an optical path of the excitation light which leads from the excitation-light light source to the reflection member and refracts the excitation light, a housing which houses the reflection member in a hermetically sealed internal space, an operation member which is exposed from the housing in a direction which intersects the optical path and is moved towards the inside and outside of the housing, and an adjustment mechanism which adjusts a length of an optical path between the reflection member and the lens in linkage with the operation member which is moved towards the inside and outside of the housing. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302689 | LENS DRIVING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A lens driving apparatus includes an imaging lens assembly, a driving mechanism and a carrier element. The imaging lens assembly includes at least one plastic lens element. The plastic element includes an effective optical portion, a peripheral portion and a light-shielding layer. The peripheral portion surrounds the effective optical portion. The light-shielding layer is disposed on an object side of the peripheral and surrounds the effective optical portion. The driving mechanism includes at least one coil and at least one magnet. The magnet is disposed correspondingly with the coil. Both of the plastic element and the one of the coil and the magnet are directly connected with the carrier element. An outer surface of the carrier element includes an assembling structure. The assembling structure is directly contacted with one of the coil and the magnet. The assembling structure and the carrier element are made integrally. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302690 | OPTICAL MEMBER DRIVING MECHANISM - An optical member driving mechanism for connecting an optical member is provided, including a fixed portion and a first adhesive member. The fixed portion includes a first member and a second member, wherein the first member is fixedly connected to the second member via the first adhesive member. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302691 | LINEAR BALL GUIDED VOICE COIL MOTOR FOR FOLDED OPTIC - Actuators for carrying and actuating a lens having a first optical axis, the lens receiving light folded from a second optical axis substantially perpendicular to the first optical axis, comprising first and second VCM engines coupled to the lens and first and second linear ball-guided rails operative to create movement of the lens in two substantially orthogonal directions upon actuation by respective VCM engines. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302692 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device detects a specific type object in a captured image, detects a position of a line-of-sight of a photographer, and controls so that: in case where the specific type object is not detected in the captured image, a main object to which a specific process should be applied is selected based on a predetermined condition within a first type zone including a detected line-of-sight input position, and in case where the specific type object is detected in the captured image, if the detected line-of-sight input position is included in a second type zone that is larger than the first type zone and includes the specific type object, the specific type object included in the second type zone corresponding to the line-of-sight input position is selected as the main object to which the specific process should be applied, regardless of the predetermined condition. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302693 | IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - An image capturing apparatus in which a plurality of pixels each having a plurality of photoelectric conversion units for receiving light fluxes that have passed through different partial pupil regions of an imaging optical system are arrayed, wherein an entrance pupil distance Z | 2021-09-30 |
20210302694 | OPTICAL IMAGING LENS - An optical imaging lens including a first lens element, an aperture stop, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, and a sixth lens element sequentially along an optical axis from an object-side to an image-side is provided. At least one of the object side surfaces and the image side surfaces of the first lens element to the sixth lens element is free form surface. The optical imaging lens satisfies the conditions of ImgH/(T1+G12+T2)≥4.200. Furthermore, other optical imaging lenses are also provided. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302695 | OPTICAL SYSTEM, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IN-VEHICLE SYSTEM, AND MOVING APPARATUS - An optical system consists of a front lens unit having a positive or negative refractive power, a diaphragm, and a rear lens unit having a positive refractive power, which are arranged in this order from an object side to an image side. The front lens unit includes an aspherical lens that has a positive refractive power on an optical axis, and is disposed closest to an object. The aspherical lens has an aspherical surface on the object side in which an off-axis radius of curvature is larger than an on-axis radius of curvature. A predetermined condition is satisfied. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302696 | CAMERA LENS - The present invention provides a camera lens consisting of eight lenses and having a small height, a wide angle, and good optical properties. The camera lens includes, sequentially from an object side, a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a positive refractive power; a third lens having a negative refractive power; a fourth lens having a positive refractive power; a fifth lens having a negative refractive power; a sixth lens having a positive refractive power; a seventh lens having a positive or negative refractive power; and an eighth lens having a negative refractive power. The camera lens satisfies specific conditions. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302697 | CAMERA LENS - The present invention provides a camera lens consisting of eight lenses and having a small height, a wide angle, and good optical properties. The camera lens includes, sequentially from an object side, a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a negative refractive power; a third lens; a fourth lens having a positive refractive power; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; a seventh lens having a positive refractive power; and an eighth lens having a negative refractive power. The camera lens satisfies specific conditions. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302698 | CAMERA LENS - The present invention provides a camera lens consisting of eight lenses and having a small height, a wide angle, and good optical properties. The camera lens includes, sequentially from an object side, a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a positive refractive power; a third lens having a negative refractive power; a fourth lens having a positive refractive power; a fifth lens having a negative refractive power; a sixth lens having a positive refractive power; a seventh lens having a positive or negative refractive power; and an eighth lens having a negative refractive power. The camera lens satisfies specific conditions. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302699 | OPTICAL IMAGING LENS - An optical imaging lens including 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 sequentially along an optical axis from an object-side to an image-side is provided. The optical imaging lens satisfies the condition of V1+V2+V3+V5≤100.000. Furthermore, other optical imaging lenses are also provided. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302700 | IMAGING OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY, IMAGING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An imaging optical lens assembly includes five lens elements, which are, in order from an object side to an image side along an optical path, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. Each of the five lens elements has an object-side surface towards the object side and an image-side surface towards the image side. The third lens element has positive refractive power. At least one of the object-side surface and the image-side surface of at least one of the five lens elements includes at least one critical point in an off-axis region thereof. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302701 | CAMERA OPTICAL LENS - A camera optical lens includes first to fifth lenses. The camera optical lens satisfies: 0.75≤f1/f≤0.95; −4.50≤f3/f≤−3.00; 2.00≤(R5+R6)/(R5−R6)≤8.00; 3.00≤d7/d5≤5.00; and −12.00≤R3/R4≤−2.50, where f denotes a focal length of the camera optical lens; f1 denotes a focal length of the first lens; f3 denotes a focal length of the third lens; R3 and R4 respectively denote curvature radiuses of an object side surface and an image side surface of the second lens; R5 and R6 respectively denote curvature radiuses of an object side surface and an image side surface of the third lens; and d5 and d7 respectively denote an on-axis thickness of the third lens and an on-axis thickness of the fourth lens. The camera optical lens can achieve good optical performance while satisfying design requirements for ultra-thin, wide-angle lenses having large apertures. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302702 | Optical Imaging Lens - The disclosure discloses an optical imaging lens, which sequentially includes, from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens and a seventh lens. The first lens has positive refractive power, the fourth lens has positive refractive power, and the seventh lens has negative refractive power. A total effective focal length f of the optical imaging lens and a maximum Field Of View (FOV) of the optical imaging lens meet f×tan(FOV/2)≥5.5 mm. An effective focal length f4 of the fourth lens and an effective focal length f6 of the sixth lens meet 1.3≤f4/f6<4.5. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302703 | CAMERA MODULE - A camera module, which is mounted on an inside of a front windshield of a vehicle and to image an external environment of the vehicle, includes a lens unit and an imager to image the external environment by forming an optical image, which is from the external environment through the lens unit. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302704 | WIDE-ANGLE LENS, CAMERA MODULE AND VEHICLE CAMERA - This disclosure relates to a wide-angle lens, a camera module and a vehicle camera. The wide-angle lens sequentially includes: a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. An object side surface of the first lens is convex and an image side surface of the first lens is concave. An object side surface of the second lens is convex and an image side surface of the second lens is concave. The third lens and the sixth lens are bi-concave lenses. The fourth lens, the fifth lens and the seventh lens are bi-convex lenses. The fifth lens and the sixth lens form a cemented body. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302705 | SELF-TEMPERATURE FOCUS COMPENSATION DEVICE - A self-temperature focus compensation device adapted to cooperate with a lens group and including at least one Fresnel lens group is provided. Each Fresnel lens group has zero focal power at a specific temperature and is a cemented lens. Each Fresnel lens group includes a first Fresnel lens and a second Fresnel lens. The first Fresnel lens has positive focal power. The second Fresnel lens has negative focal power. A sum of a focal power change of the at least one Fresnel lens group with a temperature change and a focal power change of the lens group with the temperature change is zero. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302706 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS, PROJECTOR, AND MACHINING APPARATUS - A light source apparatus | 2021-09-30 |
20210302707 | READING CODES VIA A SURGICAL MICROSCOPE CAMERA - A method for operating a surgical microscope having a camera is described. The method includes the following steps: a code that is able to be captured in a set frequency range is introduced into the field of view of the camera, at least one image which includes the code is captured via the camera, an evaluation device is used to identify the code and compare the latter to set features of a code required to activate at least one function, and if the identified code has the set features, the activation of the function is authorized. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302708 | MEDICAL-OPTICAL OBSERVATION APPARATUS WITH OPTO-ACOUSTIC SENSOR FUSION - A medical-optical observation apparatus is provided, which includes an image recording device with an optical system and an optical field of view, for recording optical signals from an operating region, and a microphone device with an acoustic directional area, for the directed recording of acoustic signals with reference to the operating region, and wherein the acoustic directional area includes the optical field of view. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302709 | SCANNING OPTICAL SYSTEM AND SCANNING-TYPE CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE - A scanning optical system (SL) comprises a first lens group (G | 2021-09-30 |
20210302710 | BRAGG LIGHT SOURCE FOR DARK-FIELD IMAGING DEVICES - Articles and systems for dark microscopy and related methods are generally described. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302711 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING REFLECTIVE DARK FIELD (RDF) ILLUMINATION FOR A MICROSCOPE - A system and method for generating reflective dark field illumination in an imaging system that includes a set of elementary illuminators, each of the set of elementary illuminators including a light source, a lens assembly and an illuminator aperture; and a bright field/dark field (BD) lens. The set of elementary illuminators are positioned in a ring-like shape to direct light towards a port of the BD lens. Depending on an application of the imaging system, a lens assembly focal distance and a distance between a light source and a lens assembly are determined based on the application. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302712 | Immersion oils having long service life - An immersion oil for microscopy contains a) a first diester A1 based on a tricyclodecane radical K having one functional group and a first hydrocarbon derivative C1 having two functional groups, and b) a second diester A2 based on the tricyclodecane radical K having one functional group and a second hydrocarbon derivative C2 having two functional groups, where C1 and C2 are different. Methods can be used for the production of the immersion oil and for the use thereof in microscopy. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302713 | SPATIAL PHASE FILTER AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE FOR DEEP INTERROGATION OF STRONGLY SCATTERING MEDIA AND USES THEREOF - An imaging sensing system containing:
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20210302714 | TIRFM-CAPABLE MICROSCOPE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A TIRFM-CAPABLE MICROSCOPE - A TIRFM-capable microscope including: a light source that generates/emits incoherent excitation light onto an optical path that includes a first projection lens system, a spatial filter, a second projection lens system and an objective. The TIRFM-capable microscope also includes a controller; wherein the first projection lens system projects excitation light onto the spatial filter that filters the excitation light with two-dimensional patterns, the spatial filter lies in a plane conjugate to a back focal plane of the objective which includes an objective lens that directs excitation light onto and receives fluorescent light from the sample, wherein, for a numerical aperture NA | 2021-09-30 |
20210302715 | PERISCOPE OPTICAL ASSEMBLY WITH INSERTED COMPONENTS - Periscope assemblies are provided which have a light path that travels in a first plane along the first waveguide, a second plane along the second waveguide that is parallel to the first plane, and along a third plane along the third waveguide that intersects the first plane and the second plane. In some examples the periscope assembly includes first and second carriers comprising respective first and second waveguides and defining respective first and second cavities in which a third carrier comprising a third waveguide is disposed and optionally includes an optical component. In some examples, the cavities are defined in one or more carriers on a mating surface, on a side opposite to the mating surface, or on a side perpendicular to a mating surface. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302716 | TRANSMISSIVE OPTICAL DELAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - The disclosed discrete or continuous optical delay is a medium with high transmission, a high index of refraction and a low dispersion coefficient at the wavelength of light of interest. One side of the medium, orthogonal to the incident light, is fabricated to delay the light at discrete values in a periodic pattern that repeats as the optical delay rotates. The disclosed discrete or continuous optical delay enables the creation of compact interferometry equipment to be used outside a laboratory environment. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302717 | MEMS MICRO-MIRROR DEVICE WITH STOPPER AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A MEMS micro-mirror device includes a middle substrate, a movable structure, at least one stopper coupled with the movable structure, at least one flexure, an upper cap, and a lower cap. The movable structure includes a micro-mirror plate having a reflective surface. The flexure connects the stopper and the middle substrate. The upper cap, bonded with the middle substrate, has a first opening for allowing the movable structure's movement and has at least one first recess facing a first side of the flexure and a first side of the stopper. The lower cap, bonded with the middle substrate, has a second opening for allowing space for the movement and has at least one second recess facing a second side of the flexure and a second side of the stopper. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302718 | IDENTITY AUTHENTICATION USING LENS FEATURES - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining the identity of a user. In one aspect, a method comprises: obtaining at least one image depicting a reflection of light from a lens that is included in a set of eyeglasses; determining, based on the reflection of light from the lens, a set of features characterizing the lens; and determining an identity of a corresponding user based at least in part on the set of features characterizing the lens. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302719 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING LINE SEPARATION ARTIFACTS IN INTERLACED IMAGE PROJECTION - An image display system includes an optical subsystem configured to emit a modulated light beam, and a scanning mirror for generating a reflected light beam that is scanned according to randomly selected or pseudo-randomly selected scan patterns to generate multiple image fields of a multiple interlaced scan image. A plurality of different scan patterns can be cycled through, randomly or pseudo-randomly selected, for the different image fields to reduce artifacts that may be observed while viewing a projected image. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302720 | AIRBORNE SCANNING INSTRUMENT AND SATELLITE DEVICE WITH ANGLED MIRROR AND SHAFT AND RELATED METHODS - An airborne scanning instrument may include a scanning mirror configured to be carried by an airborne platform and having a major reflective surface to define a scanning path directed toward Earth. The airborne scanning instrument may include a shaft configured to rotate the scanning mirror about a shaft axis. The major reflective surface of the scanning mirror may be tilted at a first angle from the shaft axis, and the shaft axis may be tilted at a second angle relative to horizontal. The airborne scanning instrument may include a detector aligned with the scanning mirror to define a detector path therewith. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302721 | OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS - In an optical scanning apparatus, a first positioning portion has two seating surfaces that hold a mirror and a second positioning portion has only one seating surface that holds the mirror. A force of pressure of a first urging member is greater than a force of pressure of a second urging member, thereby preventing a vibration of the mirror. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302722 | IMAGING DEVICE AND VEHICLE VISUAL-RECOGNITION APPARATUS - An imaging device includes an imaging unit, a lens unit including a plurality of lenses stacked on each other to guide light to the imaging unit, a heater member used for a heater configured to heat a top lens closest to an object among the lenses included in the lens unit, and a reflection suppressor disposed between a region outside of an effective region of the top lens and the heater member, the reflection suppressor being configured to suppress light reflection. The reflection suppressor includes a first reflection suppressor disposed on the top lens side and having an uneven surface, and a second reflection suppressor disposed on the heater member side, the first reflection suppressor being layered on the second reflection suppressor. A surface of the second reflection suppressor facing the heater member is smoother than a surface of the second reflection suppressor facing the first reflection suppressor. | 2021-09-30 |