23rd week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 43 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160161621 | NOISE ATTENUATION VIA THRESHOLDING IN A TRANSFORM DOMAIN - A method can include receiving data in a data domain where a first portion of the data domain includes a signal to noise ratio that exceeds a signal to noise ratio in a second portion of the data domain; generating a model; in a transform domain, based at least in part on the model, filtering at least a portion of the data in the second portion of the data domain; and, based at least in part on the filtering, outputting noise attenuated data for at least a portion of the data in the second portion of the data domain. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161622 | SEGMENTED-FOIL DIVERTOR - A segmented-foil divertor for marine towed application, such as marine seismic exploration, having a plurality of longitudinally stackable foil segments with an internal conduit extending along the span of each segment to receive a cable passing therethrough. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161623 | CAPACITIVE SENSING FOR AUTOMATED FURNITURE - A system and method for incorporating occupancy-detecting technology into furniture is provided. More particularly, the invention relates to direct-connect device, system, and method for determining presence with respect to an automated furniture item, such as a recliner mechanism. In some aspects, a sensor is provided based on coupling one or more conductive features to a control component of the capacitance detector control component. A controller may determine the corresponding response based on occupancy detection and/or presence detection. A processor may receive information regarding changes in capacitance and determines when a change in voltage satisfies a threshold. Based on a determination of occupancy and/or presence, a variety of corresponding features of the adjustable recliner may be activated. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161624 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF BURIED OBJECTS USING IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY AND IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY - Methods include: providing instructions to a signal generator to transmit a first set of tomographic signals to a surface and a subsurface beneath the surface; obtaining a first return signal about the surface and the subsurface beneath the surface, the first return signal associated with the first set of tomographic signals; comparing the first return signal with the first set of tomographic signals to determine whether an object is present within the subsurface; providing instructions to the signal generator to transmit a set of spectrographic signals to the surface and subsurface in response to determining the object is present within the subsurface; obtaining a second return signal about the surface and subsurface beneath the surface, the second return signal associated with the set of spectrographic signals; and comparing the second return signal with the set of spectrographic signals to determine a characteristic of the object within the subsurface. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161625 | GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY SYSTEM USING HYBRID AIRCRAFT - There are systems and methods for performing a geophysical survey using a hybrid aircraft which includes an apparatus configured to perform the geophysical survey. The system including: three mutually orthogonal transmitters configured to transmit electromagnetic (EM) waveforms towards the ground which creates a secondary magnetic field, wherein the three mutually orthogonal transmitters are attached to the hybrid aircraft; three mutually orthogonal null-coupled receivers configured to obtain measurements associated with the secondary magnetic field, wherein the three mutually orthogonal null-coupled receivers are attached to the hybrid aircraft; and three mutually orthogonal gradient receivers configured to obtain measurements, wherein the three mutually orthogonal gradient receivers are attached to the hybrid aircraft. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161626 | Method To Predict Local Geomagnetic Disturbance Field And Its Practical Application - A method for correcting geomagnetic reference field includes measuring Earth magnetic field elements at least one F G known geodetic position. Earth magnetic field elements are measured at a position proximate the location. A disturbance function is determined from the Earth magnetic field measurements made at the at least one known geodetic position. A magnetic disturbance field measurement transfer function is estimated between the at the at least one known geodetic and proximate positions to estimate a disturbance function at the proximate position. The estimated magnetic disturbance function is used to correct geomagnetic reference field or measurements made at the location. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161627 | HOLOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES FOR CORROSION EVALUATION OF WELLBORE PIPES - A method includes obtaining a first small defect response at a given frequency of a first small defect on a first wellbore pipe positioned within a wellbore. A Fourier transform of the first small defect response is then calculated, and a first measured response at the given frequency of a first arbitrary metal loss defect in the first wellbore pipe is obtained with a sensor of a pipe inspection tool. A Fourier transform of the first measured response is then calculated, and a magnitude of the first arbitrary metal loss based on the Fourier transform of the first small defect response and the Fourier transform of the first measured response is then estimated. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161628 | DEEP SENSING SYSTEMS - Transmitting and receiving electromagnetic signals into and from a subterranean formation may include use of an antenna capable of transmitting and of receiving relatively low frequency electromagnetic signals, thereby enabling sensing at great depths. Utilization of a mostly buried dielectric slab with an exposed end may minimize the antenna's profile, facilitating integration into drilling equipment such as a drilling collar, mandrel, or wireline tool. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161629 | Monitoring Carbon Dioxide Flooding Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Measurements - A NMR logging tool is provided and disposed at some desired depth in a wellbore penetrating a subsurface formation. A first set of NMR measurements is made over a desired depth range and depth of investigation, wherein the first set of NMR measurements includes a first NMR signal intensity. Supercritical carbon dioxide is injected into the formation and a second set of NMR measurements is made over the desired depth range and depth of investigation, wherein the second set of NMR measurements includes a second NMR signal intensity. The first NMR signal intensity is compared to the second NMR signal intensity and one or more properties of the formation are inferred using the compared NMR measurements. A magnetic field gradient that varies a static magnetic field along a desired spatial dimension of a region of investigation may be provided to map a rate of fluid movement. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161630 | Monitoring Carbon Dioxide Flooding Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Measurements - A NMR logging tool is provided and disposed at some desired depth in a wellbore penetrating a subsurface formation. A first set of NMR measurements is made over a desired depth range and depth of investigation, wherein the first set of NMR measurements includes a first NMR signal intensity. Supercritical carbon dioxide is injected into the formation and a second set of NMR measurements is made over the desired depth range and depth of investigation, wherein the second set of NMR measurements includes a second NMR signal intensity. The first NMR signal intensity is compared to the second NMR signal intensity and one or more properties of the formation are inferred using the compared NMR measurements. A magnetic field gradient that varies a static magnetic field along a desired spatial dimension of a region of investigation may be provided to map a rate of fluid movement. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161631 | DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSING SYSTEM WITH VARIABLE SPATIAL RESOLUTION - Systems and methods for distributed acoustic sensing based on coherent Rayleigh scattering are disclosed herein. A system comprises a pulse generator, optical fibers coupled to the pulse generator, an interferometer coupled to the optical fibers, a photodetector assembly coupled to the interferometer, and an information handling system configured to detect a difference in backscattered light from the optical fibers. A method comprises sending an optical pulses down optical fibers, receiving backscattered light from the optical pulses, combining the backscattered light from the optical pulses to form an interferometric signal, receiving the interferometric signal at a photodetector assembly, and determining a difference in the interferometric signal at an information handling system. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161632 | GEO-LOCATING POSITIONS ALONG OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES - A method of correlating physical locations with respective positions along an optical waveguide can include transmitting to the waveguide a signal including an indication of the transmitting location, and the waveguide receiving the signal. A system for correlating a physical location with a position along an optical waveguide can include a transmitter which transmits to the optical waveguide a signal including an indication of the transmitter location, and a computer which correlates the location to the position, based on the signal as received by the waveguide. A method of determining a position along an optical waveguide at which a signal is transmitted can include modulating on the signal an indication of a transmission location, and transmitting the signal to the waveguide, thereby causing vibration of the waveguide. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161633 | GEO-LOCATING POSITIONS ALONG OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES - A method of correlating physical locations with respective positions along an optical waveguide can include transmitting to the waveguide a signal including an indication of the transmitting location, and the waveguide receiving the signal. A system for correlating a physical location with a position along an optical waveguide can include a transmitter which transmits to the optical waveguide a signal including an indication of the transmitter location, and a computer which correlates the location to the position, based on the signal as received by the waveguide. A method of determining a position along an optical waveguide at which a signal is transmitted can include modulating on the signal an indication of a transmission location, and transmitting the signal to the waveguide, thereby causing vibration of the waveguide. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161634 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GEOMECHANICAL AND ROCK PHYSICS ELASTOSTATIC MODELING - A method for geomechanical and rock physics modeling of a geologic volume of interest may include solving for the elastostatic boundary value problems using a finite-difference method which applies the Virial Theorem. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161635 | A SIMULATION-TO-SEISMIC WORKFLOW CONSTRUED FROM CORE BASED ROCK TYPING AND ENHANCED BY ROCK REPLACEMENT MODELING - The disclosed embodiments include a system and method for performing a simulation to seismic process. In one embodiment, the system is configured to perform operations comprising constructing a petrophysical realization and selecting a candidate model for fluid flow simulation using the petrophysical realization. Empirical petrofacies definitions is applied on the selected candidate model and assigning relative permeability at each node of the petrofacies definitions of the selected candidate model. The operations performs flow simulation on selected candidate model and performs analysis on the results of the simulation on selected candidate model to verify rock type flow units. The dynamic and static simulation results are synthesized such that the combined data yield a measurable rock property that may be compared to seismic properties and used to calibrate subsequent iterations of the static earth model. The continued iteration of the workflow may then be undertaken with the updated/refined earth model. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161636 | Rain Gauge - The present invention comprises a rain gauge system having an attachment section for disposition on guttering, a removable vessel section, and preferably, an extension stick for placing and removing the removable vessel. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161637 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING ELECTRODE USING A METAMATERIAL HIGH PASS FILTER - A transparent conducting electrode using a metamaterial high pass filter includes a substrate and a metal layer. The metal layer is disposed on a surface of the substrate and has a plurality of periodic patterns, wherein the plurality of periodic patterns are interconnected to form a metamaterial structure with subwavelength meshes, and a size of open area of the periodic pattern is smaller than the average wavelength of visible light. The abovementioned transparent conducting electrode using the metamaterial high pass filter has advantages of higher transmittance, conductivity and flexibility and lower process temperature. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161638 | UV-BLOCKING SILICONE HYDROGEL COMPOSITION AND SILICONE HYDROGEL CONTACT LENS CONTAINING THEREOF - The present disclosure provides a UV-blocking silicone hydrogel composition including a hydrophilic silicone macromer, a UV-blocking monomer, a first hydrophilic monomer, a crosslinker and a polymerization initiator. The hydrophilic silicone macromer has a general formula: V-L-S-(L′-V′) | 2016-06-09 |
20160161639 | CONTACT LENSES COMPRISING WATER SOLUBLE N-(2 HYDROXYALKYL) (METH)ACRYLAMIDE POLYMERS OR COPOLYMERS - The present invention relates to biomedical devices, and particularly contact lenses comprising a polymer having entangled therein at least one polymer comprising repeating units from N-(2-hydroxyalkyl)(meth)acrylamide. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161640 | OPTICAL COMPONENT AND TIMEPIECE - An optical component includes a base material and an antireflection film containing silica particles, wherein the porosity of the antireflection film is 15% by volume or more and 36% by volume or less. The number-based average particle diameter of the silica particles is preferably 0.5 nm or more and 4.0 nm or less. The antireflection film is preferably formed by using a composition containing the silica particles and a dispersion medium for dispersing the silica particles. The thickness of the antireflection film is preferably 50 nm or more and 120 nm or less. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161641 | OPTICAL COMPONENT AND TIMEPIECE - An optical component includes a base material and an antireflection film containing silica particles, wherein the silica particles have a first local maximum in the range of 1.5 nm or more and 2.5 nm or less (a first range), a second local maximum in the range of 3.5 nm or more and 4.5 nm or less (a second range), and a third local maximum in the range of 7.5 nm or more and 8.5 nm or less (a third range) in a number-based particle size distribution. It is preferred that the silica particles have a fourth local maximum in the range of 5.5 nm or more and 6.5 nm or less in the number-based particle size distribution. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161642 | HARD-COAT INFUSED POLYCARBONATE HEADLAMP LENS AND RELATED METHOD - A headlamp lens includes a polycarbonate substrate and an infused protective skin covering on at least one surface of the polycarbonate substrate. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161643 | HYBRID EPOXY-ACRYLIC WITH ZIRCONIUM OXIDE NANOCOMPOSITE FOR CURABLE COATINGS - A composition includes: a continuous liquid phase including an acrylic monomer and an epoxy monomer; and a dispersed nanoparticulate including ZrO | 2016-06-09 |
20160161644 | SOLID STATE ILLUMINATION DEVICE HAVING PLASMONIC ANTENNA ARRAY FOR ANISOTROPIC EMISSION - There is provided an illumination device ( | 2016-06-09 |
20160161645 | NON-VISIBLE LIGHT REFLECTIVE SHEET, OPTICAL SHEET, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present disclosure provides a non-visible light reflective sheet including a base material having a corrugated surface on a reference surface, and a reflective layer formed along the corrugated surface and reflecting non-visible light. As for the non-visible light reflective sheet, when an angle of a tangent of the corrugated surface being inclined with respect to the reference surface is an inclination angle, a distribution rate of the inclination angle of 25 deg is 1.0[%/deg] or more, and a proportion of a projected area, onto the reference surface, of a region where the inclination angle is 40 deg or more to a total area of the reference surface is 20% or less. Thus, the non-visible light reflective sheet having a further excellent reflection characteristic can be provided. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161646 | Film Element - The invention concerns a film element having a replication layer ( | 2016-06-09 |
20160161647 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING MOLD FOR MINUTE PATTERN TRANSFER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING DIFFRACTION GRATING USING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ORGANIC EL ELEMENT INCLUDING THE DIFFRACTION GRATING - A method for producing a mold includes: applying a block copolymer solution made of first and second polymers on a base member; performing a first annealing process at a temperature higher than Tg of the block copolymer after drying the coating film; forming a concavity and convexity structure on the base member by removing the second polymer by an etching process; performing a second annealing process of the concavity and convexity structure at a temperature higher than Tg of the first polymer; forming a seed layer on the structure; laminating or stacking a metal layer on the seed layer by an electroforming; and peeling off the metal layer from the base member. The second annealing process enables satisfactory transfer of a concavity and convexity structure on the base member onto the metal layer. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161648 | METHOD OF FABRICATING LARGE AREA BIREFRINGENT GRATING FILMS - A method of fabricating large area birefringent grating films requires directing a UV beam through a large-scale LC polymer film alignment template on which a predetermined periodic alignment pattern has been imprinted and onto a photo-alignment layer such that the pattern is transferred thereon. The alignment template is fabricated by directing a collimated linearly polarized UV beam through a birefringent prism to produce two UV beams, which are directed onto a photo-alignment layer through a uniform quarter-wave plate to create a UV hologram which imprints the desired pattern onto the photo-alignment layer. These steps are repeated on different portions of the photo-alignment layer to create a large-scale photo-alignment layer. The photo-alignment layer, with a desired alignment pattern transferred with UV exposure through an alignment template, is then coated with a polymerizable LC material such that the desired pattern is followed by the liquid crystal molecules in the coating, which is then exposed with a UV beam so as to photo-polymerize the polymerizable LC material, and the coating is continued till the total coating thickness reaches either quarter-wave or half-wave retardation values at the wavelength of the UV source passing through the alignment template. Alternatively, a new alignment template can also be fabricated using a pre-existing alignment template with a half-wave retardation at the exposing UV wavelengths, and the alignment periodicity of the new alignment template is about half as the periodicity in the pre-existing alignment template. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161649 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a display substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device, the display substrate comprises an active area, a first black matrix and a light leaking region, the first black matrix surrounding the active area, and the light leaking region surrounding the periphery of the first black matrix, wherein the display substrate further comprises a filter layer surrounding the first black matrix, the filter layer covers the light leaking region so as to reduce the transmittance of light at the light leaking region, and the resistivity of the filter layer is larger than that of the first black matrix. In the display substrate, the light leaking region is covered by the filter layer, the transmittance of light at light leaking region is thus reduced, therefore, likelihood of viewer observing light leakage at the light leaking region may be decreased. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161650 | DISPLAYS WITH SELECTIVE REFLECTORS AND COLOR CONVERSION MATERIAL - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for image displays incorporating color selective reflectors. The display apparatus includes a substantially monochromatic light source capable of outputting a substantially monochromatic light. The display apparatus incorporates a color conversion material capable of converting at least a portion of the substantially monochromatic light output by the substantially monochromatic light source into light associated with at least one subfield color. The display device also includes a plurality of pixels, each pixel including at least two color-selective reflectors, each color-selective reflector being capable of passing light of a respective subfield color and reflecting light associated with at least two other subfield colors. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161651 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POLARIZING FILM AND POLARIZING FILM MANUFACTURED USING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a polarizing film includes compressing a melt-blend of a hydrophobic polymer resin and a dichroic dye to manufacture a sheet, disposing the sheet in a water bath, the water bath including an elongation roll, elongating the sheet in the water bath in a uniaxial direction with the elongation roll to manufacture a film, and drying the film. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161652 | Separator-attached adhesive layer structure and production method therefor, separator-attached adhesive layer and polarizing film combination structure and production method therefor, and image display device - Provided are a separator-attached adhesive layer structure which comprises a separator having moderate light peelability with respect to an adhesive layer and exhibits excellent processability and durability, and a production method therefor. The production method comprises: a first step of forming a layer of an adhesive composition containing a (meth)acryl-based polymer, a peroxide and a phenolic antioxidant, on a release treatment surface of a separator subjected to a release treatment; and a second step of, after completion of the first step, heating the adhesive composition to cause cross-linking therein so as to be formed as an adhesive layer. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161653 | WIRE GRID POLARIZER AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A wire grid polarizer and a method of fabricating a wire grid polarizer are provided. The wire grid polarizer comprises a substrate configured to have a plurality of recessed patterns disposed on a first surface thereof, a plurality of conductive wire patterns configured to be disposed in the recessed patterns, respectively, of the substrate, and an oxide layer configured to be disposed on the substrate and the conductive wire patterns. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161654 | WIRE GRID POLARIZER, DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - Provided are light source module and backlight unit. A wire grid polarizer including a substrate, and a plurality of conductive wire patterns configured to be formed parallel to one another on the substrate, wherein each of the conductive wire patterns includes a first conductive wire pattern, an insulating layer and a second conductive wire pattern and the first and second conductive wire patterns are electrically insulated from each other and have different shapes. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161655 | ANTIREFLECTION FILM AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - An organic light emitting device includes an anti-reflection film including a polarizer and a compensation film positioned on the polarizer and including a liquid crystal layer which includes liquid crystals oriented in a direction tilting obliquely with respect to a surface of the liquid crystal layer extending in a horizontal direction in a cross sectional view, tilt angles of the liquid crystals are gradually larger from the first side to the second side, a maximum tilt angle of the liquid crystals with respect to the surface of the liquid crystal layer is from about 15° to about 80°, and in-plane retardation (R | 2016-06-09 |
20160161656 | Illumination Device Having a Light Guide With Leaky Side Surfaces - An illumination device includes one or more light-emitting elements (LEEs) arranged to provide light; a light guide includes a receiving end and an opposing end, the receiving end being arranged to receive the light provided by the LEEs. The light guide further includes a pair of opposing side surfaces extending along a length of the light guide between the receiving and opposing ends. The light guide is configured to guide the received light in a forward direction, along the length of the light guide toward the opposing end, and transmit a first portion of the guided light into ambient through one or more of the opposing side surfaces as sideways leaked light. The illumination device further includes an extractor located at the opposing end and configured to output into the ambient a remaining portion of the guided light—that reaches the opposing end—as output light in backward directions. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161657 | OPTICAL FILM, BARRIER FILM, LIGHT CONVERSION MEMBER, BACKLIGHT UNIT, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device having high transmittance and a high color reproduction region, which includes a backlight unit including a light conversion member; and a liquid crystal cell and in which the light conversion member includes a light conversion layer containing a fluorescent material and an optical film arranged on both surfaces of the light conversion layer, the optical film includes an optical thin film forming an air interface, and a layer directly adjacent to the optical thin film, the liquid crystal display device satisfies n(535)2016-06-09 | |
20160161658 | Backlight Module and LCD Device - The present invention proposes an LCD device having a backlight module. The backlight module includes a light guide plate, a first light source unit set up in a corner of a first light-in side of the light guide plate, and a second light source unit set up in a corner of a second light-in side of the light guide plate. The first light-in side is set up in opposition to the second light-in side, and the corner of the second light-in side is in diagonal to the corner of the first light-in side. The present invention provides a backlight module and an LCD device in which light enters the light guide plate in a corner. The entering light mix uniformly in the LGP without dark area, and the number of LED along with expense and energy consumption are reduced compared to that of a single short light-in side backlight module. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161659 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus including a display panel and a backlight to supply light to the display panel is provided. The backlight includes a light guide plate to guide light to the display panel, at least one three dimensional light source disposed to face a side end of the light guide plate, a two dimensional light source disposed at a rear of the light guide plate, and at least one diffusion member disposed between the at least one three dimensional light source and the side end of the light guide plate. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161660 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a display apparatus including a display panel, a light guide plate, a first light source unit, and a first reflective member. The display panel may receive light to display an image. A first recess may be defined on a surface of the light guide plate. The first light source unit may include a plurality of light sources that generate the light and are received in the first recess. The first reflective member may be received in the first recess and disposed between two mutually adjacent light sources of the first light source unit to reflect the light. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161661 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND BACKLIGHT UNIT INCLUDED THEREIN - A display device includes a display panel, a backlight unit outputting light to the display panel, and an optical member refracting or reflecting the light output from the backlight unit and providing the display panel with the light. The backlight unit includes a light source emitting the light, a light guide plate scattering the light emitted from the light source and irradiating the scattered light to a front surface of the backlight unit, a reflective sheet reflecting the light, which is irradiated to a rear surface of the light guide plate, to the light guide plate, a quantum dot sheet for converting the light, which is irradiated to the front surface of the light guide plate, into a white light, and a light-converting material provided on an edge portion of the reflective sheet to convert the light into the white light. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161662 | DIRECTIONAL BACKLIGHT UNIT - Provided is a directional backlight unit. The directional backlight unit includes a source light unit configured to generate dot source light, a linear source light generator configured to separate a plurality of source lights, which are output in a direction vertical to a line type output surface, from the dot source light according to different grating periods and generate the separated plurality of source lights as linear source lights, and a light guide panel configured to output backlight, which has a form of flat source lights and includes the plurality of source lights, in a direction vertical to a plate type output surface according to the different grating periods. The linear source light generator includes an incident surface on which the dot source light is incident and the line type output surface on which a plurality of grating patterns having the different grating periods are provided. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161663 | DUAL-SIDED FILM WITH COMPOUND PRISMS - Dual-sided optical films have extended prisms formed in one major surface, and extended lenslets formed in an opposite major surface. Some or all of the prisms are compound prisms, in which the two inclined surfaces of each compound prism each include a tip portion, a base portion, and an intermediate portion disposed between the tip portion and the base portion, the intermediate and tip portions forming a concave shape and the intermediate and base portions forming a convex shape, or vice versa. When obliquely incident light, e.g. from a light guide, is incident on the prism side of the film, an output beam emerges from the lenslet side of the film. The output beam has an intensity distribution with a sharp left beam edge and a sharp right beam edge, these beam edges having 10%-to-90% transition angles of no more than 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, or 2 degrees. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161664 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present invention reduces brightness unevenness at the periphery of a non-display region in a display device that uses an edge-type backlight by means of a display device being provided with a liquid crystal panel, a light guide plate, which has the surface opposing the liquid crystal panel as the light emitting surface and one lateral surface other than the light emitting surface and the surface opposite the light emitting surface as the light incident surface, a light source unit, which opposes the light incident surface, and an opening that pierces the light guide plate from the light emitting surface to the surface opposite the light emitting surface, the configuration being such that the length (X) from the light incident surface to the center of the opening is at least | 2016-06-09 |
20160161665 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND BACKLIGHT MODULE - A display device including a heat dissipation component, a display panel, a light guide plate, an optical film set, and a light source set is provided. The heat dissipation component has a supporting surface, a first connecting surface, and a second connecting surface. The supporting surface supports the display panel. The light guide plate is connected to the first connecting surface, and has a light incident surface and a light emitting surface. The optical film set is connected to the second connecting surface, and located between the light guide plate and the display panel, wherein the light emitting surface of the light guide plate faces the optical film set. The light source set is disposed on the heat dissipation component, and aligned to the light incident surface of the light guide plate. A backlight module adapted to the display device is also provided. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161666 | Backlight Assembly with Lightproof Arrangement - A backlight assembly is provided with upper and lower reflective layers secured together and folded to form a concealed space; a light guide layer in the space and including at least one light entrance; an opaque blocking layer at either side portion joining the upper and lower reflective layers; and at least one light source each at the light entrance. Light emitted by the light source travels to the light entrance, and further travels to predetermined areas via paths defined by the upper and lower reflective layers. Light leaking is decreased to a minimum during light transmitting. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161667 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed is a backlight unit and LCD device having a fixing device attached to a bottom cover and a guide panel to prevent the guide panel from shifting and detaching from the bottom cover. The backlight unit comprises a bottom cover having a bottom portion including a first hole, and a side portion having a second hole; a light guide plate on the bottom portion of the bottom cover; at least one optical sheet on the light guide plate; a guide panel adjacent the guide plate and the optical sheet; and a fixing device. The fixing device includes a horizontal portion; and a side portion extending perpendicularly from the horizontal portion. The side portion includes second protrusion portions extending inward from an edge of the side portion and parallel to the horizontal portion, and supporting portions extending vertically from the side portion at distal ends of the side portion. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161668 | LIGHTING DEVICE WITH LIGHT SOURCES POSITIONED NEAR THE BOTTOM SURFACE OF A WAVEGUIDE - A device according to embodiments of the invention includes a waveguide, typically formed from a first section of transparent material. A light source is disposed proximate a bottom surface of the waveguide. The light source comprises a semiconductor light emitting diode and a second section of transparent material disposed between the semiconductor light emitting diode and the waveguide. Sidewalls of the second section of transparent material are reflective. A surface to be illuminated is disposed proximate a top surface of the waveguide. In some embodiments, an edge of the waveguide is curved. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161669 | REFRIGERATOR WITH SHELF LIGHTING - A refrigerator with shelf lighting is provided that may include a refrigerator main body having a storage room, at least one shelf provided inside of the storage room, a light source provided at a rear end of the shelf, a power supply provided at a rear of the storage room, the power supply supplying power to the light source, and a light guide plate provided at the at least one shelf. The light guide plate may guide light of the light source to a front of the shelf. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce a length of an electric wire connecting the light source to the power supply and prevent the occurrence of glare caused by direct lighting. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161670 | OPTICAL FIBER FOR THE REDUCTION OF STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING IN HIGH-POWER APPLICATIONS - The invention relates to an optical fiber comprising a core and a cladding, wherein the core is made of a glass composition having a near-zero electrostrictive coefficient M | 2016-06-09 |
20160161671 | LIGHT INTERCONNECTION DEVICE USING PLASMONIC VIA - A light interconnection device includes a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) waveguide including first and second metal layers and a dielectric layer provided between the first and second metal layers, and a plasmonic antenna including a slot penetrating through the second metal layer. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161672 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTIPLE-PASS STRIPPING OF AN OPTICAL FIBER COATING - Systems and methods for multiple-pass stripping of an optical fiber are disclosed. The method include irradiating a first portion of the coating with a first beam of radiation having a wavelength at which the coating is substantially transparent and an intensity that exceeds the optical-damage threshold of the coating to form a first damaged coating portion. The method also includes receiving at least a portion of the first radiation beam and redirecting it as a one or more redirected radiation beam to either the first portion of the coating to assist in forming the first damaged coating portion, or to one or more second portions of the coating to form one or more second damaged coating portions. The method additionally includes exposing a section of the central glass portion damaged portions of the coating. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161673 | ALIGNMENT DEVICE, SPLICING DEVICE, ALIGNING METHOD, AND SPLICING METHOD FOR OPTICAL FIBERS - An optical fiber alignment device includes an image-capturing device capturing images of end surfaces of two optical fibers; an image-analyzing device obtaining position coordinates of two or more cores in the end surfaces from the image captured by the image-capturing device for each of the two optical fibers; a calculation device substituting the position coordinates of the cores obtained for each of the optical fibers in a theoretical equation that represents a total sum of axial deviation losses at the time of splicing the cores to each other, the calculation device obtaining a positional relationship between the end surfaces of the optical fibers from the theoretical equation such that the total sum of the axial deviation losses becomes a minimum; and a driving device arranging the optical fibers such that the end surfaces of the optical fibers satisfy the positional relationship obtained by the calculation device. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161674 | OPTICAL COMBINER, LASER DEVICE USING SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL COMBINER - An optical combiner | 2016-06-09 |
20160161675 | Graphene Photonics For Resonator-Enhanced Electro-Optic Devices And All-Optical Interactions - Techniques for coupling light into graphene using a planar photonic crystal having a resonant cavity characterized by a mode volume and a quality factor and at least one graphene layer positioned in proximity to the planar photonic crystal to at least partially overlap with an evanescent field of the resonant cavity. At least one mode of the resonant cavity can couple into the graphene layer via evanescent coupling. The optical properties of the graphene layer can be controlled, and characteristics of the graphene-cavity system can be detected. Coupling light into graphene can include electro-optic modulation of light, photodetection, saturable absorption, bistability, and autocorrelation. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161676 | Uncooled Operation of Microresonator Devices - This invention removes the need to provide temperature control for an optical time delay chip, which is usually provided by a thermo-electric-cooler, in order to significantly reduce the power dissipation of the device and allow ‘uncooled’ operation. Uncooled operation is achieved by monitoring the temperature of the chip, and changing the tuning of each microresonator within the device in order to continue providing the required time delay as the temperature is varied. This invention takes advantage of the fact that microresonators provide a series of resonant wavelengths over a wide wavelength range, so that the closest resonance wavelength below the operating wavelength can always be tuned up to that wavelength. When the device temperature changes, this is accounted for by both the choice of resonance wavelengths and the tuning for each of the microresonators in the device, in order to keep the correct tunable delay. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161677 | Method for Fabricating a Metallic Micro/Nanostructure at an Optical Fiber End-facet by the Glue-and-Strip Method - The present invention provides a method for fabricating a metallic micro/nanostructure at an optical fiber end-facet by the glue-and-strip method, wherein, firstly a metallic micro/nanostructure is fabricated on a substrate which has a relatively low binding force with it, then an optical fiber end-facet is applied with an adhesive, or a surface of the metallic micro/nanostructure is applied with the adhesive, after that, the optical fiber end-facet and the metallic micro/nanostructure are glued at a predetermined angle, and finally, the adhesive is cured and the optical fiber end-facet and the metallic micro/nanostructure are stripped off the substrate to complete the fabrication. The present invention is based on the idea in the glue-and-strip method that a noble metal is stripped off a weakly bound substrate, and thus demonstrates a new method which enables fabricating a metallic micro/nanostructure at an optical fiber end-facet with high quality, and the process of which is simple, fast, and low cost. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161678 | EXPANDED BEAM FIBER OPTIC CONENCTOR, AND CABLE ASSEMBLY, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING - A fiber optic cable and connector assembly is disclosed. In one aspect, the assembly includes a cable optical fiber, an optical fiber stub and a beam expanding fiber segment optically coupled between the cable optical fiber and the optical fiber stub. The optical fiber stub has a constant mode field diameter along its length and has a larger mode field diameter than the cable optical fiber. In another aspect, a fiber optic cable and connector assembly includes a fiber optic connector mounted at the end of a fiber optic cable. The fiber optic connector includes a ferrule assembly including an expanded beam fiber segment supported within the ferrule. The expanded beam fiber segment can be constructed such that the expanded beam fiber segment is polished first and then cleaved to an exact pitch length. The expanded beam fiber segment can be fusion spliced to a single mode optical fiber at a splice location behind the ferrule. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161679 | OPTICAL RECEPTACLE, FERRULE, AND PLUG FERRULE - According to an aspect of the invention, an optical receptacle, comprising: a fiber stub including a ferrule containing an optical fiber conducting light; a holder holding the fiber stub; and a sleeve, one end of the sleeve being capable of holding a tip of the fiber stub, one other end of the sleeve being capable of holding a plug ferrule inserted into the optical receptacle, the ferrule including a foreign matter movement suppressor in an end surface of the ferrule, the end surface being polished into a convex spherical configuration on a side to be connected to the plug ferrule, the foreign matter movement suppressor suppressing movement of foreign matter moving, due to inserting and removing the plug ferrule, from an outer circumferential portion of the ferrule toward a central portion of the end surface. It is possible to prevent the loss occurring due to the foreign matter at the outer circumferential portion of the fiber stub moving to the central portion of the end surface of the ferrule when repeatedly inserting and removing the plug ferrule into and from the optical receptacle; and it is possible to reduce the Wiggle loss by maintaining the length where the sleeve holds the fiber stub. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161680 | Alignment Adapter and Alignment Design for a Connector Therefor - An adapter with novel alignment features engages alignment features on a plug, providing general alignment of the ferrule holders and ferrules in the plug. After the plug engages the adapter, the ferrule holders engage a second set of alignment features in the adapter to provide fine alignment for the ferrules. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161681 | PLUGGABLE OPTICAL CONNECTOR, LOCK AND RELEASE MECHANISM THEREFOR - A pluggable optical connector with a lock and release mechanism having a slider. The slider includes a handle, two spaced apart longitudinal arms extending from the handle and along two opposite sidewalls of a housing of the connector, two wedges formed at two free ends of the two arms respectively for forcing two deflectable locking tabs formed on a cage outwards when the connector is plugged into the cage and locked therein, and a bridge extending between the two arms. A single transverse leaf spring is positioned between the bridge and a transverse vertical wall extending inwardly from the housing of the connector. The leaf spring exerts spring force in a longitudinal direction, and locking of the connector is released with a reverse movement of the connector countering the spring force. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161682 | TOOL FOR RELEASING ENGAGED STATE OF OPTICAL CONNECTOR - Disclosed is a tool for releasing an engaged state in which a receptacle-side engagement section formed on a side surface of a receptacle provided on a substrate is engaged with a connector-side engagement section of an optical connector that is attachable to and detachable from the receptacle. The tool includes: release claws to be inserted into respective gaps, each gap being formed between a member arranged between a pair of engagement side plate parts each being provided with the connector-side engagement section, and each engagement side plate part; and a guide part that comes into opposition with a side surface of the optical connector or the receptacle. By bringing the guide part into opposition with the side surface and sliding the release claws toward the substrate, the engagement side plate parts are spread outward by the release claws and the engaged state is released. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161683 | DYNAMIC RANGE ALIGNMENT TOLERANT OPTICAL COUPLING FOR FIBER OPTIC COMMUNICATIONS - In one exemplary embodiment, an optical coupler of a fiber optic system can include a light-source input cavity packaged in a outer casing. The cavity can receive an optical signal from a light source. An optical collimator packaged in the outer casing such that a receiving end of the optical collimator can receive the light source from the light-source input cavity. The optical collimator can include at least one beam forming stage. The optical collimator can generate a collimated beam output from the optical signal. An optical cavity can receive the collimated beam output of the optical collimator. The optical cavity can be coaxially included in a receiving optical fiber coupled with the outer casing coupled with optical cavity. The optical cavity can receive the collimated beam output of the optical collimator and input the collimated beam into the receiving optical fiber. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161684 | COUPLING LIGHT FROM A WAVEGUIDE ARRAY TO SINGLE MODE FIBER ARRAY - Techniques for coupling light from a waveguide array to a single mode fiber array are described. In an embodiment, lateral misalignment of an array of focusing lenses and an array of optical fiber ferrules held into alignment by a lens holder sub-assembly is compensated by tilting the lens holder sub-assembly with respect to the propagation axis of the light being coupled by the lens holder-subassembly. Since the amount of tilt can be adjusted according to the degree of lateral misalignment, lens holder sub-assemblies manufactured with varying degrees of misalignment may be utilized to couple light into single mode fiber-optic cable. In addition, the same technique can also be used to compensate for other defects as well, such as angular errors in manufacturing or placement of a turning mirror or prism used to direct light into the lens holder sub-assembly. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161685 | MULTI-CHANNEL TRANSCEIVER WITH LASER ARRAY AND PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A laser module can include: a laser chip having a plurality of laser diodes; a focusing lens optically coupled to each of the plurality of distinct laser diodes; and a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) having a plurality of optical inlet ports optically coupled to the plurality of laser diodes through the focusing lens. The laser module can include an optical isolator optically coupled to the focusing lens and PIC and positioned between the focusing lens and PIC. The laser chip can include a fine pitch laser array. The laser module can include a plurality of optical fibers optically coupled to an optical outlet port of the PIC. The laser module can include a hermetic package containing the laser chip and having a single focusing lens positioned for the plurality of laser diodes to emit laser beams there through. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161686 | DEMOUNTABLE OPTICAL CONNECTOR FOR OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES - A reconnectable connection between an optical bench supporting an optical fiber and a photonic integrated circuit (PIC), which a foundation and a connector that is configured and structured to be removably attachable for reconnection to the foundation in alignment therewith. The foundation can be aligned to electro-optical elements in the PIC. The foundation may be permanently attached with respect to the opto-electronic device. The optical bench can be removably attached to the foundation. Alignment between the foundation and the connector is achieved by kinematic coupling, quasi-kinematic coupling, or elastic-averaging coupling. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161687 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR ALIGNMENT - An example apparatus comprises an optical connector coupled to at least one optical fiber cable; an optical interface coupled to the optical connector and to the at least one optical fiber cable, the optical interface to receive or transmit an optical signal; and an alignment collar releasably coupled to the optical connector and coupled to a substrate, wherein the optical interface is in alignment with at least one optical device coupled to the substrate. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161688 | OPTICAL-CONNECTOR FIXING MEMBER, OPTICAL CONNECTOR, AND OPTICAL CONNECTOR DEVICE - Disclosed is an optical-connector fixing member including: an upper plate part for pressing, toward a receptacle provided on a substrate, a ferrule that holds an end section of an optical fiber; and a pair of engagement side plate parts formed so as to extend from the upper plate part toward the substrate, each engagement side plate part having a connector-side engagement section that engages with a receptacle-side engagement section formed on a side surface of the receptacle. An engaged state in which the connector-side engagement section is engaged with the receptacle-side engagement section is releasable by inserting an end section of a tool into a gap between each engagement side plate part and a member that is arranged between the pair of engagement side plate parts, and spreading each engagement side plate part outward. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161689 | CONNECTOR HOLDER - Disclosed is a connector holder including: a base body part; a pair of side wall parts that projects from the base body part; and a connector housing part that is formed by the base body part and the pair of side wall parts, and that is for housing an optical connector body which holds an end section of an optical fiber. A recess is formed in an inner surface of each of the side wall parts, the recesses being formed so as to oppose one another. A gap is formed between a side surface of the optical connector body and each recess when the optical connector body is housed in the connector housing part. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161690 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL CONNECTOR SYSTEMS INCORPORATING GRADIENT-INDEX LENSES - Electro-optical connectors and connector systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, an electro-optical plug includes a tip connector, a ring connector, and a sleeve connector, wherein the tip connector, the ring connector, and the sleeve connector are electrically conductive. The electro-optical plug further includes a gradient-index lens co-axially disposed within at least the tip connector, wherein the tip connector has a tip window that optically exposes a coupling surface of the gradient-index lens, and an optical fiber that is co-axially disposed within at least the sleeve connector. In another embodiment, an electro-optical connector includes a plug body having a planar electrical coupling surface with an array of electrically conductive contacts, and an optical coupling surface having at least one optical window. The electro-optical connector further includes a gradient-index lens disposed within the plug body. A coupling surface of the gradient-index lens is optically exposed at the at least one optical window. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161691 | OPTICAL FUNCTIONAL DEVICE, OPTICAL RECEIVING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - An optical functional device includes: a photodetector; a first optical waveguide which is connected to one end face of the photodetector; and a second optical waveguide which is connected to the other end face of the photodetector. The photodetector is formed in a multi-mode interferometer and has electrodes. Light input from the first optical waveguide to the photodetector focuses image at a position physically away from the second optical waveguide, and light input from the second optical waveguide to the photodetector focuses image at a position physically away from the first optical waveguide. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161692 | OPTICAL FIBER RIBBON AND OPTICAL FIBER CABLE HOUSING OPTICAL FIBER RIBBON - Provided is an optical fiber ribbon capable of achieving higher density and reduction in diameter and accurately placing optical fibers in V-shape grooves in a fusion machine without failure. The optical fiber ribbon | 2016-06-09 |
20160161693 | FIBER OPTIC ENCLOSURE WITH INTERNAL CABLE SPOOL - A fiber optic distribution terminal includes an enclosure having a base. A cover is pivotally engaged to the base. The base and the cover cooperatively define an interior region. A cable spool assembly is disposed in the interior region of the enclosure. The cable spool assembly includes a first flange and a second flange. The first flange has a flange and an inner drum that extends outwardly from the flange. The second flange has a tray and an outer drum that extends outwardly from the tray. The outer drum defines a bore. The outer drum is in snap-fit engagement with the inner drum. A plurality of adapters is disposed on the tray. A fiber optic cable is disposed about the outer drum of the cable spool assembly. The fiber optic cable includes a plurality of connectorized ends that is engaged with first ports of the plurality of adapters. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161694 | INTEGRATED DISTRIBUTION ENABLING ACCESS APPARATUS - Provided is an apparatus including: a housing having a splitter compartment; a multiple fiber adapter attached to an exterior of a front housing wall of said housing; a multiple fiber connector connected to said multiple fiber adapter and disposed in an interior of the front housing wall of said housing; an optical splitter in said splitter compartment of said housing; an input fiber optically connected to said optical splitter; and a plurality of output fibers optically connected to said optical splitter and said multiple fiber connector, wherein the housing includes a hinge plate corresponding to a bottom housing wall perpendicular to the front housing wall of said housing in a closed state and mounted on a hinge affixed to said housing at an intersection between the bottom housing wall and a rear housing wall opposite from the front housing wall. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161695 | RELEASABLE CONNECTION INTERFACE FOR A FIBER OPTIC COMPONENT HOLDER - A fiber management tray is described including a releasable connection interface. The tray can include a base defining at least one component mounting location having a structure for mounting optical components. The structure may define a first side and an opposite second side. The structure may also define a first retention opening and a second retention opening that extend through the structure from the first side to the second side. The first retention opening can include a T-shaped slot having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion of the T-shaped slot may have a larger cross-dimension than a cross-dimension of the second portion of the T-shaped slot. The second retention opening may have a first portion in which a flexible cantilever is positioned and a second portion. The second portion of the second retention opening may have a smaller cross-dimension than a cross-dimension of the first portion of the second retention opening. The flexible cantilever can include a release member that projects outwardly in a first direction from the first side of the structure. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161696 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLYING AN ADHESIVE COATED CABLE TO A SURFACE - A system and method for installing a fiber or cable on a wall or ceiling of a structure includes providing a fiber, wire or cable pre-coated with a hot melt adhesive that simply needs to be activated by the application of sufficient heat for a sufficient amount of time immediately before installation. Rolls or cartridges of wire or cable pre-coated with the hot melt adhesive are provided. The hot melt adhesive coated wire or cable is fed through a heated chamber, preferably a tip on a portable heating device such as a battery operated soldering iron, which activates the pre-coated hot melt adhesive prior to utilizing the heating tip to apply pressure to the adhesive wire directly to a wall or ceiling thereby adhering the fiber, wire or cable to the desired surface. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161697 | OPTICAL CABLE FOR TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS - An optical cable includes an optical core and sheath enclosing the optical core. The optical core includes a number of optical units having respective colors and being wound about a longitudinal axis of the cable. The sheath includes at least one non opaque longitudinal section through which a sequence of colors of the optical units is visible from outside the cable. The color sequence acts as an identifier for the cable. The cable may therefore be easily identified (e.g. amongst other cables laid down within the same duct) by a simple visual inspection of the cable's inner structure through the non opaque section(s) of its external sheath. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161698 | FIBER OPTIC CABLES WITH EXTRUDED ACCESS FEATURES FOR ACCESS TO A CABLE CAVITY - Cables are constructed with embedded discontinuities in the cable jacket that allow the jacket to be torn to provide access to the cable core. The discontinuities can be longitudinally extending strips of polymer material coextruded in the cable jacket. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161699 | LENS MODULE - A lens module including a first lens having a first extension part extending from an outer edge of the first lens; a second lens disposed on the first lens and contacting an inner peripheral surface of the first extension part; and a third lens disposed on the second lens and contacting a lower surface of the first extension part. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161700 | OPTICAL ELEMENT UNIT - An optical element unit is provided comprising an optical element group for projecting light along an optical axis of the optical element group and a housing having an inner housing part partly defining a first space and a light passageway between the inner s housing part and a second space. The inner housing part receives the optical element group. The optical element group comprises an ultimate optical element located in the region of the light passageway. A load-relieving device is provided adjacent to the ultimate optical element, the load relieving device partly defining the first space and the second space and at least partly relieving the ultimate optical element from loads resulting from pressure differences between the first space. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161701 | OPTICAL APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - An optical apparatus captures imaging light entering into an imager to acquire an image of an object. The optical apparatus includes a lens module and a support. The lens module is configured by a combination of two or more lenses, captures the imaging light through the lenses, and focuses the captured imaging light on the imager. The support supports the lens module at a position apart from the imager by a predetermined distance, such that the imager and the lenses are aligned on the optical axis, and a focal point of the imaging light is formed on the imager. The support is formed such that an expansion-contraction ratio, at which the support expands or contracts along the optical axis in accord with changes in ambient temperature of the optical apparatus, becomes a first expansion-contraction ratio at which the support expands or contracts so as to cancel a movement of the focal point occurring in the lens module along the optical axis in accord with the changes in ambient temperature of the optical apparatus. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161702 | LENS MODULE - A lens module having lenses disposed in a lens barrel; and a spacer disposed between two of the lenses comprising a light shielding hole configured to adjust an amount of light incident therethrough, and the spacer is coupled to at least one of the two lenses. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161703 | LENS BARREL AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A lens barrel capable of maintaining a pivot regulating function of the lens holder even if a forceful impact is received from outside. A lens holder holds a lens and is movable in an optical axis direction. A fixing member supports both ends of a first guide shaft for guiding the lens holder in the optical axis direction and supports a second guide shaft in a cantilever manner. The second guide shaft is shorter than the first guide shaft and regulates a pivot of the lens holder on the first guide shaft by engaging with the lens holder. A pivot regulating mechanism is disposed between a wall portion of the fixing member that supports one end of the first guide shaft and the lens holder. The mechanism regulates the pivot of the lens holder in a case where engagement between the lens holder and the second guide shaft is released. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161704 | LENS BARREL - A lens barrel includes a barrel-shaped first barrel having a pair of cam grooves that have two cam locus curves congruent with each other and are separated from each other on a circumferential surface, and a second barrel that has a pair of cam pins formed of a first cam pin that is engaged with one of the pair of cam grooves and a second cam pin that is engaged with another of the pair of cam grooves, and an urging portion that urges the first cam pin in a radial direction of the first barrel, and moves in an optical axis direction relatively to the first barrel, and is configured such that in engagement of the pair of cam pins and the pair of cam grooves, a disposition distance between the pair of cam pins differs from a disposition distance between the pair of cam grooves. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161705 | REMOVABLE OPTICAL ASSEMBLY - Examples embodiments of a removable optical assembly are disclosed. A removable optical assembly can be removably attached to a probe of an optical analytical instrument. The removable optical assembly can comprise a spherical optical element. An embodiment of the removable optical assembly can allow contact interrogation of a sample. In some embodiments, the removable optical assembly can comprise an internal optical element. In other embodiments, the removable optical assembly can comprise an external optical element. Manufacture of the removable optical assembly can comprise a monolithic embodiment or an assembled embodiment comprising a plurality of subassemblies. Embodiments of the removable optical assembly can be conical, cylindrical or planar is shape. The removable optical assembly can, in some embodiments, be consumable and/or disposable. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161706 | OPTICAL LENS SYSTEM - An optical lens system includes a first lens element of negative refractive power having a meniscus shape, a second lens element of positive refractive power having a convex image-side surface and disposed adjacent to the first lens element, a third lens element of positive refractive power having at least one aspheric surface and disposed adjacent to the second lens element, and a fourth lens element of negative refractive power having at least one aspheric surface and disposed adjacent to the third lens element. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161707 | OPTICAL IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - The invention discloses a four-piece optical lens for capturing image and a four-piece optical module for capturing image. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens along the optical axis comprises a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; and a fourth lens with refractive power; and wherein at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the four lens elements is aspheric whereby the optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161708 | IMAGING LENS ASSEMBLY - An imaging lens assembly is disclosed in the present disclosure. The imaging lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side: a stop; a first lens having a positive refractive power, a convex object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; a second lens having a negative refractive power and a convex and meniscus shaped image-side surface; a third lens having a positive refractive power, a convex object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; a fourth lens having a negative refractive power, an image-side surface being concave at a paraxial region and being convex and meniscus shaped at a peripheral region, and an object side-surface being convex at the paraxial region; the image-side surface of the fourth lens having an inflection point; at least one of the image-side surfaces of three lenses being spherical; and the imaging lens assembly satisfying following condition: | 2016-06-09 |
20160161709 | IMAGE CAPTURING OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY, IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - This disclosure provides an image capturing optical lens assembly including, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with refractive power having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof; a second lens element having positive refractive power; a third lens element with refractive power having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof; a fourth lens element with refractive power having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, wherein both surfaces thereof being aspheric; a fifth lens element with refractive power having an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof; and a sixth lens element with refractive power having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, wherein both surfaces thereof being aspheric, and the image-side surface having at least one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161710 | OPTICAL IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - A three-piece optical lens for capturing image and a three-piece optical module for capturing image, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, include a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; and a third lens with refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the three lens elements are aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161711 | OPTICAL IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - A three-piece optical lens for capturing image and a three-piece optical module for capturing image, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, include a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; and a third lens with refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the three lens elements are aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161712 | IMAGING LENS ASSEMBLY - An imaging lens assembly is disclosed in the present disclosure. The imaging lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a stop; a first lens having a positive refractive power, a convex object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; a second lens having a negative refractive power and a convex and meniscus shaped image-side surface; a third lens having a negative refractive power, an image-side surface being concave at a paraxial region and being convex and meniscus shaped at a peripheral region, and an object side-surface being concave at the paraxial region; the image-side surface of the third lens having an inflection point. At least one of the surfaces of three lenses is aspheric, f is a focal length of the imaging lens assembly; f1 is a focal length of the first lens and the imaging lens assembly satisfying following condition: | 2016-06-09 |
20160161713 | PHOTOGRAPHING OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY, IMAGE CAPTURING UNIT 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 negative refractive power. The third lens element has refractive power. The fourth lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The sixth lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. | 2016-06-09 |
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. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161715 | 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, and including an object side surface that is convex toward the object side and an image side surface that is planar; a second lens having a negative refractive power, and including an object side surface that is convex toward the object side, and an image side surface that is plane; 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. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161716 | LENS MODULE - A lens module includes: a first lens having negative refractive power; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens having negative refractive power; a fourth lens having negative refractive power; a fifth lens of which an object-side surface is concave; and a sixth lens having one or more inflection points on an image-side surface thereof, wherein the first to sixth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side of the lens module to an image side of the lens module. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161717 | LENS MODULE - A lens module includes a first lens having negative refractive power, an object-side surface thereof being convex and an image-side surface thereof being concave; a second lens having an object-side surface that is convex; a third lens having an object-side surface that is concave and an image-side surface that is convex; a fourth lens having an object-side surface that is concave; a fifth lens having an object-side surface that is concave and an image-side surface that is convex; and a sixth lens having an object-side surface is convex and having one or more inflection points on an image-side surface thereof. The first to sixth lenses are sequentially disposed in numerical order from the first lens to the sixth lens from an object side of the lens module toward an image side of the lens module. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161718 | IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM - An imaging optical system includes a positive first lens element having a convex surface on the object side, a negative second lens element having a concave surface on the image side, a third lens element, a positive fourth lens element, and a negative fifth lens element provided with at least one aspherical surface that has inflection points other than at an optical axis thereof. The following conditions (1) and (2) are satisfied: | 2016-06-09 |
20160161719 | OPTICAL SYSTEM - An optical system includes: a first lens having negative refractive power; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; and an image sensor configured to convert an image of a subject incident through the first to sixth lenses into electrical signals, wherein the first to sixth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side of the optical system, and wherein TTL/(ImgH*2)≦0.75 is satisfied, with TTL being a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to an image plane of the image sensor and ImgH being half of a diagonal length of the image plane of the image sensor. | 2016-06-09 |
20160161720 | LENS MODULE - A lens module, including a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens comprising a concave object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, and a fifth lens including a negative refractive power and an inflection point formed on an image-side surface thereof. The first to fifth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side to an image side. | 2016-06-09 |