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Lens for Improved Color Mixing and Beam Control of an LED Light Source
20230213168 · 2023-07-06 · ·

A multi-color LED illumination device and specifically a lens comprising a cylindrical opening extending into the lens from a light entry region at which one or more LEDs are configured. A concave spherical surface extends across the entirety of the light exit region of the lens, and a TIR outer surface shaped as a CPC extends between the light entry region and the light exit region. There are various diffusion surfaces placed on the sidewall surface of the cylindrical opening, as well as its upper planar surface and, depending on whether glare control is not needed, the exit surface of the lens. Lunes can also be configured on the sidewall surfaces of the cylindrical opening and if lessening glare is needed, also on the TIR outer reflective surface. The combination of lunes, diffusion elements, and the overall configuration of the lens provides improved color mixing and output brightness.

LENS GRATING AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
20230213688 · 2023-07-06 ·

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of display, and discloses a lens grating, including a substrate and at least two lenses arranged at any side of the substrate, where a light-shading structure is arranged corresponding to a junction region between adjacent lenses in the at least two lenses. light emitted towards the lens grating is shaded by at least one light-shading structure formed in the junction region between the adjacent lenses in the at least two lenses of the substrate, thereby solving a problem of wrong light projection position of subpixels caused by a distortion region formed by an irregular cross-sectional structure in the junction region between the adjacent lenses of the lens grating, and reducing or eliminating crosstalk of images for left and right eyes. The present disclosure further discloses a manufacturing method of the lens grating.

LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, ILLUMINATING APPARATUS, AND MOVABLE OBJECT

A light emitting apparatus including a substrate including a principal surface, a first light emitting element disposed on the principal surface, a second light emitting element disposed on the principal surface, a first lens and a second lens wherein a distance between a middle point of an emission area of the second light emitting element and an apex of the second lens is larger than a distance between a middle point of an emission area of the first light emitting element and an apex of the first lens, wherein the emission area of the second light emitting element is larger than the emission area of the first light emitting element, and wherein the lower electrode of the second light emitting element is larger than the lower electrode of the first light emitting element.

Optical element, optical system, and image pickup apparatus
11553120 · 2023-01-10 · ·

An optical element includes a plurality of substrates, an adhesive configured to adhere the plurality of substrates to each other, and an antireflection film provided to at least one of an incident surface and an exit surface of the optical element. The antireflection film includes a first layer including alcohol having at least one of an ether bond and an ester bond in a branched structure with 4 to 7 carbon atoms. A content of the alcohol in the first layer is 0.5 mg/cm.sup.3 to 5.0 mg/cm.sup.3. The first layer has a refractive index of 1.1 to 1.3 for light with a wavelength of 550 nm.

VIEWING ANGLE SWITCHABLE DISPLAY DEVICE

A viewing angle switchable display device can include a display panel including first, second, and third sub-pixels, each of the first, second, and third sub-pixels having a first emission area and a second emission area spaced apart from the first emission area; and a lens layer disposed over the display panel and including a first type of lens corresponding to the first emission area and a second type of lens corresponding to the second emission area, in which the first type of lens has a different shape than the second type of lens. Also, the display panel is configured to display an image according to a wide view mode via the first emission area and the first type of lens, and display the image according to a narrow view mode via the second emission area and the second type of lens.

IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM
20230217119 · 2023-07-06 ·

Disclosed is an image sensor including: a center pixel group including 2x2 pixels having different colors in a center area of a 6x6 unit pixel group; and first to fourth color pixel groups having the same color as one pixel of the center pixel group, disposed as units of 2x4 pixels or 4x2 pixels to have a shape surrounding the center pixel group, and having different colors.

VIEWING ANGLE SWITCHABLE DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING INTEGRATED LENS
20230217691 · 2023-07-06 ·

A viewing angle switchable display device includes: a substrate having at least one subpixel; a plurality of transistors in the at least one subpixel on the substrate; first and second light emitting diodes in the at least one subpixel on the substrate, the first and second light emitting diodes connected to two, respectively, of the plurality of transistors; and an integrated lens on the first and second light emitting diodes, the integrated lens including a half cylindrical lens corresponding to the first light emitting diode and a half spherical lens corresponding to the second light emitting diode.

Creating 3D Objects and Digital 3D Objects
20230213913 · 2023-07-06 · ·

The disclosure includes an object comprising a front lens layer made from at least one of transparent material or translucent material, having a lens with curved surfaces that provide refractive behaviors and a backing layer embedded with patterns. The disclosure also includes a method for designing an object with lenticular effects. The disclosure further includes a method for designing a textile for 3D printing. The disclosure also includes a candy or lollipop comprising a front layer comprising a plurality of at least one of elongated or standalone transparent geometries with defined heights, curvatures and shapes that provide refractive behaviors and a backing layer with at least one of colors or patterns. The disclosure also includes barrier-based object designs that create optical illusions.

Moire pattern imaging device using microlens array and pixel array to form moire pattern effect

A moiré pattern imaging device includes a light-transmitting film and an optical sensor. The light-transmitting film includes a plurality of microlenses, and a light-incident surface and a light-exit surface opposite to each other. The plurality of microlenses are disposed on the light-incident surface, the light-exit surface or a combination thereof, and the plurality of microlenses are arranged in two dimensions to form a microlens array. The optical sensor includes a photosurface. The photosurface faces the light-exit surface of the light-transmitting film, the photosurface is provided with a plurality of pixels, and the plurality of pixels are arranged in two dimensions to form a pixel array. The microlens array and the pixel array correspondingly form a moiré pattern effect to produce an imaging magnification effect, and the photosurface of the optical sensor senses light and forms a moiré pattern magnification image.

Image sensor including a double-sided spherical lens

An image sensor including: a substrate which has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface and pixels arranged in a two-dimensional array, wherein each of the pixels includes a photodiode; a multi-wiring layer arranged on the first surface of the substrate; a color filter layer arranged on the second surface of the substrate and including color filters that respectively correspond to the pixels; and a lens layer arranged on the color filter layer and including a double-sided spherical lens, wherein the double-sided spherical lens includes at least two material layers having different refractive indexes.