A lens module, constructed to include all necessary filters but retaining its wide-angle characteristic and short focal length, is comprised of a housing, a cover plate, and a filter switcher. The housing and the cover plate form a receiving cavity, the cavity containing the filter switcher. The filter switcher includes holder, two mounting frames, two first adhesive layers, and two filters, and is of minimal thickness. The two first adhesive layers fix the filters on the two mounting frames. An enlarged installation space within the lens module is not required. The disclosure also relates to an electronic device using the lens module.

The imaging apparatus includes an imaging element including an imaging surface on which light from a subject is incident, a first filter unit including an electronic first optical filter capable of changing a light transmittance, and a first drive mechanism that rotates the first filter unit about a first rotation center line between a first filtering position and a first retraction position. The first filtering position is a position where the first optical filter exists in front of the imaging surface of the imaging element and light before reaching the imaging surface passes through the first optical filter, and the first retraction position is a position where the first filter unit is out of the front of the imaging surface.

An optical setup, comprising one or more platforms having a plurality of fixation locations repeatedly arranged, and defining a discrete position coordinate system; and a plurality of modular optical units, each comprising an optical portion defining an optical axis fixedly attached to at least one mounting surface comprising complementary geometry to the fixation locations; wherein a releasable attachment of the plurality of modular optical units at the fixation locations defines a plurality of optical axes at least a portion of the optical axes overlapping across the discrete position coordinate system In some embodiments, the modular optical units include standard optical elements In some embodiments, the platform includes an attachment interface to an optical table and/or another platform In some embodiments, laser pulses are synchronized by fixing a discrete path length over the fixation locations In some embodiments the fixation locations are located on multiple planes in 3D space.

An optical element has an area in which a transmittance varies, includes first and second antireflection layers, and an absorption layer disposed between the first and second antireflection layers, and satisfies certain conditions.

Provided are a fixed-focus photographing module, a manufacturing method thereof, and a focusing device and method thereof. The focusing method includes: pre-assembling an optical lens assembly in a lens assembly holder, wherein the optical lens assembly is exposed at the exterior of the lens assembly holder, and the optical lens assembly is located in a photosensing path of a photosensing component assembled in a circuit board to form a pre-assembled photographing module; performing, by the pre-assembled photographing module, a photographing operation to obtain a testing image; adjusting, according to the testing image, a relative position between the optical lens assembly and lens assembly holder until the pre-assemble photographing module outputs a clear image as required; and fixing the optical lens assembly and the lens assembly holder to complete a focusing operation and obtain an assembled fixed-focus photographing module.

An image-capturing apparatus comprises a board configured to hold an image sensor, a holding member configured to hold an optical member so as to be insertable into and removable from an optical path, the holding member being held between a lens barrel and the image sensor, and a sealing member configured to surround a periphery of a light receiving surface of the image sensor, the sealing member being provided on a side of the image sensor with respect to the optical member, wherein the sealing member includes a first sealing portion which contact the board and a second sealing portion which contacts the holding member.

A sensor lens assembly having a non-reflow configuration is provided. The sensor lens assembly includes a circuit board, an electronic chip assembled to the circuit board, a sensor chip, a die attach film (DAF) pre-bonded onto the sensor chip, a plurality of wires electrically coupling the electronic chip and the sensor chip to the circuit board, a supporting adhesive layer, a light-permeable sheet, and an optical module that is fixed to the circuit board for surrounding the above components. The sensor chip is adhered to the electronic chip through the DAF such that a sensing region of the sensor chip is perpendicular to a central axis of the optical module. The supporting adhesive layer is in a ringed shape and is disposed on a top surface of the sensor chip. The light-permeable sheet is disposed on the supporting adhesive layer and faces the sensor chip.

A sensor lens assembly having a non-reflow configuration is provided. The sensor lens assembly includes a circuit board, an optical module fixed to a surface of the circuit board, a sensor chip assembled to the surface of the circuit board, a plurality of wires electrically coupling the sensor chip and the circuit board, a supporting adhesive layer, a light-permeable sheet, and a top shielding layer. The circuit board has no slot recessed in the surface thereof. The supporting adhesive layer is in a ringed shape and is disposed on a top surface of the sensor chip. The light-permeable sheet is disposed on the supporting adhesive layer and faces the sensor chip. The top shielding layer is formed on an outer surface of the light-permeable sheet and has an opening that is located above a sensing region of the sensor chip.

An optical filter device includes a wavelength variable interference filter that includes a pair of reflective films which face each other, and a fixed substrate in which one of the pair of reflective films is provided; a base to which the fixed substrate is fixed; and a fixing member which fixes one place on the fixed substrate to the base, a surface which is on other place of the one place of the substrate and the base are disposed with a gap therebetween.

This disclosure is directed to a system and method for changing an angle of incidence of a filter or filter wheel.