G02B19/0047

ILLUMINATION DEVICE FOR VARIABLE ILLUMINATION
20170284622 · 2017-10-05 ·

An illumination device for variable illumination in different spatial directions is provided. The illumination device includes a pump radiation unit, which has a pump radiation source for emitting pump radiation, a luminescent element for at least partial conversion of the pump radiation into illumination light, which is emitted in response to excitation with the pump radiation on an illumination light emission surface of the luminescent element, and optics which are assigned to the luminescent element and respectively direct illumination light ray bundles, which come from different positions of the illumination light emission surface and strike the optics on a luminescent material side, into a different spatial direction of the propagation on an illumination side opposite to the luminescent material side, The pump radiation unit is configured to respectively emit a pump ray bundle adjustably in different spatial directions, which pump ray bundles are coupled in on the illumination side.

Illumination optical system and image projection apparatus with the same
09746758 · 2017-08-29 · ·

An illumination optical system illuminates an image display element and includes a first lens array configured to divide light emitted from a light source, a second lens array configured to receive light from the first lens array, and a condenser optical system configured to guide light from the second lens array to the image display element, and a conjugate point of the image display element is located between an incident surface of the first lens array and an incident surface of the second lens array.

LENS DEVICE FOR A VARIABLE WORKING DISTANCE, ILLUMINATION ASSEMBLY, COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE AND METHOD
20170241769 · 2017-08-24 ·

A lens device for an illumination assembly, wherein the lens device comprises at least one ring region, wherein each ring region extends along a circumferential direction about a central axis of the lens device, wherein each ring region comprises a plurality of segments, wherein each segment forms a circular arc portion of a respective ring region and wherein each segment comprises a first end in the circumferential direction and a second end opposite to the first end in the circumferential direction, wherein each segment has a first refractive index at a reference wavelength at the first end at a first radial distance from the central axis and a second refractive index at the reference wavelength at the second end at the first radial distance, said second refractive index differing from the first refractive index. An illumination assembly, a coordinate measuring machine and a method are also disclosed.

Photosensor lens including a purality of convex lens surfaces

An object of the present invention is to provide a photosensor lens which, in the case of using a plurality of light emitting elements to form a reflective photosensor, can maximize the efficiency of light irradiation of the light emitting elements with a simple structure. Provided is a photosensor lens configured to condense irradiation light from a plurality of light emitting elements 2 housed in a unit case 1 in a detection region 3 outside the unit case 1, and to condense reflected light from the detection region 3 at a light receiving element 4 in the unit case 1. A single convex lens surface 5 is formed on one side of the photosensor lens, and a light-receiving convex lens surface 6 sharing an optical axis with the single convex lens surface 5, and a plurality of light-emitting convex lens surfaces 7 each having an optical axis in parallel with the optical axis of the light-receiving convex lens surface 6 are integrally formed on the opposite side of the photosensor lens.

Headlight lens for a vehicle headlight

The invention relates to a headlamp lens for a vehicle headlamp, in particular a motor vehicle headlamp. The headlamp lens comprises a body made of a transparent material and having at least one light inlet surface and at least one optically effective light exit surface. The body comprises a light tunnel which transitions into a light-conducting element while making a bend for imaging the bend as a light-shadow line. The body further comprises an orientation structure for orienting the headlamp lens in a vehicle headlamp and/or for orienting the headlamp lens towards a light source for irradiating light onto the light inlet surface.

EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET (EUV) COLLECTOR INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD

An extreme ultraviolet (EUV) collector inspection apparatus and method capable of precisely inspecting a contamination state of an EUV collector and EUV reflectance in accordance with the contamination state are provided. The EUV collector inspection apparatus includes a light source arranged in front of an EUV collector to be inspected and configured to output light in a visible light (VIS) band from UV rays, an optical device configured to output narrowband light from the light, and a camera configured to perform imaging from an UV band to a VIS band. An image by wavelength of the EUV collector is obtained by using the optical device and the camera and a contamination state of the EUV collector is inspected.

Lens and light emitting device having the same

A lens includes a substrate, a light concentrating portion mounted on the substrate. The substrate includes a first substrate and a second substrate, the light concentrating portion includes a first light concentrating portion and a second light concentrating portion. The first light concentrating portion extends outward from the first substrate, the second light concentrating portion extends outward from the second substrate. The first light concentrating portion has a first axis, the second light concentrating portion has a second axis. The first axis and the second axis are configured in an angle and intersect in an extending direction thereof.

Micro-scale concentrated photovoltaic module

A photovoltaic (“PV”) module may comprise an array of freeform micro-optics and an array of PV cells. The PV module may be a flat panel with a nominal thickness smaller than the length and width of the flat panel. An array of lenses may be embedded in an array substrate. The lenses may be coupled to light pipes. The lenses may concentrate light through the light pipes to multi-junction cells. Diffuse light may be transferred through the array substrate to a silicon cell. The lenses and light pipes may be manufactured using a molding and drawing process.

LASER PROCESSING DEVICE HAVING APPROACH FUNCTION OF PROCESSING HEAD
20170219808 · 2017-08-03 · ·

A laser processing device configured to generally vertically irradiate a laser beam to a workpiece, and having a function for reducing an adverse effect due to a reflected laser beam from the workpiece. The laser processing device includes: a light condensing point moving part configured to move a focal point in an optical axis direction while irradiating the laser beam, by moving at least one of a processing head, an optical component of a light condense optical system, and a workpiece; and a light condensing point distance setting part configured to set a light condensing point distance between the light condensing point and a workpiece surface when the laser beam is started to be irradiated, wherein the light condensing point distance is set so that an amount of the reflected laser beam returned to the processing head through the optical system is not more than an allowable value.

Light distributing component, light source module, lawn lamp cap and lawn lamp

The present disclosure discloses a light distributing component, a light source module, a lawn lamp cap and a lawn lamp. The light distributing component includes an inner ring polarizing lens and an outer ring polarizing lens, and the inner ring polarizing lens and the outer ring polarizing lens have a common axis center, and the outer ring polarizing lens surrounds the inner ring polarizing lens, the inner ring polarizing lens is configured to deflect light of a light-emitting unit toward a direction close to the axis center; and the outer ring polarizing lens is configured to deflect light of the light-emitting unit in a direction away from the axis center.