In a lens plate (18) for an optical sensor device in a vehicle, in particular for a rain sensor, with a transmitter-side lens structure (28) and a receiver-side lens structure (32), the transmitter-side lens structure (26) partially is provided with anti-transmission features which In individual regions of the lens plate (18) partially or completely prevent the passage of the light emitted by a light transmitter (14).

A laser radar device includes a laser diode and a photodiode. An optical isolator is disposed so as to tilt with respect to the optical axis of a laser beam by a predetermined angle, transmits a laser beam, and reflects reflected light toward the photodiode. A reflecting mirror is rotatably disposed around a center axis extending along the optical axis of the transmitted laser beam. A rotatable deflector, rotated by a motor, deflects a laser beam by the reflecting mirror toward the external space, and reflects reflected light from an object toward the optical isolator. When the side where the laser diode is disposed in the center axis direction is defined as the first side and the side opposite to the first side is defined as the second side, the motor is disposed at a position closer to the first side than the reflecting mirror.

A rotationally shift invariant and multi-layered array system for full-field of view and/or photon collection by 4 pi steradian field of view. In the system, all of the incoming light (i.e., light from all directions), in a solid angle of 4 pi steradians, is focused inside the optics. The optics have a spherically shift invariant structure, providing rotational shift invariance. The system comprises a nontraditional use of the Gabor Superlen and is a configuration of multiple microlens array shell structures with concentrically arranged bulk optical components. Examples of such bulk optical components include Luneburg lenses, micro-structured surfaces, a single lens, a plurality of single lenses, ball lenses, metalenses, diffractive optical elements, and magnetic lenses. In an embodiment, the Gabor Superlens (i.e., microlens array) is planar. In an embodiment, no moving parts are required for the system to achieve truly full-field of view imaging and/or photon collection by 4 pi steradian field of view.

An optical scanner system comprises a housing, a detector contained within the housing configured to produce at least two resolvable azimuth fields-of-view relative to a center-axis of the housing, and an external scanner rotating relative to the center-axis of the housing, and switching between at least two elevations relative to a nominal optical axis of a receiver. Motion of the housing azimuthally results in the receiver producing a continuous coverage pattern at multiple elevations produced by the external scanner.

A photoelectric sensor includes a lens mounted to a light projecting element at a position that opposes a light projecting lens and configured such that the curvature in the direction perpendicular to a straight line passing through the center of the light projecting lens and the center of the light receiving lens is greater than the curvature in the direction parallel to the straight line passing through the center of the light projecting lens and the center of the light receiving lens.

The present disclosure relates to an optical gas sensor including at least: an optical wave guide including a first elliptical mirror formed along at least part of a first 3-dimensional ellipsoid and having a first focal point and a second focal point, a second elliptical mirror formed along at least part of a second 3-dimensional ellipsoid and having the first focal point and a third focal point, and a third elliptical mirror formed along at least part of a third 3-dimensional ellipsoid and having the first focal point and a fourth focal point; one or more optical sensors installed at at least one of the first, second, third, and fourth focal points; and one or more light sources installed at at least one of the first, second, third, and fourth focal points where the one or more optical sensors are not installed.

A multi-segment optical component applied to increase signal-to-noise ratio includes a base, a central lens portion, an isolating lens portion and a collecting lens portion. The central lens portion is disposed on center of the base. The isolating lens portion is disposed by a side of the central lens portion, and the collecting lens portion is disposed by the other side of the central lens portion opposite to the isolating lens portion. At least one of the isolating lens portion and the collecting lens portion has a curvature radius different from a curvature radius of the central lens portion, and the curvature radius of the isolating lens portion can be similar to or different from the curvature radius of the collecting lens portion. The central lens portion has a central axle which does not overlap a curvature center of one of the isolating lens portion and the collecting lens portion.

An optical device includes a range finding module. The range finding module includes a first light condenser unit, a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit. The first light condenser unit defines an optical axis and a hole disposed along the optical axis. The first light condenser unit, the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit are sequentially arranged along the optical axis. The light is emitted by the light emitting unit, passes through the hole, reaches an object, is reflected by the object, is converged by the first light condenser unit and is received by the light receiving unit to generate an electrical signal.

A light engine for a nano-arthroscope assembly includes a light source, wherein the light source includes a light emitting diode (LED) mounted to a circuit board; a collimating optic positioned proximate to the LED, wherein the collimating optic collimates light emitted from the LED and increases an intensity of the light emitted from the LED; a ball lens positioned to receive the light collimated by the collimating optic, wherein the ball lens focuses the received light to a focal point outside of the ball lens; and a bundle of light fibers positioned proximate to the ball lens, wherein the bundle of light fibers includes a first end that is positioned at the focal point of the light focused by the ball lens such that the light is coupled into the first end of the bundle of light fibers at the focal point.

A switch module of a photoelectric integrated mechanical shaft keyboard, having a casing and a key cap a driving device, a photoelectric switch, a movable optical module and a fixed optical module. The photoelectric switch has a PCB, an SMD IR integrated on the PCB and an SMD PT tube. By pressing down the key cap, the driving device drives the movable optical module to move up and down to control the relative positions of the movable optical module and the fixed optical module. When light emitted by the SMD IR tube is coupled into the SMD PT tube, an optical path is connected, so that the photoelectric switch is turned on and when the light emitted by the SMD IR tube cannot be coupled into the SMD PT tube, the optical path is disconnected, so that the photoelectric switch is turned off.