Cameras with panoramic scanning range comprising a folded digital camera in which an optical path folding element (OPFE) that folds a first optical path from an object or scene into a second optical path substantially parallel with an optical axis of a lens of the folded camera, the OPFE being rotatable around the lens optical axis, and systems incorporating such cameras.

A wide angle lens includes a first lens group and a second lens group. The first lens group includes a first lens having a negative refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, and a third lens having a positive refractive power. The second lens group includes a fourth lens having a positive refractive power, a fifth lens having a positive refractive power, a sixth lens having a negative refractive power, and a seventh lens having a positive refractive power. The wide angle lens satisfies the following relationship: H2/G2R2<1.8, wherein H2 is a diameter of the image side surface of the first lens, and G2R2 is a curvature radius of the image side surface of the first lens.

Disclosed herein is a high throughput optical scanning device and methods of use. The optical scanning device and methods of use provided herein can allow high throughput scanning of a continuously moving object with a high resolution despite fluctuations in stage velocity. This can aid in high throughput scanning of a substrate, such as a biological chip comprising fluorophores. Also provided herein are improved optical relay systems and scanning optics.

An imaging system includes a body, a stage coupled to the body, and a focal plane array including one or more detectors and coupled to the stage. The imaging system also includes a lens assembly including an objective lens and a rear lens group. The lens assembly is coupled to the body and optically coupled to the focal plane. The imaging system further includes a transparent plate coupled to the body and optically coupled to the objective lens and the focal plane array. The transparent plate is disposed between the objective lens and the focal plane array. Additionally, the imaging system includes an actuator coupled to the transparent plate and configured to rotate the transparent plate relative to an optical axis of the imaging system.

The disclosed embodiments provide a system for controlling orientation of a payload. The system includes a gimbal structure with four or more axes. The system also includes a control system that controls the gimbal structure to provide unrestricted orientation and rotational motion of the payload mounted to an axis in the four or more axes, independently of an orientation of a base of the gimbal structure.

The present invention discloses a 3D panoramic camera with a built-in stabilizer, and relates to a panoramic camera. At present, a VR panoramic camera has the disadvantages of great difficulty in later-stage quilting, huge volume and unstable image. The present invention comprises an optical information acquisition sensing module and a stabilizer module, wherein the optical information acquisition sensing module comprises a lens mounting base and a plurality of lenses, the lens mounting base is cylindrical, the lenses are circumferentially and uniformly provided on an outer side of the lens mounting base, an inner chamber of the lens mounting base is a motor holding chamber, and the stabilizer module comprises a first motor, a second motor, a third motor and a stabilizer frame body, the second motor and the third motor are provided in the motor holding chamber within the lens mounting base, the first motor is located below the lens mounting base, and the first motor, the second motor and the third motor are connected with the lens mounting base through the stabilizer frame body to realize motion transmission. In this technical solution, the stabilizer is built-in, the volume is small, the workload of post-production is decreased and the difficulty in post-production is reduced.

Cameras with panoramic scanning range comprising a folded digital camera in which an optical path folding element (OPFE) that folds a first optical path from an object or scene into a second optical path substantially parallel with an optical axis of a lens of the folded camera, the OPFE being rotatable around the lens optical axis, and systems incorporating such cameras.

Open-loop or feed-forward image stabilization systems and related techniques are provided to improve the accuracy and reliability of imaging systems. An open-loop or feed-forward image stabilization system includes a fast steering mirror assembly, an angular motion sensor, and a logic device. The fast steering mirror assembly adjusts a propagation direction of an optical path for an imaging system. The angular motion sensor is configured to measure and provide an angular motion of the imaging system. The logic device is configured to provide open-loop or feed-forward control for the fast steering mirror assembly by determining a compensating angular offset for the fast steering mirror assembly based, at least in part, on the received angular motion of the imaging system, and by controlling the fast steering mirror assembly to adjust the propagation direction of the optical path for the imaging system according to the determined compensating angular offset.

A lens module and a camera module including the same are provided. The lens module includes a lens barrel, a plurality of lens, and a lens holder. The plurality of lens includes at least one internal lens accommodated inside the lens barrel and an external lens fixed to a first end of the lens barrel. The lens holder includes a holder body that surrounds and supports the first end of the lens barrel and a lens support that extends from an inner circumferential surface of the holder body in a direction that intersects an optical axis direction and supports an edge of the external lens.

A method of using an imaging system including a focal plane with one or more detectors, a lens optically coupled to the focal plane, a transparent plate optically coupled to the focal plane and lens, and an actuator coupled to the transparent plate, includes receiving, at a first area of the focal plane through the lens, light from an object at a first time. The imaging system is located in a first position relative to the object at the first time. The method also includes causing the actuator to move the transparent plate in response to movement of the imaging system relative to the object and receiving, at the first area of the focal plane through the lens, light from the object at a second time. The imaging system is located in a second position relative to the object at the second time.