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.

To suppress, in an optical body in which a microlens array as a non-periodic structure is arranged and deployed in a wide range, occurrence of periodic optical properties in a structural unit larger than the non-periodic structure. The optical body includes a single non-periodic structure region or a collection of a plurality of non-periodic structure regions, the non-periodic structure region being composed of a single lens group including a plurality of single lenses. In the non-periodic structure region, a located state of the single lens group is non-periodic as a whole. A ratio of a size of the non-periodic structure region to an average aperture diameter of the single lenses in the non-periodic structure region is more than or equal to 25.

A head-up display has a display element, a projection system, a diffusing plate, and a mirror element. In such head-up displays, frequently irritations due to stray light occur. A head-up display that produces less irritation from incident stray light is therefore desirable. The diffusing plate has focusing elements on its side facing the projection system and a light-blocking mask on its side facing away from the projection system.

The zoom lens consists of, in order from the object side, a first lens group that has a positive refractive power, a second lens group that has a positive refractive power, and a subsequent group. During zooming, a spacing between the first lens group and the second lens group changes, and a spacing between the second lens group and the subsequent group changes. The subsequent groups include a focusing group that moves during focusing.

Disclosed is an optical component (20) applied to a depth camera having a light source (11). The optical component (20) includes a light-homogenized element (21) having a microlens array (212) and a receiving lens (22). The light-homogenized element (21) is arranged on a light beam propagation path of the light source (11), and is used for modulating a light field emitted by the light source (11) of the depth camera to form a light beam which is not interfered to form light and dark stripes. The receiving lens (22) is adapted to a field angle of the light-homogenized element (21), and the receiving lens (22) is configured to allow at least a part of the light beam passing through the light-homogenized element (21) to enter the receiving lens (22) after being reflected by a target object. The optical component (20) is beneficial to acquiring complete and clear image information of a target object.

A micro-optic cell design with randomly positioned lenslets is provided herein that uses statistical reconstruction of a micro-lens array. A method of making an optical element, which includes a micro-optic unit cell comprising one or more lenslets, is also disclosed.

There is provided a method to manufacture a diffuser plate with better productivity and exhibiting an excellent diffusion property and having excellent durability with respect to light having large coherence, the microlens array diffuser plate including: a microlens group positioned on a surface of a transparent substrate. The diffuser plate includes two or more unit cells that are continuously set in array, the unit cell includes a plurality of microlenses positioned on the surface of the transparent substrate, and ridge lines between the microlenses adjacent to each other are nonparallel to each other, and are nonparallel to the transparent substrate.

A micro-optic cell design with a regularly spaced micro-lens array, having a series of randomly positioned lenslets that have been digitally overwritten, wherein the overwritten area is greater than 0 up to 100 percent fill, and wherein a light shaping diffuser pattern is placed on top of the lenslets of the micro-optic cell.

An image can be projected in a wide angular range while an increase in a beam diameter is suppressed. A light source device according to the present disclosure includes: a plurality of light emitting elements divided into a plurality of regions; and an optical unit that includes a plurality of first lens groups having a first focal length and corresponding to the regions of the light source unit on a one-to-one basis, and a second lens group having a second focal length and emitting light having passed through the first lens groups. In the optical unit, for each of the regions, the first focal length is smaller than zero, the second focal length is larger than zero, and each composite focal length of each of the first lens groups and the second lens group is larger than the second focal length.

An optical module includes: an optical device; an array lens member that integrally includes a plurality of parallel lens units optically connected to the optical device; and a correction optical element configured to correct light that passes through the lens units.