The disclosure relates in general to illuminated panels resembling windows, and more particularly, to a system containing a light source, a diffuser and a panel combined in such a fashion as to resemble a window, skylight or curtain wall.

A low infrared absorbing lithium glass includes FeO in the range of 0.0005-0.015 wt %, more preferably 0.001-0.010 wt %, and a redox ratio in the range of 0.005-0.15, more preferably in the range of 0.005-010. The glass can be chemically tempered and used to provide a ballistic viewing cover for night vision goggles or scope. A method is provided to change a glass making process from making a high infrared absorbing lithium glass having FeO in the range of 0.02 to 0.04 wt % and a redox ratio in the range of 0.2 to 0.4 to the low infrared absorbing lithium glass by adding additional oxidizers to the batch materials. A second method is provided to change a glass making process from making a low infrared absorbing lithium glass to the high infrared absorbing lithium glass by adding additional reducers to the batch material. In one embodiment of the invention the oxidizer is CeO.sub.2. An embodiment of the invention covers a glass made according to the method.

A multi-element imaging lens can be formed from five plastic elements, and an optional null-power or relatively low power sixth plastic element. The lens can use selected plastic materials to reduce a thermal focal shift. In the lens, negative refractive power elements can be formed from plastic materials having a relatively large negative refractive index variation with temperature, abbreviated as dn/dT, while positive refractive power elements can be formed from plastic materials having a relatively small negative dn/dT. Reducing the thermal focal shift, as disclosed, can eliminate the need for an auto-focusing device, such as a voice coil. Reducing the thermal focal shift, as disclosed, can also eliminate the need to use one or more glass elements to further reduce thermal focal shift, which can reduce cost for the lens.

Provided are a novel phthalocyanine compound, which has strong absorption in a near-infrared range, extremely weak absorption in a visible range, and high durability, and exhibits excellent solubility in an organic solvent or a resin, a process for producing the phthalocyanine compound, an intermediate, and uses thereof.

The phthalocyanine compound is represented by General Formula (1),

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In which in Formula (1), R represents an alkyl group or an aryl group, X represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or an alkyl group, X's can form an aromatic ring by being bonded to each other, M represents two hydrogen atoms, a divalent metal, or a derivative of a trivalent or tetravalent metal, and n represents an integer of 3 to 6.

An optical system for a camera module includes: an image sensor; and an optical arrangement defining a beam path, the optical arrangement including a plurality of optical components including a first prism and an optical lens system, the plurality of optical components being arranged in the beam path in a sequential order relative to one another and in front of the image sensor, the sequential order being such that the first prism is positioned before the optical lens system, at least one of the plurality of optical components including at least one absorption filter.

The present disclosure sets forth a security light with the flexibility of modifying the color output of the light source by using simple mechanical color filters mounted over the light source. The security light may comprise at least one lamp head with a light source, an inner lens, a filter frame element, an outer lens, an exchangeable mechanical color filter, a locking mechanism, and a sealing mechanism.

Provided is an optical filter, including an absorbing glass substrate composed of phosphate-based glass or fluorophosphate-based glass; a bonding layer with a single layer structure; and a resin layer, wherein the resin layer is provided on the absorbing glass substrate through the bonding layer, wherein the bonding layer includes a Si atom and one or more selected from a Ti atom, a Zr atom, and an Al atom; or an optical filter, including an absorbing glass substrate composed of phosphate-based glass or fluorophosphate-based glass; and a resin layer, wherein the resin layer includes a Si atom and one or more selected from a Ti atom, a Zr atom, and an Al atom, and is provided on the absorbing glass substrate.

Provided is a glass composition having an infrared absorbing function, water resistance, heat resistance, and a low expansion coefficient, the glass composition including the following components (a) to (c): (a) 0.1 wt % or more to 14.0 wt % or less of an intermediate oxide; (b) 0.1 wt % or more to 14.0 wt % or less of CuO; and (c) 80.0 wt % or more to 99.8 wt % or less of silica, in which a total of a content ratio of the intermediate oxide and a content ratio of the CuO is from 0.2 wt % or more to 20 wt % or less.

The near-infrared absorbing glass includes four or more kinds of the prescribed main cations, and includes P ions, Ba ions and Cu ions as essential cations, wherein, in a glass composition expressed in anion %, the content of O ions is 90.0 anion % or more, in a glass composition expressed in atomic %, the ratio of the content of O ions to the content of P ions is 3.15 or less, in a glass composition expressed in mol % based on oxides, the total content of B.sub.2O.sub.3 and SiO.sub.2 is 3.0 mol % or less, the total content of MgO and Al.sub.2O.sub.3 is 8.0 mol % or less, and the total content of Li.sub.2O, Na.sub.2O and K.sub.2O is 15 mol % or less.

Disclosed is a near-infrared filter. The near-infrared filter includes a filter-support-seat body including a quadrangular pillar cell region and a dummy region which surrounds the cell region and which is gradually reduced in size from the cell region, and an optical-filter-subdivision layer covering the cell region and the dummy region at a front side and a rear side of the filter-support-seat body based on the path of a light beam which is incident on the front side and penetrates the rear side in the filter-support-seat body. The dummy region has a chamfered side that is slanted obliquely in at least one side of the front side and the rear side of the filter-support-seat body. Further, a method of manufacturing the near-infrared filter is disclosed for each process step.