An imaging apparatus includes an imaging element, a lens unit that focuses light on the imaging element, and a light source disposed around the lens unit. The lens unit includes a blocking part that projects over a region located around the lens unit and facing the light source so as to block stray light from the light source.

The present invention relates to an apparatus for that allows a user to support a camera device and provides lighting for an area to be photographed. Beneficially, the invention allows for an engaging portable photobooth experience to provided by event hosts. The apparatus comprises a base assembly with a frame configured to receive and hold a camera device in a first orientation with the camera of the camera device pointing along a first axis with respect to the base assembly. The apparatus also comprises a lighting assembly comprising a power module connected to a plurality of lighting elements which are positioned around the frame and which are configured to direct light in a direction substantially parallel to the first axis. Various implementations of the apparatus of the present invention are also provided.

A camera ball can include a housing body defining at least one optical opening for a camera in a front side. The camera ball can include a plurality of protrusions extending outwardly from the housing body.

A light shield for a ring light, to reduce abnormal images occurring because of errant and uncontrolled light entering an image-capturing module, includes a first shield portion, a second shield portion, and a third shield portion. The first shield portion is on an exterior of the light shield. The third shield portion is on an interior of the shield. The second shield portion is arranged between the first shield portion and the third shield portion and is inclined relative to the first and third shield portions. The light shield controls the direction of light emitted from the ring light, allowing an adjacent camera module or other image-capturing device to function normally and accurately. The disclosure further provides a lamp assembly including the light shield.

The present disclosure relates to optical systems, vehicles, and methods that are configured to illuminate and image a wide field of view of an environment. An example optical system includes a camera having an optical axis and an outer lens element disposed along the optical axis. The optical system also includes a plurality of illumination modules, each of which includes at least one light-emitter device configured to emit light along a respective emission axis and a secondary optical element optically coupled to the at least one light-emitter device. The secondary optical element is configured to provide a light emission pattern having an azimuthal angle extent of at least 170 degrees so as to illuminate a portion of an environment of the optical system.

An imaging device includes, an element installation plane configured to install light emitting elements in a plane perpendicular to an optical axis. The element installation plane includes a first installation position relatively long in distance from an optical axis of a lens unit and a second installation position relatively short in distance therefrom. At least one of the light emitting elements is installed at the second installation position.

The present disclosure relates to the field of lens technologies and provides a lens module. The lens module includes: a lens assembly including a lens barrel and a set of lenses received in the lens barrel; and an illumination assembly fixed to the lens assembly, the illumination assembly including an illumination holder surrounding and fixed to the lens barrel and an illumination window arranged on the illumination holder. The illumination window has an annular shape and surrounds the lens assembly. The present disclosure can solve a problem in the related art that the camera and the illumination assembly are separate components, which would otherwise occupy a space.

A picking system, a camera system, and a scale tray for a precision scale, wherein the base of the scale tray has a bright material so that the base forms a bright background for parts placed in the scale tray and wherein the base of the scale tray forms a reflector, with the reflector rotating reflected polarized light in the polarization direction with respect to incident polarized light.

An illumination optical system includes a plurality of light sources arranged in an annular shape, and a prism plate that is formed in an annular shape about an optical axis of illumination light from the light sources. The prism plate includes a prism surface, upon which the illumination light falls incident and on which prism a plurality of prisms arranged in an annular shape along a circumferential direction of the prism plate, are formed, a flat section upon which the illumination light falls incident and which is formed in an annular shape along the circumferential direction of the prism plate, and an emission plane that emits the illumination light. The prism surface is formed on an outer peripheral side outward from a radius of the prism plate that is centered on the optical axis, and the flat section is formed on an inner peripheral side inward from the radius.

A flash system for an electronic device includes a ring-shaped light guide having a central opening. A camera lens is positioned in or behind the opening. A first light emitting diode (LED) is mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB), and the LED and PCB are encapsulated by a molded light guide of the flash system. An identical LED and PCB are encapsulated at an opposite end of the molded light guide (i.e., 180 degrees away). The back surfaces of each PCB diffusively reflects light from the LED on the other PCB. Light extraction features on the light guide surface uniformly leak out light from the LEDs. The light emission profile of the light guide has a peak axially aligned with the central opening of the light guide and rolls off to the edge of the camera's field of view.