A four-piece infrared wavelength lens system includes, in order from the object side to the image side: a first lens element with a positive refractive power, a stop, a second lens element with a refractive power, a third lens element with a positive refractive power, a fourth lens element with a negative refractive power, wherein a focal length of the first lens element and the second lens element combined is f12, a focal length of the third lens element and the fourth lens element combined is f34, and they satisfy the relation: 0.2<f12/f34<1.4. Such a system has a wide field of view, large stop, short length and less distortion.

An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. At least one lens among the first to the sixth lenses has positive refractive power. The seventh lens has negative refractive power, wherein both surfaces thereof can be aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the seventh lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.

The invention discloses a five-piece optical lens for capturing image and a five-piece optical module for capturing image. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens along the optical axis comprises a first lens with refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; a fourth lens with refractive power; a fifth lens with refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the five lens elements is aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.

A three-piece infrared single wavelength projection lens system, in order from an image side to an image source side: a stop; a first lens element with a positive refractive power having an image-side surface being convex near an optical axis and an image source-side surface being concave near the optical axis; a second lens element with a negative refractive power having an image source-side surface being concave near the optical axis; and a third lens element with a positive refractive power having an image-side surface being concave near the optical axis and an image source-side surface being convex near the optical axis. Such arrangements can provide a three-piece infrared single wavelength projection lens system with better image sensing function.

A disclosed lens assembly may include at least four lenses sequentially arranged along an optical axis from a subject to an image sensor. Among the at least four lenses, a first lens disposed closest to the subject may have a visible light transmittance ranging from 0% to 5%, and, among subject-side surfaces and image-sensor-side surfaces of remaining lenses other than the first lens, at least four surfaces may include an inflection point. The lens assembly or an electronic device including the lens assembly may be variously implemented according to embodiments.

The present disclosure discloses an optical imaging system including, sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a first lens having refractive power; a second lens having refractive power; a third lens having positive refractive power; a fourth lens having refractive power; and a fifth lens having refractive power. Half of a diagonal length ImgH of an effective pixel area on an imaging plane of the optical imaging system and an entrance pupil diameter EPD of the optical imaging system satisfy: 0.5<ImgH/EPD≤1.0.

A Mid-Wave Infrared (MWIR) objective and relay lens system has an F# of 3.33 and angular field of view of 15.28°. It is deployed, with a focal plane and scanning system, on airborne platforms for wide area motion imagery. It is corrected for monochromatic and chromatic aberrations over of 3.3 to 5.1 micrometers. Effective focal length is 20 inches, and the overall length is 40.70 inches. The lens has, from object to image, two groups of optical elements with a cold shield/aperture stop 6 inches from the image plane. Group 1 acts as an objective lens with a positive power and three elements, Group 2 acts as a relay lens has a positive power and four elements. The lens is made of Germanium and Silicon. It used in a scanning system in a pre-objective configuration where the fast scan mirror is located in front of the lens system.

An imaging optical system includes an infrared light absorbing element, an infrared light reducing film and a plate element in order along a paraxial path. The infrared light absorbing element is made of an infrared light absorbing plastic material, and the infrared light absorbing element is configured to refract a light. The infrared light reducing film is closer to an image surface of the imaging optical system than an incident surface of the infrared light absorbing element to the image surface of the imaging optical system. The plate element is disposed between the infrared light reducing film and the image surface, the plate element includes a translucent portion, a holder portion and a taper structure coating. The taper structure coating is disposed on at least one of an incident surface and an exit surface of the translucent portion.

A system and method for automated lens adjustment for hyperspectral imaging is described. The system includes an image sensor and an electrically-controllable element arranged to set a spectral band for image capture by (i) selectively providing light for a selected spectral band or (ii) selectively filtering light to a selected spectral band. The system includes a tunable lens that is adjustable to change a focal length of the lens; and one or more data storage devices storing data that indicates different focus adjustment parameters corresponding to different spectral bands. The system includes a control system configured to perform operations including: selecting a spectral band; controlling the electrically-controllable element to set the spectral band for image capture; retrieving the focus adjustment parameter that corresponds to the spectral band; adjusting the lens based on the retrieved focus adjustment parameter; and capturing an image of the subject while the lens remains adjusted.

This disclosure describes illumination assemblies operable to generate a patterned illumination that maintain high contrast over a wide temperature range. An implementation of the illumination assembly can include an array of monochromatic light sources positioned on an illumination plane, first and second optical elements, and an exit aperture. A chief ray of each light source within the array of monochromatic light sources can substantially converge at an exit aperture. In such implementations light generated by the array of monochromatic light sources can be used efficiently.