OPTICAL APPARATUS

• US 20190324235A1
• Filed: 07/02/2019
• Published: 10/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Everready Precision Ind. Corp.
• Original Assignee: Everready Precision Ind. Corp.
• Inventors: CHERN, Jyh-Long, YEN, Chih-Ming
• Application Number:
  US16/460,254
• Publication Number:
  US 20190324235A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 13/001 Miniaturised objectives for electronic devices, e.g. portable telephones, webcams, PDAs, small digital cameras G02B23/243 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 13/0035 having three lenses
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 13/06 Panoramic objectives; So-called "sky lenses" including panoramic objectives having reflecting surfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 13/18 with lenses having one or more non-spherical faces, e.g. for reducing geometrical aberration G02B13/002 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 17/0816 off-axis or unobscured systems in which not all of the mirrors share a common axis of rotational symmetry, e.g. at least one of the mirrors is warped, tilted or decentered with respect to the other elements
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 3/0062 Stacked lens arrays, i.e. refractive surfaces arranged in at least two planes, without structurally separate optical elements in-between
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/1318 using electro-optical elements or layers, e.g. electroluminescent sensing
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/172 Classification, e.g. identification
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/19 Sensors therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/54 Mounting of pick-up tubes, electronic image sensors, deviation or focusing coils
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/55 Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/58 Means for changing the camera field of view without moving the camera body, e.g. nutating or panning of optics or image sensors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/698 for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture

Abstract

An optical apparatus includes plural optical lens groups with a specified field of view and an optical sensor accommodated and fixed within a casing. After a light beam passes through any of the plural optical lens groups, its travelling direction is changed, and it is sensed by the optical sensor and converted into an image signal by the optical sensor. The optical apparatus has a single optical lens module of minimized volume and is able to implement different optical functions simultaneously. Consequently, the fabricating cost of the optical apparatus is reduced, the assembling process is simplified, and the number of components to be assembled is reduced.

Claims

1. An optical apparatus, comprising:

plural optical lens groups, wherein after a light beam passes through any of the plural optical lens groups, a travelling direction of the light beam is changed;

an optical sensor, wherein after the light beam passes through at least one of the plural optical lens groups, the light beam is sensed by the optical sensor; and

a casing, wherein the plural optical lens groups and the optical sensor are accommodated within the casing.

a programmable transparent module located over the plural optical lens groups, and comprising at least one functional region, wherein when the at least one functional region is driven to be in a light-transmissible state, the light beam is transmitted through the at least one functional region and introduced into at least one of the plural optical lens groups.

2. The optical apparatus according to claim 1, wherein one of the plural optical lens groups is a center optical lens group, and the other optical lens groups of the plural optical lens groups are peripheral optical lens groups around the center optical lens group.

3. The optical apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the optical apparatus satisfies a mathematic formula:

4. The optical apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the optical apparatus satisfies mathematic formulae:

5. The optical apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the optical apparatus satisfies mathematic formulae:

6. The optical apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the optical apparatus satisfies mathematic formulae:

7. The optical apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the plural optical lens groups comprise a first optical lens group with a first optical axis and a second optical lens group with a second optical axis, wherein the first optical axis and the second optical axis are not overlapped with each other.

8. The optical apparatus according to claim 2, wherein an inclined angle between a center optical axis of the center optical lens group and a peripheral optical axis of at least one of the plural peripheral optical lens groups is smaller than 20 degrees.

9. The optical apparatus according to claim 2, wherein an inclined angle between a center optical axis of the center optical lens group and a peripheral optical axis of at least one of the plural peripheral optical lens groups is more than 20 degrees when the corresponding optical lens groups is embedding with reflective an optical element.

10. The optical apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the plural optical lens groups comprise a first optical lens group with a first lens and a second optical lens group with a second lens, wherein the first lens and the second lens are integrally formed with each other.

11. The optical apparatus according to claim 2, wherein plural optical lens groups comprise a visible optical lens group and an invisible optical lens group, wherein after at least one visible light beam passes through the visible optical lens group, a travelling direction of the at least one visible light beam is changed, wherein after at least one invisible light beam passes through the invisible optical lens group, a travelling direction of the at least one invisible light beam is changed.

12. The optical apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising at least one filter, wherein the at least one filter is arranged between the plural optical lens groups and the optical sensor, wherein after the light beam passes through any of the plural optical lens groups, a portion of the light beam is filtered and sieved by the filter.

13. The optical apparatus according to claim 9, wherein a visible light beam, an infrared light beam, a near infrared light beam and/or a far infrared light beam is blocked by the filter.

14. The optical apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a light shielding plate, wherein the light shielding plate is located at front sides of the plural optical lens groups, and the light shielding plate has plural perforations corresponding to the plural optical lens groups.

15. The optical apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of the plural optical lens groups comprises a single lens or plural lenses in a stack arrangement, wherein each lens is made of a plastic material, a glass material or a silicon-based material.

16. The optical apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the optical apparatus is an optical image capturing apparatus.

17. The optical apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the programmable transparent module is a display screen, and a screen image is shown on the display screen.

18. The optical apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the programmable transparent module comprises a transparent cathode layer, a transparent anode layer and an organically luminescent material layer, and the organically luminescent material layer is arranged between the transparent cathode layer and the transparent anode layer.

19. The optical apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the optical apparatus is provided for in-display fingerprint optical identification, in-display human face optical identification or in-display iris optical identification.

20. An optical apparatus, comprising:

plural optical lens groups, wherein after a light beam passes through any of the plural optical lens groups, a travelling direction of the light beam is changed;

an optical sensor, wherein after the light beam passes through at least one of the plural optical lens groups, the light beam is sensed by the optical sensor; and

a casing, wherein the plural optical lens groups and the optical sensor are accommodated within the casing,

wherein the optical apparatus is provided for in-display fingerprint optical identification, in-display human face optical identification or in-display iris optical identification,