Abstract:
A lens arrangement (10) is presented. The lens arrangement comprises a first element (12) having a concave reflective surface and defining an optical axis (OA) of the lens arrangement, and a second substantially flat and at least partially reflective element (14) spaced-apart from the first element along the optical axis. The second element is configured to allow light passage therethrough and is oriented with respect to the optical axis and the first element such that at a predetermined angle βof incidence of an input light beam onto the second element, the input light beam is reflected onto the reflective surface of the first element and reflected therefrom to pass through the second element.
Abstract:
The invention concerns an irradiation device for testing objects coated with light-sensitive paint, comprising a EUV radiation source, an optical system for filtering the radiation of the EUV radiation source, a chamber for receiving the object, as well as systems for intersecting the trajectory of the rays on the object. The invention also concerns a method for operating such a device. The invention aims at obtaining as quickly as possible an illumination at least partly simultaneous of several irradiation fields, with different doses, by using an inexpensive laboratory radiation source without resorting to complex optical systems. Therefor, the invention provides a device comprising a simplified and compact optical system, with closable diaphragm apertures located in front of the object to be irradiated and at least one control sensor placed on the trajectory of the rays and enabling the radiation dose to be measured.
Abstract:
A power supply circuit (14) for a liquid crystal welding lens (10) or shutter develops a relatively low voltage AC signal for driving or powering the liquid crystal shutter (10) to the clear state and two relatively higher or larger magnitude AC electrical signals for initially driving the shutter (10) to the dark state and then for maintaining the shutter (10) in the dark state; a variable frequency circuit (61) for varying the frequency of the driving signal to the shutter (10) to minimize power usage in the dark state and to avoid flicker in the clear state; and power saving and battery level indicator features are included.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an illumination controller capable of discriminating a fixed heater from a human body to control the illumination conditions of an illumination load.SOLUTION: An illumination system 1 includes an illumination load 2 and an illumination apparatus 3. The illumination apparatus 3 includes: a pyroelectric type sensor 5 that detects changes in infrared rays; a shutter 61 provided in front of a heat receiving surface so as to shield the radiation of infrared rays to the heat receiving surface of the pyroelectric type sensor 5; and an illumination controller 7 including a shutter controller 73 and an ON/OFF controller 76. The shutter controller 73 controls the shutter 61 so that the shutter 61 closes and opens in a short time after a hold-ON time of the illumination load 2 has elapsed. When the pyroelectric type sensor 5 detects no changes in the infrared rays before and after the shutter 61 opens/closes and when the hold-ON time elapses a predetermined times or a predetermined period of time without detecting any changes in infrared rays by the pyroelectric type sensor 5 during the hold-ON time, the ON/OFF controller 76 controls to turn off the illumination load 2.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify an optical system and correct the sensitivity drift or linearity of a light reception element. SOLUTION: A light quantity measuring apparatus is provided with an optical chopper 2 for interrupting incident signal light at prescribed periods while rotating; a reference light source 6 for irradiating reference light different from the signal light during the period in which the signal light is interrupted by the optical chopper 2; the light reception element 5 for receiving both the signal light and the reference light and measuring the light quantity of the signal light and the light quantity of the reference light; a correction operation circuit 13 for correcting the light quantity of the signal light on the basis of the light quantity of the reference light; and a correction value computation circuit 12 for computing a correction value by comparing a prescribed reference value with a light quantity value of the prescribed light. The correction operation circuit 13 corrects the light quantity of the signal light on the basis of the correction value. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
An eye-tracking system comprises one or more optical sources configured to emit infrared light with a narrow spectral linewidth toward an eye of a user and one or more shuttered optical sensors configured to receive infrared light reflected off the eye of the user. A controller is configured to pulse the one or more optical sources on and off, such that a pulse-on duration is less than a duration needed to fully thermalize each optical source. The controller is also configured to open the shuttered optical sensor for a detection duration based on the pulse-on duration. A conformation of the user's eye may be indicated based on infrared light received at the shuttered optical sensor during the detection duration.
Abstract:
With the object of preventing deterioration of or damage to a photodetector caused by excessive light by more reliably preventing the excessive light from entering the photodetector, a microscope of the present invention is provided with a high-sensitivity detector, such as an HPD, a GaAsP, an EM-CCD or the like, that detects observation light coming from a specimen, a box-shaped casing that has an opening that allows contained items to be placed therein and removed therefrom and that covers the high-sensitivity detector, a door that can close off the opening of the casing, a switch that restricts light detection by the high-sensitivity detector by turning on and off a drive voltage to be applied to the high-sensitivity detector, and an opening restricting mechanism that allows the opening of the casing in the closed state imposed by the door to be opened only when the light detection by the high-sensitivity detector is restricted by the switch.