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Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026

Filed:

Dec. 26, 2023
Applicant:

Mitutoyo Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Satoru Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;

Yuki Kurahashi, Tokyo, JP;

Koji Kubo, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

MITUTOYO CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/29 (2006.01); G02B 3/14 (2006.01); G02B 30/27 (2020.01); G02B 26/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/294 (2021.01); G02B 30/27 (2020.01); G02F 1/292 (2013.01); G02B 3/14 (2013.01); G02B 26/005 (2013.01); G02F 2203/15 (2013.01);
Abstract

A variable focal length lens device includes: a liquid resonant liquid lens unit having a refractive index changeable in response to an inputted drive signal; a scanning range setter setting a predetermined standard frequency band as a scanning range of a frequency of the drive signal; a resonance frequency detector scanning the frequency of the drive signal over the scanning range and detecting a resonance frequency of the liquid lens unit based on an oscillation state of the liquid lens unit; and a resonance frequency estimator calculating an estimated value of a target resonance frequency based on a standard resonance frequency detected from the standard frequency band by the resonance frequency detector, the scanning range setter further setting a target frequency band including the estimated value of the target resonance frequency as the scanning range.


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