Partnering for Performance
We work side-by-side with our clients to solve their toughest problems.
These case studies show how collaboration and innovation come together to produce measurable outcomes.
Modifying Design for Accurate Barcode Scanning
Our client’s new product was released to manufacturing and the initial builds did not perform satisfactorily. Optikos reviewed the product specification and design. We inspected vendor supplied piece parts and discovered that the radiometry of the design and the optical performance were insufficient to ensure adequate performance over the entire set of system requirements. We modeled the design, reviewed the specification requirements, and made design changes that ensured the product would satisfy the desired performance specifications. We also inspected all relevant piece parts and uncovered errors in the lens tooling and worked with the supplier to implement the new design and correct the tooling errors. The customer’s product development effort is brought back on track and its performance and...
Heads-Up Display Testing with Multi-Sensor Fusion
Our client designed and fabricated multi-spectral heads-up data fusion displays for visual guidance of aircraft. Unfortunately, they did not have the in-house capability for testing the assembled unit. Optikos reviewed the technical specification and quickly assembled the fixturing and metrology apparatus to ensure the unit performance (MTF) over its full field of view, pupil diameters, and positions. The customer was able to demonstrate compliance with all design specifications. Have a project in mind? Get started here.
Affordable Night Vision Consumer Product
In the late 1990s, Optikos engineers anticipated the coming wave of low-cost CMOS images and associated displays, and developed and patented a low-cost night vision consumer product. Working with Gamma Millennium Technologies, SpyNet was licensed to two major toy manufacturers: Jakks, Inc. and Wild Planet. Their implementation of Optikos® technology in several product forms brought the excitement of night vision technology to young children and teens at an affordable cost. Have a project in mind? Get started here.
Gene Sequencing System Alignment and Integration
Our client developed a flow cell based genome sequencing instrument intended for medium volume production. The Electro-Optical subsystems included: • Illumination—Multiple Lasers with complex beam shaping were used to evenly illuminate the object plane of a TIRFM (Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscope) system. • Imaging—Quad camera focal plane used to image fluoresced sub-diffraction limit objects over a large field of view. • Focus Monitor—Custom IR laser based reflective system used in the positioner feedback loop to maintain focus position with-in +/- 0.1um. Alignment of these subsystems and integration with each other was an art form. The time to build and align a system was cost prohibitive. Optikos engineers designed test fixtures, developed intermediate alignment techniques, and wrote...
Identifying Issues in Lens Design
Our client had sourced a lens that satisfied its written specification, but it did not result in satisfactory imaging, and they were unable to identify what was the source of the problem or describe to their supplier how the lens needed to be improved. Optikos reviewed the system requirements and the details of the optical and mechanical designs, and subsequently measured the veiling glare and ghost imaging to determine that the lens design had a significant ghosting problem that was exacerbated by reflections off the image sensor. By modeling the design on the computer and relating that to the observed ghosting phenomenon, Optikos was able to determine which optical surfaces required improved coatings. The customer was able to specify to...
