This paper introduces the working principle of continuous zoom lenses, the research status at home and abroad, and the existing problems. Aiming at the existing problems, strategy and suggestions to solve them are put forward from the aspects of industrial upgrading, technological transformation, military-civilian integration, and cooperation among enterprise, university, research institute and user.

Yingping Bai, Weiling Cai, Ludan Mao, Tao Sun, Xie Ma, Weihong Zhong, Xiushui Ma. Review of Development and industrialization of Infrared Continuous Zoom Lenses. International Journal of Big Data Intelligent Technology (2024), Vol. 5, Issue 1: 61-69. https://doi.org/10.38007/IJBDIT.2024.050108.

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