Patents Examined by Bao-Luan Q Le
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Patent number: 11971601Abstract: An imaging lens assembly includes a plurality of optical elements and an accommodating assembly, wherein the accommodating assembly is for containing the optical elements. The accommodating assembly includes a conical-shaped light blocking sheet and a lens barrel. The conical-shaped light blocking sheet includes an out-side portion and a conical portion, and the conical portion is connected to the out-side portion. The conical portion includes a conical structure tapered from the out-side portion toward one of an object-side and an image-side along the optical axis. The lens barrel is disposed on one side of the conical portion. The optical elements include a most object-side optical element, a most image-side optical element and at least one optical element. The conical structure of the conical-shaped light blocking sheet is physically contacted with only one of the lens barrel, the most object-side optical element and the most image-side optical element.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.Inventors: Yu-Chen Lai, Chih-Wei Cheng, Ming-Ta Chou, Ming-Shun Chang
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Patent number: 11971649Abstract: Provided is a light source device, including: a laser generation unit configured to output laser light; a light modification element disposed in a light guide unit or between the light guide unit and a homogenizing unit and configured to cause an angular distribution of the laser light uniform and continuous; the light guide unit, configured to receive the laser light output by the laser generation unit and guide the laser light to the homogenizing unit; and the homogenizing unit, configured to receive the laser light from the light guide unit, and homogenize and output the laser light.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITEDInventors: Haixiong Hou, Mengran Wang, Yi Li
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Patent number: 11971542Abstract: Wearable and optical display systems and methods for operation thereof incorporating monovision display techniques are disclosed. A wearable device may include left and right optical stacks configured to switch between displaying virtual content at a first focal plane or a second focal plane. The wearable device may determine whether or not an activation condition is satisfied. In response to determining that the activation condition is satisfied, a monovision display mode associated with the wearable device may be activated, which may include causing the left optical stack to display the virtual content at the first focal plane and causing the right optical stack to display the virtual content at the second focal plane.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Bjorn Nicolaas Servatius Vlaskamp, Jason Allen Shultz, William Hudson Welch, Bing Wu
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Patent number: 11966153Abstract: A wavelength conversion module includes a driving element, a wavelength conversion wheel, and at least one flow guide. The wavelength conversion wheel includes a rotary disc and at least one wavelength conversion layer. The driving element is connected to the rotary disc to drive the wavelength conversion wheel to rotate along an axis of the driving element as a central axis. The flow guide is disposed beside the wavelength conversion wheel at intervals along the axis, and at least one airflow channel is formed between the flow guide and the wavelength conversion wheel. The flow guide and the driving element are disposed at intervals, and the flow guide does not contact the rotary disc and the driving element. An orthographic projection of the flow guide on the rotary disc overlaps the wavelength conversion layer. When the wavelength conversion wheel rotates, the wavelength conversion wheel and the flow guide move relatively.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Ming-Feng Hou, Shi-Wen Lin, Shih-Hang Lin
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Patent number: 11965118Abstract: An adhesive composition includes an acrylic monomer, and a crosslinking agent. A storage modulus of the adhesive composition after curing the adhesive composition at a temperature of about ?20° C. divided by a storage modulus of the adhesive composition after curing the adhesive composition at a temperature of about 60° C. is be greater than about 1 and less than about 10.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: On Nu Ri Kim, Young Hye Son, Sang Gu Lee
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Patent number: 11965830Abstract: A data acquisition apparatus includes a light source, a first beam splitter, a predetermined beam splitter, a first light deflector, a second light deflector, a first measuring unit, a second measuring unit, a second beam splitter, and a photodetector. A second measurement optical path is positioned in a first direction and a reference optical path is positioned in a second direction. The predetermined beam splitter is disposed in the second measurement optical path or the reference optical path. A first measurement optical path is positioned between the predetermined beam splitter and the photodetector. The first light deflector and the first measuring unit are disposed in the first measurement optical path, and the second light deflector and the second measuring unit are disposed in the second measurement optical path. The first measurement optical path and the second measurement optical path intersect.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Evident CorporationInventors: Mayumi Odaira, Yoshimasa Suzuki
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Patent number: 11962946Abstract: There is provided with an image processing apparatus that generates a display image to be displayed in a display system including a display area. An obtaining unit obtains one input image acquired through shooting by one image capturing apparatus. A generating unit generates the display image from the input image on the basis of a correspondence between a first projection plane corresponding to the input image and a second projection plane corresponding to the display area.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masatoshi Ishii
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Patent number: 11953699Abstract: In order to achieve the above object, an image display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a light source section and one or more optical components. The one or more optical components include an optical surface for dividing the light emitted from the light source into a plurality of light beams to be converged and a reflective surface for reflecting the plurality of light beams converged by the optical surface, and emit the plurality of light beams reflected by the reflective surface from the optical surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Sony Group CorporationInventor: Takeshi Yonezawa
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Patent number: 11947251Abstract: An illumination system provides an illumination beam and includes a red light source, a green light source, a blue light source, a first supplementary light source, a first X-shaped light-splitting assembly, a first light-splitting element, and a light-uniforming element. The red light source provides a red beam. The green light source provides a green beam. The blue light source provides a blue beam. The first supplementary light source provides a first supplementary beam. The first X-shaped light-splitting assembly guides the first supplementary beam and the blue beam to the first light-splitting element. The first light-splitting element guides the red beam, the green beam, the blue beam, and the first supplementary beam to the light-uniforming element. The first supplementary beam is a red supplementary beam or a blue supplementary beam, and the illumination system includes at least five light-emitting elements. A projection apparatus including the above illumination system is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Chi-Fu Liu, Tsung-Hsin Liao, Chun-Li Chen, Hung-Yu Lin
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Patent number: 11947109Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a projection image-displaying member having excellent suitability for polarizing sunglasses, a windshield glass, and a head-up display system. The projection image-displaying member has a first polarization converting layer, at least one selectively reflecting layer, and a second polarization converting layer in this order. The first polarization converting layer and the second polarization converting layer are layers formed by fixing a helical alignment structure of a liquid crystal compound. The number of pitches in the helical alignment structure and a film thickness satisfy all relational expressions below. When the first polarization converting layer has a number of pitches x1 and a film thickness y1 (unit: ?m), 0.3?x1?2.0 and??(i) y1?1.86x1+0.13.??(ii) When the second polarization converting layer has a number of pitches x2 and a film thickness y2 (unit: ?m), 0.25?x2?2.0,??(iii) y2?1.37x2+5.5, and??(iv) y2?1.37x2+0.25.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Akihiro Anzai, Yujiro Yanai, Wataru Majima, Taketo Otani
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Patent number: 11947250Abstract: A wavelength conversion element is provided. The wavelength conversion element includes a substrate, a wavelength conversion layer, a reflective layer, and a heat conductive layer. The wavelength conversion layer is disposed on the substrate. The reflective layer is disposed on the substrate and is located between the substrate and the wavelength conversion layer. The heat conductive layer is disposed on the substrate, and at least a portion of the heat conductive layer is located between the substrate and the reflective layer. A projector is also provided, and the projector includes the wavelength conversion element. The wavelength conversion element exhibits a favorable heat dissipation effect and provides improved conversion efficiency, so that the projector exhibits favorable projection quality and product competitiveness.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventor: Tsung-Hsiang Fu
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Patent number: 11947107Abstract: A method for recovering an image passing through a display and taken by an image sensor disposed on a rear side of the display, the method includes acquiring the image taken by the image sensor, obtaining a plurality of point spread functions corresponding one-to-one to a plurality of dots arranged in a predetermined pattern on a calibration chart, and recovering the image by performing a de-convolution of the image based on the plurality of point spread functions.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.Inventor: Hirotake Cho
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Patent number: 11940664Abstract: A lens unit includes a jointed lens having a first optical member, a second optical member disposed on an optical axis of the first optical member, and a jointing member having a light transmissive property and disposed between the first optical member and the second optical member, and a holding mechanism configured to hold the first and second optical members. The holding mechanism holds the first and second optical members so that a distance along an optical axis direction between a first lateral surface at an opposite side to a second optical member side in the first optical member and a second lateral surface at an opposite side to a first optical member side in the second optical member becomes a preset distance. The jointing member adheres to the first optical member and the second optical member so that the distance becomes the preset distance.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Hirotaka Yanagisawa
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Patent number: 11942577Abstract: An optical device includes an LED chip, a light absorber and/or visible-light luminescent material, and a near-infrared luminescent material, wherein a luminous power of light emitted by the near-infrared luminescent material and the light absorber and/or visible-light luminescent material in a band of 650-1000 nm under the excitation of the LED chip is A, and a sum of a luminous power of light emitted by the near-infrared and visible-light luminescent materials in a band of 350-650 nm under the excitation of the LED chip and a luminous power of residual light emitted by the LED chip in the band of 350-650 nm after the LED chip excites the near-infrared and visible-light luminescent materials is B, with B/A*100% being 0.1%-10%. According to the implementation where the optical device employs the LED chip to combine the near-infrared luminescent material and the light absorber and/or visible-light luminescent material simultaneously.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: GRIREM ADVANCED MATERIALS CO., LTD.Inventors: Ronghui Liu, Yuanhong Liu, Yanfeng Li, Xiaoxia Chen, Xiaole Ma, Yuan Xue
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Patent number: 11940721Abstract: A projection display device and a projection display equipment are provided. The projection display device includes a display screen body, a photosensitive device, and a control module. The control module is electrically connected to the display screen body, the photosensitive device outputs a photosensitive signal when sensing a projection light beam, and the control module is electrically connected to the photosensitive device to receive the photosensitive signal and to control a section on the display screen body corresponding to a projection position of the projection light beam to be converted from a transparent state to an opaque state according to the photosensitive signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Lei Wen, Zhiqing Shi, Miao Jiang, Jiangbo Yao, Lixuan Chen, Xin Zhang
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Patent number: 11933981Abstract: A heads-up display apparatus that includes integrated protection structures is disclosed. The various structures protect the electronics in the heads-up display unit from liquid spills and small objects. The various protective structures are integrated into the heads-up display casing. Namely, the casing may include several drainage structures that channel liquid away from sensitive electronic components in the heads-up display unit. As a result, the heads-up display may be advantageously protected from damage when in use in a motor vehicle dashboard.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Andrew M. Stanger
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Patent number: 11934087Abstract: A projector includes a cooling fan, and a processor, and the processor executes, in a case in which the cooling fan is operating in a first revolution speed mode, a control of switching an operation mode of the cooling fan to a second revolution speed mode whose revolution speed is faster than that of the first revolution speed mode in a case in which an obtained temperature detection value reaches a first threshold, and executes, in a case in which the cooling fan is operating in the second revolution speed mode, a control of switching the operation mode of the cooling fan to a revolution speed mode whose revolution speed is slower than that of the second revolution speed mode in a case in which an obtained temperature detection value decreases below a second threshold which differs from the first threshold.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoyuki Ueda, Tetsuro Narikawa, Toshifumi Kase, Akira Inoue
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Patent number: 11933984Abstract: An image light generation device generating image light, a semi-transmissive tilted mirror reflecting the image light from the image light generation device, and a concave semi-transmissive mirror reflecting, toward the semi-transmissive tilted mirror, the image light reflected by the semi-transmissive tilted mirror to form an exit pupil are provided, and the concave semi-transmissive mirror includes a partial reflective film having different reflectance according to wavelength, the semi-transmissive tilted mirror reflects the image light toward the partial reflective film.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Daiki Matsumoto
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Patent number: 11921408Abstract: A projection device according to the present disclosure includes a light source unit, an image formation unit, a projection optical unit, and a housing which has a first surface and a second surface opposed to each other, and is configured to house the light source unit, the image formation unit, and the projection optical unit, wherein the first surface includes a first region, and a second region lower in height from the second surface than the first region, and a receiving part on which a suspending attachment is mounted is disposed in the second region.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Nobuyuki Otsuki
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Patent number: 11921409Abstract: A light projector and method of aligning the light projector is provided. A light projector steers an outgoing beam of light onto an object, passing light returned from the object through a focusing lens onto an optical detector. The light projector may generate a light pattern or template by rapidly moving the outgoing beam of light along a path on a surface. To place the light pattern/template in a desired location, the light projector may be aligned with an electronic model.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: FARO Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Maxime Isabelle, Matthew T. Armstrong, Salvatore DiAngelus, Leonardo Martinez, Joel H. Stave