Patents Examined by Bao Q Truong
  • Patent number: 11903142
    Abstract: One embodiment comprises a circuit board including a mounting groove, an image sensor arranged within the mounting groove of the circuit board, and a first epoxy arranged within the mounting groove, wherein the mounting groove comprises a first side surface and a second side surface that face each other, and a third side surface and a fourth side surface that face each other, the circuit board includes at least one application groove provided on the first side surface and/or the second side surface of the mounting groove, the at least one application groove includes an opening opened toward the upper surface of the circuit board, and at least a portion of the first epoxy is arranged in the at least one application groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Do Yun Kim, Seong Min Lee, Eun Mi Kim, Sang Ok Park
  • Patent number: 11892750
    Abstract: First and second LED arrays can include respective first and second pluralities of light-emitting areas that are separated by respective first and second boundaries. The first and second boundaries can be arranged in slightly different patterns. At least one lens can collimate light from the first LED array to form first illumination, collimate light from the second LED array to form second illumination, and illuminate the scene with the first and second illuminations. The first boundaries can form first dark bands in the first illumination. The second boundaries can form second dark bands in the second illumination, which can be slightly offset from the first dark bands at the scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventors: Nicola Bettina Pfeffer, Arjen Gerben Van der Sijde, Charles André Schrama
  • Patent number: 11885478
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to realize a lighting device of thin, low power consumption and small light distribution angle. The present invention takes the following structure to realize the above task: A lighting device having an emitting surface and a bottom opposing to the emitting surface including: a resin, set between the emitting surface and the bottom, having a hole at a center, a reflection block set in the hole at a side of the emitting surface, an LED, which is a light source, set in the hole at a side of the bottom, a space between the LED and the reflection block, in which the resin is contained in a container whose inner surface is a reflecting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Makoto Hasegawa, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Ken Kagabu
  • Patent number: 11885482
    Abstract: A luminaire (11) is provided having sensors means (16) for detecting or determining information relating to a subject. The information is usable to determine changes to light output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SKYJOY LIMITED
    Inventors: Pamela Topping, Lloyd Crawford
  • Patent number: 11886097
    Abstract: A camera can capture an image of a scene during an exposure duration of the camera. An illumination system for the camera can include a light-emitting diode (LED) array. The LED array can include a plurality of LEDs that can produce light during the exposure duration of the camera. The LED array can include one or more non-emitting areas located between adjacent LEDs in the LED array. A lens can direct the light toward the scene as illumination. The illumination can include one or more dark bands corresponding to the one or more non-emitting areas of the LED array, optionally surrounding the LEDs in the LED array. An actuator can translate at least one of the LED array or the lens during the exposure duration of the camera so as to blur the one or more dark bands in the illumination in the image of the scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventors: Arjen Gerben Van der Sijde, Nicola Bettina Pfeffer
  • Patent number: 11873984
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a first light source, a second light source, a controller and a power source. The first light source may activate color channels of a reactive material in response to a signal. The second light source may deactivate a subset of the color channels of the reactive material in response to the signal. The controller may receive an input, determine characteristics for the light sources in response to the input and generate the signal in response to the first characteristics and the second characteristics. The power source may provide power for the light sources and the controller. The reactive material may change appearance in response to the subset of the color channels deactivated. The power source and the controller may be contained in a housing of the apparatus. The light sources may enable the apparatus to emit light onto an object comprising the reactive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: HUT ENTERPRISES LLC
    Inventor: John Paul Gleason
  • Patent number: 11865970
    Abstract: A variable-focus lighting device and a variable-focus lighting system have one light source and are used to adjust the position and focus of light that is emitted, among various positions in an interior space. An installation space on an interior roof is reduced and manufacturing costs are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sung Ho Park, Jung Wook Lim
  • Patent number: 11867363
    Abstract: The solution relates to lighting technology, namely to LED lamps powered directly from the AC mains. The technical result is to simplify the design, improve heat dissipation and reduce the labor intensity of manufacturing high-power lamps of general use, resistant to external influences>IP65, and with a minimum cost and labor intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventor: Yuriy Borisovich Sokolov
  • Patent number: 11864612
    Abstract: A headband assembly, having a preferred orientation relative to a wearer's head, and including a closed form headband adapted to encircle a human head horizontally, thereby defining an inner surface and wherein at least one hard portion of the headband is hard relative to another portion of the headband. Also, a resiliently deformable wingset is supported by the headstrap subassembly on the inner surface, about the hard portion and includes a central part and two wings, each wing extending laterally outwardly from the central part, each wing extending forward as it extends laterally from the central part and having a wing end. A wingset holder, engaged to both the wing ends, so that at least a portion of the holder is suspended between the wing ends, thereby holding a wearer's head away from the hard portion when in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Riverpoint Medical, LLC
    Inventor: John Thomas Ferguson
  • Patent number: 11846413
    Abstract: There is presented a light fixture (200) comprising an nation device (244) comprising a plurality of light sources (103) emitting light along an optical axis (247); an optical gate (242) arranged along the optical axis; a light collector (241) placed between the plurality of light sources (103) emitting and the optical gate (242) and adapted to collect light from the light sources and adapted to project at least a part of said light along said optical axis (247); and one or more color filters (251, 253), such as color filters for subtractive color mixing, such as dichroic filters or color gels or the like, such as arranged to be traversed by the optical axis (247), placed between the light collector (241) and the optical gate (242), and a converging optical component (263), such as a first converging optical component (263), placed between the one or more color filters (251, 253) and the optical gate (242) and further comprising an optical projecting system (243) placed on the opposite side of the optical gat
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Harman Professional Denmark APS
    Inventor: Dennis Thykjaer Joergensen
  • Patent number: 11844161
    Abstract: To more effectively perform staging using light and sound. A staging apparatus 1 is provided with a ball 2 in which a gas is contained, and an internal device 200 including a sound output unit 270 and a light-emitting unit 240 provided in the ball 2. In the internal device 200, sound is outputted from the sound output unit 270 when an operation of the ball 2 is sensed. The staging apparatus 1 preferably receives, from an external control device or the like, a synchronization signal for synchronizing the timing at which sound is output, and outputs sound at a timing that is in accordance with the synchronization signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: TeamLab Inc.
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Inoko
  • Patent number: 11835203
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a surgical lighting device for generating a spot of light on a surgical site for use in combination with a fluorescence imaging device. The lighting device comprises a support structure, a subsurface which may be coupled to the support structure to seal the lower surface of the device while allowing light to pass through and a plurality of light sources emitting white light and placed between the support structure and the subsurface. The device further includes a plurality of NIR (near infrared) filters, each NIR filter being associated with a light source and being configured to substantially prevent the transmission of wavelengths within a wavelength band from 680 nm to 900 nm, while minimizing the change in the color temperature of the light spot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Maquet SAS
    Inventors: Minh-Hong Vu Thi, Sophie Santiago, Cécilia Valteau
  • Patent number: 11835190
    Abstract: A size adjustable LED light system has a first and second light retainer that are configured as mirror images to retain a front LED light strip of variable heights and lengths. Also, each of the first and second light retainer form a side LED light receiver channel configured to receive a side LED light. The front extensions of each of the light retainers create a barrier between the front LED light strip and the side LED light, to enable different colors of light to be projected from the front and the two sides. The first and second light retainers have front panel channel for retaining a front panel of the front LED light strip and side panel channels for retaining a side panel over the respective side LED light or side LED light panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: LOGO DESIGN GROUP, LLC
    Inventor: Drew J. Hunsaker
  • Patent number: 11834093
    Abstract: Various implementations include a light bar system for a steering wheel of a vehicle that includes a high intensity light source, a light diffusing layer, and an outer lens. For example, in certain implementations, the light diffusing layer is disposed between a plurality of high intensity light emitting diodes (LEDs) and an outer lens, and the light diffusing layer causes the light from the LEDs to appear as a continuous stream of light across a length of the lens and provides sufficiently bright lighting to warn or communicate with the driver in various ambient lighting conditions. In certain implementations, the outer lens is colored to blend in with the rest of the steering wheel when the LEDs are not activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition LLC
    Inventors: Valerie D. Gardner, Jason Carl Lisseman, David Ryan Varcoe
  • Patent number: 11828452
    Abstract: A light converging member (10) according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a recess portion (32) that is used for an optical component (100) with an optical element (14) for emitting light, the recess portion being opposed to the optical element (14) and having a size 0.5 or more times larger than the maximum length of a light emission region in the optical element; and a lens body (30) for converging light having passed through the recess portion (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshio Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 11825580
    Abstract: An optical pest repeller includes at least two first light sources, at least two first photosensitive members, at least one second light source, and a processing unit. The second light source is located between the first photosensitive members in a second direction. By comparing a light-shading area with a threshold value, no matter which side of the second direction a human body enters by mistake, the second light source can be turned off in time. The safety of use of the optical pest repeller is improved greatly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventor: Kuan-Yu Li
  • Patent number: 11821612
    Abstract: Accessory attachment apparatus forms an articulating mounting attachment between a body of the accessory and an attachment. The articulating mounting attachment has an integrally formed generally cylindrical inner coupling member couplable within a conformingly generally cylindrical and open outer coupling member. The outer coupling member is rotatably engaging the inner coupling member therein along a longitudinal axis thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: ALMO GLOBAL PTY LIMITED
    Inventor: Alexander Morrow
  • Patent number: 11805770
    Abstract: Plant eradication and stressing of plants using illumination signaling where a short-time dual component, low energy, unnatural set of irradiances is applied, with no mutagenic or high radiative energy transfers in any wavelength for eradication by substantial high temperature thermally-induced leaf and plant component failure or incineration. An Indigo Region Illumination Distribution of wavelength 300 nm to 550 nm is directed to plant foliage and/or a plant root crown, while infrared radiation that is substantially Medium Wavelength Infrared radiation of 2-20 microns wavelength, 2.4-8.0 microns preferred, is directed to a plant root crown and/or soil immediately adjacent the root crown. The Indigo Region Illumination Distribution can pass through the MWIR emitter to form a compact illuminator that uses specific unnatural irradiances that provide unexpected plant control. The MWIR emitter can comprise borosilicate glass at 400° F. to 1000° F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Global Neighbor, Inc
    Inventors: Jonathan A Jackson, Christopher Hoffman, Norman Novotney, Joseph Carroll, Patrick A Jackson, Mark J Elting
  • Patent number: 11812195
    Abstract: A multiple function LED night light has at least one LED device and added function(s) such as an air-freshener adaptor device, sonic device, frequency device, sensor device, bug repeller device, second light device, timepiece, electric message device, timer device, temperature device, surge protection device, electric short circuit protection device, base device for installation on an existing lamp socket, emergency light device, or any other electric device(s) suitable for home use to keep people comfortable or safe. The LED device has a first optic means to change the narrow-viewing angle of an LED's spot-light beams into a wider-viewing angle and second optic means to help make the LED night light exhibit a smooth lighting effect. The device may be arranged to fit into an existing night light bulb socket to turn any existing bulb night light into a power saving LED night light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventor: Tseng-Lu Chien
  • Patent number: 11808430
    Abstract: A junction box having a cavity to contain electrical wires that provide a connection to a building mains voltage from an electrical system of a building is coupled to a plurality of telescoping hanger bars to hold the junction box in a wall or ceiling in the building. Each telescoping hanger bar is extendible and/or retractable to vary a length of the hanger bar. A position of the junction box is adjustable along the length of each telescoping hanger bar. In one example, the apparatus does not include a can, separate from the junction box, to contain a lighting device of a recessed lighting assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: DMF, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael D. Danesh