Patents Examined by Cara E Rakowski
  • Patent number: 11567339
    Abstract: A shake correction optical unit with a shake correction function may cause a movable body including an optical module to swing around an X axis and a Y axis that are perpendicular to an optical axis L. A flexible printed board may include a second folded portion drawn from the movable body in a +Y direction, and bent in a direction of the optical axis L and folded once; and a first folded portion bent to extend from the second folded portion in the +Y direction and folded once. At least one of the second folded portion or the first folded portion may be thus easily bendable when the movable body swings in either direction around the X axis or around the Y axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsutomu Arai, Shinji Minamisawa, Takeshi Sue
  • Patent number: 11561362
    Abstract: An embodiment comprises: a housing; a bobbin disposed in the housing; a coil disposed on the bobbin; a magnet disposed in a side portion of the housing, and including a first side surface facing the coil and a second side surface opposite to the first side surface; and a yoke disposed in the upper portion of the housing and overlapping the magnet in the optical axis direction, wherein: the centerline of the magnet is located on one side with reference to a reference line; a first groove adjoining one end of the first side surface of the magnet is disposed at a first end of the magnet; a second groove adjoining the other end of the first side surface of the magnet is disposed at a second end of the magnet; the reference line passes through the center of the housing and is perpendicular to the outer surface of the side portion of the housing where the magnet is disposed; and the centerline of the magnet is a straight line passing through the center between the first end and the second end of the magnet and perp
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung Guk Lee
  • Patent number: 11556014
    Abstract: An image stabilization apparatus includes a fixing member, a movable member, a guiding member movable in a first direction orthogonal to the optical axis relative to the fixed member, and configured to guide the movable member while restricting a rotation of the movable member on the plane orthogonal to the optical axis relative to the fixed member, and a rolling member rollably held between the fixed member and the guiding member. The fixing member includes a first groove extending in the first direction and contacts the rolling member. The guiding member includes a second groove that extends in the first direction and contacts the rolling member. The rolling member can contact an end of the first groove and an end of the second groove while the guiding member is located at one of ends in a movable range of the guiding member in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toma Kitayama, Kazuhiro Noguchi
  • Patent number: 11526022
    Abstract: An optical unit having a shake correction function, includes a movable body including an optical module, a fixed body supporting the movable body in a swingable manner, a swing drive mechanism swinging the movable body relative to the fixed body and including a magnet and a coil, one of the magnet and the coil being fixed to the movable body, the other one of the magnet and the coil being fixed to the fixed body, a magnetic member returning the movable body to an original position, a magnetic detection sensor detecting a magnetic field of the magnet, and a wiring member being connected with the coil. The wiring member includes a mounting face on which the magnetic detection sensor, the magnetic member, and the coil are fixed. The centers of the magnetic detection sensor, the magnetic member, and the coil are coaxially fixed to the mounting face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji Minamisawa
  • Patent number: 11526023
    Abstract: An optical unit with a shake correction function includes a movable body having a lens, a turning support mechanism structured to turnably support the movable body around an optical axis of the lens, a gimbal mechanism structured to turnably support the turning support mechanism, a fixed body which supports the movable body through the gimbal mechanism and the turning support mechanism, a shake correction magnetic drive mechanism, and a rolling correction magnetic drive mechanism. The turning support mechanism includes a plate roll fixed to the movable body, a plate holder provided with a facing part which faces the plate roll in a direction of the optical axis, and a turning mechanism which is provided between the plate roll and the facing part and is structured so that the plate roll is turnable with respect to the plate holder. The gimbal mechanism turnably supports the plate holder around the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiromitsu Takei
  • Patent number: 11506862
    Abstract: An optical element driving mechanism is provided. The optical element driving mechanism with a main axis includes a fixed part, a movable part, a first driving assembly, and a sensing assembly. The movable part moves relative to the fixed part. The movable part and the fixed part are arranged along the main axis. The movable part includes a frame and a holder. The holder moves relative to the frame. The first driving assembly drives the holder to move. The sensing assembly includes a reference element and a sensing element. The sensing element senses a movement of the reference element in order to sense a movement of the holder relative to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventor: Yung-Ping Yang
  • Patent number: 11500221
    Abstract: An optical unit with a shake correction function includes a movable body having a lens, a turning support mechanism structured to turnably support the movable body around an optical axis of the lens, a gimbal mechanism structured to turnably support the turning support mechanism around a first axis and around a second axis intersecting the optical axis, a fixed body which supports the movable body through the gimbal mechanism and the turning support mechanism, a shake correction magnetic drive mechanism structured to turn the movable body around the first axis and around the second axis, and a rolling correction magnetic drive mechanism structured to turn the movable body around the optical axis. The shake correction magnetic drive mechanism and the rolling correction magnetic drive mechanism are arranged in a circumferential direction around the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiromitsu Takei
  • Patent number: 11484196
    Abstract: Consumer products such as refraction measurement devices may be used for obtaining refraction measurements allow consumers to track their vision without visiting an optometrist or ophthalmologist. Such consumer products may work in concert with smart phones or other products having a touch screen that present images to refraction measurement devices. Smart phones may have resolution rates, sometimes measured as PPI or pixels per inch that are unknown to the user and/or refraction measurement device. One aspect of the invention is to provide an optical interface for the user to manually match the view port boundary of the smartphone to comport with the view port boundary of the refraction measurement device. Another aspect of the invention is the use of pre-distortion in images presented to the user. By noting the corrective movements exerted by the user upon the refractive measurement device, the user's own refractive error can be derived.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: EyeQue Inc.
    Inventors: Noam Sapiens, John Serri, Johan Borglin
  • Patent number: 11480809
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a camera device including a deflected optical system and provided with an anti-shake mechanism without increasing a size of the camera device. The optical system includes a reflection member that deflects an optical axis, and it sequentially includes, from an object side, a reflection member, camera lens groups, and a camera element, to rotate the reflection member with an axis perpendicular to a plane defined by an optical axis of the camera lens groups and an optical axis at the object side reflected by the reflection member, and an axis parallel to the optical axis at the reflected object side being rotation axes, in such a manner that a hand-shake is corrected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: AAC Optics Solutions Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Shikama Kazuo
  • Patent number: 11474416
    Abstract: An optical member driving mechanism for driving an optical member having an optical axis is provided, including a fixed portion, a movable portion, a driving assembly, and a circuit board. The fixed portion includes a case and a frame, and a gap is formed therebetween. The movable portion is movably connected to the fixed portion, and configured to hold the optical member. The driving assembly can drive the movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion. The circuit board is disposed in the gap, and has a plate portion and a protruding portion. The protruding portion is disposed between the plate portion and the fixed portion, so as to tightly dispose the circuit board in the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Chien-Lun Huang, Shao-Chung Chang, Wei-Cheng Wang, Sin-Jhong Song, Che-Hsiang Chiu, Fu-Yuan Wu, Shou-Jen Liu
  • Patent number: 11454823
    Abstract: Ophthalmic lenses are described herein. An example ophthalmic lens may comprise a first surface. The example ophthalmic lens may comprise a second surface disposed opposite the first surface and defining a volume of lens material therebetween. The ophthalmic lens may exhibit a first cylinder power. A difference of the volume of lens material of the ophthalmic lens and a volume of lens material of a comparative lens may be minimized. The comparative lens may consist essentially of the same lens material as the ophthalmic lens and exhibit a second cylinder power different from the first cylinder power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Pierre-Yves Gerligand, Philippe F. Jubin
  • Patent number: 11448852
    Abstract: An optical element driving mechanism includes a fixed portion, a movable portion, a moving portion, a first driving assembly and a second driving assembly. The movable portion is movable relative to the fixed portion. The moving portion is connected to an optical element having an optical axis, and is movable relative to the movable portion. The first driving assembly drives the movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion; and the second driving assembly drives the moving portion to move relative to the movable portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Chao-Chang Hu, Liang-Ting Ho, Sin-Jhong Song
  • Patent number: 11442292
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to spectacles. The spectacles include a lens including a first portion and a second portion disposed opposite each other and a first cavity between the first portion and the second portion, a frame surrounding the lens and supporting the lens, a colored liquid disposed in the interior space, a first hydrophobic dielectric film disposed on an inner surface of the frame, a first electrode disposed between the inner surface of the frame and the first hydrophobic dielectric film, and a second electrode disposed in the interior space and in contact with the colored liquid. The frame has a second cavity defined by an inner surface of the frame. The second cavity is in communication with the first cavity to form an interior space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tingting Wang, Qi Wang, Yan Yan
  • Patent number: 11422332
    Abstract: A driving mechanism for moving an optical element is provided, including a fixed part, a movable part, a driving assembly, and a flexible element. The movable part is connected to the optical element. The driving assembly drives the movable part to move relative to the fixed part. The flexible element is connected to the fixed part and the movable part. When the movable part moves relative to the fixed part, the flexible element deforms so that the position of the movable part relative to the fixed part can be detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Liang-Ting Ho, Chao-Chang Hu, Yung-Hsien Yeh, Sin-Jhong Song
  • Patent number: 11415730
    Abstract: An article for reflecting solar energy includes a coating stack having solar reflecting films and metal oxide films, the coating stack applied on a major surface of a glass substrate, and a protective overcoat comprising a first and a second surface, wherein the first surface of the protective overcoat is disposed toward the solar reflective films and metal oxide films; and a polymer encapsulant over outer wall surfaces of the coating stack, the second surface of the protective overcoat and over peripheral edges of the coated article, the encapsulant having a base layer, a top layer and metallic corrosion-inhibitive material in the base layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Vitro Flat Glass LLC
    Inventors: Paul A. Medwick, John D. Basil, Harry Buhay, Benjamin Kabagambe, James W. McCamy
  • Patent number: 11409128
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to a head-worn computer, comprising a removable and replaceable adjustable nose bridge assembly, wherein the adjustable nose bridge assembly has at least three user adjustable features to adapt the adjustable nose bridge assembly to the user's nose, wherein a first adjustment of the at least three user adjustable features is adapted to move the adjustable nose bridge up and down relative to a lens of the head-worn computer, wherein a second adjustment of the at least three user adjustable features is adapted to rotate a nose pad of the adjustable nose bridge about an axis substantially perpendicular to a top frame of the head-worn computer, and wherein a third adjustment of the at least three user adjustable features is adapted to flare the nose pad to the side of the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Mentor Acquisition One, LLC
    Inventor: Andrew Carl Heisey
  • Patent number: 11402603
    Abstract: An optical element driving mechanism is provided. The optical element driving mechanism includes a fixed part, a movable part, and a first driving assembly. The movable part moves relative to the fixed part and holds an optical element with an optical axis. The first driving assembly drives the fixed part to move relative to the movable part. The first driving assembly includes a first coil and a first magnetic element. The first coil includes a winding axis, and the winding axis is not perpendicular to the optical axis. The first coil and the first magnetic element are arranged in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the optical axis. When viewed along a direction that is parallel to the optical axis, the first coil does not overlap the first magnetic element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Shiang-Ming Yu, Chao-Chang Hu, Chih-Wei Weng
  • Patent number: 11402633
    Abstract: A head-up display device, a method for controlling the same, and a vehicle are provided. The head-up display device includes a display component, a first optical component, a second optical component, and a synthesizing component. The light in different polarization directions or states can be transmitted or reflected by the first optical component, so that state information projection light and augmented reality information projection light can be separated from each other to thereby be dual-layer displayed. For example, augmented reality information can be displayed at a longer distance from eyes of a driver so that the focus of the human eyes does not need to be adjusted frequently to thereby make it comforter to view the information so as to eliminate a hidden risk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tao Hong
  • Patent number: 11397323
    Abstract: The embodiments disclosed in this application describe a displaying system, a displaying method, and a head-up display. The heads-up displaying system includes a display window including a transflective film, an image source emitting light incident on the imaging window, and the light emitted by the image source before reaching the transflective film only comprising s-polarized light. The transflective film is configured to directly reflect a first portion of the s-polarized light emitted from the image source. The transparent substrate reflects a second portion of the s-polarized light, and transmits a third portion of the s-polarized light to the air, the first portion of the s-polarized light, the second portion of the s-polarized light and the third portion of the s-polarized light are all s-polarized light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: FUTURUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junfeng Xu
  • Patent number: 11391905
    Abstract: A lens unit can inhibit deterioration in optical characteristics caused due to deformation of resin lens. The lens unit includes: a metal lens barrel; a plurality of lenses arranged on the inner peripheral side of the lens barrel in the axial direction thereof; and an annular intermediate ring disposed between the lenses adjacent to each other in the axial direction. The intermediate ring is made of metal and has a convex portion formed toward the image side or the object side. The lens is made of resin, having a concave portion fitted with the convex portion. A gap formed between the outer peripheral surface of the lens and the inner peripheral surface of the lens barrel is larger than a gap formed between the outer peripheral surface of the intermediate ring and the inner peripheral surface of the lens barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Hidehiro Endo, Naohiro Kobayashi