Patents Examined by Gary O'Neill
  • Patent number: 9977233
    Abstract: An electrowetting display comprises a first support plate, a second support plate substantially parallel to the first support plate, an electrolyte solution disposed between the first support plate and the second support plate, and a plurality of transparent diffuser elements protruding into the electrolyte solution from non-contiguous areas of the second support plate. Recesses separate the transparent diffuser elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Toru Sakai, Tulasi Sridhar Reddy Guntaka
  • Patent number: 9971161
    Abstract: An electromagnetic wave cloaking device is described. The device may include a plurality of first-type dielectric units, a plurality of second-type dielectric units, and a plurality of four kinds of spacers. The dielectric units and the spacers are arranged such that an electromagnetic wave incident into the cloaking device can be refracted within the device and around a cloaking area surrounded by the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hongsheng Chen, Bin Zheng, Baile Zhang
  • Patent number: 9971158
    Abstract: A virtual image display device has a light guide device in which the half mirror layer (the semi-transmissive reflecting film) of the light guide member is formed on the partial area of the first junction surface, and the second junction surface of the light transmitting member is bonded to the first junction surface in at least the exceptional area. Therefore, it is possible to increase the bonding strength of the first junction surface and the second junction surface, namely the strength of the light guide device composed of the light guide member and the light transmitting member combined with each other even in the case in which the attachment force of the half mirror layer (the semi-transmissive reflecting film) with respect to the first junction surface is not sufficiently strong.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Takagi, Takahiro Totani, Toshiaki Miyao, Akira Komatsu, Takashi Takeda
  • Patent number: 9971122
    Abstract: A lens barrel that is capable of easily switching a state where a lens position is adjustable and a state where the lens position is not adjustable only by rotating a lens holding frame with respect to a support barrel. The lens holding frame holds a lens. The support barrel supports the lens holding frame at a first support position and a second support position that is reached by rotating the lens holding frame from the first support position around an optical axis with respect to the support barrel. The support barrel supports the lens holding frame so that the position of the lens is adjustable with respect to a reference axis at the first support position, and supports the lens holding frame so that the position of the lens is not adjustable with respect to the reference axis at the second support position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kohei Uemura
  • Patent number: 9933630
    Abstract: A screwless eyeglass frame, including a rim support, a temple support and a pivoting clip. The rim support includes a first end face and an engagement slot recessed inwardly from the first end face. The temple support includes a second end face, two extending walls extended outwardly from two corresponding sides of the second end face, respectively, and a shaft rod provided between the two extending walls. The pivoting clip includes a C-shaped buckle with resilience, two connecting legs connected with two ends of the C-shaped buckle, respectively, and an opening located between the two connecting legs. In this case, the C-shaped buckle is allowed for pivotally connecting to the shaft rod. The two connecting legs are tenoned into the engagement slot, and the temple support is capable of rotating with respect to the rim support around the shaft rod and the C-shaped buckle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Inventor: Ying-Ling Lai
  • Patent number: 9931200
    Abstract: The present invention relates to devices, systems, and methods for optimizing peripheral vision. In particular, methods are disclosed which include utilizing particular characteristics of the retina in optimizing peripheral vision. Additionally, various IOL designs, as well as IOL implantation locations, are disclosed which optimize peripheral vision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: AMO GRONINGEN B.V.
    Inventors: Marrie Van Der Mooren, Carmen Canovas Vidal, Henk A. Weeber, Luuk Franssen, Kaccie Y. Li, Patricia Ann Piers
  • Patent number: 9914273
    Abstract: This invention discloses methods and apparatus for providing a media insert with an energy source to an ophthalmic lens. The energy source is capable of powering a component included within the ophthalmic lens. In some embodiments, an ophthalmic lens is cast molded from a silicone hydrogel and the component includes an electro-optical lens portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall B. Pugh, Frederick A. Flitsch, Daniel B. Otts, James Daniel Riall, Adam Toner
  • Patent number: 9874753
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: an eyeglass-type frame worn by a head of a viewer; and an image display apparatus attached to the frame, wherein the image display apparatus includes an image formation device, and an optical device on which light that exits from the image formation device is incident, through which the light is guided, and out of which the light exits, the frame is formed of a front portion, two temple portions extending from both ends of the front portion, a nose pad, and an attachment member, the attachment member is attached to a central section of the front portion, the optical device is attached to the attachment member, and the nose pad is so attached to the attachment member that the nose pad is movable upward and downward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Takaaki Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9864175
    Abstract: A lens for projection which is used in an image display device which includes an image display element and projects and displays an image displayed on an image display surface of the image display element as a projection image on a projected surface in an enlarged manner, the lens for projection including in order from an enlargement side to a reduction side, a first lens group which is constituted of at least eight lenses and has a positive refractive power; an aperture; and a second lens group which is constituted of less than or equal to four lenses and has a positive refractive power, wherein the first lens group includes one or more aspherical lenses, and the one or at least one aspherical lens included in the first lens group has a largest thickness at a most peripheral portion of the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Kubota
  • Patent number: 9864171
    Abstract: An optical photographing lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The third lens element has two surfaces being both aspheric. The fourth lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, wherein two surfaces thereof are aspheric. The fifth lens element has an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof, wherein two surfaces thereof are aspheric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dung-Yi Hsieh, Chun-Yen Chen, Chun-Che Hsueh, Hsin-Hsuan Huang
  • Patent number: 9851588
    Abstract: An eyewear with a pair of light emitting diodes (LED) matrices is an apparatus that enhances the aesthetic appeal of the eyewear by illuminating different patterns and letterings with the pair of LED matrices. A left lens and a right lens each have an LED matrix, which traverse through and protrude out of their respective lens. Both LED matrices are electronically connected to a programmable microcontroller, which is able to turn on/off each individual LED in order to create the patterns and letterings on the LED matrices. The microphone and VU meter also allows the LED matrices to display patterns and lettering that relate to the music or sounds around the apparatus. Each individual LED for both LED matrices are properly spaced apart from each other so that visibility is not significantly reduced while wearing the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Inventor: Luis Emilio Lopez-Garcia
  • Patent number: 9804420
    Abstract: A removable attachment for eyeglasses, where the attachment, when mounted on a parent pair of eyeglasses, substantially completely covers the front and periphery of the parent frame, such that the combination appears to be a pair of dedicated sunglasses instead of ordinary eyeglasses with an attachment. The attachment is held to the parent eyeglasses by magnets. The bridge of the attachment includes ball joints that allow the attachment to fold for storage while not in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: SUNBIRD, LLC
    Inventors: J. David Chute, Stephen Kurtin, Jason Clerk, Deni Crescenzi
  • Patent number: 9788719
    Abstract: In order to suppress a load on a subject when a fundus is irradiated with multiple beams, a fundus imaging apparatus for forming an image of a first area in the object, includes: a determination unit for determining a second area other than the first area in the object to be inspected; a detection unit for detecting moving of the object to be inspected on the basis of return light from the second area, which is irradiated with second light; a correction unit for correcting the first area on the basis of the detected moving; and a forming unit for forming an image of the object to be inspected on the basis of the return light from the corrected first area, which is irradiated with the first light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Makihira, Kazuhide Miyata, Koji Nozato
  • Patent number: 9772513
    Abstract: A simulation system for simulating an appearance of a wearer's face wearing spectacles with accurate eye scaling includes a spherical component calculator that calculates a spherical component of a lens of the spectacles, the lens having an aspherical optical surface. The system further includes a simulation image generator that generates a simulation image of the wearer's face wearing the spectacles including accurately scaled eyes based on lens location information of the spectacles when worn and the spherical component. The system further includes a simulation image displaying unit that displays the simulation image. The lens location information includes a distance between a portion of an eye of the wearer and an eye-side surface of the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hua Qi
  • Patent number: 9733453
    Abstract: An imaging optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element has positive refractive power in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has negative refractive power in a paraxial region thereof. Both of the third and fourth lens elements have refractive power. The fifth lens element with refractive power has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The sixth lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The imaging optical system has a total of six lens elements with refractive power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsung-Han Tsai, Hsin-Hsuan Huang
  • Patent number: 9720205
    Abstract: The lens barrel includes a moving frame, a drive frame, and a rectilinear guide frame. The drive frame includes a cam mechanism and guides the moving frame in the optical axis direction with the cam mechanism. The rectilinear guide frame supports the moving frame so that the moving frame moves in the optical axis direction but doesn't rotate. The drive frame includes a rotary guide portion. The rotary guide portion supports the rectilinear guide frame so that the rectilinear guide frame rotates with relative to the cam mechanism and doesn't move relatively in the optical axis direction. The rotary guide portion is disposed on the outer peripheral side of the cam mechanism and on the outer peripheral side of the moving frame. A holding space is formed between the cam mechanism and the rotary guide portion. Part of the moving frame is inserted into the holding space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Uno
  • Patent number: 9709790
    Abstract: An immersion microscope objective includes, a first lens group, a second lens group, and a third lens group, wherein the first lens group has a positive refractive power and includes a first cemented lens disposed nearest to the object side in the first lens group, the second lens group includes a second cemented lens, the third lens group includes a lens component that has a positive refractive power and changes a divergent light beam incident from the second lens group to a convergent light beam, two lens components that change the convergent light beam to a divergent light beam, and a lens component that has a positive refractive power and changes the divergent light beam to a parallel light beam and emits the parallel light beam, and the following conditional expressions (1) is satisfied: 60 mm2?d0×f×NAo?500 mm2??(1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hirokazu Konishi
  • Patent number: 9703091
    Abstract: A magnification viewer lens device is provided that is used to magnify objects when viewed through the device. The device comprises a magnification lens housing supporting a magnification lens, whereby the housing is supported along its perimeter by an arm assembly. The arm assembly comprises an elongated arm and a clamp, whereby the arm assembly is rotatable relative to the housing and to the clamp. The clamp forms a rounded clamping member that is suitable for securing the device to a golf cart steering wheel or alternate support. The arm and the housing remains static relative to the hinge joints of the arm using friction hinges, while the housing supports a Fresnel lens for magnifying objects when viewed therethrough. In one embodiment, the housing is substantially rectangular and the arm and clamp are designed to secure the housing over the scorecard area of a golf cart steering wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Inventor: Cleveland Darrell Mitchell
  • Patent number: 9703074
    Abstract: The present invention provides a camera device and an optical imaging lens thereof. The optical imaging lens comprises six lens elements positioned in an order from an object side to an image side and an aperture stop positioned between the third and fourth lens elements. Through controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces of the lens elements, the optical imaging lens shows better optical characteristics and the total length of the optical imaging lens is shortened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: GeniuS Electronic Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tzu-Chien Tang, Chih-Yang Yeh
  • Patent number: 9675245
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for determining eye torsion, comprising a camera and an image processing unit, which is designed to carry out a method for determining eye torsion. In the method, at least two images of an eye are recorded and image data are produced from said images, and at least one characteristic feature of the eye is identified from the image data, for example a blood vessel. Direction histograms of the feature in both images are produced and compared with each other. The angle of the torsion of the eye is determined from the shift of the directions in the direction histograms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Chronos Vision GmbH
    Inventor: Saso Spasovski