Patents Examined by George G King
  • Patent number: 11971556
    Abstract: Optical systems may include MEMS mirrors having elliptical mirror plates. A laser scanning system may include a MEMS mirror that scans an incident light beam along a single scanning axis. The MEMS mirror may include an elliptical mirror plate having a semi-major axis that is aligned parallel or perpendicular to the rotational axis of the elliptical mirror plate. The incident light beam may have an elliptical cross-section, such that the incident light beam completely or substantially overlaps the reflecting surface of the elliptical mirror plate. After being reflected by the elliptical mirror plate, the light beam may be circularized via one or more shaping lenses disposed in the optical path of the reflected light beam, prior to projection of the light beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Adema, Sangtak Park
  • Patent number: 11971650
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a prism module, a camera comprising same, and an image display device. A prism module, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a prism holder having a prism fixed to a first surface thereof; a yoke coupled to a second surface of the prism holder; a driving magnet seated on the yoke; a sensor magnet disposed on the yoke; a hall sensor disposed to be spaced apart from the sensor magnet; and a sensor magnet support member to which the sensor magnet is attached. Thereby, it is possible to precisely detect a magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jongwoo Jeong, Hyungjoo Kang, Youngman Kwon, Dongryeol Lee, Jayong Lee
  • Patent number: 11966054
    Abstract: A display device includes a frame that includes a front portion, temple portions, and a pad portion, and is mounted on head of an observer, and an image display device attached to the frame. The image display device includes an image forming device, and an optical device on which light emitted from the image forming device is incident and from which the light is emitted toward the observer. One end portion of the optical device is fixed to a temple portion side of the front portion. Other end portion of the optical device is on a pad portion side of the front portion. A light shielding member that prevents external light from being incident on the other end portion of the optical device from above the other end portion of the optical device is attached to the pad portion side of the front portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akio Machida, Misaki Shimizu, Mitsuru Akahori, Nobuhiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11960066
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, first, second and third lens units having positive, negative and positive refractive powers. The first lens unit moves during zooming. During zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, a distance between the first and second lens units widens, and a distance between the second and third lens units narrows. The first lens unit consists of three or less lenses. The second lens unit consists of, in order from the object side to the image side, a first single lens as a spherical lens having a negative refractive power, a cemented lens in which a lens having a negative refractive power and a lens having a positive refractive power are cemented, and a second single lens as a spherical lens having a negative refractive power. A predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shinichiro Saito
  • Patent number: 11960060
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first group, a second group, an aperture stop, a third group, and a fourth group. The second group includes one positive lens. The third group includes two positive lenses and one negative lens. At least two of the third group are joined together to form a compound lens. The imaging lens has a fixed focal length and an angle of view of 120 degrees or more. Conditional expressions (1), (2), (3), and (4) below are satisfied: ?2.7?f1/f??0.7??(1) 2.2?f2/f?6.6??(2) 3.9?f3/f?14.3??(3) 2.8?f4/f?11.0??(4) where fi denotes focal length of i-th group with respect to a d-line, i denotes one of 1 to 4, and f denotes focal length of an entirety of the imaging lens with respect to the d-line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Akinori Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11960144
    Abstract: Disclosed are an optical lens, a camera module and a terminal camera. From an object side to an image side, the optical lens include: a first lens with a negative focal power, which has a convex object side surface and a concave image side surface; a stop; a second lens with a positive focal power, which has a convex object side surface and a concave image side surface; a third lens with a positive focal power, which has a convex object side surface and a concave image side surface; a fourth lens with a positive focal power, which has a convex object side surface and a convex image side surface; a fifth lens with a negative focal power, an object side surface of the fifth lens is convex at a paraxial region and an image side surface of the fifth lens is concave at a paraxial region; and a filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: JIANGXI LIANYI OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaozhi Yu, Haojie Zeng, Xuming Liu, Jiyong Zeng
  • Patent number: 11953654
    Abstract: An image capturing lens system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element with positive refractive power having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, a second lens element with negative refractive power having an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof, a third lens element with positive refractive power having an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof, and a fourth lens element with negative refractive power having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chun-Che Hsueh, Hsin-Hsuan Huang, Shu-Yun Yang
  • Patent number: 11953662
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes a first lens group having positive refractive power, a second lens group having negative refractive power, and a rear group. The second lens group consists of a second sub-first lens group having positive or negative power, and a second sub-second lens group having negative power. The second sub-second lens group consists of, sequentially from the object side toward the image: a positive second-first lens component; a negative second-second lens component; and a negative second-third lens component. During zooming from a short focal length end to a long focal length end, a distance between the first lens group and the second lens group increases, and a distance between the second lens group and the rear group decreases. A part of the second lens group is movable in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis during correction of image blurring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoya Koga
  • Patent number: 11953694
    Abstract: A right temple member and a left temple member are provided, close to a display unit, at inner side faces of a right case member and a left case member that store at least a part of the display unit. A right support member and a left support member are provided at the right temple member and the left temple member. Accordingly, the provision of the right support member and the left support member enables to adjust a degree of opening and an inward repulsive force of the right temple member and the left temple member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuya Kamakura
  • Patent number: 11953677
    Abstract: An apparatus include a motor, a first scanner, and a second scanner. The first scanner is coupled to the motor, and the motor is configured to rotate the first scanner at a first angular velocity about a rotation axis to deflect a first beam incident in a third plane on the first scanner into a first plane different from the third plane. The second scanner is coupled to the motor, and the motor is configured to rotate the second scanner at a second angular velocity different from the first angular velocity about the rotation axis to deflect a second beam incident in the third plane on the second scanner into a second plane different from the third plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: AURORA OPERATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Stephen C. Crouch, Edward Joseph Angus, Michelle Milvich
  • Patent number: 11947233
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate to an electrochromic (EC) device that is structured with surface contour features arranged according to a randomized pattern. For example, one or more conductive layers of an EC device may be structured with such surface ablations. In some embodiments, the randomized ablation pattern may comprise a randomized variation in one or more geometrical characteristics of a group of segments. In some examples, the geometrical characteristic(s) may include a distance characteristic, an orientation characteristic, and/or a shape characteristic, etc. According to various embodiments, the randomized ablation pattern may be configured to reduce diffraction and/or scatter of light incident on the surface ablations as compared to some other ablation patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAGE Electrochromics, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Treml, Jean-Christophe Giron, Yigang Wang, Robert Newcomb
  • Patent number: 11947194
    Abstract: One embodiment of an ocular lens includes a lens body configured to contact an eye where the lens body has an optic zone shaped to direct central light towards a central focal point of a central region of a retina of the eye. At least one optic feature of the lens body has a characteristic that directs peripheral light off axis into the eye away from the central region of the retina. Another embodiment of an ocular lens has at least one isolated feature of the lens body that has a characteristic of directing peripheral light off axis into the eye away from the central region of the retina. Methods of making contact lenses include forming the features during the manufacturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: MENICON SINGAPORE PTE LTD.
    Inventor: Stephen D. Newman
  • Patent number: 11940632
    Abstract: A virtual image display device is provided. Included in the virtual image display device are: an image light generating device; a projection optical system configured to project image light emitted from the image light generating device; a folding mirror configured to reflect, in an intersecting direction, the image light from the projection optical system; a semi-transmissive mirror configured to reflect a portion of the image light from the folding mirror; a concave surface mirror configured to reflect, toward the semi-transmissive mirror, the image light reflected at the semi-transmissive mirror to form an exit pupil, in which an entrance pupil is formed between the projection optical system and the semi-transmissive mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki Matsumoto, Masatoshi Yonekubo, Takashi Takeda
  • Patent number: 11934079
    Abstract: The embodiments relate to an electrochromic device having excellent elongation and tensile strength while achieving an excellent light transmission variable function based on the electrochromic principle. The electrochromic device comprises a light transmission variable structure interposed between a first base layer and a second base layer, wherein the light transmission variable structure comprises a first chromic layer and a second chromic layer, an electrolyte layer is interposed between the first chromic layer and the second chromic layer, and the elongation is 60% to 170%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SKC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byeong Uk Ahn, Yong Sang La, Seong Hwan Lee, Il Hwan Yoo
  • Patent number: 11934037
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a camera lens group including, sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a first lens having refractive power; a first prism having a first reflecting surface, and an angle between the first reflecting surface and the optical axis being 45°; a stop; a second lens having refractive power; a third lens having refractive power; a fourth lens having refractive power; a second prism having a second reflecting surface, and an angle between the second reflecting surface and the optical axis being 45°; and a fifth lens having refractive power. A maximum field-of-view FOV of the camera lens group satisfies: FOV?80.0°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SUNNY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Long Li, Jianke Wenren, Fujian Dai, Liefeng Zhao
  • Patent number: 11927773
    Abstract: A liquid lens comprising: a lens body including a cavity, a control electrode, and a common electrode; a first liquid disposed within the cavity and in electrical communication with the common electrode; a second liquid disposed within the cavity; an insulating layer in contact with the first liquid and the second liquid and separating the first liquid and the second liquid from the control electrode; and a driver driving a voltage differential across the common electrode and the control electrode, with the first liquid resisting current flow between the common electrode and the control electrode and thereby raising a temperature of the first liquid from a current temperature to a predetermined temperature, which is higher than the current temperature. The driver raises the temperature of the first liquid from the current temperature to the predetermined temperature by increasing a frequency of a voltage waveform of the voltage differential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ian Armour McKay, Dragan Pikula, Dean Michael Thelen
  • Patent number: 11914172
    Abstract: Provided are a light absorbing material-containing film which contains quantum dots or the like and is capable of suppressing in-plane luminance unevenness and chromaticity unevenness; and a backlight unit. The light absorbing material-containing film includes a light absorbing material-containing layer that has a plurality of cylindrical or polygonal prism-shaped resin portions discretely disposed and a light absorption region contain light absorbing bodies and formed between the plurality of resin portions; a first substrate film that is laminated on one main surface of the light absorbing material-containing layer; and a second substrate film laminated on the other main surface of the light absorbing material-containing layer, where the light absorption region contains at least one phosphor that serves as the light absorbing body, and a binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi Toyama, Tatsuya Oba, Takashi Yonemoto
  • Patent number: 11906703
    Abstract: A camera optical lens is provided. The camera optical lens includes, from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens having a positive refractive power, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, an eighth lens, and a ninth lens. The camera optical lens satisfies following conditions: 1.80?f1/f?3.20; and 1.50?d11/d12?8.00, where f1 denotes a focal length of the first lens, d11 denotes an on-axis thickness of the sixth lens, and d12 denotes an on-axis distance from an image side surface of the sixth lens to an object side surface of the seventh lens. The camera optical lens according to the present disclosure meets design requirements for large aperture, wide angle and ultra-thinness while achieving good optical performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Raytech Optical (Changzhou) Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Wen Sun
  • Patent number: 11899180
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging lens with excellent optical characteristics which satisfies demand of low profile and low F-number. An imaging lens comprising in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with positive refractive power having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region, a second lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region, a third lens with negative refractive power having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region, a fourth lens having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region, a fifth lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region, and a sixth lens with positive refractive power having an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region, and predetermined conditional expressions are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaya Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11886042
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a camera optical lens including eight lenses which are, from an object side to an image side in sequence: a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a positive refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens having a negative refractive power, a fifth lens having a negative refractive power, a sixth lens having a positive refractive power, a seventh lens having a negative refractive power, and an eighth lens having a negative refractive power; the camera optical lens satisfies conditions of: 0.95?f/TTL; 3.00?f2/f?5.00; and 3.50?(R9+R10)/(R9?R10)?30.00. The camera optical lens can achieve good optical performance while meeting the design requirements for large aperture, long focal length and ultra-thinness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Raytech Optical (Changzhou) Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Wen Sun