Patents Examined by Tamara Y Washington
  • Patent number: 11650441
    Abstract: A display device including: a first substrate; first through third subpixel electrodes which are disposed on the first substrate to neighbor each other; a second substrate opposing the first substrate; a first wavelength conversion pattern at least partially overlapping the first subpixel electrode and a second wavelength conversion pattern at least partially overlapping the second subpixel electrode; a first light transmission pattern at least partially overlapping the third subpixel electrode and a second light transmission pattern disposed between the first wavelength conversion pattern and the second wavelength conversion pattern; and a low refractive layer which has a lower refractive index than the first and second wavelength conversion patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Soo Jung, Young Gu Kim, Taek Joon Lee, Hye Lim Jang, Baek Kyun Jeon, Kyung Seon Tak
  • Patent number: 11644643
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens sequentially disposed in numerical order along an optical axis of the optical imaging system from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system; and a spacer disposed between the sixth and seventh lenses, wherein the optical imaging system satisfies 0.5<S6d/f<1.4, where S6d is an inner diameter of the spacer, f is an overall focal length of the optical imaging system, and S6d and f are expressed in a same unit of measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Phil Ho Jung, In Gun Kim, Yong Joo Jo, Ga Young An
  • Patent number: 11644641
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens sequentially disposed in numerical order along an optical axis of the optical imaging system from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system, wherein the optical imaging system satisfies 0.5<L12345TRavg/L7TR<0.9, where L12345TRavg is an average value of overall outer diameters of the first to fifth lenses, L7TR is an overall outer diameter of the seventh lens, and L12345TRavg and L7TR are expressed in a same unit of measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Hwa Jung, Sot Eum Seo, Yong Joo Jo, Ga Young An
  • Patent number: 11640050
    Abstract: A head-up display (HUD) system is provided. The HUD system comprises a microdisplay-based projection system, a diffuser, a relay optical system, and a combiner. The microdisplay-based HUD system includes aberration correction capabilities and may easily and effectively replace a CRT-based HUD system in aircrafts while providing light-weight, multi-color, superior imaging capabilities with a large field-of-view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: EPIC OPTIX INC.
    Inventors: Simon Magarill, Dongha Kim
  • Patent number: 11635645
    Abstract: An optical assembly includes a first polarization-sensitive reflector, a second polarization-sensitive reflector, and a Faraday rotator. The first polarization-sensitive reflector is positioned to transmit light having a first polarization, and reflect light having a second polarization that is orthogonal to the first polarization. The second polarization-sensitive reflector is positioned to reflect light having a third polarization that is different from the first polarization and the second polarization, and transmit light having a fourth polarization that is orthogonal to the third polarization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Babak Amirsolaimani, Weichuan Gao
  • Patent number: 11630282
    Abstract: An optical element driving mechanism includes a fixed portion, a movable portion, a driving assembly, and a circuit assembly. The movable portion is connected to the optical element and is movable relative to the fixed portion. The driving assembly drives the movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion. The circuit assembly is connected to the driving assembly. The driving assembly is electrically connected to an external circuit via the circuit assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Yi-Ho Chen, Chen-Hsin Huang, Chao-Chang Hu, Chen-Chi Kuo, Ying-Jen Wang, Ya-Hsiu Wu, Sin-Jhong Song, Che-Hsiang Chiu, Kuen-Wang Tsai, Mao-Kuo Hsu, Tun-Ping Hsueh, I-Hung Chen, Chun-Chia Liao, Wei-Zhong Luo, Wen-Chang Lin
  • Patent number: 11619802
    Abstract: An optical imaging 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, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The second lens element has positive refractive power. The third lens element has positive refractive power. The fourth lens element has positive refractive power. The fifth lens element has positive refractive power. The sixth lens element has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, wherein the image-side surface of the sixth lens element has at least one inflection point. The optical imaging lens assembly has a total of six lens elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hsin-Hsuan Huang
  • Patent number: 11619800
    Abstract: An optical element driving mechanism is provided and includes a fixed assembly, a movable assembly, a driving assembly and a circuit assembly. The movable assembly is configured to connect an optical element, the movable assembly is movable relative to the fixed assembly, and the optical element has an optical axis. The driving assembly is configured to drive the movable assembly to move relative to the fixed assembly. The circuit assembly includes a plurality of circuits and is affixed to the fixed assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Sin-Hong Lin, Yung-Ping Yang, Wen-Yen Huang, Yu-Cheng Lin, Kun-Shih Lin, Chao-Chang Hu, Yung-Hsien Yeh, Mao-Kuo Hsu, Chih-Wei Weng, Ching-Chieh Huang, Chih-Shiang Wu, Chun-Chia Liao, Chia-Yu Chang, Hung-Ping Chen, Wei-Zhong Luo, Wen-Chang Lin, Shou-Jen Liu, Shao-Chung Chang, Chen-Hsin Huang, Meng-Ting Lin, Yen-Cheng Chen, I-Mei Huang, Yun-Fei Wang, Wei-Jhe Shen
  • Patent number: 11609419
    Abstract: In described examples, a system (e.g., a microelectromechanical system) includes a substrate, a support coupled to the substrate and a first and second element. The first element includes a contactor spring having a first portion coupled to the support and having a second portion including a cavity having a sloped surface. A clearance from the sloped surface to the substrate is widened as the sloped surface extends away from the first portion. The second portion includes a first contact surface adjacent to the sloped surface. The second element is coupled to the substrate and has a second contact surface adjacent to the first contact surface. One of the first element and the second element is adapted: in a first direction to urge the first contact surface and the second contact surface together; and in a second direction to urge the first contact surface and the second contact surface apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Patrick Ian Oden
  • Patent number: 11604338
    Abstract: A zoom optical system includes a first lens group, a position of which with respect to an imaging plane is adjustable, and including first and second lenses. The zoom optical system also includes a second lens group of which a position with respect to the imaging plane is adjustable and includes third to fifth lenses. The zoom optical system further includes a third lens group including a sixth lens. An object-side surface of the first lens is convex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Youn Lee, Jung Hui Ko
  • Patent number: 11599004
    Abstract: A privacy film includes a first conductive layer; an emitting angle limiting spacer layer on the first conductive layer; a second conductive layer on a side of the emitting angle limiting spacer layer away from the first conductive layer; and a plurality of light diffuser particles in a space between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The emitting angle limiting spacer layer includes a plurality of spacers defining a plurality of light emitting regions. The second conductive layer is spaced apart from the first conductive layer by a first distance. A maximum height of the plurality of spacers relative to a surface of the first conductive layer facing the second conductive layer is less than the first distance. The second conductive layer is spaced apart from a surface of a respective one of the plurality of spacers facing the second conductive layer by a second distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignees: Chongqing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinhong Zhang, Wencheng Luo, Wei Chen, Meilong Hu, Wenqi Quan, Xinyu Wang, Shikang Ge
  • Patent number: 11598958
    Abstract: A symmetric light guide optical element (“LOE”) and methods of fabrication thereof are disclosed. The method includes providing a plurality of transparent plates, each plate having two parallel surfaces, stacking a first subset of the plurality of plates on a transparent base block to form a first stack of plates, forming a sloped surface on one side of the first stack plates and the base block, stacking a second subset of the plurality of plates on the sloped surface to form a second stack of plates, and extracting a slice of the first stack, the base block, and the second stack, such that the slice includes at least a part of the base block interposed between plates of the first stack and plates of the second stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: LUMUS LTD.
    Inventor: Amit Maziel
  • Patent number: 11586060
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a switchable optical filter comprising a layer of switchable material, the switchable material comprising a photochromic/thermochromic, a photochromic/photochromic, or a photochromic/electrochromic compound; a first light source providing light of a wavelength that causes the switchable material to transition from a faded state to a dark state, or a dark state to a faded state; and a switch for controlling activation of the first light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Solutia Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Neil Robin Branda, Jeremy Graham Finden, Duhane Lam, Jonathan Ross Sargent, Cynthia Elizabeth Shippam, Douglas Malcolm Wiggin
  • Patent number: 11579401
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a light output module comprising: a first lens part including at least one lens; a second lens part including at least one lens and disposed at a lower side of the first lens part; an actuator for moving the second lens part; a third lens part disposed at a lower side of the second lens part; and a light source disposed at a lower side of the third lens part, wherein the actuator comprises: a first housing receiving the second lens part and including at least one first magnet disposed therein; a second housing receiving the first housing and including at least one second magnet disposed therein; and a third housing including a first coil facing the first magnet and a second coil facing the second magnet, wherein the first housing is operated in a first direction, and the first housing and the second housing are operated in a second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Bae Jang, Ji Sung Kim, Chang Hyuck Lee, Sung Ki Jung, Yang Hyun Joo
  • Patent number: 11579349
    Abstract: An electro-optic window includes a first substrate; an electro-optic element generally parallel to the first substrate, the electro-optic element including: a second substrate; a third substrate generally parallel to the second substrate; a sealing member disposed along at least a portion of a perimeter of one of the second and third substrates and extending therebetween; and a cavity defined between the second and third substrates. The sealing member defines the sidewalls of the cavity. A first layer of film having a perimeter portion and a central portion is disposed between at least a portion of the first and second substrates, and may be coextensive with the sealing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: GENTEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew A. Koppey, Donald L. Bareman, Stephen F. Richlich, Michael J. VanAst
  • Patent number: 11567528
    Abstract: A master clock signal for an image capture device and a light emission device is accessed. The master clock signal is divided to generate a high frequency clock signal. A frame timer is used to measure a frame time of the image capture device based on cycles of the high frequency clock signal. Based on an exposure timing signal from the image capture device, estimating an exposure start time for the image capture device; is estimated. Based on the estimated starting time, the light emission device begins emission of a positional tracking pattern at the estimated starting time and for a duration determined by the measured frame time of the image capture device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventor: Ping Liu
  • Patent number: 11567292
    Abstract: The invention says a lens module including a frame, a first circuit board arranged on the frame, a lens base for mounting a lens, a support device for supporting the lens base on the first circuit board, and a driving device connected between the first circuit board and the lens base. The frame includes oppositely arranged first side walls and oppositely arranged second side walls connected between the first side walls. The driving device includes shape memory alloy wires each being provided with two ends connected to the frame, and a driving end positioned between the two ends. The driving ends are supported on the lens base. The lens module said by the invention can further achieve miniaturization on the basis of reducing the difficulty in product assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: AAC Optics Solutions Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Gang Li, Jin Zhang, Linzhen Li, Jiliang Lu
  • Patent number: 11561329
    Abstract: A coating composition for application over a retroreflective substrate, a retroreflective article comprising a coating formed from the coating composition, and a method of production thereof are provided. The coating composition comprises a pigment suitable to absorb and/or scatter electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range of 800 nm to 2000 nm. The coating comprises a ratio of reduction in electromagnetic radiation retroreflectance at a wavelength of 905 nm and/or 1550 nm to reduction in electromagnetic radiation retroreflectance averaged over a wavelength range of 400 nm to 700 nm of at least 2:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Shuyu Fang, Eldon L. Decker, Kristen Kruszewski
  • Patent number: 11555976
    Abstract: An optical element driving mechanism is provided. The optical element driving mechanism includes a movable portion, a fixed portion, and a driving assembly. The movable portion connects to an optical element having a main axis. The movable portion is movable relative to the fixed portion. The driving assembly is used to drive the movable portion so that it moves relative to the fixed portion, wherein the movable portion comprises a first connecting portion that is movably connected to the fixed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Fu-Yuan Wu, Guan-Bo Wang, Yi-Liang Chan
  • Patent number: 11550083
    Abstract: A surface-relief grating comprises a plurality of grating ridges including a first material, and a layer of a second material conformally deposited on surfaces of the plurality of grating ridges. A first region of the surface-relief grating is characterized by a first grating depth and a first duty cycle greater than a first threshold value. A second region of the surface-relief grating is characterized by a second grating depth and a second duty cycle lower than a second threshold value that is lower than the first threshold value. A difference between the first grating depth and the second grating depth is less than 20% of the second grating depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Giuseppe Calafiore