Patents Examined by William R Alexander
  • Patent number: 11969213
    Abstract: Provided are apparatuses, a non-transitory computer-readable medium or media, and methods for supporting predicting of vascular disease using a fundus image of a subject. In certain aspects, disclosed a method including the steps of: extracting a feature information from a first fundus image of the subject based on a machine learning model; generating a second fundus image having a feature which is corresponding to the feature information by mapping a saliency factor to the first fundus image; and displaying the first fundus image and the second fundus image on a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: XAIMED CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Min Park, Joo Young Chang, Choong Hee Lee, Il Hyung Shin
  • Patent number: 11969045
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mounting assemblies for optical devices, including enhanced night vision goggles (ENVG), and more particularly to a multi-adjustable and multi-stowable mount for a single or dual enhanced night vision goggles (ENVG). The mounting assemblies can include a quick release system for detachment of the optical device from the mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: DESIGNWORKS DEFENCE SYSTEMS PTY LTD.
    Inventors: Alexander Wall, Warren Schroder
  • Patent number: 11971612
    Abstract: An eyewear system including an eyewear frame and an application module. The eyewear frame including a docking station, and an electronic connector including a first set of preconfigured application connection points. The application module adapted to be mounted to the docking station, and including an electronic device configured to perform a function, and a second set of preconfigured application connection points corresponding to at least some of the first set of preconfigured application connection points. The second set of preconfigured application connection points including at least two different sub-function connections used to support the function of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: e-Vision Smart Optics, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald D. Blum, Yongping Wang, Mark Graham, William Kokonaski, Richard Clompus
  • Patent number: 11966029
    Abstract: A photographing optical 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 first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has negative refractive power. The third lens element has refractive power. The fourth lens element has refractive power. The fifth lens element with refractive power has an object-side surface being concave 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 photographing optical lens assembly has a total of six lens elements with refractive power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hsin-Hsuan Huang
  • Patent number: 11960150
    Abstract: Proposed are pinhole glasses, which include a spectacle frame; spectacle lenses coupled to the frame; and temple bars hinged to both sides of the frames to be attached to the ears, wherein the pinhole part in which a plurality of pinholes are formed is detachably coupled to the frame inside the spectacle lenses. The pinhole glasses can be worn in everyday life. Smartphone, computer monitor, or fine print can be clearly seen through the glasses. In addition, the speaker formed on the temple bar of the glasses can replace earphones, so that it is possible to listen to various acoustic sounds by interlocking with a smartphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Inventor: Yon U Jeong
  • Patent number: 11960191
    Abstract: A conductive structure is applied to an e-paper device, which includes a driving substrate and an e-paper film. The e-paper film is disposed on the driving substrate, and includes a transparent substrate, a common electrode layer, and a display medium layer disposed between the common electrode layer and the driving substrate. The common electrode layer is disposed on one side of the transparent substrate facing the driving substrate. The display medium layer includes a through hole. The conductive structure is disposed in the through hole and includes a conductive member and at least one spacer. The conductive member is electrically connected to the driving substrate and the common electrode layer. The spacer is disposed in/on the conductive member, and contacts with the driving substrate and the common electrode layer. An e-paper device with the conductive structure is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SES-IMAGOTAG SA
    Inventors: Chin-An Yang, Yew-Chun Wang
  • Patent number: 11960148
    Abstract: An edge of a lens blank an eyeglass lens having a shaped edge is measured at a plurality of peripherally offset measuring positions and respective control values are generated corresponding thereto and supplied to an applicator. This applicator applies a hardenable material in liquid form to the edge of the eyeglass lens and is controlled such that an amount and/or position of the material is applied at the measuring positions according to the respective control values in a controlled manner. The hardenable material is chemically or radiation-cured to form on the edge of the lens a functional layer that has an optical, magnetic, electric, or electronic function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SHAPE ENGINEERING GMBH
    Inventors: Joerg Luderich, Christian Poepperl, David Frings
  • Patent number: 11953753
    Abstract: A VCM (voice coil motor) is disclosed, the VCM including: a rotor including a cylindrical bobbin for accommodating a lens and protruded at a bottom end with a boss, and a coil block arranged at a periphery of the bobbin; a stator including a magnet facing the coil block and a yoke fixing the magnet; and an elastic member including a first elastic member formed with a through hole coupled to the boss of the bobbin and a second elastic member coupled to an upper end facing the bottom end of the bobbin; wherein the boss is formed with a disengagement prevention unit inhibiting the first elastic member from being disengaged from the boss, and the first elastic member is formed with a coupling unit contacting a joint where the disengagement prevention unit and the coupling unit meet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sangjun Min, Sanghee Lee, Hyuneo Yoo, Seungki Kim, Jinsuk Han
  • Patent number: 11947192
    Abstract: A contact lens comprising one or more microchannels for transport of liquid through the lens is provided. The contact lens can be made by contacting a curable composition with a microfiber that is insoluble in the curable composition; curing the curable composition to provide a polymeric lens body with the microfiber embedded therein; and contacting the polymeric lens body with a solvent to dissolve the microfiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Sourav Saha, Victoria Rogers, Charles B. Derringer, Sarah Tao, Szeshen Chuah, Yuan Sun, Yuwen Liu, Nancy Keir, Tim Warren, Matthew S. Linn, Lu Jiang
  • Patent number: 11949206
    Abstract: A system and method for stabilizing and combining multiple emitted beams into a single system using both WBC and WDM techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Connect North America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America
    Inventors: Parviz Tayebati, Bien Chann
  • Patent number: 11947235
    Abstract: A method of operating an electrochromic device comprising: coupling a logic device to the electrochromic device; applying a voltage to the electrochromic device; receiving a current from the electrochromic device in response to the provided voltage; and with the logic device, determining an exact operating condition of the electrochromic device from the received current. A method of operating a plurality of electrochromic devices comprising: adjusting a frequency of voltage applied to the plurality of electrochromic devices, wherein each of the plurality of electrochromic devices is adjusted by a different frequency; measuring a duration of time required to change tint states of each of the electrochromic devices; and identifying a location of each of the plurality of electrochromic devices in response to the measured duration of time required to change the tint states of each of the electrochromic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAGE ELECTROCHROMICS, INC.
    Inventors: Yigang Wang, Bryan D. Greer, Peter E. Bocek, Jean-Christophe Giron, Thomas Doublein
  • Patent number: 11940679
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed that includes a switchable optical filter having a layer of switchable material; a 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 light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Solutia Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Neil Robin Branda, Jeremy Graham Finden, Duhane Lam, Jonathan Ross Sargent, Cynthia Elizabeth Shippam, Douglas Malcolm Wiggin
  • Patent number: 11940613
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for a night vision system including a transparent overlay display that transmit direct-view light representing an intensified image and emits display light representing a display image. The overlay display includes photodetectors arranged to detect an intensity of the incoming direct-view light, and an intensity of the display light depends on the detected intensity. In some embodiments, the intensity of the display light is spatially modulated using an amplitude or envelope of the intensity that is based on the detected local intensity of the direct-view light. In some embodiments, the intensity of the display light is adjusted to correct for loss of the direct-view light. The intensity of the display light may be controlled using control circuitry that receives signals from the photodetectors, and the control circuitry may be located on the same semiconductor chip as the overlay display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jon D. Burnsed, Jacob J. Becker
  • Patent number: 11940595
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing an optical member. The method includes removing a portion of a low refractive index layer, which is the outermost layer of a multilayer structure in which the low refractive index layer and a high refractive index layer are layered on each other. Non-heating processing is performed on an antireflection film that is formed to cover an optical surface of an optical base member and has the multilayer structure, through irradiation with an ultrashort pulse laser beam, so as to expose the high refractive index layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventor: Shigeki Ookubo
  • Patent number: 11934038
    Abstract: Eyewear devices including a tether and methods for identifying proper installation of the tether are disclosed. An eyewear device includes transmission lines extending through the temples to electrical and electronic components positioned adjacent to edges of a frame. A tether is attached to the temples to enable power and communication flow between the electrical and electronic components rather than through the frame. Proper installation is identified based on communications passing between the electrical and electronic components via the tether.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventors: Yoav Ben-Haim, Varun Sehrawat, Teodor Dabov, John Bernard Ardisana
  • Patent number: 11933948
    Abstract: A photographing optical lens assembly includes, in order from object side to image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. The first lens element has positive refractive power. The second, third, fourth and fifth lens elements have refractive power. The sixth lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region, wherein an object-side surface and the image-side surface of the sixth lens element are both aspheric, and the image-side surface has at least one inflection point. The seventh lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region, wherein an object-side surface and the image-side surface of the seventh lens element are both aspheric, and the image-side surface has at least one inflection point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hsin-Hsuan Huang
  • Patent number: 11932043
    Abstract: A device includes at least one transient image having optical properties which vary depending on the angle of observation, with the image(s) consisting of a set of three-dimensional microstructures arranged in a plurality of subsets. Each subset consists of microstructures having an equivalent or identical planar angle ?. A security document can include such a device and the device can be used as a security element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: KARMIC SÀRL
    Inventor: Yit-Shun Leung Ki
  • Patent number: 11933995
    Abstract: An optical diffuser includes optically anisotropic molecules arranged in a predefined configuration such that the optical diffuser diffuses first light having a first polarization and transmits second light having a second polarization that is different from the first polarization upon receiving the second light. In addition to polarization selectivity, the optical diffuser may also exhibit wavelength selectivity and/or incident angle selectivity. A method of diffusing light using the optical diffuser and a method of making the optical diffuser are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Mengfei Wang, Gang Li, Lu Lu, Yunqi Li
  • Patent number: 11934936
    Abstract: An optical operational element which enables a multilayered optical neural network to be constructed without using an optical amplifier is provided. The optical operational element includes: a photothermal conversion unit 30 which converts light energy of input light A into thermal energy; a light intensity variation unit 20 which is in contact with the photothermal conversion unit 30 and which varies, in accordance with a temperature variation accompanying heat generation or heat absorption by the photothermal conversion unit 30, intensity of external light B that is introduced from the outside; and a housing unit 10 which houses the light intensity variation unit 20 and which introduces the external light B from one side and outputs output light C obtained by attenuating intensity of the external light B to the outside on an opposite side to the one side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shiori Konisho, Takuya Otsuka, Soichi Oka
  • Patent number: 11927774
    Abstract: An adaptive lens (200) may feature two flexible films (202), (204) secured within a rim (210) and defining a space therebetween which is filled with an appropriate fluid (206). A piston (220), driven by at least one actuator (214a-c), may be attached to one of the films (204) to displace it with respect to the remainder of the assembly. Such action of the piston (220) distorts both films (202), (204) to change the shape of the lens and may be driven by bimorph actuators (214a-c). Distance of displacement may be calculated by measuring a magnetic field created by at least one magnet (222a-c) attached to the piston (220). Feedback control may be used to stabilize the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: NewEyes, Inc.
    Inventors: Tridib Ghosh, Apratim Majumder