Patents by Inventor Shai Ben-Yaish
Shai Ben-Yaish has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240134090Abstract: An optical processor is presented for applying optical processing to a light field passing through a predetermined imaging lens unit. The optical processor comprises a pattern in the form of spaced apart regions of different optical properties. The pattern is configured to define a phase coder, and a dispersion profile coder. The phase coder affects profiles of Through Focus Modulation Transfer Function (TFMTF) for different wavelength components of the light field in accordance with a predetermined profile of an extended depth of focusing to be obtained by the imaging lens unit. The dispersion profile coder is configured in accordance with the imaging lens unit and the predetermined profile of the extended depth of focusing to provide a predetermined overlapping between said TFMTF profiles within said predetermined profile of the extended depth of focusing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Zeev Zalevsky, Alex Zlotnik, Ido Raveh, Shai Ben-Yaish, Ofer Limon, Oren Yehezkel, Karen Lahav
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Patent number: 11841556Abstract: A method is provided for use in reducing a size of halo effect in an ophthalmic lens. The method comprises: providing data indicative of a given ophthalmic lens with a first pattern providing prescribed vision improvement, processing said data indicative of the features of the first pattern and generating data indicative of a variation of at least one feature of the first pattern resulting in a second pattern which maintains said prescribed vision improvement and reduces a size of halo effect as compared to that of the lens with the first pattern.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Brien Holden Vision Institute LimitedInventors: Ofer Limon, Zeev Zalevsky, Alex Zlotnik, Shai Ben-Yaish
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Patent number: 11802998Abstract: An optical processor is presented for applying optical processing to a light field passing through a predetermined imaging lens unit. The optical processor comprises a pattern in the form of spaced apart regions of different optical properties. The pattern is configured to define a phase coder, and a dispersion profile coder. The phase coder affects profiles of Through Focus Modulation Transfer Function (TFMTF) for different wavelength components of the light field in accordance with a predetermined profile of an extended depth of focusing to be obtained by the imaging lens unit. The dispersion profile coder is to configured in accordance with the imaging lens unit and the predetermined profile of the extended depth of focusing to provide a predetermined overlapping between said TFMTF profiles within said predetermined profile of the extended depth of focusing.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Brien Holden Vision Institute LimitedInventors: Zeev Zalevsky, Alex Zlotnik, Ido Raveh, Shai Ben-Yaish, Ofer Limon, Oren Yehezkel, Karen Lahav
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Publication number: 20220382073Abstract: A method is provided for use in reducing a size of halo effect in an ophthalmic lens. The method comprises: providing data indicative of a given ophthalmic lens with a first pattern providing prescribed vision improvement, processing said data indicative of the features of the first pattern and generating data indicative of a variation of at least one feature of the first pattern resulting in a second pattern which maintains said prescribed vision improvement and reduces a size of halo effect as compared to that of the lens with the first pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Ofer Limon, Zeev Zalevsky, Alex Zlotnik, Shai Ben-Yaish
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Patent number: 11366337Abstract: A method is provided for use in reducing a size of halo effect in an ophthalmic lens. The method comprises: providing data indicative of a given ophthalmic lens with a first pattern providing prescribed vision improvement, processing said data indicative of the features of the first pattern and generating data indicative of a variation of at least one feature of the first pattern resulting in a second pattern which maintains said prescribed vision improvement and reduces a size of halo effect as compared to that of the lens with the first pattern.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2020Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Brien Holden Vision Institute LimitedInventors: Ofer Limon, Zeev Zalevsky, Alex Zlotnik, Shai Ben-Yaish
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Publication number: 20220179130Abstract: An optical processor is presented for applying optical processing to a light field passing through a predetermined imaging lens unit. The optical processor comprises a pattern in the form of spaced apart regions of different optical properties. The pattern is configured to define a phase coder, and a dispersion profile coder. The phase coder affects profiles of Through Focus Modulation Transfer Function (TFMTF) for different wavelength components of the light field in accordance with a predetermined profile of an extended depth of focusing to be obtained by the imaging lens unit. The dispersion profile coder is to configured in accordance with the imaging lens unit and the predetermined profile of the extended depth of focusing to provide a predetermined overlapping between said TFMTF profiles within said predetermined profile of the extended depth of focusing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2021Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Zeev Zalevsky, Alex Zlotnik, Ido Raveh, Shai Ben-Yaish, Ofer Limon, Oren Yehezkel, Karen Lahav
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Patent number: 11199651Abstract: An optical processor is presented for applying optical processing to a light field passing through a predetermined imaging lens unit. The optical processor comprises a pattern in the form of spaced apart regions of different optical properties. The pattern is configured to define a phase coder, and a dispersion profile coder. The phase coder affects profiles of Through Focus Modulation Transfer Function (TFMTF) for different wavelength components of the light field in accordance with a predetermined profile of an extended depth of focusing to be obtained by the imaging lens unit. The dispersion profile coder is configured in accordance with the imaging lens unit and the predetermined profile of the extended depth of focusing to provide a predetermined overlapping between said TFMTF profiles within said predetermined profile of the extended depth of focusing.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2018Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Brien Holden Vision Institute LimitedInventors: Zeev Zalevsky, Alex Zlotnik, Ido Raveh, Shai Ben-Yaish, Ofer Limon, Oren Yehezkel, Karen Lahav
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Publication number: 20200310158Abstract: A method is provided for use in reducing a size of halo effect in an ophthalmic lens. The method comprises: providing data indicative of a given ophthalmic lens with a first pattern providing prescribed vision improvement, processing said data indicative of the features of the first pattern and generating data indicative of a variation of at least one feature of the first pattern resulting in a second pattern which maintains said prescribed vision improvement and reduces a size of halo effect as compared to that of the lens with the first pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Ofer Limon, Zeev Zalevsky, Alex Zlotnik, Shai Ben-Yaish
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Patent number: 10656437Abstract: A method is provided for use in reducing a size of halo effect in an ophthalmic lens. The method comprises: providing data indicative of a given ophthalmic lens with a first pattern providing prescribed vision improvement, processing said data indicative of the features of the first pattern and generating data indicative of a variation of at least one feature of the first pattern resulting in a second pattern which maintains said prescribed vision improvement and reduces a size of halo effect as compared to that of the lens with the first pattern.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2012Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Brien Holden Vision Institute LimitedInventors: Ofer Limon, Zeev Zalevsky, Alex Zlotnik, Shai Ben-Yaish
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Publication number: 20200081268Abstract: An ophthalmic lens is presented. The lens includes a toric optical zone and a phase-affecting, non-diffractive optical element for extending depth of focus of imaging.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Shai Ben-Yaish, Alex Zlotnik, Ido Raveh, Ofer Limon, Oren Yehezkel, Karen Lahav-Yacouel, Michael Goldstein, Zeev Zalevsky
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Patent number: 10394051Abstract: An ophthalmic lens is presented. The lens includes a toric optical zone and a phase-affecting, non-diffractive optical element for extending depth of focus of imaging.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2011Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Brien Holden Vision InstituteInventors: Shai Ben-Yaish, Alex Zlotnik, Ido Raveh, Ofer Limon, Oren Yehezkel, Karen Lahav-Yacouel, Michael Goldstein, Zeev Zalevsky
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Publication number: 20190212478Abstract: An optical processor is presented for applying optical processing to a light field passing through a predetermined imaging lens unit. The optical processor comprises a pattern in the form of spaced apart regions of different optical properties. The pattern is configured to define a phase coder, and a dispersion profile coder. The phase coder affects profiles of Through Focus Modulation Transfer Function (TFMTF) for different wavelength components of the light field in accordance with a predetermined profile of an extended depth of focusing to be obtained by the imaging lens unit. The dispersion profile coder is configured in accordance with the imaging lens unit and the predetermined profile of the extended depth of focusing to provide a predetermined overlapping between said TFMTF profiles within said predetermined profile of the extended depth of focusing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2018Publication date: July 11, 2019Inventors: Zeev Zalevsky, Alex Zlotnik, Ido Raveh, Shai Ben-Yaish, Ofer Limon, Oren Yehezkel, Karen Lahav
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Publication number: 20190011610Abstract: An imaging lens structure and method of imaging are presented. The imaging lens structure comprising a lens region defining an effective aperture of the lens structure. The lens region comprises an arrangement of lens zones distributed within the lens region and comprising zones of at least two different optical functions differently affecting light passing therethrough. The zones of at least two different optical functions are arranged in an interlaced fashion along said lens region corresponding to a surface relief of the lens region such that adjacent lens zones of different optical functions are spaced apart from one another along an optical axis of the lens structure a distance larger than a coherence length of light at least one spectral range for which said lens structure is designed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2018Publication date: January 10, 2019Inventors: Zeev Zalevsky, Alex Zlotnik, Shai Ben-Yaish, Ofer Limon, Ido Raveh
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Patent number: 10175392Abstract: An optical processor is presented for applying optical processing to a light field passing through a predetermined imaging lens unit. The optical processor comprises a pattern in the form of spaced apart regions of different optical properties. The pattern is configured to define a phase coder, and a dispersion profile coder. The phase coder affects profiles of Through Focus Modulation Transfer Function (TFMTF) for different wavelength components of the light field in accordance with a predetermined profile of an extended depth of focusing to be obtained by the imaging lens unit. The dispersion profile coder is configured in accordance with the imaging lens unit and the predetermined profile of the extended depth of focusing to provide a predetermined overlapping between said TFMTF profiles within said predetermined profile of the extended depth of focusing.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2015Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: Brien Holden Vision InstituteInventors: Zeev Zalevsky, Alex Zlotnik, Ido Raveh, Shai Ben-Yaish, Ofer Limon, Oren Yehezkel, Karen Lahav
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Patent number: 10078159Abstract: An imaging lens structure and method of imaging are presented. The imaging lens structure comprising a lens region defining an effective aperture of the lens structure. The lens region comprises an arrangement of lens zones distributed within the lens region and comprising zones of at least two different optical functions differently affecting light passing therethrough. The zones of at least two different optical functions are arranged in an interlaced fashion along said lens region corresponding to a surface relief of the lens region such that adjacent lens zones of different optical functions are spaced apart from one another along an optical axis of the lens structure a distance larger than a coherence length of light at least one spectral range for which said lens structure is designed.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2016Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: Brien Holden Vision InstituteInventors: Zeev Zalevsky, Alex Zlotnik, Shai Ben-Yaish, Ofer Limon, Ido Raveh
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Publication number: 20170038503Abstract: An imaging lens structure and method of imaging are presented. The imaging lens structure comprising a lens region defining an effective aperture of the lens structure. The lens region comprises an arrangement of lens zones distributed within the lens region and comprising zones of at least two different optical functions differently affecting light passing therethrough. The zones of at least two different optical functions are arranged in an interlaced fashion along said lens region corresponding to a surface relief of the lens region such that adjacent lens zones of different optical functions are spaced apart from one another along an optical axis of the lens structure a distance larger than a coherence length of light at least one spectral range for which said lens structure is designed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2016Publication date: February 9, 2017Inventors: Zeev ZALEVSKY, Alex ZLOTNIK, Shai BEN-YAISH, Ofer LIMON, Ido RAVEH
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Patent number: 9500875Abstract: An imaging lens unit is presented, comprising an imaging lens having a lens region defining an effective aperture, and a phase coder. The phase coder may be incorporated with or located close to the lens region. The phase coder defines a surface relief along the lens region formed by at least three phase patterns extending along the lens region. Each of the phase patterns differently affecting light components of one of at least three different wavelength ranges while substantially not affecting propagation of light components of other of said at least three wavelength ranges. The surface relief affects light propagation through the lens region to extend a depth of focus for at least one of said at least three wavelength ranges.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2015Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: Brien Holden Vision InstituteInventors: Zeev Zalevsky, Alex Zlotnik, Shai Ben-Yaish, Ofer Limon, Ido Raveh
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Patent number: 9239471Abstract: An imaging lens structure and method of imaging are presented. The imaging lens structure comprising a lens region defining an effective aperture of the lens structure. The lens region comprises an arrangement of lens zones distributed within the lens region and comprising zones of at least two different optical functions differently affecting light passing therethrough. The zones of at least two different optical functions are arranged in an interlaced fashion along said lens region corresponding to a surface relief of the lens region such that adjacent lens zones of different optical functions are spaced apart from one another along an optical axis of the lens structure a distance larger than a coherence length of light at least one spectral range for which said lens structure is designed.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2011Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: Brien Holden Vision InstituteInventors: Zeev Zalevsky, Alex Zlotnik, Shai Ben-Yaish, Ofer Limon, Ido Raveh
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Publication number: 20150370066Abstract: An optical processor is presented for applying optical processing to a light field passing through a predetermined imaging lens unit. The optical processor comprises a pattern in the form of spaced apart regions of different optical properties. The pattern is configured to define a phase coder, and a dispersion profile coder. The phase coder affects profiles of Through Focus Modulation Transfer Function (TFMTF) for different wavelength components of the light field in accordance with a predetermined profile of an extended depth of focusing to be obtained by the imaging lens unit. The dispersion profile coder is configured in accordance with the imaging lens unit and the predetermined profile of the extended depth of focusing to provide a predetermined overlapping between said TFMTF profiles within said predetermined profile of the extended depth of focusing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2015Publication date: December 24, 2015Inventors: Zeev Zalevsky, Alex Zlotnik, Ido Raveh, Shai Ben-Yaish, Ofer Limon, Oren Yehezkel, Karen Lahav
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Publication number: 20150286067Abstract: A method is provided for use in reducing a size of halo effect in an ophthalmic lens. The method comprises: providing data indicative of a given ophthalmic lens with a first pattern providing prescribed vision improvement, processing said data indicative of the features of the first pattern and generating data indicative of a variation of at least one feature of the first pattern resulting in a second pattern which maintains said prescribed vision improvement and reduces a size of halo effect as compared to that of the lens with the first pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2012Publication date: October 8, 2015Inventors: Ofer Limon, Zeev Zalevsky, Alex Zlotnik, Shai Ben-Yaish