Binocular Loupe Type Patents (Class 359/481)
  • Patent number: 11214925
    Abstract: A system for treating recycled cellulosic fibers to improve paper, board and tissue quality; the system involves fractionating recycled fibers into a short fiber portion and a long fiber portion. The short fiber portion is split into an original short fiber portion and a refinable portion. The refinable portion is processed into glue pulp. The glue pulp is refined to targeted, measured fiber properties. Varying amounts of the glue pulp, original short unrefined fibers, and long unrefined fibers are blended together to form an optimized slurry that is processed by a paper machine into an optimized recycled paper product. The process provides for improved drainage with the same or better paper properties allowing for cost reductions in fabrication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Pulmac Systems International, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Joseph White, Wavell Frederick Cowan
  • Patent number: 10895760
    Abstract: A hands-free binocular device. A pair of eyeglasses has two temples. A telescopic section is mounted to each eyeglass temple. The hands-free binocular device includes lenses for magnifying images and light path redirecting devices for controlling the light path to the eyeglass lenses. Light from an image being observed flows through the magnifying lenses and is redirected by the light path redirecting device. The image is magnified and viewable by a user. The user can shift his gaze upward to view the magnified image or look down from the magnified image to view a non-magnified image. In one preferred embodiment the light path redirecting devices are prisms. In another preferred embodiment the light path redirecting devices are mirrors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Inventor: Brian Reynolds
  • Patent number: 10250865
    Abstract: A dual image capture assembly for acquiring and transmitting images from a binocular scope for three-dimensional (3D) viewing on a user computing device. The dual image capture assembly includes a pair of eyepiece adaptors each configured to attach on the pair of eyepieces of a binocular scope, and a dual-camera apparatus including a pair of image capture devices respectively coupled with the pair of eyepiece adaptors. The dual-camera apparatus also includes a linker connecting the first and second camera components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: VISIONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu-Cheng Lin, Dawei Liu, Yinsheng Guo, Po-Chun Yeh
  • Patent number: 9335567
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a binocular loupe, the method including radiating strobe light from a below-located operational manipulating position in a state that the operator wearing the frame on which the carrier lenses are mounted stares the operational manipulating position in a working posture to use the binocular loupe, photographing reflection light of the strobe light reflected from pupils of the operator with a camera 11, specifying pupil positions based on the image data, and determining downward wearing angles r1, r2 of the loupe units which are to be attached to the right and left carrier lenses based on distance A from the operational manipulating position P to the carrier lenses and a horizontal distance B from the operational manipulating position P to a vertical line passing through the carrier lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignees: ACP JAPAN; CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shoichi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9298012
    Abstract: In embodiments of eyebox adjustment for interpupillary distance, a first optical lens receives light of an image at a projected orientation of the light, and deviates the light by a deviation angle from the projected orientation of the light. A second optical lens receives the deviated light of the image from the first optical lens at the deviation angle, and alters the deviated light back to the projected orientation of the light for viewing the image. Left and right eyeboxes align with respective left and right eyes that view the image, and a distance between the left and right eyeboxes approximately correlates to an interpupillary distance between the left and right eyes. The light of the image can be laterally shifted to increase or decrease the distance between the left and right eyeboxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: David D. Bohn, Rod G. Fleck, Steven John Robbins
  • Publication number: 20150146290
    Abstract: Dental/medical/surgical loupes have an improved declination angle to reduce neck and back strain. Eyeglass frames are provided with carrier lenses having bottom edges. A hole is provided in each carrier lens, each hole having an outer periphery that extends below the bottom edge of the carrier lens, resulting in a pair of opposing pointed ends. A pair of ocular devices are cemented in a respective one of the holes, such that a portion of the ocular body also extends below the bottom edge of the carrier lens. Each ocular is then cemented or otherwise permanently affixed into position to achieve a desired declination angle. For added stability, a pair of holes may be formed into the body of each ocular, each pair of holes being physically aligned with the two opposing pointed ends of the carrier lens associated with that ocular.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventor: Byung J. Chang
  • Patent number: 8964291
    Abstract: An ocular mounting assembly with mechanical stabilization includes a housing with a through-bore having an interior and opposing open ends, the interior of the through-bore being defined in part by an upper wall having a lower surface interior to the through-bore, and a lower wall having an upper surface interior to the through-bore. A pair of support arms are provided, each arm being slidingly received by a respective one of the open ends of the through-bore of the housing. A pair of stabilizing bodies are also provided, each body being positioned between a respecting one of the support arms and the interior of the housing. In contrast to existing designs, both stabilizing bodies are either positioned between a support arm and the lower surface of the upper wall of the housing, or between a support arm and the upper surface of the lower wall of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: General Scientific Corporation
    Inventor: Byung J. Chang
  • Patent number: 8913318
    Abstract: In an ocular support assembly material present in the forward-looking cross-section of the outwardly extending support arms is removed, thereby reducing visual obscuration and enhancing peripheral vision. In the preferred embodiment, the top of each outwardly extending support arm is at or below the middle of the height of the housing, thereby resulting in a low-profile design. At the same time, the support arms are received by the housing with sliding engagement on all sides, thereby eliminating the need for ball bearings or spacers to counteract twisting. The result is a lightweight yet highly stable ocular mounting assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: General Scientific Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas A Cummings, Byung J. Chang
  • Publication number: 20140036356
    Abstract: A magnification device including a housing having a distal open end and a proximal open end is disclosed. The housing includes an optical system including one or more objective lenses adjacent the distal open end, and one or more eye lenses adjacent the proximal open end, the optical system produced a desired level of magnification; and a filtering system having first filter selectively filtering a first group of wavelengths and a second filter selective filtering a second group of wavelengths. The first and second filters having an optical density selected based on a magnification level of the optical system. A vision enhancing assembly including a carrier device and one or more magnification devices coupled to the carrier device is also disclosed, wherein the magnification devices include filters that have optical densities based on a magnification level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: DESIGNS FOR VISION, INC.
    Inventors: Richard E. Feinbloom, Kenneth Braganca, Margaret Burns
  • Publication number: 20140029098
    Abstract: Binocular goggles are described. Embodiments of binocular goggles according to the present invention include two monocular units installed on a relatively high volume goggle body. The goggle body includes a single interior cavity configured to enclose both of a user's eyes. The interior cavity provides ample volume and airflow to reduce or eliminate condensation on lenses residing inside the goggle body. The goggle body also includes a relatively large perimeter configured to contact a user's face. The large contact perimeter typically resides against the user's face on the forehead and below the lower eye orbit, which results in a comfortable distribution of force that facilitates wearing the goggles for relatively long time intervals of an hour or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventor: Vickie J. Cusimano
  • Patent number: 8638498
    Abstract: In embodiments of eyebox adjustment for interpupillary distance, a first optical lens receives light of an image from a display optic at a projected orientation of the light, and the first optical lens deviates the light of the image by a deviation angle from the projected orientation of the light. A second optical lens receives the light of the image from the first optical lens at the deviation angle, and the second optical lens alters the deviated light of the image back to the projected orientation of the light for viewing the image. Left and right eyeboxes align with respective left and right eyes that view the image, and a distance between the left and right eyeboxes approximately correlates to an interpupillary distance between the left and right eyes. The light of the image can be laterally shifted to increase or decrease the distance between the left and right eyeboxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Inventors: David D. Bohn, Rod G. Fleck, Steven John Robbins
  • Publication number: 20130094081
    Abstract: An ocular mounting assembly with mechanical stabilization includes a housing with a through-bore having an interior and opposing open ends, the interior of the through-bore being defined in part by an upper wall having a lower surface interior to the through-bore, and a lower wall having an upper surface interior to the through-bore. A pair of support arms are provided, each arm being slidingly received by a respective one of the open ends of the through-bore of the housing. A pair of stabilizing bodies are also provided, each body being positioned between a respecting one of the support arms and the interior of the housing. In contrast to existing designs, both stabilizing bodies are either positioned between a support arm and the lower surface of the upper wall of the housing, or between a support arm and the upper surface of the lower wall of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: General Scientific Corporation
    Inventor: Byung J. Chang
  • Patent number: 8305685
    Abstract: A loupe support system includes a frame (12) which can be mounted at the head of a user and at which a holding device (18) is mounted, an elongated support element (30, 31, 68) which, at its central region, is supported at the holding device (18) such that it can rotate about its longitudinal central axis, wherein a respective loupe ocular (34) is mounted at the support element (30, 31, 68) on each of both sides of the holding device, and a light mounting element (22) supported at the holding device (18) such that it can rotate about a rotary axis being coaxial with respect to the longitudinal central axis of the support element (30, 31, 68).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Heine Optotechnik GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Oliver Heine, Roman Raab, Gerhard Guegel, Stefan Knesewitsch, Anton Schneider
  • Publication number: 20120250145
    Abstract: A magnification device including: a housing including a distal open end and a proximal open end; an optical system including one or more objective lenses mounted in the housing adjacent the distal open end, and one or more eye lenses mounted in the housing adjacent the proximal open end; and a filtering system suitable for attenuating selected wavelengths from the transmission of electromagnetic radiation including a first filter lens mounted to the distal open end of the housing adjacent the one or more objective lenses, and a second filter lens mounted to the proximal open end adjacent the one or more eye lenses, the first filter lens closing the distal open end of said housing is provided. A vision enhancing assembly including a carrier device and one or more magnification devices coupled to the carrier device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Richard E. Feinbloom, Kenneth Braganca
  • Publication number: 20120224261
    Abstract: An optical support assembly including at least one optical assembly, a bracket adapted for coupling to a spectacle frame, and a rail frame coupled to the bracket and comprising any of (1) a rigid rail frame engaged to the at least one optical assembly for laterally adjusting said at least one optical assembly, and (2) a deformable rail frame engaged to the at least one optical assembly for manual reconfiguring said at least one optical assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventors: Henry A. Greene, Robert Carlton Lynch
  • Publication number: 20120200918
    Abstract: A binocular system includes a first monocular, a second monocular, a first arm coupled to a base plate via a first hinge and coupled to the first monocular, and a second arm coupled to the base plate via a second hinge and coupled to the second monocular. Each of the monoculars rotates about a corresponding one of the hinges along an axis of rotation that is not parallel to an axis of collimation of each of the monoculars. The monoculars are collimated when rotated into a deployed position. The binocular system may also include a mounting bracket coupled to the base plate, a tilt base, interposed between the mounting bracket and the base plate and a tilt lever, having a cam that is operatively engaged with the tilt base, where actuation of the lever causes the base plate to tilt with respect to the mounting bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: Maxim Rivkin, Gintautas Narkevicius
  • Publication number: 20120200917
    Abstract: A binocular system includes a first monocular, a second monocular, a mounting bracket, a base plate, coupled to the mounting bracket, a first arm coupled to the base plate via a first hinge and coupled to the first monocular via a first guide rail, and a second arm coupled to the base plate via a second hinge and coupled to the second monocular via a second guide rail. The monoculars are independently moveable using the guide rails and the hinges. Collimation of the monoculars is maintained independently of movement of the monoculars side to side and fore and aft on the guiderails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: Maxim Rivkin, Gintautas Narkevicius
  • Publication number: 20120140322
    Abstract: A binocular loupe containing one or more sealed fluid filled lenses is described. The binocular loupe includes one or more eyepieces, a distance sensor, and control electronics. In an embodiment, the optical power of the fluid filled lenses may be adjusted to adjust the focal length associated with the binocular loupe. The distance sensor may be used to determine a distance between the binocular loupe and a sample while a controller compares the measured distance to the current optical power of the one or more sealed fluid filled lenses. The controller may transmit signals to one or more actuators coupled to one or more sealed fluid filled lenses to change the optical power of the one or more sealed fluid filled lenses based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: Adlens Beacon, Inc.
    Inventors: Urban Schnell, Julien Sauvet, William Egan
  • Patent number: 8120847
    Abstract: A medical/dental loupe assembly provides through-the-lens oculars with an inconspicuous interpupillary distance adjustment capability. The system includes a pair of lenses, each lens having a telemicroscopic ocular cemented therethrough, and an upper portion, one on each side of a wearer's nose. A generally horizontal slot is formed in the upper portion of one of the lenses, and a bridge member connects the upper portions of the two lenses. The bridge member has two ends, one end of which is coupled to the slot through a fastener that may be loosened and tightened, thereby allowing the distance between the oculars to be adjusted and locked into position in accordance with the interpupillary requirements of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: General Scientific Corporation
    Inventor: Byung J. Chang
  • Patent number: 8059063
    Abstract: A 3D image display device includes a display panel, a barrier, a controller, and a barrier driver. The barrier includes: a first substrate; a plurality of first electrodes disposed on the first substrate and extended in a first direction; a plurality of second electrodes respectively disposed between adjacent first electrodes; a second substrate opposing the first substrate; a plurality of third electrodes disposed on the second substrate and extended in a second direction crossing the first direction; a plurality of fourth electrodes respectively disposed between adjacent third electrodes; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates. The barrier driver receives a barrier control signal from the controller, and applies a reference voltage to the first electrodes, the second electrodes, the third electrodes, and/or the fourth electrodes, and applies a liquid crystal driving voltage to one or more other ones of the first to fourth electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hui Nam, Jang-Doo Lee, Hyoung-Wook Jang, Beom-Shik Kim, Myoung-Seop Song
  • Publication number: 20110261453
    Abstract: A minor based front viewing system is disclosed. The front viewing system may be worn by the rider similar to an eyeglass or mounted to a handlebar region of the bicycle. The rider can also wear an aerodynamic helmet and use the front viewing system or video display system in conjunction with the aerodynamic helmet so that the rider can maintain his/her head in a down position to take advantage of the aerodynamic characteristics of the aerodynamic helmet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventor: James Michael Felt
  • Patent number: 8045266
    Abstract: Provided is a binocular loupe capable of adapting to current vision of a worker of a medical operation or precise operation in operating. The binocular loupe has frame means, a pair of binocular loupe bodies, attaching means for fixing the binocular loupe bodies to the frame means, focus adjusting means for adjusting a focal length of each of the binocular loupe bodies, and supporting means for detachably attaching the focus adjusting means to eyepiece portions of the binocular loupe bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignees: ACP Japan, Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shoichi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20110013277
    Abstract: In an ocular support assembly material present in the forward-looking cross-section of the outwardly extending support arms is removed, thereby reducing visual obscuration and enhancing peripheral vision. In the preferred embodiment, the top of each outwardly extending support arm is at or below the middle of the height of the housing, thereby resulting in a low-profile design. At the same time, the support arms are received by the housing with sliding engagement on all sides, thereby eliminating the need for ball bearings or spacers to counteract twisting. The result is a lightweight yet highly stable ocular mounting assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: General Scientific Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Cummings, Byung Jin Chang
  • Publication number: 20100309550
    Abstract: A head-mountable loupe for observing an object includes a support configured to be attachable to the head of a user and optics mounted to the support and including an objective lens, left and right oculars and a plurality of beam folding mirrors. The loupe has an observation configuration in which the left and right oculars are disposed in front of left and right eyes, respectively, of the user, to establish a folded left beam path originating from the object, traversing the objective lens and the left ocular and reflected from plural beam folding mirrors, and to establish a folded right beam path originating from the object, traversing the objective lens and the right ocular and reflected from plural beam folding mirrors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: Carl Zeiss Surgical GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Hauger, Fritz Strähle
  • Publication number: 20100302635
    Abstract: A loupe support system includes a frame (12) which can be mounted at the head of a user and at which a holding device (18) is mounted, an elongated support element (30, 31, 68) which, at its central region, is supported at the holding device (18) such that it can rotate about its longitudinal central axis, wherein a respective loupe ocular (34) is mounted at the support element (30, 31, 68) on each of both sides of the holding device, and a light mounting element (22) supported at the holding device (18) such that it can rotate about a rotary axis being coaxial with respect to the longitudinal central axis of the support element (30, 31, 68).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: HEINE OPTOTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Oliver HEINE, Roman RAAB, Gerhard GUEGEL, Stefan KNESEWITSCH, Anton SCHNEIDER
  • Publication number: 20100302503
    Abstract: Optical apparatus (20, 60) includes a spectacle frame (30, 64) configured to be worn by a user (22). A telescope (26, 62) is fixed to the spectacle frame and includes an objective (44), an eyepiece (28), and multiple optical surfaces (48, 56, 58) defining a folded optical path for providing a magnified image to an eye (40) of the user while at least one of the optical surfaces is located at least partially posterior to a coronal plane (41) located at a rear surface of the eyepiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: TOPSIGHT OPTICS LTD.
    Inventors: Micha Oestereich, Adi Kremer
  • Publication number: 20100290115
    Abstract: A medical/dental loupe assembly provides through-the-lens oculars with an inconspicuous interpupillary distance adjustment capability. The system includes a pair of lenses, each lens having a telemicroscopic ocular cemented therethrough, and an upper portion, one on each side of a wearer's nose. A generally horizontal slot is formed in the upper portion of one of the lenses, and a bridge member connects the upper portions of the two lenses. The bridge member has two ends, one end of which is coupled to the slot through a fastener that may be loosened and tightened, thereby allowing the distance between the oculars to be adjusted and locked into position in accordance with the interpupillary requirements of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: General Scientific Corporation
    Inventor: Byung J. Chang
  • Patent number: 7791798
    Abstract: In an ocular support assembly material present in the forward-looking cross-section of the outwardly extending support arms is removed, thereby reducing visual obscuration and enhancing peripheral vision. In the preferred embodiment, the top of each outwardly extending support arm is at or below the middle of the height of the housing, thereby resulting in a low-profile design. At the same time, the support arms are received by the housing with sliding engagement on all sides, thereby eliminating the need for ball bearings or spacers to counteract twisting. The result is a lightweight yet highly stable ocular mounting assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: General Scientific Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Cummings, Byung Jin Chang
  • Publication number: 20100214656
    Abstract: The present invention relates to optical instruments, in particular to magnification loupes, stereo-magnification loupes and magnification viewers, such as those worn by dentists and surgeons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: SWISS MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventor: Steffen Janik
  • Publication number: 20100142045
    Abstract: A loupe mounting assembly includes: a bridge swivel including a base coupling for attaching the assembly to a base device, the swivel also including a loupe bar coupled to a loupe bar coupling proximate the base coupling; wherein each of the base coupling and the loupe bar coupling provide for rotation of the assembly about a first axis (S1) and a second axis (S2) respectively; wherein the loupe bar includes horizontally outward extensions in a location that is inferior to a line of sight when worn by a user; and a loupe adjustment mechanism mounted on each of the extensions of the loupe bar. Embodiments of a magnification viewer are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventor: Alexsey Mazurenko
  • Patent number: 7719765
    Abstract: A compact Keplerian optical system includes a telescope having an image-rotator (Pechan roof prism pair), and an eyepiece and objective lens operative to form an intermediate image plane within the image-rotator, thereby decreasing the overall length. The objective lens optionally forms part of a replaceable cap, and plurality of replaceable caps may be provided, each with a different focal length to adjust for working distance. In the preferred embodiments, the eyepiece includes a singlet and a doublet lens to minimize eyestrain, and the objective lens includes a doublet and singlet field lens operative to increase depth of field and field of view. A practical implementation includes a pair of the telescopes, one for each eye of a user. Such a configuration may take the form of loupes mounted relative to eyeglass frames for surgical, medical or dental viewing applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: General Scientific Corporation
    Inventors: Richard C. Kim, Charles T. Willoughby
  • Publication number: 20100033814
    Abstract: A device for controlling a surgery microscope during a surgery intervention. The surgery microscope control device is embodied in the form of a bent holder which is arranged, during the use thereof, along a surgeon head from the parietooccipital area through the facial area to a chin area, is provided with means for fixing it to the microscope eye lenses and with supports for interacting with the surgeon head in the nasal bridge, chin, frontal and parietooccipital areas. The support interacting with the chin is provided with an electric switch. In addition, a joystick is mounted on the holder. The device makes it possible to rigidly secure a microscope on the surgeon head during movement, to duplicate the control members mounted directly on the microscope and to not divert the surgeon hands from a surgery for controlling the microscope. The surgery microscope is controlled by means of the head, mouth (lips) and chin of the surgeon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: David Ilich Pitskhelauri, Aleksander Nikolaevich Konovalov, Georgy Aleksandrovich Shekutiev, Anatoly Egorovich Rassokhin, Georgy Alekseevich Inauri
  • Publication number: 20090303588
    Abstract: A mounting device which includes means for attaching accessories such as binoculars to wearable items such as baseball caps. The binoculars can be tilted to adjust the angle with respect to the cap, slid to adjust the distance of the binoculars from the wearer, and the objectives thereof pivoted to move the same between in-use and out-of-use positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventor: Nick Charlesworth
  • Publication number: 20090231699
    Abstract: Provided is a binocular loupe capable of adapting to current vision of a worker of a medical operation or precise operation in operating. The binocular loupe has frame means, a pair of binocular loupe bodies, attaching means for fixing the binocular loupe bodies to the frame means, focus adjusting means for adjusting a focal length of each of the binocular loupe bodies, and supporting means for detachably attaching the focus adjusting means to eyepiece portions of the binocular loupe bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicants: ACP JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shoichi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20090147358
    Abstract: A viewing device containing one or more display screens and adjustment means to allow the device to be adjusted to suit a user's interocular distance, wherein alignment means are provided to check the alignment of the device with the wearer's eyes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: STEREONICS LIMITED
    Inventor: Nick Charlesworth
  • Patent number: 7477451
    Abstract: Optical devices and methods for providing wide field magnification to assist the visually impaired, and others, are provided. The optical device includes a plurality of telescopic lens sets, for example, a plurality of telescopes, each telescopic lens set including an objective lens and an ocular lens, and a plurality of refracting optical elements, for example, prisms, positioned in front of at least some of the objective lenses. The refracting optical elements are adapted to at least partially redirect light rays toward at least some of the objective lenses to provide wider fields of view, for example, a wider contiguous field of view. Aspects of the invention can provide fields of view up to 40 degrees or more. These wider fields of view can greatly enhance the visual acuity of the visually impaired, as well as provide wider fields of view for non-corrective purposes, such as for field observations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: The Research Foundation Of State University Of New York
    Inventor: Milton Katz
  • Patent number: 6667833
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for adjusting the interpupillary distance of viewing glasses includes pivotally connected right and left lens holders which fit into right and left eye openings. The edges of the lens holders rest upon the inner surface of the eye openings. As the pivot axis of the right and left lens holders is vertically moved up or down along a slotted throughway in the bridge of the glasses, the lens holders move horizontally inwardly or outwardly to adjust the interpupillary distance. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the center of the lenses remain at a constant height as they move inwardly and outwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Inventor: James B. Fay
  • Publication number: 20030107806
    Abstract: Magnification viewer includes a conventional glasses and a pair of magnifying lens units. The magnifying lens units are fixed to respective eyeglasses of the conventional glasses so that a wearer of the glasses can observe a magnified image of an object through the magnifying lens units. The magnifying lens unit includes an ocular and an objective lens that constitute a Galilean telescope. A prism is disposed between the ocular and the objective lens for deflecting the optical axis of the magnifying lens unit towards an object placed below the head of a wearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicants: PENTAX Corporation, Rhyo KIM
    Inventors: Masao Jojiki, Rhyo Kim
  • Patent number: 6513929
    Abstract: Ergonomic eyeglass frames are particularly suited to surgical, medical and dental applications. A set of eyeglass frames having a temple portion and lenses arranged in a plane, whereby the angle between the temple portion and the lens plane defines a pantascoptic angle. A pair of surgical telescopes or loupes are mounted through a lower portion of one of the respective eyeglass frames, with the pantascoptic angle preferably being 80 degrees or less to provide a more stable physical mounting of the telescope or loupe through the lower portion of each lens element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Inventor: Byung Jin Chang
  • Patent number: 6201641
    Abstract: A binocular-like vision system (50) for enabling an observer to view an object. The system includes an input end (72,90) that receives light from the object and an optical transfer system (62,64,86,88) that receives the light received from the input end and transfers the received light to an image intensifier (68) which intensifies the received light, wherein the intensified received light is transferred to and transmitted out of an output end (80,92) of the system, wherein the light transmitted out of the output end forms a field of view of the object that is greater than a 60 degree horizontal field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Night Vision Corporation
    Inventor: Danny Filipovich
  • Patent number: 6172808
    Abstract: A binocular assembly which is held in optical alignment with a human being's eyes and without the use of a human being's hands. The binocular assembly includes a support member, a pair of optical systems positioned and mounted on the support member for magnifying items within view of the human beings eyes, an adjustment to laterally adjust and position the pair of optical systems laterally relative to one another to accommodate spacing between the human beings eyes, and a fastener for engaging the human being's head and securing the binocular assembly about the head of the human being.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Inventors: Philip C. Foreman, Daniel K. Meeker, David Scott
  • Patent number: 6120145
    Abstract: An apparatus for changing the direction of light incident on a surgical loupes, the loupes having two optical barrels each optical barrel having an optical assembly with an optical axis. The apparatus includes at least one optical member for redirecting light incident onto said optical assemblies from a desired direction at an angle to the optical axis of said optical assemblies; an attachment member to secure said at least one optical member to the barrels; and an alignment member for calibrating the orientation of the at least one optical member relative to the optical assemblies of the barrels so that the at least one optical member is oriented to redirect the light from said desired direction generally along the optical axes of said optical assemblies of the barrels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: LD3, Inc.
    Inventors: James E. Lyst, Jr., Jeffery J. Segal
  • Patent number: 6067192
    Abstract: A portable viewing apparatus having a plurality of associated pairs of left and right optical modules, each pair of which can be selectively used to provide a user with a different viewing effect when viewing objects such as video monitors. Exemplary viewing effects include uniform two-dimensional magnification over a variety of ranges and disanamorphic magnification for wide-screen and three-dimensional viewing of special programming material. The selected pair of optical modules are removably attachable to mounting shoes, and separate control assemblies are configured to allow the user to manually adjust the interocular spacing and convergence/divergence of the selected optical modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Inventors: Louis Lichtenfield, Donald E. Trumbull
  • Patent number: 5966239
    Abstract: Binocular magnifying glasses include a pair of magnifying optical systems, one system for each of the left and right eyes. Each optical system has an objective lens having a positive power and an eyepiece having a negative power arranged in that order from the object side in. The optical center of at least one eyepiece is positioned outside of a line connecting the center of rotation of the eye and the object point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Moriyasu Shirayanagi, Tomohiko Kanzaki
  • Patent number: 5861994
    Abstract: A portable, electronic imaging system (100) includes a compact housing (102) extending across and beyond the eyes of the user, a wide field of view binocular viewfinder imaging subsystem (104) operating on an image produced by an electronic display subsystem (104) located within the housing, speakers (106) integrally mounted with the housing, an internal, interactive electronic control subsystem (108) to control the functions of the system, and an external input/output interface (110) to facilitate connection with a plurality of optional external devices and/or modules. The housing may further provide for modular mounting and removal of a plurality of optional system modules such as the electronic camera (120), a video tape record and playback device and battery (122), the electronic display (118), a night vision camera, a television tuner, a video game electronic system, a head orientation and position tracking device, or a means for mounting the system on the user's head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Inventor: Shawn L. Kelly
  • Patent number: 5483301
    Abstract: An optical device which is worn by a person which can be quickly adapted for use in magnifying objects distant from the person or as eyeglasses which allows a person to view objects according to their normal size and dimension. The optical device can be readily adapted for use by individuals requiring different corrective lens to compensate for poor eyesight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1996
    Inventor: Adrian M. Clarke
  • Patent number: 5452030
    Abstract: An apparatus for enabling a user having a visual handicap indicative of a condition designated as double vision to obtain substantially binocular vision comprises a first prism associated with the left eye of the user and having a base and a first prismatic deviation, a second prism having a base and a second prismatic deviation different from the first prismatic deviation, and a rotating assembly for rotating the prisms until a binocular vision field is viewable through the prisms by the user. The prismatic deviations are selected so that rotation of the prisms aligns them in a manner which permits the brain to fuse the respective images viewed by each eye into a single image, thereby providing a binocular image field. If desired, corrective lenses which accommodate the far or near distance prescriptions of the left and right eyes may mounted in alignment with the corresponding prisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1995
    Assignee: Designs for Vision, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard E. Feinbloom
  • Patent number: 5220453
    Abstract: A coaxial illuminator adapted for surgical coaxial illumination and viewing including an opaque housing defining a longitudinal axis and having a tilted, anti-reflection coated window located at one end of the housing. A beamsplitter is located within the housing and is positioned so as to reflect light, from a light source, along the longitudinal axis of the housing through the window to illuminate the object and to permit image light from the object being viewed to pass along the longitudinal housing through the beamsplitter. An absorber is positioned to absorb light which passes from the light source through the beamsplitter unreflected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1993
    Assignee: Luxtec Corporation
    Inventors: Harry R. McKinley, Arthur C. McKinley
  • Patent number: 5129717
    Abstract: An adjustable telescope alignment apparatus employs a telescopic assembly which is secured about the periphery to a pivot ring. The telescopic assembly extends from the front and back surfaces of the pivot ring. The pivot ring is positioned within a inner peripheral channel of a collet member to form a ball and socket joint. The collet member has an outer threaded area which is engaged by a threaded locking ring which locking ring selectively compresses the collet member. By means of the ball and socket joint one can adjust and move the telescope assembly within a desired cone of rotation. The collet member is inserted within an aperture formed in a carrier lens held by a spectacle frame and is secured to the lens by means of a suitable adhesive as applied to an outer peripheral flange of the collet member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1992
    Assignee: Designs for Vision, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard E. Feinbloom
  • Patent number: 5121251
    Abstract: A telemicroscope has a light absorbing and blocking annular baffle within the telemicroscope barrel. The baffle is positioned between the front and rear lenses and reduces glare in the telemicroscope by blocking and absorbing light which would ordinarily reflect off the inner surfaces of the telemicroscope barrel. The baffle has a knife-edge inner diameter and its surfaces are given a dull finish to enhance its light absorbing properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1992
    Assignee: Edwards Optical Corporation
    Inventor: D. Brandon Edwards