Patents Assigned to Carl Zeiss AG
  • Patent number: 11340477
    Abstract: An ophthalmic lens has a changeable corrective effect, which automatically changes over a predetermined period of time. Further, the ophthalmic lens provides a gradually increasing undercorrection of the far point of the eye over the course of a day, which brings about a deceleration in the axial length growth of the eyeball. In addition, a method for automatically adapting a corrective effect, a pair of spectacles, and a use of an ophthalmic lens are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss AG
    Inventors: Tobias Bühren, Michael Kempe
  • Patent number: 11253702
    Abstract: A device and a method, by means of which energy can be supplied to a retinal implant (12) via infrared radiation, are provided. To this end, infrared light is coupled in from an infrared light source (14), for example into a spectacle lens (13), and coupled out toward an eye (10) by way of an output coupling device (17) in order to illuminate the retinal implant (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: CARL ZEISS AG
    Inventors: Johannes Kindt, Hans-Juergen Dobschal
  • Patent number: 11221206
    Abstract: A device for measuring objects is provided, said device comprising a mobile base such that it is movable to objects to be measured. Then, the object may be measured by means of a measuring head fastened to a kinematic unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: CARL ZEISS AG
    Inventors: Frank Hoeller, Christoph-Hilmar Graf vom Hagen
  • Patent number: 11210861
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for setting and visualizing parameters of an objective lens of a camera, in particular for focusing on a moving object, and to a system for per-forming the method. The camera is, for example, embodied as a film camera, in particular as a film camera used in cinematography. The method includes the following steps: calcu-lating a relative position and an alignment of a depth of field of the objective lens in the 3D space, observing the 3D space and/or the object with an AR display and observation de-vice, displaying the relative position and the alignment of the depth of field of the objective lens as an image in the AR display and observation device and/or displaying a focal plane as an image in the AR display and observation device, and setting the objective lens to ob-tain a desired depth of field of the objective lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss AG
    Inventors: Benedikt Hartmann, Joachim Welker, Christoph Stark
  • Patent number: 11204778
    Abstract: Hibernating an android device includes freezing one or more tasks, processes, drives, data and/or files of open applications, or other RAM data, and creating a hibernation image. A resume image is generated based on the hibernation image. The resume image is stored to disk along with one or more hibernation parameters that are configured to guide Linux to specific memory locations of certain resume image data. Power to both the processor and the RAM storage devices of the android device are then cut off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss AG
    Inventors: Eugene Feinberg, Ashwini Choudhary, Eran Steinberg, Gary Gitelson
  • Patent number: 11199681
    Abstract: A camera lens, e.g., for a full-frame camera, may have a first compound lens leading on the object side, a second compound lens following the first compound lens, a third compound lens that terminates on the sensor side and follows the second compound lens, and an aperture stop arranged between the first compound lens and the second compound lens. The first compound lens may have a converging refractive power. The second compound lens may comprise at least two lens elements arranged movably along the optical axis, and the third compound lens may have at least one aspheric lens element which is fixedly arranged in the longitudinal direction of the optical axis, wherein the aspheric lens element has a diameter of at least 25 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss AG
    Inventor: Marco Pretorius
  • Patent number: 11202020
    Abstract: A lens system for a camera objective has a plurality of optical lenses that are arranged one after another along an optical axis and are configured for imaging in the visually perceivable spectral range. At least a part of the optical lenses has two types of lens faces that intersect a beam path of the camera objective. At least three of said lens faces are provided with a first anti-reflective coating which has a larger reflectance in at least one partial region of the visible spectral range than a second anti-reflective coating of the remaining lens faces. In addition, a camera objective including the lens system and a method for producing a lens system are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss AG
    Inventor: Benjamin Voelker
  • Patent number: 11175567
    Abstract: An objective lens main body and an objective lens system formed by the objective lens are provided. The objective lens main body includes a main frame for retaining optical functional elements and at least one adjustable, optical functional element that is retained adjustably thereon. The objective lens main body furthermore includes at least one adjustment drive arranged on the main frame for adjusting the adjustable functional element or at least one of the adjustable functional elements. In addition, the objective lens main body includes an electronics board attached indirectly or directly to the main frame that has at least one plug-in location for reversibly receiving a plug-in card, and a first controller that is configured as a plug-in card and inserted into the plug-in location or one of the plug-in locations and is set up for exchanging signals with an electrical module of the objective lens or an external unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss AG
    Inventors: Jochen Franke, Joachim Welker
  • Publication number: 20210319271
    Abstract: Sensor data are received from a multiplicity of sensors, wherein the multiplicity of sensors image a common scene using a multiplicity of measurement modalities. For each sensor of the multiplicity of sensors, at least one corresponding feature is determined in the respective sensor data and corresponding performance specification data are also obtained. In addition, mutual correspondence analysis between the features of the sensor data is carried out taking into account the corresponding performance specification data. Sensor fusion is also carried out on the basis of the correspondence analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Carl Zeiss AG
    Inventors: Daniel SPIES, Matthias KARL
  • Patent number: 11145033
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and computer programs for image processing, in particular image correction, are provided. A sequence of images is processed in this case. Fluctuations, for example as a result of air schlieren, may be recognized and compensated for by identifying a fluctuation signature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: CARL ZEISS AG
    Inventor: Eberhard Derndinger
  • Patent number: 11126016
    Abstract: A depth information detection device detects an item of depth information relating to a user's head, including a distance from the user's head to the device. On the basis of this depth information and, if applicable, additional information such as images, an evaluation device determines the desired parameters for fitting the spectacles, such as centering parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignees: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH, Carl Zeiss AG
    Inventors: Tobias Breuninger, Holger Wegendt, Oliver Schwarz, Jeremias Gromotka
  • Patent number: 11086114
    Abstract: A light-scanning microscope including a scan optics for generating a pupil plane conjugate to the pupil plane of the microscope objective, and a variably adjustable beam deflection unit in the conjugate pupil plane. An intermediate image lies between the microscope objective and the scan optics. The scan optics image a second intermediate image (Zb2) into the first intermediate image via the beam deflection unit, wherein the second intermediate image is spatially curved. The deflection unit is not arranged in a collimated section of the beam path, but is instead arranged in a convergent section. Then, in terms of the optical properties and quality thereof, the scan optics needs rather to correspond merely to an eyepiece instead of a conventional scanner objective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignees: Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH, Carl Zeiss AG
    Inventors: Matthias Wald, Beate Böhme, Daniel Schwedt, Tiemo Anhut
  • Publication number: 20210137601
    Abstract: Methods and devices for visualising an implant in a retina are provided. A 2D image of the retina is taken and OCT scans of the retina and implant are carried out. Based thereon, the implant and retina are visualised.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: Carl Zeiss AG
    Inventors: Johannes KINDT, Rudolf Murai VON BUENAU, Tobias SCHMITT-MANDERBACH
  • Patent number: 10999514
    Abstract: A digital camera has an electronic image sensor and an electronic viewfinder, which is configured to display images and/or videos acquired by the image sensor. The digital camera additionally has a display screen, which is also configured to display images and/or videos acquired by the image sensor. The display screen, which is independent of the electronic viewfinder and which is bounded by a circumferential border, has a touch-sensitive surface, wherein a touch of the surface is recognizable in the electronic viewfinder. A haptically perceptible structure, which is located inside the circumferential border, is configured such that a finger of a user can orient itself on the structure. The surface of the display screen has two planar sections which are arranged inclined in relation to one another. The haptically perceptible structure is formed as a buckled edge, at which the two sections adjoin one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss AG
    Inventors: Aaron von Fintel, Dominik Meier, Franziska Haas, Alexander Peters, Julia Raith
  • Patent number: 10942375
    Abstract: A device for determining centering parameters for the adjustment of spectacles includes a camera support partially surrounding an inner area that is open at the top, bottom and to the rear; and at least three cameras arranged between two free ends of the camera support and pointing towards the inner area, the camera support having an illumination system in order to illuminate the inner area. The illumination system is designed to light the inner area such that the light intensity, at least at each point in a region extending over a height of 20 cm and a central angle of 180 degrees of an outer cylinder surface having a diameter of 20 cm and formed in the inner area, deviates by a maximum +50% and ?30% from a predefined desired value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignees: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH, Carl Zeiss AG
    Inventors: Cristina Alvarez Diez, Tobias Breuninger, Michael Gamperling, Oliver Schwarz, Frank Widulle
  • Patent number: 10935372
    Abstract: A method and a device for measuring the topography and/or the gradients and/or the curvature of an optically active surface of an object are disclosed. The device allows the object to be arranged in a receiving region with a contact surface for contact with the object. Inside the device, there is a plurality of point light sources that provide light that is reflected at the surface to be measured of an object arranged in the receiving region. The device includes at least one camera with an objective assembly and an image sensor for detecting a brightness distribution which is produced on a light sensor by the light of the point light sources reflected at the surface to be measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss AG
    Inventors: Lars Omlor, Carsten Glasenapp
  • Patent number: 10895754
    Abstract: A system described herein includes a first lens, a first image stabilization unit and a first image plane. When seen from the first lens in the direction of the first image plane, the order in which the elements are arranged along a first optical axis is as follows: first lens, first image stabilization unit and first image plane. The first image stabilization unit has at least one first inlet surface and at least one first outlet surface. The first inlet surface is oriented towards the first lens. The first outlet surface is oriented towards the first image plane. Furthermore, the first outlet surface is spaced apart from the first image plane in a range of 1 mm to 20 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignees: CARL ZEISS MEDITEC AG, CARL ZEISS AG
    Inventors: Christian Bach, Erhard Mutz, Christof Heintz, Jörg Reinhardt
  • Patent number: 10877286
    Abstract: An optical arrangement includes a stack structure comprising at least three prisms. The optical arrangement includes a main optical path and for each of the prisms, a secondary optical path. The optical arrangement also includes at least one interface. Each of the at least one interface is arranged between a corresponding first stack section of the stack structure and a corresponding second stack section of the stack structure. Each of the at least one interface is configured to enable relative movement of the corresponding first stack section and of the corresponding second stack section with respect to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignees: Cad Zeiss Jena GmbH, Carl Zeiss AG
    Inventors: Mario Sondermann, Torsten Antrack, Gunther Lorenz
  • Patent number: D946073
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss AG
    Inventors: Nils Radau, Andreas Hierl, Patrick Biegemeier
  • Patent number: D946641
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss AG
    Inventors: Nils Radau, Andreas Hierl, Patrick Biegemeier