Patents Assigned to Vision
  • Methods and articles including nanomaterial
    Patent number: 9252013
    Abstract: A method of depositing a nanomaterial onto a donor surface comprises applying a composition comprising nanomaterial to a donor surface. In another aspect of the invention there is provided a method of depositing a nanomaterial onto a substrate. Methods of making a device including nanomaterial are disclosed. An article of manufacture comprising nanomaterial disposed on a backing member is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: QD VISION, INC.
    Inventors: Seth Coe-Sullivan, Maria J. Anc, LeeAnn Kim, Vladimir Bulovic, Ioannis Kymissis, John E. Ritter, Robert F. Praino, Jr.
  • Apparatus and method for calculating aiming point information
    Patent number: 9250038
    Abstract: The present invention relates to target acquisition and related devices, and more particularly to telescopic gunsights and associated equipment used to achieve shooting accuracy at, for example, close ranges, medium ranges and extreme ranges at stationary and moving targets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: HORUS VISION, LLC
    Inventors: Dennis J. Sammut, Todd Hodnett
  • Forward collision warning trap and pedestrian advanced warning system
    Patent number: 9251708
    Abstract: A method for providing a forward collision warning using a camera mountable in a motor vehicle. The method acquires multiple image frames at known time intervals. A patch may be selected in at least one of the image frames. Optical flow may be tracked between the image frames of multiple image points of the patch. Based on the fit of the image points to a model, a time-to collision (TTC) may be determined if a collision is expected. The image points may be fit to a road surface model and a portion of the image points is modeled to be imaged from a road surface. A collision is not expected based on the fir of the image points to the road surface model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: MOBILEYE VISION TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Dan Rosenbaum, Amiad Gurman, Gideon Stein
  • Systems and methods for detecting traffic signal details
    Patent number: 9248832
    Abstract: Systems and methods use cameras to provide autonomous navigation features. In one implementation, a traffic light detection system is disclosed. The system may include at least one image capture device configured to acquire a plurality of images of an area forward of the vehicle, the area including a traffic lamp fixture having at least one traffic light. At least one processing device may be configured to align areas of the plurality of images corresponding to the traffic light, based on a determined center of brightness, expand each pixel within the aligned areas, determine a set of average pixel values including an average pixel value for each set of corresponding expanded pixels within the aligned areas, and determine, based on the set of average pixel values, whether the traffic light includes an arrow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: MOBILEYE VISION TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventor: David Huberman
  • Lighting device including a light ray guide
    Patent number: 9250378
    Abstract: A lighting and/or signaling device and a light ray guide (N) formed by a guide plate comprising a light entry face, a light exit face and a reflection face having an elliptical profile toward the rear adapted to assure reflection of light rays entering the guide plate through the light entry face toward a focus point (F) located at the level of the light exit face of the guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventor: Antoine de Lamberterie
  • Molded Lens
    Publication number: 20160026006
    Abstract: A composite ophthalmic lens having a thin functional first molded portion that is fused and/or re-molded during formation of a second, transparent molded portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: VISION EASE, LP
    Inventors: David Olund, James Kunkel, Richard Blacker
  • DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF LIGHT SOURCES USING A DIFFRACTION GRATING
    Publication number: 20160025568
    Abstract: A system mounted in a vehicle for classifying light sources. The system includes a lens and a spatial image sensor. The lens is adapted to provide an image of a light source on the spatial image sensor. A diffraction grating is disposed between the lens and the light source. The diffraction grating is adapted for providing a spectrum. A processor is configured for classifying the light source as belonging to a class selected from a plurality of classes of light sources expected to be found in the vicinity of the vehicle, wherein the spectrum is used for the classifying of the light source. Both the image and the spectrum may be used for classifying the light source or the spectrum is used for classifying the light source and the image is used for another driver assistance application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: MOBILEYE VISION TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventor: GIDEON STEIN
  • Stabilized Thin Lens
    Publication number: 20160026008
    Abstract: A thin ophthalmic lens stabilized through incorporation of flange around all or a portion of a perimeter of the thin lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: Vision Ease, LP
    Inventors: David Olund, Justin Dodge
  • Adjustable Optical Axis Control
    Publication number: 20160026067
    Abstract: A device for aligning the optical axis of a camera is disclosed. The optical alignment device comprises a bracket attaching the device to a frame, the frame incorporating a camera system therein, the camera system having an optical axis projecting substantially horizontally from the camera system, a housing comprising a first part fixed to a first side of the bracket; and a second part comprising a prism refracting the optical axis of the camera system based on a power of the prism and a rotation of the prism with respect to the optical axis and a hinge between the first part and the second part, the hinge rotating the second part with respect to the first part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: DESIGNS FOR VISION, INC.
    Inventors: Richard E. Feinbloom, Kenneth Braganca, Roma Montifar
  • Neuromuscular sensing for variable-optic electronic ophthalmic lens
    Patent number: 9241669
    Abstract: A variable-optic powered or electronic ophthalmic lens may be utilized to augment the eye's natural ability to refract light or focus. The variable-optic powered lens comprises an electronic system that includes a power source, power management circuitry, clock generation circuitry, control algorithms and circuitry and lens driver circuitry. The ophthalmic lens may also comprise one or more sensors configured to detect ciliary muscle signals and adjust the optics of the lens accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall Braxton Pugh, Daniel B. Otts, James Daniel Riall, Adam Toner
  • Queue analysis
    Patent number: 9245247
    Abstract: A method and system for analyzing a queue comprising: obtaining a first image acquired at a first time of a first position within a queue; obtaining a second image acquired at a second time of a second position within the queue; detecting a queue member within the first image; detecting a queue member with the second image; determining that the queue member detected within the second image is the same as the queue member detected within the first image; and determining a trajectory of the queue member within the queue based on a difference between the first time and the second time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Vision Semantics Limited
    Inventors: Yogesh Raja, Shaogang Gong
  • Liquid meniscus lens with improved saline formulation
    Patent number: 9244203
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a high-efficiency Electrowetting saline solution formulation. Specific embodiments include high-efficiency Electrowetting saline formulations that maximize the electrical performance of an arcuate liquid meniscus lens incorporated in an ophthalmic lens and operated using direct current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel B. Otts, Katherine Hardy, Sharika Snook, Adam Toner, James Daniel Riall, Randall B. Pugh
  • Polymers and nanogel materials and methods for making and using the same
    Patent number: 9244196
    Abstract: Provided are articles such as medical devices which comprise at least one water soluble, crosslinked copolymer. The primary polymer chains of the copolymer are hydrophilic and independently have a degree of polymerization in the range of about 10 to about 10,000. The water soluble, crosslinked copolymers of the present invention are free from terminal substrate associating segments. The copolymers may be incorporated into a formulation from which the article is made or may be contacted with the article post-formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles W. Scales, Kevin P. McCabe, Brent Matthew Healy
  • Method of quantifying UV disinfecting doses applied to an ophthalmic lens using indicators
    Patent number: 9244013
    Abstract: The presented invention describes the development of a measuring method based on the degradation of various chromophores/fluorophores that can be used as quantitative method to elucidate the UV dose within a liquid or as a qualitative visual color-changing chemical indicator of UV sterilization is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall B. Pugh, Edward R. Kernick, Karson S Putt, Terry O'Brien
  • Silicone hydrogels comprising desirable water content and oxygen permeability
    Patent number: 9244197
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process comprising the steps of reacting a reactive mixture comprising at least one silicone-containing component, at least one hydrophilic component, and at least one diluent to form an ophthalmic device having an advancing contact angle of less than about 80°; and contacting the ophthalmic device with an aqueous extraction solution at an elevated extraction temperature, wherein said at least one diluent has a boiling point at least about 10° higher than said extraction temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Azaam Alli, James D. Ford, Scott L. Joslin
  • Laser projection system using variable part alignment
    Patent number: 9245062
    Abstract: A method of projecting a template on a workpiece provides a measurement system for determining a location of a workpiece and a laser projector for projecting a laser template. A feature on the workpiece having geometric significance is identified. A physical location of the feature in a three dimensional coordinate system is determined and compared to a theoretical location of the feature on computer model of the workpiece. A template correlated to the feature is selected. The projection of the template onto the workpiece relative to the feature is optimized by correlating alignment of the physical location of the feature with the computer model of the feature. The template is projected onto the workpiece based upon the optimized projection for directing work to be performed on the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Virtek Vision International Inc.
    Inventor: Kurt D. Rueb
  • Multi-focal lens
    Patent number: 9239471
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Brien Holden Vision Institute
    Inventors: Zeev Zalevsky, Alex Zlotnik, Shai Ben-Yaish, Ofer Limon, Ido Raveh
  • Training devices for trajectory-based sports
    Patent number: 9238165
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus related to improving player performance for trajectory-based sports are described. In particular, sporting devices are described that can be utilized to improve player performance in basketball. The sporting devices can include a camera-based system configured to capture and analyze the trajectory of a shot taken by a player. The camera-based system can be configured to provide feedback that allows a player to optimize the trajectory mechanics associated with shooting a basketball. In one embodiment, the camera-based system can be used in conjunction with a training aid that is attached to a basketball rim. The training aid can be configured to improve the trajectory mechanics of individuals utilizing the modified basketball rim to practice their shooting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Pillar Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan W. Marty, Thomas A. Edwards, John Carter
  • FORWARDLY AND REARWARDLY FOLDING ROLL-OVER PROTECTION STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20160009238
    Abstract: A foldable roll-over protection structure is provided for use on a vehicle movable in a generally fore-and-aft direction. The foldable roll-over protection structure includes a frame comprising a base section and an upper section. The base section is connectable to the vehicle. The upper section is swingable relative to the base section between a forward position in which the upper section projects forwardly from the base section, a rearward position in which the upper section projects rearwardly from the base section, and an upright position positioned between the forward and rearward positions. A hinge assembly swingably interconnects the sections of the frame. The hinge assembly is configured to releasably secure the upper section in each of the positions of the upper section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: FULL VISION, INC.
    Inventor: Kenneth G. Schlup, JR.
  • Photochromic Polyurethane Laminate
    Publication number: 20160011337
    Abstract: A photochromic polyurethane laminate wherein the photochromic polyurethane layer of the laminate has been crosslinked with a isocyanate-active prepolymer using a crosslinking agent. The crosslinking agent is formulated to have at least three functional groups that are reactive with functional groups of the polyurethane or of the isocyanate-active prepolymer. A method of making the photochromic polyurethane laminate includes steps of causing the crosslinking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: INSIGHT EQUITY A.P.X., LP (DBA VISION-EASE LENS)
    Inventors: Hannah Vu, Hideyo Sugimura, Ping Fan, Hao Vu