Patents Assigned to Vision
  • Apparatus and method for aiming point calculation
    Patent number: 8656630
    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: June 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Horus Vision LLC
    Inventor: Dennis J. Sammut
  • APPARATUS FOR FORMATION OF AN OPHTHALMIC LENS PRECURSOR AND LENS
    Publication number: 20140049745
    Abstract: This invention discloses apparatus for generating an ophthalmic lens with at least a portion of one surface free-formed from a Reactive Mixture. In some embodiments, an ophthalmic lens is formed on a substrate with an arcuate optical quality surface via a source of actinic radiation controllable to cure a definable portion of a volume of Reactive Mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael F. Widman, John B. Enns, I, P. Mark Powell, Peter W. Sites
  • LOG-CHROMATICITY CLUSTERING PIPELINE FOR USE IN AN IMAGE PROCESS
    Publication number: 20140050399
    Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image defined by image locations, in a computer memory, generating a bi-illuminant chromaticity plane in a log color space for representing the image locations of the image in a log-chromaticity representation for the image, providing a set of estimates for the orientation of the bi-illuminant chromaticity plane and calculating an orientation for each one of the image locations as a function of the set of estimates for the orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Francois LALONDE, Patrick BUEHLER, Bruce Allen MAXWELL, Casey Arthur SMITH, Andrew Neil STEIN, Richard Mark FRIEDHOFF
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE TORSIONAL COMPONENT OF THE EYE POSITION
    Publication number: 20140050410
    Abstract: A method for determining the torsional component of an eye around the viewing direction comprises the steps: Recording an image of the eye (110); Extracting at least one “region of interest” (120) and transformation into a polar coordinate image (130); Detecting objects of at least one predefined object type in the polar coordinate image (140); Generating a function of the respective object type depending on the polar coordinate angle Phi (150); Generating a code from the functions of the object types depending on the polar coordinate angle Phi (160); and comparing the code (30) with a code being determined from a previous recording (170). The function of each object type is a 1-dimensional function, which is generated by combining (e.g. summarizing) along the radial component. A device for determining a measure of the torsional position of the eye position is designed for performing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2011
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: CHRONOS VISION GMBH
    Inventor: Kai Just
  • SPATIALLY VARYING LOG-CHROMATICITY NORMALS FOR USE IN AN IMAGE PROCESS
    Publication number: 20140050395
    Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image defined by image locations, in a computer memory, generating a bi-illuminant chromaticity plane in a log color space for representing the image locations of the image in a log-chromaticity representation for the image, providing a set of estimates for an orientation of the bi-illuminant chromaticity plane and calculating a single orientation for each one of the image locations as a function of the set of estimates for an orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.
    Inventor: Jean-Francois Lalonde
  • WEIGHTED ENTROPY MINIMIZATION FOR OPTIMIZING A LOG-CHROMATICITY NORMAL FOR USE IN AN IMAGE PROCESS
    Publication number: 20140050394
    Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image defined by image locations, in a computer memory, generating a bi-illuminant chromaticity plane in a log color space for representing the image locations of the image in a log-chromaticity representation for the image, providing an estimate for an orientation of the bi-illuminant chromaticity plane and optimizing the estimate of an orientation as a function of a minimization of a weighted entropy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.
    Inventor: Jean-Francois Lalonde
  • METHOD FOR PERFORMING A MULTI-CLUSTERING MERGE FOR USE IN AN IMAGE PROCESS
    Publication number: 20140050393
    Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image defined by image locations, in a computer memory, generating a bi-illuminant chromaticity plane in a log color space for representing the image locations of the image in a log-chromaticity representation for the image, calculating a set of log-chromaticity cluster maps, each based upon an estimate for an orientation of the bi-illuminant chromaticity plane selected from a set of estimates and including a cluster for each one of the image locations, and merging the set of log-chromaticity cluster maps to obtain a single, merged log-chromaticity cluster map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick Buehler
  • MOTORIZED CLOSURE ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20140047770
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to motorized closure assembly, comprising: an opening frame configured to fit around the opening; a substantially rectangular closure slab having a closure slab frame configured to surround the substantially rectangular closure slab and sealingly fit within the opening frame; and a motorized driver, wherein the motorized driver is entirely embedded within the closure slab frame or within a combination of the closure slab frame and the opening frame, the motorized driver configured to slidably move the slab between an open position and a closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: New Vision Yezirot Aluminum Ltd.
    Inventors: Oren Vaknin, Yoav Rodan, Moti Levi, Giora Silne
  • KIT FOR MOTORIZED CLOSURE ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20140047768
    Abstract: A motorized closure assembly is provided that includes an opening frame configured to fit around the opening; a substantially rectangular closure slab having a closure slab frame configured to surround the substantially rectangular closure slab and sealingly fit within the opening frame; and a motorized driver, wherein the motorized driver is entirely embedded within the closure slab frame or within a combination of the closure slab frame and the opening frame, the motorized driver configured to slidably move the slab between an open position and a closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: NEW VISION YEZIROT ALUMINUM LTD.
    Inventors: Oren Vaknin, Yoav Rodan, Giora Silne
  • Method and system for identifying tokens in an image
    Patent number: 8655102
    Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, augmenting a preselected area of the image in a manner to decrease a number of token regions representing the preselected area, and identifying token regions in the augmented image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Casey Arthur Smith, Bruce Allen Maxwell
  • Lighting module for headlamp of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 8651716
    Abstract: A lighting module having a flat light emitter, a reflector (R1) determined so as to create, in a plane comprising the emitter, a hot spot (S) limited by a control curve (A) contained in the plane comprising the first emitter and constituting the front or rear edge of the spot and a lens (L) determined and arranged with the reflector so as to form the first cutoff beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Pierre Albou, Vanesa Sanchez
  • Relationship maintenance in an image process
    Patent number: 8655099
    Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, generating intrinsic images corresponding to the image, and performing a relationship maintenance process to correct artifacts in the intrinsic images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.
    Inventor: Casey Arthur Smith
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING PCB-MOUNTED INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
    Publication number: 20140043033
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for testing the mounting of an integrated circuit on a printed circuit board using a ball grid array comprises directing an inclined laser beam from a line scan laser sensor at the integrated circuit, detecting the position of the lower edge of the integrated circuit from laser light backscattered from the integrated circuit and printed circuit board, determining through a trigonometric calculation the height of the integrated circuit above the printed circuit board following soldering of the ball grid array and comparing the height with reference data. The integrated circuit is deemed to have been successfully mounted to the printed circuit board if the height falls within a predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: TWENTY TWENTY VISION LIMITED
    Inventors: Simon Butters, David Hall
  • Use of Inhibitors of the Renin-Angiotensin System
    Publication number: 20140045907
    Abstract: It has been found that inhibitors of the rennin-angiotensin system are useful for the treatment or prevention of conditions associated with hypoxia or impaired metabolic function or efficiency. In particular, they may be used in connection with therapy of stroke or its recurrence, the acute treatment of myocardial infarction, and the treatment or prevention of wasting or cachexia, and are thus useful in treatment of the symptoms and signs of aging. These inhibitors may also be used to enhance function in healthy subjects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: FinVector Vision Therapies Ltd
    Inventors: Hugh Edward MONTGOMERY, John Francis Martin, Jorge Daniel Erusalimsky
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A TOUCH SENSITIVE PANEL, METHOD FOR OPERATING THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND DISPLAY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140043244
    Abstract: An electronic display device being arrangeable during use into one of at least an opened and a closed state. The device includes a formable display panel having an active area, a periphery area adjacent the active area, and a drive circuit for driving the active area. The active area includes an active area conductive structure substantially arranged along a front side of the active area. The periphery area includes a frame structure for visually bounding the active area. The frame structure is conformal to the display panel. The frame structure is electrically conductive and an insulator structure is provided between the active area conductive structure and the conductive frame structure. The insulator structure insulates the active area conductive structure from frame structure, the conductive frame structure being arranged to thereby shield the active area against ESD damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Polymer Vision B.V.
    Inventors: Pieter van Lieshout, H. E. A. Huitema, Johannes Cornelis Adriaan Hamers
  • DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH A FLEXIBLE DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20140042293
    Abstract: A display system includes a continuous flexible display, and two main display supports, hingeable with respect to each other and each structurally configured to support a respective portion of the flexible display. The two main display supports are rotatable in opposite directions connected to each other by a respective hinge of a hinge mechanism. The main display supports are rotatable between a configuration for fixing the flexible display in a closed storage position and a planar configuration for fixing the flexible display in an open position. The two main display supports are coupled with each other by a movement synchronizing coupling enabling during movement between the closed and open position a mutual substantially synchronized rotating of the main display supports at substantially equal but opposite angles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: POLYMER VISION B.V.
    Inventors: K.W. Mok, Noortje Grundlehner-Bos, Volker Barnhart Verschoor, Robert Sjang Josine van Dijk, Johannes Cornelis Adriaan Hamers
  • MULTI-VIEW DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20140043450
    Abstract: A multi-view display system comprises a display controller (307) which controls a display (301) to display a sequence of multi-view images in repeating view frames. A shutter device (311), such as shutter glasses, comprises at least two shutter elements arranged to switch between an open shutter mode and a less transparent closed shutter mode. Each shutter element is associated with a view of the plurality of views. A shutter driver (309) controls the shutter elements in repeating shutter frames (413) having a shutter time slot for each of the shutter elements. The shutter elements are in the open shutter mode during an allocated shutter time slot and otherwise in the closed shutter mode. The shutter frame rate of the repeating shutter frames is higher than a view frame rate of the repeating view frames. The invention may reduce flicker while maintaining a low frame rate, e.g. for 3D displays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: TP VISION HOLDING B.V.
    Inventor: Roeland Focco Everhard Goris
  • Closure for containers of ophthalmic solutions containing a spout cap
    Patent number: 8646633
    Abstract: This invention includes a closure for covering a container. The closure has a base with an upper surface and a neck, with the neck capable of being fastened to the opening of a bottle. The upper surface sits above the opening of the bottle. It has a spout having an exposed front surface, a front inside surface, and a cap rim. The cap is pivotally attached to the base to permit movement of the cap relative to the base between an open position and a closed position. The exposed front surface and front inside surface together have a bottom end and a top end. The inside front surface contains a spout cap, such that when the cap is closed the spout cap mates with the spout to form a liquid tight seal, and such that when the cap is opened the liquid tight seal between the spout and the spout cap is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc
    Inventors: Elysha Huntington, Richard Tanaka, Anthony Yumul
  • Methods and apparatus for real-time digitization of three-dimensional scenes
    Patent number: 8649025
    Abstract: This concerns in part the invention disclosed by co-pending application, particularly to robust determination of features in projection patterns. Disclosed are novel methods and apparatus for obtaining range frame coordinates in moving scenes, where optical radiation is projected onto a scene in the form of dots and strips, where reflected radiation is picked up by a camera and range coordinates calculated thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Micrometric Vision Technologies
    Inventor: Nicolae Paul Teodorescu
  • Rotationally stabilized contact lenses and methods for their design
    Patent number: 8646908
    Abstract: The invention provides dual stabilization zones that interact with an individual's eyelids so that at least the upper eyelid strikes both stabilization zones of a lens at the same time. The stabilized lenses of the invention maintain their on-eye orientation better as compared to conventionally stabilized lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy A. Clutterbuck, Khaled Chehab, Edgar V. Menezes, Steven E. Franklin, Cornelis P. Hendriks, Willem Potze