Patents Examined by Anne M Hines
  • Patent number: 11644679
    Abstract: An image light generation device includes a first panel configured to emit a first image light including a blue wavelength region, a second panel configured to emit a second image light including a wavelength region different from the blue wavelength region, and a color combining prism configured to combine the first image light and the second image light. The first panel includes a plurality of first pixels, each of the plurality of first pixels includes a first light emitting element, and a first transistor provided corresponding to the first light emitting element, the second panel includes a plurality of second pixels, each of the plurality of second pixels includes a second light emitting element, and a second transistor provided corresponding to the second light emitting element, and a size of the first transistor is greater than a size of the second transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuiga Hamade, Takumi Kodama
  • Patent number: 11638400
    Abstract: A plant cultivation light source includes a plurality of light sources configured to be turned on or turned off depending on a selected plant and a growth stage of the selected plant, and a controller. The controller is operable to turn on the light sources during a light period such that the light sources are operable to emit a light having a spectrum with a plurality of peaks to the selected plant. The light period including a first period and a second period and the first period preceding or following the second period. The controller is operable to adjust the spectrum of the light to alternate the first period and the second period during the light period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se Ryung Kim, Sang Min Ko, Jin Won Kim, Hyun Su Song
  • Patent number: 11641771
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a first light-emitting element including a first light-emitting region, a second light-emitting element including a second light-emitting region, a first filter, and a second filter. The area of the first light-emitting region is smaller than the area of the second light-emitting region, and a relationship (Lf11?Le11)>(Lf21?Le21) is satisfied when the length of the first light-emitting region is Le11, the length of the second light-emitting region is Le21, the length of the first filter is Lf11, and the length of the second filter is Lf21.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Irobe, Takeshi Koshihara
  • Patent number: 11635654
    Abstract: Provided in an illumination device including a display panel including a first surface configured to display an image, a second surface opposite to the first surface, a plurality of display pixels disposed between the first surface and the second surface, and a transmission window configured to transmit light incident on the second surface through the first surface, a light source disposed at the second surface of the display panel and configured to emit light to an object toward the display panel, and a light deliverer disposed between the light source and the display panel, the light deliverer configured to deliver the light emitted from the light source to the object as flood illumination through the transmission window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jangwoo You, Seunghoon Han, Namseop Kwon, Byunghoon Na, Minkyung Lee, Suyeon Lee
  • Patent number: 11637008
    Abstract: A plasma lamp for use in a broadband plasma source of an inspection tool is disclosed. The plasma lamp includes a plasma bulb configured to contain a gas and generate a plasma within the plasma bulb. The plasma bulb is formed from a material at least partially transparent to illumination from a pump laser and at least a portion of broadband radiation emitted by the plasma. The plasma bulb includes a conical pocket. The conical pocket is configured to disrupt a plume rising from the plasma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignees: KLA CORPORATION, USHIO, INC.
    Inventors: Sumeet Kumar, Joshua Wittenberg, Mark S. Wang, Rajkeshar Singh, Yoshio Kagebayashi, Shinichiro Nozaki
  • Patent number: 11631722
    Abstract: A display device includes a first light emitting element on a first substrate and overlapping a first effective pixel area; test light emitting elements on the first substrate and overlapping the test pixel area; a first color filter on a second substrate and overlapping the first light emitting element; a first wavelength conversion pattern on the first color filter and overlapping the first color filter and the first light emitting element; a first test color filter on the second substrate and overlapping one of the test light emitting elements; and a first test wavelength conversion pattern on the second substrate and overlapping another one of the test light emitting elements. The first test wavelength conversion pattern and the first wavelength conversion pattern include a same first wavelength conversion material, and the first test color filter and the first color filter include a same first color colorant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jea Heon Ahn, Jeong Ki Kim, Seong Yeon Lee, Si Wan Jeon, Tae Hyung Hwang
  • Patent number: 11631834
    Abstract: A light emitting apparatus includes a first light emitting element for a first color and a second light emitting element for a second color whose wavelength is shorter than the wavelength of the first color. The first light emitting element includes a first reflection layer, a first transparent insulating layer, a first transparent electrode layer, a first light emitting layer, and a first upper electrode layer in this order. The second light emitting element includes a second reflection layer, a second transparent electrode layer, a second light emitting layer, and a second upper electrode layer in this order. The second reflection layer and the second transparent electrode layer are in contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takayuki Ito
  • Patent number: 11624494
    Abstract: A white light source includes a light source and a phosphor conversion component. The light source emits short wavelength light peaked at a peak wavelength of 570 nanometers or shorter. The phosphor conversion component includes a light conversion layer comprising a phosphor effective to convert the short wavelength light to converted light. The light conversion layer includes light passages comprising openings or passage material that does not comprise the phosphor and is light transmissive for the short wavelength light. The light source is disposed respective to the phosphor conversion component so as to illuminate the light conversion layer with the emitted short wavelength light and to pass the short wavelength light through the light passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: MATERION CORPORATION
    Inventor: Michael P. Newell
  • Patent number: 11624485
    Abstract: An illumination set has a plurality of alphabet lamps and a plurality of connectors. Two of the alphabet lamps are connected by one of the connectors. Each alphabet lamp has a bottom casing, a top cover, an illumination circuit board, and a slide. The top cover is mounted on the bottom casing. The illumination circuit board is mounted in the bottom casing and between the top cover and the bottom casing. The illumination circuit board has an illumination component and a plurality of sockets. The slide is detachably mounted on the bottom casing. The top cover is located between the slide and the bottom casing. A pattern is formed on the slide. Because the slide of the alphabet lamp is detachable, the pattern on the alphabet lamp can be changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Inventor: Peng Hsiang Lai
  • Patent number: 11621289
    Abstract: An image sensor has a photocathode window assembly, an anode assembly, and a malleable metal seal. The photocathode window assembly has a photocathode layer. The anode assembly includes a silicon substrate that has an electron sensitive surface. The malleable metal seal bonds the photocathode window assembly and the silicon substrate to each other. A vacuum gap separates the photocathode layer from the electron sensitive surface. A first electrical connection and a second electrical connection are for a voltage bias of the photocathode layer relative to the electron sensitive surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: EOTech, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Costello, Kevin Roderick, Verle Aebi
  • Patent number: 11621303
    Abstract: An OLED display panel includes a substrate and a pixel array on the substrate, each pixel includes a group of subpixels, and each subpixel includes a light-emitting element and a color filter element. Among the color filter elements in the subpixel group, there is a first color filter element which is substantially transparent for light of the longest wavelength. Except a periphery of the pixel array, every M first color filter elements from M adjacent pixels abut against each other to form a seamless color filter block, where M?2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: SeeYA Optronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zhongshou Huang
  • Patent number: 11608946
    Abstract: Lighting devices are described and may include a housing, a solar panel, and at least one speaker. The housing may include a cover and a base coupled to the cover. The lighting device may also include at least one rechargeable battery, a microprocessor, and a plurality of light sources, such as LEDs, configured to emit light towards the cover. The solar panel, the rechargeable battery, the microprocessor, the speaker, and the plurality of light sources may be in electronic communication with one another. Further, for example, the microprocessor may be configured to control at least one operating mode of the plurality of light sources and at least one operating mode of the speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: MPOWERD, Inc.
    Inventors: John Salzinger, Seungah Jeong
  • Patent number: 11608411
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to a combination axial fan and LED lighting system configured to fit into the footprint of a standard ceiling tile. Disclosed embodiments further include ceiling tiles with a built-in fan and/or LED lighting. The disclosed systems may include one or more UV-C light sources which irradiate contaminants as air flows through the UV-C unit. The UV-C unit is mounted on either a universal mounting mechanism or a mobile support unit to provide mobility to the UV-C unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Go Fan Yourself, LLC
    Inventors: Darrin Niemiec, William Carlson
  • Patent number: 11608963
    Abstract: An illumination device (e.g., an electric candle, etc.) generally includes a shell, a housing coupled to the shell, a flame-shaped head disposed at least partially outside of the shell, and a pendulum supporting the flame-shaped head. The pendulum is pivotally coupled to the housing and configured to move the flame-shaped head relative to the housing. The illumination device also includes a first light source configured to illuminate the flame-shaped head, a second light source arranged inside the shell and configured to illuminate the shell, and a printed circuit board assembly operable to control the first light source to illuminate the flame-shaped head and the second light source to illuminate the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Inventor: Haisong Dong
  • Patent number: 11609420
    Abstract: A wafer includes a substrate layer, a first mirror layer having a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged first mirror portions, and a second mirror layer having a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged second mirror portions. A plurality of Fabry-Perot interference filter portions are formed in an effective area, in each of the plurality of Fabry-Perot interference filter portions a gap is formed between the first mirror portion and the second mirror portion. A plurality of dummy filter portions are formed in a dummy area disposed along an outer edge of the substrate layer and surrounding the effective area, in each of the plurality of dummy filter portions an intermediate layer is provided between the first mirror portion and the second mirror portion. At least the second mirror portion is surrounded by the first groove in each of the plurality of Fabry-Perot interference filter portions and the plurality of dummy filter portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Kawai, Katsumi Shibayama, Takashi Kasahara, Masaki Hirose, Hiroki Oyama, Yumi Kuramoto
  • Patent number: 11603044
    Abstract: A multi-function rearview device for use with a vehicle includes a housing configured to be attached to the vehicle and to be moveable relative to the vehicle, a rearview element including at least one of a reflective element, a camera and a display element, a bezel formed at an outer portion of the multi-function rearview device surrounding the rearview element, with the rearview element being attached to at least one of the bezel and the housing, one or more light assemblies providing at least one or more light function indications, including a Human Machine Interface (HMI), and at least one sensor, the sensor controlling the one or more light assemblies or the display element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Motherson Innovations Company Limited
    Inventors: Andreas Herrmann, Andrew Lettis, Callum Scott-Collins, Gary Smith, Graham Rehill, Andrew Brian Little, Ian Robert Toone
  • Patent number: 11605801
    Abstract: A light emitting apparatus includes a substrate having a main surface, a first light emitting element and a second light emitting element disposed on the main surface, wherein light emitted from the first light emitting element is emitted from a first area and light emitted from the second light emitting element is emitted from a second area, a first lens into which light emitted from the first area enters, and a second lens into which light emitted from the second area enters. In a direction parallel to the main surface, a distance between a middle point of the second area and a vertex of the second lens is greater than a distance between a middle point of the first area and a vertex of the first lens. The second area is smaller than the first area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroaki Sano
  • Patent number: 11602039
    Abstract: There is provided a compound electrode assembly for generating a plasma in a plasma chamber of a plasma discharge device. The compound electrode assembly includes a casing, a discharge electrode and a sealing compound. The casing is made of a dielectric material and includes at least one side wall and an end wall defining a closed end. The discharge electrode is mounted in the casing and is bonded to the end wall. The sealing compound surrounds the discharge electrode and extends within the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: MÉCANIQUE ANALYTIQUE INC
    Inventors: Yves Gamache, André Lamontagne
  • Patent number: 11600778
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display comprising a substrate; an organic light emitting element disposed on the substrate; an encapsulation substrate disposed on the organic light emitting element; and an adhesive layer formed on the substrate, covering the organic light emitting element, and bonding the substrate on which the organic light emitting element is formed with the encapsulation substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Hyun Son, Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11590886
    Abstract: A control system for a vehicle display, such as a CHMSL, includes a control system module having an OEM connector first portion pre-attached to input wires and OEM connector second portion pre-attached to output wires. In another example, a control system for a vehicle display includes a control system module having a control system module input adaptor for removably connecting the control system module to an OEM first connector portion and a control system module output adaptor for removably connecting the control system module to an OEM second connector portion. Control systems for a vehicle display can be inserted between an input system and a vehicle display without having to identify specific wire harnesses or wires, and without cutting any wires. Different adaptors can be used to insert a single disclosed control system between an input system and a vehicle display in multiple types and makes of vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Security Northwest, LLC
    Inventors: Scott J. Frank, Lonnie R. Clarkson