Patents Examined by Brandi N Thomas
  • Patent number: 12268822
    Abstract: An optical filter may reduce the frequency and/or severity of photophobic responses or for modulating circadian cycles by controlling light exposure to cells in the human eye in certain wavelengths, such as 480 nm and 590 nm, and a visual spectral response of the human eye. The optical filter may disrupt the isomerization of melanopsin in the human eye reducing the availability of the active isoform, whereas the attenuation of light weighted across the action potential spectrum of the active isoform attenuates the phototransduction cascade leading to photophobic responses. Embodiments of an optical filter are described. In one embodiment an optical filter may be configured to transmit less than a first amount of light in certain wavelengths, and to transmit more than a second amount of light weighted across the visual spectral response. Methods of use and methods of manufacturing optical filters are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Steven M. Blair, Bradley Jay Katz
  • Patent number: 12271052
    Abstract: A lens barrel includes first and second rack members that movably support the first and second holding members in the optical axis direction, and first and second driving members that drive the first and second holding members. The first and second guide shafts that guide the movement of the first and second holding members and the first and second guide shafts that drive the third holding member in the first and second directions orthogonal to each other in the optical axis direction and orthogonal to each other. It has a two-coil unit and a correction unit including first and second urging members that urge the third holding member in the optical axis direction, and has a first rack member, a first drive member, a first guide shaft, and a correction unit. A predetermined arrangement is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yosuke Fukai
  • Patent number: 12256992
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device including a detector producing a signal depending on variations of the pupil diameter of an eye of a subject, a display for presenting, to the subject, a light pattern subdivided into a plurality of regions, and an analyzer receiving the signal of the detector and analyzing the frequential content thereof. The display is controlled such that each region has a light intensity modulated at a respective modulation frequency, the modulation frequencies being different from one region to the next.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignees: SORBONNE UNIVERSITE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE—CNRS, INSERM (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTÉ ET DE LA RECHERCHE MÉDICALE)
    Inventors: Jean Lorenceau, Suzon Ajasse
  • Patent number: 12235446
    Abstract: A mixed reality display comprising: at least one lens, where the at least one lens has a reflective element, the at least one lens comprising a plurality of pixels; at least one display capable of projecting one or more images onto at least a portion of the at least one lens; and a dynamic opacity system, where the dynamic opacity system is capable of making at least one pixel opaque in the portion of the at least one lens onto which the one or more images are projected, while any portion of the at least one lens onto which no image is projected remains see-through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: RAYTRX, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Hayes Freeman, Richard C. Freeman, Mitchael C. Freeman, Chad Boss, Jordan Boss, Brian Santee, David Cary
  • Patent number: 12235445
    Abstract: A mixed reality display comprising: at least one lens, where the at least one lens has a reflective element, the at least one lens comprising a plurality of pixels; at least one display capable of projecting one or more images onto at least a portion of the at least one lens; and a dynamic opacity system, where the dynamic opacity system is capable of making at least one pixel opaque in the portion of the at least one lens onto which the one or more images are projected, while any portion of the at least one lens onto which no image is projected remains see-through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: RAYTRX, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Hayes Freeman, Richard C. Freeman, Mitchael C. Freeman, Chad Boss, Jordan Boss, Brian Santee, David Cary
  • Patent number: 12220170
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods and devices for designing customized contact lenses, by initially making dynamic wavefront sensor measurements through a trial contact lens that is fitted on an eye, and then calculating a WaveFront Guided (WFG) correction to be applied to the trial contact lens that reduces the RMS level of aberrations as much as practically possible. The output of the wavefront correction program is a customized lathe file that the manufacturer can use to make customized contact lenses on a lathe. The method works best for soft contact lenses and scleral lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: WaveFront Dynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel R. Neal, James Copland, Xifeng Xiao, Alan Blair, Lyle Kordonowy, Paul Pulaski, Jeff Kolberg
  • Patent number: 12222626
    Abstract: A display substrate, including: a base substrate; a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines that intersect to surround a plurality of pixels; wherein each pixel includes a first thin film transistor, a second thin film transistor and a pixel electrode. A first electrode of the first thin film transistor is electrically connected to a pixel conductive layer of the pixel electrode, a second electrode of the first thin film transistor is electrically connected to a first electrode of the second thin film transistor, and a second electrode of the second thin film transistor is electrically connected to the data line. An orthographic projection of a combination of the second electrode of the first thin film transistor and the first electrode of the second thin film transistor on the base substrate at least partially overlaps with an orthographic projection of the pixel conductive layer on the base substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chao Tian, Gang Hua, Zhiyong Wang, Qi Sun, Dong Wang, Meng Gong, Min Wang, Liguang Deng, Zhe Wang, Shaobo Li, Jintang Hu, Pengkai Fan, Shilong Liang
  • Patent number: 12216374
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide an array substrate and manufacturing method thereof, and a display panel, display device, display kit. The array substrate includes: a base substrate, and a reflective layer on a side of the base substrate; the reflective layer includes: a plurality of micro-capsules; each of the micro-capsules includes: a plurality of absorbing particles and a plurality of reflecting particles; the absorbing particles are magnetic particles absorbing light; the reflecting particles are non-magnetic particles reflecting light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignees: HEIFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lele Han, Peng Li, Jiong Huang, Wencheng Hu, Guojun Zhang, Chao Zhou
  • Patent number: 12216375
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic paper display module, including an array substrate and an electronic paper film arranged opposite to each other. The electronic paper film includes a common electrode, the array substrate includes a display region and a peripheral region, and a common electrode lead is located at the peripheral region. An orthogonal projection of the electronic paper film onto the array substrate at least covers the display region, and the common electrode lead is provided with a hollowed-out region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hao Luo, Yin Deng, Bo Wu, Dongmei Wei
  • Patent number: 12207880
    Abstract: An ultrasonic tonometer for measuring the eye pressure of an examinee's eye by means of an ultrasonic wave includes an ultrasonic actuator having an ultrasonic element and configured to irradiate the examinee's eye with the ultrasonic wave, and current adjustment means configured to adjust a current applied to the ultrasonic element to control the sound pressure or acoustic radiation pressure of the ultrasonic wave. With this configuration, the ultrasonic tonometer solving at least one of typical problems can be provided. For example, the ultrasonic tonometer capable of properly irradiating the examinee's eye with the ultrasonic wave can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuyuki Miwa, Tsutomu Uemura, Kazunari Shimizu
  • Patent number: 12210156
    Abstract: A mixed reality display comprising: at least one lens, where the at least one lens has a reflective element, the at least one lens comprising a plurality of pixels; at least one display capable of projecting one or more images onto at least a portion of the at least one lens; and a dynamic opacity system, where the dynamic opacity system is capable of making at least one pixel opaque in the portion of the at least one lens onto which the one or more images are projected, while any portion of the at least one lens onto which no image is projected remains see-through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: RAYTRX, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Hayes Freeman, Brig. Gen. Richard C. Freeman, Mitchael C. Freeman, Chad Boss, Jordan Boss, Brian Santee, David Cary
  • Patent number: 12209048
    Abstract: The embodiments herein relate to electrochromic stacks, electrochromic devices, and methods and apparatus for making such stacks and devices. In various embodiments, an anodically coloring layer in an electrochromic stack or device is fabricated to include a heterogeneous structure, for example a heterogeneous composition and/or morphology. Such heterogeneous anodically coloring layers can be used to better tune the properties of a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: View, Inc.
    Inventors: Dane Thomas Gillaspie, Sridhar Karthik Kailasam, Robert T. Rozbicki
  • Patent number: 12207875
    Abstract: An eye movement analysis system includes an image-capturing unit configured to capture a moving image including at least one of a right eye and a left eye of a subject and a comparison target on a surface of a face of the subject, and an analysis unit configured to analyze a movement of an eyeball of the at least one of the right eye and the left eye of the subject, based on a relationship between the at least one of the right eye and the left eye of the subject and the comparison target on the moving image captured by the image-capturing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: TEIKYO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kakeru Sasaki, Takao Hayashi
  • Patent number: 12207877
    Abstract: A scan imaging system has a scanning component that receives light from a light source, and creates a scanning beam that is directed by an optic train to a sample to be imaged. A camera captures light returning from the sample to construct an image. Reflexes on a target lens within the optic train are prevented by one or more light blocks. A first light block, imaged to the target lens, is positioned in alight path from the light source to the scanning component to create a first moving dark zone on the target lens through which the scanning beam from the scanning component to the sample may not pass. A second light block, also imaged to the target lens, is positioned in alight path from the sample to the collector to create a second moving dark zone on the target lens through which light returning from the sample may not pass. The moving dark zones maintain the scanning beam separate from the returning light on the target lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignees: Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc., Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventor: Matthew J. Everett
  • Patent number: 12204132
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a display system is provided. The display system comprises a plurality of light pipes and a plurality of light sources configured to emit light into the light pipes. The display system also comprises a spatial light modulator configured to modulate light received from the light pipes to form images. The display system may also comprise one or more waveguides configured to receive modulated light from the spatial light modulator and to relay that light to a viewer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: MAGIC LEAP, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Curtis, Heidi Leising Hall, Pierre St. Hilaire, David Tinch
  • Patent number: 12196981
    Abstract: A liquid lens can include a cavity, a first liquid disposed within the cavity, and a second liquid disposed within the cavity. A focus of the liquid lens can be adjustable by adjusting a shape of a variable interface defined by the first liquid and the second liquid. Upon adjusting the focus of the liquid lens in a periodic oscillation with a peak-to-valley amplitude of 20 diopter and a frequency of 2 Hz, a root mean square (RMS) wavefront error (WFE) of the liquid lens measured at 1 ms intervals can remain at 100 nm or less throughout one complete cycle of the periodic oscillation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: John D Duke, Kee Siang Goh, Raymond Miller Karam, Joseph Marshall Kunick, Paul Michael Then, Thomas Mikio Wynne
  • Patent number: 12193745
    Abstract: To provide a close-up imaging device whereby both imaging of an anterior eye and imaging of an eye ground can easily be performed by attaching the device to a mobile terminal such as a smartphone. The above-described problem is solved by a close-up imaging device (1B) detachably mounted to a mobile terminal (9) equipped with a light source (92) and a camera lens (91) for imaging, comprising a color filter member (97) detachably provided above the light source (92), and a convex lens member (93) detachably provided above the camera lens (91). Imaging, of an anterior eye is performed by removing the color filter member (97) and attaching the convex lens member (93), and observation of an injury of the anterior eye is performed by attaching the color filter member (97) and the convex lens member (93).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: OUI INC.
    Inventors: Eisuke Shimizu, Hiroyuki Yazu, Naohiko Aketa
  • Patent number: 12181768
    Abstract: Light-transmissive conductors including oriented conductors disposed in a light-transmissive polymer having a volume resistivity between 1×1010 ohm-cm and 1×104 ohm-cm. The oriented conductors typically have very high conductivity along their length. Light-transmissive conductors described herein are well-suited for front electrodes for electro-optic displays, especially elongated displays in the shape of ribbons, stripes, or rulers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Richard J. Paolini, Jr., Jay William Anseth
  • Patent number: 12181766
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a method of rendering an image on a reflective display wherein each pixel is capable of rendering a limited number of colors, each of which is rendered by predetermined set of waveforms stored in a waveform lookup table. Furthermore, the present invention provides for a method for rendering an image using such colors, having been chosen for optimal color rendition. This invention further provides for rendering a color image formed from a plurality of pixels on a reflective display wherein each pixel has a color selected from the group consisting of at least: red, green, blue, cyan, magenta, yellow, black and white.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Alain Bouchard, Stephen J. Telfer
  • Patent number: 12171495
    Abstract: A system and method quantify light exposure of a patient retina during an ophthalmic procedure. A light source illuminates the patient retina with directed light during the procedure to produce an illuminated retina surface. A camera collects image data of the illuminated retina surface. An electronic control unit (ECU) in communication with the camera and an indicator device receives the image data, calculates a cumulative energy spectral density of the directed light falling incident upon the retina, and executes a control action indicative of possible light toxicity in response to the cumulative energy spectral density exceeding a light toxicity threshold, including activating the indicator device. The illuminated retina surface may be divided into virtual zones, with the ECU mapping the cumulative energy spectral density to the illuminated retina surface. Each of the optional zones has a corresponding cumulative energy spectral density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Durant, Ashok Burton Tripathi