Patents Examined by Bumsuk Won
  • Patent number: 12782614
    Abstract: A display panel includes a display module and an anti-glare layer. The display module has a pixel density PPI, and the display module includes an upper substrate. The anti-glare layer is over the display module. A top surface of the anti-glare layer has a plurality of microstructures, and the microstructures have a root mean square slope R?q. A thickness L from a bottom of the upper substrate of the display module to a top of the anti-glare layer complies with a following relational expression: L > 0.001 * PPI R ? ? ? q .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: AUO Corporation
    Inventors: Shu-Cheng Kung, Jia-Hong Wang, Ya-Ling Hsu, Chen-Hsien Liao
  • Patent number: 12781566
    Abstract: A variable light transmittance sheet comprises a first transparent electrode and a second transparent electrode spaced apart from the first electrode, and between the electrodes an electrophoretic cell containing an electrophoretic ink and one or more non-planar solid polymer elements. In an embodiment, the electrophoretic ink includes charged particles in a suspending fluid, and 75% or more by mass of the suspending fluid is an organosilicone or an aliphatic hydrocarbon and the solid polymer is a fluorinated elastomeric polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2025
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventor: Donal Martin O'Keeffe
  • Patent number: 12778412
    Abstract: A method for evaluating an individual's astigmatism, the method being carried out subsequently to an evaluation of the visual acuity of an eye of the individual and to a determination of a sphere value for the eye of the individual, the method being carried out based on a prior optical correction for the individual including a prescribed cylinder value and a prescribed axis value for the eye of the individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: SIVIEW
    Inventors: Laure Pichereau, Kelly Woog
  • Patent number: 12778410
    Abstract: A wearable device for determining a parameter representative of a visual acuity of a user, including a displaying unit configured to display at least one image to at least one eye of the user when the device is worn by the user, an optical unit disposed between the displaying unit and at least one eye of the user when the device is worn by the user, a diffuser disposed between the optical unit and at least one eye of the user when the device is worn by the user so that the diffuser faces at least one eye of the user, at least one light source for stimulating at least one eye of the user, and a sensing unit configured to acquire at least one signal representative of a visual acuity of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Gildas Marin, Stéphane Perrot, Fabien Moreau
  • Patent number: 12778419
    Abstract: An ophthalmic information processing apparatus is configured to remove an artifact of an image of a subject's eye obtained using an ophthalmic apparatus. The ophthalmic information processing apparatus includes an identifying unit and a correction unit. The identifying unit is configured to identify a correction region in the image based on a dioptric power of the subject's eye. The correction unit is configured to correct a luminance in the correction region identified by the identifying unit, based on a correction amount corresponding to the dioptric power of the subject's eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi Ohara, Jun Sakai, Hiroyuki Aoki
  • Patent number: 12782725
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an optical aperture multiplier is provided. A slice and a first optical structure are obtained. The slice has external faces including a pair of parallel faces, and a first plurality of partially reflective internal surfaces oblique to the pair of parallel faces. The first optical structure has external surfaces including a planar coupling surface, and a second plurality of partially reflective internal surfaces oblique to the coupling surface. The slice is optically coupled with the first optical structure such that one of the faces of the pair of parallel faces is in facing relation with the coupling surface to form a second optical structure. At least one optical aperture multiplier is sliced from the second optical structure by cutting the second optical structure through at least two cutting planes perpendicular to the coupling surface. The optical aperture multiplier is preferably part of a near eye display augmented reality system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: LUMUS LTD.
    Inventors: Yochay Danziger, Edgar Friedmann
  • Patent number: 12782753
    Abstract: A hinge is provided for pivotally connecting a temple bar and the rims of eyeglass frame including: a first part with an upper flange where a first aperture provides a tight fit for a locking pin head section, and a lower flange provided with a recess for receiving the locking pin cylindrical body, a second part with a second aperture having a higher surface roughness than the locking pin cylindrical body, thereby having a higher surface friction between the bushing and the aperture than between bushing and the locking pin a bushing with an inner opening, a locking pin having a head section and a cylindrical body The second part arranged with a bushing is inserted between the upper flange and the lower flange of the first part. The locking pin is inserted through the first aperture through the inner opening of the bushing and received in the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: LINDBERG A/S
    Inventors: Jeppe Birch Kofoed, Henrik Lindberg, Lars Bøjvad, Thomas Mach, Hans Boye-Nielsen
  • Patent number: 12782669
    Abstract: A vehicular imaging device according to an aspect of the present embodiment includes a lens barrel, a substrate, a housing, and a first heat dissipation member. The lens barrel accommodates a lens. A sensor that converts light received through the lens into an image signal is mounted on the substrate. The housing accommodates the lens barrel and the substrate. The first heat dissipation member is disposed between a lens barrel and a housing, and thermally connects the lens barrel and the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasutaka Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 12782672
    Abstract: A driving mechanism for driving an optical element is provided, including a fixed part, a movable part, a bobbin, and a driving assembly. The movable part is movably connected to the fixed part and holds the optical element. The bobbin is disposed on the fixed part or the movable part. The driving assembly drives the movable part to move relative to the fixed part and has a coil disposed on the bobbin. The fixed part has a main body, and the main body forms a recess for receiving the bobbin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: ACTUTEK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yi-Chieh Lin, Kun-Shih Lin, Shao-Chung Chang, Wei-Han Hsia, Wei-Pin Chin
  • Patent number: 12782750
    Abstract: A floating image generation device is disclosed. The floating image generation device includes a light source, an image generating module, and an image angle adjusting unit. The image generating module is disposed parallelly on one side of the light source and includes an image forming unit and a floating image generation unit. The floating image generation unit is disposed parallelly on the other side of the image forming unit with respect to the light source. The image angle adjusting unit is disposed parallelly on the other side of the image generating module with respect to the light source, wherein there is a gap between the image angle adjusting unit and the image generating module. A light emitted by the light source passes through the image generating module and the image angle adjusting unit to generate a floating image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: DARWIN PRECISIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih-Ping Hsu, Ya Han Ko
  • Patent number: 12782734
    Abstract: A head-up display device includes: a housing including an opening at a top; a cover closing the opening; a display element housed in the housing; a first optical element on an optical path of display light from the display element; and a second optical element disposed on a portion of the optical path of the display light after the first optical element, and reflecting the display light toward the opening. The cover has a downward convex shape and includes a curved surface portion descending from a front end portion toward a rear end portion of the cover. The first optical element converges the display light. Among the display light emitted from a first end portion of the display element closer to the first optical element, light incident on an upper end portion of the first optical element travels toward a point below an upper edge of the second optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Yonetani, Yuji Takase, Takato Hada, Kota Mochinaga
  • Patent number: 12782752
    Abstract: Electronic eyeglasses, including a front and a pair of temples adapted to be connected to the front by respective hinges; at least one of the temples includes a capacitive sensor in order to allow to enter an input on the part of a user and a double capacitive sensor which is joined thereto and is adapted to detect the condition of the eyeglasses being worn or not by the user and a haptic feedback component in order to return to the user a notification regarding the input entered or other functionalities of the eyeglasses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: LUXOTTICA S.R.L.
    Inventors: Dino Michelon, Enrico Toigo
  • Patent number: 12775175
    Abstract: A laser light source combiner system includes a laser light source, a phosphor wheel, a first dichroic filter located between the laser light source and the phosphor wheel, and a dichroic filter assemble located between the first dichroic filter and the laser light source. The laser light source is configured to emit a first blue light traveling along a first direction. The phosphor wheel is configured to reflect a portion of the first blue light so as to form a second blue light and to convert a portion of the second blue light into a fluorescent light. The first dichroic filter is configured to make the second blue light partially transmit and partially reflected and make the fluorescent light transmit. The dichroic filter assemble is configured to reflect the second blue light and the fluorescent light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2026
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Kuo-Tung Wu
  • Patent number: 12775154
    Abstract: An imaging lens system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, and an eighth lens sequentially arranged at intervals from an object side. The first lens and the fifth lens have negative refractive power, the sixth lens has a concave object-side surface, and the imaging lens system satisfies the following conditional expression: ?1.0<f1/f2<?0.10 where f1 is a focal length of the first lens and f2 is a focal length of the second lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Da Ye Lee, Hyuk Joo Kim
  • Patent number: 12775150
    Abstract: A photographing optical lens assembly includes six lens elements which are, in order from an object side to an image side along an optical path: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. Each of the six lens elements has an object-side surface facing toward the object side and an image-side surface facing toward the image side. The first lens element has negative refractive power. The object-side surface of the second lens element is concave in a paraxial region thereof. The image-side surface of the third lens element is concave in a paraxial region thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2026
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Chun Ke, Hsin-Hsuan Huang, Guan-Jr Liao
  • Patent number: 12769114
    Abstract: An optical phased array device, which can flexibly set the light splitting weight and has good scalability, includes a light splitting network, phase shifters, and emission units. Among them, the light splitting network of the device can set the optical power weight of the array element freely and has good scalability. The light splitting network of optical phased array consists of a series of basic elements, each of which can realize uniform or non-uniform light splitting of N channels. The light splitting network adopts a tree topology. The tree network structure can be freely designed, and the components used by the network nodes can also be freely selected. By freely designing the structure of the light splitting network and the components used by each node, the optical output distribution of the network can be set, so that the far field distribution of the optical phased array can be optimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Wei Jiang, Guihan Wu
  • Patent number: 12772694
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light emitting display device including a circuit layer having a thin film transistor and an auxiliary power electrode over a substrate, a protective layer overlaying the circuit layer, a contact portion configured to expose a portion of the auxiliary power electrode, an eaves structure disposed over a portion of the auxiliary power electrode and configured to have an undercut region, a pixel electrode disposed over the protective layer and connected to the thin film transistor, a light emitting layer disposed over the pixel electrode, and a common electrode disposed over the light emitting layer and connected to the auxiliary power electrode in the undercut region of the eaves structure, wherein the eaves structure is made of a single material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joonsuk Lee, SeJune Kim
  • Patent number: 12769046
    Abstract: Provided are an optical system and an aiming device. The optical system includes a wavefront modulation element with a first surface and a second surface disposed opposite to each other. The first surface of the wavefront modulation element is configured to receive a first light wave without a complete plane wavefront. The second surface of the wavefront modulation element is configured to emit a second light wave with a complete plane wavefront obtained due to the light beam shaping of the first light wave by the wavefront modulation element. The aiming device includes a housing and the optical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: NANCHANG TRIPOLE OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junqi Yuan, Yusheng Ma
  • Patent number: 12765767
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining the refractive characteristics of an imaging system having an inaccessible and diffusive image surface, such as the human eye. Refractive characteristics of the entire wavefront are ascertained by measuring the refractive power of a representative sample of segments of the pupil. By illuminating only a selected segment, the characteristics of each individual segment may be accurately measured using illumination reflected by the diffusive image surface of the subject optical system, and transmitted only through the transmitting segment. Combination of the refractive characteristics of measured segments constitutes the pupil function of the measured optical system, and can be used for a precise determination of corrective lenses. Characteristics of the system measured, including spectral sensitivity and focusing, are also determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Inventors: Ellis Israel Betensky, Daniel Jeremy Betensky
  • Patent number: 12765769
    Abstract: An eye tracking apparatus includes M light sources configured to emit N different types of light to an eye of a user, where M is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2, and N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2, and includes a camera, where the camera includes a light filtering component and an image sensor. The light filtering component is configured to filter reflected light that is reflected after the M light sources irradiate the eye, includes a plurality of light filtering units, includes at least N sub-regions, and filters at least the N different types of light, where one sub-region filters one type of light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sicheng Yao, Zhaoxue Wang, He Wang