Patents Examined by Darryl J. Collins
  • Patent number: 12210214
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth lenses each having a refractive power. The first to sixth lenses are sequentially disposed in ascending numerical order along an optical axis of the optical imaging system from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system, and are the only lenses having a refractive power in the optical imaging system. A radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the fourth lens at the optical axis is greater than a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the second lens at the optical axis and a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the second lens at the optical axis. A thickness of the third lens is greater than a distance from an image-side surface of the third lens to the object-side surface of the fourth lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Youn Lee, Yong Joo Jo
  • Patent number: 12210143
    Abstract: An image system lens assembly includes three lens groups including five lens elements. The three lens groups are, in order from an object side to an image side: first, second and third lens groups. The five lens elements are, in order from the object side to the image side: first, second, third, fourth and fifth lens elements. A zooming process is performed by changing axial distances between the three lens groups. The image system lens assembly has a long focal length end and a short focal length end. At least one surface of at least one lens element has an inflection point in an optically effective area thereof when the image system lens assembly is at the long focal length end and the short focal length end. The second lens group is moved relative to the first lens group along an optical axis in the zooming process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hsiang-Chi Tang, Tzu-Chieh Kuo
  • Patent number: 12210222
    Abstract: This frame comprises: a front piece; a temple piece; a connection part that is elastic and that connects the front piece and the temple piece; and wiring which electrically connects a front piece-side electrical element provided to the front piece and a temple piece-side electrical element provided to the temple piece, and a portion of which is routed through the space between the front piece and the connection part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: CARL ZEISS VISION INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Akihiro Muramatsu, Ryuki Kan, Takafumi Ohto
  • Patent number: 12196933
    Abstract: Provided is a zoom lens. The zoom lens includes a fixed lens group having a positive optical power, a first zoom lens group having a negative optical power, a second zoom lens group having a positive optical power, and a compensation lens group having a positive optical power which are sequentially arranged along an optical axis from an object side to an image side, where the first zoom lens group and the second zoom lens group are capable of reciprocating along the optical axis. The fixed lens group includes a first lens, and the first zoom lens group includes a second lens, a third lens, and a fourth lens which are sequentially arranged along the optical axis from the object side to the image side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Dongguan Yutong Optical Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jianwei He, Pinguang Zhang, Zhanjun Zhang
  • Patent number: 12196935
    Abstract: An imaging optical system includes: sequentially from an object side, a first lens group G1 having a positive refractive power, a front lens group GF having a negative refractive power, and a rear lens group GR having a positive refractive power; wherein for zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, a distance between G1 and GF increases, a distance between GF and GR decreases, and G1 monotonously moves to an object side, G1 has at least one negative lens, GF includes a lens group having a negative refractive power of 1 or more, GR has a final lens group GL arranged closest to an image plane I side, and is fixed to I, and does not move for zooming and focusing, GL has a vibration reduction lens group movable in a direction including a perpendicular component with respect to an optical axis, and prescribed conditional expressions are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: SIGMA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keigo Ikeda
  • Patent number: 12197047
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a contact lens. Some disclosed embodiments comprise a lenticular aspect. In some instances the lenticular aspect varies in at least one of thickness, distance from the edge of the contact lens, or lenticular height along its length. In one aspect, a superior portion of the lenticular aspect attaches to an upper eyelid of a wearer by at least a portion of the lenticular aspect interacting with an upper tarsal plate of the upper eyelid of a wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Ohio State Innovation Foundation
    Inventors: Melissa D. Bailey, Joseph T. Barr, Robin G. Sears
  • Patent number: 12197045
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a progressive addition lens and to a method for manufacturing the same. A lens comprises a rear surface intended to face an eye of the user and a front surface opposite to the rear surface. The present invention is particularly related to defining the rear surface of the lens. The present invention shows that it is possible to enhance image quality by using rotational symmetry in combination with a predefined progression curve to thereby avoid astigmatic imaging and also substantially reducing the effects of spherical aberration, coma, curvature of field and distortion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: Cartesian Optics B.V.
    Inventors: Georgius Jozephus Cyrillus Ludovicus Bruls, Nikolas Martin Scholz
  • Patent number: 12196929
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention disclose an external and an add-on anamorphic lens, which comprises a focus group and an anamorphic group disposed in sequence from an object side to an image side along the optical axis. The focus group comprises a first lens and a second lens. The first lens and the second lens are spherical lenses. The anamorphic group includes a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens. These lenses are cylindrical lenses. The position of the first lens is adjustable and therefore solve the problem of requiring secondary focusing of the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: GUANGDONG SIRUI OPTICAL CO., LTD., Zhongshan AZU Optoelectronics technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jie Li, Wei Wu
  • Patent number: 12197041
    Abstract: Disclosed are spectacles having two lenses, a rigid or flexible frame including a frame part extending on an upper or a lower lens edge of each lens, an arm linked on each end of the frame using a hinge, a plastic thread associated with each lens, each end of the plastic thread is attached to the frame. The attachment point is formed as follows: one end of the plastic thread forms a loop that wraps around a frame part, two longitudinal sections of an end section of the plastic thread, which form the loop and extend parallel to one another, are jointly guided through a longitudinal borehole of a sleeve and are enclosed by the sleeve, the tension of the plastic is freely selectable by displacing the two longitudinal sections relative to one another or by displacing the sleeve on the two longitudinal sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: VISI MANAGEMENT GMBH
    Inventor: Volker Beck
  • Patent number: 12189101
    Abstract: A variable power optical system includes a plurality of lens groups. During variable magnification, an interval between adjacent lens groups changes. The plurality of lens groups include: a first focusing lens group that moves during focusing; and a second focusing lens group that is disposed more toward an imaging surface side than the first focusing lens group and that moves along a different trajectory than the first focusing lens group during focusing. The first focusing lens group and the second focusing lens group both have a negative refractive power. The first focusing lens group or the second focusing lens group includes at least one lens having a positive refractive power, and is configured so as to satisfy the following condition: 1.40<fFP/(?fFN)<3.50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Kosuke Machida
  • Patent number: 12189421
    Abstract: Apparatuses and systems for wearable devices such as eyewear are described. According to one embodiment, the wearable device includes a frame, a temple, onboard electronics components, and a coupling mechanism. The frame is configured to hold one or more optical elements. The temple is connected to the frame at an articulated joint such that the temple is disposable between a collapsed condition and a wearable condition in which the device is wearable by a user to hold the one or more optical elements within user view. The onboard electronics components comprise at least a pair of electronics components carried by the frame and the temple respectively. The coupling mechanism is incorporated in the articulated joint and that is configured to electrically connect the pair of electronics components across the articulated joint both when the temple is in the wearable condition and when the temple is in the collapsed condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventor: Jun Lin
  • Patent number: 12181730
    Abstract: A photographing optical lens system includes five lens elements being, 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 and a fifth lens element. Each lens element has an object-side surface facing the object side and an image-side surface facing the image side. The first lens element has positive refractive power and the object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The image-side surface of the third lens element is convex in a paraxial region thereof. The object-side surface of the fourth lens element is convex in a paraxial region thereof. The fifth lens element has negative refractive power, the object-side surface being convex, and the image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi-Hsiang Chuang, Wei-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 12181658
    Abstract: An optical member driving mechanism is provided, including a first movable portion, a fixed portion, and a first driving assembly. The first movable portion is connected to an optical member. The first movable portion is movable relative to the fixed portion. The first driving assembly is configured to drive the first movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Sung-Mao Tsai, Shang-Hung Chen, Chia-Che Wu
  • Patent number: 12174364
    Abstract: Disclosed is an observation device for measuring an observation object while tracking the observation object by rotating an observation unit (10), wherein the observation device comprises a rotary unit (40) which includes: one end coupled to a support unit (20) through a first shaft rotating part (30) having a rotary shaft perpendicular to the side surface of the support unit (20); and the other end coupled to the observation unit (10) through a second shaft rotating part (50) having a rotary shaft perpendicular to the rotary shaft of the first shaft rotating part (30). Therefore, the observation device neither has a blind zone difficult to be observed nor requires rapid rotation of the rotary shaft, and thus can continuously observe objects ranging from a low-speed observation object, such as a celestial body or a planet, to a high-speed observation object, such as a satellite or a rocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: SL LAB, INC.
    Inventor: Jeong Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 12174460
    Abstract: Systems and methods for creating ophthalmic lens creation instructions are disclosed. The method includes obtaining an ophthalmic prescription and preparing lens creation instructions based on the ophthalmic prescription including determining a baseline lens design. The lens creation instructions are augmented to reduce myopia. The augmented lens creation instructions are created by determining a central region and a peripheral region in the baseline lens, computing a distortion pattern of bumps randomly located in the peripheral region of the lens such that the bumps have random sizes and random strengths, wherein the location, size and strength are created using probability distribution functions, and then computing a final back surface of the lens including incorporating the distortion pattern of bumps into the baseline lens. A lens created by this method is described herein. The method may be implemented on a computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Indizen Optical Technologies of America, LLC
    Inventors: José Alonso, Eva Chamorro, José Miguel Cleva
  • Patent number: 12169290
    Abstract: The disclosed optical lens assemblies may include a pre-strained deformable element that exhibits a non-uniform mechanical strain or stress profile, a structural support element coupled to the pre-strained deformable element, and a deformable medium positioned between the pre-strained deformable element and the structural support element. Related head-mounted displays and methods of fabricating such optical lens assemblies are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Katherine Marie Smyth, Andrew John Ouderkirk
  • Patent number: 12169267
    Abstract: Single fold optical systems that include a power prism and a lens stack including two or more refractive lens elements. The single fold optical system may provide a long mechanical back focus without increasing the Z-height of the optical system. Providing power on the prism may reduce the optical total length and reduce the X-length of the optical system. The single folded optical systems may provide reduced Z-axis height and reduced X-axis length when compared to conventional double folded optical systems with similar optical characteristics. In addition, the optical systems may include an anamorphic lens that is oriented to correct for astigmatism caused by surface errors of the reflective surface of the prism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Takeyoshi Saiga
  • Patent number: 12164181
    Abstract: A diffractive multifocal lens is disclosed, comprising an optical element having at least one diffractive surface, the surface profile comprising a plurality of annular concentric zones. The optical thickness of the surface profile changes monotonically with radius within each zone, while a distinct step in optical thickness at the junction between adjacent zones defines a step height. The step heights for respective zones may differ from one zone to another periodically so as to tailor diffraction order efficiencies of the optical element. In one example of a trifocal lens, step heights alternate between two values, the even-numbered step heights being lower than the odd-numbered step heights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona
    Inventor: James T. Schwiegerling
  • Patent number: 12164092
    Abstract: This zoom optical system (ZL(1)) has a plurality of lens groups (G1-G7), wherein when during zooming, distances between adjacent lens groups vary. The plurality of lens groups include: a first focused lens group (G6) that moves during focusing; and a second focused lens group (G7) that is disposed closer to an image plane side than the first focused lens group and moves during focusing along a trajectory that is different from that of the first focused lens group. The first focused lens group (G6) and the second focused lens group (G7) both have a negative refractive power and satisfy the following conditional expression, 0.40<fF1/fF2<6.00, where fF1: focal length of first focused lens group and fF2: focal length of second focused lens group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Yabumoto
  • Patent number: 12164091
    Abstract: An optical imaging lens includes first to third lens element groups in sequence along an optical axis from an object side to an image side. The first lens element group includes at least two lens elements. The second lens element group includes at least two lens elements. The third lens element group includes at least two lens elements. When the optical imaging lens is zoomed, at least one lens element group is moved toward a direction of the object side or the image side along the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: GENIUS ELECTRONIC OPTICAL (XIAMEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinhui Gong, Chuanbo Dong, Jiayuan Zhang, Hung-Chien Hsieh