Patents Examined by Darryl J. Collins
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Patent number: 11846761Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a reflective member having a reflective surface for changing an optical path of light, a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having negative refractive power, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens. The first lens to the fifth lens are sequentially disposed along an optical axis from an object side and are each disposed closer to an image sensor than the reflective member. The optical imaging system satisfies 0.2 mm<C1.0<0.3 mm, where C1.0 is a distance by which the image sensor moves in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis with respect to a shake amount of 1.0° measured by a shake detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yong Joo Jo, Hag Chul Kim
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Patent number: 11835800Abstract: Provided is a spectacle lens including multilayer films on both surfaces of a lens substrate, in which the sum of mean reflectances on both surfaces of the spectacle lens in a wavelength band of 400 to 440 nm is 20.0% or more, the reflectance on each surface of the spectacle lens has at least one maximum value in the wavelength band, and there is a difference between the mean reflectance on one surface of the spectacle lens and the mean reflectance on the other surface in the wavelength band.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.Inventor: Sou Miyamoto
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Patent number: 11835739Abstract: A system includes an optical film stack, where the optical film stack includes a substrate and a first inorganic layer on the substrate. The optical film stack also includes a first dielectric layer on the first inorganic layer and a first metal layer on the first dielectric layer. The optical film stack also includes a second dielectric layer on the first metal layer and a second inorganic layer on the second dielectric layer. The optical film stack also includes a second metal layer on the second inorganic layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventor: John Charles Ehmke
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Patent number: 11835701Abstract: In a method for the examination of a sample the sample is illuminated in a sample plane along a sample line with an illuminating light beam. The sample is acted upon by a depletion or switching light beam, which overlaps in the sample plane in an overlap region at least partially spatially with the illuminating light beam and which has at least one wavelength suitable for depletion of the sample. Part of fluorescent light emanating from the sample plane is detected as detection light. The fluorescent light originating from outside a first subregion and a second subregion is at least partially suppressed and not detected.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS GMBHInventors: Werner Knebel, Florian Fahrbach
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Patent number: 11835792Abstract: A camera optical lens includes five-piece lenses, from an object side to an image side, the five-piece lenses are: a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens, a fourth lens having a negative refractive power and a fifth lens having a positive refractive power. The camera optical lens satisfies conditions of 0.60?f1/f?0.90, 1.80?d6/d8?3.20, 0.55?f2/f4?1.00, and 5.50?f5/f?10.00. Here f denotes a focal length of the camera optical lens, d6 denotes an on-axis distance from an image-side surface of the third lens to an object-side surface of the fourth lens, and d8 denotes an on-axis distance from an image-side surface of the fourth lens to an object-side surface of the fifth lens. The camera optical lens of the present disclosure has excellent optical performances, and meanwhile can meet design requirements of a large aperture, a wide angle and ultra-thin.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Raytech Optical (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tingting Yang
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Patent number: 11829007Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens having negative refractive power; a fourth lens having positive refractive power; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; a seventh lens; an eighth lens; and a ninth lens having negative refractive power, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The ninth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has an aspherical shape having an inflection point.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Hitoshi Hirano
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Patent number: 11829006Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens; a second lens; a third lens having negative refractive power; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; and a seventh lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side is concave at a paraxial region thereof. The seventh lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side is aspheric. The first lens and the second lens have a specific composite focal length. The third lens have a specific focal length.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Tomohiro Yonezawa
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Patent number: 11829051Abstract: A method for influencing light propagation directions of a light-emitting surface emitting light of a first wavelength range in a first direction and light of a second and wavelength range in a second direction. The wavelength ranges have a wavelength-dependent spectral radiance and differ in a peak wavelength. A switchable color converter is arranged in front of the light-emitting surface. The method includes the steps of a) deactivating the color converter for a first mode so that the second-wavelength range is transmitted and the first-wavelength range is absorbed, such that light from the light-emitting surface is only perceptible from the second direction, or b) activating the color converter for a second mode so that light of the first-wavelength range is converted into light of the second-wavelength range and light of the second-wavelength range is transmitted, such that light from the light-emitting surface is perceptible from both directions.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: siOPTICA GmbHInventors: André Heber, Andreas Bregulla
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Patent number: 11829001Abstract: An optical system is provided. The optical system includes an immovable part, a second movable part, a second drive mechanism, and a second circuit mechanism. The second movable part is used for connecting to a second optical element. The second movable part is movable relative to the immovable part. The second drive mechanism is used for driving the second movable part to move relative to the immovable part. The second circuit mechanism is electrically connected to the second drive mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.Inventors: Chan-Jung Hsu, I-Mei Huang, Yi-Ho Chen, Shao-Chung Chang, Ichitai Moto, Chen-Chi Kuo, Ying-Jen Wang, Ya-Hsiu Wu, Wei-Jhe Shen, Chao-Chang Hu, Che-Wei Chang, Sin-Jhong Song, Shu-Shan Chen, Chih-Wei Weng, Chao-Hsi Wang
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Patent number: 11822151Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens; a second lens; a third lens having negative refractive power; a fourth lens having positive refractive power; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; and a seventh lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens has at least one aspheric surface. The fifth lens has two aspheric surfaces. The sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side is convex at a paraxial region thereof and a surface thereof on the image plane side is concave at a paraxial region thereof. The seventh lens has two aspheric surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTDInventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Tomohiro Yonezawa
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Patent number: 11822096Abstract: An optical system includes a first optical element having a first reflective surface concave toward an object side, a second optical element having a second reflective surface convex toward an image side, and a lens unit disposed between the first optical element and the second optical element. Light from an object travels to an image plane through the first reflective surface and the second reflective surface in this order. A movable unit configured to move during image stabilizing includes at least one of the second optical element and the lens unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tatsuro Watanabe
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Patent number: 11822063Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object, a first lens group having a negative refractive power, a second lens group having a positive refractive power, a third lens group having a negative refractive power, and a fourth lens group. Zooming is performed by changing respective distances between the first and second lens groups, the second and third lens groups, and the third and fourth lens groups. The first lens group includes a negative lens disposed closest to the object, and a negative lens. Specified conditional expressions are satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Nikon CorporationInventor: Keigo Koida
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Patent number: 11822153Abstract: Described herein are systems and/or methods for forming an ophthalmic lens. An example method may comprise a step of determining a power profile based on a power profile function defined by a base optical power, an amount of spherical aberration at a radial distance from a geometric center of the lens, and a bump function. The example method may comprise a step of adjusting the power profile based at least on minimizing a shape metric of a through-focus curve.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.Inventors: Xin Wei, Philippe F Jubin, Derek Nankivil, Minghan Chen, Gregory Williby
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Patent number: 11819400Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for adaptively focusing a lens. In one approach, electromagnetic energy is employed to modify a shape or thickness of a lens such that its refractive power and focal length are modified. In one aspect, a lens embodying adaptive focus features requires low power, and can be adjusted quickly. One or a plurality of electromagnets can be employed to compress or separate end portions of an embedded haptic, the force from which acts to alter the shape of the haptic, thus modifying the refractive power and focal length of a lens.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2015Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Inventors: David T. Markus, Michael C. Hayes, Arthur Back
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Patent number: 11808924Abstract: There is provided an imaging lens with excellent optical characteristics while satisfying demand of low-profileness and low F-number. An imaging lens comprises, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with positive refractive power formed in a biconvex shape having an object-side surface and an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region, a second lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region, a third lens with the negative refractive power in a paraxial region, a fourth lens with the negative refractive power in a paraxial region, and a fifth lens with the positive refractive power having an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region, and predetermined conditional expressions are satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Shingo Yuza, Kenichi Kamada
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Patent number: 11809025Abstract: An optical lens device includes a lens body, an optical filter and an optical absorbance portion. The lens body has a first lens surface and a second lens surface between which to form the optical filter where is to provide the optical absorbance portion. The optical absorbance portion includes a main absorbance area having an absorbance peak portion. The main absorbance area has a first wavelength range between 420 nm and 440 nm formed as a high-energy blue UV absorbance area.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: FORESIGHT OPTICAL LTD.Inventors: Tien-Shu Wu, Yen-Ting Wu, Ho-Lun Chen
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Patent number: 11808949Abstract: The present invention provides a lens driving device, a camera and an electronic apparatus with a small size and an excellent effect in hand vibration correction. The lens driving device includes a case having an accommodation space, in which a lens module is provided. The lens module includes a lens, a lens holder receiving the lens, a support frame for freely rotating the lens holder in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis direction, support members, an electromagnetic driving device, and a base for fixing a circuit board; the electromagnetic driving device is arranged on the lens holder and the base for fixing the circuit board, and is provided adjacent to a level of a center of gravity of the lens module; and the lens module have different movement axes in a plane and is rotatable freely relative to the base for fixing the circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Changzhou Raytech Optronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ching-Chung Chiu, Kazuo Shikama
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Patent number: 11809021Abstract: A wearable device can include an eyewear body, onboard electronic components, a thermal coupling and a heat transfer device. The eyewear body can hold one or more optical elements mounted on the eyewear body within a field of view of the user. The onboard electronic components can be carried by the eyewear body at a first portion of the eyewear body and can comprise a heat source that generates heat during electrically powered operation thereof. The thermal coupling can be thermally coupled to the heat transfer device at a second portion of the eyewear body. The elongate heat transfer device can be disposed within the eyewear body and can be thermally coupled to the heat source and the thermal coupling. The heat transfer device can extend lengthwise between the heat source and the thermal coupling to transfer heat from the heat source to the thermal coupling.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventor: Andrea Ashwood
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Patent number: 11803069Abstract: In one embodiment, an eyewear frame for a user includes at least a front portion with two side portions; two speakers, one in each side portion; a connection region at one side portion, with an electrical connector having two conductive pads to connect to corresponding conductive contacts of a counterpart connector; a rechargeable battery; a microphone in the frame; and wireless communication circuitry in the frame. The connection region can be provided at an inside surface of one of the side portions. The eyewear frame can also include a touch-sensitive input surface on the eyewear frame configured to provide an input to the frame to perform a function. Another embodiment includes a headset at least with a touch-sensitive input surface and an electrical connector having a conductive pad to connect to a corresponding conductive contact of a counterpart connector.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2023Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: IngenioSpec, LLCInventors: Thomas A. Howell, David Chao, C. Douglass Thomas, Peter P. Tong
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Patent number: 11802997Abstract: A phase-adjusting element configured to provide substantially liquid-invariant extended depth of field for an associated optical lens. One example of a lens incorporating the phase-adjusting element includes the lens having surface with a modulated relief defining a plurality of regions including a first region and a second region, the first region having a depth relative to the second region, and a plurality of nanostructures formed in the first region. The depth of the first region and a spacing between adjacent nanostructures of the plurality of nanostructures is selected to provide a selected average index of refraction of the first region, and the spacing between adjacent nanostructures of the plurality of nanostructures is sufficiently small that the first region does not substantially diffract visible light.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Brien Holden Vision Institute LimitedInventors: Zeev Zalevsky, Ofer Limon