Patents Examined by George G King
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Patent number: 12204072Abstract: An anti-reflective glass, a preparation method and an application thereof are provided. The anti-reflective glass comprises a glass matrix, at least one surface of the glass matrix is provided with an undulating hill morphology layer, which forms a whole piece with the glass matrix, the hill morphology layer consists of a plurality of irregularly distributed hill raised micro-structures along a Z-axis direction. The present anti-reflective glass has hill morphology surface which can significantly reduce the light reflectivity and increase the light transmittance, the perspective effect of the light is improved; the preparation method simplifies the etching process effectively, and the condition is controllable, the undulating hill morphology formed on the glass surface by etching is effectively ensured, and the optical performance is stable.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2022Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Chongqing Aureavia Hi-Tech Glass Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wei Hu, Baoquan Tan
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Patent number: 12196917Abstract: An imaging lens (100). The imaging lens (100) sequentially consists of, from the object side to the image side: a first lens (L1) having refraction power, the object side surface (S1) of the first lens (L1) being a convex surface at the optic axis; a second lens (L2) having refraction power, the object side surface (S3) of the second lens (L2) being a convex surface at the optic axis; and a third lens (L3) having refraction power. The imaging lens (100) satisfies the condition that FNO*L>15.5, wherein FNO represents an f-number of the imaging lens (100), L represents an aperture diameter of the first lens (L1), and the unit of L is mm.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: JIANGXI JINGCHAO OPTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Wenyan Zhang, Hairong Zou
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Patent number: 12196996Abstract: Provided are an optical film, a polarizing plate including same, and a display device including same, the optical film comprising a first layer and second and third layers sequentially formed on the first layer, wherein the first layer and the third layer are each formed directly on the second layer, the first layer is a reverse wavelength dispersive negative A layer, the third layer is a positive C layer, and the ratio of the thickness of the second layer to the thickness of the third layer (the thickness of the second layer/the thickness of the third layer) is about 0.2 to about 2.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2019Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun Mo Koo, Jung Hun You, Sang Hum Lee, Dong Yoon Shin
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Patent number: 12189097Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose an optical imaging system, comprising, sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis: a prism, reflecting light incident to the prism along a first direction, to cause the light to emerge from the prism along a second direction, and a stop, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens sequentially from the prism to an image side along the second direction, each of the first lens to the seventh lens has a refractive power. A total effective focal length f of the optical imaging system and an entrance pupil diameter EPIC of the optical imaging system satisfy: f/EPD<1.4.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Zhejiang Sunny Optics Co., LtdInventors: Jianlin Li, Yang Li, Tianxiang Xing, Lingbo He, Lin Huang, Fujian Dai, Liefeng Zhao
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Patent number: 12189103Abstract: The present disclosure provides an optical system that includes a prism having an incident surface, an exit surface, and one or more reflecting surfaces. The optical system includes a first scanning element configured to scan in a first direction a light that enters and reflect the light in a direction of the incident surface of the prism, and a second scanning element configured to scan in a second direction the light that exits from the exit surface of the prism, the second direction being orthogonal to the first direction. The incident surface of the prism has a convex shape with respect to the first scanning element.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2021Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Kuzuhara, Tsuneo Uchida
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Patent number: 12181673Abstract: A propagation optical system includes: a first optical system; an intermediate optical element; and a second optical system. The first optical system, the intermediate optical element, and the second optical system being sequentially arranged in a direction from the image display element toward the light guide member along an optical axis. The intermediate optical element has a non-rotationally symmetric curved surface, of which shape is non-rotationally symmetric about the optical axis. A cross-sectional shape, of the non-rotationally symmetric curved surface, in a first plane including the optical axis is non-arc shape. The first plane is a plane in which the non-rotationally symmetric surface has a strongest positive power among planes including the optical axis. The propagation optical system is configured to form, between the first optical system and the second optical system, an intermediate image corresponding to an image displayed on the image display element.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2021Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Yoshifumi Sudoh, Naoki Nakamura, Masahiro Itoh, Susumu Momma, Shun Okazaki, Shigenobu Hirano, Yasuo Katano, Kenji Kameyama, Norikazu Igarashi, Aino Hasegawa, Takashi Maki, Masamichi Yamada, Takemasa Tsutsui
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Patent number: 12181775Abstract: An optical element driving mechanism is provided. The optical element driving mechanism includes a fixed part, a movable part, and a driving assembly. The fixed part includes a bottom. The movable part is movable relative to the fixed part. The movable part holds an optical element with an optical axis. The driving assembly drives the movable part to move relative to the fixed part. The bottom includes a base and an embedded assembly. The embedded assembly is partially embedded in the base. The embedded assembly includes a magnetic-permeable material.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.Inventors: Chin-Ming Hu, Sheng-Zong Chen, Shou-Jen Liu, Yung-Ping Yang, Sin-Jhong Song
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Patent number: 12181784Abstract: A projection lens, which is a projection lens to be attached to a projection apparatus body having an electro-optical device, includes: a zoom optical system including a plurality of lenses; a first holding portion that is to be connected to the projection apparatus body and through which light along a first optical axis passes; and a second holding portion through which light along a second optical axis, which is bent with respect to the first optical axis, passes and that is rotatable relative to the first holding portion. The zoom optical system is held by the first holding portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2021Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yukiko Nagatoshi, Shoki Kasahara
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Patent number: 12181765Abstract: An optical element according to some embodiments includes: a plurality of lower electrodes spread on a surface of a lower substrate and including first and second lower electrodes arranged adjacent in a first direction in the lower substrate plane; a plurality of upper electrodes spread on a surface of an upper substrate and including a first upper electrode that faces the first lower electrode and a second upper electrode that faces a portion of the first lower electrode and the second lower electrode; and a conductive member that is sandwiched between and electrically connects the first lower electrode and the second upper electrode, the conductive member being selectively disposed in an overlap region in which the first lower electrode and the second upper electrode overlap when the first lower electrode and the second upper electrode are projected on a virtual plane parallel to the lower substrate or the upper substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Tomoya Hirano
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Patent number: 12164083Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens and a seventh lens sequentially disposed from an object side. The optical imaging system satisfies |Pnu|[10?6° C.?1 mm?1]?30, where Pnu is ?Pnui in which i=1, 2, . . . , 7, Pnui is 1/(vti·fi), vti is [DTni/(ni?1)?CTEi]?1, fi is an effective focal length of an i-th lens, ni is a refractive index of the i-th lens, DTni is a rate (dni/dT) of change of the refractive index according to a temperature of the i-th lens, and CTEi is a thermal expansion coefficient of the i-th lens.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2021Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyu Min Chae, Eun Chong Lee
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Patent number: 12124051Abstract: From an object plane to an image plane along an optical axis, a camera lens including a first lens, a diffractive optical element and a lens module is provided in various embodiments. The first lens has a positive focal power. The diffractive optical element has a positive focal power and a negative dispersion property. A surface that is of the diffractive optical element or the first lens and that faces the object plane side is a convex surface at the optical axis, a surface that is of the diffractive optical element or the first lens and that faces the image plane side is a concave surface at the optical axis. The lens module includes N lenses. At least one of a surface facing the object plane side and a surface facing the image plane side that are of each of the N lenses is an aspheric surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2020Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Feng Yu, Takuya Anzawa, Sayuri Noda
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Patent number: 12117616Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compact optical device for augmented reality having a ghost image blocking function and a wide field of view. The compact optical device includes: an optical means configured to transmit at least part of real object image light therethrough toward the pupil of an eye of a user; a first reflective means disposed inside the optical means and configured to transfer the augmented reality image light output from an image output unit to a second reflective means; and a second reflective means disposed inside the optical means and to reflect the augmented reality image light, transferred from the first reflective means, and transfer the augmented reality image light to the pupil of the eye of the user, thereby providing an image for augmented reality to the user.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2022Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: LETINAR CO., LTDInventor: Jeong Hun Ha
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Patent number: 12111511Abstract: Configurations and compositions for frameworks supporting optics such as lenses are described that provide an invariant structure regardless of temperature swings, thereby maintaining alignment and focus. Frameworks may comprise tiered structures of materials having multiple distinct coefficients of thermal expansion. An optical framework includes a first framework portion coupled to a first lens and a second framework portion coupled to a second lens. The first framework portion and second framework portion comprise materials having a coefficient of thermal expansion such that expansion of the first framework portion in one direction is offset by expansion of the second framework portion in an opposite direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2021Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: Applied Research Associates, Inc.Inventors: Joseph N. Paranto, Michael E. Meline, Devin M. J. Todd, Matthew Flint Kepler, Martin William Slack
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Patent number: 12105347Abstract: Provided is an optical apparatus having good lens positioning accuracy and excellent optical performance. The optical apparatus includes a straight-proceeding barrel configured to move on a lens group in an optical axis direction and a guide barrel having a guide groove part configured to guide the movement of the straight-proceeding barrel in the optical axis direction. In the guide groove part, a first guide groove part is formed in the optical axis direction so as to have a bottom on an outer diameter side, and a second guide groove part is formed in the optical axis direction as a through hole from the outer diameter side to an inner diameter side. The first guide groove part and the second guide groove part are connected to each other and have respective use regions configured to partially overlap each other in the optical axis direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Makoto Hayakawa
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Patent number: 12105263Abstract: An optical system, a lens module, and an electronic device are provide. The optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a first to seventh lenses. Each of the first lens, the third lens, and the sixth lens has a positive refractive power. Each of the second lens and the seventh lens has a negative refractive power. Each of the second lens, the third lens, and the sixth lens has an object-side surface which is convex near the optical axis. Each of the second lens and the seventh lens has an image-side surface which is concave near the oprtical axis. The third lens has an image-side surface which is convex near a periphery of the image-side surface of the third lens. The seventh lens has an object-side surface which is convex near the optical axis.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: JIANGXI JINGCHAO OPTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Xuwen Dang, Binbin Liu, Hairong Zou, Ming Li
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Patent number: 12105342Abstract: A downsized lens apparatus in which a degree of freedom in arrangement is improved is provided. A lens apparatus comprises: a first operation member configured to move an optical element along an optical axis direction; a first elastic member configured to transmit a force to the first operation member; a pressing member configured to change a force applied to the first elastic member according to the movement along the optical axis direction; a second operation member configured to move the pressing member along the optical axis direction; and a fixed element configuring at least a part of an exterior unit, wherein the pressing member is movably held by the fixed element along the optical axis direction, and the second operation member is rotatably held by the fixed element.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke Saito, Makoto Hayakawa
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Patent number: 12099168Abstract: An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. At least one lens among the first to the sixth lenses has positive refractive force. The seventh lens has negative refractive force. Both an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the seventh lens are aspheric surfaces. At least one surface of the seventh lens has at least an inflection point thereon. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the seventh lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2021Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yeong-Ming Chang, Chien-Hsun Lai, Yao-Wei Liu
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Patent number: 12099173Abstract: Described are two mirror scanning projectors employing a collimated laser beam directed to a first mirror that scans in one direction, an optical relay system, and a second mirror that scans in a perpendicular direction from the first mirror to provide two dimensional scanning of the laser beam.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2021Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Ross Peter Stanley, Eric Julian Tremblay, Philippe De Gol
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Patent number: 12092936Abstract: An electrochromic structure is disclosed, which includes a first transparent non-conductive (GLASS-I) layer, a first transparent conductor (CONDUCTOR-I) layer coupled to the GLASS-I layer, an ion storage layer coupled to the CONDUCTOR-I layer, an electrolyte layer coupled to the ion storage layer, an electrochromic layer coupled to the electrolyte layer, a second transparent conductor (CONDUCTOR-II) layer coupled to the electrochromic layer, and a second transparent non-conductive (GLASS-II) layer coupled to the CONDUCTOR-II layer, wherein the electrochromic layer includes perovskite nickelates thin films formed on a transparent conductive film substrate and which has crystalline grains of the size of about 5 nm to about 200 nm resulting in intergranular porosity of about 5% to about 25%.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2020Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Purdue Research FoundationInventors: Yifei Sun, Shriram Ramanathan, Yoshitaka Sugita
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Patent number: 12078785Abstract: There is provided an imaging lens with excellent optical characteristics which satisfies demand of a low profile and a low F-number. An imaging lens comprises in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with negative refractive power having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region, a second lens with positive refractive power in a paraxial region, a third lens with the negative refractive power in a paraxial region, a fourth lens with the positive refractive power in a paraxial region, a fifth lens having a flat object-side surface and a flat image-side surface that are aspheric, and a sixth lens with the negative refractive power having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2021Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koji Nitta, Masaya Hashimoto