Patents Examined by Grant A Gagnon
  • Patent number: 10670867
    Abstract: An optical stack includes first and second lenses, a partial reflector, a reflective polarizer, and a retarder. The reflective polarizer is curved about two orthogonal axes and includes at least one layer that is substantially optically uniaxial at at least one location. An optical system includes the optical stack disposed between an image surface and an exit surface. The optical system is configured such that substantially any chief ray transmitted from the image surface to the exit surface is first incident on the reflective polarizer at an angle of incidence less than 30 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Zhisheng Yun, Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Timothy L. Wong, Erin A. McDowell, Gregg A. Ambur
  • Patent number: 10670871
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a three-dimensional display apparatus, including: a pixel structure formed by a plurality of sub-pixels, a three-dimensional grating formed by a plurality of strip gratings arranged along a row direction; wherein, the respective sub-pixels in each row of sub-pixels are aligned, the respective sub-pixels in every two adjacent rows of sub-pixels are staggered by a half width of the sub-pixel, in the row direction, and each sub-pixel is different in color from the respective sub-pixels adjacent thereto; the respective strip gratings have a same extension direction and have a certain inclination angle with respect to the row direction; and each strip grating corresponds to at least two sub-pixels, which display different viewpoint images, in each row of sub-pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kun Wu
  • Patent number: 10663717
    Abstract: A system is provided that includes a light source, a first mirror, a second mirror, and a support structure. The light source provides light energy along an optical path extending along an optical axis. The first mirror receives and re-directs the light energy from the light source, and pivots about an azimuth axis. The second mirror receives the re-directed light energy from the first mirror and to re-direct the light energy toward a target through a window. The support structure has a first end and a second end. The first end is mounted at a support rotation point, with the support structure rotating about the support rotation point as the first mirror pivots about the azimuth axis. The second mirror is mounted to the second end of the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Dale Alan Parkes
  • Patent number: 10656409
    Abstract: Provided is an illumination device capable of illuminating a partial range in an illumination range at higher or lower brightness than the other ranges without the need of a complicated processing configuration. The illumination device includes a coherent light source that emits a coherent beam, an optical element 3 including a plurality of diffusion subelements 15-1 to 15-9 each of which guides the coherent beam incident thereon, such that the coherent beam illuminates a corresponding one of illumination object subregions 19-1 to 19-9, and an optical scan unit that guides the coherent beam emitted from the coherent light source and thereby scans the coherent beam on the plurality of diffusion subelements 15-1 to 15-9. The plurality of diffusion subelements 15-1 to 15-9 include diffusion subelements differing in size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Makio Kurashige
  • Patent number: 10642035
    Abstract: The Disclosure concerns a laser projection arrangement and a process for the generation of virtual images, the purpose of which is to present a solution which allows a representation of multiple virtual images in different distances or planes and different points of view and that can be manufactured economically. On the arrangement side, this purpose is solved when one of at least two picture generating units that generate virtual images that differ in their wavelength and/or their polarization is arranged and when a holographic optical element is arranged on or in the projection surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yanning Zhao, Elie Abi Chaaya, Patrick Nebout
  • Patent number: 10641936
    Abstract: A composite film including a first polarizing film, at least one second polarizing film, and at least one first phase compensation film is provided. The first polarizing film has a first transmission axis. Each second polarizing film has a second transmission axis parallel to the first transmission axis. The at least one first phase compensation film is disposed between the first polarizing film and the at least one second polarizing film. Each first phase compensation film has a first optical axis. An orthographic projection of the first optical axis on the first polarizing film is parallel to an axial direction of the first transmission axis, and a first included angle between the first optical axis and the first polarizing film is greater than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees. A display device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Chong-Yang Fang, Wen-Chun Wang, Chi-Wen Chen
  • Patent number: 10642002
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens includes, in an order from an object side to an image side, an aperture, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jianming Wang
  • Patent number: 10613369
    Abstract: A privacy film, a privacy display system, a display substrate and a display device are provided. The privacy film includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer and an adjustment film layer between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. The adjustment film layer includes a plurality of first adjustment units and a plurality of second adjustment units alternately arranged along a first direction, the first adjustment unit has a width larger than that of the second adjustment unit in the first direction; and when the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer are powered on, the first adjustment unit has a light transmittance lower than a first threshold, and the second adjustment unit has a light transmittance higher than a second threshold, and the second threshold is larger or equal to the first threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xin Li
  • Patent number: 10610098
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method to automatically screen images from a plurality of fundus cameras for a plurality of retinal diseases. The system comprises stacked autoencoders, amplitude modulation-frequency modulation filters, and artificial neural networks. An embodiment of the present invention uses a multi-class classifier, such as a support vector machine (multi-class SVM) classifier, to determine a plurality of retinal pathologies. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention is validated on a proprietary database of thousands of images (for example over 250,000 retinal images) from multiple cameras, ranging from the table-top fundus cameras to portable hand-held cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: VISIONQUEST BIOMEDICAL LLC
    Inventors: Peter Soliz, Jeremy Benson, Trilce Estrada
  • Patent number: 10613254
    Abstract: An optical device includes a titanium dioxide substrate layer on a quartz base of a substrate. The substrate is configured to focus light in visible wavelength spectrum of 400 nm to 700 nm. The substrate comprises a first zone and a second zone. In some embodiments, the first zone and the second zone are concentric circles. A plurality of resonators are disposed on the substrate, the plurality of resonators comprising a first plurality corresponding to the first zone and a second plurality corresponding to the second zone. Each resonator is comprised of a dielectric material with a defined thickness “t” in the range of 30 nm to 300 nm. Each resonator has a radius “r” in the range of 30 nm to 300 nm and a gap “g” between adjacent resonators in the range of 5 nm to 200 nm. The first plurality of resonators in the first zone have a first radius within a first radius range that is different from a second radius range of the second plurality of resonators in the second zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: UChicago Argonne, LLC
    Inventors: David A. Czaplewski, Haogang Cai, Daniel Lopez
  • Patent number: 10591750
    Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms for determining a direction of gaze by a user of an ophthalmic device. In an embodiment, at least a portion of a magnetic field is generated by one of the ophthalmic device and an auxiliary reference device while the ophthalmic device is disposed in or on an eye of the user, and while the auxiliary reference device is adhered on the user's skin or under a surface of the skin. The ophthalmic device and the auxiliary reference device interact with each other via a magnetic field, and the interaction is detected with one or more sensors of the ophthalmic device. In another embodiment, the ophthalmic device stores predetermined reference information which corresponds various magnetic field signal characteristics each with a different respective direction of gaze. Based on the sensor information and the reference information, a controller of the ophthalmic device determines a direction in which the eye of the user is gazing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: Anil Kumar Ram Rakhyani, Stephen O'Driscoll
  • Patent number: 10578889
    Abstract: A contact lens product includes a contact lens and a buffer solution. The contact lens is immersed in the buffer solution, and the buffer solution includes a cycloplegic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: LARGAN MEDICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: En-Ping Lin, Wei-Yuan Chen, Chun-Hung Teng
  • Patent number: 10571697
    Abstract: An optic for a head mounted display having a first concave surface, a convex surface, and a second concave surface. The first concave surface receives light incident to its surface and transmits the light. The convex surface reflects light. The second concave surface reflects the light transmitted by the first concave surface and transmits the light reflected by the convex surface so that the light reflected by the convex surface travels through the second concave surface and is emitted outwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Orca West Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Blair Lane Unger, Peter Temple, William Wade Cook, Nathanial Alexander
  • Patent number: 10571795
    Abstract: A stereoscopic light recycling device is provided. A beam splitter is constructed of substantially orthogonally polarizing material on which divergent image light is received and is positioned at an angle to a source of the divergent image light. A phase shifting optic includes a reflective surface coated by a phase shifting film and is positioned at an angle non-perpendicular to at least a portion of the image light from the beam splitter. The angle of the phase shifting optic is dependent on the angle of the beam splitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Lightspeed Design, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris Ward, Robert Mueller, Kirk Melby
  • Patent number: 10558018
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a camera lens. The camera lens including, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens having a negative refractive power, a fifth lens having a positive refractive power, and a sixth lens having a negative refractive power. The camera lens further satisfies specific conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Teraoka
  • Patent number: 10551631
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display panel and a display device. The display panel of the present disclosure comprises matrix-arranged pixel units and a grating provided at a light-exiting surface side of the display panel. The grating comprises light blocking zones and light transmission zones provided alternately in a row, and the light blocking zones and light transmission zones are provided alternately in the order of light blocking zone and light transmission zone in one of two adjacent rows and in the order of light transmission zone and light blocking zone in the other of the two adjacent rows, wherein each of at least one light blocking zone blocks completely a pixel unit. The display panel of the disclosure can solve the problem of the moire phenomenon which is caused by the overlap of directions of the light blocking zones of the grating and the black matrix of the existing display panel. In addition, the display effect of the display panel of the disclosure is better.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haoyuan Fan, Qian Wu
  • Patent number: 10545269
    Abstract: A diffractive optical element prevents degradation of the optical performance of the element due to moisture absorption of the resin layers from taking place and also can prevent cracks of the resin layers and peeling of the resin layers along the interface thereof from taking place in a hot environment or in a cold environment. The diffractive optical element comprises a first layer and a second layer sequentially laid on a substrate, a diffraction grating being formed at the interface of the first layer and the second layer, the height d of the diffraction grating, the average film thickness t1 of the first layer and the average film thickness t2 of the second layer satisfying the relationship requirements expressed by the expressions of 1.1×d?t1?50 ?m and 30 ?m?t2?(400 ?m?t1?d).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Maiko Niwa
  • Patent number: 10545310
    Abstract: A lens driving apparatus includes a holder, a cover, a carrier, a first magnet, a coil, a spring, two second magnets and a hall sensor. The holder includes an opening hole. The cover is made of metal material and coupled to the holder. The carrier is movably disposed in the cover, and for coupling to a lens. The first magnet is connected to an inner side of the cover. The coil is wound around an outer side of the carrier, and adjacent to the first magnet. The spring is coupled to the carrier. The second magnets are disposed on one end of the carrier which is toward the holder. The hall sensor is for detecting a magnetic field of any one of the second magnets, wherein the magnetic field is varied according to a relative displacement between the hall sensor and the second magnet which is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chun-Yi Lu, Te-Sheng Tseng, Wen-Hung Hsu
  • Patent number: 10545267
    Abstract: Provided are an optical diffusion film composed of a single layer, for which the optical diffusion incident angle region can be effectively expanded, and even when the incident angle of incident light is varied within the optical diffusion incident angle region, changes in the optical diffusion characteristics can be effectively suppressed; and a method for manufacturing the optical diffusion film. Disclosed is an optical diffusion film having, inside the film, a single optical diffusion layer having a first internal structure and a second internal structure, each of which include a plurality of regions having a relatively high refractive index in a region having a relatively low refractive index, sequentially from the lower part along the film thickness direction, and the regions having a relatively high refractive index in the first internal structure have a bent section at an intermediate point along the film thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: LINTEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro Kusama, Baku Katagiri, Kenta Tomioka, Tomoo Orui, Satoru Shoshi
  • Patent number: 10545355
    Abstract: A spectacle ophthalmic lens having a front surface and a back surface, the spectacle ophthalmic lens including a nasal lateral zone and a temporal lateral zone, wherein the front surface includes a progressive or regressive front surface which provides at least a magnifying function in the nasal and/or the temporal lateral zone of the lens, and wherein the back surface substantially compensates dioptric effects of the magnifying function of the progressive or regressive front surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventor: Cyril Guilloux