Patents Examined by Hung Dang
  • Patent number: 10139649
    Abstract: An eyewear retention device that comprises two temple retainers connected by a resilient cable, such that when the temple retainers are attached to a pair of eyeglasses and the eyeglasses are worn over the ears of a wearer, the resilient cable extends rearward from the head of the wearer and is suspended off the neck of the wearer. The resilient cable may be tightly wound metal with a smooth plastic outer sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: CABLZ, INC.
    Inventor: Ronald Wade Williams
  • Patent number: 10134441
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and a system for overlaying an image in a video stream. The method comprising steps of: acquiring an image element signature including at least one image element from the video stream; determining whether the image element signature matches an image to be overlaid; and overlaying the image when the image element signature is determined to match the image to be overlaid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhenglong Li, Xuewen Lv, Lijie Zhang
  • Patent number: 10136181
    Abstract: A playback method according to one aspect of the present disclosure is performed by a playback device connected to a display device. The playback method includes obtaining a type of the display device; selecting each of a version of High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) and a version of High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP), according to the obtained type of the display device; obtaining a video signal of content recorded on a recording medium; decoding the obtained video signal; encrypting the decoded video signal using the selected version of HDCP; and outputting the encrypted video signal to the display device using the selected version of HDMI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Kozuka, Tadamasa Toma, Kengo Terada, Takahiro Nishi
  • Patent number: 10130512
    Abstract: An apparatus for covering a left eye and a right eye of a human, includes: a first eye piece configured for covering a left eye of a human; and a second eye piece configured for covering a right eye of the human; wherein the first eye piece and the second eye piece are configured for preventing transmission of visible light; and wherein at least one of the first eye piece and the second eye piece comprises a region that is transparent for electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength range outside a visible range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Natus Medical Incorporated
    Inventor: Thomas Geertsen
  • Patent number: 10130253
    Abstract: A scanning laser ophthalmoscope and a method of operating a scanning laser ophthalmoscope are disclosed. The scanning laser ophthalmoscope includes a light source, a reflective optical system, an x- and y-coordinate scanner, and a refractive lens. The reflective optical system is configured to direct light emitted from the light source through the refractive lens to a user's eye, and to direct light reflected from the user's eye through the refractive lens to the x- and y-coordinate scanner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Austin J. Roorda, Christy K. Sheehy, Pavan Tiruveedhula, William Tuten
  • Patent number: 10135174
    Abstract: A detachable industrial network module, including: a housing in which a plurality of through holes are formed; and a communication module embedded in the housing and including a plurality of terminal portions to be electrically connected to an external device, wherein the through holes of the housing are provided in a lattice pattern and the housing is selectively detachable from or attachable to an outer surface of the actuator module, at least one guide groove is provided in the housing to prevent wiring bundles coupled to the terminal portions of the communication module from interfering with each other, and the communication module is electrically connected to the actuator module by a sub-connector as a medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: ROBOTIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byoung Soo Kim, In Yong Ha, Hyoungchul Nam
  • Patent number: 10128770
    Abstract: An adverse effect on a smoothing capacitor device caused by heat is suppressed. A flow path forming body 240 provided with protruding portions 411, 412 for attaching a capacitor board, a smoothing inductor device 130 mounted on the flow path forming body 240, and a capacitor board 170A on which a smoothing capacitor device 170 is implemented are provided, and the capacitor board 170A is fixed to the protruding portions 411, 412 for attaching the capacitor board, in such a manner that the smoothing capacitor device 170 is away from the flow path forming body 240.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Goto, Yoshiharu Yamashita, Hidenori Shinohara, Tadahiko Chida
  • Patent number: 10123687
    Abstract: A method for selecting an intraocular lens (IOL), to optimize the results of refractive procedures on the eye. According to the invention, the method for selecting the IOL includes: a) determining the required biometrical parameters of the eye; b) using the parameters for a corresponding eye model; c) evaluating, using ray tracing, the data of an IOL to be implanted; d) selecting, on the basis of said data, an IOL to be implanted; and e) repeating the method steps c) and d) for further suitable IOLs. To optimize the method, different measuring methods are used to determine the biometrical parameters, a corresponding patient-specific eye model is identified, and, when selecting the IOL, additional retinal image metrics are taken into consideration alongside the determined data. The method according to the invention permits the optimized selection of a spherical, aspheric, toric or multifocal IOL for implantation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Tobias Bühren, Michael Trost, Christopher Weth, Ferid Bajramovic, Wei-Jun Chen, Martin Volkwardt, Michael Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 10126565
    Abstract: An eyeglass including a first prismatic lens (2), a second prismatic lens (3) and a frame (4) configured to house the first and the second prismatic lenses (2; 3). The first and the second prismatic lenses (2; 3) are low base yoked prisms having a dioptric power, measured in prism diopters, the same for the two lenses and less than 0.25. The first and the second prismatic lenses (2; 3) are oriented in the same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Family Vision Center—VTE S.R.L.
    Inventor: Marco Grassi
  • Patent number: 10123089
    Abstract: A client-server interactive television program guide system is provided. An interactive television program guide client is implemented on user television equipment. The interactive television program guide provides users with an opportunity to define expressions that are processed by the program guide server. The program guide server may provide program guide data, schedules reminders, schedules program recordings, and parentally locks programs based on the expressions. Users' viewing histories may be tracked. The program guide server may analyze the viewing histories and generates viewing recommendations, targets advertising, and collects program ratings information based on the viewing histories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
    Inventors: Michael D. Ellis, Thomas R. Lemmons, William L. Thomas
  • Patent number: 10121509
    Abstract: Authentication of discs occurs by the use of interferometric authentication data. Such authentication data of a data disc is generated based on an interference pattern associated with thickness variations of a material layer on the disc. The interference pattern represents a unique fingerprint that can be used for authentication of individual discs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Alan Bruce Hamersley, John Matthew Town, Holger Hofmann
  • Patent number: 10119806
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a light emitting unit configured to emit light; an optical unit configured to induce an optical influence to the light from the light emitting unit, the optical unit having an astigmatic lens configured to generate astigmatism with a plurality of focal lengths; a detecting unit configured to detect the light emitted in the light emitting unit, radiated outside through the optical unit, and reflected by an object; and a measuring unit configured to measure a distance to the object based on astigmatism generated in the reflection light detected in the detecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Toda
  • Patent number: 10121478
    Abstract: A recording device, such as a video camera, emits audio watermarks (e.g., audible tones, inaudible tones) and records audio watermarks emitted by other recording devices. The audio watermarks provide information (e.g., data) such as an identifier of the camera and the identity of the operate. Audio watermarks may further include time information such as a timestamp indicating the time that the audio watermark was emitted by the camera. Audio watermarks may be emitted and recorded at intervals while recording an incident. A processing system, such as a digital video and audio processing system, may receive video information and recorded watermarks from multiple recording devices. The processing system may use the audio watermarks recorded by each recording device to determine which recording devices were in the vicinity of an incident. The processing system may also use the audio watermarks to align (e.g., synchronize) the video recorded by the various recording devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: TASER INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: James N. Reitz, Patrick W. Smith
  • Patent number: 10114233
    Abstract: Provided herein are optically transparent materials configured to block an appropriate amount of incident blue light, such that when the materials are positioned in the optical path between environmental light and the retina of a user, the optically transparent materials reduce the amount of blue light from the environmental light that reaches the retina of a user. The materials can block an effective amount of blue light to minimize damage to retinal tissue while permitting transmission of an effective amount of maintain acceptable photopic vision, scotopic vision, color vision, and circadian rhythms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: BLUE LIGHT EYE PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventor: Parveen Jaglan
  • Patent number: 10114430
    Abstract: A heat dissipation structure for mobile device includes an element holding member, which has a holding portion and a cooling chip set on the holding portion. The holding portion has a first side and an opposite second side; and the cooling chip has a cold surface and an opposite hot surface. The cooling chip is set on the holding portion with the cold surface and the hot surface being flush with the first and the second side of the holding portion, respectively. The heat dissipation structure can be mounted in a mobile device to quickly cool heat-producing electronic elements in the mobile device, so that any produced heat is guided away from the mobile device without accumulating therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ching-Hang Shen
  • Patent number: 10114230
    Abstract: An eyeglass apparatus comprises left and right eyeglass portions and a link. The link is configured to permit the eyeglass apparatus to transition between an extended configuration and a collapsed configuration. In the extended configuration, the eyeglass apparatus is adapted to be worn by a user in a conventional eyeglass wearing orientation. In the collapsed configuration: an inwardly facing lens face of one of left and right lenses faces an outwardly facing lens face of the other of the left and right lenses; a medial edge portion of the left lens is closer to a medial edge portion of the right lens than to a lateral edge portion of the right lens; and the lateral edge portion of the left lens is closer to the lateral edge portion of the right lens than to the medial edge portion of the right lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: VISOPTICAL, LLC
    Inventor: David R. Porter
  • Patent number: 10111583
    Abstract: Techniques related to vision correction are disclosed. The techniques involve establishing a visual model associated with a patient. The visual model includes data related to a quality of the patient's vision. A boundary is established as a function of the data associated with the visual model. The boundary is indicative of an area to be corrected within the patient's vision. A retinal map is established as a function of the boundary. An image from a camera associated with the patient is captured and corrections are applied to the image based on the retinal map to generate a corrected image. The corrected image is presented to the eye of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Raytrx, LLC
    Inventors: Richard C. Freeman, Michael H. Freeman, Mitchael C. Freeman, Chad Boss, Jordan Boss
  • Patent number: 10116910
    Abstract: Provided is an imaging apparatus which includes: a video reproducer reproducing a video and a heatmap of the video on a display in a selective manner between overlapping the video and the heatmap with each other and displaying the video and the heatmap on different areas, respectively; a sub-heatmap area setter setting a plurality of sub-heat map areas on the heatmap; and a video summarizer providing a video summary of the video selectively to a summary area selected from among the sub-heatmap areas or to an area different from the sub-heatmap areas, respectively, wherein the video reproducer also reproduces a portion of the video corresponding on an interest area selected from among the sub-heatmap areas, and the at least one summary area and the at least one interest area are a same area or different areas in the heatmap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeongeun Lim, Seungin Noh, Eunji Choi
  • Patent number: 10114235
    Abstract: An eyewear system including an eyewear frame and an application module. The eyewear frame including a docking station, and an electronic connector including a first set of preconfigured application connection points. The application module adapted to be mounted to the docking station, and including an electronic device configured to perform a function, and a second set of preconfigured application connection points corresponding to at least some of the first set of preconfigured application connection points. The second set of preconfigured application connection points including at least two different sub-function connections used to support the function of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: e-Vision Smart Optics, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Blum, Yongping Wang, Mark Graham, William Kokonaski
  • Patent number: 10105048
    Abstract: The subject matter of the disclosure relates generally to a MEMS-based position-sensing system and lenses, for example, contact lenses and intra-ocular lenses, manufactured with the position-sensing system employing one or more angular and/or linear accelerometers and/or pressure transducers and methods for detecting position and motion of an eyeball and/or head utilizing the position-sensing contact lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Inventors: Cedric Francois, Mark Salman Humayun