Patents Examined by James C. Jones
  • Patent number: 12216326
    Abstract: An optical member driving mechanism for connecting an optical member is provided, including a fixed portion and a first adhesive member. The fixed portion includes a first member and a second member, wherein the first member is fixedly connected to the second member via the first adhesive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Hsiang-Chin Lin, Shou-Jen Liu, Guan-Bo Wang, Kai-Po Fan, Chan-Jung Hsu, Shao-Chung Chang, Shih-Wei Hung, Ming-Chun Hsieh, Wei-Pin Chin, Sheng-Zong Chen, Yu-Huai Liao, Sin-Hong Lin, Wei-Jhe Shen, Tzu-Yu Chang, Kun-Shih Lin, Che-Hsiang Chiu, Sin-Jhong Song
  • Patent number: 12216267
    Abstract: Systems and methods for adjusting one or more properties of a deformable lens are described herein. The deformable lens includes a photoswitch material that, when irradiated by a radiation, causes a curvature of a surface of the deformable lens to change from a first curvature to a second curvature based on the intensity of the radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Shailesh N. Joshi, Ercan Mehmet Dede
  • Patent number: 12213894
    Abstract: A portable device, method and system are provided for automated, quantitative assessment of orbital compliance and soft tissue restriction with emphasis on applicability to orbital trauma and fracture management is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Benjamin Peter Erickson, Henry Bair
  • Patent number: 12216252
    Abstract: An optical photographing lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has refractive power. The third lens element has refractive power. The fourth lens element has refractive power. The fifth lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof, wherein an object-side surface and the image-side surface of the fifth lens element are both aspheric. The sixth lens element with refractive power has an object-side surface and an image-side surface being both aspheric. The optical photographing lens assembly has a total of six lens elements with refractive power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wei-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 12210142
    Abstract: A photographing optical lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. The first lens element with refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. Each second, third, fourth and fifth lens element has refractive power. The sixth lens element with negative refractive power has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof, and both of the surfaces of the sixth lens element are aspheric. The seventh lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, wherein the image-side surface has at least one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wei-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 12210230
    Abstract: Eyewear dynamically adjusts viewing effects to match the wearer, the object or scene being viewed (luminance, color prominence, glare, visual blur/noise), other conditions: sensory parameters (gaze direction, focal length, eye gestures, other eye activity, other senses, wearer inputs), medical conditions, wearer location, environmental parameters, wearer activity, use by the wearer, the wearer's field of view. The eyewear can adjust visual features presented to the wearer, such as changes in refraction, polarization/shading, color, prismatic angles/functions, 3D displays. Eyewear can be tailored to form factor: glasses, contacts, RID, IOL, facemask/helmet, vehicles, windows, screens, scopes, AR/VR devices, nerve sensors, external devices. Eyewear can adjust refraction, polarization/shading, color filtering/injection, false coloring, color change; prismatic angles/functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Percept Technologies
    Inventor: Scott W Lewis
  • Patent number: 12204169
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lens driving apparatus. The lens driving apparatus includes a base formed at a center thereof with a first opening; a housing coupled with the base and having a second opening corresponding to the first opening; a yoke installed on the base and including a horizontal plate having a third opening corresponding to the first opening and a vertical plate protruding upward from the horizontal plate; a bobbin movably installed in the yoke and coupled with a lens module; a coil fixedly disposed around the bobbin; a plurality of magnets provided at the vertical plate of the yoke to face the coil; and a spring installed on at least one of upper and lower portions of the yoke to return the bobbin, which has moved up due to interaction between the magnet and the coil, to its initial position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Sang Jun Min, Sang Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 12204090
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical device (1), comprising: a container (10) enclosing an internal space (11) of the container (10), the internal space (11) being filled with a transparent liquid (12), wherein the container (10) comprises a transparent and elastically deformable membrane (13) delimiting said internal space (11) at least partially, wherein the container (10) further comprises a transparent rigid optical element (2) being connected to said membrane (13), the rigid optical element (2) comprising an optical surface (20) facing the membrane (13), the rigid optical element (2) being configured to receive light (L) for passing the light (L) through the transparent liquid (12) residing in the internal space (11) of the container (10), wherein the optical device (1) further comprises a supporting structure (3) supporting the rigid optical element (2) so that the rigid optical element (2) is tiltable about at least a first tilting axis (X) extending along said optical surface (20) of the rigid
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: OPTOTUNE SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Stephan Smolka, Johannes Haase
  • Patent number: 12204163
    Abstract: An optical system affixed to an electronic apparatus is provided, including a first optical module, a second optical module, and a third optical module. The first optical module is configured to adjust the moving direction of a first light from a first moving direction to a second moving direction, wherein the first moving direction is not parallel to the second moving direction. The second optical module is configured to receive the first light moving in the second moving direction. The first light reaches the third optical module via the first optical module and the second optical module in sequence. The third optical module includes a first photoelectric converter configured to transform the first light into a first image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Chao-Chang Hu, Chih-Wei Weng, Chia-Che Wu, Chien-Yu Kao, Hsiao-Hsin Hu, He-Ling Chang, Chao-Hsi Wang, Chen-Hsien Fan, Che-Wei Chang, Mao-Gen Jian, Sung-Mao Tsai, Wei-Jhe Shen, Yung-Ping Yang, Sin-Hong Lin, Tzu-Yu Chang, Sin-Jhong Song, Shang-Yu Hsu, Meng-Ting Lin, Shih-Wei Hung, Yu-Huai Liao, Mao-Kuo Hsu, Hsueh-Ju Lu, Ching-Chieh Huang, Chih-Wen Chiang, Yu-Chiao Lo, Ying-Jen Wang, Shu-Shan Chen, Che-Hsiang Chiu
  • Patent number: 12204104
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a head-up display apparatus further reduced in size, the head-up display apparatus having: an image display apparatus including a light source and a display element; and a virtual image optical system in which light emitted from the image display apparatus is reflected by a windshield or a combiner of the vehicle so that a virtual image is displayed in front of the vehicle, wherein the virtual image optical system has a concave mirror and a distortion correcting lens, and the distortion correcting lens is disposed between the image display apparatus and the concave mirror, the concave mirror is disposed in a housing including an outer case along a shape of an effective light path area of the image light from the image display apparatus, and the image display apparatus is attached to part of an outer periphery of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Akio Misawa, Nozomu Shimoda, Kazuomi Kaneko, Koji Hirata, Toshinori Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 12204117
    Abstract: A camera unit includes a liquid lens, a motor and a solid lens. The liquid lens includes a fixed body and a support body spaced apart from the fixed body. The liquid lens has a first optical axis. The motor includes a mover assembly and a stator assembly. The mover assembly has a first end fixedly connected to the support body and is movable along the first optical axis relative to the stator assembly to adjust curvature of the liquid lens. The stator assembly has a second end fixedly connected to the fixed body. The solid lens is fixed to the stator assembly and has a second optical axis coinciding with the first optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hui Wang, Zongbao Yang, Yan Zheng
  • Patent number: 12204180
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a biomarker-responsive bifocal contact lens comprising a monovision contact lens having a first focal length and a Fresnel contact lens having a second focal length, wherein the Fresnel contact lens comprises a biomarker-responsive hydrogel, and wherein the Fresnel contact lens is disposed on an outer surface of the monovision contact lens, wherein an optical characteristic of the Fresnel contact lens changes in response to the biomarker concentration in the ocular fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Khalifa University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Haider Butt, Mohamed Elsherif
  • Patent number: 12204162
    Abstract: An optical system for aligning various avionics sensors and displays includes an aircraft having a nose section, a forward fuselage section, and an aft fuselage section, and at least one of a sensor, a display, a sensor substitute, and a display substitute. A laser is attached to a side of the aft section of the fuselage, and is directed toward a corresponding laser target on a laser target board. The laser target board is mounted on a frame and is positioned a distance away from the aircraft, and includes a plurality of laser targets. Between the laser target board and the laser is a reference plate which includes an aperture through which a beam from the laser passes. With the laser aligned with its respective laser target, the relative position of the sensor, display, sensor substitute, or display substitute is determined relative to known positions on the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Lonnie Dean Moses, Lawrence Anthony Meyer
  • Patent number: 12201455
    Abstract: A system is provided for determining a risk indicator for myopia. The system comprises a wearable device configured to be attached to a body of a user. The wearable device comprises at least one distance sensor configured to determine at least a first distance value indicative of a distance between the wearable device and an object located in a central vision zone of the user and a second distance value indicative of a distance between the wearable device and an object located in a peripheral vision zone of the user. The system further comprises a control unit configured to determine, based on the first distance value and the second distance value, a risk indicator for myopia. Further, a method and a computer program product are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision GmbH
    Inventors: Pavel Zakharov, Daniel Ian Flitcroft, Michael Mrochen
  • Patent number: 12204176
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a mounting tool that makes it possible to sense the position or the orientation of the head in a natural state without impairing the wearing feeling or the appearance. The nose pad of the glasses comes into contact with and fixes the nose, which is the frontal region of the user, an ear hook including an insertion portion that allows the temple of the glasses to be inserted and fixed comes into contact with and fixes an ear, the occipital region fixing unit configured integrally with the ear hook comes into contact with and fixes the occipital region while holding the sensor device that detects the position and the orientation of the head of the user, the occipital region upper portion fixing unit comes into contact with and fixes the occipital region, an insertion portion that allows the temple of the glasses to be inserted is provided, and the occipital region upper portion is fixed. The present disclosure can be applied to motion capture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Amano, Yasutaka Fukumoto, Naofumi Fukasawa
  • Patent number: 12196946
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an eyepiece extender for an ophthalmic microscope, such as a slit lamp microscope. The eyepiece extender comprises certain lens designs and arrangements and provides ergonomic improvement to a user of the ophthalmic microscope and accommodates different magnifications, such as high and low magnifications, while preserving image fidelity for each magnification such that the image is essentially distortion free and color corrected in each magnification instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Inventor: Ronald Michael Caronia
  • Patent number: 12193746
    Abstract: A handheld, portable devices with integrated artificial intelligence (AI) configured to assess a patient's body part to detect a disease and methods of operating such devices are disclosed. In some cases, a device can be a retina camera configured to assess a patient's retina and, by using an on-board AI retinal disease detection system, provide real-time analysis and diagnosis of the patient's retina. Easy and comfortable visualization of the patient's retina can be facilitated using such retina camera, which can be placed over the patient's eye, display the retina image on a high-resolution display, analyze a captured image by the on-board AI system, and provide determination of presence of a disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: AI Optics Inc.
    Inventors: Luke Michael Moretti, Andrew DiGiore
  • Patent number: 12197098
    Abstract: Controllers and control methods apply a drive voltage to bus bars of a thin film optically switchable device. The applied drive voltage is provided at a level that drives a transition over the entire surface of the optically switchable device but does not damage or degrade the device. This applied voltage produces an effective voltage at all locations on the face of the device that is within a bracketed range. The upper bound of this range is associated with a voltage safely below the level at which the device may experience damage or degradation impacting its performance in the short term or the long term. At the lower boundary of this range is an effective voltage at which the transition between optical states of the device occurs relatively rapidly. The level of voltage applied between the bus bars is significantly greater than the maximum value of the effective voltage within the bracketed range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: View, Inc.
    Inventors: Anshu A. Pradhan, Disha Mehtani, Gordon Jack
  • Patent number: 12194699
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing embedded hydrogel contact lenses involving a set of 3-mold halves consisting essentially of: one female lens mold half having a molding surface defining the anterior surface of a contact lens; one male lens mold half having a molding surface defining the posterior surface of the contact lens; and an insert mold half having a molding surface defining one of the front and back surfaces of an insert. One of the lens mold halves is used twice: first with the insert mold half for molding an insert during first curing process and then with the other lens mold half for molding an embedded hydrogel contact lens with the molded insert embedded partially or fully therein during second curing process. The invention also relates to embedded hydrogel contact lenses produced from a method of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Zahra Bassampour, Chandana Kolluru, Steve Yun Zhang, Junhao Ge, Yang Zheng, Cornelius Daniel Niculas, David Andrew Icenogle, Jing Cheng, Yuan Chang, Augustine Twum Kumi, Michelle Plavnik
  • Patent number: 12189208
    Abstract: A lens control device includes a processor that performs a control of generating image data for each of first wavelength range light and second wavelength range light by an image sensor, in which the processor estimates a first focus position of a focus lens for the first wavelength range light based on a first focus evaluation value determined in accordance with the image data of the first wavelength range light, estimates a second focus position of the focus lens for the first wavelength range light based on a second focus evaluation value determined in accordance with the image data of the second wavelength range light, and performs a control of moving the focus lens along an optical axis based on the first focus position in a case in which a comparison result obtained by comparing the first focus position with the second focus position satisfies a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko Sugimoto, Shinichi Shimotsu, Toshihiro Aoi, Tetsuya Fujikawa