Patents Examined by James C. Jones
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Patent number: 11852789Abstract: An optical imaging system includes five lenses in which a first lens includes a positive refractive power and a concave object-side surface, and a second lens includes a positive refractive power and a concave image-side surface. The first to fifth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side to an image side.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hag Chul Kim
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Patent number: 11846823Abstract: The optical system includes a base having a groove and an adjacent slot therein. The system also includes at least one optical cell slidably alignable along the groove, and at least one clamp comprising a lower end and an upper end. The lower end is slidably alignable along the slot and is secured at a set location so that the upper end secures the at least one optical cell along the groove. The slot may extend parallel to the groove. The clamp may include at least one preloaded fastener arrangement securing the lower end of the clamp to the base. The preloaded fastener may include a bolt, a spring biasing the bolt, and a threaded backing plate within the slot and receiving the bolt.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: EAGLE TECHNOLOGY, LLCInventors: Richard Spencer, Carrigan L. Braun, Christopher A. Corey, Randall K. Morse, Peter A. Wasilousky
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Patent number: 11846785Abstract: A diffraction optical waveguide, a grating structure, and a display device are disclosed. An arrangement period of a grating line of the grating structure is T and the grating line has a cross-sectional profile with a narrow top and a wide bottom. The cross-sectional profile includes five feature points, which respectively have coordinates (0, 0), (L2, H2), (L3, H3), (L4, H4), (L5, 0), and satisfy: 0.2T?L2<L3<L4?L5?T; L3?0.8T; L3?L2?0.1T; L4?0.8T; 0?H2??; 0.2??H3??; 0.6??H4?1.8?; max(H2, H3)?H4; ?0.6??H3?H2?0.6?, 0.6??H3+H2?1.8?; 0.5?/T?H3/L3?2?/T, where ? is a wavelength. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the cross-sectional profile can be adjusted by controlling parameters of the feature points, the optical effect is improved and degrees of freedom in design and regulation are increased.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2023Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: JIAXING UPHOTON OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Guofang Sun, Peng Chen, Lei Sui, Kehan Tian
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Patent number: 11846789Abstract: A zoom lens module is provided and includes a liquid lens, a rigid lens, and an actuator. The liquid lens has two side surfaces opposite to each other. An optical axis of the liquid lens passes through the two side surfaces, and at least one of two side surfaces is a deformable side surface. The rigid lens has a shaping surface being not flat. The rigid lens is arranged inside or outside the liquid lens, and the shaping surface faces the deformable side surface. The actuator is connected to one of the liquid lens and the rigid lens to drive the deformable side surface and the shaping surface to move relative to each other, so that the shaping surface contacts and presses the deformable side surface to be deformed.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: GUANGZHOU LUXVISIONS INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Cheng-Te Tseng, Sheng-Chieh Yang
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Patent number: 11844573Abstract: The technology described herein is directed to a fundus camera and, more specifically, to a fundus camera having a display that projects active visual alignment stimuli onto an eye of an examinee via one or more components of an optimal assembly. The active visual alignment stimuli are dynamically adjusted to guide an examinee toward optical alignment for fundus imaging.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLCInventors: Ryan Kramer, Sam Kavusi, Eliezer Glik, Seung Ah Lee, Chinmay Belthangady
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Patent number: 11846831Abstract: The present disclosure provides eyeglasses including: an eyeglass rim; an eyeglass temple, the eyeglass temple comprising a control circuit or a battery; a rotating shaft, the rotating shaft being configured to connect the eyeglass rim and the eyeglass temple, so that the eyeglass rim and the eyeglass temple are relatively rotated around the rotating shaft, and the rotating shaft being disposed with a rotating shaft wiring channel along an axial direction; a connection wire, the connection wire passing through the rotating shaft wiring channel and extending to the eyeglass rim and the eyeglass temple, respectively; and a loud speaking component, the loud speaking component comprising an earphone core, the loud speaking component being connected to the eyeglass temple, the control circuit or battery in the eyeglass temple driving the earphone core to vibrate to generate a sound through the connection wire, and the sound comprising at least two formants.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.Inventors: Yueqiang Wang, Haofeng Zhang, Yongjian Li, Yunbin Chen, Fen You, Lei Zhang
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Patent number: 11846776Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 21, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Akio Misawa, Nozomu Shimoda, Kazuomi Kaneko, Koji Hirata, Toshinori Sugiyama
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Patent number: 11839357Abstract: A filter assembly is configured to optically couple a camera head to an endoscope. The filter assembly includes a first end adapted to be removably coupled to the camera head and a second end opposite and spaced apart from the first end, the second end adapted to be removably coupled to the endoscope. The filter assembly includes an optic housing disposed between the first end and the second end, the optic housing includes an optical path length maximizer and a first window. The first window has a first surface that is angled with respect to a plane that is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the optic housing so as to minimize a narcissus reflection within the optic housing and an optical filter to reject laser irradiation.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2020Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: KARL STORZ Imaging, Inc.Inventors: William H. Meyer, Christopher Zimmer
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Patent number: 11826104Abstract: A gonioscopic attachment can attach to a gonioscope and can include atraumatic retention elements that are configured to engage an eye to retain the gonioscope relative to the eye. The gonioscopic attachment can be configured to position the gonioscope so that at least a portion of the concave distal surface of the gonioscopic optical element is spaced apart from the eye, and/or so that the curvature of the distal surface is angularly offset from the curvature of the eye. The gonioscope can include a fixation point configured to be visible to the subject when the gonioscope is positioned on the eye. In some embodiments, the retention elements can be incorporated directly into the gonioscope. A coupling mechanism can couple the gonioscope to a lid speculum. The gonioscope can include a light pipe, which can be configured to directly light into the eye.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Glaukos CorporationInventors: Charles Raymond Kalina, Jr., Thomas W. Burns, Chris Calcaterra, Edward Collins, Timothy McCauley, David S. Haffner, Steven M. Henderson
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Patent number: 11829000Abstract: An optical apparatus includes a first driver configured to move a focus lens in an optical axis direction, a second driver configured to move a first driver in the optical axis direction, and a controller configured to control driving of the first driver according to a moving amount of the first driver by the second driver.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Taiki Homma, Satoshi Maruyama
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Patent number: 11828846Abstract: A LIDAR system includes a laser source configured to emit an optical beam; a detector module configured to receive and analyze the reflected optical signals; a scanning module having one or more scanning elements configured to control the direction of the optical beam with an acousto-optic deflector (AOD), wherein the AOD includes: an optical element having a surface with one or more steps formed thereon; a conductive layer formed on the surface with the steps; one or more crystals secured to each step; and electrodes positioned on each surface of each crystal.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2023Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: IntraAction Corp.Inventors: Khanh Le, John Lekavich, Bao Tran
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Patent number: 11828999Abstract: A lens barrel includes an optical element, a holding member configured to hold the optical element on an inner surface of the holding member, and an adhesive with which a side surface of the optical element and the inner surface of the holding member are adhered to each other. A hole is formed in the holding member from an outer surface toward the inner surface of the holding member. The adhesive is injected in the hole. A groove is formed in the inner surface of the holding member. The groove communicates with the hole. A fitting portion on the inner surface of the holding member disposed on an outer side of the groove is fitted to the side surface of the optical element.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Daichi Kamo
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Patent number: 11828928Abstract: An optical system for restoring a natural image combined with a digital image, in order to characterise and highlight the objects represented on the natural image. The optical system includes an objective lens, an eyepiece, a semi-reflective plate, a processing unit, capturing capabilities and restoring capabilities. Other embodiments relate to a method for producing such a digital image.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2023Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: UNISTELLARInventors: Arnaud Malvache, Antonin Borot, Benjamin Lefaudeux, Laurent Marfisi
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Patent number: 11822156Abstract: A loupe apparatus includes a support, a post coupled to the support, and a lens holder rotatably coupled to the post. The lens holder is rotatable around an axis of the post. The lens holder includes an arm, an extension coupled to the arm with a ball and socket joint, and a lens coupled to the extension.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Inventor: Salvador Ruiz
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Patent number: 11822148Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first obtaining unit configured to obtain optical information about an image capturing apparatus including an imaging optical system including at least one movable lens movable in an optical axis direction, a second obtaining unit configured to obtain orientation information indicating an orientation of a lens barrel holding the imaging optical system, a third obtaining unit configured to obtain installation information indicating an installation direction of the image capturing apparatus, and a control unit configured to control a position of the movable lens based on the optical information, the orientation information, and the installation information.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroaki Kimura
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Patent number: 11822160Abstract: A phase modulation active device and a method of driving the phase modulation active device are provided. The phase modulation active device includes channels independently modulating a phase of incident light. The method includes selecting a first phase value and a second phase value to be used for the channels, setting a binary phase profile by allocating the selected first phase value or the selected second phase value to each of the channels quasi-periodically, in a sequence in which the channels are arranged, and driving the phase modulation active device, based on the set binary phase profile.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Duhyun Lee, Changgyun Shin, Jisoo Kyoung, Byounglyong Choi
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Patent number: 11815732Abstract: A liquid lens apparatus includes a first substrate and a sensor. The first substrate has first and second opposing surfaces, a central portion, and a peripheral portion outside of the central portion. The sensor is formed lithographically on either the first or second surfaces of the peripheral portion of the first substrate such that the sensor is on an exterior surface of the liquid lens apparatus. The sensor is configured to detect a temperature of the liquid lens apparatus to enable compensation for thermal expansion or contraction of the liquid lens apparatus resulting from changes in temperature of the liquid lens apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignees: CORNING INCORPORATED, LG INNOTEK CO. LTD.Inventors: Christian Daniel Gutleben, Shiwen Liu, Nicholas James Pfister, Ernesto Sanchez, Jr.
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Patent number: 11815669Abstract: A lens includes a first surface, a second surface opposed to the first surface, a first outer circumferential part disposed at an outer circumferential side of the first surface, a second outer circumferential part disposed at an outer circumferential side of the second surface, three or more first reference parts provided to the first outer circumferential part, three or more second reference parts provided to the second outer circumferential part, and a first reference surface disposed at an outer circumferential side of the first outer circumferential part and the second outer circumferential part. The first surface and the second surface have a common design axis. A first imaginary plane including the first reference parts and a second imaginary plane including the second reference parts are perpendicular to the design axis respectively. The first reference surface extends in parallel to the design axis.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Eiji Morikuni, Takuro Fushimi
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Patent number: 11815667Abstract: An optical image capturing system comprising, 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 negative refractive power has a concave image-side surface. The second lens element, the third lens element and the fourth lens element have refractive power. The fifth lens element has refractive power. The sixth lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region and includes at least one convex shape in an off-axial region, wherein the surfaces thereof are aspheric. The seventh lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region and includes at least one convex shape in an off-axial region, wherein the surfaces thereof are aspheric.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.Inventors: Lin-Yao Liao, Dung-Yi Hsieh, Wei-Yu Chen
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Patent number: 11809026Abstract: The invention relates to an ophthalmic lens (1) for a pair of sunglasses, said ophthalmic lens including at least one substrate (13), the lens (1) having a transmission spectrum such that: the transmittance at wavelengths shorter than 380 nm is lower than 1%; the spectrum includes a first transmittance maximum (MAX-1) having a transmittance higher than 8% between 390 nm and 420 nm; the spectrum includes a first transmittance minimum (MIN-1) between 426 nm and 440 nm; the transmittance between 450 nm and 500 nm is higher than 10%; the spectrum includes between 570 nm and 595 nm a second transmittance minimum (MIN-2); the spectrum includes between 590 nm and 620 nm a second transmittance maximum (MAX-2); the spectrum includes in the wavelength range comprised between 620 nm and 640 nm a third transmittance minimum (MIN-3); the transmittance at wavelengths longer than 640 nm is higher than 14%.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: BNL EUROLENSInventor: Sébastien Martins