Patents Examined by James C. Jones
  • Patent number: 11740458
    Abstract: A projector system in a head mounted display (HMD). The projector system includes a microscopic mirror. A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) is coupled to the microscopic mirror. The MEMS is configured to tilt the microscopic mirror at a varying scan angle in a first periodic fashion along a single scanning axis. A rotary platform is coupled to the microscopic mirror. The rotary platform is configured to rotate the microscopic mirror about a rotation axis in a second periodic fashion. A light emitter is configured to direct light into the mirror. The light emitter is configured to be modulated based on the position of the microscopic mirror due to the microscopic mirror being tilted along the scanning axis and rotated about the rotary axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Tapani Matias Alasaarela, Simo Kaarlo Tapani Tammela
  • Patent number: 11740538
    Abstract: A lens driving module includes a base, a frame fixedly connected to the base, and a holder configured to connect an optical lens. The holder is movable relative to the base. The lens driving module also includes a reflecting element configured to reflect light from a light incident direction to a first direction. The first direction is perpendicular to the light incident direction, and the first direction is parallel to an optical axis of the optical lens. The lens driving module further includes a first electromagnetic driving assembly configured to force the holder to move along the first direction relative to the base. The lens driving module has multiple recesses formed on the base and arranged along the first direction. The lens driving module includes multiple the rolling elements disposed on the recesses, and the holder is moved relative to the base via the rolling elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Cheng-Kai Yu, Chen-Hsien Fan, Chao-Chang Hu, Shu-Shan Chen, Chih-Wei Weng
  • Patent number: 11740441
    Abstract: An optical imaging lens includes six lens elements. The object-side surface of the first lens element has a convex part in a vicinity of the periphery of the first lens element, the image-side surface of the second lens element has a concave part in a vicinity of the periphery of the first lens element, the object-side surface of the third lens element has a convex part in a vicinity of the optical axis, the image-side surface of the fourth lens element has a convex part in a vicinity of the periphery of the fourth lens element, the image-side surface of the fifth lens element has a concave part in a vicinity of the optical axis, and the sixth lens element has negative refractive power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Genius Electronic Optical (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih-Han Chen, Huabin Liao, Changlin Zhao
  • Patent number: 11733548
    Abstract: The invention relates to spectacles, systems and methods for visibility enhancement, including by glare suppression. The spectacles, systems and methods for visibility enhancement includes spectacles and a spectacle lens having a liquid crystal cell (LC), the transmission (TR) of which may be varied by a suitable control and the liquid crystal cell (LC) designed so that the transmission (TR) of the liquid crystal cell (LC) may be switched between high and low transmission states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Inoptec Limited Zweigniederlassung Deutschland
    Inventor: Ralf G. J. Knoll
  • Patent number: 11733517
    Abstract: The purpose is to provide a higher-quality three-dimensional image with a downsized optical system that does not need interpupillary adjustment. An ocular optical system according to the present disclosure includes, on an optical path viewed from an observer side, at least: a first polarization member; a mirror; a second polarization member; and an image display device in this order. A polarized state in the first polarization member and a polarized state in the second polarization member are orthogonal to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Nagae, Takeshi Hatakeyama, Ichiro Tsujimura
  • Patent number: 11733476
    Abstract: An optical imaging lens, sequentially including at least one lens element and an optical ring element from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, is provided. The optical ring element is located on a side of the lens element closest to the image side and facing the image side, and has an object-side bearing surface facing the object side and in contact with the closest lens element. The object-side bearing surface has an object-side outer periphery and an object-side inner periphery, and the object-side inner periphery is located between the optical axis and the object-side outer periphery. The object-side bearing surface has at least one groove, and the at least one groove extends to the object-side inner periphery along a radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: GENIUS ELECTRONIC OPTICAL (XIAMEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kun Xu, Zhenmu Chen, Haibin Zhan, Qiya Lin, Zhizhong Ji
  • Patent number: 11733478
    Abstract: A lens barrel is removeably attachable to an image pickup unit, wherein a large amount of shake can be corrected. This lens barrel includes a mounting part that is removeably attachable to an image pickup unit, including: an image forming optical system that forms a subject image for the image pickup unit; a support unit that supports at least a portion of the image forming optical system; and a fixed unit that is disposed outside of the support unit and that is fixed to the mounting unit. The support part is relatively rotatable and moveable with respect to the fixed unit, about at least two axes which are substantially orthogonal to the light axis of the image forming optical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Nagaoka, Kunihiko Shimizu, Teppei Okuyama, Noriyasu Kotani, Hisanori Togawa
  • Patent number: 11733479
    Abstract: An embodiment provides an imaging lens comprising first to fourth lenses that are sequentially arranged from an object side towards an image side and satisfying mathematical formula 1, wherein the first lens has negative refractive power, the second lens and the third lens have positive refractive power, and the fourth lens has negative refractive power. ?40.0<R1+R2<?20.0 where R1 is the curvature radius of the object side surface of the first lens, and R2 is the curvature radius of the image side surface of the first lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kyung Tae Kim
  • Patent number: 11724964
    Abstract: Window units, for example insulating glass units (IGU's), that have at least two panes, each pane having an electrochromic device thereon, are described. Two optical state devices on each pane of a dual-pane window unit provide window units having four optical states. Window units described allow the end user a greater choice of how much light is transmitted through the electrochromic window. Also, by using two or more window panes, each with its own electrochromic device, registered in a window unit, visual defects in any of the individual devices are negated by virtue of the extremely small likelihood that any of the visual defects will align perfectly and thus be observable to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: View, Inc.
    Inventors: Robin Friedman, Sridhar Karthik Kailasam, Rao Mulpuri, Ronald A. Powell, Dhairya Shrivastava
  • Patent number: 11719952
    Abstract: Implementations disclosed describe a collimator assembly having a collimator housing that includes an interface configured to optically couple to a process chamber that has a target surface, and a port to receive an optical fiber to deliver, to an enclosure formed by the collimator housing, a first (second) plurality of spectral components of light belonging to a first (second) range of wavelengths, and an achromatic lens located, at least partially, within the enclosure formed by the collimator housing, the achromatic lens to direct the first (second) plurality of spectral components of light onto the target surface to illuminate a first (second) region on the target surface, wherein the second region is substantially the same as the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Pengyu Han, John Anthony O'Malley, Michael N. Grimbergen, Lei Lian, Upendra Ummethala, Michael Kutney
  • Patent number: 11719926
    Abstract: Provided herein is a modulating retroreflective multilayer film comprising retroreflective elements, a piezoelectric layer, a photovoltaic layer, and an energy storage device. The stacked and transparent layered configuration of the film allows the retroreflective elements and the photovoltaic layer to be simultaneously illuminated by a narrow beam. The low power piezoelectric layer and the energy harvesting of the photovoltaic layer allow the retroreflector to be energetically self-sufficient and suitable for remote deployment. The flexible properties of the component layers allow the retroreflector to be adhered to nonplanar or irregular surfaces for the purpose of labeling and tagging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Inventor: Andrew Simon Filo
  • Patent number: 11714298
    Abstract: A system, method for creating an optical device, and a device to enhance human color vision are disclosed. The system, method for creating the optical device, and device include a substrate, a plurality of thin film layers provided on the substrate, the plurality of thin film layers including materials creating thin film-specific reflectance spectra based on selected pluralities of materials each having their on respective refractive index, and a plurality of colorant layers applied to the plurality of thin film layers, the plurality of colorant layers including at least one colorant, the colorant created based on colorant-specific absorption spectra as defined by selected concentrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: HUE.AI, LLC
    Inventor: Keenan Valentine
  • Patent number: 11714268
    Abstract: A variable magnification optical system includes, in order from an object side, a first lens group having positive refractive power; a second lens group having negative refractive power; and a third lens group having positive refractive power; upon zooming from a wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state, a distance between the first lens group and the second lens group and a distance between the second lens group and the third lens group being varied. The variable magnification optical system further includes a V lens group GV having negative refractive power and being moved to have a component in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and an F lens group GF having positive refractive power and being moved along the optical axis upon focusing from an infinitely distant object to a close object, the V lens group GV being disposed on the more object side than the F lens group GF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Sashima, Akihiko Obama
  • Patent number: 11709407
    Abstract: An electro-active device is disclosed that may comprise a buffer immobilized on one or more films. The electro-active device may comprise a first substrate, a second substrate, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The first and second substrates may be disposed in a spaced apart relationship. Further, the first electrode may be associated with the first substrate and the second electrode may be associated with the second substrate. Additionally, a cathodic film may be associated with one electrode and an anodic film may be associated with the other electrode. The anodic film may comprise an anodic compound immobilized thereon and the cathodic film likewise may comprise a cathodic compound immobilized thereon. Further, a buffer component may be immobilized on the cathodic film and/or the anodic film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: GENTEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven D. Looman, Kelvin L. Baumann, Sue F. Franz
  • Patent number: 11707403
    Abstract: Systems and methods for treatment of abnormal visual development, including at least the steps of establishing determined metrics for a patient, wherein the determined metrics include at least a diameter and a distance of the patient’s scotoma and/or the patient’s fostoma; providing, based on the determined metrics, one or more visual therapy elements; and displaying, via an electronic device, visual representations of the one or more visual therapy elements, wherein the one or more visual therapy elements comprise visual complications and/or movements of a scotoma image and/or a fostoma image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Inventor: Sandeep Samudre
  • Patent number: 11709296
    Abstract: A removable lens stack includes a base layer, a first removable lens layer, and a second removable lens layer. The base layer may include a substrate and a moth eye coating. The first removable lens layer may include a substrate, a single or multi-layer interference antireflective coating on a first side of the substrate, and a fluoropolymer coating on a second side of the substrate. The first removable lens layer may be stacked on top of the base layer with the fluoropolymer coating being molded to fit the moth eye coating. The second and any subsequent removable lens layer may include a substrate, a single or multi-layer interference antireflective coating on a first side of the substrate, and an acrylic or polyurethane adhesive on a second side of the substrate. The second removable lens layer may be stacked on top of the first removable lens layer and so on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Racing Optics, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen S. Wilson, Bart E. Wilson
  • Patent number: 11703618
    Abstract: The disclosed liquid lens array may include a plurality of independently operable array sections, each of which may include (1) a base layer, (2) an aperture plate overlapping the base layer, the aperture plate defining a plurality of apertures extending through the aperture plate between an inner surface of the aperture plate facing the base layer and an outer surface of the aperture plate, (3) a liquid reservoir disposed between the base layer and the aperture plate, and (4) a side wall at least partially surrounding the liquid reservoir, the side wall extending between the base layer and the aperture plate. At least a portion of at least one of the base layer or the side wall may be deformable in the presence of an electrostatic field to change liquid volumes extending from the liquid reservoir at least partially through the apertures defined in the aperture plate. Various other methods, systems, and devices are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Kirk Erik Burgess
  • Patent number: 11692816
    Abstract: An optical system can include an optical arrangement supported by an optical chassis. A flexure arrangement can support the optical chassis relative to a separate structure to maintain a calibrated distance between optical components of the optical arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: COGNEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew Goodale, Kostas Zafiriou, Jens Petersen
  • Patent number: 11693247
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an augmented reality system includes at least one waveguide that is configured to receive and redirect light toward a user, and is further configured to allow ambient light from an environment of the user to pass therethrough toward the user. The augmented reality system also includes a first adaptive lens assembly positioned between the at least one waveguide and the environment, a second adaptive lens assembly positioned between the at least one waveguide and the user, and at least one processor operatively coupled to the first and second adaptive lens assemblies. Each lens assembly of the augmented reality system is selectively switchable between at least two different states in which the respective lens assembly is configured to impart at least two different optical powers to light passing therethrough, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Schaefer, Hui-Chuan Cheng, David Manly, Jahja I. Trisnadi, Clinton Carlisle, Michael Anthony Klug
  • Patent number: 11686916
    Abstract: A lens barrel includes a lens and a holding barrel configured to hold the lens. The holding barrel includes a holding unit configured to hold the lens, a plurality of adhesion portions at which the lens held by the holding unit is fixed to the holding barrel by an adhesive, and a plurality of caulking portions at which the lens held by the holding unit is fixed to the holding barrel by caulking the lens. Each of the plurality of adhesion portions and each of the plurality of caulking portions are spaced apart in a circumferential direction of the holding barrel, on a plane orthogonal to an optical axis of the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shigehiro Torii