Patents Examined by James Greece
  • Patent number: 10197778
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side: a negative first lens unit; a negative second lens unit; and a positive third lens unit, in which the first lens unit is not moved for zooming, the second lens unit and the third lens unit are moved during zooming, and an interval between each pair of adjacent lens units is changed during zooming, in which the first lens unit includes at least two negative lenses, and a focal length of the first lens unit, a focal length of the zoom lens at a wide angle end, a focal length of the zoom lens at a telephoto end, an interval on an optical axis between the first lens unit and the second lens unit at the wide angle end, and a back focus at the wide angle end are appropriately set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenta Sudo, Shinji Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 10191289
    Abstract: An auxiliary component unit for use with a head-mounted device is disclosed. The device can have a first side arm with and an extension arm extending at least partially therealong and configured to present information to the user via a display extending therefrom, a second side arm opposite the first side arm, and an external connection feature. The auxiliary component includes a first housing containing a first electronic component therein and a first attachment member extending from the first housing and configured to removably affix the auxiliary component with a portion of the second side arm of the head-mounted device. The auxiliary component also includes a wiring component in electronic communication with the first electronic component and attachable with the external connection feature of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ramesh Bhardwaj, Eliot Kim, Russell Norman Mirov
  • Patent number: 10182719
    Abstract: A method for detecting refractive errors in the eye that are attributable to a suboptimal surface shape of the front surface and/or rear surface of the cornea. An OCT volume scan and/or one or more OCT line scans of the front eye section are carried out; using the measured values, the front and rear surface of the cornea are detected by an edge detection process; the topography of the front and rear surface of the cornea are determined; and refractive errors are determined from said topographies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Delbert Peter Andrews, Michael Stefan Rill
  • Patent number: 10168283
    Abstract: Acquiring a sharp final image by preventing, even when an intermediate image is formed at a position overlapping an optical element, a flaw or the like on the optical element from being superimposed on the intermediate image. An observation apparatus including: an image-forming optical system having image-forming lenses that form a final image and an intermediate image, a first phase modulator that applies a spatial disturbance to the wavefront of light, and a second phase modulator that cancels out the spatial disturbance; a light source; an XY-scanning part including a first and a second scanner; and a photodetector. The two phase modulators are disposed at positions optically conjugate with the first scanner and have one-dimensional phase-distribution characteristics changing in the scanning direction of the illumination light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroya Fukuyama
  • Patent number: 10168602
    Abstract: A projection optical system projects, while enlarging, an image displayed on an image display surface and performs zooming by moving a plurality of lens groups arranged along a same optical axis. The projection optical system includes, from an enlargement side: a first lens group having a negative refractive power; a second lens group having a negative refractive power and movable during zooming; a third lens group having a positive refractive power and movable during zooming; and a lens group disposed at a most reduction-side position. The first lens group includes, from the enlargement side: a front group having a negative refractive power; and a rear group having a positive refractive power and including, from the enlargement side, a negative lens element and a positive lens element. For zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, the third lens group moves toward the enlargement side monotonically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Atsuo Masui
  • Patent number: 10162151
    Abstract: An F-? lens for laser engraving includes a first lens (L1), a second lens (L2), a third lens (L3), and a fourth lens (L4), which are coaxially arranged along a transmission direction of incident light; wherein the first lens (L1) is a meniscus lens, the second lens (L2) is a meniscus lens, the third lens (L3) is a plano-convex lens, and the fourth lens (L4) is a flat lens; wherein the first lens (L1) has a first surface (S1) and a second surface (S2), the second lens (L2) has a third surface (S3) and a fourth surface (S4), the third lens (L3) has a fifth surface (S5) and a sixth surface (S6), and the fourth lens (L4) has a seventh surface (S7) and an eighth surface (S8); the first surface (S1) to the eighth surface (S8) are sequentially arranged along the transmission direction of the incident light; wherein radii of curvature of the first surface (S1) to the eighth surface (S8) are ?29 mm, ?88 mm, ?56 mm, ?36 mm, ?, ?116 mm, ?, and ?, respectively; and center thicknesses (d1, d2, d3, d4) of the first lens (L
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: HAN'S LASER TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bo Sun, Jiaying Li, Chaoming Zhou, Yunfeng Gao
  • Patent number: 10156736
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a colored contact lens designed for making a wearer's eyes to appear larger and more defined and with more shine, while remaining natural by blending seamlessly with the eye. A colored contact lens, comprising a first print of a first color and a second print of a second color, wherein the first print is an annular ring of gradient dot matrix, wherein the second print is an annular ring of speckle pattern, wherein the annular ring of speckle pattern comprises clusters of regular or irregular shapes distributed annularly, wherein the regular or irregular shapes consists of a large number of circular dots, wherein the annular ring of speckle pattern has non-smooth inner and outer borders, wherein the second print is located on the inside of the first print, wherein the first color and the second color are different or the same, wherein the first print and the second print are concentric with the center of contact lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventor: Ellen A. Day
  • Patent number: 10139590
    Abstract: Provided are an imaging lens, which has a small F number and in which various aberrations are satisfactorily corrected, and an imaging apparatus including the imaging lens. The imaging lens includes, in order from an object side: a first lens that has a biconcave shape; a second lens that is convex toward an image side and has a positive refractive power; a third lens that has a biconvex shape; a fourth lens that has a negative refractive power; a fifth lens that has a positive refractive power; and a sixth lens that has a negative refractive power. Assuming that L1f and L1r are paraxial radii of curvature of an object side surface and an image side surface of the first lens, Conditional Expression (1) is satisfied. 0.1<(L1f+L1r)/(L1f?L1r)<0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoko Otomo, Michio Cho
  • Patent number: 10139589
    Abstract: A zoom lens unit includes a zoom ring that has a scale indicating a focal length of the zoom lens unit, an indicator member that points a desired value on the scale, and a selection mechanism that is configured to select one of first and second moving states of the indicator member. In the first moving state, the indicator member moves as the zoom ring rotates. Further, in the second moving state, the indicator member moves without rotating the zoom ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Nittoh Inc.
    Inventor: Takuya Kageyama
  • Patent number: 10139733
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical imaging device, in particular an objective 1 for microlithography in the field of EUVL for producing semiconductor components, having a beam path 2, a plurality of optical elements 3 and a diaphragm device 7 with an adjustable diaphragm opening shape. The diaphragm device has a diaphragm store 7a, 7b with a plurality of different diaphragm openings 6 with fixed shapes in each case, which can be introduced into the beam path 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
    Inventors: Hermann Bieg, Marcus Will, Thomas Bischoff, Yim-Bun Patrick Kwan, Uy-Liem Nguyen, Stefan Xalter, Michael Muehlbeyer
  • Patent number: 10139587
    Abstract: The lens barrel includes a first rotatable member rotatable to move a focusing lens in an optical axis direction, a first aperture stop unit including a first light-blocking member and a second rotatable member rotatable to move the first light-blocking member, a third rotatable member to be rotated by receiving a rotation of the first rotatable member, a first mechanism configured to, in the variation of magnification, convert a relative movement of the second and third rotatable members into a rotation of the second rotatable member, and a second mechanism configured to, in the focusing, transmit the rotation of the first rotatable member to the third rotatable member to rotate the third rotatable member and transmit the rotation of the third rotatable member to the second rotatable member to rotate the second rotatable member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Katsumi Ohmori
  • Patent number: 10131815
    Abstract: The invention is related to a hydrated silicone hydrogel contact lens having a layered structural configuration: a lower water content silicone hydrogel core (or bulk material) completely covered with a layer of a higher water content hydrogel totally or substantially free of silicone. A hydrated silicone hydrogel contact lens of the invention possesses high oxygen permeability for maintaining the corneal health and a soft, water-rich, lubricious surface for wearing comfort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Yongxing Qiu, John Dallas Pruitt, Sibichen J. Thekveli, Robert Carey Tucker, Jared Nelson
  • Patent number: 10130251
    Abstract: A vision testing device and a vision testing program are capable of obtaining a correct test result while reducing an accumulation of fatigue added on one of the eyes of a testee, including: image displays that present a light for suppressing a dark adaptation for both eyes of a testee; and image displays that present a target for an eye (L, R, or both) of the testee so that the target is presented for one of the eyes before the vision testing for the other eye is ended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: CREWT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Fumitaka Sudou, Shinji Kimura, Kenzo Yamanaka, Tsuyoshi Onaka
  • Patent number: 10123694
    Abstract: An optical measurement device including a light emitting element, a light pattern generating element and a light source transmission element is provided. The light pattern generating element includes a disk body, at least one round hole penetrating the disk body, at least one round disk embedded in the round hole, and at least two first magnetic elements disposed on the round disk. One end of the light source transmission element has two second magnetic elements. Through the magnetic connection of the first magnetic elements and the second magnetic elements, a chink on the round disk can rotate with the light source transmission element when the light source transmission element rotates. An optical measurement system including the optical measurement device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Tzu Chi University
    Inventor: Tsu-Wang Shen
  • Patent number: 10117603
    Abstract: Low-cost, easy-to-use alignment target generators for aligning a user's own face or eye to a camera or scanner are based on field-of-view visual feedback from a filtered or apertured planar light source. These approaches may be made agnostic to the scanner's operating system or other software. Alternatively, software on the scanner or its host device may create a solid light-colored section of an existing display screen to use as a planar light source. In some embodiments, the planar light source may be the virtual image of an object viewed in a plane mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Kerry A. Stevens, Yoshifumi Nishi
  • Patent number: 10120169
    Abstract: A variable-power optical system includes, in order from an object, an objective optical system (O), a relay optical system (R), and an eyepiece optical system (E), wherein the relay optical system is provided with, in order from the object, a first lens group (G1) having positive refractive power, a second lens group (G2) having positive refractive power, and a third lens group (G3) having positive refractive power, and is an optical system in which an image formed by the objective optical system with variable optical power, and the variable-power optical system is configured so as to satisfy expressions: 0.7<|?|min<1.4, and 12 (mm)<fmin<15 (mm), where |?|min denotes a minimum of absolute value of imaging magnification of the relay optical system, and fmin denotes a shortest focal length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: NIKON VISION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yosuke Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 10105047
    Abstract: An automatic unattended-monitoring visual acuity inspection device is disclosed. The inspection device includes an inspection panel, an inspector and an isolation wall arranged opposite to the inspection panel. The isolation wall is provided with a wireless signal transmitter configured to transmit a visual acuity indication signal to the wireless signal receiver through a network. The wireless signal receiver is configured to transmit the received visual acuity indication signal to a processor. The processor is configured to process the visual acuity indication signal and transmit a process feedback to the inspection panel. The device may prevent achieving a high level of visual acuity of the person to be inspected by cheating behaviors, thereby highly inspecting a real visual acuity level of the person to be inspected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wenbo Li, Yefei Dong, Yanbing Wu
  • Patent number: 10095034
    Abstract: Systems and methods for eyewear devices with integrated heads-up displays are provided. In one embodiment, an eyewear device provides an integrated heads-up display in a display area that is elongate and extends laterally across a user's field of view. A display mechanism forming part of the eyewear device can be configured to display visual information in the form of text messages, with no more than a single laterally extending line of text characters being displayable at any particular time. The display mechanism can comprise a partially reflective element carried by an eyeglass lens to reflect towards the user computer-generated imagery projected on to it, the display mechanism further including a cooperating projector assembly housed by a frame of the eyewear device in an overhead configuration relative to the partially reflective element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan M Rodriguez, II, Kimberly A. Phifer
  • Patent number: 10095028
    Abstract: There are provided a first optical member that is transparent and is formed in a thin plate shape; a Fresnel-shaped portion that is formed in a concentric form on one surface of the first optical member in the thickness direction; a half mirror layer that is formed on a surface of a Fresnel-shaped portion; a second optical member that is formed of a transparent filler for filling unevenness of a surface of the half mirror layer to form a flat surface; and a third optical member that has a transparent thin plate shape protecting an outside surface of the second optical member. A refractive index of the first optical member, a refractive index of the second optical member, and a refractive index of the third optical member are equal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Junichi Matsushita
  • Patent number: 10092445
    Abstract: An ophthalmological apparatus includes a base station having a light source generating light pulses, and an application head mountable on an eye having a light projector for focussed projection of the light pulses for punctiform breakdown of eye tissue. The application head has movement drivers moving the light projector in a feed direction and a first scanning direction. A scanner in the base station deflects the light pulses in a second scanning direction. The ophthalmological apparatus includes an optical transmission system transmitting deflected light pulses from the base station to the application head, and superimposing the light pulses deflected in the second scanning direction onto the movement of the light projector in the first scanning direction. Light sources with high light pulse rates, for example femtosecond lasers may be used, without impractical enlargement of the size of the application head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: SIE AG SURGICAL INSTRUMENT ENGINEERING
    Inventors: Christian Rathjen, Wolfgang Zesch, Karl Michael Deyerler, Holger Lubatschowski, Tammo Ripken