Patents Examined by James R Greece
  • Patent number: 12130504
    Abstract: The present application discloses optical frame glasses, comprising lens. The lens has a circular central area and a plurality of annular focus-increasing compensation areas surrounding the central area, the center of the circular central area coincides with the optical center of the lens, wherein focal powers of the central area and the plurality of focus-increasing compensation areas progressively increase in a radially outward direction. The optical frame glasses in the present application can eliminate high-order aberrations of eyes, thereby limiting the occurrence and development of myopia. In addition, the optical frame glasses of the present application do not touch the eyeballs, the wearing method is simple, no discomfort is caused after worn, the maintenance method is simple, and the manufacturing cost is low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Inventors: Bei Qi, Xiaoxu Wu
  • Patent number: 12117674
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hoist apparatus including: an electric motor, and a control box that can be electrically powered by a power supply, the control box including at least an electronic control circuit, an electrical wiring and an external casing forming a box of the control box, the external casing including at least sidewalls and a removable lid closing the box, the control box controlling the operations of the electric motor thanks to the electrical wiring connected to the electronic control circuit, to the power supply and to the electric motor, and a monitoring device, wherein the monitoring device is an insert of the box, the monitoring device being arranged within an enclosure, the enclosure being an added part of the box or being an exchanged part of the box and wherein the monitoring device is connected to the electrical wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Gildas Marin, Martha Hernandez-Castaneda, Laurent Calixte, Adèle Longo, Cyril Guilloux
  • Patent number: 12111520
    Abstract: The invention concerns method and system for determining a lens of customized color, said method comprising the steps of determining a target colorimetric data set; providing access to a database comprising data representing colors; using a plurality of simulation modules to calculate, based on said data from the database, a plurality of simulated colorimetric data of the lens substrate combined with a mixture of dyes of determined dye(s) combination, composition and amount or with a multilayer stack as a function of determined layers composition and thicknesses; and, color matching the plurality of simulated colorimetric data with the target colorimetric data set so as to determine one or a plurality of combinations of said lens substrate with a determined mixture of dyes or with a determined multilayer stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: William Trottier-Lapointe, Jinhhao Ng, Jean-Philippe Dumont, Haifeng Shan, Philip Chang, Charlène Pousse
  • Patent number: 12108986
    Abstract: A method for automatically assessing the near vision accommodative state of a non-presbyopic individual, the method being carried out by computer and performed after an assessment of the individual's far vision leading to the generation of a far vision assessment report, includes generating a near vision assessment report optionally including at least one recommendation dependent on the far vision assessment report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: SIVIEW
    Inventors: Laure Pichereau, Kelly Woog
  • Patent number: 12105361
    Abstract: A contact lens for use in preventing or slowing the development or progression of myopia, and methods relating thereto, are described. The lens includes an optic zone comprising a central region having a first optical axis, and a curvature providing a base power, and centred on a centre of curvature that is on the first optical axis. The optic zone comprises an annular region, wherein the annular region surrounds the central region. The annular region comprises at least one maximum add power meridian having a curvature providing a maximum add power, and centred on a centre of curvature that is a first distance from the first optical axis. The annular region comprises at least one intermediate add power meridian, having a curvature providing an intermediate add power of between zero dioptres of add power and the maximum add power, and centred on a centre of curvature that is a different distance from the optical axis than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul Chamberlain, Baskar Arumugam, Martin Webber, Arthur Bradley
  • Patent number: 12105292
    Abstract: An optical see-through (OST) near-eye display (NED) system is presented, integrating ophthalmic correction for an eye of a user, comprising a partially transmissive partially reflective lens, including an inner surface characterized by an inner surface radius of curvature exhibiting a first optical power, and an outer surface characterized by an outer surface radius of curvature exhibiting a second optical power, said partially transmissive partially reflective lens is configured to be facing said eye, and to at least partially transmit incoming light of an outward scene to said eye; and an electro-optical unit, configured to be optically coupled with said partially transmissive partially reflective lens, and including a light display configured to project a light beam image onto said inner surface, so to enable reflection of said light beam image toward said eye, said electro-optical unit is configured to be located at a glabellar region of said user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: EVERYSIGHT LTD.
    Inventors: Asaf Ashkenazi, Hanan Shamir
  • Patent number: 12092798
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, and an eighth lens, sequentially disposed from an object side to an imaging plane. The optical imaging system satisfies the expression BFL/f<0.15, where BFL represents a distance from an image-side surface of the eighth lens to an imaging plane of an image sensor and f represents an overall focal length of the optical imaging system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Hwa Jung, Yong Joo Jo
  • Patent number: 12090043
    Abstract: Methods and systems wherein laser induced refractive index changes by focused femtosecond laser pulses in optical polymeric materials or optical tissues is performed to address various types of vision correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: University of Rochester
    Inventors: Leonard Zheleznyak, Scott Catlin
  • Patent number: 12092905
    Abstract: Methods and devices for treating a human child having myopia are disclosed. For example, a human child having myopia can be treated by wearing spectacles having one or two myopia control spectacle lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: SightGlass Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Michael Rappon, Thomas W. Chalberg, Jr., Vanessa Anne Tasso-Pinas, Yufen Chung, Peter Hones
  • Patent number: 12090717
    Abstract: A method for tinting a spectacle lens substrate includes providing a spectacle lens substrate made from a polymeric lens material, providing a composition having a polymeric carrier material, applying a pattern of the composition on a surface of the spectacle lens substrate, and heating the spectacle lens substrate to allow for diffusion of a dye substance between the carrier material and the lens material. Moreover, a composition for in-substrate tinting of a polymeric spectacle lens substrate and a spectacle lens substrate having a polymeric lens material which exhibits a pattern of a composition having a polymeric carrier material applied on a surface of the spectacle lens substrate are presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Launay, Dominik Wiedemann, Christian Wolff
  • Patent number: 12092803
    Abstract: A zoom optical system (ZL) comprises, in order from an object: a first lens group (G1) having a positive refractive power; a second lens group (G2) having a negative refractive power; a third lens group (G3) having a positive refractive power; and a subsequent lens group (GR), wherein upon zooming, a distance between the first lens group (G1) and the second lens group (G2) changes, a distance between the second lens group (G2) and the third lens group (G3) changes, and a distance between the third lens group (G3) and the subsequent lens group (GR) changes, the subsequent lens group (GR) comprises a focusing lens group that moves upon focusing, and the second lens group (G2) comprises a partial group that satisfies following conditional expressions, 1.40<fvr/f2<2.30, 1.80<f1/fw<3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Kosuke Machida
  • Patent number: 12078872
    Abstract: A method comprises: disposing a measurement contact lens upon an eye of a user; capturing at least one image of the eye and the measurement contact lens with an image sensor while the measurement contact lens is on the eye of the user and the eye is illuminated; processing the at least one image to obtain a centration of the measurement contact lens on the cornea of the eye; processing the at least one image to obtain an angular orientation of the measurement contact lens on the cornea of the eye; and determining, based on the centration and angular orientation of the measurement contact lens on the cornea of the eye, at least one parameter of a first contact lens to be worn on the eye with display eyewear or a second contact lens to be worn on the eye without the display eyewear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Innovega, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome Legerton, Jay Marsh
  • Patent number: 12078782
    Abstract: A camera lens is provided, including, in order from an object side to an image side along an optical axis: a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens; and a third lens. An equivalent length TL of an actual propagation distance of a principal ray from an object side surface of the first lens to an imaging plane in the air and an entrance pupil diameter EPD of the camera lens satisfy: 3.5<TLEPD<4.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SUNNY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiacheng Yao, Saifeng Lv, Fujian Dai, Liefeng Zhao
  • Patent number: 12066607
    Abstract: A zoom optical system comprises, in order from an object: a front lens group (GFS) having a positive refractive power; an M1 lens group (GM1) having a negative refractive power; an M2 lens group (GM2) having a positive refractive power; and an RN lens group (GRN) having a negative refractive power, wherein upon zooming, distances between the front lens group and the M1 lens group, between the M1 lens group and the M2 lens group, and between the M2 lens group and the RN lens group change, upon focusing from an infinite distant object to a short distant object, the RN lens group moves, and the M2 lens group comprises an A lens group that satisfies a following conditional expression, 1.10<fvr/fTM2<2.00, where, fvr: a focal length of the A lens group, and fTM2: a focal length of the M2 lens group in a telephoto end state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Kosuke Machida
  • Patent number: 12061381
    Abstract: Provided is a colored contact lens having: a lens; and a colored region formed in the lens, at least a part of the colored region is arranged at a position overlapping an iris of a wearer when the colored contact lens is worn, and the colored region has infrared transparency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mamoru Inoue
  • Patent number: 12055787
    Abstract: A camera control unit obtains information related to an optical correction of an interchangeable lens from an intermediate accessory by a second communication via a second communication path. The camera control unit controls a communication in a manner that the above-described information is used for the optical correction of the interchangeable lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazumichi Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 12044903
    Abstract: A method for determining an optical design criterion for designing an optical lens adapted to a sport practice, the method including: defining an evaluation axis for evaluating sensory/motor/cognitive requirement of a sport practice, for each of a plurality of sports; attributing a score to the sport practice on each evaluation axis; determining clusters of sports in which practices have similar score; determining at least one visual need corresponding to each cluster of sports; determining, for each cluster, at least one optical design criterion as a function of the associated visual need; and storing in a memory a record for each cluster, along with each optical design criterion associated with the cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Delphine Tranvouez-Bernardin, Mélanie Heslouis, Laurent Calixte
  • Patent number: 12038627
    Abstract: Methods and systems for determining a refractive correction for eyeglasses involve obtaining an objective measurement of a wave aberration. The objective measurement includes an objective spherical power (SPH_o), an objective cylinder power (CYL_o), an objective cylinder axis (AXIS_o), and other residual aberrations; and uses objective vision optimization to achieve a best image quality for the eye from the residual aberrations. A prescription cylinder power (CYL_p), is determined using a software module, where an absolute value of CYL_p is less than an absolute value of CYL_o and achieves an acuity of at least 20/20. A prescription spherical power (SPH_s) is determined subjectively by dialing into a phoropter module a cylinder correction according to the prescription cylinder power (CYL_p) from the software module and the objective cylinder axis (AXIS_o) according to the objective aberrometer module. A prescription for an ophthalmic lens of the eyeglasses is generated that includes SPH_s, CYL_p and AXIS_o.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: PERFECT VISION TECHNOLOGY (HK) LTD.
    Inventor: Junzhong Liang
  • Patent number: 12038628
    Abstract: A method for determining an optical system intended to equip a person on the basis of the adaptability of the person to a visual and/or proprioceptive modification of his environment, the method including a person visual behaviour parameter providing, during which a person visual behaviour parameter indicative of the visual behaviour of the person relative to a given state of the environment is provided; a reference value providing, during which a first value of the person visual behaviour parameter corresponding to a reference state of the environment is provided; a visual and/or proprioceptive modification providing, during which a visual and/or proprioceptive modification of the reference state of the environment is provided so as to define a modified state of the environment; and determining, during which an optical parameter of the optical system is determined based on the first value of the person visual behaviour parameter and on a second value of the person visual behaviour parameter associated with t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignees: Essilor International, Universite de Montreal
    Inventors: Guillaume Giraudet, Jocelyn Faubert, Rafael Doti, Eduardo Lugo
  • Patent number: 12032142
    Abstract: An optical imaging system for pickup, sequentially arranged from an object side to an image side, comprising: the first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface, the second lens element with refractive power, the third lens element with refractive power, the fourth lens element with refractive power, the fifth element with refractive power; the sixth lens element made of plastic, the sixth lens with refractive power having a concave image-side surface with both being aspheric, and the image-side surface having at least one inflection point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hsin-Hsuan Huang