Patents Examined by James R Greece
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Patent number: 10551637Abstract: The present invention relates to ophthalmic systems and coatings comprising a selective light wavelength filter, wherein said selective filter provides improved contrast sensitivity.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: High Performance Optics, Inc.Inventors: Andrew W. Ishak, Ronald D. Blum, Sean P. McGinnis, Michael B. Packard
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Patent number: 10539761Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens including, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens having a positive refractive power, a third lens having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. The first lens is made of glass material, the second lens is made of glass material, the third lens is made of plastic material, the fourth lens is made of plastic material, the fifth lens is made of plastic material, and the sixth lens is made of plastic material. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Setsu Sato, Lei Zhang, Yanmei Wang, Yuanshan Cui
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Patent number: 10539459Abstract: Eyewear having monitoring capability, such as for radiation, is disclosed. Radiation, such as ultraviolet (UV) radiation, infrared (IR) radiation or light, can be measured by a detector. The measured radiation can then be used in providing radiation-related information to a user of the eyewear. Advantageously, the user of the eyewear is able to easily monitor their exposure to radiation.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2019Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: IngenioSpec, LLCInventors: Thomas A. Howell, David Chao, C. Douglass Thomas, Peter P. Tong
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Patent number: 10534174Abstract: Systems, methods and ophthalmic lenses for image display of a virtual image, such as display of a holographic image. An ophthalmic lens is configured to optimize visualization of the displayed virtual images.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2016Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Essilor InternationalInventors: Aude Bouchier, Claudine Biver, Jean-Paul Cano
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Patent number: 10534159Abstract: An imaging lens including order from an object side to an image side, a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having negative refractive power, a third lens being a double-sided aspheric lens, a fourth lens having a meniscus shape with a concave surface facing the object side near an optical axis, a fifth lens being a double-sided aspheric lens, and a sixth lens having the concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis, wherein the image-side surface of said sixth lens is an aspheric surface which changes to the convex surface at a peripheral portion, and a total track length is 6.0 mm or less and below conditional expressions (2) and (3) are satisfied: 20<?d 3<32??(2) 20<?d 5<32??(3) where ?d3: abbe number at d-ray of the third lens ?d5: abbe number at d-ray of the fifth lens.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.Inventors: Hisao Fukaya, Kenichi Kamada, Shingo Yuza
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Patent number: 10524655Abstract: An ophthalmic device having a single or dual compartment configuration selectively emits infrared and visible light beams onto one or a pair of target eyes. The device performs eye fundus imaging and aids in the detection of ailments as indicated by anomalies in the pupillary reflex.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2017Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Alexandros Karargyris, Thomas G. Zimmerman
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Patent number: 10527814Abstract: A lens unit with multiple lenses includes at least a glass lens arranged in an optical axis direction and a lens barrel holding the lenses. The lens barrel includes a lens holder holding the glass lens. An object side face of the lens holder is formed with multiple projecting parts supporting an adjacent lens which is adjacent to the glass lens on the object side. The projecting parts is structured as a distance determination part adjusting and determining a space distance between the glass lens and the adjacent lens by using a heat press process. A crushing amount of the projecting parts is determined with a lens face of the glass lens as a reference. The space distance between the glass lens and the adjacent lens is adjusted to restrain focus deviation due to a thickness error of the glass lens occurred at the time of molding the glass lens.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2017Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATIONInventors: Tadashi Komiyama, Tsuyoshi Hiraga
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Patent number: 10520751Abstract: An apparatus for determining optical parameters of a user with spectacles arranged in the use position on the head of the user includes at least one projection device designed and arranged for marking a partial region of the head of the user and/or of the spectacles of the user with a light projection; at least one image recording device designed and arranged for generating image data at least from the marked partial region of the head of the user and/or of the spectacles of the user; and a data processing device with a user data determining device, which is designed to determine user data from the marked partial region of the head and/or of the spectacles on the basis of the generated image data, wherein the user data comprise spatial information in the three-dimensional space of points of the partial region of the head and/or of the spectacles, and a parameter determining device, which is designed to determine optical parameters of the user on the basis of the user data.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2015Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Rodenstock GmbHInventors: Peter Seitz, Markus Tiemann, Gregor Esser, Werner Mueller
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Patent number: 10513628Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 22, 2018Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Yongxing Qiu, John Dallas Pruitt, Sibichen J. Thekveli, Robert Carey Tucker, Jared Nelson
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Patent number: 10509196Abstract: A lens barrel includes at least one lens, the optical axis of the lens; the first frame (the fixed frame 900) having the first restricting portion (901, 902) and having an approximately cylindrical shape about the optical axis; the second frame (1000) having the cam groove (1036) and having an approximately cylindrical shape about the optical axis; the third frame (510) having the guide portion (511) which restricts inclination thereof with respect to the first contact portion (514) and the optical axis and having an approximately cylindrical shape about the optical axis; the drive arm (520) having a cam follower (523), the second restricting portion (524, 525) and the second contact portion (526), and having an approximately arcuate shape constituted of a portion of a circular cylinder about the optical axis or an approximately plate shape; the guide shaft (601) for guiding the guide in a movable manner in the optical axis direction; and the spring (603).Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2016Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Uno, Atsushi Hasegawa, Manabu Kobayashi, Hiroyasu Fujinaka
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Patent number: 10502935Abstract: Asymmetrical lenses are provided having design to mitigate or eliminate field of view mismatch between image sensor modules and luminaires incorporating the image sensor modules. Briefly, an asymmetrical lens comprises an optical axis and a front surface comprising a first set of normal axes (x, y) in a plane normal to the optical axis and a negative radius of curvature or positive radius of curvature along each of the normal axes (x, y). The asymmetrical lens also comprises a back surface comprising a second set of normal axes (x?, y?) in the plane normal to the optical axis and a negative radius of curvature or positive radius of curvature along each of the normal axes (x?, y?), wherein the asymmetrical lens has negative refractive power or positive refractive power in each of an x-axis and y-axis of an image plane of the asymmetrical lens.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2017Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: IDEAL INDUSTRIES LIGHTING LLCInventors: Jin Hong Lim, John Roberts, Steve Wilcenski
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Patent number: 10485419Abstract: An optical imaging apparatus includes a splitting unit configured to split return light, obtained by applying measurement light from a light source to an object to be examined via a measurement optical path, into a plurality of beams, a light receiving unit configured to measure intensities of the beams, a changing unit configured to change a ratio of signal components of as an image to be displayed based on the measured intensities of the beams, an angle specifying unit configured to specify an angle, and a generating unit configured to generate an image by calculation using the changed ratio of the signal components. The ratio of signal components of an image to be displayed based on intensities of beams is changed in accordance with information about a specified angle to generate an image of an object such that the direction of edge enhancement on the object is changed.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2015Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshiaki Sato, Futoshi Hirose, Kohei Takeno, Kaishi Ohashi, Kei Suzuki, Shoichi Yamazaki
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Patent number: 10488623Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens including, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens and a seventh lens. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2018Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Jianming Wang, Lei Zhang, Yanmei Wang, Yuanshan Cui
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Patent number: 10488660Abstract: A user wearable optical display system comprising a user attachable section for detachably mounting said user wearable optical display system to a head of a user; a partially transmissive partially reflective lens, coupled with said user attachable section, and configured to be facing at least one eye of said user; and an electro-optical unit coupled with at least one of said user attachable section and said partially transmissive partially reflective lens, said electro-optical unit comprising: a processor; and a light projection unit coupled with said processor, said light projection unit is configured to transmit light beams onto said partially transmissive partially reflective lens; wherein said electro-optical unit is configured to be positioned with respect to said user attachable section such that when said user wearable optical display system is mounted on said user, said electro-optical unit is located at the glabellar region of said user.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2015Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Everysight Ltd.Inventors: Asaf Ashkenazi, Hanan Shamir
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Patent number: 10481365Abstract: An optical system includes a first lens including a positive refractive power, a second lens including a positive refractive power and a convex image-side surface, a third lens, and a fourth lens. The optical system includes a fifth lens including a concave object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, and a sixth lens including an inflection point formed on an image-side surface thereof. The first to sixth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object toward an imaging plane.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2016Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Il Yong Park
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Patent number: 10470653Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a tomographic signal obtaining unit that obtains tomographic signals of light beams, the light beams respectively having a different polarization from each other and being obtained by splitting combined light obtained by combining return light and reference light, the return light being from an object to be inspected that is irradiated with measuring light, and an information obtaining unit that obtains three-dimensional polarization tomographic information, and three-dimensional motion contrast information of the object to be inspected, by commonly using at least one of the obtained tomographic signals. In addition, an extracting unit extracts a specific region of the object to be inspected using the obtained three-dimensional polarization tomographic information, and an image generating unit generates a motion contrast enface image of the extracted specific region using the obtained three-dimensional motion contrast information.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2017Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Isao Komine, Masashi Kotoku, Nobuhiro Tomatsu, Yukio Sakagawa, Tomoyuki Makihira
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Patent number: 10466510Abstract: Detachable wearable electronic eyeglasses and head mounted gear with a plurality of electronic functions and interchangeable electronic function, and a wearable computer with optimal weight distribution and stretchable arms.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2015Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Geelux Holdings, Ltd.Inventor: Marcio Marc Abreu
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Patent number: 10459127Abstract: Provided are a Fourier lens, a method for designing a Fourier lens, and a schlieren apparatus. The Fourier lens includes a substrate and a plurality of cuboid waveguides. The plurality of waveguides are arranged on the substrate in parallel and spaced from each other at a preset interval. The material of the substrate and the material of the waveguides are all transparent to the working waveband of the Fourier lens. The preset interval is smaller than a quotient obtained by dividing a center wavelength of the working waveband by the refractive index of the substrate. The waveguide has a plurality of widths, and the waveguides of different widths correspond to different phase delays. The individual waveguides are arranged on the substrate according to phase delays required at different positions. According to the embodiments, the range of the working angle of the Fourier lens can be increased.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: NANKAI UNIVERSITYInventors: Shuqi Chen, Wenwei Liu, Hua Cheng, Jianguo Tian
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Patent number: 10451896Abstract: Embodiments of the technology relate to a contact lens having a core that is covalently coated by a hydrogel layer, and to methods of making such a lens. In one aspect, embodiments provide for a coated contact lens comprising a lens core comprising an outer surface; and a hydrogel layer covalently attached to at least a portion of the outer surface, the hydrogel layer adapted to contact an ophthalmic surface, wherein the hydrogel layer comprises a hydrophilic polymer population having a first PEG species and a second PEG species, the first PEG species being at least partially cross-linked to the second PEG species.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2016Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Tangible Science, LLCInventors: Karen L. Havenstrite, Victor W. McCray, Brandon M. Felkins, Douglas M. Ackermann, Garrett C. Smith, Paul A. Cook, Evan S. Luxon, Andrew A. McGibbon
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Patent number: 10448823Abstract: A test of visual function and/or functional vision may be performed at varying luminance levels. A first course may be selected for a subject. A given course may comprise a layout having a beginning point, at least one turn, at least one obstacle, and an ending point. The first course may be illuminated with a first luminance level based on an estimated lower light sensitivity cutoff. The subject may be prompted to perform a first run of the test. The test may comprise, from the beginning point to the ending point, navigating the layout of the first course by walking around the at least one turn and avoiding the at least one obstacle. A determination may be made as to whether the subject successfully completed the first course based on one or both of speed or accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2017Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignees: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, The Trustees of the University of PennsylvaniaInventors: Katherine A. High, Jean Bennett, Daniel Chung, Albert Maguire, Jennifer Wellman, Sarah McCague, Gregory Podsakoff