Patents Examined by Jie Lei
  • Patent number: 12293687
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, devices, subsystems, and systems for holographically displaying live scenes including one or more three-dimensional (3D) objects are provided. In one aspect, a system includes a holographic capturing system and a holographic display system. The holographic capturing system includes: an optical system configured to generate an optical hologram of a live scene that comprises one or more three-dimensional (3D) objects, and an optical sensor configured to capture sequential optical holograms of the live scene and output sequential hologram data associated with the sequential optical holograms of the live scene, each optical hologram being associated with respective hologram data. The holographic display system is configured to optically reconstruct the live scene in a 3D space based on at least part of the sequential hologram data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Pacific Light & Hologram, Inc.
    Inventors: Kamran Qaderi, Jonathan Seamus Blackley, Watson Brent Boyett, Robin James Green, Stephen John Hart, Robert Alan Hess, Mark Anthony Loya, Benjamin Francis Neil, Jesus Manuel Caridad Ramirez, William Luke Snitzer
  • Patent number: 12292553
    Abstract: A converter optical system includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; a third lens having positive refractive power; a fourth lens having negative refractive power; and a fifth lens having positive refractive power; wherein the first to fifth lenses are sequentially disposed in numerical order from the first lens to the fifth lens from an object side of the converter optical system to an image side of the converter optical system; and the fourth lens is bonded to either one or both of the third lens and the fifth lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jung Hui Ko
  • Patent number: 12287459
    Abstract: An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in 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. At least one lens among the first to the sixth lenses has positive refractive force. The seventh lens has negative refractive force. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the seventh lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yeong-Ming Chang, Chien-Hsun Lai, Yao-Wei Liu
  • Patent number: 12279821
    Abstract: A refractive property measurement apparatus to measure refractive properties of an eye includes: a disk provided with a first pinhole and a second pinhole that transmit light rays while narrowing them; a light emitting unit that emits a first light ray and a second light ray from different positions on a surface of the disk, so that light rays passed through the first pinhole and the second pinhole enter the eye; and a processing unit determines refractive properties of the eye from information of positions on a retina of the eye where the first light ray having passed through the first pinhole and the second light ray having passed through the second pinhole reach. The first pinhole includes a first optical element that transmits the first light ray, and the second pinhole includes a second optical element that has transmission characteristics of transmitting the second light ray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Iizuka
  • Patent number: 12282160
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a virtual and/or augmented reality device may include a light emitting device that includes one or more light emitting elements configured to generate collimated light beams. A scanning mirror may include one or more microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) mirrors. Each MEMS mirror of the scanning mirror may be configured to dynamically tilt in at least one of two orthogonal degrees of freedom to raster scan the light beams over multiple angles corresponding to a field of view of an image. A curved mirror may include curves in two orthogonal directions configured to reflect the collimated light beams from the scanning mirror into a subject's eye in proximity to the curved mirror to form a virtual image. The curved mirror may allow external light to pass through, thus allowing the virtual image to be combined with a real image to provide an augmented reality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Topliss, Alexander Shpunt
  • Patent number: 12271092
    Abstract: A smart glass transmittance control system includes: a smart glass that decreases transmittance of the smart glass in response to the quantity of light introduced and increases the transmittance of the smart glass when electric power is applied; a power supply unit to supply the electric power to the smart glass; a control unit to control supply of the electric power from the power supply unit to the smart glass in order to control the transmittance of the smart glass according to a user request. In particular, the control unit controls the supply of the electric power from the power supply unit to the smart glass based on the driving environment of a vehicle, the quantity of light from an external light source, or the driving environment condition of the smart glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jong Min Park, Seung Hyeok Chang, Ki Hong Lee, Nak Kyoung Kong
  • Patent number: 12253684
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an optical circuit having at least one reconfigurable beamsplitter and is configured to receive a plurality of input optical modes in a Gaussian state and generate a plurality of output optical modes. The apparatus also includes at least one detector optically coupled with the optical circuit and configured to perform a non-Gaussian measurement of a first output optical mode from the plurality of output optical modes. The non-Gaussian measurement of the first output optical mode is configured to cause a second output optical mode from the plurality of output optical modes to be in a first non-Gaussian state. The apparatus also includes a controller operatively coupled to the optical circuit and configured to change a setting of the at least one reconfigurable beamsplitter to cause the second output optical mode from the plurality of output optical modes to be in a second non-Gaussian state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Krishnakumar Sabapathy, Haoyu Qi, Joshua Abe Izaac, Christian Weedbrook, Daiqin Su, Casey Myers
  • Patent number: 12232810
    Abstract: An OCT system for measuring a retina as part of an eye health monitoring and diagnosis system. The OCT system includes an OCT interferometer, where the interferometer comprises a light source or measurement beam and a scanner for moving the beam on the retina of a patient's eye, and a processor configured to execute instructions to cause the scanner to move the measurement beam on the retina in a scan pattern. The scan pattern is a continuous pattern that includes a plurality of lobes. The measurement beam may be caused to move on the retina by the motion of a mirror that intercepts and redirects the measurement beam. The mirror position may be altered by the application of a drive signal to one or more actuators that respond to the drive signal by rotating the mirror about an axis or axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: ACUCELA INC.
    Inventors: Ryo Kubota, Stephan Wyder, Philip M. Buscemi, Matthias Pfister, Alexander Holzer
  • Patent number: 12228786
    Abstract: The optical lens includes: a first lens member including a first lens barrel and at least one first lens mounted in the first lens barrel; a second lens member including a second lens barrel and at least one second lens mounted in the second lens barrel, the at least one second lens together with the first lens forming an imaging optical system; and a first adhesive located in a first gap between the first lens member and the second lens member, the first adhesive supporting and fixing the first lens member and the second lens member after curing. A surface of the first lens barrel and/or a surface of the second lens barrel have at least one recess. The present disclosure also provides a corresponding camera module and assembly methods for the optical lens and the camera module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: NINGBO SUNNY OPOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chengchang Zheng, Enlai Xiang, Kailun Zhou
  • Patent number: 12228799
    Abstract: A single unit in one piece, comprising components for smart glasses, to be positioned in glasses, the single unit comprising at least one cpu, at least one sensor and at least one battery provided on a pcb reaches, when positioned in glasses, at least from a first temple via a frame at least past a first lens positioned closest to the first temple in the frame up to a second lens positioned closest to a second temple, and preferably past also said second lens, and preferably further to said second temple. The single unit comprises at least one hinge, which, when positioned in glasses, will provide at least a hinge between the first temple and the frame, and the single unit is in one piece. A method of making a pair of smart acetate glasses comprising the single unit. A method of exchanging electronics in a single unit comprising electronics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: SKUGGA TECHNOLOGY AB
    Inventors: Mikael Eriksson, Daniel Eriksson, Jonas Eriksson, Fredrik Hanson
  • Patent number: 12228738
    Abstract: Examples of an imaging system for use with a head mounted display (HMD) are disclosed. The imaging system can include a forward-facing imaging camera and a surface of a display of the HMD can include an off-axis diffractive optical element (DOE) or hot mirror configured to reflect light to the imaging camera. The DOE or hot mirror can be segmented. The imaging system can be used for eye tracking, biometric identification, multiscopic reconstruction of the three-dimensional shape of the eye, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Anthony Klug, Adrian Kaehler
  • Patent number: 12228784
    Abstract: A protective assembly and an imaging equipment set are provided. The protective assembly is used to accommodate an imaging lens, and includes a housing, a transparent partition, and an adhesive member. The housing includes a tube body segment and a bottom segment that is connected to the tube body segment. A curved portion is formed on a periphery of the bottom segment, and an accommodating space is defined by the housing. The imaging lens is movably disposed in the accommodating space. An inner side of the curved portion has an inclined surface that is configured to abut against a shell of the imaging lens. The transparent partition is disposed on the bottom segment of the housing. The adhesive member has an outer surface that is sticky and an inner surface that is fixed onto a bottom surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chi-Kuang Sun, Pei-Jhe Wu, Ying-Ting Huang, Hsiao-Chieh Tseng
  • Patent number: 12222469
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses an optical imaging lens assembly, which sequentially includes, from an object side to an image side along an optical axis: a first lens with a positive refractive power; a variable diaphragm; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens with a negative refractive power; a sixth lens with a positive refractive power; and a seventh lens with a negative refractive power. EPDmax is a maximum entrance pupil diameter of the optical imaging lens assembly, EPDmin is a minimum entrance pupil diameter of the optical imaging lens assembly, and EPDmax, EPDmin and a total effective focal length f of the optical imaging lens assembly meet 3.0<f/(EPDmax?EPDmin)<6.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SUNNY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuang Zhang, Xiaobin Zhang, Jianke Wenren, Fujian Dai, Liefeng Zhao
  • Patent number: 12222470
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a technical field of optical lenses, and discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens includes six lenses. An order of the six lenses is sequentially from an object side to an image side, which is shown as follows: a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens having a negative refractive power, a fifth lens having a positive refractive power, and a sixth lens having a negative refractive power. The camera optical lens provided by the present disclosure has excellent optical characteristics, and further has characteristics of large aperture, wide-angle, and ultra-thin, especially suitable for mobile phone camera lens assemblies and WEB camera lenses, which are composed of camera components having high pixels, such as CCD and CMOS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: AAC Optics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Sakaguchi, Yuanshan Cui
  • Patent number: 12218709
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure describe techniques for controlling coherent crosstalk errors that occur in multi-channel acousto-optic modulators (AOMs) by applying cancellation tones to reduce or eliminate the crosstalk errors. For example, a method and systems are described that include applying a first radio frequency (RF) tone to generate a first acoustic wave in a first channel of the multi-channel AOM, wherein a portion of the first acoustic wave interacts with a second channel to cause a crosstalk effect, and applying a second RF tone to generate a second acoustic wave in the second channel, wherein the second acoustic wave reduces or eliminates the crosstalk effect caused by the portion of the first acoustic wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK
    Inventors: Kristin M. Beck, Marko Cetina, Michael Lurie Goldman
  • Patent number: 12216297
    Abstract: A holographic display device for presenting a hologram-like image and a method of use are disclosed. The holographic display device includes a box-like structure, a translucent panel, and light panels extending the entire length of the box-like structure. The light panels position between the box-like structure and the translucent panel. The holographic display device includes a transparent monitor connecting the box-like structure at its front end. The transparent monitor receives and displays an image. The light panels illuminate light and the translucent panel diffuses, blends, and evenly distributes the light in the interior. Transmitted shadowing to the monitor provides a realistic appearance. A unique image capturing system for capturing the image to be displayed on the transparent monitor is also disclosed. The image capturing system transmits the image to the holographic display device in real-time or as a pre-recorded image using wired or wireless protocols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Inventor: David Nussbaum
  • Patent number: 12197044
    Abstract: Eyewear includes a frame configured to support an optical element and a temple pivotably connected to one side of the frame by a hinge. The temple is movable with respect to the frame between folded and unfolded configurations. A first permanent magnet is either disposed on or at least partially embedded within the frame at a location adjacent the hinge. A second permanent magnet (or ferromagnetic member) is either disposed on or at least partially embedded within the temple at a location adjacent the hinge. The permanent magnets are attracted to each other such that magnetic attraction retains the temple in the unfolded configuration when the temple is moved into the unfolded configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Julio Cesar CastaƱeda, Samuel Bryson Thompson
  • Patent number: 12196921
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an optical imaging lens assembly, along an optical axis from an object side to an image side, sequentially includes: a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens, an image-side surface of the fifth lens being a concave surface; a sixth lens having positive refractive power; and a seventh lens having negative refractive power, an object-side surface of the seventh lens being a convex surface, and an image-side surface of the seventh lens being a concave surface; where, half of a diagonal length ImgH of an effective pixel area on an image plane, an entrance pupil diameter EPD of the optical lens assembly, and a total effective focal length f of the optical imaging lens assembly may satisfy: ImgH*EPD/f>3.5 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Zhejiang Sunny Optics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuang Zhang, Xiaobin Zhang, Jianke Wenren, Fujian Dai, Liefeng Zhao
  • Patent number: 12196995
    Abstract: Provided is a laminate exhibiting excellent reverse wavelength dispersibility, a circularly polarizing plate, and a display device. The laminate includes a first optically anisotropic film and a second optically anisotropic film, in which both of the first optically anisotropic film and the second optically anisotropic film have a slow axis in an in-plane direction, a maximum absorbance X in a wavelength range of 700 to 900 nm in a slow axis direction and a maximum absorbance Y in a wavelength range of 700 to 900 nm in a fast axis direction of the first optically anisotropic film are different from each other, and the slow axis of the first optically anisotropic film and the slow axis of the second optically anisotropic film are parallel with or perpendicular to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki Nishikawa, Makoto Kamo
  • Patent number: 12189221
    Abstract: Aspects and examples are directed to programmable optical finite impulse response filters and optical infinite impulse response filters, which may be implemented as photonic integrated circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Gary M. Graceffo, Andrew Kowalevicz, Benjamin P. Dolgin