Patents Examined by Jie Lei
  • Patent number: 11448859
    Abstract: An optical lens system using ultraviolet for imaging includes, in order from a magnified side to a minified side, a first lens group of positive refractive power and a second lens group of positive refractive power. The second lens group includes at least one cemented lens and at least one aspheric lens. The optical lens system satisfies the condition of TE(?=400)>94%, where TE(?=400) denotes an overall transmittance of all of the lenses in the optical lens system measured at a wavelength of 400 nm and is equal to a product of respective internal transmittances of all of the lenses measured at a wavelength of 400 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: YOUNG OPTICS INC.
    Inventors: Hung-You Cheng, Yu-Hung Chou, Ching-Lung Lai, Yi-Hua Lin, Wei-Hao Huang
  • Patent number: 11448810
    Abstract: A display device for displaying images conveying depth information comprises a first display unit for representing first image information on a first screen. The first display unit comprises the first screen with a holographic optical element, HOE, provided thereon, and a first light source for providing light for illuminating the first screen. The display device further comprises a second display unit for representing second image information. The second display unit comprises a second light source for providing light with a plurality of predetermined discrete wavelengths for creating the second image information, and a second screen which is provided in parallel or oriented at an acute angle relative to the first screen in order to project the second image information onto the first screen and thereby generate a virtual image corresponding to the second image information behind the first screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Axel Torschmied, Giang-Nam Nguyen, Ryo Kajiura
  • Patent number: 11448888
    Abstract: A detection light source module and a detection device are provided. The detection light source module includes a light emitting component, a light shape adjusting component, and a single band pass filter. The light emitting component is adapted to provide a light beam. The light shape adjusting component is located on a transmission path of the light beam and is adapted to adjust a light shape of the light beam. The light beam forms a strip lighting region through the light shape adjusting component, wherein the strip lighting region has a plurality of sub-lighting regions. The sub-lighting regions have the same size and do not overlap each other. The single band pass filter is located on the transmission path of the light beam and is located between the light emitting component and the light shape adjusting component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Yu-Lin Chen
  • Patent number: 11442328
    Abstract: Provided is an optical device including a first wavelength variable interference filter in which a first reflective film and a second reflective film face each other with a first gap in between; a second wavelength variable interference filter in which a third reflective film and a fourth reflective film face each other with a second gap in between; and a first substrate having a transmissive property, which has a first surface and a second surface which is opposite in direction to the first surface, in which the second reflective film is provided on the first surface of the first substrate, and in which the third reflective film is provided on the second surface of the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Inventors: Yasushi Matsuno, Teruyuki Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11431283
    Abstract: A glazing unit is provided for producing an aesthetically pleasing effect, comprising or consisting of at least one pane, said pane having a first structured surface to which a three-dimensional photonic structure is applied and the average refractive index of the photonic structure being higher than approximately 1.6 or higher than approximately 1.8 or higher than approximately 1.95. A method of producing such a glazing unit and the use thereof is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Oliver Höhn, Thomas Kroyer, Benedikt Bläsi, Tilmann Kuhn, Andreas Hinsch
  • Patent number: 11428952
    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: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Proto, Inc.
    Inventor: David Nussbaum
  • Patent number: 11428964
    Abstract: A transparent optical element may include a layer of an electroactive ceramic disposed between transparent electrodes, such that the electrodes are each oriented perpendicular to a non-polar direction of the ceramic layer. Optical properties of the optical element, including transmissivity, haze, and clarity may be improved by the application of a voltage to the electroactive ceramic, and an associated phase transformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Spencer Allan Wells, Katherine Marie Smyth, Andrew John Ouderkirk
  • Patent number: 11422395
    Abstract: A spatial light modulator includes an array of Faraday domains with each Faraday domain being selectively magnetizable to serve as an individual magnetic domain for selectively changing a polarization state of electromagnetic waves, having wavelengths that are no greater than a maximum wavelength, passing through each Faraday domain with each Faraday domain being characterized by physical dimensions and each Faraday domain is selectively magnetizable so long as the physical dimensions do not exceed a given maximum set of dimensions that correspond to the maximum wavelength. An addressing arrangement addresses the array of Faraday domains to selectively switch a magnetization state of a group of adjacent ones of the Faraday domains such that the Faraday domains that make up the group of Faraday domains cooperate to selectively change the polarization state of at least one electromagnetic wave passing therethrough having a wavelength that is longer than the maximum wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Steel City Optronics, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Partee, Sara Partee
  • Patent number: 11425829
    Abstract: The invention discloses a head-mounted display apparatus. The head-mounted display comprises a headband module and a head-mounted display module, wherein the head-mounted display comprises an optical module, the headband comprises a connecting structure connected with the head-mounted display housing so as to adjust the wearing angle of the head-mounted display module; The optical module comprises a module housing, a left lens barrel mechanism, a right lens barrel mechanism, a left sight distance adjusting mechanism and a left pupillary distance adjusting mechanism for adjusting the sight distance and pupillary distance of the left lens barrel mechanism, a right sight distance adjusting mechanism and a right pupillary distance adjusting mechanism for adjusting the sight distance and pupillary distance of the right lens barrel mechanism. The head-mounted display can separately adjust the sight distance and pupillary distance of the left and right lens barrel mechanism, as well as the wearing angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN KUKU TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaolin Zheng, Jun Liu, Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 11422358
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a light transmission band change unit comprising: a base including a first axis; a blade arranged on the base and including a body, which has a first hole having a lens and an infrared pass filter arranged therein, a second hole having an infrared cut filter arranged therein, and a third hole into which the first axis is inserted; a magnet arranged between the base and the blade; a core coupled with the base and having a coil arranged thereon; and a blade cover including an upper plate arranged on the blade so as to have a fourth hole formed at a position corresponding to the lens, wherein at least a portion of the lens is arranged within the fourth hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Kyeong Jeong, Sung Phil Kim
  • Patent number: 11406262
    Abstract: A device, system, and method for operating a nystagmus testing device is disclosed. The device comprising a camera configured to face a test subject to capture eye movements of the test subject, a start button configured to start a nystagmus routine, a front display positioned to face the test subject configured to display a visual stimulus, a rear display positioned to face a test administrator configured to display a visual tracker, and a controller configured to control movements of the visual stimulus and the visual tracker on the front and rear display, respectively, and generate data of the nystagmus routine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Inventor: Peter F. Zahrt
  • Patent number: 11402671
    Abstract: The disclosure describes various aspects of a system with scalable and programmable coherent waveform generators. A network and digital-to-analog conversion (DAC) cards used by the network are described where each DAC card has a clock divider/replicator device with an input SYNC pin, a digital logic component, and one or more DAC components, and each output of the DAC components is used to control optical beams for a separate qubit of a quantum information processing (QIP) system. The network also includes a first distribution network to provide a clock signal to the clock divider/replicator device in the DAC cards, and a second distribution network to provide a start signal to the DAC cards, where the start signal is used by the digital logic component in the DAC card to assert the input SYNC pin when the start signal is asserted unless it is masked by the digital logic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: IONQ, INC.
    Inventors: Joel Zvi Apisdorf, James Michael Williams, Phillip Douglas Solomon, Jason Madjdi Amini
  • Patent number: 11397306
    Abstract: A vehicular camera includes a circuit board having an imager disposed at a first side of the circuit board. A lens barrel includes a lens assembly having a plurality of lens elements spaced apart along the lens barrel by respective lens spacers, each lens spacer formed of a material having a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of 10 ppm/° C. or less. The circuit board is positioned at the lens holder, and the lens barrel is positioned at a lens holder so as to optically align the lens and the imager. The lens barrel is formed of a material having a CTE that matches within ten percent of the CTE of the material that forms the lens holder, with the CTEs of the lens barrel and lens holder materials being greater than the CTE of the material of the lens spacers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Zhongyao Liu, Steven V. Byrne, Yuesheng Lu
  • Patent number: 11382499
    Abstract: A remote eye examination method includes initiating a remote chat session between a local computing device coupled to a phoropter, and a remote computer, and initializing the phoropter for remote control by the remote computer. Then, a multi-colored lamp is activated in a first color until a determination that a refractory examination utilizing the phoropter has commenced. Thereafter, responsive to a determination that the examination has commenced, the multi-colored lamp changes to a second color, and movement of portions of the phoropter are commanded as directed by the remote computer, data is recorded into a patient record and a progression of the examination monitored. Finally, on condition that a threshold period of time before a conclusion of the refractory examination is detected, the multi-colored lamp changes to a third color and upon conclusion of the examination, a message transmitted to a remote account indicating access to the patient record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: VPH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Bradley Brocwell, Alvaro Jose Moreno Hernandez, Daniel Scott Stanton
  • Patent number: 11385482
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a solid touchchromic device. The solid touchchromic device may include a conducting polymer or a conducting polymer composite film, a conducting plate, and a solid layer of a polymer-based electrolyte, the conducting plate being at least partially coated by the conducting polymer or the conducting polymer composite film. The solid touchchromic device may further include an oxidant, a salt, an acid, or a metal. Also included are methods of producing a solid touchchromic device and articles including a solid touchchromic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventors: Manoj Kumar Ram, D. Yogi Goswami, Lee K. Stefanakos
  • Patent number: 11369266
    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: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: ACUCELA INC.
    Inventors: Ryo Kubota, Stephan Wyder, Philip M. Buscemi, Matthias Pfister, Alexander Holzer
  • Patent number: 11369263
    Abstract: A handheld smart phone includes programming for performing various vision-related tests. The smart phone includes a touch sensitive screen, microphone, speaker, other sensors, processor and persistent storage for execution of software, multiple communications network interfaces and other device interfaces. The display delivers vision tests and, together with the speaker, related audio instructions to a user. The user interacts with the vision tests by using tactile and audio commands to the device screen and microphone. The test results are assembled into a report that can be transmitted to persons of the user's choice, such as a care provider. The capability is included for transmitting results to the remainder of the system for storage, analysis, events, alerts for medical personnel's user treatment and multiple user population analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Inventors: Jade S Schiffman, Richard S Parenteau
  • Patent number: 11360285
    Abstract: An optical imaging system including a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens disposed in order from an object side, wherein one or more of the first to sixth lenses is disposed between a stop and an imaging plane and of those, one or more has positive refractive power and one is made of a glass material, and four or more of the first to sixth lenses are made of a plastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyu Min Chae, Eun Chong Lee
  • Patent number: 11360290
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a lens system. The lens system includes three lens elements, which are, in order from an outer side to an inner side: a first lens element, a second lens element and a third lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an outer-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has negative refractive power. The third lens element has positive refractive power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Jui Lin, Hsin-Hsuan Huang
  • Patent number: 11347087
    Abstract: An acousto-optic structure according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is a stacked structure for inducing an interaction between incident acoustic wave and incident optical wave, and it includes: a pair of multi-layered structures including a structure in which two layers with different acoustic impedance and optical impedance are alternately arranged in a direction in which the acoustic wave and the optical wave propagate; and a cavity layer disposed between the pair of multi-layered structures in the direction in which the acoustic wave and the optical wave propagate, and made of a medium having acoustic impedance and optical impedance that are different from those of interfacing layers at both sides, wherein the two layers are symmetrically arranged with respect to the cavity layer so that the acoustic wave and the optical wave may be confined in the cavity layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Wonju Jeon, Junyong An, Hyeonbin Ryoo