Patents Examined by Jordan M. Schwartz
  • Spectacle lens blank, and method and device for producing a spectacle lens from a spectacle lens blank
    Patent number: 11086141
    Abstract: A spectacle lens blank has an optically finished surface and a cylinder edge surface, and a protective film applied on the optically finished surface. The protective film is also arranged on the cylinder edge surface. A method for producing a spectacle lens from a spectacle lens blank having an optically finished surface and a cylinder edge surface, in which a protective film is applied onto the optically finished surface is also disclosed. Procedurally, the protective film is also applied onto the cylinder edge surface. Lastly, a device for producing a spectacle lens from a spectacle lens blank having an optically finished surface and a cylinder edge surface is disclosed, in which a protective film is applied onto the optically finished surface. An application unit for applying the protective film onto the cylinder edge surface is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Meschenmoser, Ralf Vallerius, Sven Hänsch
  • Lens element
    Patent number: 11079612
    Abstract: A lens element intended to be worn in front of an eye of a person that includes a refraction area having a refractive power based on a prescription for the eye of the person, and a plurality of at least three non-contiguous optical elements, at least one optical element having a non-spherical optical function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Matthieu Guillot, Bruno Fermigier, Marius Peloux, Björn Drobe
  • Ophthalmic lenses for reducing, minimizing, and/or eliminating interference on in-focus images by out-of-focus light
    Patent number: 11061253
    Abstract: An ophthalmic lens comprising: at least one first optical zone with a first axis, the at least one first optical zone being configured such that, in use with an eye, at least a portion of light passing through the at least one first optical zone is refracted to a first focal point on the first axis; and at least one second optical zone configured such that, in use with the eye, at least a portion of light passing through the at least one second optical zone is refracted to one or more focal points positioned off-axis relative to the first focal point and on at least one focal plane different than a focal plane corresponding to the first focal point; wherein the at least one second optical zone is configured such that the light extending beyond the one or more focal points provides extended depth of focus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Brien Holden Vision Institute Limited
    Inventors: Arthur Back, Hassan Esfandiarijahromi
  • Adjustable fluid lens with reduced aberration
    Patent number: 11061219
    Abstract: A fluid lens includes a refractive interface positioned between two transparent plates where at least one surface of one of the plates has a fixed radius of curvature configured to compensate for aberration produced by the fluid lens. The refracting interface can be formed by a meniscus formed between two immiscible liquids or by a membrane positioned between two fluids. A method of reducing aberration of a fluid lens includes determining a fixed radius of curvature for at least one surface of one of the plates that is sufficient to compensate for aberration produced by the fluid lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Raymond Miller Karam
  • Optical instrument for measuring the density of the macular pigment in the eye and associated method
    Patent number: 11051692
    Abstract: Optical instrument for measuring the density of macular pigment in the eye and associated method. The instrument includes: a light source (500), several lenses L1, L2, L3 between the light source and the eye, a diaphragm D1 conjugate to the eye pupil plane, a photodetector (520), a mirror M that directs the light exiting the eye to the photodetector (520), a diaphragm D2 conjugated to the pupil plane of the eye, at least one lens L4 between diaphragm D2 and the photodetector (520), the light source (500) has a central part (501) and a peripheral part (502), the light source (500) being modulated at four different frequencies corresponding to green light in the central part and in the peripheral part, blue light in the central part and in the peripheral part, projecting the light from the light source (500) on the fundus of the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: UNIVERSIDAD DE MURCIA
    Inventors: Pablo Artal Soriano, Harilaos Ginis, Alexandros Pennos, Dimitrios Christaras
  • Foldable reading glasses
    Patent number: 11042043
    Abstract: Folding reading glasses of the type in which the temples fold around the lenses, in which the temples are supported and removably attached to the lenses while folded, providing greater integral strength to the entire assembly and resisting breakage. Several methods for attachment of the temples to the lenses are disclosed, including an interference fitting member in the temple that grasps the lens frame in the vicinity of the lens, and multiple embodiments of an interference fitting member in the temple that grasps a mating member on the outer edge of the lens frame. Combinations of these embodiments are also possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Inventor: Mark H. Ginocchio
  • Imaging lens assembly, image capturing unit and electronic device
    Patent number: 11042007
    Abstract: An imaging lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element has negative refractive power. The second lens element has positive refractive power. The third lens element has positive refractive power. The fourth lens element has positive refractive power. The fifth lens element has positive refractive power. The sixth lens element has negative refractive power. The imaging lens assembly has a total of six lens elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lin-Yao Liao, Hsin-Hsuan Huang
  • Eyeglasses with easy snap-on lenses
    Patent number: 11029530
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pair of eyeglasses that can adapt to different vision needs in each eye and environments of different light intensity. The eyeglasses with easy snap-on lenses allow one to select individual lens of proper vision correction for each eye, and mount the lenses to the eyeglass frame with ease and without the use of any tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Clip Eyewear Limited
    Inventor: Frederic Frans Petrus Gooris
  • Apparatus and method for using infrared thermography for viewing a tear film
    Patent number: 11026574
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for observing a tear film on a persons or animals eye. The apparatus comprises an infrared sensitive camera that includes a camera lens system and a computer configured to receive data from the camera, process the data using software and represent the processed data on a display. The camera is configured to measure temporal and spatial changes of thermal radiation from a surface of the eye at a frame rate, a spatial resolution, and a thermal sensitivity that allows the dynamics of the tear film to be visualised. Also disclosed is a method of observing a tear film on an eye of a person or an animal using an apparatus, such as that described above, where the method includes the step of viewing the dynamics of the tear film using the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: BEYOND 700 PTY LTD
    Inventors: Thomas Millar, Burkhardt Siegfried Schuett
  • Eyeglasses and method for improving eyesight
    Patent number: 11029543
    Abstract: One embodiment of an aspect of the present invention is a pair of eyeglasses having at least one lens with a plurality of holes for natural improvement of eyesight or vision. The holes may be of different sizes and shapes and may be randomly positioned throughout the lens, and the lens may be painted upon. Another embodiment of this aspect is a pair of eyeglasses that has at least one lens with a plurality of holes and that also has a patch. Another aspect of the present invention is a method for natural improvement of eyesight or vision through the use of the eyeglasses of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Inventor: Saundra A. McMillian
  • Multi-ring lens, systems and methods for extended depth of focus
    Patent number: 11022815
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing enhanced image quality across a wide and extended range of foci encompass vision treatment techniques and ophthalmic lenses such as contact lenses and intraocular lenses (IOLs). Exemplary IOL optics can include an aspheric refractive profile imposed on a first or second lens surface, and a diffractive profile imposed on a first or second lens surface. The aspheric refractive profile can focus light toward a far focus. The diffractive profile can include a central zone that distributes a first percentage of light toward a far focus and a second percentage of light toward an intermediate focus. The diffractive profile can also include a peripheral zone, surrounding the central zone, which distributes a third percentage of light toward the far focus and a fourth percentage of light toward the intermediate focus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: AMO Groningen B.V.
    Inventor: Hendrik A. Weeber
  • Optical device and method for producing the same, and display device
    Patent number: 11016306
    Abstract: A display device is provided with (A) a frame that is worn on a head of a viewer, and (B) an image display device 100 mounted to the frame. The image display device is provided with (B-1) an image forming device 111, and (B-2) an optical device 120 that forms a virtual image on the basis of light emitted from the image forming device 111. The light from the image forming device 111 enters a pupil 21 of the viewer 20 through the optical device 120. The optical device 120 is provided at least with a first glass plate 121, a second glass plate 122 that faces the first glass plate 121, and a shock absorbing layer 123 sandwiched between the first glass plate 121 and the second glass plate 122.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuji Yoshida, Mieko Kuwahara
  • Eyeglasses with extensions
    Patent number: 11009720
    Abstract: Eyeglasses (2) comprise a pair of extensions (1) configured to be fixed each to a respective temple tip (42) of the eyeglasses (2). Each extension (1) comprises a body (5), having a first segment (53) adapted to be fixed to a respective temple tip (42) of an eyeglass (2), and a second segment (54) inclined with respect to the first segment (53). When the first segments (53) are connected each to the respective temple tip (42), the second segments (54) project from the respective temple tips (42) in directions (T) converging with each other. In this way, the second segments (54) can rest on the neck of a user and support the eyeglasses at the neck without the use of a chain. The extensions (1) are adaptable to temple tips (42) of different sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: FREL SOLUTIONS SAGL
    Inventor: Francesca Melera
  • Imaging lens
    Patent number: 10996443
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side with spaces in between each of the lenses. The first lens is formed in a meniscus shape to have an object side convex surface. The sixth lens is formed in a meniscus shape to have an object side concave surface. The second lens has a specific focal length. The third lens has a specific focal length. The sixth lens has a specific Abbe's number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Hisao Fukaya
  • Reflective active variable lens and method of fabricating the same
    Patent number: 10996432
    Abstract: A reflective active variable lens includes an upper electrode, a lower electrode disposed in parallel to the upper electrode, a deformation part disposed between the upper electrode and the lower electrode, a reflective part disposed on the upper electrode, and a support part disposed to surround the deformation part. Here, the deformation part and the support part are connected to each other to provide a single structure, the deformation part is expanded from an initial shape when an electric field is formed between the upper electrode and the lower electrode, and the expanded deformation part is contracted when the electric field is removed and restored to the initial shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Suntak Park, Bong Je Park, Ki-Uk Kyung, Seung Koo Park, Sung Ryul YuN, Seongcheol Mun, Jeong Muk Lim
  • Camera optical lens
    Patent number: 10983310
    Abstract: 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, and a sixth lens. The first lens is made of plastic material, the second lens is made of plastic material, the third lens is made of glass 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: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: AAC Optics Solutions Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Teranishi Takaaki, Lei Zhang, Yanmei Wang, Shuang Wu
  • Variable magnification optical system and optical apparatus
    Patent number: 10976529
    Abstract: The variable magnification optical system includes, in order from an object side, a positive first lens group disposed at a position closest to the object side, a variable magnification lens group which is disposed at a position closest to the object side among negative lens groups and moves during changing magnification, an intermediate group including at least one lens group, and a positive final lens group which is disposed at a position closest to the image side. The variable magnification lens group, the intermediate group, and the final lens group are continuously disposed. The variable magnification optical system includes at least one LA lens. This LA lens satisfies predetermined conditional expressions relating to a refractive index, an Abbe number, and a partial dispersion ratio, and is located from the variable magnification lens group to the intermediate group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yasutaka Shimada, Michio Cho
  • Objective optical system for endoscope and endoscope
    Patent number: 10948708
    Abstract: The objective optical system for an endoscope includes a negative front group, an aperture stop, and a positive rear group that are arranged in this order from an object side. The front group includes only a cemented lens in which a negative first lens, a negative second lens, and a positive third lens are cemented in this order from the object side, as a lens. The rear group includes only a cemented lens in which include a positive fourth lens, a positive fifth lens, and a negative sixth lens are cemented in this order from the object side, as a lens. Conditional expressions are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Baba
  • Photographing optical lens assembly, imaging apparatus and electronic device
    Patent number: 10948695
    Abstract: A photographing optical lens assembly includes seven lens elements, the seven lens elements being, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. Each of the seven lens elements includes an object-side surface facing towards the object side and an image-side surface facing towards the image side. The image-side surface of the seventh lens element is concave in a paraxial region thereof and includes at least one inflection point in an off-axis region thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuan-Ting Yeh, Hsin-Hsuan Huang
  • Camera optical lens
    Patent number: 10948694
    Abstract: 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, and a sixth lens. The first lens is made of plastic material, the second lens is made of plastic material, the third lens is made of plastic material, the fourth lens is made of plastic material, the fifth lens is made of glass material, and the sixth lens is made of plastic material. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: AAC Optics Solutions Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Teranishi Takaaki, Lei Zhang, Yanmei Wang, Dan Zhang