Patents Examined by Jordan Schwartz
  • Patent number: 9880401
    Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms for providing access to an accommodation-capable eye-mountable device via a user interface of an auxiliary device. In an embodiment, the user interface provides prompts for a user of the eye-mountable device to perform various viewing actions, where the eye-mountable device receives from the auxiliary device communications indicating respective times of the viewing actions. Based on the communications, the eye-mountable device generates configuration information indicating a correspondence of respective states of the eye-mountable device to respective characteristics of the viewing actions. In another embodiment, operational modes of the eye-mountable device are defined based on the configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Pletcher, Robert F. Wiser, Daniel J. Yeager, Shung-neng Lee
  • Patent number: 9869843
    Abstract: A four piece optical lens for capturing image and a five-piece optical module for capturing image, includes a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; and a fourth lens with refractive power, in order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens along the optical axis. At least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the four lenses is aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yao-Wei Liu, Yeong-Ming Chang
  • Patent number: 9864212
    Abstract: The current invention is directed to a method, in particular a computer-implemented method, for providing a modified lens design for an uncut lens blank, in particular through the use of a non-transitory computer readable medium. Further, a method, in particular a computer-implemented method, for reducing a thickness of an original lens design of an uncut lens blank, in particular through the use of a non-transitory computer readable medium, is provided. Furthermore, a method for manufacturing an uncut lens blank and an uncut lens blank are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignees: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH, Carl Zeiss Vision Inc.
    Inventors: Ray Steven Spratt, Timo Kratzer, Philipp Ellinger
  • Patent number: 9864167
    Abstract: An image forming lens is formed by sequentially arranging, from an object side to an image side, a first lens group having positive refractive power, an aperture stop, a second lens group having positive refractive power, and a third lens group having positive or negative refractive power. When focusing is performed from a long distance to a short distance, the third lens group is fixed relative to an image surface, and the first lens group, the aperture stop, and the second lens group are moved integrally to the object side. In the image forming lens, the third lens group is formed by sequentially arranging, from the object side to the image side, two lenses in order of a negative lens and a positive lens, and a conditional expression is satisfied: 0.20<D/L3F-I<0.60, where D is an air space between the negative lens and the positive lens which form the third lens group, and L3F-I is a distance from an object-side surface of the negative lens of the third lens group to the image surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyasu Ohashi, Yoshifumi Sudoh
  • Patent number: 9857606
    Abstract: A spectacle structure with transformable frames is disclosed. In the spectacle structure, an upper frame and a lower frame have corresponding lens assembling parts, as well as corresponding latched holes and latches to combine the upper frame and the lower frame to one spectacle frame. When the upper frame and the lower frame are going to be separated, push resistant blocks of the upper frame can be pushed to move the latches away from the latched position. Accordingly, the upper frame and the lower frame can be separated or assembled to form half-rimmed or full-rimmed spectacles according to the user's needs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Prohero Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Pen-Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 9848769
    Abstract: Provided is an ophthalmic diagnosis support apparatus which enables an operator to easily acquire a tomographic image suitable for detailed observation of a candidate lesion without spending time and effort to search for the candidate lesion. The ophthalmic diagnosis support apparatus includes an acquiring unit for acquiring a wide-range image of a fundus, a candidate lesion detection unit for detecting the candidate lesion on the fundus by analyzing the wide-range image, a calculating unit for determining a degree of abnormality of the candidate lesion based on a result of the detection of the candidate lesion, and an acquiring position setting unit for setting an acquiring position of the tomographic image of the fundus based on the degree of abnormality of the candidate lesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Miyasa, Hiroshi Imamura
  • Patent number: 9851477
    Abstract: A non-round fluid lens assembly includes a non-round rigid lens and a flexible membrane attached to the non-round rigid lens, such that a cavity is formed between the non-round rigid lens and the flexible membrane. A reservoir in fluid communication with the cavity allows a fluid to be transferred into and out of the cavity so as to change the optical power of the fluid lens assembly. In an embodiment, a front surface of the non-round rigid lens is aspheric. Additionally or alternatively, a thickness of the flexible membrane may be contoured so that it changes shape in a spheric manner when fluid is transferred between the cavity and the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Adlens Beacon, Inc.
    Inventors: Amitava Gupta, Urban Schnell, Karim Haroud, Hans Jaeger
  • Patent number: 9851626
    Abstract: There is provided converter lens system including a first lens that is a negative lens of which both surfaces are concave, a second lens that is a negative lens of which both an image plane side and an object side are convex toward an object side, and a third lens that is a positive lens of which both sides are convex. The first to third lenses are disposed in this order from the object side, and the converter lens system is inserted and used between an imaging lens and a camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9833137
    Abstract: A computerized method for administering a low luminance dysfunction test, comprising the steps of: (a) displaying a first character in a color at a first acuity level against a display having a luminance level; (b) receiving a first input signal from a patient via an input device, where the input signal is indicative of whether the patient recognizes the first character displayed in the first acuity level; (c) displaying a second character in the color at a second acuity level against the display having the luminance level; (d) receiving a second input signal from the patient via the input device, where the input signal is indicative of whether the patient recognizes the second character displayed at the second acuity level; and, (e) calculating a score based on the first and second input signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Innova Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Cheryl Nordstrom
  • Patent number: 9835873
    Abstract: This invention is related to a spectacle structure with transformable frames. An upper frame and a lower frame of the spectacle structure mainly have corresponding lens assembling parts. A fixing part is pivotally connected to an assembling rod of the upper frame. A connection section against the assembling rod of the upper frame is disposed in the lower frame. A carrying part of the fixing part support the bottom of the connection section. A positioning flange stops in front of the connection section to combine the upper frame and the lower frame to be as one frame. Accordingly, the upper and the lower frames can be detached to transform between a half-rimmed spectacles and a full-rimmed spectacles depending on needs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Prohero Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Pen-Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 9826900
    Abstract: An ophthalmic surgical microscope includes a beam coupler positioned along an optical path of the surgical microscope between a first eyepiece and magnifying/focusing optics, the beam coupler operable to direct the OCT imaging beam along a first portion of the optical path of the surgical microscope between the beam coupler and a patient's eye (an OCT image being generated based on a reflected portion of the OCT imaging beam). The surgical microscope additionally includes a real-time data projection unit operable to project the OCT image generated by the OCT system and a beam splitter positioned along the optical path of the surgical microscope between a second eyepiece and the magnifying/focusing optics. The beam splitter is operable to direct the projected OCT image along a second portion of the optical path of the surgical microscope between the beam splitter and the second eyepiece such that the projected OCT image is viewable through the second eyepiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Tammo Heeren, Hugang Ren, Vadim Shofman, Lingfeng Yu
  • Patent number: 9829681
    Abstract: Provided is an optical system, which retains enhanced optical performance at any object distance, and has compact and light-weight focus lens units. Provided is an optical system including a plurality of lens units, in which an interval between adjacent lens units changes during focusing, the optical system including: a positive lens unit arranged closest to an object side; first and second focus lens units having negative refractive powers configured to move during focusing; and an intermediate lens unit having a positive refractive power and arranged between the first and second focus lens units. The first and second focus lens units are configured to move toward an image side during focusing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takeo Mori
  • Patent number: 9823545
    Abstract: An eyepiece optical system includes a focal-plane plate, having a positive refractive power on one side and a diffusion surface on the other side thereof; a reflector which reflects light rays of an object image, formed on the diffusion surface, a predetermined number of times; an optical lens group, by which the object image is observed, in that order along an optical path from the object side to the viewing side; and a condenser lens element, having a positive refractive power, provided between the focal-plane plate and the reflector, the condenser lens element having an aspherical surface formed on at least one side thereof. At least one of the aspherical surface of the condenser lens element has a profile, when viewed macroscopically, such that the positive refractive power thereof increasingly weakens with respect to a direction away from the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Moriyasu Kanai
  • Patent number: 9823396
    Abstract: A broadband partial reflector includes a multilayer polymeric optical film having a total number of optical repeating units that monotonically increases in thickness value from a first side to a second side of the multilayer polymeric optical film. A baseline optical repeating unit thickness profile is defined by a first plurality of optical repeating units and having a first average slope, and a first apodized thickness profile of the multilayer polymeric optical film is defined by a second plurality of optical repeating units having a second average slope being at least 5 times greater than the first average slope. The second plurality of optical repeating units define the first side of the multilayer polymeric optical film and join the first plurality of optical repeating units. The second plurality of optical repeating units are in a range from 3-15% of the total number of optical repeating units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael F. Weber, Timothy J. Nevitt, John A. Wheatley
  • Patent number: 9817226
    Abstract: Provided is an endoscope objective optical system including, in order from an object side, a first group having negative refractive power, a second group having positive refractive power, and a third group having positive refractive power. The second group is provided so as to be movable in an optical-axis direction. The following conditional expression is satisfied, 9<f2/fa<16??(1) where f2 is a focal length of the second group, and fa is a focal length of the entire system in the normal observation state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Azusa Noguchi
  • Patent number: 9810881
    Abstract: An imaging lens system comprises, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens element with refractive power; a third lens element with refractive power having object-side and image-side surfaces being aspheric, at least one surface thereof having at least one inflection point; a fourth lens element with refractive power having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; a fifth lens element with refractive power having an aspheric object-side surface and an aspheric concave image-side surface, the image-side surface thereof having at least one inflection point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chun-Shan Chen
  • Patent number: 9810886
    Abstract: The wide angle optical system includes in order from a side of an object in front, a first lens group having a negative refractive power, a second lens group having a catadioptric optical element, an aperture stop, and a third lens group having a positive refractive power, and the catadioptric optical element has a first surface, a second surface, and a third surface, and the first surface has a first transmitting surface and a first reflecting surface, the second surface has a second transmitting surface and a second reflecting surface, and the third surface has a third transmitting surface, and the third transmitting surface is a side surface of a circular truncated cone, and the following conditional expressions (1), (2), and (3) are satisfied: ?p<?n??(1), |?p|<|?n|??(2), and 90°??k<?/2??(3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masayuki Mizusawa
  • Patent number: 9804418
    Abstract: This invention discloses a device comprising multiple functional layers formed on substrates, wherein at least one functional layer comprises an electrical energy source. In some embodiments, the present invention includes an insert for incorporation into ophthalmic lenses that has been formed by the stacking of multiple functionalized layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall B. Pugh, Frederick A. Flitsch, Daniel B. Otts, James Daniel Riall, Adam Toner
  • Patent number: 9795290
    Abstract: Ocular surface interferometry (OSI) devices, systems, and methods are disclosed for peak detection and/or determining stabilization of an ocular tear film. Embodiments disclosed herein also include various image capturing and processing methods and related systems for providing various information about a patient's ocular tear film (e.g., the lipid and aqueous layers) and a patient's meibomian glands that can be used to analyze tear film layer thickness(es) (TFLT), and related characteristics as it relates to dry eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: TearScience, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen M. Grenon, Scott Liddle, Donald R. Korb
  • Patent number: 9798163
    Abstract: A system is provided that selectively blocks blue light in addition to having low overall transmittance values. The average value of the transmission spectrum of the system across the wavelength range 400 nm-470 nm is between 0% and 30% and the average value of the transmission spectrum across the wavelength range 470 nm-700 nm is between 0% and 70%. The transmission spectrum of the system has a first local minimum in transmission between 400 nm-470 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: High Performance Optics, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Ishak, Ronald Blum, Anita Trajkovska-Broach