Patents Examined by Matthew Y Lee
  • Patent number: 11880235
    Abstract: An electronic device display and a display cover layer may be coupled to a housing. The display may have an array of pixels that are configured to emit light. One or more light redirecting elements may be incorporated into the electronic device that redirect and thereby change the direction of light rays emitted from peripheral pixels in the display. The light redirecting elements may be used to enlarge the effective size of the display, to create images on sidewall surfaces of the display cover layer, and/or to create diffuse glowing areas around the periphery of the device. Light redirecting elements may be formed as integral portions of a display cover layer, as laminated optical films on a display cover layer, or as coating layers on a display cover layer. Afocal optical systems may be formed by placing first and second light redirecting elements on opposing first and second sides of a display cover layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tyler S. Bushnell, John N. Border, Victoria C. Chan
  • Patent number: 11874448
    Abstract: Proposed is a lens system capable of providing, to a user, a high-definition image in which generation of concentric circles is reduced. The lens system has one or more Fresnel lenses. A lens surface of each of the Fresnel lenses has a plurality of grooves that is concentrically formed. Both a pitch which is the distance between two adjacent grooves and the depth of each of the plurality of grooves vary with the distance from an optical axis that passes through the center of the lens system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Manabu Ishioka, Yasutoshi Katsuda, Shotaro Tada
  • Patent number: 11874594
    Abstract: A camera module includes a housing, a movable body configured to move in a direction of an optical axis of the housing; a reinforcing member formed integrally on one surface of the movable body, and configured to increase a rigidity of the movable body; and a first buffer member formed in the reinforcing member, and configured to reduce an impactive force between the housing and the movable body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hyuk Lee, Soo Cheol Lim, Byung Woo Kang, Young Bok Yoon, Jong Woo Hong, Jung Seok Lee
  • Patent number: 11867926
    Abstract: An optical unit that corrects a shake of an optical module includes: a movable portion having a holder that holds the optical module; and a fixed portion that rotatably supports the movable portion. The movable portion is rotatable relative to the fixed portion in first-third rotation directions correspondingly centered on first-third axes which correspondingly extend in first-third directions. The first direction is parallel to an optical axis direction of the optical module in a state in which the movable portion is stationary. The first direction, the second direction, and the third direction are perpendicular to each other. The movable portion further includes a protrusion protruding toward the fixed portion from an end of the holder closer to the fixed portion in the optical axis direction. The fixed portion includes a support portion that rotatably supports the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soichiro Kimura, Kazuhiro Sazai, Keishi Otsubo, Tomohiro Egawa, Genki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11860344
    Abstract: A method for comparing first and second optical lenses such that when a control module receives a selection suggesting the first optical lens for the first time, a suggestion for the second optical lens is selected on a selection screen and no validation symbol is selected on the selection screen; when the control module receives the selection of the suggested second optical lens, the suggested first optical lens is selected on the selection screen and first and second validation symbols is selected on the selection screen, the first symbol indicating that the first and second optical lenses are identical, and the second symbol indicating that the second optical lens is better than the first optical lens; when the control module receives the selection of the suggested first optical lens for the second time or more, the suggested second optical lens is selected on the selection screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SIVIEW
    Inventors: Laure Pichereau, Nathalie Guillemain
  • Patent number: 11860452
    Abstract: The spectacle lens has at least a lens base material, and a multilayer film positioned on an eyeball-side surface of the lens base material, in which an average reflectance Rm (280-380) in a wavelength region of 280 to 380 nm, measured on the eyeball-side surface of the spectacle lens, is 10.0% or less, and a chroma C*, measured on the eyeball-side surface of the spectacle lens under a CIE standard illuminant D65, is 0.5 or more but 5.0 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventor: Sou Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 11835739
    Abstract: A system includes an optical film stack, where the optical film stack includes a substrate and a first inorganic layer on the substrate. The optical film stack also includes a first dielectric layer on the first inorganic layer and a first metal layer on the first dielectric layer. The optical film stack also includes a second dielectric layer on the first metal layer and a second inorganic layer on the second dielectric layer. The optical film stack also includes a second metal layer on the second inorganic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: John Charles Ehmke
  • Patent number: 11835800
    Abstract: Provided is a spectacle lens including multilayer films on both surfaces of a lens substrate, in which the sum of mean reflectances on both surfaces of the spectacle lens in a wavelength band of 400 to 440 nm is 20.0% or more, the reflectance on each surface of the spectacle lens has at least one maximum value in the wavelength band, and there is a difference between the mean reflectance on one surface of the spectacle lens and the mean reflectance on the other surface in the wavelength band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventor: Sou Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 11822096
    Abstract: An optical system includes a first optical element having a first reflective surface concave toward an object side, a second optical element having a second reflective surface convex toward an image side, and a lens unit disposed between the first optical element and the second optical element. Light from an object travels to an image plane through the first reflective surface and the second reflective surface in this order. A movable unit configured to move during image stabilizing includes at least one of the second optical element and the lens unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tatsuro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11809025
    Abstract: An optical lens device includes a lens body, an optical filter and an optical absorbance portion. The lens body has a first lens surface and a second lens surface between which to form the optical filter where is to provide the optical absorbance portion. The optical absorbance portion includes a main absorbance area having an absorbance peak portion. The main absorbance area has a first wavelength range between 420 nm and 440 nm formed as a high-energy blue UV absorbance area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: FORESIGHT OPTICAL LTD.
    Inventors: Tien-Shu Wu, Yen-Ting Wu, Ho-Lun Chen
  • Patent number: 11808949
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lens driving device, a camera and an electronic apparatus with a small size and an excellent effect in hand vibration correction. The lens driving device includes a case having an accommodation space, in which a lens module is provided. The lens module includes a lens, a lens holder receiving the lens, a support frame for freely rotating the lens holder in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis direction, support members, an electromagnetic driving device, and a base for fixing a circuit board; the electromagnetic driving device is arranged on the lens holder and the base for fixing the circuit board, and is provided adjacent to a level of a center of gravity of the lens module; and the lens module have different movement axes in a plane and is rotatable freely relative to the base for fixing the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Changzhou Raytech Optronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ching-Chung Chiu, Kazuo Shikama
  • Patent number: 11789184
    Abstract: A lens module is provided. The lens module includes at least one refractive index distribution lens; and a lens barrel configured to accommodate the at least one refractive index distribution lens, wherein the at least one refractive index distribution lens is composed of a single layer, and includes a plastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong Chan Park, Eun Jung Lim
  • Patent number: 11774650
    Abstract: A display body includes a display surface including a plurality of display region groups. Each display region includes at least one reflection surface that is configured to reflect light incident on the display surface toward an area including a corresponding one of reflection directions that are associated with the respective display region groups. Each display region group is configured to form an image unique to the display region group in a corresponding one of the reflection directions through reflection of light on the reflection surfaces in the display region group. The display region groups are configured to form, in two adjacent ones of the reflection directions, different images that have a interrelation between each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoko Tashiro, Keitaro Sugihara, Toshiki Toda
  • Patent number: 11762218
    Abstract: An optical unit with a shake correction function includes a fixed body, a movable body having an optical element, a swing support mechanism swingably supporting the movable body, a magnetic drive mechanism structured to swing the movable body, and a magnetic spring structured to return the movable body to a home position where a predetermined axial line and an optical axis of the optical element are coincided with each other. The magnetic spring includes a home position returning magnet disposed in one of the movable body and the fixed body, and an attracted member disposed in the other of the movable body and the fixed body so that a magnetic attraction force acts between the attracted member and the home position returning magnet. The attracted member and the home position returning magnet are disposed on the optical axis and face each other in a direction of the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeshi Sue
  • Patent number: 11754806
    Abstract: There is provided a compact imaging lens configured to properly correct aberrations. The imaging lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens L1 having negative refractive power, a second lens L2 having negative refractive power, a third lens L3 having positive refractive power, a fourth lens L4, a fifth lens L5, a sixth lens L6, a seventh lens L7, and an eighth lens L8 having negative refractive power. The eighth lens L8 has an aspheric image-side surface having at least one inflection point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Hirano
  • Patent number: 11747642
    Abstract: In an optical unit, a first swing mechanism swings a holder with reference to the y-axis direction, and a second swing mechanism swings the holder with reference to the z-axis direction. A case has a first recess that accommodates at least a part of a first protrusion of the holder and a second recess that accommodates at least a part of a second protrusion of the holder. The first recess has a first side surface located on one side in the y-axis direction of the first protrusion, a second side surface located on the other side in the y-axis direction of the first protrusion, and a bottom surface. The second recess has a first side surface located on one side in the y-axis direction of the second protrusion, a second side surface located on the other side in the y-axis direction of the second protrusion, and a bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Egawa, Keishi Otsubo, Kazuhiro Sazai, Genki Tanaka, Takayuki Iwase
  • Patent number: 11740390
    Abstract: A liquid lens unit according to one embodiment comprises: a first plate including a cavity for accommodating a conductive first liquid and a nonconductive second liquid; a first electrode arranged on the first plate; a second electrode arranged under the first plate; a second plate arranged on the first electrode; a third plate arranged under the second electrode; and an elastic member arranged between the first plate and the third plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Uijun Kim
  • Patent number: 11740394
    Abstract: An optical power prism that may be used in folded lens systems that consists of a glass prism and a glass lens attached to a surface of the prism using a thin layer of optical glue or by optical contact. The glass lens does not have a flange and thus the prism can be smaller than prisms used in conventional power prisms with the same lens effective area, thus reducing the Z-height of the power prism when compared to conventional power prisms. An optical glass may be used for the lens that has a higher refractive index than can be provided by optical plastic which allows the lens to be thinner than plastic lenses. The lenses may be formed by molding a glass wafer to form lens shapes on a first surface of the wafer; the molded wafer is then ground from a second surface to singulate the lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Norimichi Shigemitsu, Kazuya Fujita, Hideki Tanaka, Shuo Wei Huang
  • Patent number: 11736599
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cover for an electronic device and includes a transparent substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a pattern layer having a first color and formed on a first area and a second area of the second surface of the transparent substrate, the pattern layer including one or more holes formed in a portion of the pattern layer corresponding to the second area, a light reflection layer formed beneath the pattern layer and including a reflecting surface facing the pattern layer, and a color layer having a second color different than the first color, the color layer being formed between the pattern layer and the light reflection layer, wherein the reflecting surface is formed such that light reflected on the reflecting surface passes through the color layer and at least a portion of the one or more holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Inventors: Dohyung Ha, Sungmin Shin, Kisung Kim, Minhoo Park
  • Patent number: 11719911
    Abstract: An imaging optical lens assembly includes seven lens elements which are, in order from an object side to an image side along an optical path: 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. The third lens element with positive refractive power has an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The fourth lens element has negative refractive power. The fifth lens element has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The sixth lens element with negative refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, and the image-side surface of the sixth lens element has at least one critical point in an off-axis region thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Jui Lin, Yu-Chun Ke, Jin Sen Wang, Wei-Yu Chen, Chun-Yen Chen