Patents Examined by Nicholas R Pasko
  • Patent number: 11029532
    Abstract: The invention relates to an eyewear frame, comprising a forehead part with two ends and arranged to extend around the eyes of a user when worn and two temple parts each extending rearwardly from a front of the eyewear frame, and from each end of the forehead part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Inventor: Will King
  • Patent number: 11029488
    Abstract: The rear converter lens consists of, in order from an object side: a first lens group that has a positive refractive power; a second lens group that has a negative refractive power; and a third lens group that has a positive refractive power. The first lens group consists of a cemented lens in which a negative lens concave toward the image side and a positive lens convex toward the object side are cemented. The second lens group consists of a cemented lens in which a negative lens concave toward the image side, a positive lens convex toward both sides, and a negative lens concave toward the object side are cemented. The third lens group consists of a cemented lens in which a positive lens convex toward the object side and a negative lens are cemented. The rear converter lens satisfies predetermined Conditional Expressions (1) and (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsuya Ori
  • Patent number: 11022817
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a contact lens comprising a rounded, minus-carrier, lenticular-like curve over a central, upper portion of the lens that allows the contact lens to translate upwards in downgaze.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Ohio State Innovation Foundation
    Inventors: Melissa D. Bailey, Joseph T. Barr
  • Patent number: 11022816
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a contact lens comprising a lenticular in a superior portion of the contact lens wherein the contact lens attaches to an upper eyelid of a wearer by the lenticular interacting with an upper tarsal plate of the upper eyelid of a wearer, said interaction allows the contact lens to translate upwards in downgaze and maintain rotational stability. In one aspect, the lenticular has a top surface, said top surface having a shape selected from the group consisting of flat, flat with rounded corners, concave, convex or tapered having a thicker portion closer to an edge of the contact lens, or combinations thereof. In another aspect, the lenticular is comprised of a plurality of lenticular sections. In yet another aspect, the lenticular is anatomically-shaped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: OHIO STATE INNOVATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Melissa D. Bailey, Joseph T. Barr
  • Patent number: 11009685
    Abstract: A image capturing lens assembly includes six lens elements, the six lens elements being, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with positive refractive power having an object-side surface being convex thereof; a second lens element having negative refractive power; a third lens element; a fourth lens element; a fifth lens element with positive refractive power having an object-side surface being convex and an image-side surface being convex thereof; and a sixth lens element having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, the image-side surface having at least one convex critical point in an off-axial region thereof, and an object-side surface and the image-side surface being aspheric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chun-Che Hsueh, Wei-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 11009634
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a structural color filter comprising: a substrate; a metal layer disposed on the substrate; and semiconductor gratings disposed on the metal layer, wherein each of the semiconductor gratings is elongated in a first direction, wherein the semiconductor gratings are arranged to be spaced apart from each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the semiconductor gratings have the same thickness, wherein the thickness is smaller than a wavelength of visible-light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hui Joon Park, Kyu Tae Lee, Ji Yun Jang
  • Patent number: 11009695
    Abstract: An occulter petal unfurling system including occulter petal unfurler disposed to rotate in relation to an occulter to unfurl a plurality of petals which in an unfurled condition can be used to block or suppress incoming light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: TENDEG LLC
    Inventors: Gregg E. Freebury, William H. Francis, Neal J Beidleman
  • Patent number: 10976517
    Abstract: A telescope including a fastener plate, a primary mirror carried by a front face of the plate, and a secondary mirror held facing the primary mirror by a support, wherein the support includes a primary sleeve mounted around the primary mirror, a secondary sleeve mounted around the secondary mirror, arms connecting the secondary sleeve to the primary sleeve, and mechanical decoupler for decoupling the secondary mirror relative to the primary mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Safran Electronics & Defense
    Inventors: Charlotte Hoeltzel, Cédric Tacconi, Christophe Furui, Franck Seillier, Guillaume Anna
  • Patent number: 10969586
    Abstract: Architecture and designs of wearable devices for displaying images or videos are described. According to one aspect of the present invention, a display device is made in form of a pair of glasses and includes a minimum number of parts to reduce the complexity and weight thereof. Image data along with control signals (including instruction data) is optically transported by an active optical cable all the way through a temple to a microdisplay embedded and deposed near one end of the temple of the glasses. Optical images produced by the microdisplay are captured and projected into an integrated lens or an added light waveguide on a lens for displaying the optical images before the eyes of a wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventor: Darwin Hu
  • Patent number: 10962801
    Abstract: A hinge for eyeglasses has a first and a second frame part, the parts being joined in an articulated manner by a spindle element, the end of the first frame part having a bend which encloses at least in part the spindle element in a pivoting manner, wherein the bend of the first frame part forms two vertically spaced closed loops of a first diameter. The second frame part has a through hole of a second diameter and is positioned in the space between the two loops, such that the first frame part and the second frame part are swivelably connected by the spindle element, which reaches through both the loops and the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: M Group S.à.r.l.
    Inventor: Alessandro Lanaro
  • Patent number: 10962777
    Abstract: A device includes a first light source device configured to transmit a first light in a first direction and a second light source device configured to transmit a second light in a second direction. The device also includes a first set of one or more lenses configured for directing the first light from the first light source device and the second light from the second light source device toward a first eye of a user. Also disclosed is a method that includes transmitting a first light and a second light through a first set of one or more lenses and directing the first light and the second light toward a first eye of a user. Further disclosed is a method for adjusting a distance between an eye and a lens of the first set of one or more lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Wheelwright, Jacques Gollier, Ying Geng, Yijing Fu
  • Patent number: 10952608
    Abstract: A procedure is performed on at least one section of an ocular component. At least one first electro-magnetic radiation is provided to the section so as to interact with at least one acoustic wave in the ocular component. At least one second electro-magnetic radiation is produced based on the interaction. Multiple portions of the second electromagnetic radiation are received. Each portion was emitted from a different corresponding segment of the section. A visco-elastic modulus of the section is monitored based on the multiple portions during the procedure. Feedback is applied to the procedure based at least in part on the monitored visco-elastic modulus, including at least one of: (1) guiding a trajectory of an incision based on different respective monitored values of visco-elastic modulus for the segments, or (2) determining a number of incisions to be made based on different respective monitored values of visco-elastic modulus for the segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Jang Lawrence Hyun Yoo, Dominik Jean Michel Beck, Giuliano Scarcelli, Niaz Karim, Seok-Hyun Yun
  • Patent number: 10935866
    Abstract: An electrophoretic device for switching between a transparent and non-transparent mode comprises a fluid and particles, electrodes for moving said particles, and various further elements, as well as uses thereof, in particular as a window blind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: ELSTAR DYNAMICS PATENTS B.V.
    Inventor: Romaric Mathieu Massard
  • Patent number: 10935811
    Abstract: A visor mountable eye wear. The eyewear includes a clip for mounting onto a visor or brim of a headgear, such as a cap. The eyewear has articulating support arms to permit the eyewear to be attached to the visor of a cap and worn over the eyes of the wearer. The eyewear may be readily elevated to be repositioned atop the visor of the cap. At least one lens is carried by a frame assembly. The frame assembly may include a left and a right frame segment releasably joined by a magnet carried in a corresponding left and right bridge members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Inventor: Eissa Nick Asemani
  • Patent number: 10928652
    Abstract: Method implemented by computer means for optimizing a set of optical lens blanks to be used to manufacture a set of optical lenses, each optical lens comprising a first optical surface, a second optical surface, the first and second optical surfaces being connected by a external periphery surface, the method comprising: a data providing step during which a set of data for every optical lens of the set of optical lenses is provided, the data comprising at least contour data representative of an external periphery surface of the optical lens, a first dataset representative of the first optical surface of the optical lens and a second dataset representative of the second optical surface of the optical lens; a supply cost function providing step during which a supply cost function is provided, the supply cost function being a function of the number of different optical lens blank comprised in the set of optical lens blanks, a lens blank cost function providing step during which a lens blank cost function is provi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Thierry Baudart, Florence Morel
  • Patent number: 10914910
    Abstract: A sight glass for observation of industrial applications using a non-glass lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: L.J. Star Incorporated
    Inventor: Aarash Navabi
  • Patent number: 10914920
    Abstract: The present application 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, a sixth lens and a seventh lens. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: AAC Optics Solutions Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Xuqi Bian, Lei Zhang, Yanmei Wang
  • Patent number: 10913395
    Abstract: An exterior rearview mirror assembly configured for mounting at an exterior portion of a vehicle includes a mounting arm configured for attachment at the vehicle, a mirror head disposed at an end of the mounting arm and movable relative to the mounting arm, and an electrically operated actuator operable to move the mirror head relative to the mounting arm. The mirror head includes a mirror reflective element that, when the actuator is electrically operated, moves in tandem with the mirror head. The actuator, with the mounting arm attached at the exterior portion of the vehicle, and when the actuator is electrically operated, moves the mirror head relative to the mounting arm to vertically and horizontally adjust a rearward field of view of a driver of the vehicle who is viewing the mirror reflective element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Darryl P. De Wind, Eric S. Deuel, Justin E. Sobecki, Joseph R. Mambourg, Keith D. Foote, Niall R. Lynam
  • Patent number: 10908329
    Abstract: A retroreflective sheeting which comprises a top transmissive layer including a plurality of parallel channel formed perpendicular to a surface of the layer, and a reflective bottom layer including a specular surface or a corrugated transmitting surface. The corrugated surface includes a plurality of linear prismatic elements extending perpendicular to the channels of the top layer. The top and bottom layers reflect light in orthogonal directions and act cooperatively to retroreflect incident light back toward the source, particularly at high incidence angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: S.V.V. TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Sergiy Vasylyev
  • Patent number: 10908325
    Abstract: An adaptive liquid lens includes a membrane, a patterned film in contact with the membrane, a substrate, and a layer of optical fluid encapsulated within the membrane and the substrate. A display device includes the adaptive liquid lens and an electronic display optically coupled with the adaptive liquid lens for outputting light through the adaptive liquid lens toward a pupil of an eye of a user of the display device. Also disclosed is a method including modifying a surface profile of a membrane of an adaptive liquid lens. Modifying the surface profile of the membrane of the adaptive liquid lens changes a focal distance of the adaptive liquid lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Youngshik Yoon