Patents Examined by Phu Vu
  • Patent number: 12704659
    Abstract: A metalens and a metalens array having a bounded angular field of view are disclosed. The metalens includes a substrate and a two-dimensional (2D) grid over the substrate to divide the substrate into a 2D array of meta-units. Each meta-unit in the 2D array includes a nanostructure and a portion of the substrate that supports the nanostructure. Moreover, each meta-unit is configured with an angular-dependent transmission or reflection coefficient that decreases with an increasing incident angle of an illumination. Moreover, the metalens passes an incident light having an incident angle less than a cutoff angle and rejects an incident light having an incident angle greater than the cutoff angle. The metalens can be used a base unit for constructing a metalens array by tiling copies of the metalens into a 2D array of the metalens to achieve a significantly larger field-of-view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Weijian Yang, Junjie Hu
  • Patent number: 12697872
    Abstract: Provided are a smart surface, a center console of a vehicle, and a vehicle. The smart surface includes a display device (10), a decorative cover plate (20) including a decorative pattern layer (21), a substrate layer (22), an optical adhesive layer (23), and a glass layer (24) stacked sequentially from top to bottom, an upper surface of the glass layer (24) being fitted to the optical adhesive layer (23), and a lower surface of the glass layer (24) being covered on the display device (10), and an AG fluorescent film (30) fitted to the decorative pattern layer (21), and the AG fluorescent film (30) is used for filtering ambient light or light emitted from the decorative pattern layer (21). The smart surface provided by the present application can reduce the obstruction of the image caused by the decorative pattern by providing the AG fluorescent film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: VARITRONIX (HEYUAN) DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: Jinwu Chen, Huaiping Zhang, Haiqiang Zhong, Hongzhang Li, Zhongfu Cao, Dianyi Ruan, Junjie Fang, Zhijian Zhu
  • Patent number: 12693502
    Abstract: An image capturing system lens assembly includes eight lens elements, the eight 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, a seventh lens element and an eighth lens element. Each of the eight lens elements has an object-side surface towards the object side and an image-side surface towards the image side. The fourth lens element has negative refractive power. The image-side surface of the eighth lens element is concave in a paraxial region thereof, and the image-side surface of the eighth lens element includes at least one inflection point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: I-Chieh Chen, Cheng-Yu Tsai
  • Patent number: 12693542
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a processor; and a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the electronic device to: switch between a first screen that displays a VR image individually and a second screen that displays a plurality of images including the VR image; and control a change in a display area of the VR image, wherein on the first screen, the display area of the VR image is changed based on a predetermined operation for changing the display area of the VR image, and on the second screen, the display area of the VR image is not changed based on the predetermined operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Seiji Ogawa
  • Patent number: 12687732
    Abstract: Crosstalk between adjacent channels is suppressed when monitoring optical output power. A multi-channel optical module for multiplexing and outputting a plurality of wavelength channels, which includes a plurality of light sources each having a different wavelength, a plurality of collimator lenses coupled to the respective outputs of the plurality of light sources, a beam splitter coupled to an output of each of the plurality of collimator lenses, a plurality of monitor PDs for monitoring optical power branched from the beam splitter, and a plurality of wavelength filters inserted between the beam splitter and each of the plurality of monitor PDs and each wavelength filter transmitting only the wavelength of the light source coupled by the beam splitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: NTT, Inc.
    Inventors: Shigeru Kanazawa, Yasuhiko Nakanishi, Takahiko Shindo, Meishin Chin
  • Patent number: 12681313
    Abstract: A head-mountable device can include assemblies that provide fit adjustment capabilities when assembled together. By providing head-mountable devices with modular features, certain assemblies can provide fit adjustment capabilities without requiring other assemblies to be custom designed or available in a wide variety of sizes and/or shapes. A lens assembly can provide one or more lenses that accommodate a user's vision correction needs. The lenses can be provided in a manner that allows them to be coupled to displays of the head-mountable device, which can move as needed. The lenses can be coupled to displays to move with the displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Paul X. Wang, Jeremy C. Franklin, Adam Y. Kollgaard
  • Patent number: 12663570
    Abstract: Described are systems and methods to eliminate reflection from a display's incident light that is captured by a camera, such as a webcam. The display includes a polarizer that polarizes light which is reflected by a medium such as glass to the camera. The reflected light includes linearly polarized light. A polarizer is strategically placed in front of the lens set of a camera. Utilizing an orientation perpendicular to the reflected incident light, reflection from the reflective surfaces is eliminated before it enters the lens set of the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Ghee Beng Ooi, Chih-Hao Kao, Tiak Hooy Sim
  • Patent number: 12645013
    Abstract: A polarizer and a liquid crystal display device. The polarizer includes a hard coating including whiskers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wen Wan, Ji Li
  • Patent number: 12645111
    Abstract: A complex sheet, a method for producing the complex sheet, and a display panel including the complex sheet is disclosed. The complex sheet reduces moisture penetration by forming a side cover that covers an opening included in an edge of a light refracting layer that is included in the complex sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Inwha Lee, Yoonhyung Joo, Chulgoo Son, Suncheol Hwangbo, Junsoo Park
  • Patent number: 12638619
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present application disclose a polarizer and a display device, wherein the polarizer includes a polarizing layer, and a first optical functional layer on a side of the polarizing layer. The first optical functional layer includes a substrate and light-diffusing particles dispersed in the substrate. An average value of a difference between an orientation angle of an orthographic projection of a long axis of the light-diffusing particle in a first plane and an orientation angle of an absorption axis of the polarizing layer in the first plane is less than or equal to 5°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kai Chen, Ji Li, Fang Tan
  • Patent number: 12638678
    Abstract: An optical functional film for a head-up display according to the present disclosure includes (A) two or more phase difference layers and (B) an adhesive layer. The adhesive layer is adjacent to at least one phase difference layer, and an absolute value of difference between a refractive index of the adhesive layer and a refractive index of the phase difference layer adjacent to the adhesive layer in a direction of a fast axis is less than 0.060.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: NIPPON KAYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsunori Nakamura, Chihiro Takahashi, Tomoyuki Hayasaki, Yoshihiko Taira, Yoshiyuki Yahagi
  • Patent number: 12631915
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided by the present application. The display panel includes: a glass substrate, wherein the glass substrate is a substrate at the light exiting side of the display panel; and a tandem layer located at the light exiting side of the glass substrate. The tandem layer includes one or more first sub-layers and one or more second sub-layers, and the first sub-layers and the second sub-layers are arranged alternately. A refractive index of each of the first sub-layers and a refractive index of each of the second sub-layers are unequal. A thickness of each of the first sub-layers is less than a thickness of each of the second sub-layers. A visible-light reflectivity of the display panel is less than or equal to 1.1%. The display panel is used to manufacture low-reflectivity display products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lingdan Bo, Yingying Qu, Jianhua Huang, Dongchuan Chen, Pengyu Qi, Yue Yang, Hui Li
  • Patent number: 12625407
    Abstract: An electro-optic assembly includes a front substrate that has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. A second substrate has a third surface and a fourth surface opposite the third surface, the second and third surfaces face each other to define a gap. A first electrode is coupled to the second surface and a second electrode is coupled to the third surface. An electro-optic medium is in the gap. At least one of the first and second electrodes are an antireflective electrode stack including a conductive layer formed of a transparent conductive oxide, an overcoat layer in contact with the electro-optic medium and formed of a substantially transparent conductive material, an insulating layer between the conductive layer and the overcoat layer, and a base layer between the substrate and conductive layer. A conduction well contains the electro-optic medium and extends through the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: GENTEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mario F. Saenger Nayver, David J. Cammenga, Henry A. Luten, John S. Anderson
  • Patent number: 12625311
    Abstract: A coated article includes: a substrate having a first side and a second side; and a patterned coating over at least a portion of the second side of the substrate. The patterned coating includes: a first dielectric layer over at least a portion of the second side of the substrate; an absorbing layer over a first portion of the first dielectric layer and including a first reflected aesthetic, and absent over a second portion of the first dielectric layer and including a second reflected aesthetic; and a second dielectric layer over at least a portion of the absorbing layer. A contrast between the first reflected aesthetic and the second reflected aesthetic forms a pattern. The contrast between the first reflected aesthetic and the second reflected aesthetic is greater when viewing the coated article from a first direction, compared to viewing the coated article from a second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: Vitro Flat Glass LLC
    Inventor: Patrick Fisher
  • Patent number: 12619009
    Abstract: This optical laminate contains a transparent substrate, an optical functional layer and an antifouling layer laminated in that order, wherein when a light with a wavelength of 380 nm to 780 nm from a standard light source D65 is incident upon the optical laminate at an incident angle within a range from 5° to 50° relative to the surface, the a* value and the b* value in the CIE-Lab color system of the reflected light are within the same quadrant of the a*b* plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: Dexerials Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoaki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 12613081
    Abstract: A mounting system and method that provides simplified mounting points and attachment interfaces for associated components. Specifically, the system and method generally comprise a mounting system, including a new support chassis, which allows for a Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) aiming system which was built to be placed in an infantry system for a TOW missile, to be used in a vehicle mounted ISU system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: ON-POINT DEFENSE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Jason R. Lane, Parker Wilson Adams, Frank Wayne Tinklepaugh, Steven Louis Iezzi
  • Patent number: 12611931
    Abstract: A head up display glass and a head up display system are provided. The head up display glass includes an outer glass sheet, an inner glass sheet, an intermediate layer, a transparent conducting coating, and an enhanced reflection coating. The outer glass sheet has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The inner glass sheet has a third surface and a fourth surface opposite the third surface. The second surface faces the third surface. The intermediate layer is disposed between the second surface and the third surface. The transparent conducting coating is disposed on the second surface or the third surface. The enhanced reflection coating is disposed on the fourth surface. The transparent conducting coating has a reflectivity for P-polarized light not less than 6%. The enhanced reflection coating has a reflectivity for P-polarized light not less than 10%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: FUYAO GLASS INDUSTRY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bingming Jiang, Jinliang Guan, Zhixin Chen, Canzhong Zhang
  • Patent number: 12613411
    Abstract: A display device includes a transparent display and having a first display region capable of outputting a video of a first shape, and a variable light transmittance sheet which corresponds to at least the first display region, is disposed on at least a front seat side of the vehicle body, and has a variable light transmittance. When outputting a video including a second display region having a second shape in the first display region, the variable light transmittance sheet is set to include a light-shielding region having a third shape and having a first light transmittance, and a transmission region having a fourth shape other than the light-shielding region and having a second light transmittance larger than the first light transmittance, and at least a part of the light-shielding region is set to overlap with the second display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nishio, Toshihiro Miyamichi
  • Patent number: 12607847
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an optical structure and a method for manufacturing an optical structure. The optical structure includes: a substrate layer; a first isolation layer on the substrate layer and having a first opening on a side away from the substrate layer; a second isolation layer on the first isolation layer and having a second opening on a side away from the substrate layer, wherein a projection of the first opening on the substrate layer overlaps at least partially with a projection of the second opening on the substrate layer, and wherein a ratio of a refractive index of the first isolation layer to a refractive index of the second isolation layer is in a range of 0.95 and 1.05; and a first conductive portion in the second isolation layer and filling at least the second opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jian Zhou
  • Patent number: 12607922
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, a camera module and/or an electronic device comprising same may comprise: a first guide unit comprising a first magnet having the shape of an arc around a first axis of rotation; a first rotating unit comprising a rotation base disposed on the first guide unit and configured to rotate around the first axis of rotation; a support bearing disposed between the first guide unit and the first rotating unit and configured to rotatably support the first rotating unit with regard to the first guide unit; a first coil disposed on the first rotating unit and configured to generate an electromagnetic force together with the first magnet in response to an electric signal applied thereto, thereby providing a driving force for rotating the first rotating unit; a fixed magnet disposed on one of the first guide unit and the first rotating unit; and a first yoke disposed on an other of the first guide unit and the first rotating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwangseok Byon, Kihuk Lee, Min Heu