Patents Examined by Ray Alexander Dean
  • Patent number: 11971603
    Abstract: A scope includes an objective lens system having refractive power, a relay lens system having refractive power, and an eyepiece system having refractive power. The relay lens system includes a first, a second, and a third lens groups. The second lens group includes a II-2-1 lens and a II-2-2 lens, and both of which are cemented. The third lens group includes a II-3-1 lens having a convex surface facing an object side and a II-3-2 lens having a convex surface facing an image side, and both of which are cemented. The second lens group and the third lens group can move along an optical axis to change a magnification of the relay lens system and thereby change a magnification of the scope. The objective lens system, the relay lens system, and the eyepiece system are arranged in order from the object side to the image side along the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: SINTAI OPTICAL (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD., ASIA OPTICAL CO., INC.
    Inventor: Yuan-Fan Liang
  • Patent number: 11937877
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are provided for measuring dark adaptation of one or both eyes of a patient, and more particularly, for measuring dark adaptation with a mobile device application. An exemplary method includes exposing an eye of a patient to a light source to bleach a retinal location of the eye, displaying on a mobile device a figure with a luminance and waiting until the patient communicates with the mobile device to acknowledge that the patient can see the figure, measuring and recording a level of the luminance and a time period between first displaying the figure and the patient communicating with the mobile device, continuing to display additional figures with decreasing luminance one at a time, and determining by a processor dark adaptation measurements of the patent based on the measured and recorded luminance and time periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: The Schepens Eye Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Shrinivas Pundlik, Gang Luo
  • Patent number: 11931004
    Abstract: Provided is an objective optical system including: a first spherical lens and a second spherical lens that are arrayed in this order from an object; and at least one of a first optical medium and a second optical medium, wherein the first optical medium is a solid or liquid disposed at an object side of the first spherical lens and is in close contact with a surface on the object side of the first spherical lens, over an entire optical path; and the second optical medium is a solid or liquid disposed at an opposite side of the second spherical lens from the object and is in close contact with a surface on the opposite side of the second spherical lens from the object, over the entire optical path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro Miki, Keiichiro Nakajima, Mitsuru Namiki
  • Patent number: 11927832
    Abstract: A magnetic attraction type lens-replaceable eyeglasses, comprising a frame and lenses. A connector for fixedly connecting the lenses to the frame is disposed at a bridge of the frame. The connector is detachably connected to the frame. The connector and the frame are in magnetic attraction cooperation. Fixing pins capable of penetrating through the lenses and used for limiting the swing of the lenses are disposed on the side, in contact with the lenses, of the connector. By using the detachable connector, the lenses are fixed to the frame. By means of magnetic attraction cooperation, the lenses can be relatively easy to replace. Meanwhile, by using a design of positioning pins, it can be ensured that the lenses mounted on the frame will not swing or shift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: WENZHOU TIDE-OPTICAL CO., LTD
    Inventor: Leping Zheng
  • Patent number: 11896305
    Abstract: A system includes: at least one processor; a movable stage, wherein the movable stage is movable under control of the at least one processor with respect to an eye of a subject; a video display device configured to move with the movable stage; and an optical system disposed in an optical path between the video display device and the eye. The video display device is configured to play a movie of a fixation target to the eye to cause the eye to accommodate, and the movie dynamically changes an appearance of the fixation target on the video display device to compensate for Bokeh of the fixation target as the movable stage moves the video display device from a first position, where the fixation target draws a focus of the eye to near its far point, to a second position further away from the eye than the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: AMO Development, LLC
    Inventor: Richard J. Copland
  • Patent number: 11892764
    Abstract: A projection system includes a first optical system and a second optical system including an optical element and a reflector and disposed at the enlargement side of the first optical system. The optical element has a reflection surface, a first transmissive surface disposed at the enlargement side of the reflection surface, and a second transmissive surface disposed at the enlargement side of the first transmissive surface. The reflector is disposed at the enlargement side of the reflection surface and at the reduction side of the first transmissive surface. The reflector is disposed between the optical element and the first optical system in the direction along a first optical axis of the first optical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hirotaka Yanagisawa
  • Patent number: 11885943
    Abstract: Provided is a lens assembly including a first lens having positive optical power with respect to incident light incident from an object side and having a convex surface facing the object side, and a second lens including a meta-lens having negative chromatic aberration with respect to the incident light passing through the first lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyunsung Park, Hyeonsoo Park, Seunghoon Han
  • Patent number: 11874484
    Abstract: Provided is a polarizing plate 1 having a wire grid structure, the polarizing plate 1 comprising: a transparent substrate 10; and grid protrusions 11 provided over the transparent substrate 10, arranged in an array having a pitch shorter than a wavelength of light in a band to be used, and extending in a predetermined direction, the grid protrusions 11 having a reflective layer 13, a dielectric layer 14, and an absorptive layer 15 that are disposed in this order in a direction away from the transparent substrate 10, and the reflective layer 13 having a maximum width b that is smaller than each of a maximum width of the dielectric layer and a maximum width of the absorptive layer (grid width a). This makes it possible to provide a polarizing plate capable of controlling the wavelength dispersion of absorption axis reflectance more accurately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Dexerials Corporation
    Inventor: Masahiro Oowada
  • Patent number: 11867930
    Abstract: A filter module and a projection apparatus are provided. The filter module includes a filter layer and a diffusion layer. The filter layer includes a first filter region and a second filter region, which respectively allow light having a first waveband and light having a second waveband to pass through. The diffusion layer is disposed on a side of the filter module opposite to the filter layer and includes a first diffusion portion with a first haze value and a second diffusion portion with a second haze value. The first diffusion portion is disposed corresponding to the first filter region and allows the light having the first waveband to pass through. The second diffusion portion is disposed corresponding to the second filter region and allows the light having the second waveband to pass through. The first haze value is different from the second haze value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Che Chien, Ming-Tsung Weng, Sheng-Chiang Lin
  • Patent number: 11860374
    Abstract: A LIDAR system may include a laser diode that emits a beam having a slow axis and a fast axis so that a cross-section of the beam has a width substantially greater than a height. A first three-element lens may be optically aligned with a photodetector of the LIDAR system. A second three-element lens may be optically aligned with the diode laser. The second three-element lens may include at least one lens having a predetermined astigmatism that reduces the width of the beam with respect to the height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventor: Ryan McMichael
  • Patent number: 11852595
    Abstract: A plastic lens element includes an optical effective portion and a peripheral portion. The peripheral portion surrounds the optical effective portion and includes a peripheral surface and an optical inspecting structure. The optical inspecting structure is disposed between the optical effective portion and the peripheral surface and includes a first optical inspecting surface and a second optical inspecting surface. The first optical inspecting surface and the second optical inspecting surface are disposed on two sides of the peripheral portion respectively and correspond to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lin-An Chang, Ming-Ta Chou, Cheng-Feng Lin, Liang-Chieh Weng, Ming-Shun Chang
  • Patent number: 11852803
    Abstract: A method includes rotating a mirror assembly in a first direction using an actuator. The mirror assembly is rotationally coupled to a base and includes a mirror. A first end of the mirror is rotationally coupled to the base, and a second end of the mirror is not supported by or attached to another structure. The method also includes rotating a reaction inertia assembly in a second direction opposite the first direction using the actuator. The reaction inertia assembly is rotationally coupled to the base. The method further include restricting movement of the mirror assembly and the reaction inertia assembly in multiple degrees of freedom using multiple flexures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Christopher A. Cox
  • Patent number: 11835791
    Abstract: The present invention provides a camera optical lens, including, from an object side to an image side, a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens having a positive refractive power, and a fifth lens having a negative refractive power. At least one of the first to fifth lenses has a free-form surface, and the camera optical lens satisfies: 2.00?f3/f?5.50; 2.00?R4/R3?23.00, where f is a focal length of the camera optical lens, f3 is a focal length of the third lens, R3 is a central curvature radius of an object side surface of the second lens, and R4 is a central curvature radius of an image side surface of the second lens. The camera optical lens satisfies requirements of a large aperture, a wide angle and ultra-thinness, and has excellent optical performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: AAC Optics (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jia Chen, Wen Sun
  • Patent number: 11835685
    Abstract: Provided is a camera optical lens including, sequentially from an object side to an image side: a first lens having a negative refractive power; a second lens; a third lens having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens having a negative refractive power; a fifth lens; a sixth lens having a positive refractive power; and a seventh lens having a negative refractive power. At least one of the first to seventh lenses comprises a free-form surface. The camera optical lens can achieve high optical performance while satisfying design requirements for ultra-thin, wide-angle lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: AAC Optics Solutions Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jia Chen, Wen Sun
  • Patent number: 11822051
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens disposed sequentially from an object side. The optical imaging system satisfies ?2.0<L3R2/f<?0.5 and 3.0<f/IMG_HT<4.0, where L3R2 is a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the third lens, f is a focal length of the optical imaging system, and IMG_HT is half a diagonal length of an imaging plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hag Chul Kim, Yong Joo Jo, Hyo Jin Hwang
  • Patent number: 11803040
    Abstract: Disclosed is a camera optical lens, including nine lenses, and the nine lenses from an object side to an image side are: a first lens with a negative refractive power, a second lens with a positive refractive power, a third lens with a negative refractive power, a fourth lens with a positive refractive power, a fifth lens with a negative refractive power, a sixth lens with a positive refractive power, a seventh lens with a negative refractive power, an eighth lens with a positive refractive power and an ninth lens with a negative refractive power. The camera optical lens satisfies: ?5.50?f1/f??2.00; 3.00?d11/d12?12.00. The camera optical lens has good optical performance, and meets the design requirements of a large aperture, wide-angle and ultra-thin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Raytech Optical (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jia Chen
  • Patent number: 11789254
    Abstract: An optical scanner includes a mirror configured to reflect an incident light and a vertically-shifting electrostatic actuator configured to oscillate the mirror. The electrostatic actuator includes a frame having an installation space in a central portion and a drive electrode, a stationary electrode, a shifter, and a force application part installed in the installation space. Drive electrode fingers in the drive electrode and stationary electrode fingers in the stationary electrode are alternately disposed. The shifter may be connected either between the frame and the drive electrode or between the frame and the stationary electrode and vertically shifts either the drive electrode or the stationary electrode connected to the shifter when a vertical force is applied through the force application part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: KOREA OPTRON CORP.
    Inventors: Yun Goo Kim, Hwan Sun Kim, Eun Joong Lee, Yong Kook Kim
  • Patent number: 11774728
    Abstract: A photographing optical lens system 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. Each of the seven lens elements has an object-side surface facing toward the object side and an image-side surface facing toward the image side. The object-side surface of the sixth lens element is concave in a paraxial region thereof, and the image-side surface of the sixth lens element is convex in a paraxial region thereof. At least one of the object-side surface and the image-side surface of at least one lens element of the photographing optical lens system has at least one inflection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuan Chun Wang, Tzu-Chieh Kuo
  • Patent number: 11774729
    Abstract: A wide-angle lens assembly includes a first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth lenses. The first and second lenses are with negative refractive power and include a convex surface facing an object side and a concave surface facing an image side respectively. The third lens is a biconcave lens with negative refractive power. The fourth and fifth lenses are biconvex lenses with positive refractive power. The sixth lens is with positive refractive power and includes a convex surface facing the image side. The seventh lens is with negative refractive power and includes a concave surface facing the object side. The eighth lens is with positive refractive power and includes a convex surface facing the object side. The ninth lens is with positive refractive power and includes a concave surface facing the object side and a convex surface facing the image side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: SINTAI OPTICAL (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD., ASIA OPTICAL CO., INC.
    Inventor: Ching-Chung Yeh
  • Patent number: 11774721
    Abstract: An image capturing optical system includes ten lens elements which are, in order from an object side to an image side along an optical path: a first lens element having positive refractive power, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element, a seventh lens element, an eighth lens element, a ninth lens element and a tenth lens element having negative refractive power. Each of the ten lens elements has an object-side surface facing toward the object side and an image-side surface facing toward the image side. The image-side surface of the second lens element is concave in a paraxial region thereof. At least one of the object-side surface and the image-side surface of at least one lens element of the image capturing optical system has at least one critical point in an off-axis region thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tzu-Chieh Kuo