Patents Examined by Ricky L. Mack
  • Patent number: 12372736
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a device for mounting two spherical optical components. The device includes a first holder, having a receptacle for a first optical element with a first spherical convex face with a first radius, and a second holder, having a receptacle for a second optical element with a second spherical optical concave face with a second radius. At least one of the holders has a supporting face with a third radius, and the first holder can be supported on the second holder such that the radii have a common center point when the first optical element is held in the first holder and the second optical element is held in the second holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: tooz technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Prochnau, Jörg Pütz, Wolfgang Singer
  • Patent number: 12372744
    Abstract: Provided are a lens assembly and an electronic device including the lens assembly, the lens assembly including a first reflector configured to rotate around a first rotation axis, a second reflector configured to rotate around a second rotation axis, a plurality of lenses, and an image sensor configured to generate a plurality of captured images having different capturing views based on a rotation of at least one of the first reflector or the second reflector, in which the first reflector, the second reflector, the plurality of lenses, and the image sensor are provided in sequential order from an object's side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiwoo Lee, Dong Kyung Nam
  • Patent number: 12372747
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an optical imaging lens assembly, which comprises, sequentially along an optical axis 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 negative refractive power; a fifth lens, having a positive refractive power; a sixth lens, having a positive refractive power; and a seventh lens, having a negative refractive power. A total effective focal length f of the optical imaging lens assembly and half of a maximal field-of-view Semi-FOV of the optical imaging lens assembly satisfy: f×tan(Semi-FOV)?5.0 mm; and a center thickness CT1 of the first lens on the optical axis and an edge thickness ET1 of the first lens satisfy: 1.5<CT1/ET1<2.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SUNNY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Saifeng Lyu, Fujian Dai, Liefeng Zhao
  • Patent number: 12366725
    Abstract: An optical imaging lens including 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 sequentially along an optical axis from an object side to an image side is provided. Each of the first lens element to the eighth lens element includes an object-side surface facing the object side and allowing imaging rays to pass through and an image-side surface facing the image side and allowing the imaging rays to pass through. A periphery region of the object-side surface of the third lens element is concave, and a periphery region of the image-side surface of the third lens element is convex. Lens elements of the optical imaging lens are only the above-mentioned eight lens elements, and the optical imaging lens satisfies the condition of D11t62/D71t82?2.400.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: GENIUS ELECTRONIC OPTICAL (XIAMEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiayuan Zhang, Qingzhi Zhu, Huabin Liao, Hung-Chien Hsieh
  • Patent number: 12360303
    Abstract: A polarizing plate and an optical display apparatus including the same. The polarizing plate includes: a polarizer; a first retardation layer; and a second retardation layer, the first retardation layer and the second retardation layer being sequentially laminated on a lower surface of the polarizer, wherein the first retardation layer has a short wavelength dispersion of about 1 to about 1.03, a long wavelength dispersion of about 0.98 to about 1, and an in-plane retardation of about 220 nm to about 270 nm at a wavelength of about 550 nm, the second retardation layer has a short wavelength dispersion of about 1 to about 1.1, a long wavelength dispersion of about 0.96 to about 1, and an in-plane retardation of about 80 nm to about 130 nm at a wavelength of about 550 nm, and a ratio (Rth/d) of out-of-plane retardation (Rth, unit:nm) of the second retardation layer at a wavelength of about 550 nm to thickness (d, unit:?m) of the second retardation layer ranges from about ?33 nm/?m to about ?15 nm/?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Mo Koo, Bong Choon Kim, Jung Hun You, Sang Hum Lee, Dong Yoon Shin
  • Patent number: 12360425
    Abstract: Electrochromic devices are fabricated using a particle removal operation that reduces the occurrence of electronically conducting layers and/or electrochromically active layers from contacting layers of the opposite polarity and creating a short circuit in regions where defects form. In some embodiments, the particle removal operation is not a lithiation operation. In some embodiments, the particle removal operation is performed at an intermediate stage during the deposition of either an electrochromic layer or a counter electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: View Operating Corporation
    Inventor: Robert T. Rozbicki
  • Patent number: 12345999
    Abstract: Acousto-optical modulator apparatus for acousto-optically deflecting laser beam includes gas-filled volume including working gas and having input and output sections, for receiving beam along incidence light path via input section and transmitting beam along deflection light path via output section, and ultra-sound transducer device for creating ultra-sound field intersecting incidence light path in interaction region within gas-filled volume and creating periodic density modulation of working gas in interaction region, ultra-sound transducer device deflecting beam in interaction region by Bragg-diffraction in ultra-sound field, so that deflection light path has direction deviating from direction of incidence light path, wherein gas-filled volume keeps working gas at working pressure below bar and input section and output section transmit beam with laser center wavelength included in wavelength range from mid-IR to XUV. Preferably, ultra-sound transducer device focuses ultra-sound field in interaction region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignees: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Heyl, Tino Lang
  • Patent number: 12332441
    Abstract: A display device includes an image element, a prism mirror configured to cause imaging light emitted from the image element to be incident on a light incident surface, to reflect the imaging light by an inner reflection surface, and to emit the imaging light from a light emission surface, thereby emitting the imaging light so that the imaging light is returned in an inclined direction, a see-through mirror configured to reflect the imaging light emitted from the prism mirror toward a pupil position, and a basic aperture diaphragm configured to limit the passage of the imaging light incident on the light incident surface of the prism mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Takeda
  • Patent number: 12321054
    Abstract: According to the present invention, an optical testing apparatus is used in testing an optical measuring instrument. The optical measuring instrument provides an incident light pulse from a light source to an incident object and receives a reflected light pulse as a result of reflection of the incident light pulse at the incident object. The optical testing apparatus includes a testing light source and a rise time control section. The testing light source is arranged to generate a testing light pulse to be provided to the optical measuring instrument. The rise time control section is arranged to control the rise time of the testing light pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: ADVANTEST CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro Sugawara, Takao Sakurai
  • Patent number: 12292580
    Abstract: The present application provides an optical module and a medical laser device, belonging to the technical field of applying the light spot, comprising a first lens, a second lens and an array lens arranged in sequence along the main optical axis, wherein the first lens shapes a beam along the first direction of the main optical axis, the second lens shapes the beam along the second direction of the main optical axis, the array of array lenses is arranged along the second direction of the main optical axis. The laser beam enters the second lens after passing through the first lens, and the second lens diffuses the laser beam along the second direction of the main optical axis, and after the laser beam is converted from a Gaussian distribution to a flat-top distribution in the second direction, the laser beam is emitted through the array lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: FOCUSLIGHT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Lei Cai, Xingsheng Liu
  • Patent number: 11822146
    Abstract: A method includes fabricating a mirror system that includes a dual axis gimbal, a mirror, and a mirror substrate that are formed together as an integral component using an additive manufacturing process. The method also includes forming multiple first gaps in the mirror system using a subtractive manufacturing process, where the first gaps extend through the mirror system in a first direction. The method further includes forming multiple second gaps in the mirror system using the subtractive manufacturing process, where the second gaps extend through the mirror system in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The first gaps and the second gaps separate the gimbal into a top portion and a bottom portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Richard Joseph Ready
  • Patent number: 11624897
    Abstract: An optical-lens-set includes a first lens element of a concave image-side surface near its optical-axis, a sixth lens element of negative refractive power and of a concave image-side surface near its optical-axis to go with a fifth lens element of a concave object-side surface near its optical-axis or with a seventh lens element of negative refractive power. The Abbe number ?1 of the first lens element, the Abbe number ?3 of the third lens element, the Abbe number ?4 of the fourth lens element, the Abbe number ?5 of the fifth lens element, the Abbe number ?6 of the sixth lens element and the Abbe number ?7 of the seventh lens element together satisfy 5?5?1?(?3+?4+?5+?6+?7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Genius Electronic Optical (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ta-Cheng Fan, Zhenfeng Xie, Yanxuan Yin
  • Patent number: 11426071
    Abstract: An eye-imaging apparatus and system is described including arrayed optical fibers having a high numerical aperture and circular fiber array ends arranged at skewed angles relative to the optical axis of the imaging path. Circular fiber array ends are arranged to emit the illumination light into an eye at a skewed angle and a light intensity distribution converter along the illumination path to convert a bell-shaped distribution into a top-hat distribution. As a result, illumination uniformity on the retina of the eye is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Natus Medical Incorporated
    Inventors: Yan Zhou, Willem Crone, John Allison
  • Patent number: 11409134
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for producing a lens surface through electrowetting. The lens surface may be used in an ophthalmic lens such as an intraocular lens, contact lens, or eyeglass lens. A fluid chamber may include a conductive fluid and a curable fluid positioned therein. An electrode may be used to vary a shape of a surface of the curable fluid through electrowetting. The surface of the curable fluid may be cured to produce a lens surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: AMO Groningen B.V.
    Inventors: Mihai State, Theophilus Bogaert
  • Patent number: 11079091
    Abstract: A lens includes a first interface acting as a refractive entrance surface for a light ray, a second interface acting as a total inner reflective (TIR) surface for the light ray entering the lens through the first interface, and a third interface acting as a refractive exit surface for the light ray reflected at the second interface. A method of producing a lens includes shaping the second interface and the third interface so that at least two light rays having a diverging angle to each other and impinging under an arbitrary solid angle onto the first interface exit the lens in the area of the third interface substantial parallel to each other and in a common direction of space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SMR Patents S.à.r.l.
    Inventor: Nitesh Shah
  • Patent number: 10908393
    Abstract: A photographing optical lens assembly includes seven lens elements which are, 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 and a seventh lens element. The first lens element has negative refractive power. The third lens element has positive refractive power. The fourth lens element has negative refractive power. The sixth lens element has an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The seventh lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The image-side surface of the seventh lens element has at least one critical point in an off-axis region thereof. There is an air gap in a paraxial region between all adjacent lens elements of the seven lens elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wei-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 10775644
    Abstract: Antennas and antenna systems may be designed and configured for incorporation into mechanical devices, including medical devices, such as ophthalmic devices, including contact lenses. These antennas and antenna systems may be utilized to transmit data from the mechanical device to a receiver, to receive data from a transmitter, and/or to inductively charge an electromechanical cell or the like incorporated into the mechanical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall B. Pugh, Daniel B. Otts, Adam Toner, Frederick A Flitsch, James Daniel Riall
  • Patent number: 10649175
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens includes, 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 first lens is made of glass material, the second lens is made of plastic material, the third lens is made of plastic material, the fourth lens is made of plastic material, the fifth lens is made of plastic material, the sixth lens is made of plastic material, and the seventh lens is made of plastic material. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Rongbao Shi
  • Patent number: 10620452
    Abstract: A holder for eyeglass lenses having a holding part, which is magnetically secured to the fastening part in detachable fashion and has a nose bridge for holding eyeglass lenses, and having at least one swivel bearing, which is provided between the fastening part and the nose bridge of the holding part and has at least two bearing parts that are able to swivel relative to each other around the swivel axis of the swivel bearing in order to move the holding part between a use position of the eyeglass lenses and a non-use position of the eyeglass lenses in which they are folded upward in relation to the use position. In order to embody a holder of the above-mentioned type in a reliable and simply designed way, the first bearing parts and second bearing parts are embodied so that they are detachable from each other and are held together magnetically, for which purpose, at least one bearing part has at least one permanent magnet with a magnetization direction oriented in the direction of the swivel axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Inventor: Stefan Lechner
  • Patent number: 10613355
    Abstract: Eyewear including an optical functional member, control electronics, and a sealed electrical connective element connecting the electronics to the optical functional member. The connective element can directly connect the electronics to the optical functional member, or can connect through an intermediate contact, e.g., a plug-and-receptacle. The connective element can be routed from the electronics, around a rimlock of the eyewear to the optical functional member. The connective element can be a conductive compressible member, such as conductive rubber. In some embodiments, the connective element can be a multiconductor cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: e-Vision, LLC
    Inventors: Ronald D. Blum, William Kokonaski, Claudio Dalla Longa, Mark Graham, Joshua Haddock, Charles Willey, Tiziano Tabacchi, Martin Bock, Massimo Pinazza, Scott N. Richman, Volkan Ozguz