Patents Examined by Robert E Tallman
  • Patent number: 10765313
    Abstract: A method, a system and a computer program for determining an eyeglass prescription for an eye are disclosed. Initially, information about a measurement indicative of the refractive properties of the eye is received. Subsequently, a mathematical representation of wavefront aberrations of the eye is determined from the measurement. The mathematical representation includes a multitude of polynomials, each polynomial having an azimuthal order and a radial order. Further, the mathematical representation includes at least a first polynomial group having a common radial order, wherein the common radial order is higher than two. The eyeglass prescription is determined based on a merit function, wherein each polynomial of the first polynomial group that is used in the merit function has an azimuthal order of ?2, 0, or 2, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH
    Inventor: Ray Steven Spratt
  • Patent number: 10766363
    Abstract: A surface panel is attached to an instrument panel so as to cover a display surface of a display unit disposed on the instrument panel of a vehicle. When the display unit is turned on, light L from the display unit is projected toward the driver's seat side via a thin hole formed in the surface panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Tai Inoue, Masahide Nagata, Takayuki Ogawa, Gosei Sato, Takao Kanai
  • Patent number: 10768411
    Abstract: A scanning device includes a base containing one or more rotational bearings disposed along a gimbal axis. A gimbal includes a shaft that fits into the rotational bearings so that the gimbal rotates about the gimbal axis relative to the base. A mirror assembly includes a semiconductor substrate, which has been etched and coated to define a support, which is fixed to the gimbal, at least one mirror, contained within the support, and a connecting member connecting the at least one mirror to the support and defining at least one mirror axis, about which the at least one mirror rotates relative to the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Raviv Erlich, Alexander Shpunt, Yuval Gerson
  • Patent number: 10761290
    Abstract: A virtual reality video device for educational video monitor that includes a video monitor to provide 3D videos and the 3D-based VR videos; a lens plate provided with left and right lenses having the same interval as the interval between human eyes on one side of the video monitor; a fixing board for coupling the lens plate to the video monitor; a horizontal support which is coupled to the fixing board and has the same length as the focal distance between the left and right lenses during use; a position adjustment device to adjust the vertical position of the lens plate by a vertical support and an inner vertical support, while allowing the lens plate and the horizontal support to move up and down; and a horizontally movable device installed to allow the lens plate, the horizontal support, and the position adjustment device to move horizontally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Inventor: Hae-Yong Choi
  • Patent number: 10761337
    Abstract: The present invention provides a projecting apparatus. The projecting apparatus comprises: a light source, a lens, and a diffractive optical element (DOE). The light source is utilized for emitting a Gaussian beam. The lens has a focal length, and is utilized for receiving the Gaussian beam and generating a de-focused Gaussian beam, wherein a distance between the light source and the lens is not equal to the focal length. The DOE is designed for the de-focused Gaussian beam, and utilized for receiving the de-focused Gaussian beam and spreading out a non-diffracted light of the de-focused Gaussian beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventor: Cheng-Hung Chi
  • Patent number: 10746998
    Abstract: An optical device, includes: a first substrate 121 including a first surface 121A and a second surface 121B; a second substrate 122 including a first surface 122A and a second surface 122B; deflection units 141 and 142 disposed on the first surface 121A of the first substrate 121; a sealing member 124 sealing an outer edge portion of the first surface 121A of the first substrate 121 and an outer edge portion of the first surface 122A of the second substrate 122; and a moisture absorption member 130 disposed in a space which is surrounded by the first substrate 121, the second substrate 122, and the sealing member 124.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Akio Machida
  • Patent number: 10739552
    Abstract: A cam for applying movement to a lens system. The cam may include a body configured to couple to the lens system. The body may have slots that are configured to receive lens followers. The slots may extend in directions that are convergent relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Panavision International, L.P.
    Inventor: Scott Jason Berkowitz
  • Patent number: 10732329
    Abstract: To provide an image projecting structure having a wide viewing angle and whereby the visibility of a projected image is high. The image projecting structure comprises a first transparent layer having irregularities formed on its surface, a reflective film formed on the surface on which the irregularities are formed, of the first transparent layer, and a second transparent layer formed on the reflective film, wherein the transmittance of visible light is from 5 to 95%; the value obtained by dividing the haze by the diffuse reflectance of visible light is at least 0.1 and at most 1; the vertical difference Sk in the core section defined by ISO 25178, of the surface on which the irregularities are formed, is at least 0.1 ?m; and the value obtained by dividing the shortest autocorrelation length Sal by the vertical difference Sk in the core section is at least 1.2 and at most 190.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Yuko Tachibana, Yukihiro Tao, Kenta Sekikawa
  • Patent number: 10732478
    Abstract: An electrochromic structure includes: a substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a first conductive layer located on the first surface; a color changing functional layer located on a surface of the first conductive layer; a second conductive layer located on a surface of the color changing functional layer, where the second conductive layer is divided into a first isolation region and a first conductive region which are electrically isolated; a first electrode located in the first isolation region, where the first electrode penetrates the color changing functional layer and is electrically connected to the first conductive layer; a second electrode located on a surface of and electrically connected to the second conductive layer in the first conductive region; and a first light shielding layer for shielding the first isolation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: HEFEI VDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Liu, Shiyou Pei
  • Patent number: 10732383
    Abstract: An optical lens including a first lens group and a second lens group is provided. The first lens group is arranged between a magnified side and a minified side. The first lens group includes three lenses. A surface of a second lens facing to the minified side is a convex aspherical surface. The second lens group includes three lenses. Each of the first lens group and the second lens group includes at least one aspherical lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Young Optics inc.
    Inventors: Ying-Hsiu Lin, Kuo-Chuan Wang
  • Patent number: 10719052
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a large-size bionic holographic three-dimensional dynamic display method with large field of view. The method includes: a computer generated hologram (CGH) is loaded on a spatial light modulator; a large field angle is formed by changing the optical path through a microlens array or a diffractive optical element having same optical property with the microlens array disposed on a light-emitting surface of pixel structure of the spatial light modulator. Each microlens of the microlens array has one-to-one correspondence with each pixel of the pixel structure of the spatial light modulator. The cost is saved and design of the system structure is simplified while field view of the three-dimensional holographic display is expanded and large size is reappeared. The pixels in the spatial light modulator are fully utilized to avoid loss of resolution, and the display precision is provided to meet the growing demand of people.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Juan Liu, Xinhui Duan
  • Patent number: 10712635
    Abstract: An interchangeable lens mount insert for lens adapters is positioned into a lens mount to prevent unwanted light from entering a camera lens and to allow for the attachment of nonstandard external lenses to the lens adapter. The interchangeable lens mount insert includes an aperture shroud, an aperture hole, a lens attachment mechanism, and a mount attachment mechanism. The aperture shroud obstructs the camera lens from unwanted light and debris, while the mount attachment mechanism provides a means for securing the aperture shroud to the lens mount. The aperture hole traverses the aperture shroud and allows a select amount of light to reach the camera lens. Meanwhile, the lens attachment mechanism provides a means for securing external lenses to the aperture shroud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Beastgrip, Co
    Inventors: Vadym Chalenko, Oleksandr O Chop
  • Patent number: 10712525
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for packaging a MEMS device is disclosed that includes a MEMS die mounting surface, a MEMS device disposed on the mounting surface, and a fluid contained within the package and surrounding at least a portion of the MEMS device. The fluid may be selected to provide certain advantageous features. For example, the fluid may have a selected index of refraction that is matched with a lens index of refraction of the lens, have a viscosity selected to provide a predetermined mechanical damping to the MEMS device, be thermally coupled with the MEMS device and configured to remove heat from the MEMS device. The fluid may also be configured in mechanical cooperation with a spring mounted scanning element, a linear translation actuator, a rotational actuator, a lens, etc. to actuate or apply fluidic pressure to such elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Inventors: Albert Ting, Daniel T. McCormick, Michael Rattner
  • Patent number: 10712540
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; and a seventh lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The imaging lens has a total of seven lenses. The first to seventh lenses are arranged respectively with a space in between. The second lens is formed in a meniscus shape near an optical axis. The third lens is formed in a meniscus shape so that a surface on the object side is convex near an optical axis. The sixth lens is formed in a meniscus shape near an optical axis. The seventh lens is formed in a shape so that a surface on the image plane side has at least one inflexion point. The first lens and the second lens have specific Abbe's numbers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Tomohiro Yonezawa
  • Patent number: 10712568
    Abstract: A projection apparatus for data eyeglasses. The projection apparatus encompasses at least one light source for emitting a light beam; and at least one holographic element, disposed or disposable on an eyeglass lens of the data eyeglasses, for projecting an image onto a retina of a user of the data eyeglasses by deflecting and/or focusing the light beam onto a eye lens of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhold Fiess, Tobias Werner
  • Patent number: 10714892
    Abstract: An embodiment includes a light source. The light source may include a substrate and an integrated diffuser. The substrate may include a first surface and a second surface. The second surface may be opposite the first surface. The integrated diffuser may be integrated at the chip-level and positioned directly on the second surface of the substrate. The integrated diffuser may be configured to receive an optical signal directly from the substrate after the optical signal propagates through the substrate and to control a particular profile of a resultant beam of the optical signal over two axes after the optical signal propagates through the integrated diffuser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: II-VI Delaware Inc.
    Inventors: Jimmy Alan Tatum, James K Guenter
  • Patent number: 10698296
    Abstract: Provided is an interchangeable lens including: a lens position detection unit configured to detect a position of a lens; a motor configured to move a movable lens frame to which the lens is fixed; a driving state detection unit configured to detect a driving state of the motor; and a control unit configured to decide a driving speed of the motor based on a difference between a target speed, which is based on a difference between a target position of the lens acquired from an imaging device and the position of the lens detected by the lens position detection unit, and a speed according to the driving state detected by the driving state detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoomi Ito, Toru Katagiri
  • Patent number: 10698366
    Abstract: Disclosed is a digital color holographic display device using tiling, including: a plurality of digital color hologram generating units generating digital color holograms, respectively; and a tiling unit spatially arranging the digital color holograms of the plurality of digital color hologram generating units through an optical tiling method so as not to overlap with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yongjun Lim, Keehoon Hong
  • Patent number: 10698140
    Abstract: An image display that is to be transferred from a support onto a substrate and displays an image including personal information, according to a possible embodiment, includes: a base layer releasably supported by the support, having a light-transmitting property, a first pattern including a hologram and/or diffraction grating and transferred onto a main surface of the base layer, the first pattern displaying a first image including at least a piece of the personal information, the first pattern including dot-shaped portions, each center of the dot-shaped portions being located on a lattice point of a virtual planer lattice; and a second pattern displaying a second image, comprising an ink, and transferred onto the main surface of the base layer. At least a part of the first pattern and at least a part of the second pattern are juxtaposed on a same plane parallel to the main surface of the base layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Shinoda, Hirotaka Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10698188
    Abstract: Provided is a variable magnification optical system comprising, in order from an object side along an optical axis, a first lens group G1 having positive refractive power, a second lens group G2 having negative refractive power, a third lens group G3 having positive refractive power, and a fourth lens group G4; upon zooming from a wide angle end state to a telephoto end state, a distance between the first lens group G1 and the second lens group G2 being varied, a distance between the second lens group G2 and the third lens group G3 being varied, and a distance between the third lens group and the fourth lens group being varied; the third lens group G3 comprising, in order from the object side along the optical axis, a 3a-th lens group G3a having positive refractive power, an aperture S, and a 3b-th lens group G3b having positive refractive power; a lens group having negative refractive power within the 3b-th lens group G3b being used as a vibration reduction lens group and moved so as to include a component i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamamoto, Satoru Shibata