Patents Examined by Ryan S Dunning
  • Patent number: 12650667
    Abstract: Provided are a display apparatus, a method for controlling a display apparatus, and a holographic three-dimensional (3D) display screen. The display apparatus includes a display module and an adjustment module. A deflection device of the display module is configured to make an image move at least in a first direction. An actuation device of the adjustment module is configured to move or rotate the display module so that the image moves at least in a second direction. The actuation device is added in the display apparatus. The deflection device is controlled to follow the movement direction of the human eye to make the image move in at least a part of the component directions of the movement direction of the human eye on the plane where the deflection device is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: Shanghai Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yang Zeng, Qijun Yao, Quanpeng Yu
  • Patent number: 12607794
    Abstract: Image sensors and devices for phase-detection auto focus processes are provided. A symmetric polarization filter includes a first polarizer defining a first plurality of apertures and a second polarizer adjacent with the first polarizer defining a second plurality of apertures. The first plurality of apertures can be mirror symmetrical with the second plurality of apertures about a lateral axis of the symmetric polarization filter between the first polarizer and the second polarizer. The lateral axis can be defined as an axis of symmetry of the symmetric polarization filter in plane with the first polarizer and the second polarizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Qin Wang, Chin Poh Pang, Gang Chen
  • Patent number: 12591104
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to the technical field of optical systems, and relates to a lens module and an electronic device. The lens module includes a bearing structure, a support frame, a lens barrel, and an adjusting mechanism. The bearing structure includes an upper shell and a base that are connected with each other. In the lens module of the present embodiment, by adopting a bent portion spaced apart from the side wall to cooperate with the focus coil, the internal space of the upper shell can be fully utilized to make the structure between the focus assembly and the upper shell more compact, thereby making the overall structure of the lens module more compact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: Changzhou AAC Raytech Optronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tongming Xu, Suohe Wei, Limei Zhao
  • Patent number: 12578678
    Abstract: A hologram acquisition apparatus and a hologram acquisition system are disclosed. A hologram acquisition apparatus includes a beam splitter configured to split light emitted from an object into a first beam and a second beam, a first reflective optical element configured to receive and emit the first beam to the beam splitter, and a second reflective optical element configured to receive and emit the second beam to the beam splitter and formed as an annular spherical array having discontinuous surfaces, wherein the second reflective optical element has a plurality of segment regions that are concentric and divided to have the discontinuous surfaces and, the plurality of segment regions are formed to have the same focal point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kee Hoon Hong, Ki Hong Choi
  • Patent number: 12578547
    Abstract: An optical lens assembly is provided. A plurality of infrared light beams emitted from a structured light generating unit having a plurality of light sources pass through the optical lens assembly to generate a plurality of light beams. A direction facing the structured light generating unit is a light input side, and an opposite side is a light output side. The optical lens assembly includes a first lens element, a second lens element and a third lens element arranged along an optical axis in a sequence from the light output side to the light input side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: GENIUS ELECTRICAL OPTICAL (XIAMEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinhui Gong, Qingzhi Zhu, Jiali Lian
  • Patent number: 12578510
    Abstract: A coated article is described herein with a substrate having a major surface that comprises a first portion and a second portion that is curved or faceted; and an optical coating on the major surface that forms an anti-reflective surface. A first direction is normal to the first portion and is not equal to a plurality of second directions that are normal to the second portion, and the angle between the first direction and each of the second directions is from about 10 degrees to 60 degrees. Further, the coated article exhibits at the first and second portion a hardness of about 8 GPa or greater at an indentation depth of about 100 nm or greater. Further, the coated article exhibits a single side maximum reflectance of about 3% or less as the first and second portion, wherein the reflectance is measured in a range from about 425 nm to about 950 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Shandon Dee Hart, Karl William Koch, III, Carlo Anthony Kosik Williams, Lin Lin, Thien An Thi Nguyen, Charles Andrew Paulson, James Joseph Price
  • Patent number: 12571953
    Abstract: A polarizing film having a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, said polarizing film comprising a polarizer film and a first transparent protective film, wherein a first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is provided on the first transparent protective film side of the polarizing film. The polarizer film has a film thickness of 20 ?m or less; the first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is used for the bonding of a front transparent member that is arranged at the viewing side of an image display device, while having a difference between the saturation moisture percentage (A) at 80° C. at 85% R.H. and the saturation moisture percentage (B) at 25° C. at 50% R.H., namely ((A)?(B)) of 1.0% by weight or more. This polarizing film having a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is able to suppress decrease in the single transmittance of the polarizing film in a high temperature environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya Yamamoto, Tomohiro Yamashita, Sho Takarada, Takahiro Nonaka, Katsunori Takada, Yusuke Toyama
  • Patent number: 12554103
    Abstract: An optical photographing assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element has positive refractive power. The third lens element has at least one of an object-side surface and an image-side surface being aspheric. The fourth lens element has at least one of an object-side surface and an image-side surface being aspheric. The fifth lens element has at least one of an object-side surface and an image-side surface being aspheric, wherein at least one of the object-side surface and the image-side surface of the fifth lens element includes at least one inflection point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chun-Yen Chen
  • Patent number: 12554056
    Abstract: The wire grid polarizers 10 and 30 described herein, and wire grid polarizers made by methods described herein, can have high performance across a broad range of the ultraviolet spectrum and across a broad angle of incidence. These polarizers can be durable (resistant to heat, moisture, ultraviolet light, and oxidation). The polarizer can include an array of wires 15 on a substrate 11. Each wire 15 can have a silicon core 12 and a pair of silicon dioxide ribs 13. The core 12 can be sandwiched between the pair of ribs 13, with each rib 13 adjacent to a sidewall 12s of the core 12. A rib width W13 can be ?4 nm. Each wire 15 can also include a silicon dioxide cap 14. The core 12 can be encircled by a silicon dioxide ring 17.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: Moxtek, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew C. George, Daniel Bacon-Brown, R. Stewart Nielson, Shaun Patrick Ogden
  • Patent number: 12523803
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a retroreflective article. The retroreflective article includes a retroreflective layer including a number of cube corner elements that collectively form a structured surface that is opposite a major surface, and a conformal wavelength-selective radiation absorbing coating layer adjacent to the structured surface. The present disclosure also provides a method of making a retroreflective article. The method includes obtaining a retroreflective layer, and forming a conformal wavelength-selective radiation absorbing coating layer on the retroreflective layer by applying a first material having a first binding group to the structured surface, and applying a second material having a second binding group to the first material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Daniel J. Schmidt, Reema Chatterjee, Kui Chen-Ho, Benjamin R. Coonce
  • Patent number: 12498509
    Abstract: A retro-reflective marker comprising a bare retro-reflective layer; a protective layer with a near-infrared (NIR) wavelength specific anti-reflective coating; and a border with an NIR absorbent coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2025
    Assignee: Northern Digital Inc.
    Inventors: Larry Chen, David Willms, Athanasios Tommy Balkos, Shaulaine White
  • Patent number: 12487470
    Abstract: A system and method for generating a two-dimensional optical or laser beam, line, or pattern includes a diffractive optical element (DOE) for changing or modifying an intensity distribution of an input optical or laser beam passing through the DOE. A focal lens receives the changed or modified optical or laser beam exiting the DOE and focuses the changed or modified optical or laser beam. A bifocal relay optics receives the focused optical or laser beam exiting the focal lens and magnifies, changes or adjusts at least one length or dimension or a shape of the focused optical or laser beam. Finally, an imaging optics receives, converges and outputs the magnified, changed or adjusted focused optical or laser beam exiting the bifocal relay optics as an output optical or laser beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2025
    Assignee: Fuzhou Photop Optics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yanfeng Yang, Guanglong Yu, Junjie Yao, Xu Jia, Junmei Li
  • Patent number: 12411275
    Abstract: An optical stack includes a reflective polarizer, an absorbing polarizer, and a half-wave retarder. The half-wave retarder is disposed between the reflective and absorbing polarizers. For substantially normally incident light and a first polarization state, the reflective polarizer reflects at least about 60% of the incident light for at least a first wavelength less than a cut-off wavelength and transmits at least about 50% of the incident light for at least a second wavelength greater than the cut-off wavelength. For substantially normally incident light, the half-wave retarder has a first retardance of less than about 250 nanometers (nm) at the first wavelength and a second retardance at the second wavelength. A deviation of the first retardance from a first half-wave retardance corresponding to the first wavelength is less than a deviation of the second retardance from a second half-wave retardance corresponding to the second wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Adam D. Haag, Sun-Yong Park, Martin E. Denker
  • Patent number: 12411355
    Abstract: A camera module includes: an optical imaging system including a frontmost lens disposed closest to an object side, a rearmost lens disposed closest to an imaging plane, and at least one middle lens disposed between the frontmost lens and the rearmost lens. An image-side surface of the rearmost lens is concave and an inflection point is formed on the image-side surface of the rearmost lens. 0.2<D/TTL is satisfied, D being a shortest distance between the rearmost lens and the imaging plane, and TTL being a distance from an object-side surface of the frontmost lens to the imaging plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ju Hwa Son
  • Patent number: 12405412
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an infrared band pass filter, which comprises a first multilayer film. The first multilayer film including a plurality of Si:NH layers and a low refraction index layer. The plurality of low refraction index layers are stacked with Si:NH layers alternatively; wherein the difference between the refraction index of Si:NH layer and the refraction index of the low refraction index layer is greater than 0.5. The infrared band pass filter has a pass band in a wavelength range of 800 nm and 1100 nm, and when the incident angle is changed from 0 degrees to 30 degrees, the center wavelength of the pass band is shifted less than 12 nm, and the infrared band pass filter of the present disclosure can be used to enhance the 3D image resolution when applied to a 3D imaging system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2025
    Assignee: Platinum Optics Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng-Tang Mu, Yu-Ching Su
  • Patent number: 12393040
    Abstract: A system and method for generating compact light-field displays through varying optical depths provides digital content in a more effective and efficient manner. The system includes a field-evolving cavity with a cavity exit pupil, a relay mechanism, and a system enclosure with an enclosure exit pupil. The field-evolving cavity modifies the light-field displays before outputting the light-field displays with the cavity exit pupil. More specifically, the field-evolving cavity includes at least one display panel, which initially generates the light-field displays, and at least one optical-tuning mechanism, which subsequently modifies the light-field displays to varying optical depths. The system enclosure houses the field-evolving cavity and the relay mechanism. The relay mechanism directs the light-field displays from the cavity exit pupil to the enclosure exit pupil, which outputs the light-field displays to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignee: Brelyon Inc
    Inventors: Barmak Heshmat Dehkordi, Christopher Barsi
  • Patent number: 12392945
    Abstract: An induced transmission filter may include a set of optical filter layers. The set of optical filter layers may include a first subset of optical filter layers comprising a first material with a first refractive index, the first material comprising at least silicon and hydrogen. The set of optical filter layers may include a second subset of optical filter layers comprising a second material with a second refractive index. The second material may be different from the first material and the second refractive index may be less than the first refractive index. The second material may include at least silver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignee: VIAVI Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Georg J. Ockenfuss
  • Patent number: 12379530
    Abstract: A prism for an optical imaging includes an incident surface on which light is incident; an emission surface from which light is emitted; a reflective surface configured to reflect light incident to the incident surface to the emission surface; and a discontinuous portion disposed at one or both of a boundary portion between the incident surface and the reflective surface and a boundary portion between the emission surface and the reflective surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sot Eum Seo, Ho Sik Yoo
  • Patent number: 12366683
    Abstract: An improved lens unit can be used in an in-vehicle camera or the like, in a condition where a forefront lens is exposed to the outside for a long time. Here, the resin lens within the lens unit has an improved durability at a high temperature. The lens unit has a plurality of lenses arranged side by side with the optical axes thereof aligned with each other. The lenses include glass lens and resin lens. The lens closest to the object is a glass lens which is closest to the object side and is coated with an ultra-hard film. Resin lenses each have a high temperature resistant reflection preventing film. The lens is a combined lens in which a lens and a lens are bonded together, and is then covered with a high temperature resistant reflection preventing film after bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Suginome, Osamu Nakayama, Susumu Shibasaki, Masashi Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 12339477
    Abstract: A multilayer film structure, and method of making such a multilayer film structure, which includes a first layer consisting essentially of a first material and a second layer consisting essentially of a second material. In embodiments, the multilayer film structure includes a plurality of first layers alternating with a plurality of second layers. The layers are constructed by applying a N2-based reactive sputtering methodology so that the layers maintain a largely amorphous microstructure and a stable and high reflectivity upon annealing at temperatures up to 800° C. for 1 hour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Catherine Burcklen, Tommaso Pardini, Regina Soufli