Patents Examined by Sharrief Broome
  • Patent number: 9107616
    Abstract: A video oculography system for calculation and display of Corrective Secondary Saccades Analysis is disclosed. A method for Objective Diagnostics of at least one of traumatic brain injury, Internuclear Opthalmopligia, Ocular Lateral Pulsion, Progressive Supernuclear Palsy And Glissades comprises the steps of using a VOG system to calculate corrective saccades. The video oculography based system for the subject is configured to collect eye images of the patient in excess of 60 hz and configured to resolve eye movements smaller than at least 3 degrees of motion. The video oculography based system collects eye movement data wherein at least one fixation target is presented to the subject in a defined position configured to yield a voluntary saccadic eye response from at least one eye of the patient. The latency, amplitude, accuracy and velocity of each respective corrective saccade and totals latency and accuracy is calculated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: NEURO KINETICS
    Inventors: Alexander D Kiderman, Yakov Eydelman, Terri Evelyn Ives
  • Patent number: 9101300
    Abstract: An intraocular lens power determination apparatus for determining a highly precise IOL power, the apparatus including: an anterior segment imaging device for obtaining a cross-sectional image of an anterior segment by detecting reflection from the anterior segment of an examinee's eye; and a power calculation unit obtaining an offset distance from a front surface of a lens to a point of contact of a Zinn's zonule with the lens based on the anterior segment cross-sectional image obtained by the anterior segment imaging device and calculating a prospective postoperative anterior chamber depth by adding the offset distance to an anterior chamber depth of an eye so that the IOL power is calculated by using the prospective postoperative anterior chamber depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masakazu Endo, Masaaki Hanebuchi
  • Patent number: 9107297
    Abstract: A printed circuit board (PCB) has a connection ground pattern and a wiring ground pattern. The connection ground pattern is a pattern for soldered connection formed on a first wiring layer. The wiring ground pattern is formed to be spaced from the connection ground pattern on the first wiring layer. The connection ground pattern and the wiring ground pattern are electrically coupled via a second wiring layer. When the wiring ground pattern is covered with an insulating layer, such as a solder resist, even if the position of an end of the insulating layer varies among wiring ground patterns, an influence on an exposed area of the connection ground pattern is eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: FUJITSU OPTICAL COMPONENTS LIMITED
    Inventor: Masaki Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 9097886
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for correcting at least one optical aberration, of known evolution of an optical system, the device comprising: a deformable mirror (1) having a contour; means (2) for deforming the mirror; characterized in that the mirror (1) has a geometry selected such that the contour of the mirror (1) is defined from a composite function of said at least one aberration and in that the means (2) for deforming the mirror are adapted to apply a flexing moment on the edges of the mirror, the deformable mirror being concave or convex when it is deformed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: CENTRE NATIONAL D'ETUDES SPATIALES
    Inventors: Marie Laslandes, Marc Ferrari, Emmanuel Hugot
  • Patent number: 9081211
    Abstract: A magnetic hinge (24) having a magnet (68) that is rotatably connected to frame front (14) or temples (18, 19) of eyewear (10). Magnet (68) has a contact surface that cooperates with a magnetically reactive body (76) and can be secured in a housing (34) that is rotatably connected to eyewear (10) by protrusions (60, 62).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Physzics Properties Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis G. Zelazowski
  • Patent number: 9075248
    Abstract: An arm (3) for a pair of glasses made of two sections (6, 7) is described, which are connected to one another via a coiled spring (10), which forms an arm joint (8) and is enveloped using an elastomeric plastic envelope (9). In order to achieve an advantageous bending behavior for the arm joint (8), it is proposed that the plastic envelope (9) have a differing wall thickness around the circumference, which determines the bending resistance of the arm joint (8) with respect to at least one predefined bending axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Silhouette International Schmied AG
    Inventors: Gerhard Fuchs, Rupert Spindelbalker
  • Patent number: 9075189
    Abstract: A method for preparing an abrasion resistant optical article comprising: providing an optical article having at least one main face bearing an abrasion resistant coating; positioning said optical article in a vacuum deposition chamber; depositing a first inorganic layer comprising SiO2 onto and in direct contact with said abrasion resistant coating by vacuum evaporation of SiO2 and/or SiOx, with 1<x<2, in said vacuum chamber, the thickness of said first inorganic layer ranging from 10 to 100 nm, wherein oxygen is introduced inside said vacuum chamber during said evaporation; said deposition being conducted without ion assistance; depositing a second inorganic layer comprising SiO2 onto and in direct contact with said first inorganic layer by vacuum evaporation of SiO2 and/or SiOx, with 1<x<2, in said vacuum chamber, the thickness of said second inorganic layer ranging from 70 to 300 nm, wherein said deposition is conducted without ion assistance and the pressure in said vacuum chamber during the d
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale d'Optique)
    Inventor: Karen West
  • Patent number: 9073491
    Abstract: An exterior rearview mirror assembly suitable for a vehicle includes an attachment portion and a casing portion having a variable reflectance mirror reflective element. A mirror reflector is disposed at at least a portion of a surface of a rear substrate of the reflective element. The mirror reflector includes a stack of thin films having at least a first metal thin film and a second metal thin film. The first metal thin film is formed of a metal material that has a specific resistivity of less than about 1×10?3 ohm·cm and the second metal thin film is formed of a metal material that has a specific resistivity of less than about 1×10?3 ohm·cm. No part of the rear substrate extends beyond any part of a front substrate of the reflective element. An indicator is disposed rearward of the reflective element and, when actuated, illuminates through the reflective element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: DONNELLY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ian A. McCabe, Desaraju V. Varaprasad, Hamid Habibi, Niall R. Lynam
  • Patent number: 9063332
    Abstract: A light screening apparatus and an electronic device including the light screening apparatus are provided, where the electronic device could be an imaging device or a display device. The light screening apparatus includes a base plate, a rollup blade, and a driving unit. The base plate includes a lower electrode and a light transmitting portion through which light passes. The rollup blade includes an upper electrode and at least two layers having different optical properties. The driving portion is electrically connected to the base plate and the rollup blade, and it controls the amount of light passing through the light transmitting portion of the base plate. The outer circumferential surface of the rollup blade, when in a rolled-up position, may be an anti-reflection surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Che-Heung Kim
  • Patent number: 9056584
    Abstract: A vehicular rearview assembly with a mirror element having a curved or rounded edge on the first surface that is fully observable from the front of the assembly, a complex peripheral ring, and a user interface with switches and sensors that activate and configure pre-defined function(s) or device(s) of the assembly in response to the user input applied to the user interface. The mirror element is supported by a hybrid carrier co-molded of at least two materials, a portion of which is compressible between the housing shell and an edge of the mirror element. The peripheral ring may include multiple bands. Electrical communications between the electronic circuitry, the mirror element, and the user interface utilize connectors configured to exert a low contact force, onto the mirror element, limited in part by the strength of adhesive affixing the EC element to an element of the housing of the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: GENTEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard T Fish, Jr., Danny L Minikey, Jr., Mark R Roth, David J Cammenga, George A Neuman, William L Tonar, Gary J Dozeman, Joel A Stray
  • Patent number: 9028078
    Abstract: Lens apparatus includes adjacent concave and convex lens surfaces adjacent with an air layer therebetween. At least one of the lens surfaces includes an antireflection film including multiple subwavelength structures at an average pitch of 400 nm or smaller. The surface satisfies: 0.7<R1/R2<1.3, and |?2??1|>15°, provided that: D=f/FNo, ?1=sin?1(D/(2×fi)), and ?2=sin?1((h×D)/R2), where f and FNo represent focal length and F-number of the entire optical system, f1 represents focal length of an optical system on object side with respect to the air layer between the lens surfaces, h represents axial conversion beam height on the at least one surface having anti-reflection film, R1 and R2 represent curvature radii of surfaces of respective object and image sides between the lens surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yutaka Iriyama
  • Patent number: 9019611
    Abstract: An optical module (colorimetry sensor) includes an interference filter, and a transparent substrate to which a first substrate of the interference filter is fixed, having a second thermal expansion coefficient which has a value different from a first thermal expansion coefficient. The interference filter is fixed to the transparent substrate through an adhesive layer made of gel-like resin, and the adhesive layer alleviates stress generated due to a difference in the thermal expansion coefficients between the interference filter and the transparent substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kazunori Sakurai
  • Patent number: 9007675
    Abstract: In an optical modulation device, a first drive signal and a first bias signal are applied to a phase modulation unit, a second drive signal and a second bias signal are applied to a phase modulation unit, and a third bias signal is applied to a ?/2 phase shift unit. A control unit adjusts the third bias signal in a first adjustment period, adjusts the first drive signal and the first bias signal in a second adjustment period next to the first adjustment period, and adjusts the second drive signal and the second bias signal in a third adjustment period next to the second adjustment period. The control unit starts the second adjustment period before a gap between the current value of an adjustment reference signal and a target value is filled, and starts the third adjustment period before a gap in the second adjustment period is filled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Fujitsu Optical Components Limited
    Inventors: Akihiro Toya, Tsuyoshi Morishita
  • Patent number: 9007689
    Abstract: Disclosed are method and apparatus for forming multiple images of an object comprising a plurality of depth segments. An optical system comprises an infinity optical subsystem and a multi-image optical subsystem. The infinity optical subsystem is configured to receive light from the object and form a first image focussed at infinity. A multi-image optical subsystem is configured to receive the first image and form multiple images via multiple focussing lenses. Each multiple image can correspond to a different depth segment. A portion of the light from the first image can also be filtered before entering a focussing lens. Multiple images under different filtering conditions, corresponding to different depth segments or to the same depth segment, can be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Gil Abramovich, Kevin George Harding, Robert William Tait, Mark Marshall Meyers, Qingying Hu
  • Patent number: 8992009
    Abstract: An eyeglass assembly formed of detachable and interchangeable parts. The assembly comprises detachable upper and lower frame parts that define an aperture for receiving lenses or a lens assembly. Two interchangeable temple arms are pivotally connected to the upper and lower frame parts and assist in holding the eyeglass assembly together. The eyeglasses advantageously allow a wearer, manufacturer, designer, distributor and/or retailer to vary the shape, style, size or color of the eyeglasses to suit their requirements by a simple interchange of parts. Other embodiments are directed to eyeglass components formed from heat dissipating material, specifically temple arms comprising an insert formed of a heat dissipating material such as a polymer or aluminum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Inventor: Francis William Austin
  • Patent number: 8988793
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a positive first lens; a negative second lens with a meniscus lens shape directing a convex surface thereof to an object side near an optical axis; a positive third lens; a negative fourth lens with a meniscus lens shape directing a concave surface thereof to the object side near the optical axis; a negative fifth lens with a meniscus lens shape directing a convex surface thereof to the object side near the optical axis, arranged in this order from the object side. The imaging lens satisfies the following conditional expressions when the first lens has a focal length f1, the second lens has a focal length f2, the third lens has a focal length f3, the fourth lens has a focal length f4, and the fifth lens has a focal length f5: f1<f3 and |f2|<f3 f3<|f4| and |f2|<|f5|.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignees: Optical Logic Inc., Kantatsu Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoji Kubota, Kenichi Kubota, Hitoshi Hirano, Ichiro Kurihara, Yoshio Ise, Tomohiro Yonezawa
  • Patent number: 8988750
    Abstract: An optical scanner includes: a movable section which includes a light reflecting member with a light reflecting surface and which is rotatable around the central axis of rotation; four movable beams which extend from the movable section along the light reflecting surface and which are provided at angles of 90° along the circumferential direction of the movable section; a displacement section connected to each movable beam; two driving beams extending from the displacement section along the surface direction of the light reflecting surface so as to be perpendicular to the movable beams; a fixed section connected to each driving beam; an inner frame section formed in the displacement section; a permanent magnet fixed to the inner frame section; and a driving section which drives the displacement section. Each movable beam includes a bending section which deforms the moving beam by bending in a direction perpendicular to the light reflecting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Mizoguchi, Emi Watanabe, Makiko Hino
  • Patent number: 8988778
    Abstract: A color filter array may include a plurality of pixels and control a pass wavelength band of the plurality of pixels using a dichroic filter that passes light of a specific wavelength range and blocks the rest of wavelengths. The pass wavelength band of the plurality of pixels may be adjusted according to a plurality of thicknesses of the dichroic filter. The dichroic filter may be formed by repeatedly forming a layer of titanium dioxide (TiO2) and a layer of silicon dioxide (SiO2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo-Young Kang, Sang-Wook Han, Won-Hee Choe, Seong-Deok Lee
  • Patent number: 8988755
    Abstract: A variable reflectance vehicular electro-optic rearview mirror reflective element assembly includes a front substrate and a rear substrate and a perimeter seal disposed therebetween. The front substrate has a first surface and a second surface that has a transparent electrically conductive coating disposed thereat. The rear substrate has a third surface and a fourth surface, with the third surface having a conductive coating disposed thereat. The perimeter seal spaces the front and rear substrates apart and forms an interpane cavity therebetween. The third surface conductive coating includes a plurality of layers, which includes a first layer of nickel chromium. The first layer of nickel chromium is overcoated with a silver or silver alloy layer, and the silver or silver alloy layer is overcoated with a second layer of nickel chromium, and the second layer of nickel chromium is overcoated with a reflective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.
    Inventor: Ian A. McCabe
  • Patent number: 8988751
    Abstract: An optical scanning device is disclosed. The optical scanning device comprises an overfilled optical system in which an incoming light beam, formed wider than a width in a rotation direction of a rotating multifaceted mirror's reflective surface, is caused to be incident on the reflective surface and a scanning object's scanning surface is scanned by an outgoing beam reflected by the reflective surface. The incoming beam is incident on the rotating multifaceted mirror's reflective surface, having an angle with respect to a virtual vertical surface that is vertical to the scanning surface and the outgoing beam's scanning direction. A light amount distribution for positions on the scanning surface in the scanning direction is corrected based on a slope of a straight line that expresses a ratio of light amount changes for positions on the scanning surface in the scanning direction when scanning the scanning surface using the outgoing beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takaharu Motoyama, Nobuhiro Shirai