Patents Examined by Thomas K. Pham
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Patent number: 10513430Abstract: A mirror device includes a frame body, a mirror configured to tilt about a Y-axis with respect to the frame body, a fixed inner comb electrode including a plurality of electrode fingers arranged in the arrangement direction along the Y-axis and provided at the frame body, and a movable inner comb electrode including a plurality of electrode fingers arranged in the arrangement direction and provided at the mirror, the electrodes fingers of the fixed inner comb electrode and the movable inner comb electrode being alternately arranged. The mirror includes a mirror body and an extension extending from the mirror body. Some of the electrode fingers of the movable inner comb electrode are provided at the mirror body, and another electrode fingers of the movable inner comb electrode are provided at the extension.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2016Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: SUMITOMO PRECISION PRODUCTS CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryohei Uchino, Gen Matsuoka
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Patent number: 10481376Abstract: An input coupling module selectively couples a beam path into a first or second stereoscopic component beam in a surgical microscope having an optical interface for guiding a beam path to be coupled-in. The input coupling module has a first beam splitter arranged in the first component beam and a second beam splitter arranged in the second component beam. The input coupling module contains an adjustable optics assembly, which selectively guides a beam path provided at the optical interface for coupling into the first or second component beam to the first beam splitter or the second beam splitter. The adjustable optics assembly includes an optical element displaceable by a linear movement from a first position to a second, position, and vice versa, for switching the beam path. The displaceable optical element is arranged in the beam path to be coupled-in in the first position and/or the second position.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2016Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AGInventors: Andre Mueller, Daniel Kolster, Christian Luecke, Peter Reimer
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Patent number: 10429558Abstract: Polymeric multilayer optical films are described. More particularly, polymeric multilayer optical films having a first optical packet and a second optical packet are described. The second optical packet is disposed on the first optical packet. How the configuration of the layers of the optical packets affect hemispheric reflectivity of the overall film is also described. The polymeric multilayer optical film reflects more than 95% of light from 400 nm to 700 nm at normal incidence.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2014Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Timothy J. Nevitt, Ryan T. Fabick, Laurence R. Gilbert
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Patent number: 10365472Abstract: A display device includes a first support plate and a first pixel region on the first support plate. The first pixel region includes a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel. A specular reflector is positioned within the first pixel region and associated with the first sub-pixel and a diffuse reflector is positioned within the first pixel region and associated with the second sub-pixel.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2015Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Tulasi Sridhar Reddy Guntaka, Henricus Petronella Maria Derckx
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Patent number: 10365539Abstract: An optical imaging system according to the present invention includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with negative refractive power, a second lens that is a meniscus lens having a convex image-side surface, an aperture stop, a third lens with positive refractive power, and a lens group with positive refractive power. When the center thickness of the first lens is represented as t1, the center thickness of the second lens is represented as t2 and the focal length of the whole system is represented as f, t1/f>1.2 and t2/f>1.2 are satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: NALUX CO., LTD.Inventor: Norihisa Sakagami
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Patent number: 10359641Abstract: A transparent wearable data display having a source of collimated light, a deflector for deflecting the collimated light into a scanned beam, and a first of switchable grating elements sandwiched between first and second parallel transparent substrates, which together functioning as a first light guide. A first coupling is provided for directing the scanned beam into a first total internal reflection (TIR) light path of the first light guide along the first array column. The grating elements having diffracting and non-diffracting states, in their diffracting state deflecting light out of said light guide. The grating elements are switchable into their diffracting states one group of elements at a time.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2015Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignees: DigiLens Inc., Rockwell Collins, Inc.Inventors: Milan Momcilo Popovich, Jonathan David Waldern
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Patent number: 10338346Abstract: An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens. At least one lens among the first to the fifth lenses has positive refractive force. The fifth lens can have negative refractive force, wherein both surfaces thereof are aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the fifth lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2016Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Chien-Hsun Lai, Nai-Yuan Tang, Yeong-Ming Chang
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Patent number: 10336189Abstract: A polarizer plate includes a base film, an adhesive layer disposed on one surface of the base film, a polarizer protection film disposed on one surface of the adhesive layer, a polarizer disposed on one surface of the polarizer protection film, and a cutting line formed perpendicular to the surface of the base film and configured to divide the polarizer protection film and the polarizer into separate regions.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2015Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Sang Jae Kim, Kwang Hyun Kim, Seon Ah Cho
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Patent number: 10338347Abstract: An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens. At least one lens among the first to the fifth lenses has positive refractive force. The fifth lens can have negative refractive force, wherein both surfaces thereof are aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the fifth lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2016Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Chien-Hsun Lai, Nai-Yuan Tang, Yeong-Ming Chang
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Patent number: 10338345Abstract: An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens. At least one lens among the first to the fifth lenses has positive refractive power. The fifth lens can have negative refractive power, wherein both surfaces thereof are aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the fifth lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2016Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Chien-Hsun Lai, Yao-Wei Liu, Yeong-Ming Chang
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Patent number: 10324275Abstract: An imaging lens includes first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh lens elements arranged in a sequence from an object side to an image side along an optical axis. Each lens element has an object-side surface and an image-side surface. The object-side of the third lens element has a convex portion in a vicinity of a periphery. The object-side of the fifth lens element has a convex portion in a vicinity of the optical axis and a concave portion in a vicinity of a periphery. The object-side of the sixth lens element has a concave portion in a vicinity of a periphery. All of lens elements having refracting power of the imaging lens are the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh lens elements.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2017Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: GENIUS ELECTRONIC OPTICAL (XIAMEN) CO., LTD.Inventors: Hung-Chien Hsieh, Binwei Zhang, Xiaohui Zhang
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Patent number: 10310295Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention relate to an eyewear article for reducing glare, comprising an upper visor, a lower visor, a left side visor, and a right side visor. The upper visor is configured for being placed above the user's eyes and extends forward away from a brow of the user. The lower visor is configured for being located below the user's eyes and extends forward away from the eyes of the user. A space between the upper and lower visor is configured for being placed in front of a user's eyes. The left side and right side visors flank respective sides of the upper visor and respective sides of the lower visor and extend backward toward respective temples of the user. The slit extends along respective partial lengths of the left side visor and of the right side visor, enabling the user to retain some peripheral vision.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2015Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Inventor: Martin Welt
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Patent number: 10302898Abstract: An imaging lens system includes first and second lens groups each having a positive optical power (P1, P2) and a third lens group. During focusing, the second lens group moves. When the first lens group is divided into two groups across, as a boundary, the longest aerial distance (t1) among the axial lens-to-lens distances located on the image side of the position of half the total length of the first lens group, the object-side group being a front group and the image-side group being a rear group, the most image-side surface in the front group and the most image-side surface in the rear group are lens surfaces concave to the image side. The conditional formulae 0.2<P1/P<0.6, 0.3<P1/P2<0.9, 0.03<t1/t<0.1, and 0.05<t2/t<0.14 are fulfilled (P, the optical power of the entire system; t2, the aerial distance between the first and second lens groups in the infinity-object-distance condition; t, the total length of the system.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2016Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Yasunari Fukuta
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Patent number: 10295813Abstract: A microscope apparatus includes an electromagnetic wave source configured to generate an illuminating electromagnetic wave, a first beam splitter configured to split the illuminating electromagnetic wave into a first component along a first path and a second component along a second path, a movable reflector module configured to adjust a portion of the second path, and a second beam splitter configured to recombine the first component and the second component. An observing device is configured to receive the recombined first component and second component and the microscope apparatus is configured acquire a phase image from the observing device based on positioning of the movable reflector module and representative of an electric field distribution near an object located along the first path between the first beam splitter and the second beam splitter.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2014Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Fu-Sheng Chu, Chih-Shiang Chou, Yu-Po Tang, Yan-Ying He
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Patent number: 10288970Abstract: The present invention provides a nano smart glass system, including nano smart glass, DC power supply, sensor, and control unit. Wherein, the nano smart glass includes glass and the electrochromic thin-film device; The anode of the DC power supply connects to the at least one conductive anode layer of the electrochromic thin-film device; the cathode of the DC power supply connects to the at least one conductive cathode layer of the electrochromic thin-film device; the DC power supply is used to provide 1V-50V DC voltage to the electrochromic thin-film device; the electrochromic thin-film device adheres to the inside surface of the glass through the at least one conductive cathode layer or the at least one conductive anode layer; The sensor measures outdoor or indoor conditions and send the real-time measurement data to the control unit. The control unit connects to the DC power supply, and it can control the output voltage of the DC power supply to the electrochromic thin-film device.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2012Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Inventor: Qi Wang
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Patent number: 10264966Abstract: An ophthalmic device is configured to examine at least two eye characteristics including intraocular pressure, and the ophthalmic device includes: an examination optical system configured to obtain information of a subject's eye when the at least two eye characteristics of the subject's eye are examined; and an examination window configured to switch examinations of the at least two eye characteristics. The examination optical system is arranged outside of the examination window. The examination window is capable of rotating independently of the examination optical system. The examinations of the at least two eye characteristics are switched by rotation of the examination window.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2016Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Tomey CorporationInventors: Shigeyoshi Yamamoto, Guangchun Bian
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Patent number: 10261225Abstract: A filter assembly includes a filter defining a light transmissive region for light of a specific wavelength range to pass therethrough, and a non-light transmissive first sheet body preformed and adhered to a surface of the filter. The first sheet body has a first opening with a shape conforming to that of the light transmissive region.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignees: Lite-On Electronics (Guangzhou) Limited, Lite-On Technology Corp.Inventors: Chun-Lung Lin, Gaowei Xie, Haichao Du
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Patent number: 10247952Abstract: In a laser line projection apparatus, six spaced-apart unpolarized laser-beams are plane-polarized with low loss by a combination of a thin-film polarizer, a reflector, and two polarization rotators. Two beams are polarized in each of three polarization-orientations. Two of the polarization-orientations are orthogonally aligned with each other in P and S orientations. The other polarization-orientation is non-orthogonally aligned in an intermediate orientation. The beams are intensity-homogenized and projected into a line of radiation. Any point on the line of radiation is formed from rays with an angular distribution of polarization-orientation from S to P through the intermediate orientation and back to S through the intermediate orientation.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2016Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: COHERENT LASERSYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Frank Simon, Thomas Wenzel, Ludwig Schwenger, Paul Van Der Wilt
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Patent number: 10244936Abstract: A method and system for providing vision correction to a patient is disclosed. The method and system employ a vision care POD to engage and provide vision diagnostics and correction options to a patient. More specifically, method and system may include educating the population of a geographic area through sources that target particular identified groups in need of vision correction; providing an eye examination to patients using a vision care POD to generate a personalized vision correction ID card; providing one or more vision correction solution(s) to the patient; supplying the patient with the one or more vision correction solution(s) and the corresponding training for the solution(s); and providing ongoing care and support to the patient.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2013Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.Inventor: James Michael Scolaro
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Patent number: 10241320Abstract: An electrowetting element comprises a first fluid and a second fluid. A support plate surface has a first surface portion lying in a first plane, and a second surface portion lying in a second plane different from the first plane. The second surface portion comprises a first side, a second side, and a third side extending from the first side to the second side. The third side is located between the first surface portion and the second surface portion, with a first part of the third side non-perpendicular to the first side. A wall corresponds with a perimeter of the surface, the wall comprising: a first wall portion extending along the first side; and a second wall portion extending along the second side.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Gor Manukyan, Petrus Maria De Greef