Patents Examined by Vipin Patel
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Patent number: 11860450Abstract: An optical imaging 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 seventh lens element has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. At least one of an object-side surface and the image-side surface of the seventh lens element has at least one critical point in an off-axis region thereof. The object-side surface and the image-side surface of the seventh lens element are both aspheric.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.Inventor: Wei-Yu Chen
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Patent number: 11828909Abstract: An imaging lens which uses a larger number of constituent lenses for higher performance and features compactness and a wide field of view. The imaging lens is composed of seven lenses to form an image of an object on a solid-state image sensor. The constituent lenses are arranged in the following order from an object side to an image side: a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with positive or negative refractive power; a third lens with negative refractive power; a fourth lens with positive or negative refractive power as a double-sided aspheric lens; a meniscus fifth lens having a convex surface on the image side; a sixth lens with positive or negative refractive power as a double-sided aspheric lens; and a seventh lens with negative refractive power, in which an air gap is provided between lenses.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Masaya Hashimoto
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Patent number: 11822061Abstract: A digital camera comprising a digital image sensor and at least one corrective lens element configured to reduce a blurring of an image in a horizontal or vertical dimension on the digital image sensor. Preferably the digital image sensor is a large digital imager such as a Digital 65 imager.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Panavision International, L.P.Inventors: Daniel Keith Sasaki, David William Macintosh, Haluki Sadahiro
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Patent number: 11822101Abstract: A liquid lens module includes a liquid lens comprising “M” individual electrode sectors (where “M” is a positive integer of 2 or greater) and “N” common electrode sectors (where “N” is a positive integer of 1 or greater); an upper cover comprising first to Mth individual terminals electrically connected to the first to Mth individual electrode sectors, respectively, and exposed in a first direction perpendicular to an optical axis of an image sensor; and a lower cover configured to surround the liquid upper cover, the lower cover comprising first to nth common terminals (where 1?n?N) electrically connected to the first to Nth common electrode sectors, respectively, and exposed in the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2019Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventor: Yong Bok Choi
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Patent number: 11809017Abstract: A lens control unit as a control device includes a second position profile generator that generates a second target position profile indicating a target position of a second focus lens unit of a lens apparatus in driving the second focus lens unit. A trajectory shift amount calculator of the lens control unit calculates a shift between an ideal position of the second focus lens unit corresponding to a position of the first focus lens unit and a position of the second focus lens unit in the second target position profile. A correction value calculator corrects the target position of the second focus lens unit based on this shift.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Satoshi Maruyama
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Patent number: 11808923Abstract: An imaging lens which uses a larger number of constituent lenses for higher performance and features compactness and a wide field of view. The imaging lens is composed of seven lenses to form an image of an object on a solid-state image sensor. The constituent lenses are arranged in the following order from an object side to an image side: a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with positive or negative refractive power; a third lens with negative refractive power; a fourth lens with positive or negative refractive power as a double-sided aspheric lens; a meniscus fifth lens having a convex surface on the image side; a sixth lens with positive or negative refractive power as a double-sided aspheric lens; and a seventh lens with negative refractive power, in which an air gap is provided between lenses.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Masaya Hashimoto
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Patent number: 11796765Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an optical imaging system including, sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens and a seventh lens, each of which has refractive power. Each of the first lens, the third lens and the fourth lens has positive refractive power. Half of a diagonal length ImgH on an imaging plane of the optical imaging system satisfies ImgH>5 mm. A total effective focal length f of the optical imaging system and an effective focal length f3 of the third lens satisfy 2.0<f3/f<3.0.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: ZHEJIANG SUNNY OPTICAL CO., LTDInventors: Wenbo Huang, Lingbo He
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Patent number: 11796777Abstract: A zoom lens includes a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, and a rear group having a positive refractive power as a whole in order from an object side. The zoom lens has specific optical characteristics indicated by two expressions.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: TAMRON CO., LTD.Inventor: Takahiro Mitsuhashi
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Patent number: 11796772Abstract: An imaging lens which uses a larger number of constituent lenses for higher performance and features compactness and a wide field of view. The imaging lens is composed of seven lenses to form an image of an object on a solid-state image sensor. The constituent lenses are arranged in the following order from an object side to an image side: a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with positive or negative refractive power; a third lens with negative refractive power; a fourth lens with positive or negative refractive power as a double-sided aspheric lens; a meniscus fifth lens having a convex surface on the image side; a sixth lens with positive or negative refractive power as a double-sided aspheric lens; and a seventh lens with negative refractive power, in which an air gap is provided between lenses.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Masaya Hashimoto
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Patent number: 11789283Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an optical element configured to separate incident light into light components in at least two types of wavelength bands. The incident light includes light emitted from a narrow-band light source. At least one light component of the light components in the at least two types of wavelength bands separated by the optical element is light in a narrow band separated by a bandwidth corresponding to a width of a wavelength of the light emitted from the narrow-band light source.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Junya Fukumoto
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Patent number: 11782242Abstract: Disclosed herein is an optical imaging lens assembly, sequentially includes, from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a first lens having refractive power; a second lens having an refractive power, the image-side surface thereof is concave; a third lens having refractive power; a fourth lens having refractive power; a fifth lens having refractive power; a sixth lens having refractive power; a seventh lens having a positive refractive power, the object-side surface thereof is a convex surface; and an eighth lens having a negative refractive power, the object-side surface thereof is a concave surface; where half of a diagonal length ImgH of an effective pixel area on an image plane of the optical imaging lens assembly satisfies: ImgH?6.0 mm, and the total effective focal length f of the optical imaging lens assembly and an entrance pupil diameter EPD of the optical imaging lens assembly satisfy: f/EPD<1.8.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Zhejiang Sunny Optical Co., LtdInventors: Fujian Dai, Lin Huang, Yunbing Ji, Liefeng Zhao
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Patent number: 11773016Abstract: An apparatus for curing a coating composition disposed on a glass fiber includes a diffuse reflector surrounding a coating composition disposed on a glass fiber. The diffuse reflector defines a cavity having a sidewall extending from a first end to a second end. The first end has a first opening and the second end has a second opening. The glass fiber passes through the cavity from the first opening to the second opening. The sidewall has an interior surface facing the coating composition disposed on the glass fiber. The interior surface includes a scattering material. A light source integrated with the diffuse reflector. The light source directs light to the scattering material. The scattering material diffusely reflects at least 90% of the light. The diffusely reflected light has sufficient intensity to cure the coating composition.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2019Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Martin Hempstead, Stephan Lvovich Logunov
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Patent number: 11774706Abstract: The invention relates firstly to a method for determining a mechanical deviation on a displacement path of an optical zoom lens, in particular on a displacement path of an optical zoom lens of a microscope. The optical zoom lens is arranged in a beam path between an object to be recorded and an electronic image sensor. In a first method step, an optical marker is introduced into the beam path at a position of the beam path located between the object to be recorded and the optical zoom lens, such that the optical marker passes the optical zoom lens and then is depicted on an image in which a position of the optical marker is detected and determined. This is compared with a reference position of the optical marker in order to determine the mechanical deviation on the displacement path of the optical zoom lens. The invention further relates to a method for correction of a displacement error of an image recorded by an electronic image sensor and to an electronic image recording device.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: CARL ZEISS MICROSCOPY GMBHInventors: Daniel Stegmann, Daniel Harangozo, Peter Schacht, Thomas Milde
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Patent number: 11768362Abstract: A laser radiation system according to a viewpoint of the present disclosure includes a first optical system configured to convert a first laser flux into a second laser flux, a multimirror device including mirrors, configured to be capable of controlling the angle of the attitude of each of the mirrors, and configured to divide the second laser flux into laser fluxes and reflect the laser fluxes in directions to produce the divided laser fluxes, a Fourier transform optical system configured to focus the divided laser fluxes, and a control section configured to control the angle of the attitude of each of the mirrors in such a way that the Fourier transform optical system superimposes the laser fluxes, which are divided by the mirrors separate from each other by at least a spatial coherence length of the second laser flux, on one another.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.Inventors: Akiyoshi Suzuki, Osamu Wakabayashi
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Patent number: 11762138Abstract: A light emitting structure includes a pixel layer having at least one subpixel, a microlens layer having at least one microlens, the at least one microlens aligned with the at least one subpixel for providing a narrowly-confined on-axis emission profile along an on-axis direction, a first filler material layer and a second filler material layer between the pixel layer and the microlens layer, an interface between the first filler material layer and the second filler material layer configured for reflecting a portion of off-axis emissions from the at least one subpixel by total internal reflection (TIR).Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: William Frederick Smith, David James Montgomery
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Patent number: 11740439Abstract: A photographing lens assembly includes six 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 and a sixth lens element. The second lens element has positive refractive power. The third lens element has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The sixth lens element has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, and the image-side surface of the sixth lens element has at least one inflection point.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.Inventors: Chun-Yen Chen, Cheng-Chen Lin, Hsin-Hsuan Huang
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Patent number: 11740438Abstract: An imaging lens which uses a larger number of constituent lenses for higher performance and features compactness and a wide field of view. The imaging lens is composed of seven lenses to form an image of an object on a solid-state image sensor. The constituent lenses are arranged in the following order from an object side to an image side: a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with positive or negative refractive power; a third lens with negative refractive power; a fourth lens with positive or negative refractive power as a double-sided aspheric lens; a meniscus fifth lens having a convex surface on the image side; a sixth lens with positive or negative refractive power as a double-sided aspheric lens; and a seventh lens with negative refractive power, in which an air gap is provided between lenses.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Masaya Hashimoto
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Patent number: 11726319Abstract: There is provided a method of operating a wearable heads-up display (WHUD), which method includes generating first and second lights having respectively first and second wavelengths within about 50 nm of one another. The method also includes directing the first and second lights onto an incoupler of a display optic of the WHUD along first and second ranges of input angles respectively. The first and second ranges of input angles correspond to positions of pixels of first and second portions of an image to be displayed by the WHUD. The incoupler has first and second angular bandwidths corresponding to the first and second wavelengths respectively. A combination of the first and second ranges of input angles is larger than each of the first and second angular bandwidths. Moreover, the method includes directing the first and second lights into a field of view of a user to form the image.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Timothy Paul Bodiya, Shreyas Potnis
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Patent number: 11726234Abstract: An optical device includes a first region and a second region surrounding the first region. The optical device includes a substrate. The optical device also includes a first meta-structure disposed on the substrate and has a plurality of first peripheral pillars in the second region. The optical device further includes a second meta-structure disposed on the substrate and has a plurality of second peripheral pillars corresponding to the plurality of first peripheral pillars. Each of the second peripheral pillars has a first shifting distance with respect to a corresponding first peripheral pillar in the direction extending from the center of the optical device to the edge of the optical device.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: VISERA TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Kuo-Feng Lin, Chin-Chuan Hsieh
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Patent number: 11719996Abstract: An optical element driving mechanism is provided. The optical element driving mechanism includes a movable portion, a fixed portion, a driving assembly, and a support assembly. The movable portion is used for connecting to an optical element. The movable portion may move relative to the fixed portion. The driving assembly is used for driving the movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion. The movable portion is movable relative to the fixed portion through the support assembly.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.Inventors: Chao-Chang Hu, Chen-Hsien Fan, Chih-Wen Chiang, Chia-Che Wu, Yu-Chiao Lo