Patents Examined by William Choi
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Patent number: 11681127Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens sequentially arranged from an object side to an imaging plane. An angle of view of the optical system is 82 degrees or more. A constant indicating brightness of the optical system, F-number, is less than 1.8.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ju Hwa Son
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Patent number: 11675169Abstract: An image picking-up system includes seven lens elements, which are, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens group including a first lens element and a second lens element, a second lens group including a third lens element and a fourth lens element, and a third lens group including a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. The third lens element has positive refractive power. The fourth lens element has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. At least one surface of object-side surfaces and image-side surfaces of the seven lens elements includes at least one inflection point.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.Inventor: Hsin-Hsuan Huang
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Patent number: 11675201Abstract: A packaging structure of head mounted terminal and a head mounted terminal are disclosed. The packaging structure comprises an annular rear casing and a soft rubber member, and the soft rubber member is disposed between the rear casing and two lenses of the head mounted terminal. The outer edge of the soft rubber member is fixed on the inner ring of the rear casing, the soft rubber member comprises two lens barrels arranged symmetrically, and the two lens barrels are respectively sleeved on the two lenses of the head mounted terminal. The soft rubber member further comprises an extending and folding part disposed on an outer periphery of the lens barrel, which is used to realize the extension of the lens barrel with the left and right movement of the lens.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2022Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: QINGDAO PICO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Zishang Wang
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Patent number: 11675242Abstract: An electrochromic device is provided. The device includes a first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate and a first electrically conductive layer and a second electrically conductive layer. A first bus bar is in contact with the first electrically conductive layer and a second bus bar in contact with the second electrically conductive layer. The first and second electrically conductive layers are patterned with sets of scribed lines substantially parallel to the corresponding bus bar, wherein the sets of scribed lines are made up of a series of collinear segments, which are gaps in the electrically conductive layer, wherein the length of the collinear segments, the period, the valve width and the offset between segments in adjacent scribed lines determines the resistance to the flow of electrons traversing a set of scribed lines in the direction substantially perpendicular to the corresponding bus bar.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2019Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Halio, Inc.Inventors: Scott Sharpe, Cyrus Elias, Jonathan Ziebarth
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Patent number: 11668930Abstract: Optical hyperfocal reflective systems and methods are provided. One such optical hyperfocal reflective system has an optical substrate; an optical input coupling portion configured to input couple a collimated display image to the optical substrate; and an optical hyperfocal output coupling portion integrated with said optical substrate. The optical output coupling portion includes at least one hyperfocal reflective view port formed from a discrete optical hyperfocal reflector spot integrated with the optical substrate. The discrete optical hyperfocal reflector spot is sized to form a reflected discrete optical spot beam with a diameter at a target area such that a view of a discrete virtual display image portion, as seen by a lens-detector system locatable at the target area, is hyperfocused.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Brennon Pennell, James Leighton, Adrian Stannard, Louahab Noui, Iain Wright, Lawrence Hoar
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Patent number: 11662593Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present disclosure may include: a transparent member; a housing coupled to the transparent member in a rotatable manner via a hinge portion, such that the housing is foldable in a designated direction with respect to the transparent member; a projector at least partially disposed in the housing; and an optical transferring member configured to guide light emitted from the projector to the transparent member when the housing is unfolded with respect to the transparent member in an unfolded state.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yunguk Lee, Yoonseok Kang
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Patent number: 11662611Abstract: A tunable optical metamaterial system includes a tunable optical metamaterial, an actuator module to selectively activate the tunable optical metamaterial, and a control system to selectively control the actuator module. The tunable optical metamaterial includes a substrate composed at least in part of an electroactive polymer (EAP), and an optically active particle array that includes a plurality of optically active elongated members populated spaced apart on the substrate in two or more orientations to form confocal lenses that are optically responsive to the expansion of the substrate. The control module, is configured to control the optical properties of the tunable optical metamaterial by causing the electrical activation of the substrate via the actuator module to selectively expand the substrate in a manner that alters the spacing between the optically active elongated members.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Sean P. Rodrigues, Frederico Marcolino Quintao Severgnini, Paul D. Schmalenberg
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Patent number: 11662504Abstract: Electrically tunable metasurfaces including an array of subwavelength metasurface unit elements are presented. The unit elements include a stacked metal-insulator-metal structure within which an active phase change layer is included. A purely insulator, metal, or coexisting metal-insulator phase of the active layer can be electrically controlled to tune an amplitude and phase response of the metasurfaces. In combination with the subwavelengths dimensions of the unit elements, the phase and amplitude response can be controlled in a range from optical wavelengths to millimeter wavelength of incident light. Electrical control of the unit elements can be provided via resistive heating produced by flow of current though a top metal layer of the unit elements. Alternatively, electrical control of the unit elements can be provided via electrical field effect produced by applying a voltage differential between the top and bottom metal layers of the unit elements.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Yonghwi Kim, Pin Chieh Wu, Ruzan Sokhoyan, Kelly W Mauser, Rebecca D Glaudell, Ghazaleh Kafaie Shirmanesh, Harry A Atwater
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Patent number: 11656523Abstract: An electro-optic display is provided that may include a layer of light-transmissive conductive material, a substrate, a layer of an electro-optic medium disposed between the layer of conductive material and the substrate, a color filter array, and a light emitting layer. The electro-optic medium may include a photo-luminescent material that functions as either a down-converter or an up-converter that may be excited by the light received from the light emitting layer. The photo-luminescent material may be excited by radiation having a first wavelength transmitted by a filter within the color filter array and emit radiation having a second wavelength transmitted by the filter. The photo-luminescent material may also be excited by radiation at a wavelength within a first and second range of wavelengths transmitted by two filters within the color filter array and emit radiation at a wavelength within one of the first and second ranges.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: E Ink CorporationInventors: Kenneth R. Crounse, Stephen J. Telfer, Dirk Hertel
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Patent number: 11650353Abstract: A cut pattern for a film or film laminate used in the fabrication of optical articles such as lenses.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2019Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: HOYA Optical Labs of America, Inc.Inventors: Richard Blacker, Lance Andersen, James Kunkel, David Olund
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Patent number: 11650430Abstract: A method for adjusting an optical system is provided, including a positioning device positioning a first optical module; a measuring device measuring an angular difference between a main axis of the first optical module and an optical axis of an optical element sustained by the first optical module to obtain a measurement information; an adjusting device changing the shape of an adjustment assembly of the first optical module according to the measurement information; and assembling the first optical module with an optical object, wherein the optical axis of the optical element is parallel to a central axis of the optical object.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2020Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.Inventors: Chao-Chang Hu, Chih-Wei Weng, Shu-Shan Chen, Yung-Hsien Yeh, Sin-Jhong Song
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Patent number: 11650409Abstract: The invention relates to a visual aid apparatus (1), in particular an optically or electronically magnifying visual aid apparatus (1), comprising at least one electrical or electronic functional component (2) that consumes electrical energy in at least one operating state, at least one rechargeable electrical energy store (3) that is assigned to the at least one electrical or electronic functional component (2), at least one inductive element (4) that is assigned to the at least one electrical energy store (3) and configured to supply the at least one electrical energy store (3) with electrical energy by way of an inductive interaction with at least one further inductive element (5).Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: A. SCHWEIZER GMBH OPTISCHE FABRIKInventor: Alfred Schüttinger
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Patent number: 11644657Abstract: A laser beam delivery apparatus for a microscope comprises first and second optical diffusers that are configured to move in a periodic manner with a respective different frequency. Each optical diffuser may comprise a spinning disk. The laser light is spatially randomized by the first spinning diffuser and its spatial pattern is further randomized by the second diffuser. The second diffuser prevents any spatial pattern from repeating after one revolution of the first diffuser, which prevents beating patterns from forming when the light is imaged through a spinning confocal disk and increases the uniformity in other cases.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Andor Technology LimitedInventor: David Cooper
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Patent number: 11635595Abstract: This disclosure provides an optical image capturing lens system comprising: a positive first lens element having a convex object-side surface, a negative second lens element, a positive third lens element having a convex image-side surface, a fourth lens element having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; and a positive fifth lens element having a convex object-side surface at a paraxial region thereof, both of the object-side and image-side surfaces being aspheric, and at least one inflection point is positioned on at least one of the object-side and image-side surfaces thereof. When particular relations are satisfied, the angle at which light projects onto the image plane can be efficiently controlled for increasing the relative illumination and preventing the occurrence of vignetting.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.Inventors: Kuan-Ming Chen, Tsung-Han Tsai, Hsin-Hsuan Huang
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Patent number: 11635593Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens having an image-side surface that is concave; a second lens having a refractive power; a third lens having an object-side surface that is convex; a fourth lens having an image-side surface that is concave; a fifth lens having a refractive power; and a sixth lens having a refractive power and an image-side surface having an inflection point, wherein the first lens through the sixth lens are sequentially disposed in numerical order from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system, and the optical imaging system satisfies TL/(2Y)?1.01 and 1.2?tan ?, where TL is a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane, 2Y is a diagonal length of the imaging plane, and ? is half a field of view of the optical imaging system.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tae Youn Lee, Jae Hyun Baik, Yong Joo Jo, Phil Ho Jung
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Patent number: 11624892Abstract: A lens apparatus includes an urging member disposed between first and second lens holding members, a first guide member including a first receiver configured to receive the urging member, and a first guide protrusion extending in an optical axis direction from the first receiver toward the second lens holding member, and a second guide member including a second receiver configured to receive the urging member; and a second guide protrusion extending in the optical axis direction from the second receiver toward the first lens holding member. The first and second guide protrusions have areas that always overlap each other in the optical axis direction in a use state. When the first and second lens holding members are closer to each other than a predetermined state, at least part of the first and second guide protrusions protrudes from the first or second receiver.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2020Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Atsuto Noda
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Patent number: 11619820Abstract: An apparatus includes an eye cover adapted to be removably mounted on a head-worn computer with a see-through computer display and a flexible audio headset mounted to the eye cover. The flexible audio headset is mounted to the eye cover with a magnetic connection.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2020Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Mentor Acquisition One, LLCInventors: Ralph F. Osterhout, Robert Michael Lohse
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Patent number: 11614602Abstract: An optical imaging lens may include eight lens elements positioned in an order from an object side to an image side. Through designing concave and/or convex surfaces of the eight lens elements, the optical imaging lens may provide improved imaging quality and optical characteristics while the total length of the optical imaging lens may be shortened.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Genius Electronic Optical (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jia-Sin Jhang, Maozong Lin, Huifeng Pan
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Patent number: 11604329Abstract: An optical element adjustment device includes a casing base, an optical element, a bearing element, and a first adjustment module. The optical element is movably disposed in the casing base. The bearing element includes an outer frame bearing the optical element and a shaft portion protruding from the outer frame and penetrating from the casing base. The first adjustment module is disposed on the shaft portion. A screw shank is sleeved on the shaft portion and penetrates from the casing base. The first adjustment element is screwed to the screw shank and abuts against the casing base. A limiting element protrudes from a side surface of the shaft portion and is located next to the screw shank. The first elastic element is disposed between the screw shank and the outer frame, such that the screw shank leans closely to the limiting element.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventor: Yii-Wen Chen
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Patent number: 11598938Abstract: The present disclosure provides an image capturing optical system comprising: a positive first lens element having a convex object-side surface; a negative second lens element having a concave object-side surface; a third lens element; a fourth lens element having a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, the object-side surface and the image-side surface thereof being aspheric; a fifth lens element having a concave image-side surface concave, both of the object-side surface and the image-side surface being aspheric, at least one of the object-side surface and the image-side surface having at least one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.Inventors: Kuan-Ming Chen, Wei-Yu Chen