Patents Examined by William J Carter
  • Patent number: 11014488
    Abstract: A procedure is provided for actuating at least one light module of the light unit of a vehicle with a plurality of light sources and a light control system automatically actuating the light module. At least two first light distribution arrangements are generated and first data sets corresponding to the first light distribution arrangements are stored in a memory of the light control system. In order to implement a plurality of light distribution arrangements with less effort, at least one second light distribution arrangement is allocated to at least one pairing of two of the at least two first light distribution arrangements, and actuation of the light module for generating this at least one second light distribution arrangement is performed depending on the first datasets of the assigned pairing from the first light distribution arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Boris Kubitza, Jacek Roslak, Udo Venker, Carsten Wilks
  • Patent number: 11015799
    Abstract: There is provided a device that requires the presence of a textile or fabric; and a flexible and conformable light source apparatus attached to the textile or fabric, where the light source apparatus requires: at least one light source; at least two conductive members having a first end and a second end, the first end is connected to the at least one light source and the second end is adapted to connect to a power source; and at least one transparent polymer layer that encapsulates the entirety of the at least one light source and at least part of the at least two conductive members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: MAS Innovation (Private) Limited
    Inventors: Tharindu Athauda, Kireety Madiraju
  • Patent number: 11011121
    Abstract: A multiview backlight includes a first array active emitters configured to provide a first plurality of directional light beams and a second array of active emitters configured to provide a second plurality of directional light beams. The second array of active emitters is interleaved between active emitters of the first array of active emitters. Further, directional light beams of each of the first and second directional light beam pluralities have directions corresponding to view directions of a multiview display. A multiview display further includes an array of light valves configured to modulate the directional light beams to display a multiview image. An image resolution of the multiview image is configured to be dynamically selectable according to operational mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: LEIA INC.
    Inventors: David A. Fattal, Ming Ma, Xuejian Li
  • Patent number: 11009054
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fixing device, a display module, and a display device. The fixing device includes a frame and a fixture for fixing a display module, a protrusion is provided at a side edge of the frame, and a through-hole is provided in the protrusion, the fixture is detachably connected with the through-hole, and the fixture has a connecting hole along an axial direction of the fixture, the connecting hole is used for detachably connecting with a connecting member. The fixing device provided in the present disclosure can not only satisfy the appearance effect of a narrow frame, but also can achieve the fixing of the display module during assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jing Li
  • Patent number: 11003208
    Abstract: An electronic device such as a laptop computer or other device may have a housing. A display may be coupled to the housing. The display may have a pixel array configured to display an image. Backlight illumination for the pixel array may be provide by a backlight unit. The backlight unit may have a light guide layer. A light source may provide light to an edge of the light guide layer. The light guide layer may scatter the light outwardly to serve as the backlight illumination for the pixel array. The backlight unit may have optical films interposed between the light guide layer and the pixel array. The optical films may include flexible polymer layers such as diffuser layers and prism films. The optical films may each have a bent alignment portion that bends back on itself while wrapping around an edge of the light guide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Keith J. Hendren, Adam T. Garelli, Bryan W. Posner, Dinesh C. Mathew, Mengyang Liang, Eric Benson, Victor Yin, Jun Qi
  • Patent number: 11001192
    Abstract: A lamp for a vehicle includes a light generation unit with an array module having a plurality of micro Light Emitting Diode (micro-LED) elements. The lamp also includes at least one processor and a computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to: control the light generation unit to form a light distribution pattern that, when projected on a vertical plane at a first distance, has a luminous intensity that is progressively smaller from a central point closer to a center towards a peripheral point further from the center. Controlling the light generation unit to form the light distribution pattern includes: controlling at least one first micro-LED element to generate a first luminous intensity at the central point, and controlling at least one second micro-LED element to generate a second luminous intensity at the peripheral point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventor: Geunhyeong Kim
  • Patent number: 11002443
    Abstract: A lighting system includes a lamp that is configured to illuminate. The lamp is coupled to a fixture. A heat bridge is made of a metallic material and is configured to contact the lamp and the fixture, conduct heat from the lamp to the fixture, and deform in response to at least one governing condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Jianhua Zhou, Rui Tong
  • Patent number: 11004407
    Abstract: A multiview backlight and a multiview display employ active emitters configured to provide a plurality of light beams having different principal angular directions corresponding to different view directions of the multiview display. A size of the active emitter is comparable to a size of a view pixel in the multiview display. A distance between active emitters is commensurate with a distance between adjacent multiview pixels of the multiview display. A multiview display further includes an array of light valves configured to modulate the directional light beams to display a multiview image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: LEIA INC.
    Inventors: David A. Fattal, Ming Ma, Xuejian Li
  • Patent number: 10998152
    Abstract: An operating device (1) having an illuminated level control actuating element, in particular for audio systems, comprising a level control (10) which has an actuating element (40) movable along an adjustment path (20). In the interior, the actuating element (40) comprises a light guiding section (160) by which light coupled into a coupling section (130) on the lower side face of the actuating element (40) is guided to one or more exit zones (170) of the gripping faces (60) of the actuating element (40), and a plurality of illumination means (100) which are controllable for individual positioning are arranged along the adjustment path (20), such that in any position of the level control (10) along the adjustment path (20) the actuating element (40) covers at least one of the illumination means (100) with the lower side face of the actuating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: STAGE TEC ENTWICKLUNGSGESELLSCHAFT FÜR PROFESSIONELLE AUDIOTECHNIK mbH
    Inventors: Helmut Jahne, Detlef Kutschabsky, Harald Klaus, Arno Schünemann
  • Patent number: 10995924
    Abstract: A headlight lens assembly includes a projector lens portion and an outer portion. The projector lens portion is configured to couple to a projector, and is formed by a multi-step molding process. The outer portion is formed as one piece with the projector lens portion during at least one step of the multi-step molding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Kyle Happy
  • Patent number: 10989859
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a light guide member disposed below a display member. A light source configured to generate light is disposed adjacent to the light guide member. The light guide member includes a plurality of diffraction on the light guide member. The diffraction patterns are spaced apart from each other in the first direction. The plurality of diffraction patterns diffract incident light, which is incident at an incident angle, to change the incident light to diffraction light having a diffraction angle. The incident angle is defined as an angle between the incident light and a normal line that is perpendicular to a top surface or a bottom surface of the light guide member. The diffraction angle, which is defined as an angle between the diffraction light and the normal line, has a magnitude less than that of the incident angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignees: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION, SEJONG CAMPUS
    Inventors: Seungin Baek, Sujin Choi, Hwi Kim, Mira Gwon, Youngeun Park, Jongha Park, Junghwan Yi, Young jin Jeon, Jungbeom Choi, Younho Han
  • Patent number: 10989386
    Abstract: A light guide may include a light source configured to emit light, a first light guide configured to guide the light emitted from the light source, and a second light guide disposed outside the first light guide and configured to guide the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motor Company, SL Corporation
    Inventors: Dong-Hoon Choo, Jae-Hun Lee, Seung-Gyo Jung, Kwang-Ryeol Park, Su-Jung Lee
  • Patent number: 10989392
    Abstract: A removable modular bamboo-based solar landscape lamp is provided. The lamp includes a base, a bamboo-based pole, a bamboo-based beam, a bamboo-based sparrow brace, an LED lamp, a solar power system, and a control module, where a lower end of the bamboo-based pole is disposed on the base, an upper end of the bamboo-based pole is vertically connected to the bamboo-based beam, and the solar power system is disposed above the bamboo-based beam; the LED lamp is disposed under one side of the bamboo-based beam, and the bamboo-based sparrow brace is disposed on a joint between the other side of the bamboo-based beam and the bamboo-based pole; the solar power system is used to supply power to the LED lamp, the solar power system, and the control module; the control module may control on and off of the LED lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: International Center for Bamboo and Rattan
    Inventors: Fuming Chen, Ge Wang, Zehui Jiang, Benhua Fei, Hongxin Wu
  • Patent number: 10982837
    Abstract: The prevent invention discloses a gradient frosting system comprising a light processing mechanism arranged in a direction of a primary optical axis of a light beam, a frosting mechanism perpendicular to the primary optical axis of the light beam, and a power mechanism for outputting power to drive the frosting mechanism to move, wherein the frosting mechanism comprises two frosting components, including a left frosting component and a right frosting component, moving towards or away from each other, and the left and right frosting components are arranged on the power mechanism and driven by the power mechanism to conduct open-close motion in a plane perpendicular to the primary optical axis. According to the present invention, the frosting effect generated is multi-level, gradually varied, and uniform in frosting level, which can better heighten the stage atmosphere and adapt to the presentation of various stage effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Inventor: Weikai Jiang
  • Patent number: 10976036
    Abstract: A luminaire includes a frame defining an opening, the frame having first and second frame edges on opposite sides of the opening. The luminaire also includes a carriage disposed within the opening, the carriage having a front face and first and second carriage edges on opposite sides of the front face, and one or more light sources arranged on the carriage. The luminaire further includes a tilting mechanism arranged such that the carriage is tiltable in at least two directions within the opening, and wherein when the carriage is tilted in a first direction from the central position, the first carriage edge remains proximate the first frame edge; and when the carriage is tilted in a second direction from the central position, the second carriage edge remains proximate the second frame edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventor: Aaron P. Fryzek
  • Patent number: 10967116
    Abstract: An IV-line identification system to enable ready identification of an IV line and its associated fluid source and output from other IV lines with their fluid sources and outputs. The IV-line identification system includes an optical member affixed along a longitudinal length of an elongated member that transmits light when a light source provides a light to the optical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: MEDLITE ID INC.
    Inventors: Wayne A. Provost, Jeffrey D. Stewart
  • Patent number: 10971481
    Abstract: The light-emitting device includes a first light-emitting element having an emission peak wavelength of 430 nm or more and less than 490 nm, a second light-emitting element having an emission peak wavelength of 490 nm or more and 570 nm or less, a support body at which the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element are disposed, and a light-transmissive member containing a red phosphor and covering the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element. A content density of the red phosphor in the light-transmissive member in a space between the first and second light-emitting elements is higher in a part below an upper surface of the second light-emitting element than in a part above the upper surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Yamamoto, Keiko Ono, Saiki Yamamoto, Tomokazu Maruyama, Takeshi Morikawa, Seitaro Akagawa
  • Patent number: 10962196
    Abstract: A lighting module for a motor vehicle including: a support plate; at least one source of light which is arranged on a first face of the support plate; a heat dissipater which is arranged on a second face of the support plate, opposite the first face; a fan which is arranged between the heat dissipater and a plenum, the fan being designed to aspirate a flow of hot air which is dissipated by the heat dissipater, and is obtained from an incoming flow of air; a plenum which is designed to cover the fan, the plenum including a peripheral skirt which is designed to surround the heat dissipater; an optical assembly which cooperates with rays of light of the at least one source of light, in order to produce a light beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Lotfi Redjem Saad, Francois Berrezai, Francois Cormier
  • Patent number: 10962190
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a light emitting element; a first lens that captures and emits light generated by the light emitting element; and a second lens that captures light emitted from the first lens and emits the light in a predetermined direction. The first lens includes a first-lens-entrance through which the light generated by the light emitting element enters, a first lens exit that emits the light entered from the first-lens-entrance and transmitted through an inside of the first lens, and a plurality of first-lens-side-portion-wall-surfaces that are provided between the first-lens-entrance and the first lens exit. The plurality of first-lens-side-portion-wall-surfaces include a reflection-side-surface-portion that reflects the light entered the inside of the first lens from the first-lens-entrance, and a side surface portion that is configured to allow light having a luminous intensity smaller than a luminous intensity of light entering the reflection-side-surface-portion to enter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Matsuda, Masahiro Kasano
  • Patent number: 10956700
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a display device including: an organic light-emitting diode display panel, a fingerprint recognition layer located below the organic light-emitting diode display panel, and a light filtering layer located between the organic light-emitting diode display panel and the fingerprint recognition layer, where the light filtering layer is configured to filter out light rays with an incidence angle greater than a filter angle among light rays carrying fingerprint line information, and to transmit light rays with an incidence angle smaller than or equal to the filter angle, where the incidence angle is the angle between the light rays carrying fingerprint line information, and the direction perpendicular to the fingerprint recognition layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Display Tchnology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ying Zhao, Shipei Li, Qingping Yin, Tao Li, Huili Wu, Chunming Cui, Zihao Zhao, Jie Jin, Weimeng Zhang