Patents Examined by William R Alexander
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Patent number: 11686947Abstract: A set of augmented reality (AR) or virtual reality (VR) glasses are disclosed. The glasses comprise a fiber reinforced structure. The fiber reinforced structure includes a continuous fiber component. The fiber reinforced structure also includes a thermoplastic material injection molded over the continuous fiber component, wherein the thermoplastic material surrounds the continuous fiber component. The glasses also comprise electronics that are coupled to the fiber reinforced structure, wherein the electronics are configured to facilitate presentment of imagery onto a lens of the glasses.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Bryan Richard Loyola, Brian J. Toleno
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Patent number: 11684305Abstract: This invention is directed to a bio-potential electrode-set for measuring electrical signals during an electrooculogram (EOG) from a human, particularly to flexible self-adhesive bio-potential sensing electrode-set substrate specifically to cover the perimeter of the eyes for EOG recordings. In general, EOG is a technique for measuring the cornea-retinal standing potential that exists between the front and the back of the human eye. The resulting signal is called the electrooculogram. Primary applications include, but are not limited to, ophthalmological assessments that require recording eye movements or gaze tracking and human computer/machine interfaces.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2019Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Inventors: Seyedhesam Sadeghian-Motahar, Jerald H. Simmons
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Patent number: 11686937Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a compact head-up display device. The head-up display device of the present invention includes an image forming unit that emits image light containing image information, and an eyepiece optical system that displays a virtual image by reflecting the image light, in which the eyepiece optical system includes a concave lens, a free curved surface lens, and a free curved surface concave mirror disposed in order from the image forming unit side along the emission direction of the image light.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignees: MAXELL, LTD., HITACHI INDUSTRY & CONTROL SOLUTIONS, LTD.Inventors: Masahiko Yatsu, Koji Hirata, Shigeki Hoshino
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Patent number: 11686951Abstract: A method includes: producing a light beam made up of pulses having a wavelength in the deep ultraviolet range, each pulse having a first temporal coherence defined by a first temporal coherence length and each pulse being defined by a pulse duration; for one or more pulses, modulating the optical phase over the pulse duration of the pulse to produce a modified pulse having a second temporal coherence defined by a second temporal coherence length that is less than the first temporal coherence length of the pulse; forming a light beam of pulses at least from the modified pulses; and directing the formed light beam of pulses toward a substrate within a lithography exposure apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignees: Cymer, LLC, ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Wilhelmus Patrick Elisabeth Maria op 't Root, Thomas Patrick Duffey, Herman Philip Godfried, Frank Everts, Joshua Jon Thornes, Brian Edward King
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Patent number: 11686918Abstract: An imaging lens driving module includes a base, a casing, a driving mechanism and a damping element. The base has an opening, and the casing has a central aperture corresponding to the opening. The casing includes a plastic frame portion and a metal structure portion. The plastic frame portion is coupled to the base. The metal structure portion has a plurality of pins extending towards the base. The driving mechanism is disposed in the casing. The driving mechanism is configured to drive the lens unit to move in a direction parallel to an optical axis. The damping element is connected to the pins and the lens unit. The metal structure portion is insert-molded with the plastic frame portion to form the casing. The pins are located closer to the optical axis than the other part of the metal structure portion to the optical axis.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: LARGAN DIGITAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Heng Yi Su, Ming-Ta Chou, Te-Sheng Tseng, Ming-Shun Chang
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Patent number: 11683472Abstract: A superstereoscopic display with enhanced off-angle separation includes a first light source; a lenticular lens optically coupled to the first light source that, with the first light source, generates a first light output having viewing angle dependency; and a high-index optical volume optically coupled to the lenticular lens.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Looking Glass Factory, Inc.Inventors: Shawn Frayne, Tung Yiu Fok, Shiu Pong Lee
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Patent number: 11668906Abstract: An optical imaging lens assembly includes three lens elements which are, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element, a second lens element and a third lens element. Each of the three lens elements has an object-side surface facing toward the object side and an image-side surface facing toward the image side. The object-side surface of the first lens element is concave in a paraxial region thereof. The object-side surface of the first lens element is aspheric and has at least one inflection point. The object-side surface of the first lens element has at least one critical point in an off-axis region thereof. The optical imaging lens assembly has a total of three lens elements.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.Inventors: Yu Jui Lin, Tzu-Chieh Kuo
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Patent number: 11662591Abstract: An optical subsystem for use in a display system or an imaging system comprises a plurality of reflective surfaces collectively arranged to provide variable control of device-internal path lengths of light coming to an imaging sensor or traveling a path to an eye of a viewer. The optical subsystem can be used to provide multiple images concurrently at different apparent depths as perceived by the user.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: BRELYON Inc.Inventors: Barmak Heshmat Dehkordi, Christopher Barsi, I-Hung Ting, Albert Redo Sanchez, Alok Ajay Mehta
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Patent number: 11664641Abstract: A light source device includes: a plurality of laser sources; a plurality of collimating parts, each configured to collimate the light beam emitted from a corresponding one of the laser sources; a combining grating configured to diffract, at an identical diffraction angle, light beams that have passed through the collimating parts and are incident on the combining grating at different incident angles to combine the diffracted light beams; and a plurality of volume holographic gratings, wherein each of the volume holographic gratings is disposed in an optical path between a corresponding one of the laser sources and the combining grating, wherein each of the volume holographic gratings determines a wavelength of the light beam incident on the combining grating, and wherein each of the volume holographic gratings is configured to diffract a portion of the light beam emitted from a corresponding laser source back to the laser source.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Norihiro Dejima, Masaki Omori
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Patent number: 11662604Abstract: Glasses have a groove provided in a vertical direction on a bridge of a glasses frame. A support section of a nose pad of the glasses is connected to an end portion of a positioning section of the nose pad, the positioning section is slidably disposed in the groove, and the positioning section has a plurality of locking slots and a limiting slot. An adjustment mechanism of the glasses is disposed at the glasses frame, and a pressing member of the adjustment mechanism is disposed perpendicular to the groove, where one end of the pressing member protrudes from one side of the groove, and the other end penetrates through the groove and the limiting slot. A positioning member of the adjustment mechanism is connected to the other end of the pressing member. The positioning member moves from a positioning position to a release position by pushing of the pressing member.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATIONInventors: Mao-Hsiang Huang, Wei-Chih Hsu, Pen-Uei Lu
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Patent number: 11662562Abstract: A tunable filter may include an input focusing optic, an output focusing optic, a linearly-varying filter located at a back focal plane of the input focusing optic and a front focal plane of the output focusing optic, an input angular scanning component located at a front focal plane of the input focusing optic configured to receive an input beam, and an output angular scanning component located at a back focal plane of the output focusing optic. The input focusing optic may receive the input beam from the input angular scanning component and direct the input beam to the linearly-varying filter, where a position of the input beam on the linearly-varying filter is selectable based on an angle of the input angular scanning component. The output focusing optic may receive a filtered beam from the linearly-varying filter and direct the filtered beam to the output angular scanning component.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: KLA CorporationInventors: Andrew V. Hill, Avi Abramov, Amit Shaked, Valery Garmider
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Patent number: 11662545Abstract: Provided is an optical apparatus including: an optical member; a focus motor configured to move the optical member; a lens CPU configured to control the focus motor; an MF ring including a reflection portion and a low reflection portion having a reflectance lower than a reflectance of the reflection portion, and a photo-reflector configured to receive light reflected by the reflection portion, wherein the lens CPU is configured to control the focus motor based on output from the photo-reflector, and the reflection portion has conductivity.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yuichiro Kato
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Patent number: 11653829Abstract: A method of performing an optometric examination of a patient includes positioning the patient behind a phoropter; presenting visual stimuli to the patient using a computer-controlled device; recording the patient's response to the stimuli; automatically adjusting the settings of the phoropter to improve one or more characteristics of the patient's vision; and automatically determining the prescription for the refractive error correction for the patient.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.Inventor: Gareguin Mikaelian
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Patent number: 11650435Abstract: Eyewear devices including a tether and methods for identifying proper installation of the tether are disclosed. An eyewear device includes transmission lines extending through the temples to electrical and electronic components positioned adjacent to edges of a frame. A tether is attached to the temples to enable power and communication flow between the electrical and electronic components rather than through the frame. Proper installation is identified based on communications passing between the electrical and electronic components via the tether.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2020Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Yoav Ben-Haim, Varun Sehrawat, Teodor Dabov, John Bernard Ardisana
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Patent number: 11650428Abstract: A metalens includes one or more regions of nanostructures. A first region of nanostructures directs a first field of view (FOV) of light incident on the first region of nanostructures to a first region of an image plane. A second region of nanostructures directs a second FOV of light incident on the second region of nanostructures to a second region of the image plane in which the second FOV is different from the first FOV, and the second region of the image plane is different from the first region of the image plane. A third region of nanostructures directs a third FOV of light to a third region of the image plane, in which the third FOV is different from the first FOV and the second FOV, and the third region of the image plane is different from the first region and the second region of the image plane.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2020Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Inventors: Yibing Michelle Wang, Radwanul Hasan Siddique
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Patent number: 11650356Abstract: A high-performance optical absorber is provided having a texturized base layer. The base layer has one or more of a polymer film and a polymer coating. A surface layer is located above and immediately adjacent to the base layer and the surface layer joined to the base layer. The surface layer comprises a plasma-functionalized, non-woven carbon nanotube (CNT) sheet, wherein the base layer texturization comprises one or more of substantially rectangular ridges, substantially triangular ridges, substantially pyramidal ridges, and truncated, substantially pyramidal ridges. The CNT sheet has a thickness greater than or equal to 10×?, where ? is the wavelength of the incident light. In certain embodiments the base layer has a height above the surface layer greater than or equal to 10×?, where ? is the wavelength of the incident light.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2022Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: John A. Starkovich, Edward M. Silverman
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Patent number: 11642024Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus includes: a head unit having an optical system capable of receiving light reflected from a subject's eye; a drive mechanism that movably holds the head unit; an alignment detection unit that detects a position of the subject's eye relative to the head unit; and a control unit that controls the drive mechanism. The drive mechanism includes at least two arms rotatably connected together, at least two first rotation support mechanisms and at least three second rotation support mechanisms which allow the head unit to move, and at least five driving units for driving the rotation support mechanisms. The control unit is capable of controlling the driving units using a measurement result of the alignment measuring unit to align the head unit and the subject's eye with each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Topcon CorporationInventors: Shingo Ueno, Ryousuke Ito
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Patent number: 11640059Abstract: A head-mounted display optical module includes an optical lens group located at a light-emitting display side of the display panel and a protective layer located on an optical path between the display panel and the optical lens group. The protective layer includes at least one first protective layer. A refractive index of the first protective layer continuously changes therein at least along a radial direction that is located in a plane of the first protective layer and points from a center of the first protective layer to an edge of the first protective layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: SeeYA Optronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sunjie Qiu, Lei Niu
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Patent number: 11635634Abstract: A method of manufacturing a button-enabled housing assembly includes pre-forming a composite button component or insert having an elastically flexible button membrane that is mounted on a rigid frame, and thereafter molding a housing over the button insert. The composite button insert is formed in a co-molding operation and can include a rigid island in the flexible button membrane for supporting a cosmetic keycap.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Martin Mape, Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Stephen Andrew Steger
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Patent number: 11635621Abstract: A display system (300) comprising an optical system and a processing system. The optical system comprising a spatial light modulator (380), a light source, a Fourier transform lens, a viewing system (320, 330) and a processing system. The spatial light modulator is arranged to display holographic data in the Fourier domain, illuminated by the light source. The Fourier transform lens is arranged to produce a 2D holographic reconstruction in the spatial domain (310) corresponding to the holographic data. The viewing system is arranged to produce a virtual image (350) of the 2D holographic reconstruction. The processing system is arranged to combine the Fourier domain data representative of a 2D image with Fourier domain data representative of a phase only lens to produce first holographic data, and provide the first holographic data to the optical system to produce a virtual image.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Dualitas LtdInventors: Jamieson Christmas, Dackson Masiyano