Patents Examined by William R Alexander
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Patent number: 12292570Abstract: A mobile augmented reality near to eye display having one of a single chip programmed, configured, or adapted to permit user selective field of view and a variable resolution image projection, or a single image guide adapted to multiplexed full color image transfer to achieve full color, 90 degrees FOV, and retinal image resolution.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2020Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERISTY OF ARIZONAInventors: Brandon Hellman, Yuzuru Takashima
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Patent number: 12287499Abstract: A display panel includes an upper display substrate. The upper display substrate includes a base substrate and first to fourth color filters. The first and second color filters overlap first and second pixel areas. The third color filter overlaps a light-blocking area and a third pixel area and has a first opening and a second opening corresponding to the first pixel area and second pixel area, respectively. The fourth color filter overlaps the first pixel area and the second pixel area and has a third opening corresponding to the third pixel area.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2019Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jeaheon Ahn, Jeongki Kim, Jong-Hoon Kim, YeoGeon Yoon, Myoungjong Lee
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Patent number: 12282206Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are taught that provide reconfigurable components for eyewear devices. A reconfigurable component for use in an eyewear device, includes a first temple. The first temple is configured for use with the eyewear device. The first temple further includes a first engagement portion. The first temple includes a first temple insert module (TIM). The first temple insert module is releasably couplable with the first engagement portion. The reconfigurable component can include at least one of a sensor and a display. The first temple insert module further includes a first wireless communication system. The first wireless communication system is configured to communicate wirelessly with a user device. The first temple insert module further includes a processor and a first speaker. The processor is configured to receive an input from at least one of the sensor and the first wireless communication system and to generate an output.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2023Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Inventors: Ernesto Carlos Martinez Villalpando, Chiu Ming So, Kwok Wah Law, Wai Kuen Cheung
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Patent number: 12282209Abstract: An unworn sterile contact lens immersed in a packaging solution and sealed in a container is described as well as an ophthalmically-acceptable packaging solution for contact lenses is described that comprises a poly(2-alkyl-oxazoline) and an acrylates/C10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer. The packaging solution has excellent lubricity, is optically clear, and has a high viscosity that facilitates increased carry over of the packaging solution when the contact lens is removed from its package.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2024Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDInventors: Victoria Rogers, Dharmendra Jani, Camille Regan
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Patent number: 12276867Abstract: A behind the neck module assembly for an eyewear device, comprising an electronics pod having a wireless communication system and a processor, a left smart cord and a right smart chord, a left temple interlock, the left temple interlock containing a left speaker, and a right temple interlock, the right temple interlock containing a right speaker, wherein the left smart cord connects the electronics pod and the left temple interlock, the right smart cord connects the electronics pod and the right temple interlock, in operation when a left temple is coupled with the left temple interlock and a right temple is coupled with the right temple interlock, the wireless communication system receives data and provides an input signal to the processor, the processor provides an output to the right speaker and the left speaker such that a user can hear an audio signal from speakers on both sides.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2023Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Inventors: Ernesto Carlos Martinez Villalpando, Chiu Ming So, Kwok Wah Law, Wai Kuen Cheung
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Patent number: 12276869Abstract: A WS12-releasing contact lens is described as well as method of manufacturing the same. The WS12-releasing contact lens comprises a polymeric lens body and WS12 releasably adhered to the polymeric lens body. The amount of WS12 releasably adhered to the polymeric lens body provides a basal tear concentration in lens wearers of 2 ?g/ml to 8 ?g/ml WS12 after 30 minutes of lens wear. The WS12-releasing contact lens can be used to increase contact lens comfort, reduce eye fatigue, reduce sensations of ocular dryness and impart a pleasant, cooling sensation in the lens wearer without causing stinging or burning upon insertion.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2023Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDInventors: Erwin Si, Nancy Keir, Subam Basuthkar Sundar Rao
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Patent number: 12276870Abstract: The present invention provides an eyeglass lens and its related techniques, the eyeglass lens including: a base region that causes a light flux that has entered from an object-side face to exit from an eyeball-side face, and to enter an eye and converge at a position A on a retina; and a plurality of defocus regions that are in contact with the base region, wherein the defocus regions each include a first portion and a second portion, a refractive power of the first portion is within ±0.12 D of the refractive power of the base region, and a light flux that passes through the second portion of the defocus region is incident on the position A as diverging light.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2021Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.Inventor: Hua Qi
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Patent number: 12271056Abstract: An eyewear system including an eyewear frame and an application module. The eyewear frame including a docking station, and an electronic connector including a first set of preconfigured application connection points. The application module adapted to be mounted to the docking station, and including an electronic device configured to perform a function, and a second set of preconfigured application connection points corresponding to at least some of the first set of preconfigured application connection points. The second set of preconfigured application connection points including at least two different sub-function connections used to support the function of the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2024Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: e-Vision Smart Optics, Inc.Inventors: Ronald D. Blum, Yongping Wang, Mark Graham, William Kokonaski, Richard Clompus
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Patent number: 12271055Abstract: Eyewear including a voltage controller in the frame that generates dynamic analog control signals to control voltage regulators in the temple. The voltage regulators include a voltage rail for each electronic component in the temple. A separate analog control loop is coupled to each voltage regulator and receives the respective analog control signal. Each voltage regulator generates a rail voltage on the respective voltage rail that is controlled by the respective analog control signal. The analog control loop configures the respective voltage regulator as a voltage follower regulator such that the respective rail voltage follows a voltage of the analog control signal. A power source, such as a battery, is included in the temple and provides the operating power to each electronic component, and power is not communicated across a hinge to the temple electronic components.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2022Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Shaheen Moubedi, Gerald Nilles
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Patent number: 12265283Abstract: An ophthalmic lens (1), a film for use in an ophthalmic lens (1) and a method (500) of manufacturing an ophthalmic lens (1) are described. The lens (1) has an optical axis. The lens (1) comprises a layer (3) provided on a surface of a substrate (5). The layer (3) has a base refractive index and includes at least one gradient index optical element (7a, 7b) having an asymmetric refractive index profile. The at least one gradient index optical element (7a, 7b) focuses light from a distant point source on the optical axis to a point that is a first distance from the optical axis (2).Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2023Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDInventors: Paul Chamberlain, Sourav Saha, Arthur Bradley
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Patent number: 12265284Abstract: The present disclosure relates to means of managing eye-length disorders, like myopia. The invention includes an apparatus and methods for the prescription, selection, supply and fitting of sets, stocks, or kits of pairs of myopia management spectacles, or spectacle fronts, attachable impermanent auxiliary optical films, or mini optical elements, used in conjunction with standard single vision spectacles, said auxiliary optical films, or optical elements possess one or more meridionally and azimuthally variant power distributions resulting in a delta power and said power distributions are devoid of mirror symmetry, wherein the apparatus and methods are configured to provide a conoid of partial blur, or at least one regional conoid of partial blur, at the retina of the myopic eye to decelerate, ameliorate, control, inhibit, or reduce the rate of myopia progression over time, wherein the method is a prescribed care regimen providing temporal and spatial variation to the directional optical cues or stop signals.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2021Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignees: Nthalmic Holding Pty Ltd, Zhong Jing Wei Shi (Suzhou) Optical Technology LtdInventor: Ravi Chandra Bakaraju
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Patent number: 12259531Abstract: A photographing optical lens assembly includes, in order from object side to 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 first lens element has positive refractive power. The second, third, fourth and fifth lens elements have refractive power. The sixth lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region, wherein an object-side surface and the image-side surface of the sixth lens element are both aspheric, and the image-side surface has at least one inflection point. The seventh lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region, wherein an object-side surface and the image-side surface of the seventh lens element are both aspheric, and the image-side surface has at least one inflection point.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2024Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.Inventor: Hsin-Hsuan Huang
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Patent number: 12259634Abstract: A multiplexed single photon source for quasi-deterministically generating single photons, wherein heralded random single photons generated by pulsed random single photon source are sent through a series of optical switches each having first and second input and output modes and each capable of being switched from a first state corresponding to a SWAP operation to a second state corresponding to an Identity operation on the mode space, whereby the first and second input and output modes of the switches are connected in series to form a first and second optical path respectively, and whereby a first output mode of a last optical switch forms the output mode of the multiplexed single photon source and a second output mode of the last optical switch is connected by a delay loop introducing a time delay Td to the second input mode of a first optical switch.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2022Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Inventor: Michele Reilly
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Patent number: 12253795Abstract: A lens apparatus includes a first optical system, a second optical system disposed in parallel with the first optical system, and a lens mount attachable to a camera body. Each of the first optical system and the second optical system has a first optical axis, a second optical axis, and a third optical axis in order from an object side to an image side. A distance between the first optical axis of the first optical system and the first optical axis of the second optical system is longer than a diameter of the lens mount, and a distance between the third optical axis of the first optical system and the third optical axis of the second optical system is shorter than the diameter of the lens mount.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2023Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Taro Murakami, Takumi Uehara, Hiroki Ito, Atsuto Noda
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Patent number: 12253698Abstract: A multilayer light-filtering structure includes a substrate, a light-filtering layer and a patterned light-blocking layer. The light-filtering layer is disposed on a surface of the substrate, in which the light-filtering layer has a first surface away from the substrate, and the light-filtering layer includes a plurality of high refractive index films and a plurality of low refractive index films. The low refractive index films are correspondingly overlapped with the high refractive index films. The patterned light-blocking layer is disposed on the first surface and includes a plurality of metal material films and a plurality of dielectric films. The dielectric films are correspondingly overlapped with the metal material films.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2022Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: GCSOL Tech Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jyun-Yi Lee, Wei-Hung Chen
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Patent number: 12253737Abstract: An electronic device is provided that includes a layered screen configured to present an image. The electronic device includes a memory to store executable instructions, and one or more processors. When implementing the executable instructions the one or more processors are configured to generate the image at a determined distance and location from the screen at a convergence focal location. The image is in focus at the convergence focal location and out of focus elsewhere.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2022Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTDInventors: Bouziane Yebka, Tin-Lup Wong, Philip J. Jakes
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Patent number: 12248201Abstract: A film for applying to an ophthalmic lens is described. The film, or the combination of the film and the ophthalmic lens are designed to prevent or slow the development or progression of myopia. The film has a base refractive index and includes at least one gradient index optical element. Ophthalmic lenses, such as spectacle lenses and contact lenses, that include the films are also described.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDInventors: Sourav Saha, Paul Chamberlain, Arthur Bradley, Baskar Arumugam
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Patent number: 12248155Abstract: A waveguide combiner assembly for an augmented reality or virtual reality display. A waveguide combiner has front and rear surfaces substantially parallel to a waveguide plane. A chassis includes a support arm for supporting the waveguide combiner and defining a cavity between front and rear walls of the support arm which are spaced along a first direction by a distance greater than the thickness of the waveguide combiner. A waveguide axis normal to the waveguide plane and the first direction define therebetween a zero or nonzero offset angle. An edge portion of the waveguide combiner extends into the cavity. At least one actively adjustable mounting structure is configured to hold a respective point of the edge portion of the waveguide combiner at a selected position relative to the support arm, thereby enabling adjustment of the offset angle.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2023Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventor: Stephen John Rogers
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Patent number: 12248203Abstract: In an embodiment, a modular augmented reality display is provided that incorporates prescription eyewear that can be used separately by the wearer. In an embodiment, an image is generated from a removable display attached to the eyewear and directed into the edge of a prescription lens, which acts as a waveguide. The image is internally reflected within the prescription lens, and is directed to the wearer by an image combiner embedded within the prescription lens. In an embodiment, the augmented reality display includes a wearable belt pouch that includes a battery and support electronics connected to the eyewear so that the weight on the eyewear is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2023Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: NVIDIA CorporationInventors: Jonghyun Kim, Benjamin Boudaoud, Michael Stengel, Josef Bo Spjut, Morgan Samuel McGuire
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Patent number: 12235522Abstract: A contact lens for application in practice of orthokeratology on an eye, including a curved shell having a concave surface and a convex surface. The concave surface includes a carrier zone and a back shaping zone, the back shaping zone having a first curvature and the carrier zone having at least one second curvature. The curved shell has a geometric center and the back shaping zone has a shaping zone center and the back shaping zone center is offset peripherally from the geometric center. The curved shell can have an overall diameter that approximates a corneal limbal diameter of the eye to which the contact lens is to be applied.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2023Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: EUCLID VISION CORPORATIONInventor: Vance M. Thompson