Patents Examined by William R Alexander
  • Patent number: 11487049
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an optical imaging lens group 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 and a sixth lens. The first lens has a refractive power, an object-side surface of the first lens is a concave surface, and an image-side surface of the first lens is a convex surface; the second lens has a positive refractive power; the third lens has a negative refractive power; the fourth lens has a refractive power; the fifth lens has a negative refractive power, and the sixth lens has a refractive power. An effective focal length f2 of the second lens and a radius of curvature R3 of an object-side surface of the second lens satisfy 1.5<f2/R3<2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Inventors: Xue Gao, Ming Li, Jianke Wenren
  • Patent number: 11487138
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: e-Vision Smart Optics, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Blum, Yongping Wang, Mark Graham, William Kokonaski, Richard Clompus
  • Patent number: 11480763
    Abstract: An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. At least one lens among the first to the sixth lenses has positive refractive power. The seventh lens has negative refractive power, wherein both surfaces thereof can be aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the seventh lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yeong-Ming Chang, Chien-Hsun Lai, Yao-Wei Liu
  • Patent number: 11480715
    Abstract: Configurations are disclosed for presenting virtual reality and augmented reality experiences to users. The system may comprise a lens assembly comprising two transmissive plates, a first of the two transmissive plates comprising a first surface sag based at least in part on a cubic function, and a DOE to direct image information to a user's eye; wherein the DOE is placed in between the two transmissive plates of the lens assembly, and wherein the DOE is encoded with the inverse of the cubic function corresponding to the surface sag of the first transmissive plate; such that a wavefront created by the encoded DOE is compensated by the wavefront created by the first transmissive plate, thereby collimating light rays associated with virtual content delivered to the DOE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Tekolste, Eric Browy
  • Patent number: 11480812
    Abstract: An eyeglass frame cushioning device for increasing comfort and stability of an eyeglass frame includes a pair of pads and a pair of couplers. The pads are resiliently compressible. Each coupler is coupled to an interior face of a respective pad and is configured to couple to an inner face of a respective sidearm of an eyeglass frame. The coupler is configured to selectively couple the respective pad to the respective sidearm of the eyeglass frame. The respective pad thus is configured to cushion the respective sidearm when in contact with a temple of a user. The respective pad also is configured to frictionally couple to the temple to decrease movement of the eyeglass frame relative to a head of the user, thereby reducing a need of the user to adjust the eyeglass frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Inventor: Ronald Perry, II
  • Patent number: 11480784
    Abstract: A near-eye display system comprising a image source, a modulation stack, and an imaging assembly. The modulation stack, in one embodiment, comprises one or more digital light path length modulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Avegant Corp.
    Inventors: Aaron Matthew Eash, Allan Thomas Evans, Andrew John Gross, D. Scott Dewald, Eamon Han O'Connor, Forrest Foust, Warren Cornelius Welch, III
  • Patent number: 11474377
    Abstract: A combiner lens includes a first lens, a lightguide, and a second lens. The first lens includes a first lens body and a flange integrally formed with the first lens body. The first lens body and flange define a main cavity. The flange has a first joint surface. The lightguide is disposed at least partially in the main cavity. The second lens includes a second lens body positioned in stack with the lightguide and the first lens body. The second lens has a second joint surface in opposing relation to the first joint surface. The second lens is attached to the first lens by a joint formed between the first joint surface and the second joint surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Robert Adema, Jaehong Choi
  • Patent number: 11471040
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for obtaining a visual field map of an observer, particularly a perimetry method, wherein a plurality of test locations in front of the observer is provided, at each test location of a subset of said plurality a respective perceived sensitivity threshold is measured, wherein at least one light signal is provided at the respective test location, and wherein it is monitored whether said observer observes said at least one light signal, and wherein for each test location a respective estimate of the perceived sensitivity threshold is derived from the previously measured perceived sensitivity thresholds of said subset, and wherein said light signal is provided at a light intensity value derived from the estimate of the perceived sensitivity threshold of said respective test location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: UNIVERSITÄT BERN
    Inventors: Serife Seda Kucur, Raphael Sznitman
  • Patent number: 11474347
    Abstract: Provided is a waveguide arrangement, comprising a diffractive input coupling element (11), in particular a volume hologram, a diffractive output coupling element (13), in particular a volume hologram, and optionally a beam expansion element (12), in particular a volume hologram. The expansion element (12) and the output coupling element (13) expand a light beam in different directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Erler, Mirko Riethmüller, Andreas Lütz, Alexandre Gatto, Mario Sondermann
  • Patent number: 11467432
    Abstract: A multifunctional eyeglass device includes a control module, a lens group, a power supply module, a storage module, a communication module, and a frame. The lens group includes a first lens module and a second lens module, the first lens module includes a first liquid crystal lens unit and a first display unit, and the second lens module includes a second liquid crystal lens unit and a second display unit. The control module is electrically connected to the first and second lens module of the lens group, the power supply module, the storage module, and the communication module. The first and second liquid crystal lens units are adjusted in focal length according to at least one power source. The control module receives data via the communication module, and the data is displayed by the first and second display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: SILICON TOUCH TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Chi-Yuan Chin
  • Patent number: 11464408
    Abstract: Retinal imaging systems and related methods employ a user specific approach for controlling the reference arm length in an optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging device. A method includes restraining a user's head relative to an OCT imaging device. A reference arm length adjustment module is controlled to vary a reference arm length to search a user specific range of reference arm lengths to identify a reference arm length for which the OCT image detector produces an OCT signal corresponding to the retina of the user. The user specific range of reference arm lengths covers a smaller range of reference arm lengths than a reference arm length adjustment range of the reference arm length adjustment module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Notal Vision Ltd.
    Inventors: Amit Pascal, Omer Rafaeli, Yair Alster, Gidon Goren-Gratzyani
  • Patent number: 11467423
    Abstract: Systems, devices, apparatuses and methods for an active projection system that may be incorporated into spectacles, contact lenses or provided as an add-on layer to existing spectacles or lenses. The active projection system operates to generate a stimulus or stimuli for viewing by a person's eye. The stimulus or stimuli creates an image that is defocused in front of the person's retina and can assist in slowing or stopping the progression of myopia or other refractive errors in the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: ACUCELA INC.
    Inventors: Philip M. Buscemi, Ryo Kubota
  • Patent number: 11467321
    Abstract: An imaging lens assembly includes five 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 and a fifth lens element. The first lens element has positive refractive power. The second lens element has positive refractive power. The fourth lens element with negative refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, wherein the two surfaces of the fourth lens element are both aspheric. The fifth lens element having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, wherein two surfaces of the fifth lens element are both aspheric, and the image-side surface of the fifth lens element includes at least one convex critical point in an off-axis region thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Po-Lun Hsu, Wei-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 11460672
    Abstract: 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. An object-side surface of the first lens is concave, and an image-side surface thereof is convex; the sixth lens has a positive refractive power; and the seventh lens has a negative refractive power, and an object-side surface thereof is convex. Half of a diagonal length ImgH of an effective pixel area on an imaging plane of the optical imaging system satisfies 6 mm<ImgH<7 mm; and a total effective focal length f of the optical imaging system and an effective focal length f6 of the sixth lens satisfy 0.22?f/f6<1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Inventors: Xiaobin Zhang, Guihua Xie, Fujian Dai, Liefeng Zhao
  • Patent number: 11460686
    Abstract: Provided is a prism device applied to a periscope lens module. The prism device includes: a bearing frame; a supporting-restoring assembly; a prism; and shape memory alloy wires configured to drive the supporting-restoring assembly and the prism to rotate relative to the bearing frame. Two opposite sides of the bearing frame are each provided with limiting grooves, two opposite sides of the supporting-restoring assembly are each provided with limiting arms inserted into the limiting grooves in one-to-one correspondence; and each limiting arm and a corresponding limiting groove form a clearance fit in such a manner that the limiting arm is movable in the limiting groove. In the present invention, two opposite sides of the bearing frame are provided with limiting grooves, and limiting arms on the supporting-restoring assembly are inserted into the limiting grooves, thereby preventing the supporting-restoring assembly from escaping from the bearing frame during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: AAC Optics Solutions Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Linzhen Li, Jiliang Lu, Gang Li, Jin Zhang
  • Patent number: 11460678
    Abstract: A photographing optical lens assembly includes seven lens elements, which are, in order from an object side to an image side along an optical path: 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 negative refractive power. The third lens element with positive refractive power has an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The fifth lens element has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The sixth lens element has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The seventh lens element has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and having at least one convex critical point in an off-axis region thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuo-Jui Wang, Cheng-Chen Lin, Wei-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 11460675
    Abstract: There is provided a compact imaging lens configured to properly correct aberrations. The imaging lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens L1 with positive refractive power, a second lens L2 with negative refractive power, a third lens L3 with positive refractive power, a fourth lens L4 with positive refractive power, a fifth lens L5, a sixth lens L6, a seventh lens L7 with positive refractive power, and an eighth lens L8 with negative refractive power. The eighth lens L8 is formed in a shape of a meniscus lens in a paraxial region, and has an aspheric image-side surface having at least one inflection point. In addition, the following conditional expressions are satisfied: ?5.00<f2/f<?2.00 10.00<f4/f<25.00 where f: a focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens, f2: a focal length of the second lens, and f4: a focal length of the fourth lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Hirano
  • Patent number: 11460720
    Abstract: An electronic case for electronic spectacles may include a base comprising a cavity formed therein. A first spectacle retention device may be located within the cavity. The first spectacle retention device may be configured to retain spectacles. An electrical control system may be included. An electrical connector may be configured to couple the electrical control system in electronic communication with the spectacles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: ACUCELA INC.
    Inventors: Ryo Kubota, Philip M. Buscemi, Pascal Loser, Ben Crook, Massimo Pinazza, Jim Niebanck, James Phillips, Stefan Bauer
  • Patent number: 11460659
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes optical and optoelectronic assemblies that, in some cases, include screen-printed micro-spacers, as well as methods for manufacturing such assemblies and modules. For example, an optoelectronic device mounted on a substrate can include an optical sub-assembly including a first optical element and a first micro-spacer on the optical element. The optical sub-assembly can be disposed over the optoelectronic device, with a first air or vacuum gap separating the first optical element from the optoelectronic device, and the first micro-spacer laterally surrounding the first air or vacuum gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: AMS Sensors Singapore Pte. Ltd
    Inventors: Guo Xiong Wu, Ming Jie Lee, Simon Gubser, Qichuan Yu, Joon Heng Tan
  • Patent number: 11454800
    Abstract: An optical device and a method for high-resolution image transfer are provided. The optical device includes an image-guiding element having a distal end and a proximal end, an inverting reflection prism having an entry face and an exit face, and a display element. The image-guiding element directs light beams into the inverting reflection prism, and after having passed therethrough they are directed to the display element, the image-guiding element being mounted for non-stop rotation over more than 360°. The light entry face and the light exit face of the image-guiding element define an angle ? to one another which is between 5° and 175°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventor: Stefan Weiser