Patents Examined by Wyatt A Stoffa
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Patent number: 12292618Abstract: A camera module according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a lens group; a lens support unit for accommodating the lens group; a magnet arranged on the outer surface of the lens support unit; a yoke portion spaced apart from the magnet and arranged to face the magnet; and a coil arranged on the yoke portion so as to be spaced apart from and to face the magnet between the magnet and the yoke portion, wherein the lens group, the lens support unit, and the magnet move together along an optical axis according to a current applied to the coil, the yoke portion includes a first yoke and a second yoke arranged on the first yoke, the second yoke is arranged between the first yoke and the coil, and magnetism of the first yoke is stronger than that of the second yoke.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2020Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventors: Jun Seok Oh, Min Ji Kim, Jae Gwang Lee
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Patent number: 12292579Abstract: The invention provides a method and a system for generating a polarized propagation-invariant light field. The system includes a laser source, a spatial light modulator, a computer, a first lens, a shading element, a first quarter-wave plate, a second quarter-wave plate, a second lens, and a beam combining element. In the present invention, two Laguerre-Gaussian mode beams that satisfy a particular Gouy order relationship are generated, and orthogonal even polarization is applied to the two Laguerre-Gaussian mode beams. The two Laguerre-Gaussian mode beams are then focused onto a Ronchi grating to be stably combined into polarized propagation-invariant light field. The light field generated in the present invention simultaneously has linear polarization, elliptical polarization, and circular polarization in a cross section of the light field, and in a propagation process of the light field in free space, apart from normal spot size scaling, polarization distribution remains unchanged.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2021Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: SOOCHOW UNIVERSITYInventors: Yahong Chen, Zhen Dong, Xi Sun, Fei Wang, Yangjian Cai
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Patent number: 12292562Abstract: A manufacturing method creates a type of telescope which is athermal, lightweight, optical quality for visible and IR applications. The method includes: a) optical mirrors being made by immersing a master, that is an optical component with a curvature opposite to the mirror required into an electrolytic bath where the applied current transfers metal ions and deposit them on the master, the cathode, as a layer, b) the layer being bonded by an adhesive, solder or any other attachment process to a mechanical reinforcing structure, c) after the hardening of the bond or glue, the thin layer being finally released from the master and having maintained the optical quality of the master. The master or mandrel can be cleaned and reused for repeating this method and manufacturing large series of telescopes.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2020Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: MEDIA LARIO S.R.L.Inventors: Robert David Banham, Giuseppe Valsecchi, Fabio Marioni
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Patent number: 12292549Abstract: An optical imaging lens includes a first lens element to a fifth lens element, and each lens element has an object-side surface and an image-side surface. An optical axis region of the image-side surface of the first lens element is concave, the second lens element has negative refracting power, a periphery region of the image-side surface of the second lens element is convex, the fourth lens element has positive refracting power, and an optical axis region of the object-side surface of the fifth lens element is convex. Lens elements included by the optical imaging lens are only the five lens elements described above, and the optical imaging lens satisfies the relationship of TTL/Fno?6.000 mm, TTL is the distance from the object-side surface of the first lens element to an image plane along the optical axis, and Fno is a f-number of the optical imaging lens.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: Genius Electronic Optical (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yanbin Chen, Jianpeng Li
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Patent number: 12287533Abstract: Disclosed are an optical lens, and an imaging device comprising the optical lens.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: NINGBO SUNNY AUTOMOTIVE OPTECH CO., LTDInventors: Xiaoyu Luan, Bo Yao, Dongfang Wang, Qiansen Xie
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Patent number: 12287480Abstract: The information display apparatus configured to display video information of a virtual image on a reflecting surface of conveyance includes: a display configured to display the video information; and a virtual image optical system configured to display a virtual image at a front of the conveyance by reflecting light emitted from the display by means of the reflecting surface. The virtual image optical system includes a concave mirror and an optical element. The optical element is arranged between the display and the concave mirror, and is configured to correct distortion of the virtual image obtained so as to correspond to a viewpoint position of a driver on a basis of a shape of the concave mirror and a shape of the optical element. The information display apparatus further includes a virtual image double image conversion reducer configured to reduce double image conversion of the virtual image.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2024Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignees: MAXELL, LTD., HITACHI INDUSTRY & CONTROL SOLUTIONS, LTD.Inventors: Koji Hirata, Masahiko Yatsu, Toshinori Sugiyama, Kazuomi Kaneko
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Patent number: 12287534Abstract: The present invention relates to a lens edge simulation tool (10) for measuring the fitment of a lens edge profile (LEP) with respect to a frame groove profile (FGP) of a spectacle frame (20), the lens edge simulation tool (10) having a defined edge profile (STP) like a lens edge profile (LEP) of a lens (6) being machined by a defined edger machine (4), the defined edge profile (STP) comprising a bevel portion (11) protruding towards a protrusion direction (A), wherein the lens edge simulation tool (10) further comprises a probe (15) provided at a distal end tip portion (14) of the bevel portion (11) and being moveable (M) along the protrusion direction (A) between a retracted position in which the probe (15) does not protrude from the defined edge profile (STP) and an extension position in which the probe (15) protrudes from the distal end tip portion (14).Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: MEI S.r.l.Inventor: Stefano Sonzogni
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Patent number: 12287479Abstract: A direct view display system (DVDS) and a method to operate it are provided herein. The DVDS may include: a variable optical power element (VOPE); a transparent active image source located with the VOPE on a common optical axis going from an outside scene to an eye position of a viewer; and a time division multiplexer (TDM) configured to control the VOPE and the transparent active image source, wherein the TDM is configured in a certain time period to cause the transparent active image source to be in a transparent state and the VOPE to exhibit no optical power, and wherein the TDM is configured in another time period to cause said transparent active image source to exhibit an image and said VOPE to apply non-zero optical power, for projecting the image onto the eye position at a desirable distance therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: Elbit Systems Ltd.Inventors: Ornit Amir, Yolanda Landesberg, Aron Arlievsky, Ofer Nesher
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Patent number: 12287467Abstract: A zoom lens includes a positive first lens group, a negative second lens group, a positive third lens group, and a subsequent group consisting of plural lens groups in order from an object side. In a case of zooming, an interval with an adjacent lens group is changed. The third lens group includes two uncemented positive lenses consecutively arranged in order from a side closest to the object side to an image side. A lens group closest to the image side in the subsequent group consists of a negative meniscus lens having a concave surface toward the object side and a positive lens having a convex surface toward the object side in order from the object side to the image side.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2022Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Taiga Noda, Michio Cho
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Patent number: 12276781Abstract: A zoom optical system comprises, in order from an object: a front lens group (GFS) having a positive refractive power; an M1 lens group (GM1) having a negative refractive power; an M2 lens group (GM2) having a positive refractive power; and an RN lens group (GRN) having a negative refractive power, wherein upon zooming, distances between the front lens group and the M1 lens group, between the M1 lens group and the M2 lens group, and between the M2 lens group and the RN lens group change, upon focusing from an infinite distant object to a short distant object, the RN lens group moves, the RN lens group comprises at least one lens having a positive refractive power, and at least one lens having a negative refractive power, and following conditional expressions are satisfied, 2.70<fFP/(?fFN)<4.50, 0.25<(?fF)/f1<0.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2022Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: Nikon CorporationInventor: Kosuke Machida
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Patent number: 12270975Abstract: An imaging optical system according to the present disclosure includes: an aperture stop; an image-forming optical system that causes an image to be formed toward an imaging plane of an image sensor; and an optical phase modulator that includes a substance having a birefringence index, and gives two pupil functions to the image-forming optical system. The following conditional expressions are satisfied: 1?(2×L×tan(w)+D)/D<1.4??(1) ?/4*0.75<Re<?/4*1.1??(2), where L: a distance between the aperture stop and the optical phase modulator; D: an aperture diameter (diameter) of the aperture stop; w: a maximum angle of incidence of a principal light ray that enters the aperture stop; ?: a wavelength of light; and Re: phase retardation caused by birefringence of the optical phase modulator.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2020Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Naomichi Kikuchi, Miki Nakayama
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Patent number: 12269340Abstract: A system for generating an image for passengers in a vehicle includes a display adapted to project an image, a polarization rotator actuatable to rotate the polarization of an image to one of S-polarization and P-polarization, a reflector unit adapted to reflect S-polarized images to a first beam splitter, and to reflect P-polarized images to a second beam splitter, each of the first and second beam splitters adapted to receive an image and to reflect the image to an associated passenger, and a controller in communication with the display and the polarization rotator, the controller adapted to simultaneously actuate the display to alternate between projecting a first image and a second image, actuate the polarization rotator to alternate between rotating the polarization of an image to S-polarization and P-polarization, and synchronize the display and the polarization rotator.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2022Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Kai-Han Chang, Manoj Sharma, Thomas A. Seder, Joseph F. Szczerba
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Patent number: 12270972Abstract: The disclosure provides an optical lens, a camera module and a terminal. The optical lens sequentially includes: a stop; a first lens with positive focal power, a convex object side surface, and an image side surface with a concave paraxial region; a second lens with negative focal power, a concave image side, and an object side surface with a convex paraxial region; a third lens with a positive focal power, both an object surface and an image surface are concave at a paraxial region thereof; a fourth lens with a negative focal power, a concave object side surface and a convex image side surface; a fifth lens with positive focal power, an object surface and an image surface are convex at a paraxial region thereof; and a sixth lens with a negative focal power, bath an object surface and an image surface are concave at a paraxial region thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2021Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: JIANGXI LIANYI OPTICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaozhi Yu, Haojie Zeng, Xuming Liu, Jiyong Zeng
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Patent number: 12268653Abstract: An embodiment provides a vision training device having excellent vision training efficiency based on personal vision. An embodiment includes a refractive index-adjustable lens disposed in a field of view direction of an eye of a user and having a refractive index which is changed with supply of an electric current, a lens drive unit including one or more electrodes electrically connected to the refractive index-adjustable lens and a voltage adjusting unit capable of adjusting a voltage applied to the one or more electrodes, and a control unit that that controls the voltage adjusting unit such that a refractive index of the refractive index-adjustable lenses is adjusted, sets at least one training range within a refractive index adjustment range of the refractive index-adjustable lenses, and adjusts the refractive index of the refractive index-adjustable lenses in the training range.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2023Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: Edenlux CorporationInventors: Sung Yong Park, Kyung Hyun Noh
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Patent number: 12265233Abstract: A method for increasing speckle spot density, comprising: acquiring light splitting dot array, which is used for performing array copying on multi-point light source and projection to form speckle spot array; acquiring minimum neighboring point spacing or average value of neighboring point spacing of all or part of light-emitting points in the multi-point light source; dividing light splitting dot array into first light splitting dot array and second light splitting dot array, speckle spot array formed by projection by first light splitting dot array being located in first speckle spot area, and speckle spot array formed by projection by second light splitting dot array being located in second speckle spot area; and performing expansive copying on each light splitting dot in second light splitting dot array so as to form third light splitting dot array.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2024Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: JIAXING UPHOTON OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Peng Chen, Lei Sui
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Patent number: 12265205Abstract: An optical imaging system 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 second lens element has negative refractive power. An object-side surface of the third lens element is convex in a paraxial region thereof. An image-side surface of the fifth lens element is convex in a paraxial region thereof. The sixth lens element has negative refractive power, an object-side surface of the sixth lens element is convex in a paraxial region thereof, an image-side surface of the sixth lens element is concave in a paraxial region thereof. The seventh lens element has negative refractive power.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2022Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.Inventors: Chun-Yen Chen, Tzu-Chieh Kuo
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Patent number: 12265231Abstract: The present disclosure provides an optical identification module and a display panel. The optical identification module includes a substrate, an identification structure and a collimation optical path structure, where the identification structure is arranged on the substrate, the collimation optical path structure is arranged on a light entering side of the identification structure, the optical identification module further includes a non-visible light filtering structure, and the non-visible light filtering structure is arranged in the collimation optical path structure and configured to filter non-visible light irradiated to the identification structure.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignees: BEIJING BOE SENSOR TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Zefei Li, Yue Geng, Cheng Li, Zhonghuan Li, Chaoyang Qi, Kuiyuan Wang, Yi Dai, Yajie Feng, Xiaoguan Li
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Patent number: 12265278Abstract: A lens driving apparatus includes a holder, a cover, a carrier, a first magnet, a coil, a spring, two second magnets and a hall sensor. The holder includes an opening hole. The cover is made of metal material and coupled to the holder. The carrier is movably disposed in the cover, and for coupling to a lens. The first magnet is connected to an inner side of the cover. The coil is wound around an outer side of the carrier, and adjacent to the first magnet. The spring is coupled to the carrier. The second magnets are disposed on one end of the carrier which is toward the holder. The hall sensor is for detecting a magnetic field of any one of the second magnets, wherein the magnetic field is varied according to a relative displacement between the hall sensor and the second magnet which is detected.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2024Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.Inventors: Chun-Yi Lu, Te-Sheng Tseng, Wen-Hung Hsu
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Patent number: 12259217Abstract: A modular display assembly for riflescopes and related methods are provided. In one example, a modular display assembly includes a housing, a control module, and a reflective element. The control module can be operably coupled to the housing and include a substrate and display. The display can be coupled to the substrate and configured to emit light onto the reflective element. At least a portion of the housing is configured to be removably inserted into the riflescope. The modular display assembly can include a user interface that receives user input. The user input can vary information displayed on the display and reflected from the reflective element. One or more alignment pins can engage the substrate and, when rotated, shift the position of the display relative to the reflective element.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: GUNWERKS, LLCInventor: Aaron Davidson
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Patent number: 12259600Abstract: Flexible plastic screen for glasses, sunglasses or helmet faceshields with controlled light transmission based on applied electrical voltage. The screen consists of two transparent flexible conductive polymer electrodes disposed and an electrochromic layer disposed between them. The electrochromic layer is a homogeneous mixture of active electrochromic components dissolved in a polymer matrix. The electrochromic screen is operable to vary the light transmission of any wearable electro-optical devices, such as the glasses, for creating an effect of a blackout for augmented/virtual reality glasses.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2023Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: Vitro Flat Glass LLCInventors: Evgeniy Vladimirovich Vasiliev, Pavel Anatolievich Zalkin, Nikita Valerievich Kruglikov, Christian Lorentzen