Patents Examined by Zachary Wilkes
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Patent number: 9618756Abstract: A molded dichroic mirror and method of manufacture thereof. The dichroic minor may be molded from polysiloxane or lithia potash borosilicate and may be coated to reflect an infrared signal and configured to transmit a radio frequency signal between 33 GHz and 37 GHz.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANYInventors: Byron B. Taylor, W. Howard Poisl
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Patent number: 9606336Abstract: A zoom lens includes: a first lens group having a positive refractive power which is fixed while changing magnification; two or more movable lens groups that move independently from each other while changing magnification; and a final lens group having a positive refractive power which is fixed while changing magnification, provided in this order from an object side. The zoom lens satisfying Conditional Formula (1) below: 1.30<h/(Yimg·tan ?)<2.37??(1).Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2014Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Daiki Komatsu, Nobuaki Toyama
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Patent number: 9599756Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a light weight optical mirror or a monolithic mirror comprising at least one cooling channel, the method comprising forming a mirror body by iteratively depositing a metallic powder in layers and applying, for each of the layers, heat at least in a subarea of this layer, thereby fusing or sintering the powder in this subarea and bonding it to a previously deposited layer, the powder remaining in an unfused state in at least one region, the method further comprising forming at least one cavity within the carrier by removing the unfused powder from said region and producing a mirror surface at a closed surface of the mirror body. The invention further relates to an optical mirror and to an optical device.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2011Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Sebastian Scheiding, Andreas Gebhardt, Christoph Damm, Michael Scheiding, Stefan Risse
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Patent number: 9581736Abstract: A lens system suitable for use with a camera is disclosed. The lens system employs liquid optics to provide stabilization of an image. A liquid lens cell provides stabilization of the image. A second liquid lens cell may provide stabilization in another direction. A third liquid lens cell may liquid lens cells may provide compensation for changes in the focus position.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2014Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: BLACKEYE OPTICS, LLC.Inventors: James H. Jannard, Iain A. Neil
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Patent number: 9575296Abstract: A zoom lens is provided which has a wide angle of view and is bright and in which the entire lens system is compact and which can achieve high optical characteristic over the entire zoom range.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2014Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomonori Kimura, Shinji Yamasaki
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Patent number: 9568726Abstract: A small-sized objective optical system for an endoscope having in order from an object side, a first negative lens which is planoconcave, a second meniscus lens having a convex surface directed toward an image side, a third positive meniscus lens having a convex surface directed toward the object side, a positive lens unit, and a cemented lens in which, a positive lens and a negative lens are cemented. Focusing is carried out by moving the third positive meniscus lens along an optical axis, and the second meniscus lens is a negative lens.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2016Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji Kamo, Shinya Sato
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Patent number: 9568731Abstract: A light guide member which guides video light includes a peripheral area forming portion extending to the outside of an effective light flux guide portion which is an area through which an effective light flux of the video light passes, and thus for example, even when ghost light resulting from components generated by unintended reflection or scattering in a position such as a side surface forming portion of the light guide member may be generated, the side surface forming portion can be separated from the effective light flux guide portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2014Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Takeda, Takahiro Totani, Masayuki Takagi, Akira Komatsu, Toshiaki Miyao
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Patent number: 9568747Abstract: Disclosed is a pin-detachment guide member for fixing a side shield which is capable of easily fixing or detaching the side shield to or from glasses. The pin-detachment guide member includes an inserting protrusion (400) having a screw thread and integrally formed with one surface of the temple (A) of glasses, and a pin-detachment guide member (300) introduced into an inner space of the upper and lower wings (D and E) which overlap with each other in a vertical direction of the inserting protrusion (400), such that the pin-detachment guide member (300) is screw-coupled with the inserting protrusion (400).Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2014Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Inventors: Hee Duk Kim, Seong Chan Kim
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Patent number: 9563055Abstract: Disclosed herein are a Lissajous dual-axial scan component and a scan frequency generation method thereof. The Lissajous dual-axial scan component scans at a fast-axial resonant frequency and a slow-axial resonant frequency. A fast-axial bias frequency and a slow-axial bias frequency are determined according to the fast-axial resonant frequency and the slow-axial resonant frequency. Fast-axial positive integers and slow-axial positive integers are determined according to a system frequency, the fast-axial bias frequency, and the slow-axial bias frequency. An irreducible fraction is determined according to the fast-axial positive integers and the slow-axial positive integers as a ratio of the fast-axial bias frequency to the slow-axial bias frequency less than 10. A scan trace repetition frequency greater than 24 Hz is determined according to the irreducible fraction in order that the Lissajous dual-axial scan component scans according to the scan trace repetition frequency.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Chung-De Chen, Pin Chang, Yao-Hui Lee, Yu-Jen Wang
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Patent number: 9554697Abstract: An ophthalmic method for determining a relationship between aphakic ocular power and estimated effective lens position (ELP) of an intraocular lens (IOL) to be implanted in a patient's eye. The method can be used to determine an estimate of the ELP of an IOL given the aphakic ocular power of the patient's eye, for example, without measurement of the corneal curvature or axial length of the patient's eye. The estimate of ELP can then be used to determine a suitable value of optical power for the IOL to be implanted in the patient's eye.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2014Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: WaveTec Vision Systems, Inc.Inventors: Thomas D. Padrick, Jack T. Holladay
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Patent number: 9557517Abstract: The present invention provides a lens barrel that holds a lens system including a plurality of lens groups in which an object-side fixed lens group and image-side fixed lens group that are fixed to both ends of a cylindrical fixed barrel are arranged, and a first focusing lens group and a second focusing lens group that are moving lens groups are arranged inside the fixed barrel.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2013Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Mitsuru Toyama, Kazuyuki Iwasa
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Patent number: 9547182Abstract: Lenses are designed using wavefront measurements amenable to correction factors for near and far vision as well as pupil size to slow or stop myopia progression.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2015Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Collins, Brett A. Davis, Khaled A. Chehab, Xu Cheng, Daoud Robert Iskander
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Patent number: 9547183Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining an ophthalmic lens wherein: a first and a second reference axes are determined, the first reference axis is comprised between [?T?20°, ?T+20° ] with ?T being the mean axis of astigmatism over a first temporal portion, and the second reference axis is comprised between [?N?20°, ?N+20° ] with ?N being the mean axis of astigmatism over a second nasal portion; a combined reference axis is determined as a linear combination of the first and second reference axes; over the first portion, the sphere value along the combined reference axis is greater than the sphere value along a perpendicular axis to the combined reference axis; and over the second portion, the sphere value along the combined reference axis is greater than the sphere value along a perpendicular axis to the combined reference axis.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2012Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL (COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'OPTIQUE)Inventors: Fabien Muradore, Hélène De Rossi
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Patent number: 9538916Abstract: In an OCT device, even if an alignment according to a pupil center and a position where a tomographic image can be photographed at a good position may be different according to a subject, automatic alignment is continued at a position where an image quality is good. In a fundus inspection apparatus, an initial adjustment target position on an obtained anterior ocular segment image and an optical axis of a measurement optical system are coincided with each other, and then initial position adjustment is performed. When an instruction for moving an initial adjustment target position is issued, the measurement optical system is moved by a moving amount corresponding to the instruction. At the same time, the initial adjustment target position on the anterior ocular segment image is changed to a position after the movement of the measurement optical system, and positional adjustment is performed again.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2012Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kenji Muto
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Patent number: 9541742Abstract: A wide-angle lens system includes, in an order from an object side toward an image surface side: a first lens group having positive or negative refractive power; a second lens group having positive refractive power; and a third lens group having negative refractive power. When an object position changes from an infinite distance to a nearest distance, the first and third lens groups are fixed, and the second lens group moves along an optical axis to perform focusing.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2013Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yong-jae Lee
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Patent number: 9532708Abstract: An electronically controlled fixation light system is described for ophthalmic systems. The ophthalmic system can include an ophthalmic imaging device that generates an image of a portion of an imaged eye, a fixation light controller that includes an input module, configured to receive an input in relation to the image generated by the ophthalmic imaging device, and a control signal generator that generates an electronic fixation light control signal in response to the received input, and a fixation light source, configured to receive the fixation light control signal, and to generate a fixation light according to the received fixation light control signal. A surgeon can image a portion of an eye with the imaging device, determine a misalignment of the imaged eye relative to the imaging device based on the image, and control the fixation light with an electronic control signal to reduce the determined misalignment.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2010Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: ALCON LENSX, INC.Inventors: Tibor Juhasz, Guy Holland, Ferenc Raksi
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Patent number: 9535198Abstract: A colored mirror includes a transparent substrate and a reflective layer, including a coloring layer between the substrate and the reflective layer, the coloring layer including a matrix and a colorant. Furthermore, a process for preparing a mirror including a transparent substrate and a reflective layer, a coloring layer between the substrate and the reflective layer, the coloring layer including a matrix and a colorant, includes the production of the coloring layer on the substrate then the deposition of the reflective layer on the coloring layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2012Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Regine Faure, Vincent Rachet
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Patent number: 9535238Abstract: A compact imaging lens suitable for a high pixel density image pickup device which properly corrects chromatic aberration and other types of aberrations and ensures high image quality, low f-number, and low cost. A first lens, second lens, third lens, fourth lens, and fifth lens are arranged in order from the object side and both sides of all the lenses are aspheric surfaces and a diffractive optical surface with a chromatic aberration correction function is formed on one of the surfaces from the object side surface of the first lens to the object side surface of the second lens and on one of the surfaces from the object side surface of the third lens to the object side surface of the fifth lens. All the lenses are made of a plastic material.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.Inventors: Hisanori Suzuki, Kazuo Matsuoka
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Patent number: 9521951Abstract: Device and method for determining an objective eye refraction parameter of a subject depending on a plurality of gaze directions, the device includes elements for ophthalmologically measuring an objective eye refraction parameter of a subject, and elements of visual stimulation of variable proximity and intended to stimulate the visual accommodation of the subject for first and second proximity values. The device includes opto-mechanical alignment elements for carrying out a first optical alignment of the optical axis of measurement on an eye axis in a first measuring position corresponding to a first angle of lowered viewing associated with a first proximity value to take a first measurement of an objective eye refraction parameter of the subject, and a second alignment of the optical axis of measurement on the eye axis in another measuring position corresponding to another angle of lowered viewing associated with another proximity value to take a second measurement.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2012Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL (COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'OPTIQUE)Inventors: Konogan Baranton, Fabien Divo, Guilhem Escalier, Martha Hernandez-Castaneda, Gildas Marin, Pedro Ourives, Benjamin Rousseau
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Patent number: 9513455Abstract: A lens driving device and the lens holder cannot tilt when the lens holder moves up due to the coil energized. The inside holding portion (14a) of the front spring member (14A) is connected to the surface of the +Z side of the front connection portion (13b) of the lens holder (13), the inside holding portion (14a) of the rear spring member (14B) is connected to the surface of the +Z side of the rear connection portion (13c), the outside diameter of which is larger than the outside diameter of the front connection portion (13b), the outside holding portion (14b) is connected with the base (12) in the manner of shifting the inside holding portion (14a) towards the ?Z side, so as to apply the pressure of the ?Z-axis direction to the lens holder (13).Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2014Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: Jiangxi Leiyuan Permanent Magnetic Materials Co., Ltd.Inventor: Terajima Kokichi