Patents by Inventor Johannes Pfund

Johannes Pfund has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20220334026
    Abstract: A combination detector for detecting a visually identifiable property and an optical property of an optical system. A phase visualization element converts an incoming light bundle to one or more output light bundles in which the spatial phase distribution of the incoming light bundle is visually apparent. The phase visualization element is arranged relative to a detection surface of an image sensor such that the output light bundle or the output light bundles is/are incident only on a first partial region of the detection surface, while a second partial region of the detection surface is exposed in the direction of incidence in order to detect the incoming light bundle which is uninfluenced by the phase visualization element. An apparatus for testing the optical system includes a light source for generating a measuring light bundle and a combination detector as described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Juergen Lamprecht, Johannes Pfund
  • Patent number: 10215662
    Abstract: An apparatus for inspecting lenses includes an inspection system including an open cuvette, a communicatively coupled CT measurement device, and a user interface communicatively coupled to the inspection system. According to one embodiment, the lens inspection system provides a single instrument for inspecting the quality of a lens, thereby minimizing the transference of the lens from one inspection component to another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: MENICON SINGAPORE PTE LTD.
    Inventors: Stephen Donald Newman, Hiroyama Oyama, Johannes Pfund, Juergen Lamprecht
  • Publication number: 20180045604
    Abstract: An apparatus for inspecting lenses includes an inspection system including an open cuvette, a communicatively coupled CT measurement device, and a user interface communicatively coupled to the inspection system. According to one embodiment, the lens inspection system provides a single instrument for inspecting the quality of a lens, thereby minimizing the transference of the lens from one inspection component to another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: MENICON SINGAPORE PTE LTD.
    Inventors: Stephen Donald Newman, Hiroyama Oyama, Johannes Pfund, Juergen Lamprecht
  • Patent number: 9797803
    Abstract: An apparatus for inspecting lenses includes an inspection system including an open cuvette, a communicatively coupled CT measurement device, and a user interface communicatively coupled to the inspection system. According to one embodiment, the lens inspection system provides a single instrument for inspecting the quality of a lens, thereby minimizing the transference of the lens from one inspection component to another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: MENICON SINGAPORE PTE LTD.
    Inventors: Stephen Donald Newman, Hiroyama Oyama, Johannes Pfund, Juergen Lamprecht
  • Publication number: 20150138540
    Abstract: An apparatus for inspecting lenses includes an inspection system including an open cuvette, a communicatively coupled CT measurement device, and a user interface communicatively coupled to the inspection system. According to one embodiment, the lens inspection system provides a single instrument for inspecting the quality of a lens, thereby minimizing the transference of the lens from one inspection component to another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: MENICON SINGAPORE PTE LTD.
    Inventors: Stephen Donald Newman, Hiroyama Oyama, Johannes Pfund, Juergen Lamprecht
  • Patent number: 7339658
    Abstract: A device and a method are used for measuring the surface topography and a wave aberration of a lens system. The device is fitted with a first measuring system containing a light source radiating a first light beam of a first wavelength, and a detector which captures the first light beam which is reflected on the lens system. In addition the device has a second measuring system containing a light source for radiating a second light beam of a second wavelength and a detector for capturing the second light beam transmitted by the lens system. A diffractive optical element is disposed in a common beam path of the first measuring system and second measuring system. The optical element adapts the respective wave-front course of the first light beam and the second light beam in a wavelength-selective manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Optocraft GmbH
    Inventors: Mathias Beyerlein, Johannes Pfund
  • Publication number: 20060209256
    Abstract: A device and a method are used for measuring the surface topography and a wave aberration of a lens system. The device is fitted with a first measuring system containing a light source radiating a first light beam of a first wavelength, and a detector which captures the first light beam which is reflected on the lens system. In addition the device has a second measuring system containing a light source for radiating a second light beam of a second wavelength and a detector for capturing the second light beam transmitted by the lens system. A diffractive optical element is disposed in a common beam path of the first measuring system and second measuring system. The optical element adapts the respective wave-front course of the first light beam and the second light beam in a wavelength-selective manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2006
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Inventors: Mathias Beyerlein, Johannes Pfund