Patents by Inventor Sawako Kaijima

Sawako Kaijima 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).

  • Methods for manufacturing a lens, lens manufacturing systems, and lenses
    Patent number: 10124549
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, a method for manufacturing a lens may be provided. The method may include: determining a NURBS (non-uniform rational basis spline) representation of a provisional lens geometry; simulating ray trajectories in a lens with the provisional lens geometry based on the NURBS representation; determining a final lens geometry based on the simulated ray trajectories; and producing a lens with the final lens geometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN
    Inventor: Sawako Kaijima
  • METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING A LENS, LENS MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS, AND LENSES
    Publication number: 20160114543
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, a method for manufacturing a lens may be provided. The method may include: determining a NURBS (non-uniform rational basis spline) representation of a provisional lens geometry; simulating ray trajectories in a lens with the provisional lens geometry based on the NURBS representation; determining a final lens geometry based on the simulated ray trajectories; and producing a lens with the final lens geometry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventor: Sawako Kaijima