Patents Issued in March 8, 2016
  • Patent number: 9279938
    Abstract: A dual band color filter includes a periodic arrangement of metallic dots in a middle transparent medium, having an index of refraction, interposed between a first and a second transparent medium, each having an index of refraction greater than the middle transparent medium index of refraction. The filter accepts visible spectrum light. In response to the periodic arrangement of metallic dots, a surface plasmon mode is generated. In response to a diameter common to all the metallic dots, a local mode is generated, and in response to the combination of the middle, first, and second transparent medium indices of refraction, a waveguide mode is generated. As a result, two distinct wavelength bands of visible spectrum light are transmitted through the bottom surface of the dual band color filter, while attenuating one wavelength band of visible spectrum light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventor: Jingyu Zhang
  • Patent number: 9279939
    Abstract: A spot-size converter includes a cladding layer having a principal surface; a first core layer disposed on the principal surface and having a light input/output portion and a first transition portion having a width W1, the light input/output portion being coupled to the first transition portion and having a width that monotonously decreases in a first direction from the light input/output portion toward the first transition portion; and a second core layer disposed on the principal surface, the second core layer having a second transition portion and a propagation portion coupled to the second transition portion, the second transition portion having a width W2 . The first core layer has a refractive index between refractive indices of the second core layer and the cladding layer. The first transition portion and the second transition portion are disposed with a gap therebetween and optically coupled to each other. A ratio (W1/W2) of the width W1 to the width W2 monotonously decreases in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yutaka Onishi
  • Patent number: 9279940
    Abstract: An optical fiber adapter includes a main body, two hook members, a hollow middle member and an elastic shutter member. The hook member has two hooks and two opposing walls that define a passage. The main body has an access opening on a first wall thereof for the two hook members and middle member to place within the passage of the main body. The middle member is positioned between the two hook members when the hook members and middle member are placed in the passage of the main body. The shutter member includes a fixing portion, a shutter plate and a connecting portion. The fixing portion is positioned in the accommodation recess formed on the first wall of the first hook member. The connecting portion connects the fixing portion with the shutter plate. The shutter plate extends from the connecting portion and into the passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignees: Protai Photonic Co., Ltd., Senko Advanced Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Mamiya, Jyh-Cherng Yang, Yu-Kai Chen
  • Patent number: 9279941
    Abstract: An optical waveguide lens includes a base, a Y type waveguide, a polarized grating. The Y type waveguide has a first gate, a second gate and a third gate. The first gate is located on one edge of the base, the second gate and the third gate are located on an opposite edge of the base. The polarized grating is formed on the Y type waveguide and adjacent to the first gate of the Y type waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hsin-Shun Huang
  • Patent number: 9279942
    Abstract: A compliant structure clamps the alignment pins to accurately and precisely locate the alignment pins. The compliant structure supports the alignment pins with no clearance. The compliant structure is defined by at least a flexure in the form of a cantilevered structure extending at a side of the ferrule. The cantilevered structure, with or without a complementary support structure, defines a space in which an alignment pin can be supported. The flexure may be defined by one or more slots provided on the body of the ferrule to facilitate bending of the extended cantilevered structure. In another embodiment, the ferrule comprises a ferrule insert having grooves for supporting optical fibers, and a ferrule frame that supports the ferrule insert and alignment pins. The compliant structure is provided on the frame. In a further embodiment, the ferrule insert is provided with optical fiber grooves at its perimeter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: NANOPRECISION PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Shuhe Li, Robert Ryan Vallance, Michael K. Barnoski, Gregory L. Klotz
  • Patent number: 9279943
    Abstract: An MF connector module is provided that positions the fiber end portions relative to respective V-grooves of the module in such a way that the fiber end portions can be bent, and thereby loaded, by a predetermined amount when the fiber end portions are being installed in the respective V-grooves. The bending of the fiber end portions ensures that the optical axes of at least the tips of the fiber end portions are parallel to the optical axes of the respective V-grooves. The loading of the fiber end portions caused by the bending ensures that significant lengths of the fiber end portions are tangent to and in contact with the inner walls of the respective V-grooves. This tangential contact between the fiber end portions and the inner walls of the V-grooves causes the fiber end faces to be precisely aligned with the respective optical axes of the MF connector module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Laurence R. McColloch
  • Patent number: 9279944
    Abstract: A communication connector includes a housing having a panel flange configured to abut against a rear of a panel and a mating end configured to be positioned forward of the panel. The housing has panel nut threads and a panel nut is threadably coupled thereto. The panel nut has a tether extending therefrom with a first tether loop secured to the panel nut and a second tether loop at a second end. A protective cap is removably coupled to the mating end of the housing. The protective cap has a lanyard extending therefrom having a first lanyard loop removably coupled to the second tether loop. When the protective cap is coupled to the mating end, access to the at least one conductor is restricted, and when the protective cap is removed from the mating end, access to the at least one conductor is allowed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stephen James Miller, Daniel Erlin Wertman
  • Patent number: 9279945
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided that enable a first array of multi-optical fiber connector modules disposed on a first structure to be blindly mated with a second array of multi-optical fiber connector modules disposed on a second structure. The arrays of modules are mounted on respective holders. One of the holders is mounted on the first structure and the other holder is mounted on the second structure. Engagement of the first and second structures with one another results in mating features of the holders being brought within a predetermined allowable misalignment tolerance of one another to ensure that the holders fully mate with one another. Mating of the holders with one another brings mating features of the connector modules of the arrays into a predetermined allowable misalignment tolerance of one another to ensure that full mating of the respective connector modules of the arrays occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Laurence R. McColloch
  • Patent number: 9279946
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device is disclosed. The optoelectronic device may be employed as a single or multi-channel opto-coupler that electrically isolates one circuit from another circuit. The opto-coupler may include one or more premolded cavities with a light-coupling medium contained therein. Walls of the one or more premolded cavities advantageously help shape the light-coupling medium during manufacture, therefore, resulting in a light path with controlled shape and dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Gary Tay, Dominique Ho
  • Patent number: 9279947
    Abstract: The method disclosed provides communication over short distances at high speed via fiber optics making it practical to replace standard copper conductors with optical fiber. This is a solution to the “last mile” problem in Internet high speed communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: 4233999 CANADA INC.
    Inventor: Najeeb Ashraf Khalid
  • Patent number: 9279948
    Abstract: An optical communication device includes a substrate, a first optical-electric element, a second optical-electric element, a planar optical waveguide and a fixing device. Both the first and the second optical-electric elements are positioned on the substrate. The first optical-electric element includes a light emitting surface. The second optical-electric element includes a light receiving surface. The planar optical waveguide includes a first reflecting surface and a second reflecting surface. The fixing device includes a fixing pole and a fixing ring. The fixing pole defines a through hole. The planar optical waveguide runs through the through hole and is coiled by the fixing ring. The fixing ring is fixed on the fixing pole. The planar optical waveguide is positioned above the first and the second optical-electric elements, with the first reflecting surface aligning with the light emitting surface, and the second reflecting surface aligning with the light receiving surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kuo-Fong Tseng
  • Patent number: 9279949
    Abstract: A system and method for passing a fiber cable through a fiber connector is presented. A fiber connector includes an outer body and a series of flutes inside the outer body. The outer body forms an interior chamber that has a first opening and a second opening. The first opening allows a coolant to flow into the first opening and the first and second openings allow the fiber cable to pass through the first opening and the second opening and through the fiber connector. A series of flutes are attached to an inner surface of the outer body and extend into the interior chamber. The flutes are spaced apart from each other and extend from the inner surface toward the fiber cable but do not touch the fiber cable when no liquid is flowing in the fiber connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin R. Johnson, David P. Kelly, Michael J. Shaw
  • Patent number: 9279950
    Abstract: An exterior distribution pedestal cabinet includes an enclosure having a top, a bottom and first and second sides extending between the top and the bottom, a door disposed on a front side of the enclosure, a cable management bracket within the enclosure, a plurality of splitter modules mounted within the enclosure at the cable management bracket, a connector holder bracket, a plurality of connector holders mounted at the connector holder bracket; and a pass-through connector adaptor plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: AFL Telecommunications LLC
    Inventors: Ted Lichoulas, Lou Guzzo
  • Patent number: 9279951
    Abstract: A fiber optic module having a module housing and a module sub-assembly. The module housing defines at least an interior space, at least one adapter aperture and at least one input aperture. The module sub-assembly defines at least one fiber optic cable, for example, passing through the at least one input aperture, at least one multi-fiber connector on an end of the fiber optic cable, and at least one single fiber connector on an opposite end of the fiber optic cable, the multi-fiber connector being in optical communication with the at least one single fiber connector, the multi-fiber connector capable of flexing on the at least one fiber optic cable relative to the module housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Corning Cable Systems LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Scott McGranahan, Kenneth Charles Simonson, Jason Cameron Payne
  • Patent number: 9279952
    Abstract: An optical cable for communication includes at least one retaining element blocked with respect to the water propagation as well as a process for manufacturing such an optical cable. The optical cable includes, in addition to the retaining element, at least two transmission elements housed within the retaining element and a water swellable yarn housed within the retaining element. The water swellable yarn is selected according to the following equation: V w V TF = k V t + R ( I ) in which Vw is the volume of the water swellable yarn after swelling upon contact with water; VTF is the total free volume in the retaining element; k is a constant?180; R is a constant?1.4; and Vt is the free volume per each transmission element. Advantageously, the optical cable is water-blocked and the water swellable yarn does not induce microbending effects on the transmission elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: PRYSMIAN CAVI E SISTEMI ENERGIA S.R.L.
    Inventors: Alessandro Ginocchio, Enrico Consonni, Paolo Arturo Presa, Massimo Pizzorno, Mauro Maritano
  • Patent number: 9279953
    Abstract: An optical device includes a supporting frame and a light-transmissive element. The supporting frame has a frame body defining a through hole, and an extending portion extending from a side of the frame body and having a first cutting edge. The light-transmissible element is disposed on the supporting frame and has a main body aligned with the through hole, and an extending portion extending from a side of the main body and aligned with the extending portion of the supporting frame. The extending portion of the light-transmissible element has a second cutting edge that is flush with the first cutting edge of the supporting frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: GENIUS ELECTRONIC OPTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hsien-Chang Hou
  • Patent number: 9279954
    Abstract: Lens barrel capable of increasing shooting magnification while being miniaturized. A first lens group is caused to move in a direction of an optical axis by rotation of a second cam ring following rotation of a drive ring which has a focus cam groove on an inner periphery and is disposed on an outer periphery of a fixed cam ring having a cam groove and a rectilinear groove on an inner periphery. A second cam groove is disposed behind the first lens group in the direction of the optical axis. Rotation of the drive ring causes a follower of a focus group holding unit, which holds the second lens group, to follow the focus cam groove while being guided to move rectilinearly by the rectilinear groove. The follower following the focus cam groove causes the focus group holding unit to move in the direction of the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Kudoh
  • Patent number: 9279955
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus which can perform an AF of a high speed and a high focusing precision by simultaneously realizing a phase difference AF and a contrast AF, decides arrange where a contrast evaluation can be performed on the basis of a correspondence relation between each pixel of an image pickup element which is restricted by pupil division means provided for restricting light of an optical image of an object which enters each pixel of the image pickup element to light from a specific exit pupil area of a photographing lens and the specific exit pupil area of the photographing lens, and decides a focus evaluation value of the object in accordance with the decided range from a contrast focus position or a correlation focus position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masafumi Kimura, Koichi Fukuda
  • Patent number: 9279956
    Abstract: An optical imaging lens set includes a first lens element to a plastic fifth lens element from an object side toward an image side along an optical axis. The second lens element has an image-side surface with a convex portion in a vicinity of its periphery. The fourth lens element has an image-side surface with a concave portion in a vicinity of the optical axis and a convex portion in a vicinity of its periphery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Genius Electronic Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chia-Cheng Lin, Ta-Cheng Fan
  • Patent number: 9279957
    Abstract: An imaging lens substantially consists of, in order from an object side, five lenses of a first lens that has a positive refractive power and has a meniscus shape which is convex toward the object side, a second lens that has a negative refractive power, a third lens that has a negative refractive power, a fourth lens that has a positive refractive power, and a fifth lens that has a negative refractive power and has an aspheric shape of which an image side surface has an extreme point. Further, the imaging lens satisfies a predetermined conditional expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Kanda, Takayuki Noda, Noboru Koizumi, Tatsuyuki Ogino, Michio Cho, Kazumi Koike
  • Patent number: 9279958
    Abstract: An imaging lens substantially includes six lenses, constituted by: a first lens having a negative refractive power; a second lens having a positive refractive power; a third lens having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens having a negative refractive power; a fifth lens having a positive refractive power; and a sixth lens having a negative refractive power, a concave surface toward an image side, and at least one inflection point in the surface toward the image side; provided in this order from an object side. The imaging lens satisfies a predetermined conditional formula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Noda, Michio Cho
  • Patent number: 9279959
    Abstract: An optical system may include: in order from an object side, a first lens having positive refractive power and an object-side surface convex in the object side direction; a second lens having negative refractive power; a third lens having negative refractive power; a fourth lens having positive refractive power and an image-side surface convex in an image side direction; a fifth lens having negative refractive power and an image-side surface convex in the image side direction; and a sixth lens having negative refractive power and an image-side surface concave in the image side direction, such that bright, high resolution images may be implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Phil Ho Jung, Yong Joo Jo
  • Patent number: 9279960
    Abstract: A photographing optical lens system includes, in order from object side to image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has refractive power. The third lens element has negative refractive power. The fourth lens element has negative refractive power. The fifth lens element has refractive power. The sixth lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being concave in paraxial region thereof, wherein the image-side surface of the sixth lens element has at least one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wei-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 9279961
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes first to sixth lens elements arranged from an object side to an image side in the given order. Through designs of surfaces of the lens elements and relevant optical parameters, a short system length of the imaging lens may be achieved while maintaining good optical performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Genius Electronic Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih-Han Chen, Ta-Cheng Fan, Huabin Liao
  • Patent number: 9279962
    Abstract: An imaging lens is substantially constituted by five lenses, including: a first lens having a positive refractive power and a convex surface toward the object side; a second lens having a negative refractive power and a concave surface toward the image side; a third lens having a negative refractive power and a concave surface toward the object side; a fourth lens having a positive refractive power and is of a meniscus shape with a concave surface toward the object side; and a fifth lens having a negative refractive power and is of a meniscus shape having a convex surface toward the image side, provided in this order from the object side. The imaging lens satisfies a predetermined conditional formula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Kanda, Motoari Ota
  • Patent number: 9279963
    Abstract: A low-cost imaging lens which corrects aberrations properly with a small F-value, ensures high performance with a larger number of constituent lenses and has a more low-profile design than before. The constituent lenses are arranged in the following order from an object side to an image side: a first lens having a convex object-side surface near an optical axis; a second lens having a convex object-side surface near the optical axis; a third lens having at least one aspheric surface; a fourth lens having at least one aspheric surface; a fifth lens as a double-sided aspheric lens; a sixth lens as a double-sided aspheric lens having a concave image-side surface near the optical axis; and a seventh lens as a double-sided aspheric lens having a concave image-side surface near the optical axis. These constituent lenses are not joined to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tohru Ishizaka
  • Patent number: 9279964
    Abstract: A wafer level optical lens structure is provided. A stress buffer layer is disposed between a light-transmissive substrate and a lens layer, so as to improve production yield of the wafer level optical lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Yun-Lien Hsiao, Shu-Hao Hsu
  • Patent number: 9279966
    Abstract: A zoom-lens consists of a positive-first-lens-group, fixed during magnification-change, a negative-second-lens-group, which moves from object-side toward image-side during magnification change from wide-angle-end to telephoto-end, a negative-third-lens-group, which corrects movement of an image-plane during magnification-change, and a positive-fourth-lens-group, which is fixed during magnification-change and includes a stop, in this order from object-side. The first-lens-group consists of a negative-1a-th-lens-group, fixed during focusing, a positive-1b-th-lens-group, which moves during focusing, and a positive-1c-th-lens-group, fixed during focusing, in this order from object-side. The second-lens-group consists of a negative-2a-th-lens-group and a positive-2b-th-lens-group, and a distance therebetween is changed during magnification-change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Daiki Komatsu, Michio Cho
  • Patent number: 9279967
    Abstract: An embodiment of this invention provides a zoom lens, which primarily comprises, in order from an object side to an image-forming side, a first lens group having negative refractive power; a second lens group having positive refractive power; and a third lens group having positive refractive power. The second lens group includes a plurality lenses in which the refractive index of the lens nearest to the object side is NDo, the refractive index of the lens nearest to the image-forming side is NDi, and NDo and NDi satisfy: NDi?NDo>0.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hsiang-Ho Chou
  • Patent number: 9279968
    Abstract: A zoom lens and a photographing apparatus including the same. The zoom lens includes, in an order from an object side to an image side: a front lens group having a negative refractive power; an aperture stop; and a rear lens group having a positive refractive power, wherein the front lens group includes a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, and a third lens group having a negative refractive power, and the third lens group includes at least one positive lens and one negative lens and performs focusing, and the rear lens group includes at least two lens groups that are moved during zooming and have a positive refractive power, wherein at least one of the lenses of the two lens groups perform hand shake correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Min Heu
  • Patent number: 9279969
    Abstract: Catadioptric projection objectives for microlithography include: a first partial objective for imaging an object field onto a first real intermediate image; a catadioptric partial objective having one concave mirror and a lens for imaging the first intermediate image onto a second real intermediate image; a third partial objective including an aperture stop and no more than four lenses between the aperture stop and an image field, the third partial objective for imaging the second intermediate image onto the image field; and a first folding mirror for deflecting the radiation from the object plane toward the concave mirror and a second folding mirror for deflecting the radiation from the concave mirror toward the image plane. The projection objective is an immersion projection objective. At least one surface of the lens in the catadioptric partial objective has an antireflection coating including at least six layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Epple, Vladimir Kamenov, Toralf Gruner, Thomas Schicketanz
  • Patent number: 9279970
    Abstract: An optical imaging system generates an image of an object plane and includes a lens system which, in turn, includes a main objective and a reduction optical unit ahead of the main objective. The lens system is aligned along an optical axis and the reduction optical unit includes a first lens with a positive refractive power and a second lens with a negative refractive power. An object-side first main plane and an image-side second main plane are defined by the lens system. The optical imaging system defines an observation beam path which is guided through the lens system so that, in the first main plane and in the second main plane, the observation beam path is at a distance (B) from the optical axis. The first lens is of a first material having a first Abbe number and the second lens is of a second material having a second Abbe number, wherein the first Abbe number is greater than the second Abbe number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Franz Merz, Artur Hoegele
  • Patent number: 9279971
    Abstract: An optical modulator device (100), in particular for a spatio-temporally light modulated imaging system (200), comprises a light modulating micro-mirror device (110) comprising an array of mirror elements (111) arranged in a modulator plane (112), wherein each of the mirror elements (111) can be switched individually between first (111a) and second (111b) states with first and second tilting angles, resp., relative to a modulator optical axis (113) perpendicular to the modulator plane (112), and a first optical relaying device (120) being arranged for relaying light between the mirror elements (111) in the first (111a) state and a first optical axis (121) deviating from the modulator optical axis (113), wherein the first optical relaying device (120) includes a first group of imaging elements (122, 123, 124) being formed such that a planar light field (114) perpendicular to the modulator optical axis (113) is relayed to a first planar light field (125) perpendicular to the first optical axis (121).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Jovin, Wouter Caarls, Anthony De Vries
  • Patent number: 9279972
    Abstract: Spatial frequency swept interference (SFSI) illumination and imaging methods and devices that interfere two collimated coherent beams to generate an interference pattern of a plurality of illuminating sheets with sweeping spatial frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Benjamin Judkewitz, Changhuei Yang
  • Patent number: 9279973
    Abstract: A three-dimensional image without luminance irregularity is generated while achieving good contrast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Motohito Takaya
  • Patent number: 9279974
    Abstract: A microscopy system method for inspecting a retina of an eye including generating an inverted intermediate image of the retina using an opthalmoscopic lens; detecting a left image of the intermediate image from a left viewing direction and detecting a right image of the intermediate image from a right viewing direction; and displaying an inverted representation of the detected left image to a right eye of a user and displaying an inverted representation of the detected right image to a left eye of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: CARL ZEISS MEDITIC AG
    Inventors: Christian Luecke, Alfons Abele, Dirk Brunner, Frank Rudolph, Fritz Straehle, Joachim Steffen, Michael Wirth
  • Patent number: 9279975
    Abstract: A long-range optical apparatus includes an optical unit defined by lenses and an eyepiece and has at least one manually operable adjusting device for adjusting an optical unit defined by the lenses. With the adjusting device, the optical unit can be adjusted relative to a mounting device. The adjusting device is mechanically coupled to at least one optical element or the mounting device. The optical apparatus has an electronic unit including a memory and the electronic unit performs an electronic function in dependence upon a setting parameter stored in the memory. The adjusting device is coupled with a position detection unit so that actuation of the adjusting device triggers an electrical signal of the position detection unit as a function of the position of the adjusting device. The electronic unit stores or changes a setting parameter in the memory in response to the electrical signal of the position detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Sports Optics GmbH
    Inventor: Carsten Berlips
  • Patent number: 9279976
    Abstract: An electrowetting display apparatus includes a first base substrate, a second base substrate which faces the first base substrate, a first electrode on the first base substrate, and a second electrode on the second base substrate, where the second electrode faces the first electrode. A barrier wall is on the first electrode, where the barrier wall defines a storage area. A surface of the first electrode and the barrier wall is overlapped by a barrier layer. In addition, a water-repellent layer is on the barrier layer which is in the storage area. First and second fluids are in the storage area, the first fluid is separate from the second fluid, and the first fluid or the second fluid has a polarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dong-Hwan Kim, Sang-Il Kim, Tae-Woon Cha, Myung-Hwan Kim, Woo Yong Sung, Jeongho Lee, Hyoung-Wook Lee, Hyeon Gu Cho
  • Patent number: 9279977
    Abstract: An automated adaptive optics and laser projection system is described. The automated adaptive optics and laser projection system includes an adaptive optics system and a compact laser projection system with related laser guidance programming used to correct atmospheric distortion induced on light received by a telescope. Control of the automated adaptive optics and laser projection system is designed in a modular manner in order to facilitate replication of the system to be used with a variety of different telescopes. Related methods are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Christoph Baranec, Reed Riddle
  • Patent number: 9279978
    Abstract: Apparatus for uniformizing light amount distribution by shaking line beams along a longitudinal axis direction is provided. The apparatus includes a mirror mount, a mirror, an actuator, and a deformation member. The mirror fixed to the mirror mount and includes a reflective surface. The actuator is disposed at a distance from the mirror mount and configured to repeat expansion and contraction along a first direction. The deformation member includes a plurality of blocks connected to each other by flexible joints and is coupled to the actuator and the mirror mount. The deformation member is configured to change a displacement in the first direction due to operation of the actuator to a displacement in a second direction that crosses the first direction, amplify the changed displacement, and transmit the amplified displacement to the mirror mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Gon Kim, Je-Kil Ryu, Gyoo-Wan Han, Hae-Sook Lee, Tae-Yong Kim
  • Patent number: 9279979
    Abstract: An optical scanning device includes: a common optical deflector that deflects light beams from light source devices; and a scanning optical system that focuses the deflected light beams on different scanning surfaces. All the light beams from the light source devices are incident on the optical deflector in directions oblique to a normal line of the scanning surfaces in a main-scanning cross section and to a normal line of a deflecting reflection plane of the optical deflector in a sub-scanning cross section. The scanning optical system includes individual lenses which are individually arranged for the respective light beams and have a plane shape symmetric in the main-scanning direction and satisfies a predetermined condition, and an optical axis of the individual lens is arranged obliquely to the normal line of the scanning surface in the main-scanning cross section so as to satisfy a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Yukihisa Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 9279980
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image display apparatus, including: a light source; and a scanning section adapted to scan a light beam emitted from the light source; the scanning section including (a) a first mirror, (b) a first light deflection section, (c) a second mirror, and (d) a second light deflection section; the second light deflection section including an external light receiving face; the second light deflection section having a plurality of translucent films provided in the inside thereof; the translucent films having a light reflectivity R2 at a wavelength of the light beam which satisfies: R2?k×{(P2/t2)×tan(?2)}1/2 where k is a constant higher 0 but lower than 1, P2 an array pitch of the translucent films, t2 a thickness of the second light deflection section, and ?2 an angle formed between the light emitting face and the translucent films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya Hayashibe, Hiroshi Tanaka, Teppei Imamura
  • Patent number: 9279981
    Abstract: A light deflector includes a fixing portion, a movable portion and a reinforcing member. The movable portion includes a mirror portion for deflecting light by swinging about a predetermined swing axis, a torsion bar fixedly supported on the fixing portion and having an axis serving as the swing axis, and a supporting body configured to support the mirror portion and fixed to the torsion bar. The supporting body includes a contact surface to be held in contact with the mirror portion and a non-contact surface opposite to the contact surface. The reinforcing member is provided only on the non-contact surface out of the contact surface and the non-contact surface of the supporting body and reinforces the supporting body and adjusts a center of gravity of the movable portion so that the center of gravity of the movable portion is located on the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Hideji Mizutani
  • Patent number: 9279982
    Abstract: Provided is a support exhibiting excellent weather resistance, which is usable in an outdoor location for a long duration and is a support capable of sufficiently shielding UV radiation; and further provided are a weather-resistant article, a weather-resistant film, and an optical member which exhibit sufficient weather resistance even though receiving influences by heat, light or moisture. Disclosed is a weather-resistant article of the present invention possessing a support and provided thereon, a polymer layer containing a light stabilizer and a UV radiation reflective layer containing plural materials each having a different refractive index, the UV radiation reflective layer provided on the polymer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Hirose, Soc Man Ho Kimura
  • Patent number: 9279983
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for cropping a digital image based on movement data. A wearable computing device may receive image data. The wearable computing device may comprise a head-mountable display (HMD), and the HMD may comprise a viewing frame. The image data may be displayed within the viewing frame. The wearable computing device may receive movement information indicative of at least one movement of the wearable computing device. The at least one movement of the wearable computing device may comprises at least one of a pan of the wearable computing device or a tilt of the wearable computing device. In response to receiving the movement information, the wearable computing device may perform a cropping action on the image data so as to generate a cropped image. The cropped image may represent a reduced portion of the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Benjamin Davis
  • Patent number: 9279984
    Abstract: The image displaying apparatus includes an image production apparatus, a first light conduction section and a second light conduction section. The first light conduction section includes a first light conduction plate which propagates part of incident light thereto by total reflection in the inside thereof and emits the propagated light, and a reflection type volume hologram diffraction grating disposed on the first light conduction plate. The second light conduction section includes a second light conduction plate, a first deflection section and a second deflection section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuma Aiki, Katsuyuki Akutsu
  • Patent number: 9279985
    Abstract: A limiting part limits displacement of an optical member partially fixed to a frame unit, and excessive stress applied on the optical member and deformation of the optical member may be prevented. That is, support strength of the optical member may be improved by supplementarily using the limiting part. Note that the optical member is partially fixed to the frame unit, and fastening parts and the number of parts are reduced and downsizing becomes easier and reduction in weight of the virtual image display device is easier. Further, the optical member is partially fixed to the frame unit, and thus, even when there is a difference in coefficient of thermal expansion between the optical member and the frame unit, the expansion or the like of the optical member with respect to the frame unit is allowed and distortion, deformation, breakage of the optical member may be prevented more reliably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Noriaki Hiraide
  • Patent number: 9279986
    Abstract: There is provided a light-guide, compact collimating optical device, including a light-guide having a light-waves entrance surface, a light-waves exit surface and a plurality of external surfaces, a light-waves reflecting surface carried by the light-guide at one of the external surfaces, two retardation plates carried by light-guides on a portion of the external surfaces, a light-waves polarizing beamsplitter disposed at an angle to one of the light-waves entrance or exit surfaces, and a light-waves collimating component covering a portion of one of the retardation plates. A system including the optical device and a substrate, is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: LUMUS LTD
    Inventor: Yaakov Amitai
  • Patent number: 9279987
    Abstract: A reflector/imaging optical element (11; 43) which is configured in order to transmit light (P1) of at least one first wavelength, concentrate light (P1) shone through the reflector/imaging optical element (11; 43) onto a first focal point (F) and reflect light (R) of at least one second wavelength, shone from the first focal point (F) onto the reflector/imaging optical element (11; 43), onto a second focal point (F?) of the reflector/imaging optical element (11; 43).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Finsterbusch, Ulrich Hartwig
  • Patent number: 9279988
    Abstract: A three dimensional image display apparatus includes a panel unit, a receiving container and an anti-shock part. The panel unit includes a display panel and an optical panel. The optical panel sorts a left eye image and a right eye image. The receiving container surrounds a side of the panel unit. The anti-shock part is disposed between the panel unit and the receiving container, and restricts movement of the panel unit toward the receiving container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jee-Na Lee, Tae-Gil Kang, Man-Soo Kim