Patents Issued in August 18, 2020
  • Patent number: 10746947
    Abstract: A pluggable optical module may include a housing enclosing one or more optical components and one or more electrical components. The pluggable optical module may include a slider to move along an exterior wall of the housing in association with latching or unlatching the pluggable optical module. The pluggable optical module may include an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield arranged in a gap between the slider and the exterior wall of the housing such that the EMI shield contacts the slider and the exterior wall of the housing. The EMI shield reduce EMI radiation passing through the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Lumentum Operations LLC
    Inventors: Kit Chan, Jeffy Lu, Lynn Wang
  • Patent number: 10746948
    Abstract: A cooling and heating structure for a fiber optic transceiver is disclosed. In the cooling and heating structure, a field programmable gate array (FPGA) chip reads a temperature value of a small form-factor pluggable transceiver (SFP) cage from a sensor, a digital to analog converter (DAC) converts the temperature value into a voltage value, a processing chip converts the voltage value into an output-voltage value, and a thermoelectric cooler (TEC) adjusts a working wattage thereof according to the output-voltage value, so as to control the TEC to cool or heat the SFP cage, thereby achieving the technical effect of using the TEC to cool and heat the SFP cage to prevent link down and instability of the fiber optic transceiver during signal transmission in the high-temperature environment and the low-temperature environment from occurring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Moxa Inc.
    Inventors: Kuo-An Huang, Chen-Yu Liang
  • Patent number: 10746949
    Abstract: Aspects and techniques of the present disclosure relate to handheld tools for assisting in routing optical fiber, and including advantageous features and methods usable with handheld tools. Disclosed features and techniques relate to: a splicing station, a spool, a groove plate; a substrate; a fiber management device; a tool; and flexible organizers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA
    Inventors: Roel Modest Willy Bryon, Kristof Vastmans, Stefano Beri
  • Patent number: 10746950
    Abstract: A cable mount for fixing a strength member of a fiber optic cable to a fixture includes a front end, a rear end, and a longitudinal channel therebetween, the channel defined by upper and lower transverse walls and a vertical divider wall. The channel receives a portion of the cable. A strength member pocket receives the strength member of the cable, the pocket located on an opposite side of the divider wall from the longitudinal channel, the pocket communicating with the longitudinal channel through an opening on the divider wall. A strength member clamp fixes the strength member of the cable against axial pull. Cable management structures in the form of spools define at least one notch that communicates with the longitudinal channel for guiding optical fibers extending from a jacket either upwardly or downwardly therethrough. The cable mount also allows routing of the optical fibers through the longitudinal channel all the way from the rear end to the front end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignees: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA, ADC Czech Republic s.r.o.
    Inventors: Johan Geens, Pieter Vermeulen, Eric Keustermans, Matthias Aiderweireldt, Tomas Fucsek
  • Patent number: 10746951
    Abstract: A tool device for installing an optical fiber inside a user premises includes a neck, a coupling joined to the neck for attachment to a leading end of an adhesive syringe or an extension pole, and a head joined to a leading portion of the neck. The head has a leading edge of a certain width, and a passageway for receiving an optical fiber and guiding the fiber to a position proximate to the leading edge. The width of the leading edge is such that when the edge is held transversely across a structural corner containing an adhesive bead, and an optical fiber is received in the passageway in the head and directed ahead of the leading edge, the edge embeds the fiber in the bead when the edge is swept along the corner with the optical fiber positioned between the edge and the adhesive bead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: OFS FITEL, LLC
    Inventors: Kelvin B Bradley, Denis E Burek, Xavier Chiron, Jimmy Joy
  • Patent number: 10746952
    Abstract: Provided are a lens driving motor and an elastic member of the lens driving motor. The elastic member of a lens driving motor, the elastic member includes a first spring and a second spring. The second spring is different from the first spring and disposed together with the first spring on one side of a carrier to support the carrier. A first lead line of a coil and a first external power source are connected to the first spring, and a second lead line of the coil and a second external power source are connected to the second spring to supply power to the coil. Since the carrier can be assembled to other part after a (+) lead line and a (?) lead line of the coil are connected to the first and second springs, respectively, using solder, a process is simple and convenient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Soo Jin Jung
  • Patent number: 10746953
    Abstract: Disclosed is a motor for driving lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Sang Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 10746954
    Abstract: An optical system retaining system for vision augmenting system prevents the unintended removal of the optical system but does not require disassembly of the augmenting system to remove the optical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Photonis Defense, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Joseph McCreight, Jr., James G. Burke, III
  • Patent number: 10746955
    Abstract: An embodiment includes: a housing including an upper surface, a lower surface, an inner surface, and an outer surface located at the side opposite to the inner surface; a bobbin accommodated in the housing; a first coil disposed at an outer surface of the bobbin; a first magnet disposed at the outer surface of the housing; a second magnet disposed in the housing so as to be spaced apart from the first magnet; and a first position sensor disposed at the outer surface of the bobbin, wherein a first part of the housing is positioned between the second magnet and the inner surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Sang Jun Min, Kyoung Ho Yoo, Hyune O Yoo
  • Patent number: 10746956
    Abstract: A circuit module is provided and includes a metal substrate, an insulating layer, and a circuit element. The metal substrate includes a main body, a bent portion and an opening. The opening is formed between the main body and the bent portion, and the bent portion is bent relative to the main body. The insulating layer is disposed on the metal substrate. The circuit element is disposed on the insulating layer and is extended across the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: TDK Taiwan Corp.
    Inventors: Chao-Chang Hu, Yi-Liang Chan
  • Patent number: 10746957
    Abstract: A lens driving device according to the present invention is a lens driving device that includes an auto-focus coil and an auto-focus magnet and that moves a movable auto-focus unit including the auto-focus coil in the direction of an optical axis relative to a fixed auto-focus unit including the auto-focus magnet by using a driving force of a voice coil motor constituted of the auto-focus coil and the auto-focus magnet. The fixed auto-focus unit includes a case formed of a non-magnetic material and having a rectangular shape in plan view and a base on which the case is fixed. The auto-focus magnet has the shape of a flat plate disposed on a side face of the case, and at least one of the four side faces of the case is a non-magnet-disposed face, on which the auto-focus magnet is not disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko Osaka, Norikazu Kudo
  • Patent number: 10746958
    Abstract: An imaging device, a focusing control method, and a focusing control program are provided. The imaging device includes: an imaging element, having pixels including phase-difference detecting pixels and imaging a subject through an imaging optical system including a focus lens; and a focusing controller, selectively performing focusing control using a phase difference AF method or focusing control using a contrast AF method in a mode in which focusing control for focusing on a main subject by driving the focus lens is continuously performed multiple times. The focusing controller performs the focusing control using the contrast AF method in a case where a state in which a degree of reliability of the focusing control using the phase difference AF method is equal to or less than a threshold value persists N times (N=2 or more), while the focusing control using the phase difference AF method is continuously performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Akihiro Uchida
  • Patent number: 10746959
    Abstract: A display mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a housing. An electro-optic element may be operably coupled with the housing. A circuit board may be adjacent the electro-optic element. An electrostatic fluid accelerator may be adjacent the circuit board and may be configured to move ions within the housing. An actuator device may be disposed on the housing and may be operably coupled with the electro-optic element. The actuator device may be adjustable to tilt the electro-optic element in one direction, thereby moving the electro-optic element to an off-axis position which approximately simultaneously changes an activation state of a display module. The actuator device may be also adjustable to tilt the electro-optic element in another direction, thereby moving the electro-optic element to an on-axis position which approximately simultaneously changes the activation state of the display module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: GENTEX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kurtis J. Wassink
  • Patent number: 10746960
    Abstract: A method of making a lens assembly is provided, including: providing a first plurality of lenses; providing a lens barrel; receiving the first plurality of lenses in the lens barrel; fixedly aligning the first plurality of lenses in the lens barrel; providing at least one additional lens having at least one degree of freedom of movement with respect to the first plurality of lenses; and fixing the at least one additional lens in a desired alignment position with respect to the first plurality of lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: MEMS START, LLC
    Inventor: Roman Carlos Gutierrez
  • Patent number: 10746961
    Abstract: An optical image capturing system with four lenses is provided. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical image capturing system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens and a fourth lens. The first lens has positive refractive power and the object side thereof may be a convex surface. The second lens and the third lens have refractive power and the object side and the image side thereof may be all aspheric. The fourth lens has negative power and the image side thereof may be a concave surface. The object side and the image side of the fourth lens are aspheric and at least one surface thereof has one inflection point. When meeting some certain conditions, the optical image capturing system may have outstanding light-gathering ability and an adjustment ability about the optical path in order to elevate the image quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Yeong-Ming Chang, Chen-Hung Tsai, Hung-Wen Lee, Chien-Hsun Lai, Yao-Wei Liu
  • Patent number: 10746962
    Abstract: An optical lens includes a first lens having negative power, a second lens having positive power, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens having positive power. The third lens and the fourth lens form an achromatic lens group. The fifth lens has two surfaces and at least one of the two surfaces is an aspherical surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Ningbo Sunny Automotive Optech Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Bo Yao, Qiansen Xie, Wenwei Qiu, Dongfang Wang
  • Patent number: 10746963
    Abstract: An image-forming lens includes, from an object side to an image side in order: a first lens group; an aperture; and a second lens group with a positive refractive power, the first lens group including, from the object side in order: a first F lens group with a negative refractive power; and a first R lens group with a positive refractive power, the first F lens group including, from the object side in order: a first negative lens; and a second negative lens, and the first R lens group including: any one of a positive lens and a cemented lens with a positive refractive power as a whole, wherein a distance from a surface on a most object side of the first lens group to an image plane in a state of focusing on an object at infinity: L, and a maximum image height: Y? satisfy Conditional expression 1: 2.8<L/Y?<4.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyasu Ohashi, Takashi Kubota
  • Patent number: 10746964
    Abstract: An optical image capturing system is provided. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical image capturing system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. At least one lens among the first lens to the fifth lens has positive refractive power. The sixth lens may have negative refractive power and an object side and an image side thereof are aspherical wherein at least one surface of the sixth lens has an inflection point. The optical image capturing system has six lenses with refractive power. When meeting some certain conditions, the optical image capturing system may have outstanding light-gathering ability and an adjustment ability about the optical path in order to elevate the image quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Yeong-Ming Chang, Kuo-Yu Liao, Chien-Hsun Lai, Yao-Wei Liu
  • Patent number: 10746965
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes: a first lens having a convex surface facing the object side, and having a positive refractive power; a second lens being a meniscus lens having a negative refractive power; a third lens having a concave surface facing the imaging side; a fourth lens being a meniscus lens having a positive refractive power, having a convex surface facing the image side; a fifth lens having a negative refractive power, having a concave surface facing the image side on an optical axis, the surface facing the image side having an inflection point outside the optical axis; a sixth lens having a rear surface facing the image side and a front surface facing the object side, the rear surface being aspherical with a inflection point outside an optical axis, the front surface having a curvature less than other lenses' curvatures, the sixth lens serving as an infrared cut-off filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: NANCHANG O-FILM OPTICAL-ELECTRONIC TECH CO., LTD
    Inventor: Shinichi Arita
  • Patent number: 10746966
    Abstract: An imaging optical system, including: a first lens being a meniscus lens with a positive refractive power, the first lens having a convex surface facing the object side; a second lens being a biconvex lens; a third lens being a meniscus lens with a negative refractive power, the third lens having a convex surface facing the object side; a fourth lens being a meniscus lens, the fourth lens having a convex surface or a concave surface facing the object side; a fifth lens having a concave surface facing the object side; and a sixth lens having a convex surface facing the image side; at least one surface of two surfaces of the lenses L1 to L6 has an aspherical shape. The imaging optical system satisfies the following conditions (1) and (2): 0.23<Y/f<0.29??(1) 0.9<TTL/f<1.0??(2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: NANCHANG O-FILM OPTICAL-ELECTRONIC TECH CO., LTD
    Inventor: Tomio Tabata
  • Patent number: 10746967
    Abstract: An optical assembly for a point action camera with a wide field of view includes multiple lens elements configured to provide a field of view in excess of 150 degrees. One or more lens elements has an aspheric surface. The optical assembly exhibits a low inward field curvature of less than 75 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Navitar Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Russell Hudyma, Michael Thomas
  • Patent number: 10746968
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element having positive refractive power, a second lens element having negative refractive power, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element having both an object-side surface and an image-side surface being aspheric, and a sixth lens element having both an object-side surface and an image-side surface being aspheric, wherein the optical imaging system has a total of six lens elements; at least one lens element among the first lens element, the second lens element, the third lens element, the fourth lens element, the fifth lens element, and the sixth lens element has at least one inflection point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hsiang-Chi Tang, Hsin-Hsuan Huang
  • Patent number: 10746969
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens. The first lens has positive refractive power and a convex image-side surface. The second lens has negative refractive power. The third lens has negative refractive power. The fourth lens has negative refractive power and an inflection point formed on an image-side surface thereof. The fifth lens has positive refractive power and a convex image-side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Youn Lee, Yong Joo Jo
  • Patent number: 10746970
    Abstract: A compact imaging lens which addresses low-profile and low F value, and corrects aberrations. An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power and a convex surface on an object side near an optical axis, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens and a eighth lens having a concave surface on an image side near the optical axis as double-sided aspheric lens, wherein the second to seventh lenses each have at least one aspheric surface, and the eighth lens has pole points off an optical axis on the aspheric image-side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaya Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10746971
    Abstract: A compact imaging lens which addresses low-profile and low F value, and corrects aberrations. An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power and a convex surface on an object side near an optical axis, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens and a eighth lens having a concave surface on an image side near the optical axis as double-sided aspheric lens, wherein the second to seventh lenses each have at least one aspheric surface, and the eighth lens has pole points off an optical axis on the aspheric image-side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaya Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10746972
    Abstract: An optical lens assembly includes at least one lens element, which is a dual molded lens element. The dual molded lens element includes a light transmitting portion and a light absorbing portion. The light absorbing portion is annular and surrounds a central axis, wherein a plastic material and a color of the light absorbing portion are different from a plastic material and a color of the light transmitting portion, the dual molded lens element is made by an injection molding method and formed integrally, the light absorbing portion includes a plurality of second inner strip-shaped structures, the second inner strip-shaped structures are regularly arranged along a circumferential direction of the central axis, and the second inner strip-shaped structures are disposed correspondingly to and connected to a plurality of first inner strip-shaped structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ming-Ta Chou
  • Patent number: 10746973
    Abstract: The invention discloses a six-piece optical lens for capturing image and a six-piece optical module for capturing image. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens along the optical axis comprises a first lens with refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; a fourth lens with refractive power; a fifth lens with refractive power; a sixth lens with refractive power; and at least one of the image side and object side of each of the six lenses is aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Yeong-Ming Chang, Chien-Hsun Lai, Yao-Wei Liu
  • Patent number: 10746974
    Abstract: An optical system includes a positive lens G1 arranged closest to the object side and a positive lens G2 arranged closest to the object side among positive lenses at the image side of the positive lens G1. The optical system satisfies a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shinichiro Saito
  • Patent number: 10746975
    Abstract: An objective lens for a still or film camera includes a first and second lens-element arrangement, and a wavefront manipulator. The first and second lens-element arrangement are spaced mutually apart along an optical axis of the lens such that an interstice is present therebetween. The wavefront manipulator is in the interstice and includes two optical components displaceable counter to one another, perpendicular to the optical axis, and which each include a free-form surface. The wavefront manipulator has a zero position, wherein the optical components do not cause any image aberrations in the imaging properties of the objective lens, and effective positions, wherein the optical components are displaced counter to one another, out of the zero position perpendicular to the optical axis, and wherein the optical components cause a spherical aberration in the imaging properties of the objective lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignees: Carl Zeiss AG, Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH
    Inventors: Marco Pretorius, Vladan Blahnik
  • Patent number: 10746976
    Abstract: A zoom lens consists of, in order from an object side, a positive first lens group fixed relative to the image surface during zooming, at least two movable lens groups including a negative second lens group being adjacent to the first lens group, the at least two movable lens groups being movable by changing a distance in an optical-axis direction to an adjacent group during zooming; and a final lens group arranged on the most image side and fixed relative to the image surface during zooming. The first lens group has, continuously in order from the most object side, a first negative lens having a concave surface facing an image side, a second negative lens, and a third positive lens. A predetermined conditional expression relating to the first lens group is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Motoari Ota, Takuya Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10746977
    Abstract: Provided is an optical system including, in order from an object side to an image side, a front lens unit, an aperture stop, and a rear lens unit. The front lens unit consists of a positive lens and a diffractive optical element, which are arranged in order from the object side to the image side. The diffractive optical element consists of a plurality of lenses that are cemented to each other, and at least one of cemented surfaces of the plurality of lenses is a diffractive surface. An interval on an optical axis between the positive lens and the diffractive optical element is the largest among intervals on the optical axis between two lenses that are adjacent in the optical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroto Yasui
  • Patent number: 10746978
    Abstract: An immersion liquid holder 2 is an immersion liquid holder that is used for an observation device 10 for observing sample S by using an immersion method, and includes a supporting member 2b configured to support an absorption member 3 that has absorbed an immersion liquid and a connection unit 2c configured to relatively fix the absorption member 3 that has absorbed the immersion liquid with respect to an optical system, which is an optical system included in the observation device 10, and to fix the absorption member 3 on an optical path of the optical system 1, by fixing the supporting member 2b to the observation device 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brendan Brinkman, Yoshihiro Shimada, Daisuke Nishiwaki
  • Patent number: 10746979
    Abstract: Among other things, a first surface is configured to receive a sample and is to be used in a microscopy device. There is a second surface to be moved into a predefined position relative to the first surface to form a sample space that is between the first surface and the second surface and contains at least part of the sample. There is a mechanism configured to move the second surface from an initial position into the predefined position to form the sample space. When the sample is in place on the first surface, the motion of the second surface includes a trajectory that is not solely a linear motion of the second surface towards the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Alentic Microscience Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Marc Fine, Hershel Macaulay, Noah Hymes-Vandermeulen
  • Patent number: 10746980
    Abstract: Approaches are disclosed for calibrating a plurality of imaging devices, such as microscopes. In certain implementations, a calibration plate is employed that includes a variety of calibration features. The calibration features comprise a geometric calibration, an illumination calibration, and an optical calibration. Imaging devices calibrated in accordance with the present approaches may be used to generate images having consistent attributes, such as brightness, regardless of which imaging device is employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kevin Bernard Kenny, Alex David Corwin, David Andrew Shoudy, Christine Lynne Surrette
  • Patent number: 10746981
    Abstract: Methods and devices for conducting high-speed, high-resolution imaging of large intact tissue samples are provided. Aspects of the methods include placing a sample in an optically homogenous sample manipulation component, performing a calibration procedure to align a light sheet and a detection focal plane at a plurality of locations within the sample, and performing an imaging procedure on the sample to collect an image from each location. The collected images are reconstructed to form a three-dimensional image of the sample. Devices for carrying out the steps of the methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Raju Tomer, Karl A. Deisseroth
  • Patent number: 10746982
    Abstract: An electrostatically actuated oscillating structure includes a first stator subregion, a second stator subregion, a first rotor subregion and a second rotor subregion. Torsional elastic elements mounted to the first and second rotor subregions define an axis of rotation. A mobile element is coupled to the torsional elastic elements. The stator subregions are electrostatically coupled to respective regions of actuation on the mobile element. The stator subregions exhibit an element of structural asymmetry such that the electrostatic coupling surface between the first stator subregion and the first actuation region differs from the electrostatic coupling surface between the second stator subregion and the second actuation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics S.r.l., STMicroelectronics International N.V.
    Inventors: Benedetto Vigna, Marco Ferrera, Sonia Costantini, Marco Salina
  • Patent number: 10746983
    Abstract: A capacitive micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) structure or device and methods of making and operating the same are described. Generally, the MEMS device provides a large stroke while maintaining good damping, enabling fast beam steering and large scan angles. In one embodiment, the capacitive MEMS device includes a bottom electrode formed over a substrate; an electrically permeable damping structure formed over the bottom electrode, the electrically permeable damping structure including a first air-gap and a dielectric layer suspended above and separated from the bottom electrode by the first air-gap; and a plurality of movable members suspended above the damping structure and separated therefrom by a second air-gap, each of the plurality of movable members including a top electrode and being configured to deflect towards the bottom electrode by electrostatic force. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Silicon Light Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Payne, James Hunter, Lars Eng
  • Patent number: 10746984
    Abstract: A projection display device includes: a light modulation unit that spatially modulates, in accordance with image data that is input, light emitted by a light source; a housing that accommodates the light modulation unit; a projection optical system that is accommodated in the housing and projects the light that has been spatially modulated onto a projection surface of a vehicle through an opening portion of the housing; and a cover that closes the opening portion, the cover has a shape whose longitudinal direction is a direction extending from a driver's seat of the vehicle toward a passenger seat of the vehicle, and a front surface of the cover is closer to the projection surface than a reference plane and has a shape as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Koudai Fujita
  • Patent number: 10746985
    Abstract: High-contrast, high-density cell-sized microparticles are introduced into a cell-containing solution prior to the solution being spread onto a planar substrate for imaging. The microparticles facilitate both the process of imager autofocusing and the subsequent registration of multiple images taken of regions of the substrate. The microparticles can further facilitate the correction of chromatic aberration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Shivang R. Dave, Germán González Serráno
  • Patent number: 10746986
    Abstract: An optical element including a first pattern is provided. The first pattern includes a plurality of light deflection regions arranged along at least one set of first tracks in a first direction, and each first track is a waveform track having a first period T1 and a first amplitude A1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: CM VISUAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsin-Wen Chang, Hung-Yu Lin, Yung-Pin Chen
  • Patent number: 10746987
    Abstract: Vehicle systems and methods for redirecting the direction of gaze of a driver towards an object are disclosed. In one embodiment, a vehicle includes an object detection system configured to output an object signal in response to detecting an object, a driver gaze monitoring system configured to output a direction signal, a heads-up display configured to generate a visual indicator, one or more processors and one or more non-transitory memory modules communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and storing machine-readable instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform at least at the following: determine an object and a respective location of the object based at least in part on the object signal from the object detection system, and determine a direction of gaze of a driver based at least in part on the direction signal from the driver gaze monitoring system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventor: Thor Lewis
  • Patent number: 10746988
    Abstract: A projection display device includes: a projection display unit that performs, in accordance with input image data, spatial modulation on light emitted by a light source, and projects image light obtained through the spatial modulation onto a projection surface of a vehicle to display an image that is based on the image data; an eye position detection unit that detects, in accordance with captured image data obtained by capturing an image of a driver of the vehicle by an imaging unit, positions of two eyes of the driver in the captured image data; and a control unit as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Oshima
  • Patent number: 10746989
    Abstract: A head up display can use a catadioptric collimating system. The head up display includes an image source. The head up display also includes a collimating mirror, and a polarizing beam splitter. The light from the image source enters the beam splitter and is reflected toward the collimating mirror. The light striking the collimating mirror is reflected through the beam splitter toward a combiner. A field lens can include a diffractive surface. A corrector lens can be disposed after the beam splitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Brown, Eric P. Stratton
  • Patent number: 10746990
    Abstract: A multi-focal augmented reality device may include a multi-focal display that provides a plurality of images output from a plurality of image-providing devices and located at different depths and an augmented reality image synthesis device that synthesizes the plurality of images provided by the multi-focal display and an external image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Soongi Park, Minkoo Kang, Sungkyu Kim
  • Patent number: 10746991
    Abstract: A waveguide structure for a head up display in which a reflective output coupling structure is formed of a separate, but connected, component to a main waveguide. In a method of manufacture for such a waveguide the output coupling structure may be formed by depositing a material on a main waveguide, impressing the reflective structure into that material, and curing the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventors: James Raymond Leighton, Rory Thomas Alexander Mills, Michael David Simmonds
  • Patent number: 10746992
    Abstract: A HUD including a projection display unit, a housing, a cover, a region detecting unit, and a display control unit is provided. The projection display unit includes a light modulating unit spatially modulating light emitted from a light source based on input image information and projects modulated image light onto a windshield of an automobile to display an image. The housing accommodates the projection display unit and has an opening portion through which the modulated image light exits. The cover covers the opening portion. The region detecting unit detects an object adhesion region in which an object is adhered to the cover. The display control unit controls the image information to be input to the light modulating unit to control the image to be displayed by the projection display unit. The display control unit causes the projection display unit to display an outline of the object adhesion region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Koudai Fujita
  • Patent number: 10746993
    Abstract: Described is a detection device, a head-up display (HUD) and a method for operating a HUD. The detection device, the HUD and the method for operating an HUD are designed to protect an imager of the HUD from damage by incident radiation and to avoid or at least significantly reduce a glare effect of the HUD. The detection device comprises an optical element with a reflecting area and a passband, where the optical transparency of the passband is greater than the optical transparency of the reflecting area. The passband is completely enclosed by the reflecting area, the surface of the passband is smaller than the surface of the reflecting area, and the detection device is optically coupled to the passband. The detection device determines the intensity of a radiation incident on the detection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Jabil Optics Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Zeh, Thomas Beyer
  • Patent number: 10746994
    Abstract: The technology provides decoupling an aspheric optical element from a birdbath optical element in a near-eye display (NED) device. One or more aspheric lens are used with a spherical birdbath reflective mirror in a projection light engine of a NED device. A projection light engine provides image light (or other information), by way of the spherical birdbath reflective mirror and at least one aspheric lens, to a near-eye display of the NED device. The spherical birdbath reflective mirror collimates and reflects the image light to an exit pupil external to the projection light engine. Decoupling the aspheric optical element from the spherical birdbath reflective mirror may enable high modulation transfer function (MTF) and improved manufacturability of the projection light engine. The NED device having aspheric optical elements decoupled from a birdbath optical element may be positioned by a support structure in a head-mounted display (HMD) or head-up display (HUD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Yarn Chee Poon, Joshua A Hudman, R Andrew Wall, Scott McEldowney, Steven John Robbins
  • Patent number: 10746995
    Abstract: Provided is a head mounted display device including a housing for providing a darkroom space, a display module in the housing and to display an image, and an optical lens for expanding the image to provide the image to a user. The display module includes a destructive interference structure which removes the image reflected from the optical lens without reflecting the image again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soyoung Lee, Sunyoung Jung, Hyunho Kim, Chungsock Choi, Sang-hwan Cho, Cheol Jang
  • Patent number: 10746996
    Abstract: Disclosed is a head mounted display and operating method thereof. The present invention includes obtaining use environment information of a user wearing the head mounted display, determining an use environment of the head mounted display based on the obtained use environment information, and adjusting a motion of the user wearing the head mounted display based on the determined use environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seunghyun Lee, Sangrae Kim, Jin Kim