24th week of 2020 patent applcation highlights part 47 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20200183067 | RETARDATION FILM AND PRODUCTION METHOD - A phase difference film consisting of a resin C contains a copolymer P containing a polymerization unit A and a polymerization unit B, the phase difference film including a phase separation structure that exhibits a structural birefringence, the phase separation structure including a phase including as a main component the polymerization unit A and another phase including as a main component the polymerization unit B, and the phase difference film having an NZ factor of greater than 0 and smaller than 1; and a production method therefor. Preferably, the phase separation structure has a form of any of lamella, cylinder and spheroid, and the distance between phases in the phase separation structure is 200 nm or less. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183068 | Roll of Film Including Multilayer Birefringent Reflective Polarizer and Polyvinyl Alcohol Layer with Low Pass Axis Variation - Rolls of film are described. In particular, rolls of film including a multilayer birefringent reflective polarizer and a polyvinyl alcohol layer are described. Such films exhibit low variation in pass axis across a full crossweb width. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183069 | LIGHT MODULES AND DEVICES INCORPORATING LIGHT MODULES - According to one implementation an assembly is provided that facilitates a coupling of one or more light diffusing optical fibers to one or more light emitting diodes. According to one implementation the assembly includes a light emitting diode positioned inside a cavity of a frame that is equipped with means to directly or indirectly electrically couple the anode and cathode of the light emitting diode to a printed circuit board. A proximal end portion of the light diffusing optical fiber is supported inside a through opening of a lid positioned over a front side of the frame. The light diffusing optical fiber includes a core that is surround by a cladding. According to some implementations the proximal end of the light diffusing optical fiber is butt-coupled to the light emitting diode with there being no gap between the proximal end of the fiber and the light emitting side of the light emitting diode. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183070 | LIGHT MODULES AND DEVICES INCORPORATING LIGHT MODULES - According to one implementation an assembly is provided that facilitates a coupling of one or more light diffusing optical fibers to one or more light emitting diodes. According to one implementation the assembly includes a light emitting diode positioned inside a cavity of a frame that is equipped with means to directly or indirectly electrically couple the anode and cathode of the light emitting diode to a printed circuit board. A proximal end portion of the light diffusing optical fiber is supported inside a through opening of a lid positioned over a front side of the frame. The light diffusing optical fiber includes a core that is surround by a cladding. According to some implementations the proximal end of the light diffusing optical fiber is butt-coupled to the light emitting diode with there being no gap between the proximal end of the fiber and the light emitting side of the light emitting diode. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183071 | BACKLIGHT MODULE - The present invention provides a backlight module including a back bezel and a frame. The back bezel is provided with a wall disposed along a first side of the back bezel. The wall is provided with a first wall portion and a second wall portion alternately arranged along the first side, and the first wall portion and the second wall portion are each provided with an inner side surface and an outer side surface opposite to the inner side surface. In the backlight module, the inner side surface of the second wall portion protrudes toward the interior of the back bezel more than the inner side surface of the first wall portion. The frame extends at least partially along the first side and is positioned on the wall. The frame is provided with a first frame wall and a second frame wall alternately arranged and protruding toward a base of the wall. In the backlight module, the first frame wall correspondingly abuts against the inner side surface of the first wall portion, and the second frame wall correspondingly abuts against the outer side surface of the second wall portion. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183072 | LIGHT GUIDE AND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD FILM POSITIONER - A light guide assembly includes a metal material printed circuit board. A light emitting diode is mounted on and extends away from a first face of the printed circuit board. A light guide molded from a light transmissive polymeric material is positioned proximate to the light emitting diode and is at least partially received in a concomitantly shaped through bore pre-formed in the printed circuit board. The light guide includes an extended feature co-molded from the same material as the light guide and extending away from the first face of the printed circuit board in an installed position of the light guide. The extended feature includes a first extended feature having a first length and a second extended feature having a second length, the second length greater than the first length. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183073 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIGHT GUIDE PLATE - A display device includes a light guide plate | 2020-06-11 |
20200183074 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device comprises a liquid crystal panel, an optical sheet under the liquid crystal panel, and a light emitting diode (LED) assembly configured to supply a light to the liquid crystal panel through the optical sheet. The LED assembly includes a printed circuit board (PCB), a plurality of LED chips on the PCB and configured to emit a blue colored light, a fluorescent lens over the plurality of LED chips, and a light guiding panel between an adjacent two of the plurality of LED chips. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183075 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND GAME MACHINE - A display device includes: a light guide plate ( | 2020-06-11 |
20200183076 | LIGHT-TRANSMISSIBLE ELEMENT WITH MICROSTRUCTURES AND LAMP DEVICE USING SAME - A light-transmissible element and a lamp device with the light-transmissible element are provided. The light-transmissible element is applied to a lamp device and a light-transmissible panel. The light-transmissible element at least includes a light-inputting surface, a first light-outputting surface, a second light-outputting surface and plural microstructures. The first light-outputting surface and the second light-outputting surface are located beside two opposite sides of the light-inputting surface. The plural microstructures are formed on the second light-outputting surface. The plural light beams from the light-inputting surface are received and refracted by the plural microstructures. Consequently, a luminous flux of the light beams received and refracted by each first refractive surface is higher than a luminous flux of the light beams received and refracted by each second refractive surface. Due to this design, the light extraction efficiency of the overall lamp device is increased, the light output range is adjustable and the generation of the light spots is reduced. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183077 | LIGHT GUIDE PLATE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A light guide plate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are provided. The light guide plate includes a glass substrate, an adhesive layer arranged at a surface of the glass substrate, a reflector arranged at a surface of the adhesive layer away from the glass substrate, and a total reflection structure distributed in the adhesive layer. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183078 | BACKLIGHT MODULE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING BRIGHTNESS OF BACKLIGHT MODULE - The present disclosure provides a backlight module, a display device and a method for adjusting brightness of the backlight module. The backlight module includes a light guide plate comprising a light emitting surface and a first surface opposite to the light emitting surface, and a reflective component on a side of the light guide plate away from the light emitting surface, the reflective component having a reflectivity adjustable to adjust a brightness of the backlight module. In this way, the reflective component in the backlight module can be used to dynamically adjust the brightness of the backlight and improve the contrast between different regions of the backlight module, thereby realizing the display effect of the high dynamic range image. Moreover, the backlight module is low in cost, simple in preparation, and suitable for various types of display devices. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183079 | DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING A LIGHT GUIDE - The invention relates to a display device, in particular a provided near-to-eye display device of a user. The display device comprises at least one illumination device, at least one spatial light modulator device, at least one imaging element, at least one light guide, and at least two partially-reflective decoupling elements. The at least one illumination device is used for emitting sufficiently coherent light. The at least one imaging element is provided for imaging light originating from the at least one light modulator device. The at least two partially-reflective decoupling elements, which are provided in the at least one light guide, are used for coupling the light out of the light guide. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183080 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIGHT GUIDING PANEL - A display device includes a light guiding panel | 2020-06-11 |
20200183081 | POLYMER OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE - The present invention provides a polymer optical waveguide containing: a core; and a cladding having a refractive index lower than that of the core, provided around the core, in which the polymer optical waveguide has a core-coupling section where at least a part of the cladding is not present along a light propagation direction of the polymer optical waveguide and an application type removal film A provided so as to come into contact with the core of the core-coupling section. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183082 | COUPLED FEW MODE FIBERS, AND CORRESPONDING OPTICAL LINK AND OPTICAL SYSTEM - An optical fiber having an optical core and an optical cladding surrounding the optical core, the optical core having a single α graded-index profile with α≥ | 2020-06-11 |
20200183083 | OPTICAL FIBER RIBBON IMAGING GUIDEWIRE AND METHODS - An intravascular or other 2D or 3D imaging apparatus can include a minimally-invasive distal imaging guidewire portion. A plurality of thin optical fibers can be circumferentially distributed about a cylindrical guidewire core, such as in an spiral-wound or otherwise attached optical fiber ribbon. A low refractive index coating, high numerical aperture (NA) fiber, or other technique can be used to overcome challenges of using extremely thin optical fibers. Coating and ribbonizing techniques are described. Also described are non-uniform refractive index peak amplitudes or wavelengths techniques for FBG writing, using a depressed index optical cladding, chirping, a self-aligned connector, optical fiber routing and alignment techniques for a system connector, and an adapter for connecting to standard optical fiber coupling connectors. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183084 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SHAPING OPTICAL WAVEFORM - Provided are an optical waveform shaping apparatus and an optical waveform shaping method. According to an embodiment, the optical waveform shaping apparatus includes a multiplexer/demultiplexer(D/MUX) unit demultiplexing an optical signal in which optical signals of a plurality of wavelengths are multiplexed, a micro lens system refracting the demultiplexed optical signal into a collimated beam of light, and a wavelength level controller unit shaping a waveform of the optical signal. The wavelength level controller unit includes a 2D LCoS for adjusting and reflecting an amplitude or a phase value of the demultiplexed optical signal to have a distribution that is desired for each cell, and a controller for controlling the distribution. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183085 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL COUPLING OF OPTICAL SIGNALS FOR A PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An optical coupler and method of assembly are described that provide efficient coupling from the photonic integrated circuit (PIC) waveguide layer to external components, such as optical fibers, VCSELs, photodetectors, and gain blocks, among others. The optical coupler includes a PIC that can be supported by a printed circuit board, an optoelectronic transducer supported by the PIC that can convert between optical signals and corresponding electrical signals, and a coupled waveguide assembly. The coupled waveguide assembly includes a low-index waveguide, a high-index waveguide, and a reflective surface that changes a pathway of the optical signals to direct the optical signals from the optoelectronic transducer into the low-index waveguide or from the low-index waveguide into the optoelectronic transducer. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183086 | PHOTONIC ANTENNA ARRAY WITH TAPERED FIBER ENDS - A photonic antenna array includes: a plurality of tapered fiber ends; and a support plate. Each tapered fiber end of the plurality of tapered fiber ends corresponds to a respective fiber of a plurality of fibers. A portion of each of the plurality of fibers is run through the support plate. A fiber core diameter at a tapered end point of a respective tapered fiber end of the plurality of tapered fiber ends has a first diameter. A fiber core diameter at a non-tapered portion of the respective fiber corresponding to the respective tapered fiber end has a second diameter. The first diameter is smaller than the second diameter. The respective tapered fiber end is configured to provide a mode field diameter larger than a diameter of the non-tapered portion of the respective fiber corresponding to the respective tapered fiber end. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183087 | COMPACT OPTICAL CIRCULATOR - Compact optical circulator designs using polarization selective optical elements for versatile applications. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183088 | Method And System For Mode Converters For Grating Couplers - Methods and systems for mode converters for grating couplers may include a photonic chip comprising a waveguide, a grating coupler, and a mode converter, with the waveguide being coupled to the grating coupler via the mode converter. The mode converter may include waveguide material and tapers defined by triangular regions, where the triangular regions do not have waveguide material. The photonic chip may receive an optical signal in the mode converter from the waveguide, where the received optical signal has a light profile that may be spatially deflected in the mode converter to configure a desired profile in the grating coupler. A long axis of the tapers may be parallel to a direction of travel of the optical signal. The long axis of the tapers may point towards the input waveguide of the grating couplers, which may be linear. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183089 | MICROELECTROMECHANICALLY ACTUATED DEFORMABLE OPTICAL BEAM STEERING FOR WAVELENGTH TUNABLE OPTICAL SOURCES, FILTERS, AND DETECTORS - Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) has enabled telecommunication service providers to fully exploit the transmission capacity of optical fibers. State of the art systems in long-haul networks now have aggregated capacities of terabits per second. Moreover, by providing multiple independent multi-gigabit channels, WDM technologies offer service providers with a straight forward way to build networks and expand networks to support multiple clients with different requirements. In order to reduce costs, enhance network flexibility, reduce spares, and provide re-configurability many service providers have migrated away from fixed wavelength transmitters, receivers, and transceivers, to wavelength tunable transmitters, receivers, and transceivers as well as wavelength dependent add-drop multiplexer, space switches etc. However, to meet the competing demands for improved performance, increased integration, reduced footprint, reduced power consumption, increased flexibility, re-configurability, and lower cost it is desirable to exploit/adopt monolithic optical circuit technologies, hybrid optoelectronic integration, and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). | 2020-06-11 |
20200183090 | CROSS CONNECT SYSTEM AND TRAY - A fiber optic cross connect system comprising a case defining a tray receiving space and at least one tray slideable in and out of the space between a first closed position, a second intermediate position and a third open or accessible position and a sliding engagement between a sidewall of the case and a side edge of the tray is disclosed. The sliding engagement comprises an elongate link member which is stationary as the tray is moved between the first closed position and the second intermediate position and moves with the tray as the tray is moved between the second intermediate and the third open position and such that the elongate link member does not interfere with fiber optic cables which are interconnecting external devices with devices on the tray. In a particular embodiment the link member is held stationary by a releasable locking mechanism. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183091 | MULTI-FIBER CONNECTOR FOR USE WITH RIBBON FIBER OPTIC CABLE - Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a multi-fiber fiber optic connector having a connector body, a multi-fiber ferrule supported at a distal end of the connector body, a spring for biasing the multi-fiber ferrule in a distal direction and a spring push retaining the spring and the ferrule within the connector body. The spring push including oppositely positioned spring support shelves that provide spring seating and provide spring stability during side loading. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183092 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR - An optical plug connector ( | 2020-06-11 |
20200183093 | ULTRA-SMALL FORM FACTOR OPTICAL CONNECTORS WITH POLARITY CHANGE AND METHOD OF USE - An optical connector holding two or more LC-type optical ferrules is provided. The optical connector includes an outer housing, ferrules, a cable boot and one or more polarity keys. The keys are configured to change connector polarity from a first to a second polarity. A corresponding adapter with one or more slots within an adapter wall on opposing sides sized and shaped to accept a single or dual keyed polarity changeable connector. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183094 | FIBER OPTIC FERRULE INSPECTION TOOL WITH CONTAMINATION DETECTION AND CLEANING DEVICE - A fiber optic ferrule inspection tool ( | 2020-06-11 |
20200183095 | EXPANDED BEAM LC FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR - An expanded beam optical connector includes a body, a tube holder, an alignment tube, and a collimator assembly. The tube holder is disposed within a bore of the body. The collimator assembly is received within the bore of the body and includes an optical fiber and a collimating lens having a collimated beam. A first end of the alignment tube is received within a first cavity of the tube holder, and the collimating lens is received within a second cavity of the tube holder such that the collimating lens is separated from the first end of the alignment tube by a gap and a centerline axis of the alignment tube is substantially aligned with an optical axis of the collimated beam. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183096 | GUIDE PIN AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention discloses a guide pin, which comprises a base support layer ( | 2020-06-11 |
20200183097 | ULTRA-SMALL FORM FACTOR OPTICAL CONNECTOR AND ADAPTER - An optical connector holding two or more LC-type optical ferrules is provided. The optical connector includes an outer body, an inner front body accommodating the two or more LC-type optical ferrules, ferrule springs for urging the optical ferrules towards a mating receptacle, and a back body for supporting the ferrule springs. The outer body and the inner front body are configured such that four LC-type optical ferrules are accommodated in a small form-factor pluggable (SFP) transceiver footprint or eight LC-type optical ferrules are accommodated in a quad small form-factor pluggable (QSFP) transceiver footprint. A mating receptacle (transceiver or adapter) includes internal alignment slots configured to accept a corresponding alignment key on connector outer housing to ensure alignment and orientation for maximum signal transfer between opposing ferrule end faces. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183098 | Ingress Protected Fan-Out Connector and Adapter Assembly - An integral fan-out connector assembly for fiber optic cables includes a connector housing that provides an integrated fan-out housing and connection adapter. The fan-out connector housing may be configured with a variety of cable adapters, and may be installed as a ‘plug and play’ type solution where it will be ready to accept a feed cable for use when needed. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183099 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR - An exemplary embodiment of the invention relates to an optical connector comprising a wave-guiding element and a lens device configured to transmit radiation between the wave-guiding element and at least one optical port of the connector, wherein the lens device comprises a first outer surface and a second outer surface opposite the first outer surface, wherein the first outer surface is connected to the wave-guiding element and forms at least one lens, and wherein a section of the second outer surface opposite said at least one lens forms said at least one optical port of the connector. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183100 | VOLUMETRIC OPTICAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - A device includes an optic in an at least partially rigid scaffold. The scaffold is permeated, at least temporarily during a writing process, by writable media. The optic may be written into a writable volume in the scaffold defined by the writable media. The optic may be written by exposing the writable media to incident light to cause a material property change in the writable media within the writable volume. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183101 | OPTICAL AXIS ADJUSTMENT METHOD, MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND OPTICAL AXIS ADJUSTMENT DEVICE FOR INTEGRATED OPTICAL MODULE - An optical axis adjustment method for an integrated optical module includes: measuring output currents by changing a wavelength of a light beam incident on a package; detecting, with first and second light receiving elements, light beams resulted from demultiplexing the incident light beam with first and second filters; detecting center wavelengths of a first light beam and a second light beam based on a change in the output currents in response to a change in the wavelength of the incident light beam; comparing the center wavelengths of the first light beam and the second light beam with design transmission wavelengths of the first filter and the second filter, and defining respective differences as a first wavelength deviation and a second wavelength deviation; and adjusting a position of the optical demultiplexer to make a total sum of the first wavelength deviation and the second wavelength deviation small. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183102 | LIGHT GUIDE BODY, OPTICAL MODULE, AND OPTICAL PATH AND OPTICAL AXIS ADJUSTMENT METHOD - A light guide body for optical path and optical axis adjustment, the light guide body includes a silicon single crystal having an extinction ratio of 30 dB or more. The light guide body is a light guide body having one side surface alone joined and fixed to a base. An optical module including the light guide body installed at an installation angle adjusted for optical path and optical axis adjustment between components. An optical path and optical axis adjustment method including adjusting an installation angle of the light guide body to perform the optical path and optical axis adjustment between components. It is possible to provide the light guide body which does not adversely affect polarization characteristics and can easily perform the optical path and optical axis adjustment. It is possible to provide optical module and the optical path and optical axis adjustment method using such a light guide body. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183103 | PHOTONIC INTERFACE FOR ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT - A photonic interface for an electronic circuit is disclosed. The photonic interface includes a photonic integrated circuit having a modulator and a photodetector, and an optical fiber or fibers for optical communication with another optical circuit. A modulator driver chip may be mounted directly on the photonic integrated circuit. The optical fibers may be placed in v-grooves of a fiber support, which may include at least one lithographically defined alignment feature for optical alignment to the silicon photonic circuit. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183104 | Avionics Pluggable Active Optical Connector - An apparatus configured to function as a pluggable active optical connector that is modular with one or more channels and that converts electrical signals to optical signals and vice versa. On one side, the apparatus has a pluggable electrical interface to a line replaceable unit (LRU); on the other side the apparatus has a pluggable optical interface side to an aircraft fiber optic wiring bundle. The apparatus is pluggable to different types of LRUs including rack-mounted and bolted-down LRUs. The apparatus includes electronic and photonic components sufficient to enable electrical/optical conversion totally within a standard-sized aircraft connector. The apparatus is adaptable to various data communication protocols and has the flexibility to be used in either a single-fiber or a dual-fiber bidirectional data link. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183105 | PACKAGE STRUCTURE FOR PHOTONIC TRANSCEIVING DEVICE - A photonic transceiver apparatus in QSFP package. The apparatus includes a case having a base member, two partial side members, and a lid member to provide a spatial volume with an opening at a back end of the base member. Additionally, the apparatus includes a PCB, installed inside the spatial volume over the base member having a pluggable electrical connector at the back end. Further, the apparatus includes multiple optical transmitting devices in mini-transmit-optical-sub-assembly package, each being mounted on a common support structure and having a laser output port in reversed orientation toward the back end. Furthermore, the apparatus includes a silicon photonics chip, including a fiber-to-silicon attachment module, mounted on the PCB and coupled to a modulation driver module and a trans-impedance amplifier module. Moreover, the apparatus includes a pair of optical input/output ports being back connected to the fiber-to-silicon attachment module. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183106 | PLUGGABLE OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER MODULE - A pluggable optical transceiver module for inserting into a socket slot includes a body, a moving member and at least one elastic member. The body includes a head portion, an inserting portion to the slot, two sides, two sliding slots and at least one first limiting slot. The two sliding slots are respectively disposed on two sides. The first limiting slot is disposed in one of the sliding slots. The moving member includes a connecting arm and two extending arms and is detachably disposed on the body. Each extending arm includes a second fastening portion, a first limiting portion, and an elastic member insertion hole. When the moving member is disposed on the body, the two extending arms respectively move in the two sliding slots, and the first limiting portion moves in the first limiting slot. The elastic member is in the first limiting slot via the insertion hole. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183107 | Optical Module - An optical module includes a housing, a circuit board, a connecting finger and a reflector. The circuit board is provided inside the housing. The connecting finger is provided on the circuit board. The reflector is provided between the circuit board and the housing, and is located between the connecting finger and an optical port of the optical module. The reflector is configured to reflect electromagnetic waves radiated onto a surface of the reflector. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183108 | OPTICAL MODULE - The present disclosure provides an optical module comprising: a photoelectric conversion unit, a first demodulation circuit, and a second demodulation circuit; the first demodulation circuit and the second demodulation circuit are respectively connected to the photoelectric conversion unit; the photoelectric conversion unit is configured to convert the received optical signal into an electrical signal; the first demodulation circuit is configured to demodulate an electrical signal converted by the photoelectric conversion unit and generate a high-frequency electrical signal; the second demodulation circuit is configured to demodulate an electrical signal converted by the photoelectric conversion unit and generate a low-frequency electrical signal. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183109 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AN OPTICAL COUPLER FOR SILICON PHOTONICS DEVICES - Methods and systems for an optical coupler for photonics devices are disclosed and may include a photonics transceiver comprising a silicon photonics die and a fiber connector for receiving optical fibers and including a die coupler and an optical coupling element. The die coupler may be bonded to a top surface of the photonics die and aligned above an array of grating couplers. The optical coupling element may be attached to the die coupler and the electronics die and the source module may be bonded to the top surface of the photonics die. Modulated optical signals may be received in the photonics die from optical fibers coupled to the fiber connector. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183110 | ROLLABLE OPTICAL FIBER RIBBON - The present disclosure provides a rollable optical fiber ribbon. The rollable optical fiber ribbon includes a plurality of optical fibers positioned along a longitudinal axis of the rollable optical fiber ribbon. In addition, the rollable optical fiber ribbon includes a matrix material covering the plurality of optical fibers. Each of the plurality of optical fibers is placed adjacent to other optical fiber of the plurality of optical fibers. Each of the plurality of optical fibers with a diameter of about 210±5 micron is spaced at a pitch in a range of about 250 microns to 255 microns. The rollable optical fiber ribbon is corrugated from a first side and a second side to enable rolling of the rollable optical fiber ribbon in circular fashion. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183111 | OPTICAL FIBER CABLE - An optical fiber cable includes optical fiber ribbons, a slot rod and a cable jacket. The slot rod has slot grooves in which the optical fiber ribbons are housed. The cable jacket covers an outside of the slot rod. The optical fiber ribbons have, in a state in which optical fibers having an outer diameter of 0.22 mm or less are arranged in parallel, connecting portions at which adjacent ones of the optical fibers are connected to one another and non-connecting portions at which adjacent ones of the optical fibers are not connected to one another, which are provided intermittently in a longitudinal direction. A density of core number of the optical fibers included in the optical fiber cable is 4.8 cores/mm | 2020-06-11 |
20200183112 | OPTICAL CABLE FOR TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS - An optical cable comprising an optical core and an external sheath surrounding the optical core, wherein the external sheath comprises an inner layer circumferentially enclosing the optical core and an outer layer circumferentially enclosing the inner layer and comprising at least one longitudinal cavity accessible from outside the external sheath and extending through at least a portion of the outer layer thickness. The inner and outer layers of the external sheath are made of a first material having a first tensile strength, while the cavities in the outer layer are filled with a second material having a second tensile strength lower than the first tensile strength. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183113 | ROLLABLE OPTICAL FIBER RIBBON WITH COLOUR LINE MARKING - The present disclosure provides a rollable optical fiber ribbon. The rollable optical fiber ribbon includes a plurality of optical fibers positioned along a longitudinal axis of the rollable optical fiber ribbon. In addition, the rollable optical fiber ribbon includes a matrix material covering the plurality of optical fibers to provide flexibility to the rollable optical fiber ribbon. Further, the rollable optical fiber ribbon includes at least one colour line marking on the rollable optical fiber ribbon along the longitudinal axis of the rollable optical fiber ribbon. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183114 | OPTICAL CABLE FOR INDOOR INSTALLATION - Disclosed is an optical cable that includes an outer sheath housing a number of optical fibers, wherein the outer sheath has an outer cross-section in the shape of a hexagon. The outer sheath then exhibits six flat surfaces longitudinally extending along the whole cable length. Any one of such flat surfaces may be covered with a thin layer of glue and then be attached to the wall surface. As this surface is flat, a reliable and durable fixing of the cable may be achieved using an amount of glue which is far reduced in comparison to the amounts of glue typically required for fixing known cables having a round cross-section. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183115 | DIRECT BURIAL SENSORY CABLE - The present disclosure provides a sensory cable ( | 2020-06-11 |
20200183116 | DISTRIBUTION DEVICE WITH INCREMENTALLY ADDED SPLITTERS - A fiber distribution system ( | 2020-06-11 |
20200183117 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SPLICING ALL-DIELECTRIC SELF-SUPPORTING FIBER OPTIC CABLE - An apparatus and method for accessing and/or repairing a select subset of fibers in an ADSS fiber optic cable. The apparatus includes a housing extending from a first end to a second end. A first fiber optic splice tray is positioned within the housing closer to the first end than to the second end. A second fiber optic splice tray is positioned within the housing and spaced apart from the first splice tray. A tension member extends through the housing and includes a first mechanical connector near the first end and a second mechanical connector near the second end. The connectors provide an attachment location for deadends at either end for transferring tension from the undamaged portion of the ADSS fiber optic cable. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183118 | FLAT DROP OPTICAL FIBER CABLE - The present disclosure provides a flat drop optical fiber cable. The flat drop optical fiber cable includes one or more buffer tubes. The one or more buffer tubes extend substantially along a longitudinal axis of the flat drop optical fiber cable. The flat drop optical fiber cable includes a plurality of optical fiber ribbons. The flat drop optical fiber cable includes one or more water blocking tapes. The one or more water blocking tapes are positioned in the flat drop optical fiber cable in one or more arrangements. The flat drop optical fiber cable includes a cable sheath. The cable sheath encapsulates the one or more buffer tubes and the one or more water blocking tapes. The flat drop optical fiber cable includes a plurality of strength members. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183119 | LIGHT GUIDES WITH COATING FOR USE IN WATER - The invention provides a layer stack ( | 2020-06-11 |
20200183120 | SMARTPHONE LENS FILTER CASE - A smartphone lens filter case is provided enabling a user to improve their smartphone photography by providing various lens filters configured to be integrated with the filter case. The case includes a protective body configured to protect a smartphone having at least one camera lens. At least one opening on the protective body is provided, wherein the opening exposes the at least one camera lens of the smartphone. At least one filter cartridge adapted to be received by the case. A plurality of lens filters on the at least one filter cartridge are provided, the plurality of lens filters configured to be positioned over the at least one camera lens of the smartphone. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183121 | Camera System - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a camera system that acquires entertaining three-dimensional images and to provide a controller of the camera system. In the present invention relates to the camera system, there are two cameras, and a control means for varying the camera distance Dc [m] between the two camera units, each camera has a zoom lens. And the focal length (f1, f2) of the zoom lens of the two cameras between the two camera units is interlocked with the camera distance Dc [m]. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183122 | LENS DRIVING DEVICE, CAMERA DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A lens driving device includes: a box-shaped lens carrier for fixing a lens barrel to the inside thereof which lens barrel is for guiding light from an imaging target to a photo detecting sensor, wherein the lens carrier has a first opening through which light from the imaging target enters, a second opening through which light toward the photo detecting sensor exits, and a third opening for mounting the lens barrel, wherein the third opening is formed between ends of two opposing side walls of the box-shaped lens carrier other than side walls being formed with the first opening and the second opening, wherein inner surfaces of the two opposing side walls are formed in parallel with respect to each other from the third opening to the center of the lens carrier. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183123 | LENS DRIVING DEVICE, CAMERA DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A lens driving device being capable of stabilizing a motion of a lens holder is provided. A lens driving device includes a lens holder configured to support a lens, a frame surrounding a periphery of the lens holder, and a support mechanism configured to support the lens holder so as to be freely movable relative to the frame in an optical axis direction of the lens. The support mechanism includes a support member provided in the frame and a guide portion provided in the lens holder. The support member extends in the optical axis direction of the lens, and the support member is in contact with the guide portion at least at two points in a cross section orthogonal to the optical axis direction of the lens. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183124 | LENS DRIVING UNIT, AND CAMERA MODULE AND OPTICAL DEVICE COMPRISING SAME - An embodiment comprises: a base including a body having an opening, and a first post portion, a second post portion, a third post portion, and a fourth post portion which protrude from the body; a bobbin disposed on the body; a coil disposed around the bobbin; a first magnet disposed between the first post portion and the second post portion; a second magnet disposed between the third post portion and the fourth post portion; a lower elastic member coupled to the lower portion of the bobbin and the base; and an upper elastic member coupled to the upper portion of the bobbin and the first to fourth post portions, wherein the lower elastic member is disposed inside the first to fourth post portions of the base, and the lower elastic member is coupled to the base between the first post portion and the fourth post portion adjacent to the first post portion. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183125 | NON-LINEAR SPRINGS TO UNIFY THE DYNAMIC MOTION OF INDIVIDUAL ELEMENTS IN A MICRO-MIRROR ARRAY - An array of micro mirrors is used to beam steer a laser for Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) applications. The array of micro mirrors are driven in a nonlinear motion to synchronize motion of the micro mirrors in the array. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183126 | COUPLED AND SYNCHRONOUS MIRROR ELEMENTS IN A LIDAR-BASED MICRO-MIRROR ARRAY - Some embodiments include a MEMS apparatus configured to redirect light in a LiDAR system and includes a support frame and a plurality of mirror elements disposed in a linear array within the support frame including a first mirror element and a second mirror element. Each of the plurality of mirror elements can be rotatable on a rotational axis that is perpendicular to a line defined by the linear array of the plurality of mirror elements and bisects the corresponding mirror element into a first portion and a second portion. The apparatus can include a coupling element having a distal end physically coupled to a first portion of the first mirror element and a proximal end physically coupled to a second portion of the second mirror element such that a rotation of the first mirror element causes a synchronous and equal rotation of the second mirror element. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183127 | OBSERVATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An observation apparatus includes: an image capturing apparatus that includes an imaging surface and captures an image of an object to be observed; an optical system that projects an optical image of the object onto the image capturing apparatus; a focusing unit that adjusts, with reference to the optical-axis direction of the optical system, the relative positional relationship between the object and a surface optically conjugate to the imaging surface; and a processor that controls at least the image capturing apparatus and the focusing unit. The processor decides an in-focus position for the focusing unit based on a plurality of images of the object that acquired by the image capturing apparatus, the plurality of images each being an image acquired when the focusing unit is located at a different position; determines the reliability of the decided in-focus position; and when determining that the in-focus position is not reliable, moves the focusing unit sequentially to a plurality of positions and causes the image capturing apparatus to acquire, for each of the plurality of positions, a candidate image of the object. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183128 | LENS ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - According to an embodiments, a lens assembly or an electronic device including the same may include: a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens having positive or negative refractive power; and a fourth lens having positive or negative refractive power. The first lens, the second lens, the third lens, and the fourth lens may be sequentially arranged from a subject to an image sensor along an optical axis, and the sum of Abbe numbers of the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, and the fourth lens may satisfy Conditional Expression 1 as follows. 20≤ν1+ν2+ν3+ν4≤125
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20200183129 | Fovea Lens - Wide angle fovea lens and a camera design using the lens are described. The lens has three lens groups and includes a single aspherical lens element. The lenses have higher magnification on the optical axis than at angles off the optical axis. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183130 | HIGH-RESOLUTION WIDE ANGLE LENS SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a high-resolution wide angle lens system consisting of a total of six lens, wherein the first lens has a negative refractive power, the second lens has a positive refractive power, the third lens has a positive or negative refractive power, the fourth lens has a positive or negative refractive power, the fifth lens has a positive or negative refractive power with a concave shape on an object side and a convex shape on an image side, and the sixth lens has a positive or negative refractive power, and the system is satisfied with 0<|f/f5|<1 (herein, f represents an effective focal length of the entire lens system, and f5 represents an effective focal length of the fifth lens). | 2020-06-11 |
20200183131 | Lens Assembly - A lens assembly includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens. The first lens is with positive refractive power and includes a convex surface facing an object side and a concave surface facing an image side. The second lens is with positive refractive power. The third lens is with negative refractive power and includes a convex surface facing the object side. The fourth lens is with negative refractive power and includes a concave surface facing the object side. The fifth lens is with positive refractive power and includes a convex surface facing the image side. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183132 | OPTICAL LENS SET - An optical lens set includes a first lens element of an object-side surface with a convex portion in a vicinity of an optical axis, a second lens element of an image-side surface with a concave portion in a vicinity of its periphery and a sixth lens element of an image-side surface with a convex portion in a vicinity of its periphery. T | 2020-06-11 |
20200183133 | IMAGING OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY, IMAGING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An imaging optical lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an 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 a convex object-side surface. The second lens element has negative refractive power. The third lens element with refractive power has both an object-side surface and an image-side surface being aspheric. The fourth lens element with refractive power has both an object-side surface and an image-side surface being aspheric. The fifth lens element with refractive power has both an object-side surface and an image-side surface being aspheric. The sixth lens element with refractive power has both an object-side surface and an image-side surface, being aspheric. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183134 | PHOTOGRAPHING OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY, IMAGE CAPTURING UNIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A photographing optical lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. The first lens element with refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. Each second, third, fourth and fifth lens element has refractive power. The sixth lens element with negative refractive power has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof, and both of the surfaces of the sixth lens element are aspheric. The seventh lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, wherein the image-side surface has at least one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183135 | REFLECTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT AND STEREO CAMERA DEVICE - Provided is a reflective optical element that is lightweight and excellent in damping capacity. In the reflective optical element, a resin layer having an optical surface is formed on a metal substrate, and a reflective film is formed on the optical surface, and also, the metal substrate includes an alloy containing Mg as a main component. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183136 | SCANNING IMMERSION MICROSCOPY - A method for the microscopy scanning of a specimen. An immersion medium is used between a slide and a microscope objective, said immersion medium wetting a surface of the slide, and the microscope objective being relatively displaced over the surface of the slide for imaging. The surface is provided with a coating which repels the immersion medium. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183137 | DARK-FIELD MICROSCOPE APPARATUS UTILIZING PORTABLE ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A mobile phone-based dark field microscope (MDFM) apparatus suitable for quantifying nanoparticle signals is provided. The MDFM apparatus includes an electrically operated light source, a dark-field condenser, a slide housing configured to receive an analytical slide, and an adapter housing configured to receive an objective lens and receive a portable electronic communication device. The slide housing positions the analytical slide between the objective lens and the dark-field condenser. The adapter housing registers the objective lens with a camera lens of the portable electronic communication device. A method for performing a biological quantitative study using the dark-field microscope apparatus is further provided. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183138 | Rapid High-Resolution Imaging Methods for Large Samples - Light Sheet Theta (LS-θ) Microscopy achieves large sample imaging capabilities without affecting the imaging depth or the image quality. An optical layout places a detection objective normal to the sample surface, while placing the illumination objectives that generate light sheets at an angle (theta) significantly smaller than 90 degrees. In this configuration, the light sheets enter from same side of the sample as the detection objective. The intersection of the light-sheet and the detection focal plane results in a line illumination-detection profile that is discriminated by a camera. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183139 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLY FOR SCANNING EXCITATION RADIATION AND/OR MANIPULATION RADIATION IN A LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE, AND LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE - An optical assembly for scanning excitation radiation and/or manipulation radiation in a laser scanning microscope. The assembly an optical scanning unit as a first focusing device for providing a first pupil plane, a first beam deflecting device, which is made of a first scanner arranged in the first pupil plane, for scanning the excitation radiation and/or manipulation radiation in a first coordinate direction, and a second focusing device for generating a second pupil plane, which is optically conjugated to the first pupil plane. A second beam deflecting device is provided for deflecting the excitation radiation and/or manipulation radiation, said second deflecting device being arranged in the second pupil plane. A third focusing device is provided in order to generate a third pupil plane, optically conjugated to the first pupil plane. A third beam deflecting device is arranged in the third pupil plane in order to deflect the excitation radiation and/or manipulation radiation, and a variable beam deflecting means is provided in order to switch an optical beam path between a first beam path and a second beam path. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183140 | DUAL PARALLEL OPTICAL AXIS MODULES SHARING SAMPLE STAGE FOR BIOBURDEN TESTING - Filter membranes and the like carrying fluorescent targets suspected of being bioburden are tested by mounting the membranes on a sample holder within a cabinet for bioburden verification and discrimination from false positives. Fluorescence is excited by a fluorescence excitation module having a first optical axis perpendicular to the sample, with three dimension locations of fluorescent targets that are probable bioburden stored for use by a microscope imaging module having a second optical axis parallel to the first optical axis, with dual wavelength illumination for autofocus and then for stimulating fluorescence without photo bleaching of the targets. The probable bioburden targets are moved for inspection and identification in the microscope imaging module as bioburden or not by sharing a common sample holder in the cabinet. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183141 | IMMERSION MICROSCOPY - A microscope objective for imaging a specimen using a microscope, the microscope objective having a front lens enclosed by a surround and being designed for microscopy with an immersion liquid. In the microscope objective, the front lens and/or the surround thereof is provided with a coating which can be switched between a state which repels the immersion liquid and a state which does not repel the immersion liquid. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183142 | WIDE-FIELD MULTI-SCALE HIGH-RESOLUTION MICROSCOPIC IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The invention discloses a wide-field multi-scale high-resolution microscopic imaging system, which includes a light source, a sample, a microscope imaging objective system, an acquisition system, and a work-station. The microscope imaging objective system is used for forming an image after a light beam emitted by the light source illuminates the sample. To obtain a wide-field curved image planer, the acquisition system includes an acquisition lens array for subfield acquisition of the curved image plane, and a camera array for secondary imaging. The work-station is used for analyzing the acquired image in overlapping fields of view, and performing image splicing based on the fields of view, to finally obtain a wide-field high-resolution image. Because of the desire for an improvement to an imaging method, this invention realizes multi-scale high-resolution observation from cells, tissues, to organs while ensuring a wide field of view. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183143 | BI-SPECTRAL ANASTIGMAT TELESCOPE - A Bi-spectral Korsch-type anastigmat telescope having an optical axis and includes a visible channel comprising three mirrors, a concave first mirror, a convex second mirror and a concave third mirror and a visible detector that is sensitive in a visible band, the mirrors being arranged so that the first mirror and the second mirror form, of an object at infinity, an intermediate image located between the second mirror and the third mirror, the third mirror forming, from this intermediate image, a final image in the visible focal plane of the telescope, wherein the visible detector is placed, an infrared channel comprising first and second mirrors in common with the visible channel, a third IR mirror, a fourth IR mirror, and an IR detector that is sensitive in an infrared band, the third and fourth IR mirrors being configured to form, from said intermediate image, a final image in an IR focal plane of the telescope, wherein the IR detector is placed, the forms and positions of the third and fourth IR mirrors being defined using Korsch equations generalized to 4 mirrors with the constraint of the first and second mirrors common with the visible channel. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183144 | SCOPE VIEWING APPARATUS - An apparatus for projecting the view of a spotting scope onto a device is provided. The scope viewing apparatus includes a frame having a first side and a second side, the first side of the frame including mounting brackets and synchronizing blocks, wherein the synchronizing blocks lay atop the mounting brackets. The second side of the frame comprises opposing arm members perpendicularly protruding from the second side of the frame, where the opposing arm members are configured to receive a spotting scope therebetween. An interior of the synchronizing blocks is configured to slidably receive a device into an interior of the mounting brackets such that a lens of the device is aligned with an eyepiece of the spotting scope. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183145 | ENDSCOPE DEVICE, AND IMAGE SYNTHESIS METHOD FOR ENDOSCOPE DEVICE - [Object] To optimally adjust the specular refection component without lowered luminance | 2020-06-11 |
20200183146 | Optical Module, Electronic Device, And Driving Method - An optical module includes a wavelength variable interference filter having a fixed reflective film, a movable reflective film which faces the fixed reflective film with a gap between reflective films interposed therebetween, and an electrostatic actuator that changes the gap between reflective films, and a gap control unit that controls the electrostatic actuator. The gap control unit controls the electrostatic actuator on the basis of an order which is set in accordance with a wavelength to be measured, and changes the gap between the reflective films. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183147 | Optical Shutters Having Offset Liquid Lenses - Electrowetting-actuated optical shutters based on total internal reflection or beam steering. An electrowetting cell contains a conducting liquid and a non-conducting liquid configured to form a liquid-liquid interface extending to the inner walls of the cell. A beam of light is directed to the liquid-liquid interface at an angle near the total internal reflection angle of the interface. Voltage changes the shape of the liquid-liquid interface, without separating it from the inner walls of the cell. Thus, when depending on the voltage applied, the beam is either transmitted in part or substantially totally internal reflected. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183148 | BEAM SCANNING DEVICE AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are a beam scanning device and a system including the beam scanning device. The beam scanning device includes: a spatial light modulator configured to modulate a phase of a light for a corresponding pixel of a plurality of pixels; and a phase mask including a support plate arranged in an output direction of the light that is output from the spatial light modulator and a plurality of nanostructures arranged on the support plate differently for each of the plurality of pixels to control the phase of the light. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183149 | COUPLED AND SYNCHRONOUS MIRROR ELEMENTS IN A LIDAR-BASED MICRO-MIRROR ARRAY - Some embodiments include a MEMS apparatus configured to redirect light in a LiDAR system and includes a support frame and a plurality of mirror elements disposed in a linear array within the support frame including a first mirror element and a second mirror element. Each of the plurality of mirror elements can be rotatable on a rotational axis that is perpendicular to a line defined by the linear array of the plurality of mirror elements and bisects the corresponding mirror element into a first portion and a second portion. The apparatus can include a coupling element having a distal end physically coupled to a first portion of the first mirror element and a proximal end physically coupled to a second portion of the second mirror element such that a rotation of the first mirror element causes a synchronous and equal rotation of the second mirror element. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183150 | MEMS SCANNING MODULE FOR A LIGHT SCANNER - A scanning module ( | 2020-06-11 |
20200183151 | LIGHT DEFLECTOR, OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, IMAGE PROJECTION DEVICE, AND MOBILE OBJECT - A light deflector is provided including a mirror unit including a reflection plane, the mirror unit configured to rotate around a predetermined rotational axis, a pair of supporting beams configured to support the mirror unit in a rotatable manner, and drivers configured to drive the mirror unit to rotate, through the supporting beams. Each of the drivers has one end coupled to the supporting beams and another end coupled to a supporting unit formed to surround the mirror unit, and the supporting unit at least partially includes a thick portion and a thin portion different from each other in thickness. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183152 | OPTICAL HYPERFOCAL REFLECTIVE SYSTEMS AND METHODS, AND AUGMENTED REALITY AND/OR VIRTUAL REALITY DISPLAYS INCORPORATING SAME - Optical hyperfocal reflective systems and methods are provided. One such optical hyperfocal reflective system has an optical substrate; an optical input coupling portion configured to input couple a collimated display image to the optical substrate; and an optical hyperfocal output coupling portion integrated with said optical substrate. The optical output coupling portion includes at least one hyperfocal reflective view port formed from a discrete optical hyperfocal reflector spot integrated with the optical substrate. The discrete optical hyperfocal reflector spot is sized to form a reflected discrete optical spot beam with a diameter at a target area such that a view of a discrete virtual display image portion, as seen by a lens-detector system locatable at the target area, is hyperfocused | 2020-06-11 |
20200183153 | COMPACT HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY SYSTEM - A head-mounted display (HMD) system includes an optical arrangement; a first image panel, wherein the optical arrangement directs image light from the first image panel along a first optical pathway; a second image panel, wherein the optical arrangement directs image light from the second image panel along a second optical pathway different from the first optical pathway; and a third image panel and a fourth image panel, wherein the third and fourth image panels are spaced apart from each other and the optical arrangement directs light from the third image panel and the fourth image panel along different optical pathways. The optical arrangement is configured such that light from the first image panel and the third image panel are emitted from the HMD system in a combined fashion in a first eye direction, and light from the second image panel and the fourth image panel are emitted from the HMD system in a combined fashion in a second eye direction different from the first eye direction. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183154 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAY AND INTERACTION EMBEDDED IN A COCKPIT - The invention relates to a method and system for display and interaction with an aircraft control system, intended for an aircraft pilot, embedded in a cockpit of the aircraft. The method is implemented by a system for display and interaction including a first so-called head-down man-machine interface and a second so-called head-up man-machine interface. The method includes determining a line of sight of the pilot, receiving a command to enter the frozen display mode and keeping at least part of the display on the second man-machine interface in a frozen position, independently of the pilot's line of sight, then displaying at least one complementary man-machine interface element, as a function of the pilot's line of sight, in at least one free area of the cockpit, and displaying a cursor representative of the pilot's line of sight. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183155 | EYEBALL TRACKING SYSTEM AND EYEBALL TRACKING METHOD - An eyeball tracking system is provided, which includes: an illumination light source, configured to transmit an illumination light ray to a beam scanner; the beam scanner, configured to project the illumination light ray onto an entrance pupil optical apparatus; the entrance pupil optical apparatus, configured to reflect, reproduce, or refract the illumination light ray, so that the reflected, reproduced, or refracted illumination light ray illuminates an eyeball; a photoelectric detector, configured to: collect a receive optical power value of an eyeball reflection light ray, and send the receive optical power value to a controller; and the controller, configured to: receive the receive optical power value sent by the photoelectric detector, determine, based on the receive optical power value, an optical power reference value, and determine a current gaze direction of the eyeball based on the optical power reference value. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183156 | Measurement Method and System - Methods and systems for determining an individual gaze value are disclosed herein. An exemplary method involves: (a) receiving gaze data for a first wearable computing device, wherein the gaze data is indicative of a wearer-view associated with the first wearable computing device, and wherein the first wearable computing device is associated with a first user-account; (b) analyzing the gaze data from the first wearable computing device to detect one or more occurrences of one or more advertisement spaces in the gaze data; (c) based at least in part on the one or more detected advertisement-space occurrences, determining an individual gaze value for the first user-account; and (d) sending a gaze-value indication, wherein the gaze-value indication indicates the individual gaze value for the first user-account. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183157 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, MOVABLE BODY APPARATUS, PRODUCING METHOD OF THE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY METHOD - An HUD apparatus is configured to irradiate light for forming an image on a transmissive reflector provided in a movable body, and to display a virtual image in a display area to overlap the virtual image with scenery outside the movable body. A given distance range in the scenery from a reference point that is set in the movable body is included in the display area, and a difference between a first convergence angle to a target object (e.g., road surface) that is present in the given distance range and a second convergence angle to the virtual image displayed in the display area is at most one degree. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183158 | OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR AR HEADSETS, AND METHOD FOR DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING - A projection augmented reality headset (ARHS), providing a wide field of view and an optimized eye relief. THE ARHS includes a projection having an imager and imaging optics which provides image light to a partially reflecting combiner. Further, the partially reflecting combiner configured to receive the image light, and is configured to re-direct the image light towards an eye box, with an eye relief offset between the partially reflecting combiner and the eyebox. As such, the imaging optics include a combination of lens elements having symmetrical free-form lens surfaces that are tilted and decentered to expand a field of view. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183159 | Aperture Multiplier with Depolarizer - An optical aperture multiplier includes a first optical waveguide ( | 2020-06-11 |
20200183160 | Head-Up Display for a Motor Vehicle - A head-up display system for a motor vehicle includes a projection unit for providing a display image; a transparent holographic light guide display panel with a display surface in order to output a display image coupled into the display panel via a coupling-in region on a display surface, and a light guide which runs in a non-linear manner in order to guide a display image from the projection unit to the coupling-in region of the display panel. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183161 | HEAD-UP DISPLAY FOR VEHICLE - The present invention relates to a head-up display for a vehicle configured to change display positions of a plurality of virtual images displayed through a windshield of the vehicle or the like to implement augmented reality and a control method thereof, and a head-up display for a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a mirror unit comprising a first mirror for reflecting first and second image lights toward a windshield of the vehicle; a display layer located at the windshield of the vehicle to display a first virtual image corresponding to the first image light in a first region, and display a second virtual image corresponding to the second image light in a second region; and a controller configured to change an inclination of the first mirror to change a display position of the first and the second virtual image. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183162 | WAVEGUIDE DEVICE AND OPTICAL ENGINE - A waveguide device includes two holographic optical elements and a waveguide element. Each of the holographic optical elements has a first holographic grating and a second holographic grating. The first holographic grating is configured to diffract light of a first wavelength to propagate with a first diffraction angle. The second holographic grating is configured to diffract light of a second wavelength to propagate with a second diffraction angle. The waveguide element is configured to guide light propagated from one of the holographic optical elements to another of the holographic optical elements. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183163 | Methods and Apparatuses for Providing a Single Grating Layer Color Holographic Waveguide Display - A waveguide display comprises: a waveguide supporting a single grating layer; a source of data-modulated light; a first input coupler for directing a first spectral band of light from the source into a first waveguide pupil; a second input coupler for directing a second spectral band of light from the source into a second waveguide pupil; an output coupler comprising multiplexed first and second gratings, at least one fold grating for directing the first spectral band along a first path from the first pupil to the output coupler and providing a first beam expansion; at least one fold grating for directing the second spectral band along a second path from the second pupil to the output coupler and providing a first beam expansion. The first multiplexed grating directing the first spectral band out of the waveguide in a first direction with beam expansion orthogonal to the first beam expansion. The second multiplexed grating directing the second spectral band out of the waveguide in the first direction with beam expansion orthogonal to the first beam expansion. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183164 | DRIVE DEVICE AND HEAD-UP DISPLAY DEVICE - A drive device includes a drive part and a movable member structured to be moved by the drive part. The movable member includes a main body part and a support part which supports a supported member. The support part includes an elastic support part which urges the supported member and a fixed support part which is provided so as to face the elastic support part in a moving direction of the movable member and supports the supported member urged by the elastic support part. The elastic support part includes an elastic support part side protruded part which is a convex curved face protruded to a side to be abutted with the supported member, and the fixed support part includes a fixed support part side protruded part which is a convex curved face protruded to a side to be abutted with the supported member. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183165 | Head-Up Display for a Motor Vehicle - A head-up display system for a motor vehicle includes a projection unit for providing a display image; a transparent, holographic optical fiber display panel for outputting, on a display surface, a display image that is coupled into the display panel via a coupling-in region; and a guide device designed to move the display panel between an operational position and a parked position. | 2020-06-11 |
20200183166 | GRAPHICS RENDERING METHOD AND APPARATUS OF VIRTUAL REALITY - Provided are graphics rendering method and apparatus of virtual reality, which include according to an acquired spatial position information and direction information of a head-mounted virtual reality device, rendering in accordance with a first angular resolution to generate a first image corresponding to the spatial position information and the direction information; according to an acquired position information of a human eye fixation point on the display screen, rendering in accordance with a second angular resolution to generate a second image corresponding to the position information of the human eye fixation point; and synthesizing the first image and the second image into a third image. Since the first angular resolution and the second angular resolution adopted in the present disclosure are lower angular resolutions, when rendering a virtual reality image, the calculating amount of the GPU may be effectively reduced, and the image rendering efficiency may be improved. | 2020-06-11 |