| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 351049000 | Polarizing | 28 |
| 20080231795 | ANTI-BALLISTIC LENS STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A method of making a lens structure is provided comprising a first step of providing an eyewear lens substrate blank having a polarized layer or a helmet shield substrate blank. A step of spin coating a surface of the lens substrate blank with a photochromic material is then provided. Steps of curing the lens substrate blank by heating and coating the surface of the lens substrate blank having the photochromic material with a hard coating is then provided. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20090303428 | Method and apparatus for viewing polarized displays - A pair of sunglasses is provided with a polarized region in the upper portion of the eyeglass lens and a non-polarized region in the bottom portion of the eyeglass lens so as to permit reading of polarized instruments through the non-polarized region. The two regions may be separated horizontally at the halfway point or below the halfway point such that, by tilting one's head upwardly and looking through the non-polarized region, one can readily read the instruments which would appear black through the polarized region due to the cross-polarization. In one embodiment the polarization level is gradually decreased from the top to the bottom of the lens in a polarization gradient in which there is no polarization at the bottom portion of the lens. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100066971 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING LUMINANCE OF LIGHT TRANSMITTED THROUGH GLASSES - An adjustment device adapted to glasses each including two polarization filters having adjustable transmission axes varying an angle therebetween in a front view is constituted of a physical parameter receiving unit for receiving at least one physical parameter which is produced by measuring the user's body, an angle calculation unit for calculating a target angle to be formed between the transmission axes of the polarization filters based on the received physical parameter, and a polarization filter adjustment unit for rotating at least one of the polarization filters, thus making the present angle formed between the transmission axes of the polarization filters agree with the target angle. Thus, it is possible to reduce a load or strain imparted to a user's eyes in light of the user's fatigued condition. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100091236 | POLARIZED EYEWEAR - An article of polarized eyewear has a lens with a first substrate lens material transparent to visible light and a pattern of elongated structures formed from at least a second material having a complex index of refraction that is deposited onto a curved surface of the first substrate lens material. The pitch between adjacent elongated structures is less than 300 nm and the width of each elongated structure is less than 90% of the pitch. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100128217 | POLARIZED LENS AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a method of producing a polarized lens capable of obtaining a high-quality polarized lens used for sunglasses and the like. More specifically, the present invention is a method of producing a polarized lens, comprising the steps of obtaining a lens made of resin having a polarizing film on a convex surface thereof, masking the convex surface thereof, and dyeing a non-masked surface thereof. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100141890 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN OPTICAL ELEMENT MADE OF THERMOSETTING PLASTIC MATERIAL FOR USE IN EYE-PROTECTING DEVICES AND OPTICAL ELEMENT THUS OBTAINED - A method is described for manufacturing an optical element ( | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100283956 | ALL WEATHER SPORT GOGGLE - Embodiments of the present invention include a lens configured to adapt to varying light conditions. The lens comprises a first layer made of a transparent thermoplastic material and a second layer made of a transparent thermoplastic material. The lens also includes a polarized film and a photochromatic film that adjusts to vary the amount of light that is transmitted through the film in response to the amount of ultraviolet radiation received by the film. The lens is thermoformed to have a selected radius of curvature. Embodiments of the lens disclosed herein are adapted for use with a frame that is configured to receive the lens and position the lens proximate a user's face and eyes. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100283957 | POLARIZED EYEWEAR - An article of polarized eyewear has a lens, with a first substrate lens material transparent to visible light and a pattern of elongated structures formed from at least a second material having a complex index of refraction, wherein the second material is deposited directly onto a curved surface of the first substrate lens material. A pitch between adjacent elongated structures is less than 300 nm and a width of each elongated structure is less than 90% of the pitch. A photochromic material is deposited onto the polarized eyewear. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20110122363 | ANTI-GLARE OPTICAL ELEMENT AND OPTICAL DEVICE USING THE SAME - An optical element includes a base and an anti-glare layer. The base has a surface. The anti-glare layer is positioned on the surface and includes carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotubes are arranged substantially parallel to each other and configured to absorb an S-polarized light that irradiates the surface. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110134386 | Tri-Colored Lens For Spectacles - A specially tinted lens, a tri-colored lens for spectacles and sunglasses for use in flying airplanes. A far field of vision has a first tinting, such as green, to reduce the light from a sunlit sky, over sunlit cloud tops, or in clouds, which enables an aircraft pilot to easily see out of the cockpit into highly illuminated environments. An intermediate field of vision has a second tinting, such as yellow, to enable the pilot to easily see a dimly illuminated instrument panel as compared to outside the aircraft. A near field of vision has a third tinting, such as neutral in color, to enable said pilot to easily view maps and other information. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110211154 | SINGLE-LENS TYPE POLARIZING GLASSES - An object of the present invention is to provide single-lens type polarizing glasses which are optically sufficient in performance, and are rich in variety from a view point of design. Both of a polarizer of a right eye lens and a polarizer of a left eye lens can be two independent polarizing plates, both sides of which are protected with protective sheets, respective polarizing plates are bending-processed into a spherical, nonspherical or toric shape, and a backup resin is thermally adhered on the protective sheet on a concave side of the bending-processed polarizing plate to make a single-lens type polarizing lens, which is further prepared into single-lens type polarizing glasses. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20120262665 | CURVED LENSES AND RELATED METHODS - Curved lenses and methods for making curved lenses are described. One embodiment of a method of making a curved lens includes curving a lens blank made of a linear polarizer layer laminated together with a plurality of polymeric layers. The lens blank is curved by heating and pressing the lens blank between a convex member and a concave member at a first pressure, ramping the pressure sigmoidally to a higher pressure over a period of time, and maintaining the higher pressure for a time sufficient to allow the lens blank to conform to the shape of the convex member and concave member. Methods of the invention may be used to make curved lenses with different polarization properties and curvatures. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262666 | CURVED LENSES AND RELATED METHODS - Curved lenses and methods for making curved lenses are described. One embodiment of a method of making a curved lens includes curving a lens blank made of a linear polarizer layer laminated together with a plurality of polymeric layers. The lens blank is curved by heating and pressing the lens blank between a curved rigid member and a flexible member at a pressure and maintaining the pressure for a time sufficient to allow the lens blank to conform to the shape of the curved rigid member. Methods of the invention may be used to make curved lenses with different polarization properties and curvatures. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120287395 | LAMINATED GLASS LENS FOR SPECTACLES - In order for the discolored laminated glass lens for spectacles to have excellent glare-prevention characteristics, a tetraazaporphyrin compound is combined at a required concentration with an extremely thin adhesive agent layer in a manner so that unevenness of color does not arise, and of the light-absorbing ability expected for a laminated lens for spectacles. There is sufficient shielding of light in the vicinity of the 585 nm wavelength. In the laminated glass lens for spectacles, two glass lens substrates ( | 11-15-2012 |
| 20130010253 | POLARIZING LENS MADE OF AROMATIC POLYCARBONATE - The present invention relates to a polarizing lens molded by inserting a polarizing sheet bent into a sphere or an asphere after having an aromatic polycarbonate sheet bonded via an adhesive layer to both surfaces of a film with polarized nature into a mold, and injecting aromatic polycarbonate, wherein heat treatment at a temperature not less than a temperature of 50° C. lower than the glass transition point and less than the glass transition point for an appropriate time has been performed after injecting aromatic polycarbonate to approximate a designed value of the lens curvature. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130070196 | POLARIZING LENS CONSTITUTED OF AROMATIC POLYCARBONATE - Provided is a polarizing lens which is excellent especially in terms of impact resistance, appearance, and prevention of eye strain and which has high precision of the surface shape. The polarizing lens is formed by laminating a sheet of an aromatic polycarbonate through an adhesive layer to each surface of a film having polarizing properties, curving the resultant laminate so as to impart spherical or aspherical surfaces thereto to obtain a polarizing sheet, inserting the polarizing sheet into a mold, and injecting an aromatic polycarbonate, wherein the polarizing sheet is obtained through the laminating so that the stretch axis of one of the aromatic-polycarbonate sheets is perpendicular to the absorption axis of the film having the polarizing properties. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130321758 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY REDUCING GLARE AND VIEWING A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - Embodiments are described that simultaneously block glare arising from the reflection of polarized sunlight and can also allow a polarized liquid crystal display (LCD) to be clearly viewed. Embodiments may be useful for use as polarized sunglasses. Embodiments operate by using a unique property of a circular polarizer. One side of the circular polarizer substantially blocks the transmission of incident polarized light whereas the other side allows substantially complete transmission of incident polarized light. Using these opposite behaviors, polarizing sunglasses can be constructed in which the top portion uses a first side of the circular polarizer to block the polarized glare and the lower portion uses a second side of the circular polarizer, opposite from the first side, to view the LCD. Because two different polarizers are used, these sunglasses are called dual-polarization sunglasses to differentiate them from the traditional linear polarizer sunglasses | 12-05-2013 |
| 20140036219 | POLARIZED PRESCRIPTION EYEWEAR HAVING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIEWING FUNCTION - A polarized prescription eyewear includes: an eyeglass frame; left and right prescription lens elements mounted on the eyeglass frame; left and right UV-cured glue layers; left and right circular polarizers adhesively bonded to the left and right prescription lens elements through the left and right UV-cured glue layers and configured to filter out right-handed and left-handed polarized light, respectively; and left and right hard coating layers formed on the left and right circular polarizers, respectively. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140055737 | Light Control System and Associated Methods - A light control system including a lens may also include a first portion carried by the lens to filter a first polarized light, and a first central region within the first portion. The light control system may further include a second portion carried by the lens to filter a second polarized light, and a second central region within the second portion. The first portion may not substantially be in series with the second portion, and the first central region may not be substantially in series with the second central region. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140118682 | EYEWEAR AND LENSES WITH DEFLECTION ATTENUATION MECHANISMS - Eyewear, lenses, and methods of forming lenses are disclosed. In an example eyewear, first and second temples are coupled to a lens. The lens includes a viewing portion, a mounting portion configured to be coupled to at least one of the first and second temples, a connecting portion connecting the mounting portion to the viewing portion of the lens. The lens further includes an elongated slot that defines at least in part the mounting portion and the connecting portion. The mounting portion and connecting portion are configured to effectively isolate the viewing portion from deflection of the mounting portion. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140375945 | AROMATIC POLYCARBONATE POLARISING LENS - Provided is a polarizing lens which is excellent in terms of impact resistance, outer appearance and prevention of eye strain and which exhibits little variation in color tone and transmittance during formation. The polarizing lens is formed by stretching a polyvinyl alcohol film and dyeing it with a dichroic dye, bonding an aromatic polycarbonate sheet to both surfaces of the film by means of an adhesive layer, and then inserting a polarizing sheet, bent to have a spherical or aspherical surface, into a mold, and injecting aromatic polycarbonate thereto, wherein the area in which the dichroic dye seeps from the surface of the polyvinyl alcohol film is not more than a quarter of the thickness of the polyvinyl alcohol film. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150036097 | Method For Producing Polarizing Lenses, And Polarizing Lens Obtained By Said Method - The invention relates to a polarizing lens consisting, in order, of a polyamide mechanical substrate, a polyvinyl alcohol intermediate layer, and a cellulose triacetate outer layer. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing such a lens. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150301253 | POLARIZING ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a polarizing article including the steps of depositing a dichroic dye on a first surface of a substrate and fixing the dichroic dye to form a polarizing layer. The polarizing layer is impregnated with at least one silane compound to form an impregnated polarizing layer. A light curable primer is applied over the impregnated polarizing layer, and is cured using an irradiating light to form a cured primer layer. An abrasion resistant protective composition is applied to the cured primer layer, and the protective composition is cured to form a cured abrasion resistant protective coating. The light curable primer includes at least one (meth)acrylate reactive diluent, at least one unsaturated oligomer, and at least one photoinitiator for free radical-initiated polymerizations. The polarizing article includes a polarizing article made according to the method disclosed herein. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150301358 | EYEGLASS LENS STRUCTURE - An eyeglass lens structure is disclosed herein to a substrate, a polarizing layer, a photochromic layer, a reinforcing layer, an isolation layer all on a top surface of the substrate of a lens, and an antifogging layer on a bottom surface of the substrate, for effectively reducing eye hurts by glare, protecting eyes from glare, preventing the lens against scratches. from sticking dirt and water, and from fogging. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150338683 | Laser Protection Eyewear - A laser protection lens include an optically transparent material having a perimeter shape that follows a contour of a user's eye socket ridge, a horizontal shape, and a vertical shape. A multilayer interference coating is applied to at least one of an inside and outside surface of the optically transparent material. The multilayer interference coating has at least a 20 dB reduction of optical transmission for at least one of 445 nm, 532 nm, and 610 nm wavelengths and has at least 10 dB optical reduction over a wavelength band from at least one of 445 nm to the ultraviolet region and 610 nm the infrared region. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20160033788 | EYEGLASSES FOR BLOCKING ALLERGENS - Exemplary embodiments of eyeglasses are provided that axe configured to block allergens from a user's eyes, having a frame having lenses that are polarized, an allergen blocking top cover extending from the frame in a direction towards a user's forehead configured to block allergens from entering a top portion of a user's eyes, a forehead seal extending from the allergen blocking top cover to a user's forehead configured to block allergens from entering the top portion of a user's eyes, a first allergen blocking peripheral cover extending from a first side portion of the frame extending towards a user's face configured to block allergens from entering a first side portion of a user's eyes, and a second allergen blocking peripheral cover extending from a second side portion of the frame extending towards a user's face configured to block allergens from entering a second side portion of a user's eyes. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160377882 | Ba'go' Eyewear - The disclosed herein is an exclusive eyewear unit with an ear-free frame structure or short temporal frame. A core objective of the eyewear frames is to provide pressure free to the temple area. It comprises of lenses attached with said ear-free frame structure, a nose bridge, a left and right rim sections extending from the nose bridge, a temple structure to hold said frame structure to the head of the wearer. The innovative eyewear invention application can be applied across multiple eyewear platforms and industries in various ways: 1.) Exclusive Interchangeable Short Temporal Hinges and Frames, 2.) Adjustable Headband, 3.) Telescopic Eye-Frame Extension and Night Vision, 4.) Exclusive Holistic Eyewear, with inset filled frame for health benefits, and 5.) Exclusive, Computerized Short Temple Eyewear. The objectives of the ear-free frame structure or short temporal frame eyewear promotes many benefits by the apparatus of the present prototype with its many embodiments. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160377889 | SINGLE LENS GLARE-REDUCING EYEWEAR WITHOUT CAUSING LCD SCREEN BLACKOUT - Glasses (e.g., goggles) for tactical use comprise a single lens. The single lens has a substrate, a quarter-wave retarder, and a linear polarizer. The substrate provides impact protection. The quarter-wave retarder and the linear polarizer provide glare reduction without causing blackout of screens having linear polarization. | 12-29-2016 |
