Palantyr Research LLC

Angkor Technology Llp

Other

Lazurite Holdings LLC

Pressco Technology Inc.

Infinite Arthroscopy, Inc. Limited

Rockwell Collins, Inc.

Peak Nano Optics LLC

Himanshu S. Amin

Daniel B. Bortnick

Gregory Turocy

Howard Fein

Andrew G Cartlidge

Eugene Malinskiy

Ilya Malinskiy

Daniel Joseph Dudley

Brad Roskoph

Don W Cochran

Terry L Graves

Daniel B Bortnick

Wyatt L Hendrick

James E Triner

Laimis Kazimieras Belzinskas

Michael Ponting

Mark D Chapman

Richard Flynn

Jacquelyn Aguilera

Paul N Smith

Jame “Chad” C Lewis

James Welsh

Steve Cech

An integrated light source includes: an emissive radiation source having a first spectrum; an optical element located to direct emissions from the emissive radiation source; a volumetric spectrum converter located to convert emissions directed from the emissive radiation source to emissions having a second spectrum different from the first spectrum; an optical reflector located about the converter; an output filter, the reflector being located to reflect the converter emissions towards the output filter; and a package body having an internal cavity containing the emissive radiation source, optical element, converter, reflector, and filter, wherein desired light radiates from the cavity through the filter.

Light source

A light source converter including a non-homogeneous conversion core optically coupled to a light source. The conversion core having a transmitting medium comprised of a plurality of layers, a proximal end, a distal end, and a length extending between the proximal end and the distal end. The light source converter further including a plurality of phosphor particles volumetrically suspended in each of the plurality of layers of the transmitting medium. A density of the plurality of phosphor particles in one of the plurality of layers proximate the proximal end of the conversion core differs from a density of the plurality of phosphor particles in another of the plurality of layers proximate the distal end of the transmitting medium.

Light source converter

A wireless imaging system comprising a head unit and a light cable is provided. The head unit comprises a head unit case, a head unit electrical connector, an image sensor, a wireless transceiver, a central processing unit, and a user-input component. The light cable comprises a light cable electrical connector, a power cable, and an integrated light source. The integrated light source comprises an emissive radiation source having a first spectrum, an optical element located to direct emissions from the emissive radiation source, a volumetric spectrum converter, and an optical reflector located about the converter. The converter converts emissions directed from the emissive radiation source to emissions having a second spectrum different from the first spectrum. The reflector reflects the converter emissions towards the output filter.

Wireless imaging system

A wireless medical imaging system comprising a head unit is provided. The head unit comprises a head unit case, an integrated light source, an image sensor, a wireless transceiver, a central processing unit, and a user-input component. The head unit case has an external surface defining an external cavity, an internal surface defining an internal cavity, a first aperture, and a second aperture. The integrated light source, the image sensor, the wireless transceiver, and the central processing unit are disposed within the internal cavity. The integrated light source extends from within the internal cavity into the first aperture and is configured to transmit light from the head unit through the first aperture. The image sensor is configured to detect an image transmitted into the head unit through the second aperture. The external cavity is configured to receive an external battery. The user-input component is disposed on the external surface.

Wireless medical imaging system

Light converter

Wireless imaging system comprising a head unit and a light cable that comprises an integrated light source

A virtual reality headset incorporating gradient refractive index (GRIN) lenses within the optical blocks thereof. Optical blocks of varying size and position are used. GRIN lenses are fabricated to fit within the optical block and are shaped to possess desired application-specific characteristics such as having one or more diffractive surfaces.

Gradient refractive index optical blocks for virtual reality imaging applications

Present novel and non-trivial optical, laser-based measuring systems and method are disclosed. An optical, laser-based, or LIDAR measuring apparatus is comprised of a radiation receiver/transmitter, a beam-forming optical element, a beam steering device comprised of a deviation optical element and at least one actuator used to steer the deviation optical element in response to drive signal(s) from a processor. A method employed by the system may be comprised of the receiver/transmitter receiving a transmitter signal from the processor and transmitting promulgated radiation; the beam-forming optical element receiving the promulgated radiation and forming a beam of radiation; the deviation optical element receiving the beam of radiation, diverting a beam of radiation, receiving a reflected signal, and diverting the reflected signal; the beam-forming optical element receiving the diverted signal, forming a converging reflected signal, and directing the converging reflected signal to the radiation receiver/transmitter which receives the converging reflected signal.

Optical, laser-based, or lidar measuring systems and method

An imaging system, methodology, and various applications are provided to facilitate optical imaging performance. The system contains a sensor having one or more receptors and an image transfer medium to scale the sensor and receptors in accordance with resolvable characteristics of the medium, and as defined with certain ratios. Also provided are digital images that contain a plurality of image pixels, each image pixel containing information from about one sensor pixel, each sensor pixel containing substantially all information from about one associated diffraction limited spot in an object plane. Methods of making digital images are provided.

Digital images and related methodologies

An imaging system, methodology, and various applications are provided to facilitate optical imaging performance. The system contains a sensor having one or more receptors and an image transfer medium to scale the sensor and receptors in accordance with resolvable characteristics of the medium, and as defined with certain ratios. A computer, memory, and/or display associated with the sensor provides storage and/or display of information relating to output from the receptors to produce and/or process an image, wherein a plurality of illumination sources can also be utilized in conjunction with the image transfer medium. The image transfer medium can be configured as a k-space filter that correlates projected receptor size to a diffraction-limited spot associated with the image transfer medium, wherein the projected receptor size can be unit-mapped within a certain ratio to the size of the diffraction-limited spot, both in the object plane.

Imaging system and methodology with projected pixels mapped to the diffraction limited spot

An imaging system, methodology, and various applications are provided to facilitate optical imaging performance. The system includes a sensor having one or more receptors and an image transfer medium to scale the sensor and receptors in accordance with resolvable characteristics of the medium. A computer, memory, and/or display associated with the sensor provides storage and/or display of information relating to output from the receptors to produce and/or process an image, wherein a plurality of illumination sources can also be utilized in conjunction with the image transfer medium.

Imaging system, methodology, and applications employing reciprocal space optical design

An imaging system, methodology, and various applications are provided to facilitate optical imaging performance. The system includes a sensor having one or more receptors and an image transfer medium to scale the sensor and receptors in accordance with resolvable characteristics of the medium. A computer, memory, and/or display associated with the sensor provides storage and/or display of information relating to output from the receptors to produce and/or process an image, wherein a plurality of illumination sources can also be utilized in conjunction with the image transfer medium. The image transfer medium can be configured as a k-space filter that correlates a pitch associated with the receptors to a diffraction-limited spot associated with the image transfer medium, wherein the pitch can be unit-mapped to about the size of the diffraction-limited spot.

Imaging system, methodology, and applications employing reciprocal space optical design having at least one pixel being scaled to about a size of a diffraction-limited spot defined by a microscopic optical system

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Richmond Heights, OH, United States of America

Howard Fein