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Patent No.:

US 10409079 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019

Filed:

May. 19, 2015

Apparatus, system, and method for displaying an image using a plate

Applicant:

Avegant Corporation, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Inventors:

D. Scott Dewald, Dallas, TX (US);

Allan Thomas Evans, Redwood City, MI (US);

Chris Westra, San Carlos, CA (US);

Warren Cornelius Welch, III, Foster City, MI (US);

Andrew Gross, Redwood City, CA (US);

Assignee:

Avegant Corp., San Mateo, CA (US);

Attorneys:

HIPLegal LLP

Judith Szepesi

Primary Examiner:

Brandi N Thomas

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/00 (2006.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01); G02F 1/29 (2006.01); G02B 27/14 (2006.01); G02B 3/00 (2006.01); G02B 5/18 (2006.01); G02B 5/30 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G03B 21/00 (2006.01); G03B 21/20 (2006.01); G03B 21/28 (2006.01); H04N 9/31 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/14 (2013.01); G02B 3/0006 (2013.01); G02B 5/1842 (2013.01); G02B 5/3033 (2013.01); G02B 26/0833 (2013.01); G02B 27/0093 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G02B 27/0176 (2013.01); G03B 21/008 (2013.01); G03B 21/2066 (2013.01); G03B 21/28 (2013.01); H04N 9/3102 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0174 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus (), system (), and method () for displaying an image (). Instead of using an expensive configuration of prisms () such as TIR prisms () or RTIR prisms () to direct light () to and from a DMD (), a plate () with transmissive (), reflective (), and/or polarization () characteristics is used. The plate () can be implemented in a wide variety of different embodiments using a wide variety of different components and configurations.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Dewald, D.. (2019). Apparatus, system, and method for displaying an image using a plate (U.S. Patent No. 10409079). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10409079

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