Patents by Inventor Eric Harlen Ford

Eric Harlen Ford has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Light beam display with interlaced light beam scanning
    Patent number: 6839042
    Abstract: A light beam display employing interlaced light beam scanning comprising a display screen having a vertical and a horizontal dimension, a source of a plurality of light beams and an optical path including a movable reflector having a plurality of reflective facets between the display screen and the light beam source. The movable reflector directs the plural light beams to the display screen via one or more facets of the movable reflector to simultaneously illuminate plural different scan lines of the display which are spaced apart by plural non-illuminated scan lines. An optical mechanical element is provided for vertically shifting the light beams so as to illuminate different scan lines of the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Advanced Laser Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald C. Conemac, Eric Harlen Ford
  • Light beam display employing polygon scan optics with parallel scan lines
    Publication number: 20040160516
    Abstract: A light beam display employs a polygon reflector to scan one or more light beams in horizontal scan lines on a display screen. A horizontal scan line correction lens is provided in the optical path between the display screen and the polygon reflector to correct scan line bowing. An optical mechanical element is provided for vertically shifting the light beams so as to illuminate different scan lines of the display screen. Control electronics is employed to adjust the timing on a line by line basis to correct vertical pixel line distortion introduced by the correction lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventor: Eric Harlen Ford
  • Light beam display with interlaced light beam scanning
    Publication number: 20020050963
    Abstract: A light beam display employing interlaced light beam scanning comprising a display screen having a vertical and a horizontal dimension, a source of a plurality of light beams and an optical path including a movable reflector having a plurality of reflective facets between the display screen and the light beam source. The movable reflector directs the plural light beams to the display screen via one or more facets of the movable reflector to simultaneously illuminate plural different scan lines of the display which are spaced apart by plural non-illuminated scan lines. An optical mechanical element is provided for vertically shifting the light beams so as to illuminate different scan lines of the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2001
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Inventors: Donald C. Conemac, Eric Harlen Ford