Patents by Inventor John W. Hamer
John W. Hamer 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).
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Publication number: 20180281099Abstract: A power supply, for a plasma cutter or a plasma arc welder, having a variable switching frequency and method of operating the power supply is generally disclosed. The power supply includes a switch for setting the switching frequency and a chopper control circuit for determining current output from the power supply, determining an operating frequency based on the determined current output and setting the switching frequency based on the determined operating frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Philip K. Higgins, Karunakar Gujja, John W. Hamer, III
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Patent number: 9908196Abstract: A power supply, for a plasma cutter or a plasma arc welder, having a variable switching frequency and method of operating the power supply is generally disclosed. The power supply includes a switch for setting the switching frequency and a chopper control circuit for determining current output from the power supply, determining an operating frequency based on the determined current output and setting the switching frequency based on the determined operating frequency.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2014Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: The ESAB Group Inc.Inventors: Philip K. Higgins, Karunakar Gujja, John W. Hamer, III
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Patent number: 9595221Abstract: An OLED display with a plurality of pixels for displaying an image having a target display white point luminance and chromaticity, each pixel including three red, green and blue gamut-defining emitters defining a display gamut and a magenta emitter with two of cyan, yellow or white emitters as three additional emitters which emit light within the display gamut; the display including a means for receiving a three-component input image signal; transforming the three-component input image signal to a six component drive signal; and providing the drive signal to display an image corresponding to the input image signal. One embodiment is where the pixels have red, green, blue, cyan, magenta and yellow colored subpixels.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2016Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLCInventors: John W. Hamer, Michael E. Miller, John Ludwicki
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Publication number: 20160247444Abstract: An OLED display with a plurality of pixels for displaying an image having a target display white point luminance and chromaticity, each pixel including three red, green and blue gamut-defining emitters defining a display gamut and a magenta emitter with two of cyan, yellow or white emitters as three additional emitters which emit light within the display gamut; the display including a means for receiving a three-component input image signal; transforming the three-component input image signal to a six component drive signal; and providing the drive signal to display an image corresponding to the input image signal. One embodiment is where the pixels have red, green, blue, cyan, magenta and yellow colored subpixels.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2016Publication date: August 25, 2016Inventors: John W. Hamer, Michael E. Miller, John Ludwicki
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Patent number: 9347647Abstract: An OLED display with a plurality of pixels for displaying an image having a target display white point luminance and chromaticity, each pixel including three red, green and blue gamut-defining emitters defining a display gamut and a magenta emitter with two of cyan, yellow or white emitters as three additional emitters which emit light within the display gamut; the display including a means for receiving a three-component input image signal; transforming the three-component input image signal to a six component drive signal; and providing the drive signal to display an image corresponding to the input image signal. One embodiment is where the pixels have red, green, blue, cyan, magenta and yellow colored subpixels.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2013Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLCInventors: John W. Hamer, Michael E. Miller, John Ludwicki
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Publication number: 20160067812Abstract: A power supply, for a plasma cutter or a plasma arc welder, having a variable switching frequency and method of operating the power supply is generally disclosed. The power supply includes a switch for setting the switching frequency and a chopper control circuit for determining current output from the power supply, determining an operating frequency based on the determined current output and setting the switching frequency based on the determined operating frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2014Publication date: March 10, 2016Applicant: The ESAB Group, Inc.Inventors: Philip K. Higgins, Karunakar Gujja, John W. Hamer, III
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Publication number: 20160012772Abstract: A display securely decrypts an encrypted image signal. Pixels are disposed between the display substrate and cover in a display area, and provide light to a user in response to a drive signal. Control chiplets disposed between the display substrate and cover in the display area are each connected to one or more of the plurality of pixels. A demultiplexer receives the encrypted image signal and routes respective encrypted local image signals to corresponding control chiplets. Each control chiplet includes a decryptor for decrypting its corresponding encrypted local image signal. Thereby, each control chiplet produces respective drive signal(s) for the connected pixel(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2015Publication date: January 14, 2016Inventors: Christopher J. WHITE, Ronald S. Cok, John W. Hamer
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Patent number: 9177500Abstract: A display securely decrypts an encrypted image signal. Pixels are disposed between the display substrate and cover in a display area, and provide light to a user in response to a drive signal. Control chiplets disposed between the display substrate and cover in the display area are each connected to one or more of the plurality of pixels. Each receives a respective control signal and produce respective drive signal(s) for the connected pixel(s). A decryption chiplet is disposed between the display substrate and cover. It includes means for receiving the encrypted image signal and a decryptor for decrypting the encrypted image signal to produce a respective control signal for each of the control chiplets.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2011Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLCInventors: Christopher J. White, Ronald S. Cok, John W. Hamer
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Patent number: 9142777Abstract: An apparatus for depositing one or more organic material layers of an OLED lighting device upon a first region of a substrate and one or more conducting layers upon a second region, wherein the conducting layers partially or completely cover and extend beyond one side of the organic layers, comprising: a reusable mask in contact with the substrate, at least one mask open area having an overhang feature; one or more sources of vaporized organic material, selected to form layers of the OLED lighting device, and the vaporized organic material plume is shaped, on the side corresponding to the mask overhang feature, so as to limit substantial transfer of organic material on said side to angles less than or equal to a selected cutoff angle to the first region; and one or more sources of vaporized conducting material that transfer conducting material to the second region, wherein the second region partially or completely overlaps the first region and extends beyond the first region on the side corresponding to the oType: GrantFiled: March 21, 2013Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: OLEDWORKS LLCInventors: John W. Hamer, Michael L. Boroson
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Patent number: 9142595Abstract: A color-tunable OLED device comprising: a charge-carrying cathode layer and a charge-carrying anode layer disposed parallel to each other; at least a first organic light-emitting unit and a second organic light-emitting unit disposed between the cathode and anode; and at least one charge-generating layer disposed between the cathode and anode, wherein the charge-generating layer is a charge-carrying layer of lesser lateral conductivity than the anode and cathode, and said charge-generating layer is electrically connected without additional circuit elements to another charge-carrying layer and disposed such that at least one organic light-emitting unit is wedged between two directly-connected charge-carrying layers, and at least one organic light-emitting unit is not thusly wedged.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2013Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: OLEDWORKS LLCInventor: John W. Hamer
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Publication number: 20150108917Abstract: A color-tunable OLED device comprising: a charge-carrying cathode layer and a charge-carrying anode layer disposed parallel to each other; at least a first organic light-emitting unit and a second organic light-emitting unit disposed between the cathode and anode; and at least one charge-generating layer disposed between the cathode and anode, wherein the charge-generating layer is a charge-carrying layer of lesser lateral conductivity than the anode and cathode, and said charge-generating layer is electrically connected without additional circuit elements to another charge-carrying layer and disposed such that at least one organic light-emitting unit is wedged between two directly-connected charge-carrying layers, and at least one organic light-emitting unit is not thusly wedged.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2013Publication date: April 23, 2015Applicant: OLEDWORKS LLCInventor: John W. Hamer
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Patent number: 8796700Abstract: An emissive device includes a substrate having a substrate surface; a chiplet adhered to the substrate surface, the chiplet having one or more connection pads; a bottom electrode formed on the substrate surface, one or more organic or inorganic light-emitting layers formed over the bottom electrode, and a top electrode formed over the one or more organic or inorganic light-emitting layers; an electrical conductor including a transition layer formed over only a portion of the chiplet and only a portion of the substrate surface, the transition layer exposing at least one connection pad, the electrical conductor formed in electrical contact with the exposed connection pad and the bottom electrode; and an LED spaced from the chiplet and including a layer of light-emissive material formed over the bottom electrode and a top electrode formed over the light-emissive layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2008Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLCInventors: Ronald S. Cok, John W. Hamer
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Publication number: 20140191200Abstract: An apparatus for depositing one or more organic material layers of an OLED lighting device upon a first region of a substrate and one or more conducting layers upon a second region, wherein the conducting layers partially or completely cover and extend beyond one side of the organic layers, comprising: a reusable mask in contact with the substrate, at least one mask open area having an overhang feature; one or more sources of vaporized organic material, selected to form layers of the OLED lighting device, and the vaporized organic material plume is shaped, on the side corresponding to the mask overhang feature, so as to limit substantial transfer of organic material on said side to angles less than or equal to a selected cutoff angle to the first region; and one or more sources of vaporized conducting material that transfer conducting material to the second region, wherein the second region partially or completely overlaps the first region and extends beyond the first region on the side corresponding to the oType: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2013Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: OLEDWorks LLCInventors: John W. Hamer, Michael L. Boroson
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Publication number: 20140191201Abstract: An apparatus for depositing one or more organic material layers of an OLED lighting device upon a first region of a substrate and one or more conducting layers upon a second region, wherein the conducting layers partially or completely cover and extend beyond one side of the organic layers, comprising: a reusable mask in contact with the substrate, at least one mask open area having an overhang feature; one or more sources of vaporized organic material, selected to form layers of the OLED lighting device, and the vaporized organic material plume is shaped, on the side corresponding to the mask overhang feature, so as to limit substantial transfer of organic material on said side to angles less than or equal to a selected cutoff angle to the first region; and one or more sources of vaporized conducting material that transfer conducting material to the second region, wherein the second region partially or completely overlaps the first region and extends beyond the first region on the side corresponding to the oType: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2013Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: OLEDWORKS LLCInventors: John W. Hamer, Michael L. Boroson
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Patent number: 8624882Abstract: A digital display device includes a display substrate; an array of pixels formed on the display substrate; an array of driving circuits located on the display substrate, each driving circuit electrically connected to one or more pixels for controlling a pixel current provided to each pixel; an array of computing circuits located on the display substrate, each computing circuit including circuits for signal or image processing and for communicating with neighboring computing circuits; a plurality of electrical conductors formed on the display substrate and connected to each of the driving circuits and digital computing circuits, wherein each computing circuit is connected with an electrical conductor to each of its neighbors in the array of computing circuits; and means for providing an image signal connected to one or more of the electrical conductors.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2011Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLCInventors: Ronald S. Cok, John W. Hamer, Michael E. Miller
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Patent number: 8619103Abstract: Compensation for chromaticity shift of an electroluminescent (EL) emitter having a luminance and a chromaticity that both correspond to current density is performed. Different black, first and second current densities are selected based on a received designated luminance and a selected chromaticity, each current density corresponding to emitted light colorimetrically distinct from the light emitted at the other two current densities. Respective percentages of a selected emission time are calculated for each current density to produce the designated luminance and selected chromaticity. The current densities are provided to the EL emitter for the calculated respective percentages of the emission time so that the integrated light output of the EL emitter during the selected emission time is colorimetrically indistinct from the designated luminance and selected chromaticity.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2011Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLCInventors: Christopher J. White, John W. Hamer
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Patent number: 8587501Abstract: An electroluminescent display includes a display substrate, a plurality of patterned first electrodes formed over the display substrate, one or more layers of light-emitting material formed over the plurality of first electrodes, at least one second electrode formed over the one or more layers of light-emitting material, and a plurality of chiplets. Each chiplet is electrically connected to a first electrode. Each chiplet further includes a light detector and a light emitter separate from the one-or-more layers of light-emitting material connected to the chiplet circuitry. The chiplet circuitry includes a modulating circuit for modulating light emitted by the light emitter and a demodulating circuit for demodulating light detected by the light detector so that light emitted by the light emitter of a first chiplet is received by the light detector of a second chiplet.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2011Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLCInventors: Christopher J. White, Ronald S. Cok, John W. Hamer, Andrew Arnold
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Publication number: 20130249377Abstract: An OLED display with a plurality of pixels for displaying an image having a target display white point luminance and chromaticity, each pixel including three red, green and blue gamut-defining emitters defining a display gamut and a magenta emitter with two of cyan, yellow or white emitters as three additional emitters which emit light within the display gamut; the display including a means for receiving a three-component input image signal; transforming the three-component input image signal to a six component drive signal; and providing the drive signal to display an image corresponding to the input image signal. One embodiment is where the pixels have red, green, blue, cyan, magenta and yellow colored subpixels.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Inventors: John W. Hamer, Michael E. Miller, John Ludwicki
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Patent number: 8520114Abstract: An apparatus for displaying and sensing images includes a display substrate and a plurality of electroluminescent pixels. A plurality of pixel control chiplets and one or more sensor chiplets are affixed to the device side of the display substrate in the display area. A transparent cover is spaced apart from and affixed to the device side of the display substrate, and has a plurality of imaging lenses formed on or in it, each imaging lens spaced apart from and corresponding to an image sensor array in a sensor chiplet for forming an imaging plane on the corresponding image sensor array.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2011Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLCInventors: Ronald S. Cok, Andrew Arnold, Michael E. Miller, John W. Hamer
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Patent number: 8466856Abstract: Methods for displaying an image on a color display having a target display white point luminance and chromaticity, and including three gamut-defining emitters defining a display gamut and two or more additional emitters which emit light within the display gamut; the method including receiving a three-component input image signal; transforming the three-component input image signal to a five-or-more component drive signal; and providing the drive signal to display an image corresponding to the input image signal. One method provides a reproduced luminance value higher than the sum of the respective luminance values of the three components of the input signal when reproduced with the gamut-defining emitters. Another method provides reduced power in an OLED display including a white-emitting layer with three color filters for gamut-defining emitters and two or more additional color filters for three additional within-gamut emitters.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2011Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLCInventors: John W. Hamer, Michael E. Miller, John Ludwicki