Patents by Inventor Kenneth Eugene Bean, II

Kenneth Eugene Bean, II 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).

  • Visual display system for displaying virtual images onto a field of vision
    Patent number: 7158095
    Abstract: An optically transparent, ghost-free visual display system that superimposes a virtual image comprising graphical or textual information onto a field of vision. Embodiments of the visual display system utilize illumination and optical components that introduce a virtual image onto a field of vision while minimally obstructing and/or attenuating other objects within the field of vision. Embodiments of the visual display system can be used in numerous applications, including head-up displays (“HUDs”) for automotive, tracked and rail-mounted vehicles, marine, aerospace applications, see-through speech prompt displays, and see-through projection displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Big Buddy Performance, Inc.
    Inventors: Barton James Jenson, Kenneth Eugene Bean, II, David Paul George