Patents by Inventor Warren Cornelius Welch, III

Warren Cornelius Welch, III 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).

  • Publication number: 20200310145
    Abstract: A system including a steerable mirror, a waveguide, first optics, intermediate optics, and final optics. The system includes a first light path for a foveal image element, the first light path including the first optics, the steerable mirror to steer a position of the foveal image element to a particular orientation, intermediate optics, and the final optics to direct the foveal image element to an in-coupling region of the waveguide. The system further includes a second light path for a field image element, the second light path including final optics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Aaron Matthew Eash, Andrew John Gross, Christopher David Westra, Edward Chia Ning Tang, Warren Cornelius Welch, III
  • Publication number: 20200218346
    Abstract: A system including a rendering engine to render a field texture for a field display and a foveal texture for a steerable foveal display and a compositor including a field compositor to generate frames for the field display from the field texture and a foveal compositor to generate frames for the foveal display from the foveal texture. The system further including a composition manager designed to sequence and select what is presented including one or more of data in the field display and the foveal display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Aaron Matthew Eash, Andrew John Gross, Baker Ngan, Edward Chia Ning Tang, Joseph Roger Battelle, Warren Cornelius Welch, III
  • Publication number: 20200218348
    Abstract: A system of eye tracking includes an infrared (IR) source to project IR light to an eye of a user, an IR holographic optical element (HOE) to change an angle of the IR light reflected from the eye of the user, and a sensor to receive the IR light. The system further includes a processor to use the IR light to determine a gaze vector of the user, in one embodiment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Aaron Matthew Eash, Andrew John Gross, Christopher David Westra, Warren Cornelius Welch, III, Eric Richard David Frasch
  • Publication number: 20200183173
    Abstract: A display system comprising a steerable display having a monocular field of view of at least 1 degree, positioned within a scannable field of view of at least 20 degrees, the steerable display positioned for a user. In one embodiment, the steerable display is positioned for the user's fovea.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Aaron Matthew Eash, Andrew John Gross, Christopher David Westra, D. Scott Dewald, Edward Chia Ning Tang, Joseph Roger Battelle, Kevin William King, Warren Cornelius Welch, III, Eric Richard David Frasch
  • Publication number: 20200133006
    Abstract: A display system comprising a foveal display having a monocular field of view of at least 1 degree is positioned within a scannable field of view of at least 20 degrees, the foveal display positioned for a user. In one embodiment, the foveal display is positioned for the user's fovea.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Aaron Matthew Eash, Andrew John Gross, Edward Chia Ning Tang, D. Scott Dewald, Joseph Roger Battelle, Kevin William King, Warren Cornelius Welch, III
  • Publication number: 20200137377
    Abstract: A near-eye display system comprising a image source, a modulation stack, and an imaging assembly. The modulation stack, in one embodiment, comprises one or more digital light path length modulators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Aaron Matthew Eash, Allan Thomas Evans, Andrew John Gross, D. Scott Dewald, Eamon Han O'Connor, Forrest Foust, Warren Cornelius Welch, III
  • Publication number: 20200026350
    Abstract: A relative position based eye tracking system includes a light source to illuminate a portion of the eye and an optical sensor to capture a sequence of samples of the portion of the eye. The system further includes a sample comparator to compare two samples and a relative position calculator to calculate a change in the position of the eye based on data from the sample comparator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Aaron Matthew Eash, Baker Ngan, D. Scott Dewald, Andrew John Gross, Edward Chia Ning Tang, Jindrich Semenec, Warren Cornelius Welch, III, William Tze-Tse Chien
  • Patent number: 10514546
    Abstract: A display system comprising a foveal display having a monocular field of view of at least 1 degree is positioned within a scannable field of view of at least 20 degrees, the foveal display positioned for a user. In one embodiment, the foveal display is positioned for the user's fovea.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: AVEGANT CORP.
    Inventors: Aaron Matthew Eash, Andrew John Gross, Edward Chia Ning Tang, D. Scott Dewald, Joseph Roger Battelle, Kevin William King, Warren Cornelius Welch, III
  • Patent number: 10516879
    Abstract: A near-eye display system comprising a image source, a modulation stack, and an imaging assembly. The modulation stack, in one embodiment, comprises one or more digital light path length modulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: AVEGANT CORP.
    Inventors: Aaron Matthew Eash, Allan Thomas Evans, Andrew John Gross, D. Scott Dewald, Eamon Han O'Connor, Forrest Foust, Warren Cornelius Welch, III
  • Publication number: 20190361271
    Abstract: A system to adjust light path length comprising a digital light path length modulator, the digital light path length modulator comprising a polarization modulator to receive polarized light and to modulate a polarization of some or all of the polarized light. The system further comprising an optical path length extender (OPLE) having an entry surface and an exit surface, to direct the light entering the OPLE with a first polarization through the entry surface and along a first light path through the OPLE to exit through the exit surface, and to direct the light entering the OPLE with a second polarization through the entry surface and along a second light path through the OPLE to exit through the exit surface, the second light path through the OPLE having a light path length two or more times longer than the first light path length through the OPLE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Aaron Matthew Eash, Allan Thomas Evans, D. Scott Dewald, Andrew John Gross, Eamon Han O'Connor, Warren Cornelius Welch, III
  • Patent number: 10409079
    Abstract: An apparatus (110), system (100), and method (900) for displaying an image (880). Instead of using an expensive configuration of prisms (310) such as TIR prisms (311) or RTIR prisms (312) to direct light (800) to and from a DMD (324), a plate (340) with transmissive (374), reflective (372), and/or polarization (373) characteristics is used. The plate (340) can be implemented in a wide variety of different embodiments using a wide variety of different components and configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Avegant Corp.
    Inventors: D. Scott Dewald, Allan Thomas Evans, Chris Westra, Warren Cornelius Welch, III, Andrew Gross
  • Patent number: 10379388
    Abstract: A system to adjust light path length comprising a digital light path length modulator, the digital light path length modulator comprising a polarization modulator to receive polarized light and to modulate a polarization of some or all of the polarized light. The system further comprising an optical path length extender (OPLE) having an entry surface and an exit surface, to direct the light entering the OPLE with a first polarization through the entry surface and along a first light path through the OPLE to exit through the exit surface, and to direct the light entering the OPLE with a second polarization through the entry surface and along a second light path through the OPLE to exit through the exit surface, the second light path through the OPLE having a light path length two or more times longer than the first light path length through the OPLE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Avegant Corp.
    Inventors: Aaron Matthew Eash, Allan Thomas Evans, D. Scott Dewald, Andrew John Gross, Eamon Han O'Connor, Warren Cornelius Welch, III
  • Publication number: 20190174124
    Abstract: A near-eye display system comprising an image source, a modulation stack, and an imaging assembly. The modulation stack, in one embodiment, comprises one or more digital light path length modulators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Aaron Matthew Eash, Allan Thomas Evans, Andrew John Gross, D. Scott Dewald, Eamon Han O'Connor, Forrest Foust, Warren Cornelius Welch, III
  • Patent number: 10303242
    Abstract: A media chair apparatus (200), system (100), and method (900). The media chair apparatus (200) includes a support assembly (400) that can be at least temporarily substantially fixed in an at least substantially fixed position while a seat assembly (300) rotates relative to the support assembly (400). A port (500) in the support assembly (400) can be used to interface with the operating environment (80) while a port (500) in the rotatable seat assembly (300) can be used to interface with a portable access device (150) used by the user (90) to access or otherwise enhance a media experience (800).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Avegant Corp.
    Inventors: Allan Thomas Evans, Warren Cornelius Welch, III, Edward Chia Ning Tang
  • Publication number: 20190155045
    Abstract: A system to adjust light path length comprising a digital light path length modulator is described. The digital light path length modulator comprises a polarization modulator to receive polarized light and to modulate a polarization of some or all of the polarized light, and an optical path length extender (OPLE) to direct the light entering the OPLE with a first polarization along a first light path through the OPLE, and to direct the light entering the OPLE with a second polarization along a second light path through the OPLE, the second light path through the OPLE having a light path length longer than the first light path length through the OPLE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Aaron Matthew Eash, Allan Thomas Evans, Andrew John Gross, D. Scott Dewald, Warren Cornelius Welch, III
  • Patent number: 10187634
    Abstract: A near-eye display system comprising a image source, a modulation stack, and an imaging assembly. The modulation stack, in one embodiment, comprises one or more digital light path length modulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Avegant Corp.
    Inventors: Aaron Matthew Eash, Allan Thomas Evans, Andrew John Gross, D. Scott Dewald, Eamon Han O'Connor, Forrest Foust, Warren Cornelius Welch, III
  • Patent number: 10185153
    Abstract: A system to adjust light path length comprising a digital light path length modulator is described. The digital light path length modulator comprises a polarization modulator to receive polarized light and to modulate a polarization of some or all of the polarized light, and an optical path length extender (OPLE) to direct the light entering the OPLE with a first polarization along a first light path through the OPLE, and to direct the light entering the OPLE with a second polarization along a second light path through the OPLE, the second light path through the OPLE having a light path length longer than the first light path length through the OPLE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Avegant Corp.
    Inventors: Aaron Matthew Eash, Allan Thomas Evans, Andrew John Gross, D. Scott Dewald, Warren Cornelius Welch, III
  • Publication number: 20180284451
    Abstract: A display system comprising a foveal display having a monocular field of view of at least 1 degree is positioned within a scannable field of view of at least 20 degrees, the foveal display positioned for a user. In one embodiment, the foveal display is positioned for the user's fovea.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Aaron Matthew Eash, Andrew John Gross, Edward Chia Ning Tang, D. Scott Dewald, Joseph Roger Battelle, Kevin William King, Warren Cornelius Welch, III
  • Publication number: 20180045985
    Abstract: A system to adjust light path length comprising a digital light path length modulator, the digital light path length modulator comprising a polarization modulator to receive polarized light and to modulate a polarization of some or all of the polarized light. The system further comprising an optical path length extender (OPLE) having an entry surface and an exit surface, to direct the light entering the OPLE with a first polarization through the entry surface and along a first light path through the OPLE to exit through the exit surface, and to direct the light entering the OPLE with a second polarization through the entry surface and along a second light path through the OPLE to exit through the exit surface, the second light path through the OPLE having a light path length two or more times longer than the first light path length through the OPLE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Aaron Matthew Eash, Allan Thomas Evans, D. Scott Dewald, Andrew John Gross, Eamon Han O'Connor, Warren Cornelius Welch, III
  • Publication number: 20180045974
    Abstract: A system to adjust light path length comprising a digital light path length modulator is described. The digital light path length modulator comprises a polarization modulator to receive polarized light and to modulate a polarization of some or all of the polarized light, and an optical path length extender (OPLE) to direct the light entering the OPLE with a first polarization along a first light path through the OPLE, and to direct the light entering the OPLE with a second polarization along a second light path through the OPLE, the second light path through the OPLE having a light path length longer than the first light path length through the OPLE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Aaron Matthew Eash, Allan Thomas Evans, Andrew John Gross, D. Scott Dewald, Warren Cornelius Welch, III