Abstract: This invention is a portable phone-moving device to guide medical imaging using a mobile phone or other camera-enabled mobile device. The device automatically moves the phone or other mobile device over a selected portion of a person's body to guide the capturing of phone images of that portion from different angles and/or distances for medical imaging purposes.

Abstract: This invention is augmented reality eyewear with a radial, honeycomb, or nested-ring array of selectively-movable reflective elements. These reflective elements can each be moved from a first configuration which is parallel to a line of sight from an eye to a second configuration which is perpendicular to this line of sight. The second configuration reflects light displaying a virtual image to the eye and blocks environmental light in the area of the virtual image. Since light from the environment does not shine through the virtual object, the virtual object appears solid instead of “ghost like.

Abstract: This invention is a portable phone-moving device to guide medical imaging using a mobile phone or other camera-enabled mobile device. The device automatically moves the phone or other mobile device over a selected portion of a person's body to guide the capturing of phone images of that portion from different angles and/or distances for medical imaging purposes.

Abstract: This invention is a system for remote medical imaging which uses conventional mobile devices (such as two smart phones) and/or augmented reality to calibrate attributes such as the size, color, and shape of a wound, injury, skin lesion, and/or tissue abnormality on a person's body. One of the mobile devices is placed near the wound, injury, skin lesion, and/or tissue abnormality and acts as a digital fiducial marker or color key to help calibrate the size, color, and/or shape of the wound, injury, skin lesion, and/or tissue abnormality.

Abstract: A smart bra to detect abnormal breast tissue with a plurality of light emitters which transmit near-infrared light into breast tissue and a plurality of light receivers which receive the light after it has passed through breast tissue, wherein changes in light intensity or spectral distribution in the light caused by passing through the breast tissue are used to identify abnormal breast tissue.

Abstract: This invention is a wearable optical breast imaging device (such as a “smart bra”) with at least one cup, multiple light emitters on the interior of the cup which emit light beams at different times, and multiple light receivers on the interior of the cup. Changes in the spectra of light energy caused by transmission of the light energy through breast tissue are analyzed to diagnose whether there is abnormal tissue within the breast and, if so, to identify the location of abnormal tissue within the breast.

Abstract: This invention is a system for remote medical imaging which uses conventional mobile devices (such as two smart phones) and/or augmented reality to calibrate attributes such as the size, color, and shape of a wound, injury, skin lesion, and/or tissue abnormality on a person's body. One of the mobile devices is placed near the wound, injury, skin lesion, and/or tissue abnormality and acts as a digital fiducial marker or color key to help calibrate the size, color, and/or shape of the wound, injury, skin lesion, and/or tissue abnormality.

Abstract: This invention is Augmented Reality (AR) eyewear with a Quasi Fresnel Reflector (QFR) which reflects light rays from a lateral Light Emitter Array (LEA) toward a person's eye to create virtual images in the person's field of view. This eyewear can have two Quasi Fresnel Reflectors (QFRs), one for each of the person's eyes. A Quasi Fresnel Reflector (AFR) can have: an array of linear, partially-reflective, partially-transmissive surfaces; an array of nested, arcuate, partially-reflective, partially-transmissive surfaces; and/or a spoke-and-ring array of partially-reflective, partially-transmissive surfaces.

Abstract: This invention is augmented reality eyewear with Volumetric Annular Photon Emission (VAPE) technology comprising: an annular light projector; an annular light reflector/refractor which redirects light rays from the annular light projector away from the person's eye; and a semi-reflective eyewear lens which reflects light rays from the projector back toward the person's eye and also transmits light rays from the environment toward the person's eye. This technology can enable a person to see their environment with minimal vision impairment while simultaneously displaying virtual objects with minimal light loss.

Abstract: This invention comprises novel optical structures for Augmented Reality (AR) eyewear which can potentially improve virtual image quality, reduce eyewear size, selectively mask environmental light, and enable multiple focal planes. An optical structure for AR eyewear can comprise an annular array of light-energy emitters around a lens in front of a person's eye, wherein the lens has a plurality of nested annular light guides. This optical structure can also include an array of selectively-movable light reflectors.

Abstract: This invention is augmented reality eyewear with Volumetric Annular Photon Emission (VAPE) technology comprising: an annular light projector; an annular light reflector/refractor which redirects light rays from the annular light projector away from the person's eye; and a semi-reflective eyewear lens which reflects light rays from the projector back toward the person's eye and also transmits light rays from the environment toward the person's eye. This technology can enable a person to see their environment with minimal vision impairment while simultaneously displaying virtual objects with minimal light loss.

Abstract: This invention is a device for displaying images that appear to be three-dimensional, with binocular disparity and motion parallax, for multiple viewers in different viewing locations. This device includes an array of display elements wherein at least one of these display elements includes: one or more light-emitting members; and two or more rotating concentric light guides whose rotation guides the directions of the light rays from the one or more light-emitting members. This invention has several advantages over methods for displaying three-dimensional images in the prior art. It offers a wide range of motion parallax in different directions for multiple viewers, does not require glasses or head tracking, creates images with full potential for opacity and occlusion, and does not require coherent light.

Abstract: This invention is a method for “text morphing,” wherein text morphing involves integrating or blending together substantive content from two or more bodies of text into a single body of text based on locations of linguistic commonality among the two or more bodies of text. This method entails: identifying pairs of “Synonym-Different-Synonym” (SDS) text segments between an import body of text and an export body of text; and, for each selected pair of SDS text segments, substituting some or all of the SDS text segment from the export body of text for some or all of the SDS text segment in the import body of text. In some respects, this method is analogous to splicing and substituting gene segments with compatible starting and ending sequences, but different middle sequences. Text morphing as disclosed herein can be useful for creative ideation, product development, integrative search engines, and entertainment purposes.

Abstract: This invention is a method for incrementally and multi-dimensionally adjusting prose style in the following steps: creating a database of sets of phrase synonyms; assigning rankings and/or values to phrases in the database for each phrase's ranking and/or value with respect to a selected dimension of prose style, for at least two different dimensions of prose style; receiving input prose from a user; receiving a style adjustment preference from a user for at least one dimension of prose style through a multi-dimensional style-adjusting interface; and making adjustments to the style of the input prose using the database of phrase synonyms and phrase rankings and/or values in order to achieve the style adjustment preference specified by the user.

Abstract: This invention is a multi-stage method for “text morphing,” wherein text morphing involves integrating or blending together substantive content from two or more bodies of text into a single body of text based on locations of linguistic commonality among the two or more bodies of text. This method for multi-stage text morphing entails: substitution of phrase synonyms between two bodies of text; substitution, between two bodies of text, of text segments with synonymous starting phrases and synonymous ending phrases; and substitution, between two bodies of text, of phrases or segments using associations within a larger reference body of text. Text morphing as disclosed herein can be useful for creative ideation, product development, integrative search engines, and entertainment purposes.

Abstract: The invention disclosed herein is a context-driven search method comprising three main steps: having a user provide an input phrase that is used to search a collection of language-based information sources; identifying sets of substantially-equivalent expanded phrases that are relevant to the input phrase, wherein these expanded phrases appear in the collection of language-based information sources; and providing the user with set-specific summary information concerning some, or all, of these sets of substantially-equivalent expanded phrases. This innovative context-driven method provides search results that are driven, consolidated, and summarized by phrase context, so that users no longer have to wade through pages of results to pick out those entries that relate to the context in which they are interested.

Abstract: This invention is a novel device that displays three-dimensional moving images featuring binocular disparity and motion parallax that can be seen simultaneously by multiple viewers in different positions without requiring headgear. This device comprises: longitudinal light-guiding members that rotate around their longitudinal axes; and light-emitting members inside, or attached to, each longitudinal light-guiding member. Changes in the content of light rays from the light-emitting members are coordinated with changes in the directions of these light rays so that viewers in different positions can see appropriate three-dimensional images. Advantageous features include: no headgear required, allows multiple viewers, high image resolution, avoids pseudoscopic images, offers wide viewing range, scalable to large size displays, multi-directional motion parallax, high light efficiency, avoids head tracking, avoids reciprocal motion, avoids fluid lag, avoids ghost-like images, and avoids use of coherent light.

Abstract: This invention is a device for displaying three-dimensional images using an array of tilting microcolumns. It can create high-resolution, large-scale, moving, three-dimensional images that can be viewed by people in different locations, with full parallax, without special eyewear. Unlike currently available methods, this invention: does not require special eyewear, works for multiple viewers, provides parallax in all directions, does not have a very restrictive viewing zone, does not produce only transparent images, does not require coherent light, is scalable to large displays, does not require liquid movement to adjust lens shape, and does not require complex systems to individually control large numbers of lenses.

Abstract: This invention is a device for displaying three-dimensional images using an array of spinning microlenses. It can create high-resolution, large-scale, moving, three-dimensional images that can be viewed by people in different locations, with full parallax, without special eyewear. Unlike currently available methods, this invention: does not require special eyewear, works for multiple viewers, provides parallax in all directions, does not have a very restrictive viewing zone, does not produce only transparent images, does not require coherent light, is scalable to large displays, does not require liquid movement to adjust lens shape, and does not require complex systems to individually control large numbers of lenses.