Patents Assigned to LIGHT FIELD LAB, INC.
  • Patent number: 11280940
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for manufacturing energy directing systems for directing energy of multiple energy domains. Energy relays and energy waveguides are disclosed for directing energy of multiple energy domains, including electromagnetic energy, acoustic energy, and haptic energy. Systems are disclosed for projecting and sensing 4D energy-fields comprising multiple energy domains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Light Field Lab, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee
  • Patent number: 11237307
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for manufacturing energy relays for energy directing systems. Methods and devices are disclosed for forming random and non-random patterns of energy relay materials with energy localization properties. Methods and devices are disclosed for forming energy relays of different shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Light Field Lab, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee, Ed Ibe, Jared Perez, Xudong Chen, Joseph W. Rickwalder
  • Patent number: 11221670
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for manufacturing energy relays for energy directing systems and Transverse Anderson Localization. Systems and methods include providing first and second component engineered structures with first and second sets of engineered properties and forming a medium using the first component engineered structure and the second component engineered structure. The forming step includes randomizing a first engineered property in a first orientation of the medium resulting in a first variability of that engineered property in that plane, and the values of the second engineered property allowing for a variation of the first engineered property in a second orientation of the medium, where the variation of the first engineered property in the second orientation is less than the variation of the first engineered property in the first orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Light Field Lab, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee
  • Patent number: 11212514
    Abstract: A light filed (LF) display system for displaying holographic content (e.g., a holographic film or holographic content to augment a film) to viewers in a cinema. The LF display system in the cinema includes LF display modules tiled together to form an array of LF modules. The array of LF modules create a holographic object volume for displaying the holographic content in the cinema. The array of LF modules displays the holographic content to viewers in viewing volumes. The LF display system can be included in a LF film network. The LF film network allows holographic content to be created at one location and presented at another location. The LF film network includes a network system to manage the digital rights of the holographic performance content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Light Field Lab, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee, John Dohm
  • Patent number: 11181749
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for manufacturing energy relays for energy directing systems inducing Ordered Energy Localization effects. Ordered Energy Localization relay material distribution criteria are disclosed. Transverse planar as well as multi-dimensional ordered material configurations are discussed. Methods and systems are disclosed for forming non-random patterns of energy relay materials with energy localization properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Light Field Lab, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee
  • Patent number: 11163176
    Abstract: Devices utilizing holographic 4D plenoptic capture and display technologies to generate a light field function to provide glasses-less vision correction for observers with imperfect vision, and to project an image according to the generated light field function, and methods for calibrating a four-dimensional light field for a user with an uncorrected visual acuity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Light Field Lab, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee
  • Patent number: 11166007
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods disclosed herein may generate captured views and a plurality of intermediate views within a pixel disparity range, Td, the plurality of intermediate views being extrapolated from the captured views.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Light Field Lab, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Miller H. Schuck, Douglas J. McKnight, Mrityunjay Kumar, Wilhelm Taylor
  • Patent number: 11156771
    Abstract: Holographic energy directing systems may include a waveguide array and a relay element. Disclosed calibration approaches allows for mapping of energy locations and mapping of energy locations to angular direction of energy as defined in a four-dimensional plenopic system. Distortions due to the waveguide array and relay element may also be compensated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Light Field Lab, Inc.
    Inventors: Brendan Elwood Bevensee, Jonathan Sean Karafin
  • Patent number: 11092930
    Abstract: Holographic and diffractive optical encoding techniques for forming reflection or transmission holograms. The encoding device includes a substrate having an interference pattern that can propagate light along a light propagation path from one side of the substrate to another side of the substrate. Furthermore, an optical element may be used to propagate light according to a four-dimensional light field coordinate system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Light Field Lab, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee
  • Patent number: 11073657
    Abstract: Disclosed are transparent energy relay waveguide systems for the superimposition of holographic opacity modulation states for holographic, light field, virtual, augmented and mixed reality applications. The light field system may comprise one or more energy waveguide relay systems with one or more energy modulation elements, each energy modulation element configured to modulate energy passing therethrough, whereby the energy passing therethrough may be directed according to 4D plenoptic functions or inverses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Light Field Lab, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee
  • Patent number: 10996393
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include an energy directing device having one or more energy relay elements configured to direct energy from one or more energy locations through the device. In an embodiment, surfaces of the one or more energy relay elements may form a singular seamless energy surface where a separation between adjacent energy relay element surfaces is less than a minimum perceptible contour. In disclosed embodiments, energy is produced at energy locations having an active energy surface and a mechanical envelope. In an embodiment, the energy directing device is configured to relay energy from the energy locations through the singular seamless energy surface while minimizing separation between energy locations due to their mechanical envelope. In embodiments, the energy relay elements may comprise energy relays utilizing transverse Anderson localization phenomena.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Light Field Lab, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee
  • Publication number: 20210124114
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for manufacturing energy relays for energy directing systems inducing Ordered Energy Localization effects. Ordered Energy Localization relay material distribution criteria are disclosed. Transverse planar as well as multi-dimensional ordered material configurations are discussed. Methods and systems are disclosed for forming non-random patterns of energy relay materials with energy localization properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: LIGHT FIELD LAB, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee
  • Patent number: 10989869
    Abstract: Disclosed are high-density energy directing devices and systems thereof for two-dimensional, stereoscopic, light field and holographic head-mounted displays. In general, the head-mounted display system includes one or more energy devices and one or more energy relay elements, each energy relay element having a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is disposed in energy propagation paths of the one or more energy devices and the second surface of each of the one or more energy relay elements is arranged to form a singular seamless energy surface. A separation between edges of any two adjacent second surfaces is less than a minimum perceptible contour as defined by the visual acuity of a human eye having better than 20/40 vision at a distance from the singular seamless energy surface, the distance being greater than the lesser of: half of a height of the singular seamless energy surface, or half of a width of the singular seamless energy surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Light Field Lab, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee
  • Patent number: 10981046
    Abstract: A light field (LF) display system for displaying holographic content (e.g., a holographic sporting event or holographic content to augment a holographic sporting event) to viewers in an arena. The LF display system in the arena includes LF display modules tiled together to form an array of LF modules. The array of LF modules create a holographic object volume for displaying the holographic content in the arena. The array of LF modules displays the holographic content to viewers in the viewing volumes. The LF display system can be included in a LF sporting event network. The LF sporting event network allows holographic content to be created at one location and presented at another location. The LF sporting event network includes a network system to manage the digital rights of the holographic sporting event content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Light Field Lab, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee
  • Patent number: 10967565
    Abstract: Device for printing three-dimensional objects using an energy-field projection system. In operation, energy is projected into a print medium according to a four dimensional (4D) energy-field function for exposing the print-medium to a threshold energy-intensity level that causes the print medium to harden in the shape of a three-dimensional object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Light Field Lab, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee
  • Patent number: 10904479
    Abstract: A video communication system uses a light field display to present a holographic image of a remote scene (e.g., a hologram of a remote participant). The system may include a local light field display assembly and a controller. The controller generates display instructions based on visual data corresponding to a remote scene received from a remote image capture system (e.g., a remote light field display system). The display instructions cause the local light field display assembly to generate a holographic image of the remote scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Light Field Lab, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee
  • Patent number: 10901231
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device that utilizes a light-field display to project a virtual continuum of real world perspectives of a natural scene to a plurality of observer viewpoints to simulate a natural environment. An observer perceives different perspectives as he or she moves through the simulated environment just like the observer would as if he or she were in a natural environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Light Field Lab, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee
  • Patent number: 10898818
    Abstract: A light filed (LF) display system for displaying holographic content to viewers in an amusement park (e.g., as part of an amusement park ride). The LF display system in an amusement park includes LF display modules tiled together to form an array of LF modules. In some embodiments, the LF display system includes a tracking system and/or a viewer profiling module. The tracking system and viewer profiling module can monitor and store characteristics of viewers on the amusement park ride, a viewer profile describing a viewer, and/or responses of viewers to the holographic content during the amusement park ride. The holographic content created for display on an amusement park ride can be based on any of the monitored or stored information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Light Field Lab, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee, John Dohm
  • Patent number: 10884251
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for manufacturing energy directing systems for directing energy of multiple energy domains. Energy relays and energy waveguides are disclosed for directing energy of multiple energy domains, including electromagnetic energy, acoustic energy, and haptic energy. Systems are disclosed for projecting and sensing 4D energy-fields comprising multiple energy domains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Light Field Lab, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee
  • Patent number: 10877210
    Abstract: Disclosed are image relay elements exhibiting transverse Anderson localization for light field and holographic energy sources. The relay elements may include a relay element body having one or more structures, where the structures can be coupled in series, in parallel and/or in stacked configurations. The structures may have multiple surfaces such that energy waves propagating therethrough the relay elements may experience spatial magnification or de-magnification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Light Field Lab, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee