Patents Assigned to Looking Glass Factory, Inc.
  • AUGMENTED SUPERSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20250080713
    Abstract: A device can include a first light source that generates a first light output, a parallax generator that receives the first light output and transmits separate portions of the first light output into distinct directions, and a second light source that generates a second light output, wherein the separate portions of the first light output are transmitted through the second light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Looking Glass Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Shiu Pong Lee, Oliver Garcia-Borg, Shouvick Koley, Alexander Duncan, Robert Kodadek, Shawn Michael Frayne
  • System and method for holographic image display
    Patent number: 12204281
    Abstract: A holographic display and method for operating the holographic display can include: a holographic display operable in a plurality of modes, a computing system, and a sensor. The holographic display can option include a user interface device. Views displayed by the display can optionally be processed or modified based on a viewer pose relative to the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Looking Glass Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexis Hornstein, Kyle Appelgate, Lee Shiu Pong, Shi Yun Liu, Shawn Michael Frayne
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND INTERACTING WITH CONVERSATIONAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL SUBJECTS
    Publication number: 20240323332
    Abstract: A system can include one or more displays (e.g., lightfield displays, projective displays, stereoscopic displays, autostereoscopic displays, three-dimensional display, etc.), one or more sensors, one or more output devices, one or more computing systems. A method can include optionally generating a three-dimensional subject, receiving an input, determining a response based on the input, and optionally performing the response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: Looking Glass Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Michael Frayne, Oliver Garcia-Borg, Shi Yun Liu, Alexander Duncan, Robert Kodadek, Michelle Senteio, Nitin Bhargava
  • System and method for processing three dimensional images
    Patent number: 11849102
    Abstract: A system and method for lightfield communication can be configured to receive one or more images, determine one or more features in the one or more images, and generate a lightfield image from the one or more images where at least one of the one or more features is in a focal plane of the lightfield image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Looking Glass Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexis Hornstein, Shawn Michael Frayne, Lee Shiu Pong, Matthew Collins, Caleb Johnston
  • System and method for holographic image display
    Patent number: 11754975
    Abstract: A holographic display and method for operating the holographic display can include: a holographic display operable in a plurality of modes, a computing system, and a sensor. The holographic display can option include a user interface device. Views displayed by the display can optionally be processed or modified based on a viewer pose relative to the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Looking Glass Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexis Hornstein, Kyle Appelgate, Lee Shiu Pong, Shi Yun Liu, Shawn Michael Frayne
  • System and method for displaying a three-dimensional image
    Patent number: 11736680
    Abstract: A method or system can be configured to receive content associated with a scene; optionally, format the content as a three-dimensional image; render the content or three-dimensional image in a display-readable format; optionally, authenticate the display; and display the formatted content such that the formatted content is perceivable as three-dimensional for one or more viewers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Looking Glass Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Evan Kahn, Alexander Duncan, Shiu Pong Lee, Alexis Hornstein, Shawn Michael Frayne, Caleb Johnston
  • Superstereoscopic display with enhanced off-angle separation
    Patent number: 11683472
    Abstract: A superstereoscopic display with enhanced off-angle separation includes a first light source; a lenticular lens optically coupled to the first light source that, with the first light source, generates a first light output having viewing angle dependency; and a high-index optical volume optically coupled to the lenticular lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Looking Glass Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Frayne, Tung Yiu Fok, Shiu Pong Lee
  • System and method for holographic image display
    Patent number: 11449004
    Abstract: A holographic display and method for operating the holographic display can include: a holographic display operable in a plurality of modes, a computing system, and a sensor. The holographic display can option include a user interface device. Views displayed by the display can optionally be processed or modified based on a viewer pose relative to the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Looking Glass Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexis Hornstein, Kyle Appelgate, Lee Shiu Pong, Shi Yun Liu, Shawn Michael Frayne
  • System and method for generating light field images
    Patent number: 11425363
    Abstract: A system and method can include receiving a set of views, encoding the set of views, and displaying the set of views such that they are perceived as a holographic image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Looking Glass Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Appelgate, Evan Kahn, Alexis Hornstein, Shawn Michael Frayne, Matthew Collins, Char Stiles
  • System and method for holographic displays
    Patent number: 11415728
    Abstract: A holographic display can include a light source configured to output light; a parallax generator optically coupled to the light source; an optical volume, where the light is perceivable as a three dimensional image within the optical volume; optionally, a flip controller; and, optionally, a viewcone expander.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Looking Glass Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexis Hornstein, Lee Shiu Pong, Shawn Michael Frayne
  • System and method for holographic communication
    Patent number: 11415935
    Abstract: A holographic communication system and method can include: determining a user parameter for one or more users, generating a set of views based on the user parameter, and displaying the set of generated views.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Looking Glass Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexis Hornstein, Shawn Michael Frayne
  • System and method for processing three dimensional images
    Patent number: 11388388
    Abstract: A system and method for lightfield communication can be configured to receive one or more images, determine one or more features in the one or more images, and generate a lightfield image from the one or more images where at least one of the one or more features is in a focal plane of the lightfield image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Looking Glass Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexis Hornstein, Shawn Michael Frayne, Lee Shiu Pong, Matthew Collins, Caleb Johnston
  • System and method for lightfield capture
    Patent number: 11256214
    Abstract: A system for generating holographic images or videos comprising a camera array, a plurality of processors, and a central computing system. A method for generating holographic images can include receiving a set of images and processing the images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Looking Glass Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Hornstein, Evan Moore
  • Superstereoscopic display with enhanced off-angle separation
    Patent number: 11051006
    Abstract: A superstereoscopic display with enhanced off-angle separation includes a first light source; a lenticular lens optically coupled to the first light source that, with the first light source, generates a first light output having viewing angle dependency; and a high-index optical volume optically coupled to the lenticular lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Looking Glass Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Frayne, Tung Yiu Fok, Shiu Pong Lee
  • Superstereoscopic display with enhanced off-angle separation
    Patent number: 10298921
    Abstract: A superstereoscopic display with enhanced off-angle separation includes a first light source; a lenticular lens optically coupled to the first light source that, with the first light source, generates a first light output having viewing angle dependency; and a high-index optical volume optically coupled to the lenticular lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Looking Glass Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Frayne, Tung Yiu Fok, Shiu Pong Lee
  • Advanced retroreflecting aerial displays
    Patent number: 10241344
    Abstract: A retroreflecting display that enables the formation of a real image in free space includes a first light source that generates a first light output; a first beam splitter module; and a retroreflector module opposite the first light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Looking Glass Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Frayne, Shiu Pong Lee, Tung Yiu Fok, Alexis Hornstein, Albert Hwang, Kyle Appelgate
  • Advanced retroreflecting aerial displays
    Patent number: 10191295
    Abstract: A retroreflecting display that enables the formation of a real image in free space includes a first light source that generates a first light output; a first beam splitter module; and a retroreflector module opposite the first light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Looking Glass Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Frayne, Shiu Pong Lee, Tung Yiu Fok, Alexis Hornstein, Albert Hwang, Kyle Appelgate
  • Advanced retroreflecting aerial displays
    Patent number: 10151931
    Abstract: A persistent image retroreflecting display that enables the formation of a real image in free space includes a first light source that generates a polarized light output; a retroreflector module adjacent a first side of the first light source; a quarter waveplate coupled to the retroreflector module and adjacent the first light source; and a reflective polarizer positioned between the first light source and a viewer of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Looking Glass Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Frayne, Shiu Pong Lee, Tung Yiu Fok, Alexis Hornstein, Albert Hwang, Kyle Appelgate
  • Enhanced 3D volumetric display
    Patent number: 10110884
    Abstract: A three-dimensional volumetric display includes a light source that generates a two-dimensional image output and a transparent scattering volume, coupled to the light source on a first face of the scattering volume, that scatters the image output of the light source in a direction perpendicular to the light axis of the output of the light source; where the scattering volume comprises a three-dimensional array of scattering elements arranged in a plurality of scattering planes tilted relative to the first face of the scattering volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Looking Glass Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Frayne, Shiu Pong Lee, Alexis Hornstein, Tung Yiu Fok
  • Light field display
    Patent number: D1037247
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Looking Glass Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Michael Frayne, Tung Yiu Fok, Wing Quan Nicole Chan