Patents by Inventor Abraham McAllister
Abraham McAllister 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).
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Patent number: 9530344Abstract: A method of operating a display including loading image data to pixels in multiple rows of pixels in an array of pixels during a data loading phase, actuating the pixels in the multiple rows during an update phase, and illuminating at least one lamp during an lamp illumination phase to illuminate the actuated pixels to form an image on the display, in which each of the loading, actuating and illuminating phases partially overlap in time.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2015Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: SnapTrack, Inc.Inventors: Jignesh Gandhi, Jasper Lodewyk Steyn, John J. Fijol, Roger W. Barton, Stephen R. Lewis, Abraham McAllister, Nesbitt W. Hagood, IV
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Publication number: 20160275876Abstract: A direct-view display includes an array of MEMS light modulators and a control matrix formed on a transparent substrate, where each light modulator can be driven into at least two states, and a controller for controlling the states of each light modulator in the array. The control matrix transmits data and actuation voltages to the array. The controller includes an input, a processor, a memory, and an output. The input receives image data encoding an image frame for display. The processor derives a plurality of sub-frame data sets from the image data, where each sub-frame data set indicates desired states of light modulators in multiple rows and multiple columns of the array. The memory stores the plurality of sub-frame data sets. The output outputs the plurality of sub-frame data sets according to an output sequence to drive light modulators into the states indicated in the sub-frame data sets.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Inventors: Nesbitt W. Hagood, Jignesh Gandhi, Abraham McAllister, Rainer M. Malzbender, Stephen Robert Lewis
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Patent number: 9400382Abstract: The invention relates to methods and apparatus for forming images on a display utilizing a control matrix to control the movement of MEMS-based light modulators.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2015Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: Pixtronix, Inc.Inventors: Stephen R. Lewis, Stephen English, Abraham McAllister
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Patent number: 9336732Abstract: The invention relates to methods and apparatus for forming images on a display utilizing a control matrix to control the movement of MEMs-based light modulators.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Pixtronix, Inc.Inventors: Nesbitt W. Hagood, IV, Stephen R. Lewis, Abraham McAllister, Roger W. Barton, Richard S. Payne, Jasper Lodewyk Steyn
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Patent number: 9177523Abstract: The invention relates to methods and apparatus for forming images on a display utilizing a control matrix to control the movement of MEMs-based light modulators.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2013Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Pixtronix, Inc.Inventors: Nesbitt W. Hagood, Stephen R. Lewis, Abraham McAllister, Roger W. Barton
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Publication number: 20150294613Abstract: A method of operating a display including loading image data to pixels in multiple rows of pixels in an array of pixels during a data loading phase, actuating the pixels in the multiple rows during an update phase, and illuminating at least one lamp during an lamp illumination phase to illuminate the actuated pixels to form an image on the display, in which each of the loading, actuating and illuminating phases partially overlap in time.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2015Publication date: October 15, 2015Inventors: Jignesh Gandhi, Jasper Lodewyk Steyn, John J. Fijol, Roger W. Barton, Stephen R. Lewis, Abraham McAllister, Nesbitt W. Hagood, IV
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Patent number: 9158106Abstract: The invention relates to method and apparatus for forming images on a display utilizing a control matrix to control the movement of MEMs-based light modulators. The control matrix is formed on a transparent substrate and includes a first actuator controlled by a first switch to drive the light modulator into a first state, and a second actuator for driving the light modulator into a second state.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2006Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: Pixtronix, Inc.Inventors: Nesbitt W. Hagood, Abraham McAllister, Stephen R. Lewis, Roger W. Barton
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Publication number: 20150286047Abstract: The invention relates to methods and apparatus for forming images on a display utilizing a control matrix to control the movement of MEMS-based light modulators.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2015Publication date: October 8, 2015Inventors: Stephen R. Lewis, Stephen English, Abraham McAllister
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Patent number: 9135868Abstract: A direct-view display includes an array of MEMS light modulators and a control matrix formed on a transparent substrate, where each light modulator can be driven into at least two states, and a controller for controlling the states of each light modulator in the array. The control matrix transmits data and actuation voltages to the array. The controller includes an input, a processor, a memory, and an output. The input receives image data encoding an image frame for display. The processor derives a plurality of sub-frame data sets from the image data, where each sub-frame data set indicates desired states of light modulators in multiple rows and multiple columns of the array. The memory stores the plurality of sub-frame data sets. The output outputs the plurality of sub-frame data sets according to an output sequence to drive light modulators into the states indicated in the sub-frame data sets.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2012Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: Pixtronix, Inc.Inventors: Nesbitt W. Hagood, IV, Jignesh Gandhi, Abraham McAllister, Rainer M. Malzbender, Stephen R. Lewis
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Patent number: 9087486Abstract: A method of operating a display including loading image data to pixels in multiple rows of pixels in an array of pixels during a data loading phase, actuating the pixels in the multiple rows during an update phase, and illuminating at least one lamp during an lamp illumination phase to illuminate the actuated pixels to form an image on the display, in which each of the loading, actuating and illuminating phases partially overlap in time.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2011Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignee: Pixtronix, Inc.Inventors: Jignesh Gandhi, Jasper Lodewyk Steyn, John J. Fijol, Roger W. Barton, Stephen R. Lewis, Abraham McAllister, Nesbitt W. Hagood
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Patent number: 9082353Abstract: The invention relates to methods and apparatus for forming images on a display utilizing a control matrix to control the movement of MEMS-based light modulators.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2010Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: Pixtronix, Inc.Inventors: Stephen R. Lewis, Stephen English, Abraham McAllister
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Publication number: 20130342522Abstract: The invention relates to methods and apparatus for forming images on a display utilizing a control matrix to control the movement of MEMs-based light modulators.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: PIXTRONIX, INC.Inventors: Nesbitt W. Hagood, Stephen R. Lewis, Abraham McAllister, Roger W. Barton
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Patent number: 8519945Abstract: The invention relates to methods and apparatus for forming images on a display utilizing a control matrix to control the movement of MEMs-based light modulators.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2007Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Pixtronix, Inc.Inventors: Nesbitt W. Hagood, Stephen R. Lewis, Abraham McAllister, Roger W. Barton
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Patent number: 8519923Abstract: The invention relates to methods and apparatus for forming images on a display utilizing a control matrix to control the movement of MEMs-based light modulators.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2012Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Pixtronix, Inc.Inventors: Nesbitt W. Hagood, IV, Abraham McAllister, Stephen R. Lewis, Roger W. Barton
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Publication number: 20130010344Abstract: The invention relates to methods and apparatus for forming images on a display utilizing a control matrix to control the movement of MEMs-based light modulators.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: PIXTRONIX, INC.Inventors: Nesbitt W. Hagood, Stephen Lewis, Abraham McAllister, Roger W. Barton, Richard S. Payne, Jasper Lodewyk Steyn
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Publication number: 20120320112Abstract: A direct-view display includes an array of MEMS light modulators and a control matrix formed on a transparent substrate, where each light modulator can be driven into at least two states, and a controller for controlling the states of each light modulator in the array. The control matrix transmits data and actuation voltages to the array. The controller includes an input, a processor, a memory, and an output. The input receives image data encoding an image frame for display. The processor derives a plurality of sub-frame data sets from the image data, where each sub-frame data set indicates desired states of light modulators in multiple rows and multiple columns of the array. The memory stores the plurality of sub-frame data sets. The output outputs the plurality of sub-frame data sets according to an output sequence to drive light modulators into the states indicated in the sub-frame data sets.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2012Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: Pixtronix, Inc.Inventors: Nesbitt W. Hagood, IV, Jignesh Gandhi, Abraham McAllister, Rainer M. Malzbender, Stephen R. Lewis
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Publication number: 20120320111Abstract: A direct-view display includes an array of MEMS light modulators and a control matrix formed on a transparent substrate, where each light modulator can be driven into at least two states, and a controller for controlling the states of each light modulator in the array. The control matrix transmits data and actuation voltages to the array. The controller includes an input, a processor, a memory, and an output. The input receives image data encoding an image frame for display. The processor derives a plurality of sub-frame data sets from the image data, where each sub-frame data set indicates desired states of light modulators in multiple rows and multiple columns of the array. The memory stores the plurality of sub-frame data sets. The output outputs the plurality of sub-frame data sets according to an output sequence to drive light modulators into the states indicated in the sub-frame data sets.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2012Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: Pixtronix, Inc.Inventors: Nesbitt W. Hagood, IV, Jignesh Gandhi, Abraham McAllister, Rainer M. Malzbender, Stephen R. Lewis
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Publication number: 20120320113Abstract: A direct-view display includes an array of MEMS light modulators and a control matrix formed on a transparent substrate, where each light modulator can be driven into at least two states, and a controller for controlling the states of each light modulator in the array. The control matrix transmits data and actuation voltages to the array. The controller includes an input, a processor, a memory, and an output. The input receives image data encoding an image frame for display. The processor derives a plurality of sub-frame data sets from the image data, where each sub-frame data set indicates desired states of light modulators in multiple rows and multiple columns of the array. The memory stores the plurality of sub-frame data sets. The output outputs the plurality of sub-frame data sets according to an output sequence to drive light modulators into the states indicated in the sub-frame data sets.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2012Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: Pixtronix, Inc.Inventors: Nesbitt W. Hagood, IV, Jignesh Gandhi, Abraham McAllister, Rainer M. Malzbender, Stephen R. Lewis
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Patent number: 8310442Abstract: The invention relates to methods and apparatus for forming images on a display utilizing a control matrix to control the movement of MEMs-based light modulators.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2006Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Pixtronix, Inc.Inventors: Nesbitt W. Hagood, Stephen Lewis, Abraham McAllister, Roger W. Barton, Richard S. Payne, Jasper Lodewyk Steyn
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Publication number: 20120280971Abstract: The invention relates to methods and apparatus for forming images on a display utilizing a control matrix to control the movement of MEMs-based light modulators.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2012Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: Pixtronix, Inc.Inventors: Nesbitt W. Hagood, Stephen Lewis, Abraham McAllister, Roger W. Barton, Richard S. Payne, Jasper Lodewyk Steyn