Patents by Inventor Austin Vincent Harton

Austin Vincent Harton 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).

  • Visual morphing using directionally selective microprisms
    Patent number: 8132929
    Abstract: An optical waveguide (106) with directional microprisms (116) and multidirectional light sources (110)(112) are provided for providing overlapping morphing images (104) and information (102) on a display (124) of a touch screen mobile phone or other electronic device (100). Microprisms can be patterned in the shape of a particular design, character, icon or other image. The microprisms can include: first microprisms (118) sensitive to light propagating in only one direction; second microprisms (120) sensitive to light propagating in a different direction, and a third microprisms (122) sensitive to light propagation in multiple directions. When light is directed into the waveguide (106) in a direction to which a portion of the microprisms (116) are sensitive, a fraction of that light will be directed upward and out of the waveguide (106) by those microprisms sensitive to light propagated in that direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility, Inc.
    Inventors: Austin Vincent Harton, Manuel Oliver
  • Visual Morphing Using Directionally Selective Microprisms
    Publication number: 20100254158
    Abstract: An optical waveguide (106) with directional microprisms (116) and multidirectional light sources (110)(112) are provided for providing overlapping morphing images (104) and information (102) on a display (124) of a touch screen mobile phone or other electronic device (100). Microprisms can be patterned in the shape of a particular design, character, icon or other image. The microprisms can include: first microprisms (118) sensitive to light propagating in only one direction; second microprisms (120) sensitive to light propagating in a different direction, and a third microprisms (122) sensitive to light propagation in multiple directions. When light is directed into the waveguide (106) in a direction to which a portion of the microprisms (116) are sensitive, a fraction of that light will be directed upward and out of the waveguide (106) by those microprisms sensitive to light propagated in that direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Austin Vincent Harton, Manuel Oliver
  • Method, multi-channel optical interconnect device, and a multi-channel optically interconnected electronic device for minimizing cross-talk between a plurality of optical signals
    Patent number: 5978526
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and multi-channel optical interconnect device (28) including an optical substrate (29) including a first optical channel (30) having a first predetermined thickness, a second optical channel (32) having a second predetermined thickness, and an optically isolating intermediate section (34) connected to the first optical channel (30) and to the second optical channel (32), the optically isolating intermediate section (34) having a third predetermined thickness, wherein the third predetermined thickness is less than either of the first predetermined thickness and the second predetermined thickness for minimizing optical cross-talk between the first optical channel (30) and the second optical channel (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: James Jiro Morikuni, Austin Vincent Harton, Jang-Hun Yeh