Patents by Inventor Björn Magnus Jacobsson Le Normand

Björn Magnus Jacobsson Le Normand 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).

  • SIDE-LIGHT DISPLAY ILLUMINATOR
    Publication number: 20150219828
    Abstract: A light guide for illuminating a display screen, including a vertical cone-shaped entrance surface including an aperture for admitting light beams emitted by an LED, a folding mirror for reflecting the admitted light beams at an angle of approximately 90°, and for horizontally collimating the admitted light beams, a horizontal guide for guiding the reflected light beams to an exit surface, and an exit surface positioned above a perimeter of a display screen for directing the guided light towards a portion of the display screen, the exit surface being tilted vertically from the horizontal at a slight angle to direct the guided light beams towards the display, and being shaped horizontally as a concave lens to spread the guided light beams horizontally over an angular expanse of the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Eriksson, Lars Sparf, Björn Magnus Jacobsson Le Normand
  • Side-light display illuminator
    Patent number: 9024917
    Abstract: A light guide for illuminating a display screen, including a vertical cone-shaped entrance surface including an aperture for admitting light beams emitted by an LED, a folding mirror for reflecting the admitted light beams at an angle of approximately 90°, and for horizontally collimating the admitted light beams, a horizontal guide for guiding the reflected light beams to an exit surface, and an exit surface positioned above a perimeter of a display screen for directing the guided light towards a portion of the display screen, the exit surface being tilted vertically from the horizontal at a slight angle to direct the guided light beams towards the display, and being shaped horizontally as a concave lens to spread the guided light beams horizontally over an angular expanse of the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Neonode Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Eriksson, Lars Sparf, Björn Magnus Jacobsson Le Normand