Patents by Inventor Charles M. Santori
Charles M. Santori 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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Publication number: 20190204507Abstract: One example includes an apparatus that includes a plurality of input/output (I/O) ports and a body portion. The plurality of I/O ports can be arranged at a plurality of peripheral surfaces of the body portion. The body portion includes a solid dielectric material having a substantially constant index of refraction. The body portion also includes parallel planar surfaces spaced apart by and bounded by the plurality of peripheral surfaces. The solid dielectric material in the body portion can be writable via a laser-writing process to form an optical waveguide extending between a set of the plurality of I/O ports.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2019Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Raymond G. Beausoleil, Marco Fiorentino, Jason Pelc, Charles M. Santori, Terrel L. Morris
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Patent number: 10321822Abstract: A fundus camera and method of operating the fundus camera are described. The fundus camera includes an image sensor, an eyepiece lens, an illumination source, and an alignment target. The image sensor captures image light of a retina within an eye. The eyepiece lens is disposed to pass the image light of the retina to the image sensor. The illumination source is disposed to direct illumination light onto the retina through the eyepiece lens. The illumination source is further disposed around a first aperture through which the image light of the retina passes from the eyepiece lens to the image sensor. The alignment target is coupled to output an alignment image through the eyepiece lens to the eye and disposed around a second aperture through which the image light of the retina is passed to the image sensor and the illumination light is passed to the eyepiece lens.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2017Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLCInventors: Seung Ah Lee, Chinmay George Belthangady, Charles M. Santori
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Publication number: 20190170926Abstract: Multibeam diffraction grating-based backlighting includes a light guide and a multibeam diffraction grating at a surface of the light guide. The light guide is configured to guide light from a light source. The multibeam diffraction grating is configured to couple out a portion of the guided light using diffractive coupling and to direct the diffractively coupled out portion away from the light guide as a plurality of light beams with different principal angular directions having directions corresponding to view directions of a multiview display.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2019Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: David A. Fattal, Zhen Peng, Charles M. Santori
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Patent number: 10285582Abstract: An imaging device for imaging an eye includes an eyepiece, an illumination system, an imaging system, and a controller. The illumination system includes a light source that emits illumination light along an illumination path through the eyepiece to the eye to produce a retinal diffuse reflection and a corneal specular reflection. The imaging system includes a first camera that captures a retinal image based on the retinal diffuse reflection and a first set of optical elements, a second camera that captures a corneal specular reflection image based on the corneal specular reflection and a second set of optical elements. The first camera captures at least some residual corneal specular reflection in the retinal image. The controller subtracts the residual corneal specular reflection from the retinal image based on the corneal specular reflection image.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2017Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLCInventors: Sam Kavusi, Charles M. Santori, Seung Ah Lee, Scott Ettinger
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Patent number: 10261256Abstract: One example includes an apparatus that includes a plurality of input/output (I/O) ports and a body portion. The plurality of I/O ports can be arranged at a plurality of peripheral surfaces of the body portion. The body portion includes a solid dielectric material having a substantially constant index of refraction. The body portion also includes parallel planar surfaces spaced apart by and bounded by the plurality of peripheral surfaces. The solid dielectric material in the body portion can be writable via a laser-writing process to form an optical waveguide extending between a set of the plurality of I/O ports.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2015Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LPInventors: Raymond G Beausoleil, Marco Fiorentino, Jason Pelc, Charles M Santori, Terrel L Morris
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Patent number: 10240978Abstract: Provided in one example is an apparatus, including a microfluidic channel supported by a substrate. An optical spectrometer includes a waveguide supported by the substrate. The waveguide includes a coupler and outcouplers. A light source directs light to the coupler of the waveguide. Optical sensors are supported by the substrate. Each of the optical sensors is optically coupled to one of the outcouplers.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2015Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Charles M. Santori, Alexander Govyadinov
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Patent number: 10209445Abstract: Compact photonics platforms and methods of forming the same are provided. An example of a compact photonics platform includes a layered structure having an active region along a longitudinal axis, a facet having an angle no less than a critical angle formed at at least one longitudinal end of the active region, and a waveguide having at least one grating coupler positioned in alignment with the angled facet to couple light out to or in from the waveguide.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2018Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LPInventors: Di Liang, David A. Fattal, Marco Florentino, Zhen Peng, Charles M. Santori, Raymond G. Beausoleil
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Patent number: 10184893Abstract: Examples relate to providing hyperspectral scanning of a surface. In some examples, motion capture data of unobstructed portions of the surface are captured, and spectral data of the surface are captured through a slit assembly and diffraction grating. The motion capture data are processed to determine a movement of a scanning device. At this stage, the spectral data are translated and rotated based on the movement of the scanning device to generate images that each correspond to a different color channel.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2015Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LPInventors: Charles M Santori, James William Stasiak, Garry Hinch
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Publication number: 20190003892Abstract: In one implementation, a spectral microscope may comprise a substrate with a planar lens, the planar lens including a phase profile including an axial focus and an oblique focus, a light source to excite a signal of a particle among a plurality of particles, and a detector to receive light generated from the light source from the axial focus of the planar lens and a spectral color component of the excited signal of the particle from the oblique focus of the planar lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2015Publication date: January 3, 2019Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company ,L.P.Inventors: Francesco AIETA, Charles M. SANTORI, Anita ROGACS
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Publication number: 20180321155Abstract: Optical readers are disclosed in examples herein. An example optical reader including a light source to emit a light beam; and a spot pattern generator to receive the light beam and to generate a two-dimensional spot array from the light beam, the two-dimensional spot array to be directed toward a substrate having nanostructures, the two-dimensional spot array to be sensed to detect a presence or an absence of a substance of interest on the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2016Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Charles M. SANTORI, James William STASIAK, Francesco AIETA, Anita ROGACS, Mineo YAMAKAWA, Kenneth WARD
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Patent number: 10120198Abstract: A directional backlight is disclosed. The directional backlight has a plurality of light sources to generate a plurality of input planar lightbeams. The plurality of input planar lightbeams illuminates a directional backplane that has a plurality of directional pixels to scatter the plurality of input planar lightbeams into a plurality of directional lightbeams. Each directional lightbeam has a direction and angular spread controlled by characteristics of a directional pixel in the plurality of directional pixels. The directional backlight can be used to generate a 3D image by specifying the characteristics of the directional pixels in the directional backplane.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2016Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: LEIA INC.Inventors: Charles M. Santori, David A. Fattal, Marco Fiorentino, James A. Brug, Zhen Peng
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Publication number: 20180284027Abstract: In an example implementation, a substance detection device includes a substrate having nanoimprinted chamber walls and nanostructures. The chamber walls define a chamber and the nanostructures are positioned within the chamber to react to a substance introduced into the chamber. A two-dimensional (2D) orifice plate is affixed to the chamber walls and forms a top side of the chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2015Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Ning GE, Steven Barcelo, Charles M Santori, Helen A Holder
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Patent number: 10088634Abstract: One example includes an optical port-shuffling module. The module includes a plurality of inputs to receive a respective plurality of optical signals. The module also includes a plurality of outputs to provide the respective plurality of optical signals from the optical port-shuffling module. The module further includes a plurality of total-internal-reflection (TIR) mirrors arranged in optical paths of at least a portion of the plurality of optical signals to reflect the at least a portion of the plurality of optical signals to at least a portion of the plurality of outputs to shuffle the plurality of optical signals between the plurality of inputs and the plurality of outputs.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2014Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LPInventors: Jason Pelc, Charles M Santori, Marco Fiorentino, Sr., Raymond G Beausoleil, Terrel L Morris
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Patent number: 10082613Abstract: A directional backlight has a directional backplane that has a plurality of directional pixels configured to scatter a plurality of input planar lightbeams into a plurality of directional lightbeams. Each directional lightbeam has a direction and angular spread controlled by characteristics of a directional pixel in the plurality of directional pixels. A modulation layer having a plurality of modulators configured to modulate the plurality of directional lightbeams. The directional backlight is configured to generate a 3D image with multiple views by specifying the characteristics of the directional pixels in the directional backplane.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2015Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: LEIA INC.Inventors: David A. Fattal, James A. Brug, Charles M. Santori, Marco Fiorentino, Zhen Peng
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Publication number: 20180267239Abstract: Compact photonics platforms and methods of forming the same are provided. An example of a compact photonics platform includes a layered structure having an active region along a longitudinal axis, a facet having an angle no less than a critical angle formed at at least one longitudinal end of the active region, and a waveguide having at least one grating coupler positioned in alignment with the angled facet to couple light out to or in from the waveguide.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventors: Di Liang, David A. Fattal, Marco Fiorentino, Zhen Peng, Charles M. Santori, Raymond G. Beausoleil
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Patent number: 9995876Abstract: Compact photonics platforms and methods of forming the same are provided. An example of a compact photonics platform includes a layered structure having an active region along a longitudinal axis, a facet having an angle no less than a critical angle formed at least one longitudinal end of the active region, and a waveguide having at least one grating coupler positioned in alignment with the angled facet to couple light out to or in from the waveguide.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2012Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LPInventors: Di Liang, David A. Fattal, Marco Fiorentino, Zhen Peng, Charles M. Santori, Raymond G. Beausoleil
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Publication number: 20180143139Abstract: Provided in one example is an analyte detection package that includes a chamber, a surface-enhanced luminescence analyte stage within the chamber, and a lens integrated as part of the package to focus radiation onto the analyte stage.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2015Publication date: May 24, 2018Inventors: Steven J Simske, Mark Jacobsen, Gary Moloney, Charles M Santori
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Publication number: 20180106967Abstract: In the examples provided herein, an optical logic gate includes multiple couplers, where no more than two types of couplers are used in the optical logic gate, and further wherein the two types of couplers consist of: a 3-dB coupler and a weak coupler with a given transmission-to-reflection ratio. The optical logic gate also includes a first resonator, wherein the first resonator comprises a photonic crystal resonator or a nonlinear ring resonator, wherein in operation, the first resonator has a dedicated continuous wave input to bias a complex amplitude of a total field input to the first resonator such that the total field input is either above or below a nonlinear switching threshold of the first resonator, where the optical logic gate is an integrated photonic circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2015Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Charles M. Santori, Jason Pelc, Ranojoy Bose, Cheng Li, Raymond G Beausoleil
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Publication number: 20180043687Abstract: Provided in one example is an apparatus, including a substrate supporting a microfluidic channel, a bubble jet inertial pump supported by the substrate adjacent the microfluidic channel to pump fluid through the microfluidic channel and an optical sensor on a first side of the microfluidic channel. A light emitter on a second side of the microfluidic channel is to pass light across the microfluidic channel to the optical sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2015Publication date: February 15, 2018Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Alexander Govyadinov, Charles M. Santori, Anita Rogacs, Diane R. Hammerstad, Manish Giri
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Publication number: 20180045562Abstract: Provided in one example is an apparatus, including a microfluidic channel supported by a substrate. An optical spectrometer includes a waveguide supported by the substrate. The waveguide includes a coupler and outcouplers. A light source directs light to the coupler of the waveguide. Optical sensors are supported by the substrate. Each of the optical sensors is optically coupled to one of the outcouplers.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2015Publication date: February 15, 2018Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Charles M. Santori, Alexander Govyadinov