Patents by Inventor Chris Grabowski

Chris Grabowski 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).

  • Volumetric heads-up display with dynamic focal plane
    Patent number: 9400385
    Abstract: A heads-up display device for displaying graphic elements in view of a user while the user views an environment through a display screen. The heads-up display device includes at least one projector that projects a graphic element on a frontal focal plane in view of the user while the user views the environment through the display screen, and at least one projector that projects a graphic element on a ground-parallel focal plane in view of the user while the user views the environment through the display screen. The projector that projects the graphic element on the frontal focal plane is mounted on an actuator that linearly moves the projector so as to cause the frontal focal plane to move in a direction of a line-of-sight of the user. The projector that projects the ground-parallel focal plane is fixedly arranged such that the ground-parallel focal plane is static.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Victor Ng-Thow Hing, Tom Zamojdo, Chris Grabowski
  • Volumetric heads-up display with dynamic focal plane
    Patent number: 9393870
    Abstract: A heads-up display device for displaying graphic elements in view of a user while the user views an environment through a display screen. The heads-up display device includes at least one projector that projects a graphic element on a dynamic, frontal focal plane in view of the user while the user views the environment through the display screen, and at least one projector that projects a graphic element on a static, ground-parallel focal plane in view of the user while the user views the environment through the display screen. A controller determines a target graphic element position and a graphic element size based on the target graphic element position for the graphic element projected on the frontal focal plane, so as to provide the user with an immersive three-dimensional heads-up display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Victor Ng-Thow-Hing, Tom Zamojdo, Chris Grabowski
  • Volumetric heads-up display with dynamic focal plane
    Patent number: 9164281
    Abstract: A heads-up display device for displaying graphic elements in view of a user while the user views an environment through a display screen. The heads-up display device includes at least one projector that projects a graphic element on a frontal focal plane in view of the user while the user views the environment through the display screen, and at least one projector that projects a graphic element on a ground-parallel focal plane in view of the user while the user views the environment through the display screen. The projector that projects the graphic element on the frontal focal plane is mounted on an actuator that linearly moves the projector so as to cause the frontal focal plane to move in a direction of a line-of-sight of the user. The projector that projects the ground-parallel focal plane is fixedly arranged such that the ground-parallel focal plane is static.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Making Virtual Solid—California, LLC
    Inventors: Victor Ng-Thow Hing, Tom Zamojdo, Chris Grabowski
  • VOLUMETRIC HEADS-UP DISPLAY WITH DYNAMIC FOCAL PLANE
    Publication number: 20140354691
    Abstract: A heads-up display device for displaying graphic elements in view of a user while the user views an environment through a display screen. The heads-up display device includes at least one projector that projects a graphic element on a frontal focal plane in view of the user while the user views the environment through the display screen, and at least one projector that projects a graphic element on a ground-parallel focal plane in view of the user while the user views the environment through the display screen. The projector that projects the graphic element on the frontal focal plane is mounted on an actuator that linearly moves the projector so as to cause the frontal focal plane to move in a direction of a line-of-sight of the user. The projector that projects the ground-parallel focal plane is fixedly arranged such that the ground-parallel focal plane is static.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Victor Ng-Thow Hing, Tom Zamojdo, Chris Grabowski
  • VOLUMETRIC HEADS-UP DISPLAY WITH DYNAMIC FOCAL PLANE
    Publication number: 20140354692
    Abstract: A heads-up display device for displaying graphic elements in view of a user while the user views an environment through a display screen. The heads-up display device includes at least one projector that projects a graphic element on a dynamic, frontal focal plane in view of the user while the user views the environment through the display screen, and at least one projector that projects a graphic element on a static, ground-parallel focal plane in view of the user while the user views the environment through the display screen. A controller determines a target graphic element position and a graphic element size based on the target graphic element position for the graphic element projected on the frontal focal plane, so as to provide the user with an immersive three-dimensional heads-up display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Victor Ng-Thow-Hing, Tom Zamojdo, Chris Grabowski
  • VOLUMETRIC HEADS-UP DISPLAY WITH DYNAMIC FOCAL PLANE
    Publication number: 20140267402
    Abstract: A heads-up display device for displaying graphic elements in view of a user while the user views an environment through a display screen. The heads-up display device includes at least one projector that projects a graphic element on a frontal focal plane in view of the user while the user views the environment through the display screen, and at least one projector that projects a graphic element on a ground-parallel focal plane in view of the user while the user views the environment through the display screen. The projector that projects the graphic element on the frontal focal plane is mounted on an actuator that linearly moves the projector so as to cause the frontal focal plane to move in a direction of a line-of-sight of the user. The projector that projects the ground-parallel focal plane is fixedly arranged such that the ground-parallel focal plane is static.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Victor Ng-Thow Hing, Tom Zamojdo, Chris Grabowski