Patents by Inventor Chris Westra

Chris Westra 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).

  • Apparatus, system, and method for displaying an image using a plate
    Patent number: 10409079
    Abstract: An apparatus (110), system (100), and method (900) for displaying an image (880). Instead of using an expensive configuration of prisms (310) such as TIR prisms (311) or RTIR prisms (312) to direct light (800) to and from a DMD (324), a plate (340) with transmissive (374), reflective (372), and/or polarization (373) characteristics is used. The plate (340) can be implemented in a wide variety of different embodiments using a wide variety of different components and configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Avegant Corp.
    Inventors: D. Scott Dewald, Allan Thomas Evans, Chris Westra, Warren Cornelius Welch, III, Andrew Gross
  • APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AN IMAGE USING A PLATE
    Publication number: 20150331246
    Abstract: An apparatus (110), system (100), and method (900) for displaying an image (880). Instead of using an expensive configuration of prisms (310) such as TIR prisms (311) or RTIR prisms (312) to direct light (800) to and from a DMD (324), a plate (340) with transmissive (374), reflective (372), and/or polarization (373) characteristics is used. The plate (340) can be implemented in a wide variety of different embodiments using a wide variety of different components and configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: D. Scott Dewald, Allan Thomas Evans, Chris Westra, Warren Cornelius Welch, III, Andrew Gross