Patents by Inventor Daniel BURNHAM

Daniel BURNHAM 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).

  • Publication number: 20240168283
    Abstract: A holographic system comprises a display device and a waveguide pupil expander. The display device is arranged to display a hologram and to output spatially modulated light in accordance with the hologram. The waveguide pupil expander is configured to receive spatially modulated light from the display device at the input port thereof and to expand the viewing window of the system. The waveguide pupil expander comprises first and second substantially planar reflective surfaces arranged in parallel having an optically transparent material therebetween. The first reflective surface is fully reflective and the second reflective surface is partially reflective such that light is guided from the input port to an output port at the second reflective surface by a series of internal reflections. The optically transparent material is formed by a layered glass structure arranged to maintain the integrity of the waveguide in the event of breakage of glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy SMEETON, Jamieson CHRISTMAS, Daniel BURNHAM, Ruisheng LIN, Rakesh MAHARJAN
  • Publication number: 20240008948
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring the inflation diameter, cross-sectional area, and/or volume of an inflatable balloon on a balloon catheter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventor: Daniel Burnham
  • Publication number: 20230188688
    Abstract: A projection system arranged to receive an image for projection. The image is a colour image comprising a first colour component and a second colour component. The system is arranged to calculate a first hologram of the first colour component and a second hologram of the second colour component. The system is further arranged to add content of the second colour component to the first colour component before calculating the first hologram. The first hologram contains information of the first colour component and information of at least a portion of the second colour component. The system is further arranged to form a first holographic reconstruction by illuminating the first hologram with first colour light and to form a second holographic reconstruction by illuminating the second hologram with second colour light. The first holographic reconstruction changes the chromaticity of the at least a portion of the second colour component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Burnham, Timothy Smeeton
  • Publication number: 20230091896
    Abstract: A system and method includes a display device comprising a spatial light modulator arranged to output spatially modulated light to form an image. The system further includes a waveguide pupil expander configured to receive spatially modulated light from the display device at an input port thereof and to expand the viewing window of the system. The system further comprises a controller. In examples, the controller is configured to control the spatially modulated light output by the display device, such as to control (e.g., turn off) a light source of the display device, in response to a signal indicating detection of the breakage of glass. The signal indicating detection of the breakage of glass may be generated in response to the detection of stray laser light of the holographic system by an eye-tracking system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Timothy Smeeton, Jamieson Christmas, Daniel Burnham, Ruisheng Lin, Rakesh Maharjan
  • Publication number: 20230088953
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include a display system comprising a first waveguide pupil expander comprising an input port, output port, a first pair of parallel surfaces, and a second pair of parallel surfaces. The first pair of parallel surfaces is orthogonal to the second pair of parallel surfaces and arranged to light guide a diffracted or diverging (e.g. holographic) light field from the input port to the output port by internal reflection therebetween. A first surface of the first pair of parallel surfaces is partially transmissive-reflective such that the light field is divided at each internal reflection and a plurality of replicas of the light field is transmitted through a region of the first surface that forms the output port. The second pair of parallel surfaces is also arranged to light guide the light field from the input port to the output port by at least one internal reflection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Timothy Smeeton, Jamieson Christmas, Rakesh Maharjan, Celedonia Krawczyk, Daniel Burnham, Ruisheng Lin
  • Publication number: 20230060564
    Abstract: Systems and method disclosed herein include, among other features, receiving an image for display within a display area of a display system, determining a first image component of the image, calculating a hologram of the image, displaying the hologram on a display device and spatially modulating light in accordance with the displayed hologram, and propagating the spatially modulated light through a pupil expander arranged to provide a plurality of different light propagation paths for the spatially modulated light from the display device to the viewing area, wherein each light propagation path corresponds to a respective continuous region of the image owing to the angular distribution of light from the hologram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Timothy Smeeton, Jamieson Christmas, Daniel Burnham, Ruisheng Lin, Gavin Fowler
  • Publication number: 20230064690
    Abstract: Systems and methods of determining a hologram of an image for a system comprising a display device and viewing system are disclosed. Some embodiments implement a multi-stage procedure comprising (i) determining a first complex light field at an entrance pupil of the viewing system, (ii) determining a second complex light field at a sensor plane of a sensor of the viewing system, (iii) determining a third complex light field at the entrance pupil, and (iv) determining a fourth complex light field at the display plane. Some embodiments include extracting a hologram from a data set corresponding to the fourth complex light field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Timothy Smeeton, Daniel Burnham, Jamieson Chreistmas
  • Publication number: 20200129240
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for estimating relative pose between two or more implants that are rigidly coupled to respective fiducial markers using instrumentation for the purposes of guidance and/or planning. The systems and/or methods can further include receiving visual and sensory information indicative of the relative pose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Angad SINGH, Daniel BURNHAM