Patents by Inventor David Chau-Kwong Chu

David Chau-Kwong Chu 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).

  • Patent number: 3957353
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for making a hologram that controls both the amplitude and the phase of a reconstructing beam of light at each point on the surface of the hologram. The hologram is a transparency made from a conventional, color reversal photographic film that has multiple emulsion layers that are each selectively photosensitive to light of different wavelengths. The desired image to be produced from the hologram is initially processed into a matrix of Fourier transformed amplitude coefficients and a matrix of Fourier transformed phase coefficients. The hologram is made by first exposing the photographic film to an illumination pattern of the Fourier amplitude coefficients using light having a spectrum to which one of the emulsions is selectively photosensitive. The film is next exposed to an illumination pattern of the Fourier phase coefficients using light having a wavelength to which another emulsion of the film is selectively photosensitive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1976
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford University
    Inventors: James R. Fienup, David Chau-Kwong Chu