Patents by Inventor Derek Kalev Toomre

Derek Kalev Toomre 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: 8456725
    Abstract: There is provided a method that includes projecting a collimated light beam from an optical system to a plane during a first mode of operation of the optical system, and projecting a convergent light beam from the optical system to the plane during a second mode of operation of the optical system. The method further includes, (a) during the first mode of operation, controlling a trajectory of a first light bundle in a first light path in the optical system, to steer the collimated light beam through the plane at a designated incidence angle, and (b) during the second mode of operation, controlling a trajectory of a second light bundle in a second light path of the optical system, to steer the convergent light beam to a target position in the plane. There is also provided an apparatus and a system that employs the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Yale University
    Inventors: Derek Kalev Toomre, Vladimir Ivanovich Polejaev, Robert Dixon Roorda
  • Publication number: 20110069382
    Abstract: There is provided a method that includes projecting a collimated light beam from an optical system to a plane during a first mode of operation of the optical system, and projecting a convergent light beam from the optical system to the plane during a second mode of operation of the optical system. The method further includes, (a) during the first mode of operation, controlling a trajectory of a first light bundle in a first light path in the optical system, to steer the collimated light beam through the plane at a designated incidence angle, and (b) during the second mode of operation, controlling a trajectory of a second light bundle in a second light path of the optical system, to steer the convergent light beam to a target position in the plane. There is also provided an apparatus and a system that employs the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Derek Kalev Toomre, Vladimir Ivanovich Polejaev, Robert Dixon Roorda
  • Patent number: D972421
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Inventor: Derek Kalev Toomre
  • Patent number: D973523
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Inventor: Derek Kalev Toomre
  • Patent number: D995337
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Inventor: Derek Kalev Toomre
  • Patent number: D1010664
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventors: Derek Kalev Toomre, Kimmo Piironen
  • Patent number: D1027687
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Inventor: Derek Kalev Toomre