Patents by Inventor FIFTYTHREE, INC.

FIFTYTHREE, INC. 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).

  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AN OPTICAL SYSTEM OUTPUTTING DIFFUSE LIGHT AND HAVING A SENSOR
    Publication number: 20140267185
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a housing and an image sensor that is coupled to the housing and has a field of view. The apparatus also includes a non-imaging optical system coupled to the housing and disposed outside of the field of view of the image sensor. The non-imaging optical system can output diffuse light in a set of directions to a surface to produce scattered light. The image sensor and the non-imaging optical system are collectively configured such that during operation, the image sensor receives at least a portion of the scattered light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventor: FIFTYTHREE, INC.