Patents by Inventor Hannah Dustan Noble

Hannah Dustan Noble 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: 20240036342
    Abstract: An example apparatus may include a display and an optical configuration configured to provide an image of a display, for example, in a head-mounted device. An example apparatus may include a display, a first lens assembly including a lens and a reflector, and a second lens assembly including a second lens and a second reflector. In some examples, the first lens assembly has a front surface configured to receive display light from the display when the display is energized. The first lens assembly may include a Fresnel surface (e.g., a Fresnel surface including facets and steps) that may, for example, be formed in a lens surface, or in the surface of a substrate supported by a lens surface. Other devices, methods, systems and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew John Ouderkirk, Liliana Ruiz Diaz, Ying Geng, Hannah Dustan Noble
  • Patent number: 9851613
    Abstract: A variable aperture lens and methods of forming such lenses are disclosed. More particularly, embodiments of the variable aperture lens include an electro-optic aperture sandwiched between a front lens and a rear lens along an optical axis. The front lens or the rear lens may include multiple lens layers having different optical properties to provide for a low z-height, optically aligned, variable aperture lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Hannah Dustan Noble, Iain Alexander McAllister
  • Publication number: 20150241751
    Abstract: A variable aperture lens and methods of forming such lenses are disclosed. More particularly, embodiments of the variable aperture lens include an electro-optic aperture sandwiched between a front lens and a rear lens along an optical axis. The front lens or the rear lens may include multiple lens layers having different optical properties to provide for a low z-height, optically aligned, variable aperture lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hannah Dustan Noble, Iain Alexander McAllister