Patents by Inventor Ho Meng @Tay Ho Meng Chia

Ho Meng @Tay Ho Meng Chia 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: 10509154
    Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, a lighting apparatus is provided. The lighting apparatus includes at least one light source configured to provide a source light, an optical waveguide optically coupled to the at least one light source, the optical waveguide having at least one input region through which the source light enters the optical waveguide for propagation within the optical waveguide, and a plurality of light interacting structures arranged within the optical waveguide, the plurality of light interacting structures adapted to interact with the source light to provide an illumination light emitted from the optical waveguide to an ambient environment, wherein a concentration of the plurality of light interacting structures increases, along a length portion of the optical waveguide, in a direction away from the at least one input region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignees: Nanyang Technological University, Technolite (Singapore) Pte Ltd
    Inventors: Swee Chuan Tjin, Seongwoo Yoo, Ho Meng @Tay Ho Meng Chia
  • Publication number: 20180329129
    Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, a lighting apparatus is provided. The lighting apparatus includes at least one light source configured to provide a source light, an optical waveguide optically coupled to the at least one light source, the optical waveguide having at least one input region through which the source light enters the optical waveguide for propagation within the optical waveguide, and a plurality of light interacting structures arranged within the optical waveguide, the plurality of light interacting structures adapted to interact with the source light to provide an illumination light emitted from the optical waveguide to an ambient environment, wherein a concentration of the plurality of light interacting structures increases, along a length portion of the optical waveguide, in a direction away from the at least one input region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Swee Chuan Tjin, Seongwoo Yoo, Ho Meng @Tay Ho Meng Chia