Patents by Inventor Ian Thomas Macken

Ian Thomas Macken 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: 11886043
    Abstract: A modular wearable optics device including: at least one wearable support element; one or more active optical elements adapted in use to display an image to a user; one of a plurality of bridging elements selected to position or orientate the one or more active optical elements in a predetermined location based on one or more anthropometric characteristics of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventors: Rory Thomas Alexander Mills, Ian Thomas Macken
  • Publication number: 20230333383
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a waveguide assembly includes first and second waveguide slabs. The first waveguide slab is to receive image-bearing light and enlarge a pupil size of the light parallel to a first axis. The first waveguide slab includes a first input-coupling device to couple image-bearing light into the first waveguide slab under total internal reflection (TIR), and a first out-coupling region to decouple image-bearing light out of the first waveguide slab by reflection. The second waveguide slab is to couple at least a portion of the out-coupled image-bearing light from the first waveguide slab into the second waveguide slab and enlarge the pupil size parallel to a second axis, which is substantially orthogonal to the first axis. The second waveguide slab includes a diffractive in-coupling region and a transmissive diffractive out-coupling region, through which a user can view real world imagery and the out-coupled image-bearing light simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Ian Thomas Macken, Rory Thomas Alexander Mills
  • Publication number: 20230324687
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the disclosed subject-matter include a wearable optics device including an adjustment mechanism supportable on a frame adapted to be worn by a user; one or more waveguides in a pre-aligned position relative to the adjustment mechanism; and an optical element moveably attached to the adjustment mechanism to enable the optical element to be moved based on a user preference and to provide an exit pupil for the wearable optics device In various embodiments, the waveguide output is oversized relative to the input region of the optical element. Other devices and apparatuses are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Rory Thomas Alexander Mills, Ian Thomas Macken
  • Publication number: 20230111272
    Abstract: In various embodiments, an optical system to present an image to an eye of a user is disclosed. The system comprises a waveguide configured to output collimated light towards an optically powered element comprising at least one holographic component to generate optical power. The optically powered element is configured to receive the output collimated light from the waveguide and direct the received light towards the eye of the user and impart an angular offset on the directed light such that the directed light forms a virtual image plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Ian Thomas Macken, Rory Thomas Alexander Mills
  • Patent number: 11500210
    Abstract: A method is provided for adjusting a luminance profile of an image displayed on a look-through display to a user. The method comprises: determining a field of view of the user based on a spatial configuration of the user's head. Determining one or more lighting conditions in the field of view. Adjusting the luminance profile for the image based on the field of view, wherein, as a result of the adjusted luminance profile, the image is reconciled with the field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
    Inventors: Ian Thomas Macken, Rory Thomas Alexander Mills
  • Publication number: 20220317449
    Abstract: A folded optical arrangement for use in a view-through display to transmit an image from an image source to a user's eye, the arrangement providing a folded optical transmission path and comprising: an optical system having a first optical element comprising a first plurality of optically powered surfaces; and a second optical element comprising at least one optically powered surface, the optical system configured to receive light forming the image from an image source, and to present a virtual image of the image source to the user with an apparent focus between a predetermined distance and optical infinity; wherein the first plurality of optically powered surfaces and the at least one optically powered surface of the second optical element are arranged to define a plurality of interfaces along the folded optical path and wherein a refractive index change at each interface is predetermined to control the direction of light passing through the or each interface; and wherein one surface of the first optical ele
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventors: Jonathan Paul Freeman, Ian Thomas Macken, Rory Thomas Alexander Mills
  • Publication number: 20220206299
    Abstract: A method is provided for adjusting a luminance profile of an image displayed on a look-through display to a user. The method comprises: determining a field of view of the user based on a spatial configuration of the user's head. Determining one or more lighting conditions in the field of view. Adjusting the luminance profile for the image based on the field of view, wherein, as a result of the adjusted luminance profile, the image is reconciled with the field of view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventors: IAN THOMAS MACKEN, RORY THOMAS ALEXANDER MILLS
  • Publication number: 20220187605
    Abstract: A folded optical arrangement for use in a display, the display to transmit an image from an image plane to a user's eye, the arrangement providing a folded optical transmission path and comprising: a collimating element having a first optical element comprising a first plurality of optically powered surfaces; and a second optical element comprising at least one optically powered surfaces, the collimating element configured to receive light forming the image from an image source, and to collimate and output the light, wherein the first plurality of optically powered surfaces and the at least one optically powered surface of the second optical element are arranged to define a plurality of interfaces along the folded optical path and wherein a refractive index change at each interface is predetermined to control the direction of light passing through the or each interface, and wherein one surface of the first optical element and one surface of the second optical element are adjacent to one another and the adjace
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Rory Thomas Alexander Mills, Ian Thomas Macken
  • Publication number: 20220179217
    Abstract: A folded optical arrangement for use in a look-through display to transmit an image from an image plane to a user's eye, the arrangement providing a folded optical transmission path and comprising: an optical system having a first optical element comprising a first plurality of optically powered surfaces; and a second optical element comprising at least one optically powered surface, the optical system configured to receive light forming the image from an image source, and to focus the light to have an apparent optical focus between a predetermined distance and optical infinity and output the light; wherein the first plurality of optically powered surfaces and the at least one optically powered surface of the second optical element are arranged to define a plurality of interfaces along the folded optical path and wherein a refractive index change at each interface is predetermined to control the direction of light passing through the or each interface; and wherein one surface of the first optical element and
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventors: Ian Thomas Macken, Jonathan Paul Freeman, Rory Thomas Alexander Mills
  • Patent number: 11176858
    Abstract: There is provided an integrity monitor for a display system, the display system comprising an image source and a display. The integrity monitor comprises a controller configured to analyse sensed characteristics at one or more predetermined positions in an image area of the display system and to relate the sensed characteristics to predetermined characteristics of a stimulus, when injected into the system, thereby to determine the presence of a fault in the system. The sensed characteristics may be sensed optically or non-optically. The stimulus may be optical or non-optical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventors: Colin Richard Mills, Ian Thomas Macken
  • Publication number: 20210208421
    Abstract: A modular wearable optics device including: at least one wearable support element; one or more active optical elements adapted in use to display an image to a user; one of a plurality of bridging elements selected to position or orientate the one or more active optical elements in a predetermined location based on one or more anthropometric characteristics of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventors: Rory Thomas Alexander Mills, Ian Thomas Macken
  • Publication number: 20200349874
    Abstract: There is provided an integrity monitor for a display system, the display system comprising an image source and a display. The integrity monitor comprises a controller configured to analyse sensed characteristics at one or more predetermined positions in an image area of the display system and to relate the sensed characteristics to predetermined characteristics of a stimulus, when injected into the system, thereby to determine the presence of a fault in the system. The sensed characteristics may be sensed optically or non-optically. The stimulus may be optical or non-optical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventors: Colin Richard Mills, Ian Thomas Macken