Patents by Inventor Jonathan Sean Karafin

Jonathan Sean Karafin 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: 20250068124
    Abstract: Holographic and diffractive optical encoding techniques for forming reflection or transmission holograms. The encoding device includes a substrate having an interference pattern that can propagate light along a light propagation path from one side of the substrate to another side of the substrate. Furthermore, an optical element may be used to propagate light according to a four-dimensional light field coordinate system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee
  • Patent number: 12228766
    Abstract: Disclosed are relay elements exhibiting transverse localization. The relay elements may include a relay element body having one or more structures, where the structures can be coupled in series, in parallel and/or in stacked configurations. The structures may have multiple surfaces such that energy waves propagating therethrough the relay elements may experience spatial magnification or de-magnification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Light Field Lab, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee
  • Publication number: 20250044590
    Abstract: A light filed (LF) display system for displaying holographic performance content (e.g., a live performance) to viewers in a venue. The LF display system in the venue includes LF display modules tiled together to form an array of LF modules. The array of LF modules create a performance volume (e.g., a stage) for displaying the performance content in the venue. The array of LF modules displays the performance content to viewers in viewing volumes. The LF display system can be included in a LF presentation network. The LF presentation network allows holographic performance content to be recorded at one location and displayed (concurrently or non-concurrently) at another location. The LF presentation network includes a network system to manage the digital rights of the holographic performance content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee, John Dohm
  • Patent number: 12210723
    Abstract: A light field display system is implemented in a consumer device to present the user of the consumer device with holographic content, providing the user with an immersive operational experience. The system generates and presents holographic content for the user. The system receives a command from the user. In some embodiments, the presented holographic content may comprise a holographic user interface that is used by the system to receive the commands from the user. Subsequently, the system recognizes the received commands, determines one or more computational commands for execution by the system, and executes the determined computational command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Light Field Lab, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee
  • Patent number: 12204093
    Abstract: Non-zero deflection angle may be effected by implementing the embodiments of the present disclosure to allow for directing projected energy to a desired region, such as a region closer to the energy directing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Light Field Lab, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee
  • Publication number: 20250012967
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include an energy directing device having one or more energy relay elements configured to direct energy from one or more energy locations through the device. In an embodiment, surfaces of the one or more energy relay elements may form a singular seamless energy surface where a separation between adjacent energy relay element surfaces is less than a minimum perceptible contour. In disclosed embodiments, energy is produced at energy locations having an active energy surface and a mechanical envelope. In an embodiment, the energy directing device is configured to relay energy from the energy locations through the singular seamless energy surface while minimizing separation between energy locations due to their mechanical envelope. In embodiments, the energy relay elements may comprise energy relays utilizing transverse Anderson localization phenomena.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee
  • Patent number: 12189144
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device that utilizes a light-field display to project a virtual continuum of real world perspectives of a natural scene to a plurality of observer viewpoints to simulate a natural environment. An observer perceives different perspectives as he or she moves through the simulated environment just like the observer would as if he or she were in a natural environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Light Field Lab, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee
  • Publication number: 20250004294
    Abstract: An embodiment of an energy system configured to receive imaged light at least one imaged source and direct focused imaged light along an output energy path comprises a first energy subsystem comprising at least one energy focusing element having a first optical power profile, and a second energy subsystem comprising at least one energy focusing element having a second optical power profile. The first and second energy subsystems are configured to cooperate to have a combined optical power profile for forming the focused imaged light along the combined energy path, the combined optical power profile being adjustable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee
  • Patent number: 12169275
    Abstract: A light filed (LF) display system for displaying holographic performance content (e.g., a live performance) to viewers in a venue. The LF display system in the venue includes LF display modules tiled together to form an array of LF modules. The array of LF modules create a performance volume (e.g., a stage) for displaying the performance content in the venue. The array of LF modules displays the performance content to viewers in viewing volumes. The LF display system can be included in a LF presentation network. The LF presentation network allows holographic performance content to be recorded at one location and displayed (concurrently or non-concurrently) at another location. The LF presentation network includes a network system to manage the digital rights of the holographic performance content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Light Field Lab, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee, John Dohm
  • Publication number: 20240402402
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems for directing energy according to holographic projection. Configurations of waveguide arrays are disclosed for improved efficiency and resolution of propagated energy through tessellation of shaped energy waveguides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee
  • Publication number: 20240406370
    Abstract: A light filed (LF) display system for displaying holographic content (e.g., a holographic film or holographic content to augment a film) to viewers in a cinema. The LF display system in the cinema includes LF display modules tiled together to form an array of LF modules. The array of LF modules create a holographic object volume for displaying the holographic content in the cinema. The array of LF modules displays the holographic content to viewers in viewing volumes. The LF display system can be included in a LF film network. The LF film network allows holographic content to be created at one location and presented at another location. The LF film network includes a network system to manage the digital rights of the holographic performance content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee, John Dohm
  • Patent number: 12130955
    Abstract: A light field display system is implemented in a mobile device to present the user with holographic content which includes at least one holographic object, providing the user with an immersive operational experience. The system generates and presents holographic content for the user. In one embodiment, the system receives a command from the user. In some embodiments, the presented holographic content may comprise a holographic user interface that is used by the system to receive the commands from the user of the mobile device. Subsequently, the system recognizes the received commands, determines one or more computational commands for execution by the system, and executes the determined computational command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Light Field Lab, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee
  • Patent number: 12111615
    Abstract: Holographic and diffractive optical encoding techniques for forming reflection or transmission holograms. The encoding device includes a substrate having an interference pattern that can propagate light along a light propagation path from one side of the substrate to another side of the substrate. Furthermore, an optical element may be used to propagate light according to a four-dimensional light field coordinate system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Light Field Lab, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee
  • Publication number: 20240319669
    Abstract: A holographic energy system is operable to generate an output wavefront according to a complex amplitude function. The holographic energy system includes a continuous three-dimensional energy medium, an array of energy devices configured to output energy to interact with the continuous three-dimensional energy medium to define a hologram therein, and an electromagnetic (EM) energy source positioned to output coherent EM energy that is incident on the hologram in the continuous three-dimensional energy medium to generate an output wavefront.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Charles C. Yang, Brendan Elwood Bevensee
  • Publication number: 20240286052
    Abstract: A light filed (LF) display system for displaying holographic content to viewers in an amusement park (e.g., as part of an amusement park ride). The LF display system in an amusement park includes LF display modules tiled together to form an array of LF modules. In some embodiments, the LF display system includes a tracking system and/or a viewer profiling module. The tracking system and viewer profiling module can monitor and store characteristics of viewers on the amusement park ride, a viewer profile describing a viewer, and/or responses of viewers to the holographic content during the amusement park ride. The holographic content created for display on an amusement park ride can be based on any of the monitored or stored information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee, John Dohm
  • Patent number: 12061356
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include an energy directing device having one or more energy relay elements configured to direct energy from one or more energy locations through the device. In an embodiment, surfaces of the one or more energy relay elements may form a singular seamless energy surface where a separation between adjacent energy relay element surfaces is less than a minimum perceptible contour. In disclosed embodiments, energy is produced at energy locations having an active energy surface and a mechanical envelope. In an embodiment, the energy directing device is configured to relay energy from the energy locations through the singular seamless energy surface while minimizing separation between energy locations due to their mechanical envelope. In embodiments, the energy relay elements may comprise energy relays utilizing transverse Anderson localization phenomena.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Light Field Lab, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee
  • Publication number: 20240226723
    Abstract: A light field (LF) display system implements a holographic video game. The LF display system includes an LF display assembly that displays holographic game content. The LF display system can also include a sensory feedback assembly that provides tactile feedback to users by projecting an ultrasonic wave, a tracking system that can track one or more body parts of a user, and a controller that executes a game application and generates display instructions for the LF display assembly. The LF display system can implement an interactive video game that tracks a body part of a player and provides both visual and haptic feedback to the player to depict an in-game interaction, such as an explosion or impact. The video game may be implemented as part of an LF gaming network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Brendan Elwood Bevensee, Trevor Berninger, Jonathan Sean Karafin
  • Patent number: 12032180
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems for directing energy according to holographic projection. Configurations of waveguide arrays are disclosed for improved efficiency and resolution of propagated energy through, tessellation of shaped energy waveguides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Light Field Lab, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee
  • Patent number: 12022053
    Abstract: A light filed (LF) display system for displaying holographic content (e.g., a holographic film or holographic content to augment a film) to viewers in a cinema. The LF display system in the cinema includes LF display modules tiled together to form an array of LF modules. The array of LF modules create a holographic object volume for displaying the holographic content in the cinema. The array of LF modules displays the holographic content to viewers in viewing volumes. The LF display system can be included in a LF film network. The LF film network allows holographic content to be created at one location and presented at another location. The LF film network includes a network system to manage the digital rights of the holographic performance content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Light Field Lab, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee, John Dohm
  • Publication number: 20240151896
    Abstract: A method determines four dimensional (4D) plenoptic coordinates for content data by receiving content data; determining locations of data points with respect to a first surface to creating a digital volumetric representation of the content data, the first surface being a reference surface; determining 4D plenoptic coordinates of the data points at a second surface by tracing the locations the data points in the volumetric representation to the second surface where a 4D function is applied; and determining energy source location values for 4D plenoptic coordinates that have a first point of convergence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee