Patents by Inventor Kenneth Andrew Penner Meyer

Kenneth Andrew Penner Meyer 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: 20190094553
    Abstract: A head-mounted display system including a contact lens having a first region and a second region adjacent the first region, an eyewear lens having an inner surface facing the contact lens, and an illuminator configured to produce an imaged light output directed toward the inner surface of the eyewear lens. A first imaged light ray produced by the illuminator is incident on the inner surface and is reflected by the eyewear lens to the first region. The first region is configured to transmit the first imaged light ray, and the second region is configured to reflect or absorb a second imaged light ray produced by the illuminator and reflected from the eyewear lens. The eyewear lens is configured to transmit an ambient light ray to the second region and the second region is configured to transmit the ambient light ray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Gilles Jean-Baptiste Benoit, Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Erin A. McDowell, Brian K. Riddle, Kenneth Andrew Penner Meyer
  • Patent number: 10139627
    Abstract: A head-mounted display system including a contact lens having a first region and a second region adjacent the first region, an eyewear lens having an inner surface facing the contact lens, and an illuminator configured to produce an imaged light output directed toward the inner surface of the eyewear lens. A first imaged light ray produced by the illuminator is incident on the inner surface and is reflected by the eyewear lens to the first region. The first region is configured to transmit the first imaged light ray, and the second region is configured to reflect or absorb a second imaged light ray produced by the illuminator and reflected from the eyewear lens. The eyewear lens is configured to transmit an ambient light ray to the second region and the second region is configured to transmit the ambient light ray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Gilles Jean-Baptiste Benoit, Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Erin A. McDowell, Brian K. Riddle, Kenneth Andrew Penner Meyer
  • Publication number: 20170219825
    Abstract: A head-mounted display system including a contact lens having a first region and a second region adjacent the first region, an eyewear lens having an inner surface facing the contact lens, and an illuminator configured to produce an imaged light output directed toward the inner surface of the eyewear lens. A first imaged light ray produced by the illuminator is incident on the inner surface and is reflected by the eyewear lens to the first region. The first region is configured to transmit the first imaged light ray, and the second region is configured to reflect or absorb a second imaged light ray produced by the illuminator and reflected from the eyewear lens. The eyewear lens is configured to transmit an ambient light ray to the second region and the second region is configured to transmit the ambient light ray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Gilles Jean-Baptiste Benoit, Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Erin A. McDowell, Brian K. Riddle, Kenneth Andrew Penner Meyer
  • Publication number: 20140375929
    Abstract: Example light management films including a plurality of tapered protrusions are described. In many embodiments, a film includes a reflective polarizer layer and a plurality of tapered protrusions disposed on and tapering away from the reflective polarizer layer. At least one tapered protrusion in the plurality of tapered protrusions has a first lateral cross-section at a first location along a height of the tapered protrusion and a second lateral cross-section at a second location along the height of the tapered protrusion. The first cross-section has a first shape and the second cross-section has a different second shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Gary T. Boyd, Qingbing Wang, Kenneth Andrew Penner Meyer