Patents by Inventor Mark E. Lucente
Mark E. Lucente 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).
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Publication number: 20230243696Abstract: A light field relay has an array of microlenses, an array of transducers, and an array of output optics. Microlenses focus one or more than one selected portions of an incident light field to separate corresponding transducers. Each corresponding transducer receives and transduces a single portion of focused light and emits the transduced light. Corresponding different output optics substantially collimate the transduced light and emit the substantially collimated light as an emitted light field. The light field relay may collect infrared light in one or more selected portions of an incident light field, transduce the infrared light to visible light, substantially collimate the transduced visible light, and emit a visible light field.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Applicant: Nanohmics, Inc.Inventors: Mark E. Lucente, Chris W. Mann, John Sarik, Zhongjian Hu
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Patent number: 11435230Abstract: Methods use a tunable notch filter for constructing a spectral map of electromagnetic radiation in a selected spectral band that is incident on a notch filter for a plurality of time periods. Electromagnetic radiation is passed by an electronically tuned notch filter to a detector array for the plurality of selected time periods, and the detector response is determined. For at least a first selected time period the notch filter is tuned to selectively attenuate the passing of one or more selected sub-bands of electromagnetic radiation in the selected spectral band. Information about the selectively attenuated radiation is determined and used along with information about the radiation passed to the detector array for each time period to construct a spectral map. Electronically tunable notch filters may be made with metamaterials such as patterned graphene.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Nanohmics, Inc.Inventors: Mark E. Lucente, Chris W. Mann
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Publication number: 20220099491Abstract: Methods use a tunable notch filter for constructing a spectral map of electromagnetic radiation in a selected spectral band that is incident on a notch filter for a plurality of time periods. Electromagnetic radiation is passed by an electronically tuned notch filter to a detector array for the plurality of selected time periods, and the detector response is determined. For at least a first selected time period the notch filter is tuned to selectively attenuate the passing of one or more selected sub-bands of electromagnetic radiation in the selected spectral band. Information about the selectively attenuated radiation is determined and used along with information about the radiation passed to the detector array for each time period to construct a spectral map. Electronically tunable notch filters may be made with metamaterials such as patterned graphene.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: Nanohmics, Inc.Inventors: Mark E. Lucente, Chris W. Mann
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Patent number: 9843790Abstract: Display devices can be used to provide display functionality in dynamic autostereoscopic displays. One or more display devices are coupled to one or more appropriate computing devices. These computing devices control delivery of autostereoscopic image data to the display devices. A lens array coupled to the display devices, e.g., directly or through some light delivery device, provides appropriate conditioning of the autostereoscopic image data so that users can view dynamic autostereoscopic images. Methods and systems for calibrating a hogel display are also described, including generating calibration hogel data corresponding to a calibration pattern; generating a hogel light field from the calibration hogel data; detecting the hogel light field; and determining calibration data by analyzing a set of hogel properties in response to detecting the hogel light field.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2014Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: FOVI 3D, INC.Inventor: Mark E. Lucente
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Publication number: 20160044303Abstract: Display devices can be used to provide display functionality in dynamic autostereoscopic displays. One or more display devices are coupled to one or more appropriate computing devices. These computing devices control delivery of autostereoscopic image data to the display devices. A lens array coupled to the display devices, e.g., directly or through some light delivery device, provides appropriate conditioning of the autostereoscopic image data so that users can view dynamic autostereoscopic images. Methods and systems for calibrating a hogel display are also described, including generating calibration hogel data corresponding to a calibration pattern; generating a hogel light field from the calibration hogel data; detecting the hogel light field; and determining calibration data by analyzing a set of hogel properties in response to detecting the hogel light field.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2014Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Mark E. Lucente, Tizhi Huang, Thomas L. Burnett, III, Michael A. Klug, Anthony W. Heath, Mark E. Holzbach
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Publication number: 20150296203Abstract: Display devices can be used to provide display functionality in dynamic autostereoscopic displays. One or more display devices are coupled to one or more appropriate computing devices. These computing devices control delivery of autostereoscopic image data to the display devices. A lens array coupled to the display devices, e.g., directly or through some light delivery device, provides appropriate conditioning of the autostereoscopic image data so that users can view dynamic autostereoscopic images. Methods and systems for calibrating a hogel display are also described, including generating calibration hogel data corresponding to a calibration pattern; generating a hogel light field from the calibration hogel data; detecting the hogel light field; and determining calibration data by analyzing a set of hogel properties in response to detecting the hogel light field.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2014Publication date: October 15, 2015Inventors: Mark E. Lucente, Tizhi Huang, Thomas L. Burnett, III, Michael A. Klug, Anthony W. Heath, Mark E. Holzbach
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Patent number: 8736675Abstract: In one implementation, a system includes a multi-core processor and an optical display with a plurality of hogels. Each hogel is configured to radiate light in a plurality of directions, with controllable intensities in each of the plurality of directions. The multi-core processor is coupled to the optical display and configured to control the hogels. The multi-core processor includes at least two cores, an on-chip memory, and a master processor in a single integrated circuit package. The master processor may be a general-purpose on-chip processor, such as a core in the multi-core processor, that is used to coordinated operations of the other cores. Each of the cores is configured to receive hogel data and to generate signals for a corresponding subset of the plurality of hogels.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2007Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Zebra Imaging, Inc.Inventors: Mark E. Holzbach, Mark E. Lucente, Thomas L. Burnett, III
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Patent number: 8605081Abstract: Methods and systems for rendering hogels, including notifying one or more rendering nodes that all rendering is complete in response to determining that each of the one or more rendering nodes completes rendering of corresponding one or more subsets of hogel data from 3D data, the rendering nodes being configured to convert the 3D data to the one or more subsets of hogel data.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2009Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Zebra Imaging, Inc.Inventors: Wesley A. Holler, Gary Anthony McElroy, Jr., Michael E. Weiblen, Thomas Lawrence Burnett, III, Mark E. Lucente
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Patent number: 8596838Abstract: A display module having one or more outer walls configured to house an array of optical component stacks, where the one or more outer walls are configured to support a transparent support structure spanning the array of optical component stacks, and where an upper portion of the one or more outer walls in contact with the transparent support structure is tapered.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2009Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Zebra Imaging, Inc.Inventors: Angelo Fancello, Meagan Gonzalez Noble, Tizhi Huang, Mark E. Lucente
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Publication number: 20130050786Abstract: Methods and systems for generating a holographic light field, the method including converting provided hogel data into optical beam oscillator data, and generating a plurality of light beams using a plurality of optical beam oscillators. The optical beam oscillators are configured to receive the optical beam oscillator data and to oscillate in corresponding oscillating patterns to generate a light field such as a representation of a 3D image. The optical beam oscillator data is adapted to match the oscillating patterns of the optical beam oscillators, and the optical beam oscillators are configured to generate at least subsets of the light beams serially in time.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2012Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: Zebra Imaging, Inc.Inventor: Mark E. Lucente
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Publication number: 20120092232Abstract: Methods and systems for sending video data, including generating video data comprising video elements using a graphics processor, the video data being configured to be displayed on multiple displays, and encoding metadata into the video elements, the metadata comprising information indicating a correspondence between the video data and the multiple displays.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2010Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: ZEBRA IMAGING, INC.Inventors: Thomas Lawrence Burnett, Salah U. Din, Shih-Che Huang, Kendall James, Mark E. Lucente
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Publication number: 20110038163Abstract: A display module having an optical component stack array, where each optical component stack within the optical component stack array comprises a delivery device and a light delivery system, where the delivery device is offset by a first amount from an optical axis associated with the optical component stack, and where the light delivery system is offset by a second amount from the optical axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2009Publication date: February 17, 2011Applicant: Zebra Imaging, Inc.Inventors: Angelo Fancello, Meagan Gonzalez Noble, Tizhi Huang, Mark E. Lucente
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Publication number: 20110038167Abstract: A display module having one or more outer walls configured to house an array of optical component stacks, where the one or more outer walls are configured to support a transparent support structure spanning the array of optical component stacks, and where an upper portion of the one or more outer walls in contact with the transparent support structure is tapered.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2009Publication date: February 17, 2011Applicant: Zebra Imaging, Inc.Inventors: Angelo Fancello, Meagan Gonzalez Noble, Tizhi Huang, Mark E. Lucente
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Publication number: 20110012895Abstract: Methods and systems for processing hogel data including providing a set of hogel data, providing one or more properties of a hogel light modulator, and processing the set of hogel data according to the one or more properties of the hogel display.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2010Publication date: January 20, 2011Applicant: ZEBRA IMAGING, INC.Inventors: Mark E. Lucente, Thomas Lawrence Burnett, III, Shih-Che Huang, Kendall James, Salah U. Din
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Publication number: 20100277928Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed that includes a transparent support structure having an upper surface and a lower surface. The lower surface is configured to be supported by one or more outer walls of a display module. The upper surface is configured to support imaging optics associated with the display module. The upper surface coincides with an imaging plane associated with the display module. The thickness of the transparent support structure is selected to permit light entering the lower surface proximate to the one or more outer walls to pass through to the upper surface and reach the outer edge of the one or more outer walls without being substantially blocked.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2009Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: Zebra Imaging, Inc.Inventors: Angelo Fancello, Meagan Gonzalez Noble, Tizhi Huang, Mark E. Lucente
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Publication number: 20100220098Abstract: Methods and systems for rendering hogels, including notifying one or more rendering nodes that all rendering is complete in response to determining that each of the one or more rendering nodes completes rendering of corresponding one or more subsets of hogel data from 3D data, the rendering nodes being configured to convert the 3D data to the one or more subsets of hogel data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2009Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: Zebra Imaging, Inc.Inventors: Wesley A. Holler, Gary Anthony McElroy, JR., Michael E. Weiblen, Thomas Lawrence Burnett, III, Mark E. Lucente
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Publication number: 20100156894Abstract: Methods and systems for rendering hogels, including receiving a set of 3D data at a node, the node comprising a graphics processing unit, storing at least a subset of the set of 3D data in a buffer, rendering a first hogel view from the subset of 3D data using the graphics processing unit, and rendering a second hogel view by accessing the stored subset of 3D data using the graphics processing unit, where the rendering of the second hogel view is performed substantially in series to the rendering of the first hogel view.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2009Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: ZEBRA IMAGING, INC.Inventors: Wesley A. Holler, Gary Anthony McElroy, JR., Michael E. Weiblen, Thomas Lawrence Burnett, III, Mark E. Lucente
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Publication number: 20100156895Abstract: Methods and systems for rendering hogels, including causing one or more nodes to each load a subset of a hogel data set into a buffer, the one or more nodes being configured to each store the corresponding subset of the hogel data set, distributing a next hogel data set command to the one or more nodes, causing the buffer to be processed in response to the next hogel data set command, and issuing a hogel data set complete command in response to determining that the one or more nodes each return a hogel data subset complete command.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2009Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: ZEBRA IMAGING, INC.Inventors: Wesley A. Holler, Gary Anthony McElroy, JR., Michael E. Weiblen, Thomas Lawrence Burnett, III, Mark E. Lucente
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Publication number: 20090273662Abstract: Methods and systems for calibrating a hogel display are disclosed including generating calibration hogel data corresponding to a calibration pattern; generating a hogel light field from the calibration hogel data; detecting the hogel light field; and determining calibration data by analyzing a set of hogel properties in response to detecting the hogel light field. The methods and systems may further include generating a calibrated hogel light field by generating calibrated hogel data using the calibration data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2008Publication date: November 5, 2009Applicant: ZEBRA IMAGING, INC.Inventor: Mark E. Lucente
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Publication number: 20080170293Abstract: It has been discovered that emissive display devices can be used to provide display functionality in dynamic autostereoscopic displays. One or more emissive display devices are coupled to one or more appropriate computing devices. These computing devices control delivery of autostereoscopic image data to the emissive display devices. A lens array coupled to the emissive display devices, e.g., directly or through some light delivery device, provides appropriate conditioning of the autostereoscopic image data so that users can view dynamic autostereoscopic images.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2007Publication date: July 17, 2008Inventors: Mark E. Lucente, Michael A. Klug, Anthony W. Heath, Tizhi Huang, Mark E. Holzbach