Patents by Inventor Mark Reichow

Mark Reichow 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).

  • Switching dual layer display with independent layer content and a dynamic mask
    Patent number: 8976323
    Abstract: A dual layer display system for generating dimensional imagery. The system includes a first display device and a second display device with a light source. The second display device is arranged to be spaced apart from the first display device and to project output light onto a back surface of the first display device. The system alternatively operates the display devices in a first mode in which the first display device is transparent and the second display device displays back layer content and in a second mode in which the first display device displays front layer content and the second display device operates as a backlight to the first display device. In the first mode, the first display device displays a mask for the front layer content such as with gray-to-black pixels mapped to an object in the front layer content to block back layer content at this location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Quinn Y. Smithwick, Mark Reichow
  • SWITCHING DUAL LAYER DISPLAY WITH INDEPENDENT LAYER CONTENT AND A DYNAMIC MASK
    Publication number: 20140192281
    Abstract: A dual layer display system for generating dimensional imagery. The system includes a first display device and a second display device with a light source. The second display device is arranged to be spaced apart from the first display device and to project output light onto a back surface of the first display device. The system alternatively operates the display devices in a first mode in which the first display device is transparent and the second display device displays back layer content and in a second mode in which the first display device displays front layer content and the second display device operates as a backlight to the first display device. In the first mode, the first display device displays a mask for the front layer content such as with gray-to-black pixels mapped to an object in the front layer content to block back layer content at this location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Quinn Y. Smithwick, Mark Reichow