Patents by Inventor Patricio Durazo

Patricio Durazo 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).

  • Optical stack for panoramic optical device
    Patent number: 9939619
    Abstract: A panoramic optical device includes a quadric reflector, a mirror, and a set of one or more optical elements. The quadric reflector has a conical shape, which tapers from a wide base to an apex. The apex includes an aperture. The mirror is positioned within the device in a plane approximately parallel to a circular cross section of the conical shape. The mirror reflects environmental light that is reflected by the quadric reflector into the aperture or reflecting light emitting from the aperture onto the quadric reflector. The set of one or more optical elements are positioned at least partially within a volumetric region of the quadric reflector. The one or more optical elements focus light passing through the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: HOYOS INTEGRITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: William H. Robertson, Jr., John Shemelynce, Julio A. Abdala, Gary Peterson, Patricio Durazo, Mark Fink
  • Full flat mirror guiding reflections to aperture of panoramic optical device
    Patent number: 9857570
    Abstract: A reflector can have a conical shape. The shape can tapers from a wide base to an apex. The apex can include an aperture, a mirror, and a set of one or more optical elements. A mirror is location in a cavity and is positioned within an overhang enclosure of the device in a plane approximately parallel to a circular cross section of the conical shape. The mirror can reflect environmental light that is reflected by the reflector into the aperture or reflect light emitting from the aperture onto the reflector. Stray light reflected by the mirror is absorbed by the cavity walls. A set of one or more optical elements can be positioned at least partially within a volumetric region of the reflector. The one or more optical elements focus light passing through the aperture to an image sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: HOYOS INTEGRITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Patricio Durazo, Gary Peterson, William H. Robertson, Jr., John N. Shemelynce, Amit Verma
  • Overhang enclosure of a panoramic optical device to eliminate double reflection
    Patent number: 9810887
    Abstract: A quadric reflector can have an approximately conical shape. The shape can tapers from a wide base to an apex. The apex can include an aperture, a mirror, and a set of one or more optical elements. A mirror can be positioned within an overhang enclosure of the device in a plane approximately parallel to a circular cross section of the conical shape. The mirror can reflect environmental light that is reflected by the quadric reflector into the aperture or reflect light emitting from the aperture onto the quadric reflector. The overhang enclosure can have a substantially conical shape which eliminates secondary reflection resulting from the environmental light reaching the aperture twice. Using the overhang enclosure to absorb the secondary reflection eliminates or minimizes banding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: HOYOS INTEGRITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Julio Abdala, Patricio Durazo, Gary Peterson, Claudio Ribeiro, William H. Robertson, Jr.
  • Overhang enclosure of a panoramic optical device to eliminate double reflection
    Patent number: 9395526
    Abstract: A quadric reflector can have an approximately conical shape. The shape can tapers from a wide base to an apex. The apex can include an aperture, a mirror, and a set of one or more optical elements. A mirror can be positioned within an overhang enclosure of the device in a plane approximately parallel to a circular cross section of the conical shape. The mirror can reflect environmental light that is reflected by the quadric reflector into the aperture or reflect light emitting from the aperture onto the quadric reflector. The overhang enclosure can have a substantially conical shape which eliminates secondary reflection resulting from the environmental light reaching the aperture twice. Using the overhang enclosure to absorb the secondary reflection eliminates or minimizes banding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Inventors: Julio Abdala, Patricio Durazo, Gary Peterson, Claudio Ribeiro, William H. Robertson, Jr.