Patents by Inventor Paul L. Muench

Paul L. Muench 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).

  • Patent number: 5953156
    Abstract: A method to create a holographic projection adjusts both for relatively sl and relatively large head movements of the human viewer. Basically, the method includes sending sequences of images on an optical path from a projector to an eyebox array, the images in the sequences being views of the object from different angles. In the method's first step, the sequences of images are sent to a quasi-cylindrical mirror having two or more arcuate zones. Each zone corresponds to a particular range of viewer head positions and to a particular sequence of images, and each image reflects from a different, characteristic location in its associated zone. Once the images reflect from the quasi-cylindrical mirror, they pass through an HOE in the optical path to the eyebox array. Any given sequence of images is sufficient for an eyebox array whose width accommodates relatively small head, motions of the viewer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventor: Paul L. Muench