Patents by Inventor Paul Rudy
Paul Rudy 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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Patent number: 11800077Abstract: In an example, the present invention provides an optical engine apparatus. The apparatus has a laser diode device, the laser diode device characterized by a wavelength ranging from 300 to 2000 nm or any variations thereof. In an example, the apparatus has a lens coupled to an output of the laser diode device and a scanning mirror device operably coupled to the laser diode device. In an example, the apparatus has an un-patterned phosphor plate coupled to the scanning mirror and configured with the laser device; and a spatial image formed on a portion of the un-patterned phosphor plate configured by a modulation of the laser and movement of the scanning mirror device.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.Inventors: Vlad Joseph Novotny, Paul Rudy
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Patent number: 11788699Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus for generating fiber delivered laser-induced dynamically controlled white light emission. The apparatus includes a laser diode unit for generating a laser electromagnetic radiation with a blue emission in a range from 395 nm to 490 nm that is delivered by an optical fiber. The apparatus further includes a dynamic phosphor unit configured to receive the laser exited from the optical fiber and controllably deflect a beam focused by a first optics sub-unit to a surface spot on a phosphor plate to produce a white light emission. Additionally, and the dynamic phosphor unit includes a second optics sub-unit configured to collect the white light emission and to project to a far field. Furthermore, the apparatus includes an electronics control unit comprising a laser diode driver and a MEMS driver for respectively control the laser diode unit and the dynamic phosphor unit in mutually synchronized manner.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.Inventors: Jim Harrison, Lj Ristic, Oscar Romero, Eric Goutain, Paul Rudy, James W. Raring, Vlad Novotny
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Patent number: 11757250Abstract: A portable lighting apparatus is provided with a gallium-and-nitrogen containing laser diode based white light source combined with an infrared illumination source which are driven by drivers disposed in a printed circuit board assembly enclosed in a compact housing and powered by a portable power supply therein. The portable lighting apparatus includes a first wavelength converter configured to output a white-color emission and an infrared emission. A beam shaper may be configured to direct the white-color emission and the infrared emission to a front aperture of a compact housing of the portable lighting apparatus. An optical transmitting unit is configured to project or transmit a directional light beam of the white light emission and/or the infrared emission for illuminating a target of interest, transmitting a pulsed sensing signal or modulated data signal generated by the drivers therein. In some configurations, detectors are included for depth sensing and visible/infrared light communications.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2019Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.Inventors: James W. Raring, Paul Rudy
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Patent number: 11742634Abstract: Method and devices for emitting electromagnetic radiation at high power using nonpolar or semipolar gallium containing substrates such as GaN, AlN, InN, InGaN, AlGaN, and AlInGaN, are provided. The laser devices include multiple laser emitters integrated onto a substrate (in a module), which emit green or blue laser radiation.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.Inventors: James W. Raring, Paul Rudy, Chendong Bai
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Patent number: 11710944Abstract: A multi-wavelength light emitting device is manufactured by forming first and second epitaxial materials overlying first and second surface regions. The first and second epitaxial materials are patterned to form a plurality of first and second epitaxial dice. At least one of the first plurality of epitaxial dice and at least one of the second plurality of epitaxial dice are transferred from first and second substrates, respectively, to a carrier wafer by selectively etching a release region, separating from the substrate each of the epitaxial dice that are being transferred, and selectively bonding to the carrier wafer each of the epitaxial dice that are being transferred. The transferred first and second epitaxial dice are processed on the carrier wafer to form a plurality of light emitting devices capable of emitting at least a first wavelength and a second wavelength.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.Inventors: Melvin McLaurin, Alexander Sztein, Po Shan Hsu, Eric Goutain, James W. Raring, Paul Rudy, Vlad Novotny
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Patent number: 11677468Abstract: A packaged integrated white light source configured for illumination and communication or sensing comprises one or more laser diode devices. An output facet configured on the laser diode device outputs a laser beam of first electromagnetic radiation with a first peak wavelength. The first wavelength from the laser diode provides at least a first carrier channel for a data or sensing signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2022Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.Inventors: Melvin McLaurin, James W. Raring, Paul Rudy, Vlad Novotny
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Publication number: 20230176289Abstract: A method and device for emitting electromagnetic radiation at high power using nonpolar or semipolar gallium containing substrates such as GaN, AlN, InN, InGaN, AlGaN, and AlInGaN, is provided. In various embodiments, the laser device includes plural laser emitters emitting green or blue laser light, integrated a substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.Inventors: Eric Goutain, James W. Raring, Paul Rudy, Hua Huang
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Patent number: 11658456Abstract: A multi-emitter laser diode device includes a carrier chip singulated from a carrier wafer. The carrier chip has a length and a width, and the width defines a first pitch. The device also includes a plurality of epitaxial mesa dice regions transferred to the carrier chip from a substrate and attached to the carrier chip at a bond region. Each of the epitaxial mesa dice regions is arranged on the carrier chip in a substantially parallel configuration and positioned at a second pitch defining the distance between adjacent epitaxial mesa dice regions. Each of the plurality of epitaxial mesa dice regions includes epitaxial material, which includes an n-type cladding region, an active region having at least one active layer region, and a p-type cladding region. The device also includes one or more laser diode stripe regions, each of which has a pair of facets forming a cavity region.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.Inventors: Dan Steigerwald, Melvin McLaurin, Eric Goutain, Alexander Sztein, Po Shan Hsu, Paul Rudy, James W. Raring
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Publication number: 20230155352Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus for generating fiber delivered laser-induced white light. The apparatus includes a package case enclosing a board member with an electrical connector through a cover member and a laser module configured to the board member inside the package case. The laser module comprises a support member, at least one laser diode device configured to emit a laser light of a first wavelength, a set of optics to guide the laser light towards an output port. Additionally, the apparatus includes a fiber assembly configured to receive the laser light from the output port for further delivering to a light head member disposed in a remote destination. A phosphor material disposed in the light head member receives the laser light exited from the fiber assembly to induce a phosphor emission of a second wavelength for producing a white light emission substantially reflected therefrom for various applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2023Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.Inventors: Oscar Romero, Jim Harrison, Eric Goutain, James W. Raring, Paul Rudy, Daming Liu
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Patent number: 11630307Abstract: The present invention is directed to wearable display technologies. More specifically, various embodiments of the present invention provide wearable augmented reality glasses incorporating projection display systems where one or more laser diodes are used as light source for illustrating images with optical delivery to the eye using transparent waveguides. In one set of embodiments, the present invention provides wearable augmented reality glasses incorporating projector systems that utilize transparent waveguides and blue and/or green laser fabricated using gallium nitride containing material. In another set of embodiments, the present invention provides wearable augmented reality glasses incorporating projection systems having digital lighting processing engines illuminated by blue and/or green laser devices with optical delivery to the eye using transparent waveguides.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.Inventors: Paul Rudy, James W. Raring, Eric Goutain, Hua Huang
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Patent number: 11619871Abstract: The present invention is directed to display technologies. More specifically, various embodiments of the present invention provide projection display systems where one or more laser diodes are used as a light source.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2020Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.Inventors: James W. Raring, Paul Rudy
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Publication number: 20230064493Abstract: A smart light source configured for visible light communication. The light source includes a controller comprising a modem configured to receive a data signal and generate a driving current and a modulation signal based on the data signal. Additionally, the light source includes a light emitter configured as a pump-light device to receive the driving current for producing a directional electromagnetic radiation with a first peak wavelength in the ultra-violet or blue wavelength regime modulated to carry the data signal using the modulation signal. Further, the light source includes a pathway configured to direct the directional electromagnetic radiation and a wavelength converter optically coupled to the pathway to receive the directional electromagnetic radiation and to output a white-color spectrum. Furthermore, the light source includes a beam shaper configured to direct the white-color spectrum for illuminating a target of interest and transmitting the data signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.Inventors: Melvin McLaurin, James W. Raring, Paul Rudy, Vlad Novotny
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Patent number: 11594862Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus for generating fiber delivered laser-induced white light. The apparatus includes a package case enclosing a board member with an electrical connector through a cover member and a laser module configured to the board member inside the package case. The laser module comprises a support member, at least one laser diode device configured to emit a laser light of a first wavelength, a set of optics to guide the laser light towards an output port. Additionally, the apparatus includes a fiber assembly configured to receive the laser light from the output port for further delivering to a light head member disposed in a remote destination. A phosphor material disposed in the light head member receives the laser light exited from the fiber assembly to induce a phosphor emission of a second wavelength for producing a white light emission substantially reflected therefrom for various applications.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.Inventors: Oscar Romero, Jim Harrison, Eric Goutain, James W. Raring, Paul Rudy, Daming Liu
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Patent number: 11573374Abstract: A method and device for emitting electromagnetic radiation at high power using nonpolar or semipolar gallium containing substrates such as GaN, AlN, InN, InGaN, AlGaN, and AlInGaN, is provided. In various embodiments, the laser device includes plural laser emitters emitting green or blue laser light, integrated a substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.Inventors: Eric Goutain, James W. Raring, Paul Rudy, Hua Huang
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Patent number: 11543590Abstract: A method and device for emitting electromagnetic radiation at high power using nonpolar or semipolar gallium containing substrates such as GaN, AlN, InN, InGaN, AlGaN, and AlInGaN, is provided. In various embodiments, the laser device includes plural laser emitters emitting green or blue laser light, integrated a substrate.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.Inventors: Eric Goutain, James W. Raring, Paul Rudy, Hua Huang
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Publication number: 20220364699Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus for generating fiber delivered laser-induced dynamically controlled white light emission. The apparatus includes a laser diode unit for generating a laser electromagnetic radiation with a blue emission in a range from 395 nm to 490 nm that is delivered by an optical fiber. The apparatus further includes a dynamic phosphor unit configured to receive the laser exited from the optical fiber and controllably deflect a beam focused by a first optics sub-unit to a surface spot on a phosphor plate to produce a white light emission. Additionally, and the dynamic phosphor unit includes a second optics sub-unit configured to collect the white light emission and to project to a far field. Furthermore, the apparatus includes an electronics control unit comprising a laser diode driver and a MEMS driver for respectively control the laser diode unit and the dynamic phosphor unit in mutually synchronized manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.Inventors: Jim Harrison, Lj Ristic, Oscar Romero, Eric Goutain, Paul Rudy, James W. Raring, Vlad Novotny
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Patent number: 11502753Abstract: A smart light source configured for visible light communication. The light source includes a controller comprising a modem configured to receive a data signal and generate a driving current and a modulation signal based on the data signal. Additionally, the light source includes a light emitter configured as a pump-light device to receive the driving current for producing a directional electromagnetic radiation with a first peak wavelength in the ultra-violet or blue wavelength regime modulated to carry the data signal using the modulation signal. Further, the light source includes a pathway configured to direct the directional electromagnetic radiation and a wavelength converter optically coupled to the pathway to receive the directional electromagnetic radiation and to output a white-color spectrum. Furthermore, the light source includes a beam shaper configured to direct the white-color spectrum for illuminating a target of interest and transmitting the data signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.Inventors: Melvin McLaurin, James W. Raring, Paul Rudy, Vlad Novotny
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Publication number: 20220320819Abstract: The embodiments described herein provide a high-luminous flux laser-based white light source. A plurality of laser packages are arranged in an array pattern on a common support member. The plurality of laser packages each include one or more laser diode devices and a phosphor member. The phosphor member converts a fraction of the electromagnetic radiation from each of the laser diode devices to an emitted electromagnetic radiation and a white light is outputted.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.Inventors: Paul Rudy, James W. Raring, Eric Goutain, Troy Trottier, Melvin McLaurin, James Harrison, Sten Heikman, Michael Cantore
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Patent number: 11437775Abstract: The embodiments described herein provide a device and method for an integrated white colored electromagnetic radiation source using a combination of laser diode excitation sources based on gallium and nitrogen containing materials and light emitting source based on phosphor materials. A violet, blue, or other wavelength laser diode source based on gallium and nitrogen materials may be closely integrated with phosphor materials, such as yellow phosphors, to form a compact, high-brightness, and highly-efficient, white light source.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2016Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.Inventors: James W. Raring, Paul Rudy, Eric Goutain, Troy Trottier, Melvin McLaurin, James Harrison
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Patent number: 11437774Abstract: The embodiments described herein provide a high-luminous flux laser-based white light source. A plurality of laser packages are arranged in an array pattern on a common support member. The plurality of laser packages each include one or more laser diode devices and a phosphor member. The phosphor member converts a fraction of the electromagnetic radiation from each of the laser diode devices to an emitted electromagnetic radiation and a white light is outputted.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.Inventors: Paul Rudy, James W. Raring, Eric Goutain, Troy Trottier, Melvin McLaurin, James Harrison, Sten Heikman, Michael Cantore