Patents by Inventor Peter Pilarz

Peter Pilarz 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).

  • Publication number: 20250060254
    Abstract: A wavefront sensor for measuring a wavefront that includes an aperture mask configured to receive incident light, the aperture mask comprising a plurality of apertures irregularly spaced and arranged in a plurality of sub-windows that respectively transmit sub-beams of the incident light. A diffuser can receive the sub-beams transmitted by the plurality of apertures. A controller of the sensor is configured to identify measured sub-beams by convolving the sub-beams imaged on the diffuser with a map of the plurality of apertures; and measure the wavefront of the incident light based on changes in position of the sub-beams in a digital image of the diffuser relative to both reference positions and neighboring sub-beams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: Quartus Engineering Incorporated
    Inventors: Peter Pilarz, Jason Kuhn, Brian Dunne, Jesse Melrose
  • Publication number: 20250028179
    Abstract: A head-mounted device may include optical assemblies for presenting images to a user. The optical assemblies may each have a display for generating an image and a lens that presents the image to a corresponding eye box for viewing by a user. The optical assemblies may have lens barrels. Each lens barrel may have a first end to which a display is mounted and may have an opposing second end. A mount may be used to attach the lens to the second end of the lens barrel. The mount may have at least one flexure. The flexure may have a U-shaped cross-sectional shape. The mount may have a ring-shaped flexure that extends around a peripheral edge of the lens, may have flexure segments, or may have a set of three discrete flexures located at different positions along the edge of the lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Blake N Trekell, Aidan N Zimmerman, Clas Magnus Oscar Oldenbo, Andrew Nichols, Ransomed I Adebayo, Peter Pilarz, Jesse Melrose
  • Patent number: 12181347
    Abstract: Wavefront sensors are provided herein. An aperture mask is configured to receive incident light the wavefront of which is to be measured and comprising irregularly spaced apertures that respectively transmit sub-beams of the incident light. A diffuser is configured to receive the sub-beams transmitted by irregularly spaced apertures of the aperture mask. A camera, having a focal plane in which the diffuser substantially is located, is configured to obtain a digital image of the diffuser and thus to obtain a digital image of the incident light the sub-beams of which the aperture mask transmits onto the diffuser. A controller is configured to electronically receive the digital image of the diffuser and to measure the wavefront of the incident light based on the digital image. Methods also are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: QUARTUS ENGINEERING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Peter Pilarz, Jason Kuhn, Brian Dunne, Jesse Melrose
  • Patent number: 12158590
    Abstract: A head-mounted device may include optical assemblies for presenting images to a user. The optical assemblies may each have a display for generating an image and a lens that presents the image to a corresponding eye box for viewing by a user. The optical assemblies may have lens barrels. Each lens barrel may have a first end to which a display is mounted and may have an opposing second end. A mount may be used to attach the lens to the second end of the lens barrel. The mount may have at least one flexure. The flexure may have a U-shaped cross-sectional shape. The mount may have a ring-shaped flexure that extends around a peripheral edge of the lens, may have flexure segments, or may have a set of three discrete flexures located at different positions along the edge of the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Blake N Trekell, Aidan N Zimmerman, Clas Magnus Oscar Oldenbo, Andrew Nichols, Ransomed I Adebayo, Peter Pilarz, Jesse Melrose
  • Publication number: 20240192505
    Abstract: A head-mounted device may include optical assemblies for presenting images to a user. The optical assemblies may each have a display for generating an image and a lens that presents the image to a corresponding eye box for viewing by a user. The optical assemblies may have lens barrels. Each lens barrel may have a first end to which a display is mounted and may have an opposing second end. A mount may be used to attach the lens to the second end of the lens barrel. The mount may have at least one flexure. The flexure may have a U-shaped cross-sectional shape. The mount may have a ring-shaped flexure that extends around a peripheral edge of the lens, may have flexure segments, or may have a set of three discrete flexures located at different positions along the edge of the lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Blake N Trekell, Aidan N Zimmerman, Clas Magnus Oscar Oldenbo, Andrew Nichols, Ransomed I Adebayo, Peter Pilarz, Jesse Melrose
  • Publication number: 20240102865
    Abstract: Wavefront sensors are provided herein. An aperture mask is configured to receive incident light the wavefront of which is to be measured and comprising irregularly spaced apertures that respectively transmit sub-beams of the incident light. A diffuser is configured to receive the sub-beams transmitted by irregularly spaced apertures of the aperture mask. A camera, having a focal plane in which the diffuser substantially is located, is configured to obtain a digital image of the diffuser and thus to obtain a digital image of the incident light the sub-beams of which the aperture mask transmits onto the diffuser. A controller is configured to electronically receive the digital image of the diffuser and to measure the wavefront of the incident light based on the digital image. Methods also are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Quartus Engineering Incorporated
    Inventors: Peter Pilarz, Jason Kuhn, Brian Dunne, Jesse Melrose