Patents by Inventor Rick Zemen

Rick Zemen 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: 8115776
    Abstract: A mechanism for mitigating undesired color image breakup artifacts arising in display systems that exploit the principle of field sequential color generation. By suitably reducing the time interval during which image information strikes the moving retina, such that the differential position for the respective red, green, and blue components of the image falling upon the moving retina does not exceed the diameter of a retinal cone or rod, the cause of the breakup is negated and the image becomes unitary as expected: the eye sees the image as if all the components arrived at the same time. The truncation of light emission into shorter time frames necessitates a compensatory increase in imaging light intensity, such that the net amount of photonic flux striking the retina, averaged over time, remains unchanged. The mechanism can be applied to systems with discrete red, green, and blue sources as well as to color-wheel-based systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Rambus Inc.
    Inventors: Martin G. Selbrede, Rick Zemen
  • Patent number: 8077185
    Abstract: A system and method for displaying video images in response to each frame of field-sequential video signals. The system comprises a backlight comprising first, second and third primary color light sources. The backlight is operable to emit light for at most 5.67 milliseconds of each frame (on-time), and to emit no light during the remainder of each frame (off-time). During a portion of the on-time, at least two of the primary color light sources are on simultaneously. For another portion of the on-time, the primary color light sources are on sequentially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Rambus Inc.
    Inventors: Martin G. Selbrede, Rick Zemen
  • Publication number: 20110255013
    Abstract: A system and method for displaying video images in response to each frame of field-sequential video signals. The system comprises a backlight comprising first, second and third primary color light sources. The backlight is operable to emit light for at most 5.67 milliseconds of each frame (on-time), and to emit no light during the remainder of each frame (off-time). During a portion of the on-time, at least two of the primary color light sources are on simultaneously. For another portion of the on-time, the primary color light sources are on sequentially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventors: Martin G. Selbrede, Rick Zemen
  • Publication number: 20080192065
    Abstract: A mechanism for mitigating undesired color image breakup artifacts arising in display systems that exploit the principle of field sequential color generation. By suitably reducing the time interval during which image information strikes the moving retina, such that the differential position for the respective red, green, and blue components of the image falling upon the moving retina does not exceed the diameter of a retinal cone or rod, the cause of the breakup is negated and the image becomes unitary as expected: the eye sees the image as if all the components arrived at the same time. The truncation of light emission into shorter time frames necessitates a compensatory increase in imaging light intensity, such that the net amount of photonic flux striking the retina, averaged over time, remains unchanged. The mechanism can be applied to systems with discrete red, green, and blue sources as well as to color-wheel-based systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2006
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: UNI-PIXEL DISPLAYS, INC.
    Inventors: Martin G. Selbrede, Rick Zemen
  • Patent number: 6562549
    Abstract: A method for adjusting out of tolerance critical dimensions of an under processed photomask to be within predetermined defined limits after the photosensistive resist material has been removed from the exposed photomask. The method includes measuring the critical dimensions of the opaque material of the under processed photomask after the photosensitive resist material has been removed, and exposing the photomask to electrified plasma gases for removing excess opaque material without degrading the reflectivity of the photomask beyond specified limits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Photronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Rick Zemen, Tiecheng Zhou
  • Publication number: 20020119380
    Abstract: A method for adjusting out of tolerance critical dimensions of an under processed photomask to be within predetermined defined limits after the photosensistive resist material has been removed from the exposed photomask. The method includes measuring the critical dimensions of the opaque material of the under processed photomask after the photosensitive resist material has been removed, and exposing the photomask to electrified plasma gases for removing excess opaque material without degrading the reflectivity of the photomask beyond specified limits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Rick Zemen, Tiecheng Zhou
  • Patent number: 6406818
    Abstract: A method for adjusting out of tolerance critical dimensions of an under processed photomask to be within predetermined defined limits after the photosensistive resist material has been removed from the exposed photomask. The method includes measuring the critical dimensions of the opaque material of the under processed photomask after the photosensitive resist material has been removed, and exposing the photomask to electrified plasma gases for removing excess opaque material without degrading the reflectivity of the photomask beyond specified limits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Photronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Rick Zemen, Tiecheng Zhou