Patents by Inventor Scott C. McEldowney

Scott C. McEldowney 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: 10345903
    Abstract: A method of detecting eye location for a head-mounted display system includes directing positioning light to an eye of a user and detecting the positioning light reflected from the eye of the user. The method further includes determining a distance between the eye and a near-eye optic of the head-mounted display system based on attributes of the detected positioning light, and providing feedback for adjusting the distance between the eye and the near-eye optic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Steve Robbins, Scott C. McEldowney, Xinye Lou, David D. Bohn, Quentin Simon Charles Miller, David Nister, Gerhard Schneider, Christopher Maurice Mei, Nathan Ackerman
  • Publication number: 20150035744
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for adjusting alignment of a near-eye optic of a see-through head-mounted display system. In one embodiment, a method of detecting eye location for a head-mounted display system includes directing positioning light to an eye of a user and detecting the positioning light reflected from the eye of the user. The method further includes determining a distance between the eye and a near-eye optic of the head-mounted display system based on attributes of the detected positioning light, and providing feedback for adjusting the distance between the eye and the near-eye optic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Steve Robbins, Scott C. McEldowney, Xinye Lou, David D. Bohn, Quentin Simon Charles Miller, David Nister, Gerhard Schneider, Christopher Maurice Mei, Nathan Ackerman
  • Publication number: 20140375542
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed herein that relate to aligning a near-eye display of a near-eye display device with an eye of a user. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides, on a near-eye display device, a method comprising receiving an image of an eye from a camera via a reverse display optical path, detecting a location of the eye in the image, and determining a relative position of the eye with regard to a target viewing position of the near-eye display. The method further comprises determining an adjustment to make to the near-eye display device to align the location of the eye with the target viewing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Steve Robbins, Scott C. McEldowney, Xinye Lou, David D. Bohn, Quentin Simon Charles Miller, John Robert Eldridge, William M. Crow
  • Patent number: 5808714
    Abstract: A very low reflectance optical coating comprising alternating layers of materials such as chromium oxide and chromium, silicon oxide and silicon, titanium oxide and titanium, and tantalum oxide and tantalum is suitable for use as a black shadow mask in liquid crystal displays, among various applications. Certain designs such as silicon oxide/silicon benefit from a transmission-decreasing overcoat of material such as molybdenum, germanium or titanium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott F. Rowlands, Scott C. McEldowney, Steven P. Bandettini