Patents by Inventor Simon Jacobs

Simon Jacobs 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).

  • Parallax barrier, display, passive polarisation modulating optical element and method of making such an element
    Patent number: 6046849
    Abstract: A parallax barrier includes a polarisation modifying layer having aperture regions, for supplying light of a second polarisation when receiving light of a first polarisation, separated by barrier regions, for supplying light of a third polarisation different from the second polarisation when receiving light of the first polarisation, and a polariser selectively operable in a first mode and a second mode. At least one of the aperture regions and the barrier regions alters the polarisation of light passing therethrough. The polariser passes light of the second polarisation and blocks light of the third polarisation in the first mode and passes light of the third polarisation in the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Richard Robert Moseley, Graham John Woodgate, Adrian Marc Simon Jacobs, Jonathan Harrold, David Ezra