Patents by Inventor Stephen E. Brice

Stephen E. Brice 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).

  • Transmissive, optically addressed, photosensitive spatial light modulators and color display systems incorporating same
    Patent number: 7990600
    Abstract: An optically addressed, photoconductive spatial light modulator (SLM) operates in a transmissive mode and is capable of modulating a wide spectrum of visible light. There is no pixel structure or native pixel resolution in the SLM. The SLM has no photodiodes and does not rectify. A light projection system (100) in which one or more SLMs (128, 130, 132) are placed includes a write (image definition) UV light path (102) and a read (illumination) visible light path (104) to form a color image projection display. The write UV light propagates from an image display pattern source (120) and either sequentially or continuously writes image patterns on the photoconductive SLMs. The read visible light propagates through the SLM and is modulated by an electro-optical material, the optical properties of which change in response to the image structure carried by the write light. The result is a high efficiency display system that delivers high resolution color images through a projection lens (190) onto a display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Compound Photonics Limited
    Inventors: Jonathan A. Sachs, Howard V. Goetz, David Keith, Lin Li, Steven H. Linn, Alexander Parfenov, Stephen E. Brice, Terry J. Scheffer, James A. Van Vechten, Jiuzhi Xue
  • Transmissive, Optically Addressed, Photosensitive Spatial Light Modulators and Color Display Systems Incorporating Same
    Publication number: 20080239458
    Abstract: An optically addressed, photoconductive spatial light modulator (SLM) operates in a transmissive mode and is capable of modulating a wide spectrum of visible light. There is no pixel structure or native pixel resolution in the SLM. The SLM has no photodiodes and does not rectify. A light projection system (100) in which one or more SLMs (128, 130, 132) are placed includes a write (image definition) UV light path (102) and a read (illumination) visible light path (104) to form a color image projection display. The write UV light propagates from an image display pattern source (120) and either sequentially or continuously writes image patterns on the photoconductive SLMs. The read visible light propagates through the SLM and is modulated by an electro-optical material, the optical properties of which change in response to the image structure carried by the write light. The result is a high efficiency display system that delivers high resolution color images through a projection lens (190) onto a display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Jonathan A. Sachs, Howard V. Goetz, David Keith, Lin Li, Steven H. Linn, Alexander Parfenov, Stephen E. Brice, Terry Scheffer, James A. Van Vechten, Jiuzhi Xue