Patents by Inventor Thomas M. Tracy

Thomas M. Tracy 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).

  • Method and apparatus for displaying an image in three dimensions
    Patent number: 6720961
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for displaying a three-dimensional image of an object. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of providing a plurality of data sets, referred to as data slices, each said data slice representing a corresponding two-dimensional view of the object, providing a display system comprising a plurality of TOLED displays arranged one behind the other wherein one of the TOLED displays defines a front TOLED display and another one of the TOLED displays defines a rear TOLED display and wherein the plurality of TOLED displays defining three dimensions, and displaying a particular one of said data slices on a corresponding TOLED display so that when the plurality of TOLED displays are viewed through either the front or rear TOLED display, a three-dimensional image of the object appears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Inventor: Thomas M. Tracy
  • Method and apparatus for displaying an image in three dimensions
    Publication number: 20020105516
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for displaying a three-dimensional image of an object. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of providing a plurality of data sets, referred to as data slices, each said data slice representing a corresponding two-dimensional view of the object, providing a display system comprising a plurality of TOLED displays arranged one behind the other wherein one of the TOLED displays defines a front TOLED display and another one of the TOLED displays defines a rear TOLED display and wherein the plurality of TOLED displays defining three dimensions, and displaying a particular one of said data slices on a corresponding TOLED display so that when the plurality of TOLED displays are viewed through either the front or rear TOLED display, a three-dimensional image of the object appears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventor: Thomas M. Tracy