Patents by Inventor Tonino Greco
Tonino Greco 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).
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Patent number: 11912899Abstract: A film for absorbing visible light, including: a plurality of silica nanoparticles, wherein a surface of at least a part of the plurality of silica nanoparticles is functionalized with a plurality of pigment molecules of a Melanin type compound.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Samuel Kingston, Tonino Greco
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Patent number: 11740451Abstract: A projector color wheel, including: a substrate; a first film for changing a wavelength of light, provided on the substrate, including a first material including a plurality of first quantum dots of a first quantum dot type, the plurality of first quantum dots being configured to emit light according to a first emission profile with at least a first emission peak at a first emission wavelength when light of a predetermined wavelength incidents; a second film for changing a wavelength of light, provided on the substrate, including a second material, the second material being configured to emit light according to a second emission profile with at least a second emission peak at a second emission wavelength when light of the predetermined wavelength incidents; wherein each of the first film and the second film includes a binding material; and wherein the first emission wavelength is larger than the second emission wavelength.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventor: Tonino Greco
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Patent number: 11733561Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a color filter for a display device, which has at least one color filter element for generating a predefined color in response to incident light, wherein the at least one color filter element includes a Perovskite material.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Tonino Greco, Klaus Zimmermann
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Patent number: 11719532Abstract: An electronic device comprising a deformable object which is at least partially filled with a light-absorbing material, one or more light sources configured to illuminate the inside of the deformable object, an imaging unit configured to capture respective images of the light sources, and circuitry configured to reconstruct the shape of the deformable object based on the captured images of the light sources.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventor: Tonino Greco
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Publication number: 20230183525Abstract: A film for absorbing visible light, including: a substrate, wherein a surface of the substrate is covered with an adhesive coating of polydopamine or a polymerized dopamine derivative.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2022Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Samuel KINGSTON, Tonino GRECO
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Patent number: 11655964Abstract: A film for changing a wavelength of light, including: a nano-porous membrane including a plurality of pores each having a first opening at a first surface of the nano-porous membrane and each extending in an extension direction towards a second surface of the nano-porous membrane opposite to the first surface of the nano-porous membrane, wherein the plurality of pores is arranged according to a predetermined pattern; a plurality of first quantum dots of a first quantum dot type, provided in the plurality of pores; and a plurality of second quantum dots of a second quantum dot type, provided in the plurality of pores.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventor: Tonino Greco
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Publication number: 20230126615Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a color filter for a display device, which has at least one color filter element for generating a predefined color in response to incident light, wherein the at least one color filter element includes a Perovskite material.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Tonino GRECO, Klaus ZIMMERMANN
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Patent number: 11594568Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to an image sensor, including: a first photosensitive layer (2) for sensing blue light; a second photosensitive layer (3) for sensing green light; a third photosensitive layer (4) for sensing red light; and a fourth photosensitive layer (5) for sensing infrared light, wherein the first, second, third and fourth photosensitive layer are stacked on each other and each comprise a Perovskite material.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tonino Greco, Klaus Zimmermann
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Patent number: 11550182Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a color filter for a display device, which has at least one color filter element for generating a predefined color in response to incident light, wherein the at least one color filter element includes a Perovskite material.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tonino Greco, Klaus Zimmermann
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Publication number: 20220306873Abstract: A film for absorbing visible light, including: a plurality of silica nanoparticles, wherein a surface of at least a part of the plurality of silica nanoparticles is functionalized with a plurality of pigment molecules of a Melanin type compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Samuel KINGSTON, Tonino GRECO
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Publication number: 20220299824Abstract: The present disclosure generally pertains to a device for a liquid crystal display, including: a light directing portion for guiding light of a first wavelength range from a light source to a plurality of quantum dots, wherein the light directing portion includes a light directing branching; and the plurality of quantum dots configured to emit light of a second wavelength range in response to light of the first wavelength range being incident on a plurality of display elements, each display element including a subset of the plurality of quantum dots, thereby defining a predetermined quantum dot pattern corresponding to the light directing branching.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventor: Tonino GRECO
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Publication number: 20220146711Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a transparent optical portion comprising a plurality of protrusion for providing a metalens function on a surface of an optical device, wherein a direction of growth of the plurality of protrusion is based on a crystal structure of a first substrate, and wherein the protrusions differ in size.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2020Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Tonino GRECO, Klaus ZIMMERMANN
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Publication number: 20220137259Abstract: The disclosure generally pertains to a metalens portion comprising a plurality of holes in a first substrate, wherein at least two holes of the plurality of holes differ in size, and wherein a refractive index of the metalens portion is defined by at least one of shape of the holes and an arrangement pattern of the holes, thereby providing a metalens.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2020Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Tonino GRECO, Klaus ZIMMERMANN
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Publication number: 20220057195Abstract: An electronic device comprising a deformable object which is at least partially filled with a light-absorbing material, one or more light sources configured to illuminate the inside of the deformable object, an imaging unit configured to capture respective images of the light sources, and circuitry configured to reconstruct the shape of the deformable object based on the captured images of the light sources.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventor: Tonino GRECO
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Publication number: 20220019074Abstract: A projector color wheel, including: a substrate; a first film for changing a wavelength of light, provided on the substrate, including a first material including a plurality of first quantum dots of a first quantum dot type, the plurality of first quantum dots being configured to emit light according to a first emission profile with at least a first emission peak at a first emission wavelength when light of a predetermined wavelength incidents; a second film for changing a wavelength of light, provided on the substrate, including a second material, the second material being configured to emit light according to a second emission profile with at least a second emission peak at a second emission wavelength when light of the predetermined wavelength incidents; wherein each of the first film and the second film includes a binding material; and wherein the first emission wavelength is larger than the second emission wavelength.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventor: Tonino GRECO
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Publication number: 20220018520Abstract: A film for changing a wavelength of light, including: a nano-porous membrane including a plurality of pores each having a first opening at a first surface of the nano-porous membrane and each extending in an extension direction towards a second surface of the nano-porous membrane opposite to the first surface of the nano-porous membrane, wherein the plurality of pores is arranged according to a predetermined pattern; a plurality of first quantum dots of a first quantum dot type, provided in the plurality of pores; and a plurality of second quantum dots of a second quantum dot type, provided in the plurality of pores.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventor: Tonino GRECO
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Publication number: 20210063809Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a color filter for a display device, which has at least one color filter element for generating a predefined color in response to incident light, wherein the at least one color filter element includes a Perovskite material.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2018Publication date: March 4, 2021Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Tonino GRECO, Klaus ZIMMERMANN
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Publication number: 20210066384Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to an image sensor, including: a first photosensitive layer (2) for sensing blue light; a second photosensitive layer (3) for sensing green light; a third photosensitive layer (4) for sensing red light; and a fourth photosensitive layer (5) for sensing infrared light, wherein the first, second, third and fourth photosensitive layer are stacked on each other and each comprise a Perovskite material.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2018Publication date: March 4, 2021Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Tonino GRECO, Klaus ZIMMERMANN
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Patent number: 9698311Abstract: The present invention relates to colloidal quantum dots, to a process for producing such colloidal quantum dots, to the use thereof and to optoelectronic components comprising colloidal quantum dots.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignees: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSHUNG E.V., KOREA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTEInventors: Tonino Greco, Christian Ippen, Armin Wedel
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Publication number: 20140353579Abstract: The present invention relates to colloidal quantum dots, to a process for producing such colloidal quantum dots, to the use thereof and to optoelectronic components comprising colloidal quantum dots.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2014Publication date: December 4, 2014Inventors: Tonino Greco, Christian Ippen, Armin Wedel