Patents by Inventor Tony Whitehead
Tony Whitehead 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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Publication number: 20130066320Abstract: A titanium body (2) of a femoral nail incorporates an opening (3) leading into a hollow region (4) which defines a cavity in which electronics may be incorporated. A potting compound overlays the electronics, within the region (4). A 100 to 150 ?m thick cover (18) made from polyetheretherketone is arranged to overlay the opening (3) and close the hollow region (4). The cover (18) is made from flat polyetheretherketone film of suitable thickness which is heat shrunk onto a former and then machined to define the desired shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: INVIBIO LIMITEDInventors: Marcus Jarman-Smith, Gordon McDonough, Nuno Sereno, Tony Whitehead
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Publication number: 20110151259Abstract: Pellets or granules comprise polymeric material, for example polyetheretherketone and a fugitive material, for example sodium chloride. The granules may be used in injection moulding to produce shapes for use in medical implants and may conveniently be used to form parts which are partially porous, or to prepare porous films.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2009Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: INVIBIO LIMITEDInventors: Marcus Jarman-Smith, Tony Whitehead, Andrew Elleray, John Devine
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Publication number: 20090051884Abstract: A projection apparatus including an illumination system, a reflective light valve, a projection lens, and a color filter is provided. The illumination system has a light source for providing an illumination beam, and the reflective light valve is disposed on the transmission path of the illumination beam. The reflective light valve has a plurality of pixels arranged in an array for converting the illumination beam into an image, and the projection lens is disposed on the transmission path of the image. The color filter is disposed between the light source and the reflective light valve and on the transmission path of the illumination beam. Moreover, the color filter includes a transparent substrate and a color filter array disposed on a first surface of the transparent substrate. The color filter array includes a plurality of filter patterns, and each of the filter patterns corresponds to one of the pixels, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2007Publication date: February 26, 2009Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Da-Shuang Kuan, Tony Whitehead, Chia-Te Lin
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Publication number: 20080061425Abstract: A chip package structure comprising a chip, a packaging cover panel and an adhesion layer is provided. The chip has an active surface. An image-sensing device is disposed on the active surface and a plurality of contact pads is disposed around the image-sensing device. The package cover panel is disposed over the active surface. The package cover panel includes a substrate and a supporting part disposed on the substrate such that the supporting part defines a cavity on the substrate. The supporting part may contact with the active surface of the chip so that the image-sensing device on the active surface is located within the cavity. The adhesion layer is disposed between the supporting part and the active surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2006Publication date: March 13, 2008Applicant: UNITED MICRODISPLAY OPTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Da-Shuang Kuan, Tony Whitehead, Tzrong-Li Han
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Publication number: 20070242195Abstract: A reflective liquid crystal on silicon panel (reflective LCOS panel) for polarizing a light beam and converting the light beam into an image is provided. The reflective LCOS panel includes a silicon substrate, an opposite substrate, a liquid crystal layer and a polarizer. The silicon substrate has a pixel array thereon. The opposite substrate is disposed over the silicon substrate and has a transparent electrode thereon. The liquid crystal layer fills up the space between the pixel array of the silicon substrate and the transparent electrode of the opposite substrate. The polarizer is set up on the silicon substrate or the opposite substrate. As described above, the integration of the polarizer with the reflective LCOS panel inside a projection apparatus can effectively reduce the cost, volume and weight of the projection apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2006Publication date: October 18, 2007Inventors: Da-Shuang Kuan, Tony Whitehead, Chi-Tai Meng
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Patent number: 7255459Abstract: A light emitting diode light source including a reflective cover and a plurality of light emitting diodes is provided. The reflective cover has an inner surface and an opening for irradiating light. The light emitting diodes are disposed on the inner surface of the reflective cover. The light emitted from the light emitting diodes is incident upon the inner surface of the reflective cover and then reflected toward the opening from the inner surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2005Date of Patent: August 14, 2007Assignee: United Microdisplay Optronics Corp.Inventors: Da-Shuang Kuan, Tony Whitehead, Chi-Tai Meng
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Publication number: 20070139922Abstract: A light emitting diode light source including a reflective cover and a plurality of light emitting diodes is provided. The reflective cover has an inner surface and an opening for irradiating light. The light emitting diodes are disposed on the inner surface of the reflective cover. The light emitted from the light emitting diodes is incident upon the inner surface of the reflective cover and then reflected toward the opening from the inner surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2005Publication date: June 21, 2007Inventors: Da-Shuang Kuan, Tony Whitehead, Chi-Tai Meng
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Publication number: 20070063938Abstract: A pixel driving method is provided. The driving method includes selecting subpixels from different frame periods with different selecting modes in order to form a pixel array, and driving the pixel array. Different pixel arrays that are formed with subpixels selected from different frame periods are shifted by a distance of one subpixel along the row direction, the column direction, or both directions from each other. Thus, the image resolution of a display panel is improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2005Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventors: Da-Shuang Kuan, Tony Whitehead, Chia-Tsung Chan, Chia-Te Lin
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Publication number: 20070053185Abstract: A light source module is provided. The light source module comprises a substrate, a reflective device and a plurality of light emitting diodes. The substrate comprises an opening, the reflective device a comprising light reflecting surface is disposed on one side of the substrate. In addition, the light emitting diode is disposed over the substrate locating between the reflective device and the substrate, and the LEDs are arranged in a plurality of concentric circles around the opening of the substrate. Lights emitted by the light emitting diodes are reflected the light reflecting surface pass through the opening converge on the other side of the substrate. The light source module is constructed using simple optical components and is capable of outputting uniform light.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2005Publication date: March 8, 2007Inventors: Tony Whitehead, Da-Shuang Kuan, Chia-Te Lin
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Publication number: 20070040965Abstract: A reflective liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) panel including a silicon substrate, an absorption layer, a color mirror, a transparent substrate and a liquid crystal layer is described. The silicon substrate has a pixel array thereon. The absorption layer is disposed over the pixel array. The color mirror is disposed over the absorption layer, and the color mirror reflects light having at least a predetermined range of wavelength and light not reflected by the color mirror is absorbed by the absorption layer. The transparent substrate having a transparent electrode thereon is disposed opposite to the silicon substrate. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the color mirror and the transparent electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2005Publication date: February 22, 2007Inventors: Da-Shuang Kuan, Tony Whitehead, Chi-Tai Meng
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Publication number: 20060187393Abstract: A liquid crystal panel including first and second substrates, first and second transparent electrodes and a liquid crystal layer is provided. The first transparent electrode layer may be disposed on a surface the first substrate. The second substrate is opposite to the first substrate, and the second transparent electrode layer may be disposed on a surface of the second substrate. The liquid crystal layer including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules may be disposed between the first transparent electrode layer and the second transparent electrode layer. In addition, the first substrate and/or the second substrate may include a high temperature poly-silicon substrate, and the liquid crystal layer may include a vertical alignment nematic liquid crystal layer. In addition, a micro color filter array having a plurality of micro color filters may be disposed on another surface of the first substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2005Publication date: August 24, 2006Inventors: Da-Shuang Kuan, Chia-Tsung Chan, Tony Whitehead
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Patent number: 7038739Abstract: An optical projection system comprising a light source, a beam splitter module, a plurality of spatial light modulators, an optical combiner module and a projection lens is provided. The light source is used for providing a first white light. The beam splitter module is disposed in the light path of the first white light to separate the first white light into a plurality of second white lights. The spatial light modulators are disposed in the light paths of the second white lights respectively. Each spatial light modulator comprises a color filter to modulate each second white light into a color light carrying with corresponding color image signal. The optical combiner module is disposed in the light paths of the color lights to combine the color lights. The projection lens is disposed in the light path of the combined color lights after the optical combiner module to project the combined color light to be an image.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2004Date of Patent: May 2, 2006Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Da-Shuang Kuan, Tony Whitehead, Chia-Tsung Chan, Chia-Te Lin
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Publication number: 20060007364Abstract: An optical projection system comprising a light source, a beam splitter module, a plurality of spatial light modulators, an optical combiner module and a projection lens is provided. The light source is used for providing a first white light. The beam splitter module is disposed in the light path of the first white light to separate the first white light into a plurality of second white lights. The spatial light modulators are disposed in the light paths of the second white lights respectively. Each spatial light modulator comprises a color filter to modulate each second white light into a color light carrying with corresponding color image signal. The optical combiner module is disposed in the light paths of the color lights to combine the color lights. The projection lens is disposed in the light path of the combined color lights after the optical combiner module to project the combined color light to be an image.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2004Publication date: January 12, 2006Inventors: Da-Shuang Kuan, Tony Whitehead, Chia-Tsung Chan, Chia-Te Lin
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Publication number: 20060001826Abstract: A reflective type liquid crystal micro display panel is provided. The display panel comprises, an active component array substrate, a pixel electrode layer, an opposite substrate, a common electrode layer, two inorganic alignment films and a negative dielectric anisotropic liquid crystal layer. The pixel electrode layer is disposed over the active component array substrate. The opposite substrate is opposite to the active component array substrate. The common electrode layer is disposed over the opposite substrate. The two inorganic alignment films are disposed over the pixel electrode layer and the common electrode layer respectively. The negative dielectric anisotropic liquid crystal layer is disposed between the two inorganic alignment films, and is aligned parallel to the inorganic alignment films. The reflective type liquid crystal micro display panel has the advantages of low cost and high performance of display.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2004Publication date: January 5, 2006Inventors: Da-Shuang Kuan, Tony Whitehead, Chia-Tsung Chan, Chia-Te Lin