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).

  • Publication number: 20130066320
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: INVIBIO LIMITED
    Inventors: Marcus Jarman-Smith, Gordon McDonough, Nuno Sereno, Tony Whitehead
  • Publication number: 20110151259
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: INVIBIO LIMITED
    Inventors: Marcus Jarman-Smith, Tony Whitehead, Andrew Elleray, John Devine
  • Publication number: 20090051884
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Da-Shuang Kuan, Tony Whitehead, Chia-Te Lin
  • Publication number: 20080061425
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2006
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Applicant: UNITED MICRODISPLAY OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Da-Shuang Kuan, Tony Whitehead, Tzrong-Li Han
  • Publication number: 20070242195
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Da-Shuang Kuan, Tony Whitehead, Chi-Tai Meng
  • Patent number: 7255459
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: United Microdisplay Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Da-Shuang Kuan, Tony Whitehead, Chi-Tai Meng
  • Publication number: 20070139922
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Da-Shuang Kuan, Tony Whitehead, Chi-Tai Meng
  • Publication number: 20070063938
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2005
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: Da-Shuang Kuan, Tony Whitehead, Chia-Tsung Chan, Chia-Te Lin
  • Publication number: 20070053185
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Inventors: Tony Whitehead, Da-Shuang Kuan, Chia-Te Lin
  • Publication number: 20070040965
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2005
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Inventors: Da-Shuang Kuan, Tony Whitehead, Chi-Tai Meng
  • Publication number: 20060187393
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Da-Shuang Kuan, Chia-Tsung Chan, Tony Whitehead
  • Patent number: 7038739
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Da-Shuang Kuan, Tony Whitehead, Chia-Tsung Chan, Chia-Te Lin
  • Publication number: 20060007364
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2004
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventors: Da-Shuang Kuan, Tony Whitehead, Chia-Tsung Chan, Chia-Te Lin
  • Publication number: 20060001826
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2004
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: Da-Shuang Kuan, Tony Whitehead, Chia-Tsung Chan, Chia-Te Lin