Patents by Inventor William C. Butler

William C. Butler 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).

  • Integrated retinal display
    Patent number: 6474816
    Abstract: A retinal display includes a single integrated circuit that incorporates a light source, conditioning optics, a scanner and the drive electronics. The drive electronics may include a processor-based system and further may include the electronics to enable wireless communication with other processor-based systems. As a result, a head-mounted retinal display or a mobile device (cell phone or PDA or similar) integrated retinal display may provide compact computer functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: William C. Butler, Rakesh Kapur
  • Integrated retinal display
    Publication number: 20020085175
    Abstract: A retinal display includes a single integrated circuit that incorporates a light source, conditioning optics, a scanner and the drive electronics. The drive electronics may include a processor-based system and further may include the electronics to enable wireless communication with other processor-based systems. As a result, a head-mounted retinal display or a mobile device (cell phone or PDA or similar) integrated retinal display may provide compact computer functionality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: William C. Butler, Rakesh Kapur