Patents by Inventor Xavier Hugel

Xavier Hugel 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).

  • Patent number: 9696479
    Abstract: An optical device includes an optical guide adapted for propagating a light beam by successive total internal reflections and an injection device adapted for injecting the light beam into the optical guide via an injection section. A polarizing material is present between the optical guide and the injection device at the injection section. The injection device includes a prism and an assembly formed by a quarter-wave plate and curved mirror, the injection device being arranged so that a light beam reflected by the polarizing material in the direction of the curved mirror passes through the quarter-wave plate and is then reflected by the curved mirror in the direction of the polarizing material and passes through the quarter-wave plate again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: OPTINVENT
    Inventors: Xavier Hugel, Pascal Benoit, Guilhem Dubroca, Khaled Sarayeddine
  • Patent number: 9575317
    Abstract: An optical guide comprises at least one guiding element adapted for enabling, by total internal reflections, transporting an image taking the form of a collimated light beam from an injection zone to an extraction zone where an extracting device for extracting the image is mounted. The optical guide comprises a retardation plate and a polarization beam splitter, the polarization beam splitter being placed between the guiding element and the extracting device. The optical guide is such that each ray of said collimated light beam striking the polarization beam splitter for the first time separates into two portions, a first portion being transmitted to the extracting device so as to define a first light imprint and a second portion being reflected by the polarization beam splitter, said second portion continuing to be guided by the guiding element and thus passing twice through the retardation plate before striking the polarization beam splitter so as to define a second light imprint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: OPTINVENT
    Inventors: Khaled Sarayeddine, Xavier Hugel, Pascal Benoit
  • Publication number: 20160306170
    Abstract: An optical guide comprises at least one guiding element adapted for enabling, by total internal reflections, transporting an image taking the form of a collimated light beam from an injection zone to an extraction zone where an extracting device for extracting the image is mounted. The optical guide comprises a retardation plate and a polarisation beam splitter, the polarisation beam splitter being placed between the guiding element and the extracting device. The optical guide is such that each ray of said collimated light beam striking the polarisation beam splitter for the first time separates into two portions, a first portion being transmitted to the extracting device so as to define a first light imprint and a second portion being reflected by the polarisation beam splitter, said second portion continuing to be guided by the guiding element and thus passing twice through the retardation plate before striking the polarisation beam splitter so as to define a second light imprint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Khaled SARAYEDDINE, Xavier HUGEL, Pascal BENOIT
  • Patent number: 9435955
    Abstract: An optical guide comprises an injection zone intended to inject into the optical guide a light signal and an extraction zone intended to provide the light signal after transport by the optical guide. The optical guide comprises, in a superposed manner, at least two guidance elements. In a zone situated between the injection zone and the extraction zone, the guidance elements are partially separated from one another by a semi-reflective coating of length, in the direction or propagation of the light signal in the optical guide, dependent on a minimum angle of incidence of the light signal and on the thickness of at least one of the guidance elements that the semi-reflective coating separates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: OPTINVENT
    Inventors: Guilhem Dubroca, Pascal Benoit, Xavier Hugel, Khaled Sarayeddine
  • Patent number: 9285590
    Abstract: An optical guidance device for optical guidance of a light beam has a first part, in a transparent material, adapted for propagating the light beam by successive reflections. This first part comprises an extraction section comprising at least one microstructure comprising a plane surface adapted to enable the rays of the light beam striking the plane surface to emerge from the guidance device. The device also comprises a second part, in a material substantially identical to that of the first part, comprising a section comprising at least one microstructure with a shape complementary to that or those of the extraction section. The device also has a layer of adhesive assembling the first and second parts in such a way that any microstructure of the extraction section is separated from its complementary microstructure by a transparent medium of substantially constant thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: OPTINVENT
    Inventors: Guilhem Dubroca, Pascal Benoit, Xavier Hugel
  • Publication number: 20150268401
    Abstract: An optical device includes an optical guide adapted for propagating a light beam by successive total internal reflections and an injection device adapted for injecting the light beam into the optical guide via an injection section. A polarising material is present between the optical guide and the injection device at the injection section. The injection device includes a prism and an assembly formed by a quarter-wave plate and curved mirror, the injection device being arranged so that a light beam reflected by the polarising material in the direction of the curved mirror passes through the quarter-wave plate and is then reflected by the curved mirror in the direction of the polarising material and passes through the quarter-wave plate again.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Xavier Hugel, Pascal Benoit, Guilhem Dubroca, Khaled Sarayeddine
  • Publication number: 20140334777
    Abstract: An optical guide comprises an injection zone intended to inject into the optical guide a light signal and an extraction zone intended to provide the light signal after transport by the optical guide. The optical guide comprises, in a superposed manner, at least two guidance elements. In a zone situated between the injection zone and the extraction zone, the guidance elements are partially separated from one another by a semi-reflective coating of length, in the direction or propagation of the light signal in the optical guide, dependent on a minimum angle of incidence of the light signal and on the thickness of at least one of the guidance elements that the semi-reflective coating separates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Guilhem Dubroca, Pascal Benoit, Xavier Hugel, Khaled Sarayeddine
  • Publication number: 20140092482
    Abstract: An optical guidance device for optical guidance of a light beam has a first part, in a transparent material, adapted for propagating the light beam by successive reflections. This first part comprises an extraction section comprising at least one microstructure comprising a plane surface adapted to enable the rays of the light beam striking the plane surface to emerge from the guidance device. The device also comprises a second part, in a material substantially identical to that of the first part, comprising a section comprising at least one microstructure with a shape complementary to that or those of the extraction section. The device also has a layer of adhesive assembling the first and second parts in such a way that any microstructure of the extraction section is separated from its complementary microstructure by a transparent medium of substantially constant thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: OPTINVENT
    Inventors: Guilhem Dubroca, Pascal Benoit, Xavier Hugel