Patents by Inventor Zachary Michael Thomas

Zachary Michael Thomas 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: 11355538
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an image sensor panel (ISP) and a method for fabricating the image sensor panel (ISP). In one aspect, the method includes forming a well in an assembly, forming a bottom electrode in the well, forming a photosensitive layer in the well, and forming a top electrode over the photosensitive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Bidirectional Display, Inc.
    Inventors: Hsuanyeh Chang, Zachary Michael Thomas
  • Publication number: 20210319197
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus for optically capturing images using a display screen. The apparatus includes a sensor panel having a sensor substrate and an array of photosensitive pixels on an upper surface of the sensor substrate; a display panel disposed on the upper surface of the sensor substrate, the display panel having a display substrate, a plurality of display pixels on a first surface of the display substrate, and a black matrix on the first surface, wherein the black matrix includes a plurality of optical elements, each being located between neighboring ones of the display pixels, and wherein the sensor panel is in contact with a second surface of the display substrate opposing the first surface; and a cover sheet on the first surface of the display substrate. The black matrix includes a conductive material electrically coupled to a common electrode of the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Hsuanyeh Chang, Zachary Michael Thomas, Anping Liu
  • Publication number: 20210036035
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an image sensor panel (ISP) and a method for fabricating the image sensor panel (ISP). In one aspect, the method includes forming a well in an assembly, forming a bottom electrode in the well, forming a photosensitive layer in the well, and forming a top electrode over the photosensitive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Hsuanyeh Chang, Zachary Michael Thomas
  • Patent number: 10440223
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure provides an electronic device having a light source, a two-dimensional photosensor, the photosensor and the light source being stacked on top of each other, and a non-transitory computer readable memory. In one example, the mobile electronic device is configured to: capture two or more frames using the photosensor while light is emitted from the light source, identify common features in neighboring frames of said two or more frames, combine said two or more frames into an image based on the common features, such that the common features are spatially collocated in the image, and record the image to the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Bidirectional Display, Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary Michael Thomas, Hsuan-Yeh Chang
  • Publication number: 20190037099
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure provides an electronic device having a light source, a two-dimensional photosensor, the photosensor and the light source being stacked on top of each other, and a non-transitory computer readable memory. In one example, the mobile electronic device is configured to: capture two or more frames using the photosensor while light is emitted from the light source, identify common features in neighboring frames of said two or more frames, combine said two or more frames into an image based on the common features, such that the common features are spatially collocated in the image, and record the image to the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Zachary Michael Thomas, Hsuan-Yeh Chang
  • Patent number: 10091391
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a system and a method for constructing a document image from snapshots of portions of a subject document taken by a two-dimensional image sensor panel. In another aspect, the present disclosure provides a mobile electronic device comprising: an image sensor panel; a non-transitory computer readable memory; and a processor configured to: capture a sequence of frames from the image sensor panel, identify corresponding features in said sequence of frames, combine said sequence of frames into a resultant image such that the corresponding features are spatially collocated in the resultant image, and record the resultant image to the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Bidirectional Display, Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary Michael Thomas, Hsuan-Yeh Chang
  • Publication number: 20170134611
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a system and a method for constructing a document image from snapshots of portions of a subject document taken by a two-dimensional image sensor panel. In another aspect, the present disclosure provides a mobile electronic device comprising: an image sensor panel; a non-transitory computer readable memory; and a processor configured to: capture a sequence of frames from the image sensor panel, identify corresponding features in said sequence of frames, combine said sequence of frames into a resultant image such that the corresponding features are spatially collocated in the resultant image, and record the resultant image to the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Zachary Michael Thomas, Hsuan-Yeh Chang