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Optical Scanning Multi-FOM Metrology for AR Waveguide Display
The invention is a reverse-path optical scanning metrology method that replaces mechanical scanning at the eye box plane via programmable light source in color, pattern, state of polarization, direction of light, and placing a static (non-moving) detection optics at the input pupil plane. Instead of illuminating the in-coupler and physically moving...
Published: 8/24/2026
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Updated: 8/24/2026
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Inventor(s): Yuzuru Takashima, Chuan Luo
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Displays, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lens & System Design, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Optical Fab / Metrology
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Flat and Low Profile Beam and Image Steering Device
This invention describes a method of flat beam steering optical architecture without bulk optics using MEMS-based flat-beam steering technology.
Background:
Laser beam steering is relevant in many applications such as LiDAR, scanning displays, metrology, optical interconnects, optical communication, and various scientific instruments, such as optical...
Published: 8/24/2026
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Updated: 8/24/2026
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Inventor(s): Yuzuru Takashima
Keywords(s):
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lasers & Other Sources, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Displays, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Optical Fab / Metrology, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Telecommunications
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A Wearable, Waveguide-Integrated Optical System for Measuring Accommodation Changes in the Human Eye
This invention uses a waveguide as an optical combiner to integrate illumination, fixation, and imaging optics into a compact form factor to create a wearable, lightweight optical system for measuring accommodation changes in the human eye. By measuring the relative shift of the extracted beams, the system delivers a direct and highly sensitive way...
Published: 5/7/2026
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Updated: 5/7/2026
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Inventor(s): Hong Hua, Pengyinjie Lyu
Keywords(s):
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Displays, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lens & System Design, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Ophthalmology
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A Wearable, Lightguide-Integrated Optical System of Wavefront Sensor for Measuring Aberration in the Human Eye
This invention uses a lightguide as an optical combiner to integrate illumination, fixation, and imaging optics into a single platform and create a wearable, lightweight optical system for measuring optical aberrations in the human eye. By using diffractive or geometric couplers, the invention allows ocular wavefronts to be measured at the same time...
Published: 5/7/2026
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Updated: 5/7/2026
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Inventor(s): Hong Hua, Pengyinjie Lyu
Keywords(s):
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Displays, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lens & System Design, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Ophthalmology
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Dual-Path Optical Measurement System with Integrated Pupil and FOV Scanning
This technology is a compact optical measurement system designed to test and evaluate head-mounted displays used in augmented, virtual, and mixed reality. The system captures both wide field-of-view images and fine image detail at the same time by splitting light into two coordinated measurement paths. A shared entrance pupil and integrated scanning...
Published: 4/20/2026
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Updated: 4/20/2026
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Inventor(s): Hong Hua, Pengyinjie Lyu
Keywords(s):
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Displays, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lens & System Design
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Dynamically Foveated Head-Mounted Displays with High Resolution Inset Image Based on Micro Lens Array
This technology is a head-mounted display architecture that provides high visual detail where the eye is looking, while maintaining a wide field of view for peripheral awareness. By using optical image duplication and selection to shift the high-resolution region across the display area as viewing direction changes, the system creates a small, high-resolution...
Published: 4/20/2026
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Updated: 4/20/2026
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Inventor(s): Hong Hua, Pengyinjie Lyu
Keywords(s):
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Displays, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lens & System Design
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Method and Device for 3D Imaging
This technology combines spatio-temporal structured light patterns with emerging high-speed asynchronous event focal plane arrays to enable rapid 3D imaging. With this technology, spatio-temporal structured light patterns with unique properties are rapidly projected onto the scene using a high-speed spatial light modulator. The asynchronous events recorded...
Published: 1/26/2026
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Updated: 1/26/2026
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Inventor(s): Florian Willomitzer, Muralidhar Madabhushi Balaji, Jiazhang Wang
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Displays, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Medical Imaging
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Method and System for Amplitude and Phase Modulation of Light Fields
This technology is a method designed to enable complex and/or high-discretization light field modulation in devices using a novel pixel interference technique. This method offers a way of improving the performance of a wide range of optical technologies, enabling phase-only modulators to project complex fields, and all modulators to modulate fields...
Published: 10/24/2025
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Updated: 8/18/2025
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Inventor(s): Florian Willomitzer, John Bass, Muralidhar Madabhushi Balaji
Keywords(s):
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Displays, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lens & System Design, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Microscopy, Spectroscopy, Polarimetry
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Dynamically Controlled Pupil Steering Method for Enhanced Light Efficiency in Head-Mounted Displays
This is a programmable backlight display for head-mounted displays (HMDs) that dynamically steers light to the viewer’s pupil based on real-time eye tracking. This method reduces power consumption by illuminating only the necessary region corresponding to the pupil location while also improving brightness uniformity and efficiency. It also helps...
Published: 9/3/2025
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Updated: 8/4/2025
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Inventor(s): Hong Hua, Pengyinjie Lyu
Keywords(s):
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Displays, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lens & System Design
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Solar Control Coatings for Consumer Electronics
This invention is a coating for consumer electronic devices which is designed to reduce overheating under ultraviolet (UV), infrared (IR), or direct sunlight exposure while preserving high visible light transmission. This coating is adapted from solar reflective coatings in architectural windows and repurposed for electronic devices to maintain the...
Published: 6/30/2025
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Updated: 6/30/2025
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Inventor(s): Mohamed ElKabbash
Keywords(s):
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Displays, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Materials & Fabrication, Technology Classifications > Materials > Coatings, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Electronics
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