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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179578 | System, apparatus and method for extracting three-dimensional information of an object from received electromagnetic radiation An apparatus and method to produce a hologram of an object includes an electromagnetic radiation assembly configured to receive a received electromagnetic radiation, such as light, from the object. The electromagnetic radiation assembly is further configured to diff... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174744 | Video hologram and device for reconstructing video holograms The invention relates to video holograms and devices for reconstructing video holograms, comprising an optical system having a light source, lens and the video hologram having cells arranged in a matrix or a regular pattern with at least one opening per cell, the ph... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8159733 | Method of forming an image and image projection device A method of forming an image comprising providing a device for imparting respective phase shifts to different regions of an incident wavefront, wherein the phase shifts give rise to an image in a replay field, and causing zero-order light to be focused into a region... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154780 | Holographic image projection systems A holographic image projection system for projecting an image at an acute angle onto a surface includes: a spatial light modulator (SLM) to display a hologram; an illumination system to illuminate the displayed hologram; projection optics to project light from the i... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154781 | Compact holographic display device A holographic display device comprises a first OLED array writing onto a first OASLM, the first OLED array and the first OASLM forming adjacent layers, and a second OLED array writing onto a second OASLM, the second OLED array and the second OASLM forming adjacent l... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149485 | Dynamically reconfigurable holograms with electronically erasable programmable intermediate layers Dynamically reconfigurable holograms with electronically erasable programmable intermediate layers are disclosed. An example apparatus includes first nanowires, each of the first nanowires having protuberances along a length thereof. The example apparatus also inclu... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8107144 | Method and device for manufacturing a hologram recording medium containing multiple objects that are reproduced when observed from different positions A method and a device for manufacturing a hologram recording medium that has an arrangement by which different original images are reproduced when observed from different positions. The method includes preparing a plurality of original images, setting a predetermine... | 01/31/2012 |
| RE43088 | Computation of computer generated holograms A method of computing a computer generated hologram (CGH) for use in displaying a holographic image of a replay object. The method of generating a first computer generated hologram corresponding to the desired replay object (step 1); subdividing the first com... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8085452 | Holographic imaging systems with DC balance A holographic imaging system includes an electrical addressable spatial light modulator (EASLM) and an optically addressable spatial light modulator (OASLM). A read light is configured to illuminate the OASLM, and a controller is configured to address the EASLM with... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085453 | Phase retrieval and phase hologram synthesis A method of retrieving phase information from input intensity information, representative of a target image, in which a Fourier transform is performed on data and the result used in forming a phase estimate, the phase estimate being inverse Fourier transformed, ther... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8077365 | Holographic image display system This invention relates to holographic image display systems, and to related methods and processor control code. We describe a method of displaying an image holographically, the method including: inputting display image data defining said image for display; processin... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8049941 | Method for the compensation of an inhomogeneous brightness perception in holographically reconstructed scenes To compensate for an inhomogeneous brightness perception in a holographic reconstruction of 3D-scenes (4), a computing means encodes modulator cells of a SLM with a hologram point data pattern. Multiple bundles of rays illuminate the surface of the SLM and an... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8045244 | Holographic projection method and holographic projection device Video image data is converted into spatial frequency information using Fourier transformation. The spatial frequency information is provided to an information display unit. The spatial frequency information as a phase distribution is displayed on the information dis... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8031382 | Displaying an image A target image 60 is multiplied by an appropriate phase pattern to provide a phase modified image 61 to which an inverse Fourier transform is applied to generate a source hologram 62. A set of intermediate holograms 63 are generated from ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8027071 | Video hologram and device for reconstructing video holograms for large objects A video holographic display device operates so that the size of a reconstructed three dimensional scene is a function of the size of the hologram-bearing medium; the reconstructed three dimensional scene can then be anywhere within a volume defined by the hologram-b... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8009340 | Apparatus and method for recording fresnel holograms An apparatus for producing a hologram of an object includes a light source that emits an incoherent electromagnetic wave toward the object, and a masking device configured to display a mask, receive the incoherent electromagnetic wave emitted toward the object, mask... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7999981 | Method and device for manufacturing a hologram recording medium Arrangements are made to enable different original images to be reproduced upon observation from different positions and yet enable reproduced images of high resolution to be obtained. In a case of recording two original images, each of the two original images Ia an... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7978386 | Generation of holographic diffraction patterns A method of generating a holographic diffraction pattern and a holographic lithography system. The method involves defining at least one geometrical shape; generating at least one line segment to represent the at least one geometrical shape; calculating a line diffr... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7969632 | Fabrication method for a computer-generated hologram in which a three-dimensional object having visualized cross-sectional surfaces is recorded, and computer-generated hologram in which a three-dimensional object having visualized cross-sectional surfaces is recorded A method for fabricating a computer generated hologram or holographic stereogram can reconstruct a three-dimensional object having visualized cross-sectional surfaces, wherein three-dimensional object composed only of surface data is processed to have visualized cro... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7969633 | Method and device for computing computer-generated video holograms The data defining an object to be holographically reconstructed is first arranged into a number of virtual section layers, each layer defining a two-dimensional object data sets, such that a video hologram data set can be calculated from some or all of these two-dim... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7940437 | Computer-generated hologram for reconstructing a full-color image with high resolution and its fabrication method A computer-generated hologram that is capable of reconstructing a full-color image and achieving a high resolution is provided. A recording plane of the hologram is divided by a multiplicity of parallel sections in the horizontal direction to define a multiplicity o... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7929189 | Video hologram and device for reconstructing video holograms using geometrical calculation A geometrical method for working out how to encode a hologram onto a hologram bearing medium is disclosed. The method involves (a) selecting a point on the three dimensional scene to be reconstructed; then (b) defining a virtual observer window through which the rec... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7924484 | Video hologram and device for reconstructing video holograms with small region encoding In a video hologram that enables a three dimensional scene to be reconstructed, a specific region in the hologram encodes information for a particular, single point in the reconstructed scene. This region is the only region in the hologram encoded with information f... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7911666 | Apparatus for reading a hologram An apparatus for reading a hologram, in particular a computer-generated hologram, that includes a radiation source for irradiation of the hologram with a read beam composed of electromagnetic radiation, and an outlet opening for receiving an image that is produced f... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7889406 | Apparatus and method to align the elements of a holographic information data storage system A method to align the write channel portion of a holographic data storage system. The method establishes a write threshold correlation factor, provides a reference beam, and illuminates a holographic data storage medium encoded with a write reference orientation ima... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7880944 | Computer-generated hologram To prepare very high resolution computer-generated hologram having many numbers of parallaxes, a computer-generated holographic stereogram, with virtual point light source group set up spatially on a side opposite to the hologram observation side, luminance angular ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7847992 | Method and apparatus for recording one-step, full-color, full-parallax, holographic stereograms Methods and devices for creating and printing variable size and variable resolution holographic stereograms and holographic optical elements can generate one-step, full-color, full-parallax holographic stereograms using a reference beam-steering system that allows a... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7839548 | Video hologram and device for reconstructing video holograms The invention relates to video holograms and devices for reconstructing video holograms, comprising an optical system that consists of a light source, lens and the video hologram that is composed of cells arranged in a matrix or a regular pattern with at least one o... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7782510 | Computer generated hologram A three dimensional display apparatus includes a diffraction panel for displaying a computer generated hologram and a look-up table. The look-up table includes a plurality of phase entries corresponding to a plurality of image points within a three dimensional image... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7768683 | Apparatus and method to align the elements of a holographic information data storage system A method to align the write channel portion of a holographic data storage system, wherein the method establishes a write threshold correlation factor, provides a reference beam, and illuminates a holographic data storage medium encoded with a write reference orienta... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7768684 | 3D display A method of generating a Computer Generated Hologram (CGH) using the diffraction specific algorithm allows a curved wavefront to be produced from a single hogel, rather than the planar waves of the prior art. This allows a wavefront from a single hogel to generate a... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7738151 | Holographic projector A projection device having a coherent light beam-generator that generates a light beam and a beam expander disposed to receive the light beam and to emit an expanded light beam. The projection device also includes a digital micro-mirror device disposed to receive a ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7706038 | Method and device for manufacturing a hologram recording medium Arrangements are made to enable different original images to be reproduced upon observation from different positions and yet enable reproduced images of high resolution to be obtained. In a case of recording two original images, each of the two original images Ia an... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7636184 | Method and device for computing computer-generated video holograms The data defining an object to be holographically reconstructed is first arranged into a number of virtual section layers, each layer defining a two-dimensional object data sets, such that a video hologram data set can be calculated from some or all of these two-dim... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7630110 | Three-dimensional hologram image display apparatus and three-dimensional hologram image display system A three-dimensional hologram image display apparatus displays a three-dimensional hologram image by use of computed interference fringe patterns. The three-dimensional hologram image display apparatus includes a light modulation device which has an electro-optical e... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7605961 | Enhanced environment visualization using holographic stereograms Hologram production techniques can combine source data representing realistic information describing an environment with source data providing representational information describing a feature of the environment and/or some object interacting with the environment. T... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7602539 | Replay optics for holographic displays A holographic display includes a spatial light modulator (SLM), a light source arranged to illuminate the SLM, and replay optics arranged to focus light reflected from the SLM to present a three dimensional image. The light source appears substantially at a zeroth o... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7580170 | Fabrication method for a computer-generated hologram or a holographic stereogram in which a three-dimensional object having visualized cross-sectional surfaces is recorded and computer-generated hologram/holographic A method for fabricating a computer-generated hologram or a holographic stereogram can reconstruct a three-dimensional object having visualized cross-sectional surfaces, wherein the three-dimensional object composed only of surface data is processed to have visualiz... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7573622 | Computer hologram and creation method thereof An original image (10), a recording surface (20), and a reference light (R) are defined and a large number of calculation points (Q(x, y)) are defined at a predetermined pitch on the recording surface (20). For each of the calculation points, in... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7564606 | Computer-generated hologram To prepare very high resolution computer-generated hologram having many numbers of parallaxes, a computer-generated holographic stereogram, with virtual point light source group set up spatially on a side opposite to the hologram observation side, luminance angular ... | 07/21/2009 |
