Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090001397 | Method and device for providing circumferential illumination - A light source device, comprising at least one light emitting element, an optical for distributing light emitted by the light emitting element(s) into a waveguide material which is in optical communication with the optical funnel, and at least one reflector contacting the waveguide material for redirecting light back into the waveguide material such as to reduce illumination exiting the waveguide material in any direction other than a circumferential direction. | 01-01-2009 |
20090129115 | Illumination apparatus - An illumination apparatus, comprising at least one light emitting source embedded in a waveguide material is disclosed. The waveguide material is capable of propagating light generated by light emitting source(s), such that at least a portion of the light is diffused within the waveguide material and exits through at least a portion of its surface. | 05-21-2009 |
20100014822 | Flexible Optical Device - A flexible and optionally highly elastic waveguide capable of propagating and emitting light is disclosed. The flexible waveguide comprises a flexible material having a surface and an end, wherein a first portion of the light is emitted through at least a portion of the surface of the flexible waveguide, and a second portion of the light is emitted through the end. The flexible waveguide can be used, for example as an area illuminator for many applications. Additionally disclosed is a clothing device for providing illumination. The clothing device comprises clothing (or even optionally a sheet) and a light source for providing light. In one embodiment the clothing device comprises the flexible waveguide. | 01-21-2010 |
20120013710 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GEOMETRIC MODELING USING MULTIPLE DATA ACQUISITION MEANS - A system and a method for modeling a predefined space including at least one three-dimensional physical surface, referred to hereinafter as a “measuring space”. The system and method use a scanning system enabling to acquire three-dimensional (3D) data of the measuring space and at least one two-dimensional (2D) sensor enabling to acquire 2D data of the measuring space. The system and method may enable generating a combined compound reconstructed data (CRD), which is a 3D geometrical model of the measuring space, by combining the acquired 2D data with the acquired 3D data, by reconstructing additional 3D points, from the combined 3D and 2D data thereby generating the CRD model. The generated CRD model includes a point cloud including a substantially higher density of points than that of its corresponding acquired 3D data point cloud from which the CRD was generated. | 01-19-2012 |
20120155113 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS - An illumination apparatus, comprising at least one light emitting source embedded in a waveguide material is disclosed. The waveguide material is capable of propagating light generated by light emitting source(s), such that at least a portion of the light is diffused within the waveguide material and exits through at least a portion of its surface. | 06-21-2012 |
20120170303 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS WITH HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME - In various embodiments, an illumination apparatus includes a substantially planar waveguide, a plurality of light sources embedded within the in-coupling region of the waveguide, and a film disposed over the out-coupling region of the waveguide. The film has a thickness less than approximately 100 μm and comprises or consists essentially of a photoluminescent material. The photoluminescent material converts a portion of light emitted by at least one of the light sources to a different wavelength. A surface of the out-coupling region has an average reflectivity of greater than approximately 90%. Light emitted by the light sources mixes with light converted by the photoluminescent material to form substantially white light, and the conversion efficiency of the illumination apparatus is greater than approximately 70%. | 07-05-2012 |
20130063964 | Illumination Apparatus with High Conversion Efficiency and Methods of Forming the Same - In various embodiments, an illumination apparatus includes a substantially planar waveguide or a light box, at least one light source emitting light therein, a layer of photoluminescent material for converting a portion of the light to a different wavelength, a reflector for reflecting light back-scattered from the photoluminescent material, and an optically active layer for separating light interacting with the photoluminescent material from light propagating within the waveguide or light box. | 03-14-2013 |
20130114922 | FLEXIBLE OPTICAL DEVICE - A flexible and optionally highly elastic waveguide capable of propagating and emitting light is disclosed. The flexible waveguide comprises a flexible material having a surface and an end, wherein a first portion of the light is emitted through at least a portion of the surface of the flexible waveguide, and a second portion of the light is emitted through the end. The flexible waveguide can be used, for example as an area illuminator for many applications. Additionally disclosed is a clothing device for providing illumination. The clothing device comprises clothing (or even optionally a sheet) and a light source for providing light. In one embodiment the clothing device comprises the flexible waveguide. | 05-09-2013 |
20130242597 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS - An illumination apparatus, comprising at least one light emitting source embedded in a waveguide material is disclosed. The waveguide material is capable of propagating light generated by light emitting source(s), such that at least a portion of the light is diffused within the waveguide material and exits through at least a portion of its surface. | 09-19-2013 |
20140143410 | MONITORING A PERFORMANCE OF A COMPUTING DEVICE - Technologies are generally described for systems, methods and devices configured to monitor a performance of a resource of a device. In some examples, a processor may receive an application code. The application code may include at least one application thread configured to implement at least one task for the application code. The application code may be configured to spawn a performance thread. The processor may execute the application thread on the computing device. The application thread may be configured to use at least one resource of the computing device. The processor may further execute the performance thread on the computing device. The performance thread may be configured to calculate a value relating to the resource. | 05-22-2014 |
20140330958 | COMPUTING DEVICE PERFORMANCE MONITOR - Technologies are generally described for systems, devices and methods effective to monitor performance of a computing device. A computing device may receive a specified counting rate. The computing device may count at the specified counting rate to generate a sequence of counting numbers. The computing device may identify a first output of a process, such as results from computations performed on data, and may identify a first counting number when the first output is identified. The computing device may identify a second output of the process, such as additional results from the computations, and may identify a second counting number when the second output is identified. The computing device may then determine whether an alert should be generated based on the first and second counting numbers such as when a difference between the first and second counting numbers exceeds a threshold value. | 11-06-2014 |
20140376821 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING POSITION AND/OR ORIENTATION - A method of determining relative position and/or orientation of an object is disclosed. The method comprises: acquiring, from within the object, three-dimensional (3D) spatial data and two-dimensional (2D) spatial data of an environment outside the object, co-registering the 3D and the 2D spatial data and comparing the registered data to previously stored spatial data, and determining the relative position and/or orientation of an object based, at least in part, on the comparison. | 12-25-2014 |
20150050898 | AGGREGATION OF BANDWIDTH FROM MULTIPLE WIRELESS DEVICES - Technologies are generally described for an aggregation of bandwidth from multiple wireless devices. In some examples, a source device may communicate with a destination device at a first bandwidth. The source device may divide data into a first piece and a second piece. The source device may transmit the first piece to a first wireless device and the second piece to a second wireless device over a first network. The first wireless device and second wireless device may communicate with the destination device at a second bandwidth and a third bandwidth respectively. The first bandwidth may be less than an aggregation of the second bandwidth and the third bandwidth. The first wireless device may transmit the first piece over a second network, different from the first network, to the destination device. The second wireless device may transmit the second piece over a third network, different from the first network, to the destination device. | 02-19-2015 |
20150054951 | INFLUENCE OF LINE OF SIGHT FOR DRIVER SAFETY - Technologies are generally described for systems and methods for influencing line of sight data. In some examples, a processor may determine a selection zone based on a location of a vehicle. The processor may select an object in the selection zone. The processor may generate an audio query that identifies the object. The processor may receive line of sight data that relates to a line of sight. The processor may determine whether the line of sight intersects the object based on the line of sight data. The processor may generate a response based on the determination. | 02-26-2015 |
20150062963 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BACKLIGHTING - A system for providing backlight illumination is disclosed. The system comprises a plurality of light-emitting sheets arranged in a partially-overlapping configuration, and a light-conversion layer spaced from the sheets and having therein light-conversion structures for spectrally converting light emitted from the sheets. | 03-05-2015 |