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Scott Charles Mceldowney
Also filed as: MCELDOWNEY SCOTT · MCELDOWNEY SCOTT C · McEldowney Scott Charles
101 granted patents·15 pending applications·1,301 citations·filing 1995–2024
99Inventor score
Files withFACEBOOK TECH LLC60META PLATFORMS TECH LLC24MCELDOWNEY SCOTT12MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC7JDS UNIPHASE CORP4
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116 records- 0199US10678116B1Active multi-color PBP elementsOCULUS VR LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Jun 9, 2020·25 cites·20 claims
- 0299US10379419B1Focus adjusting pancharatnam berry phase liquid crystal lenses in a head-mounted displayFACEBOOK TECH LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Aug 13, 2019·57 cites·19 claims
- 0399US8670029B2Depth camera illuminator with superluminescent light-emitting diodeMCELDOWNEY SCOTT·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 11, 2014·125 cites·20 claims
- 0499US8320621B2Depth projector system with integrated VCSEL arrayMCELDOWNEY SCOTT·Filed 2009·Granted Nov 27, 2012·164 cites·19 claims
- 0598US11635624B1Light guide display assembly for providing increased pupil replication densityMETA PLATFORMS TECH LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Apr 25, 2023·7 cites·20 claims
- 0698US10935804B1Optical structure comprising a plurality of stacked optical elements that receive light having a first polarization and output light having a second polarization to a focal pointFACEBOOK TECH LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Mar 2, 2021·7 cites·20 claims
- 0798US10712576B1Pupil steering head-mounted displayFACEBOOK TECH LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Jul 14, 2020·28 cites·18 claims
- 0898US10634907B1Eye tracking based on polarization volume gratingFACEBOOK TECH LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Apr 28, 2020·40 cites·20 claims
- 0998US10451947B1Apochromatic pancharatnam berry phase (PBP) liquid crystal structures for head-mounted displaysFACEBOOK TECH LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 22, 2019·24 cites·20 claims
- 1098US10151961B2Switchable bragg gratings for chromatic error correction of pancharatnam berry phase (PBP) componentsFACEBOOK TECH LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Dec 11, 2018·19 cites·20 claims
- 1198US9779478B1Rendering composite content on a head-mounted display including a high resolution insetOCULUS VR LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 3, 2017·45 cites·22 claims
- 1298US9459451B2Eye tracking apparatus, method and systemMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 4, 2016·115 cites·19 claims
- 1398US7763841B1Optical component for a depth sensorMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2009·Granted Jul 27, 2010·52 cites·19 claims
- 1497US10690930B1Optical structure comprising a structure of stacked optical elements that receives circularly polarized light having a first handedness and outputs circularly polarized light having a second handedness to a focal pointFACEBOOK TECH LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Jun 23, 2020·9 cites·20 claims
- 1597US10545348B1Transmission improvement for flat lens based AR/VR glassesFACEBOOK TECH LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Jan 28, 2020·22 cites·20 claims
- 1697US10248001B1Varifocal structure comprising a liquid lens structure in optical series with a liquid crystal lens in a head-mounted displayFACEBOOK TECH LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Apr 2, 2019·24 cites·20 claims
- 1797US8558873B2Use of wavefront coding to create a depth imageMCELDOWNEY SCOTT·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 15, 2013·49 cites·20 claims
- 1896US11781913B2Polarimetric imaging cameraFACEBOOK TECH LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Oct 10, 2023·3 cites·20 claims
- 1996US10809585B1Apochromatic pancharatnam berry phase (PBP) liquid crystal structures for head-mounted displaysFACEBOOK TECH LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Oct 20, 2020·6 cites·20 claims
- 2096US10705401B1Apochromatic Pancharatnam Berry Phase (PBP) liquid crystal structures for head-mounted displaysFACEBOOK TECH LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Jul 7, 2020·7 cites·20 claims
- 2196US10678057B2Liquid crystal cells for polarization rotationFACEBOOK TECH LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Jun 9, 2020·10 cites·20 claims
- 2296US10451885B2Multifocal system using pixel level polarization controllers and folded opticsFACEBOOK TECH LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 22, 2019·10 cites·17 claims
- 2396US10402950B1Optical measurement systemFACEBOOK TECH LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Sep 3, 2019·18 cites·20 claims
- 2496US10140695B2Head-mounted compound display including a high resolution insetFACEBOOK TECH LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Nov 27, 2018·25 cites·21 claims
- 2596US9972071B2Rendering composite content on a head-mounted display including a high resolution insetOCULUS VR LLC·Filed 2017·Granted May 15, 2018·20 cites·20 claims
- 2696US9625723B2Eye-tracking system using a freeform prismMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 18, 2017·39 cites·20 claims
- 2795US11009765B1Focus adjusting pancharatnam berry phase liquid crystal lenses in a head-mounted displayFACEBOOK TECH LLC·Filed 2019·Granted May 18, 2021·6 cites·20 claims
- 2895US10935790B2Active flexible liquid crystal optical devicesFACEBOOK TECH LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 2, 2021·7 cites·20 claims
- 2995US10546430B1Image plane adjustment in a near-eye displayFACEBOOK TECH LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Jan 28, 2020·13 cites·20 claims
- 3095US10539829B1Method of selecting a state of a switchable half waveplate and selecting an optical power of a liquid lens structure in optical series with a liquid crystal lens in a head-mounted displayFACEBOOK TECH LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Jan 21, 2020·11 cites·20 claims
- 3195US8723118B2Imager for constructing color and depth imagesMCELDOWNEY SCOTT·Filed 2009·Granted May 13, 2014·24 cites·20 claims
- 3295US8264536B2Depth-sensitive imaging via polarization-state mappingMCELDOWNEY SCOTT·Filed 2009·Granted Sep 11, 2012·42 cites·20 claims
- 3394US11960092B2Waveguide concentrator for light sourceMETA PLATFORMS TECH LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Apr 16, 2024·2 cites·20 claims
- 3494US10504207B1Rendering composite content on a head-mounted display including a high resolution insetFACEBOOK TECH LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Dec 10, 2019·8 cites·20 claims
- 3593US10877277B1Liquid crystal Alvarez lensFACEBOOK TECH LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Dec 29, 2020·9 cites·16 claims
- 3692US11199721B1Polarization volume hologram lensFACEBOOK TECH LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Dec 14, 2021·5 cites·20 claims
- 3792US10598945B1Multifocal system using pixel level polarization controllers and folded opticsFACEBOOK TECH LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 24, 2020·6 cites·20 claims
- 3892US10345903B2Feedback for optic positioning in display devicesMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Jul 9, 2019·18 cites·15 claims
- 3991US11256086B2Eye tracking based on waveguide imagingFACEBOOK TECH LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Feb 22, 2022·6 cites·20 claims
- 4091US9759913B2Eye tracking apparatus, method and systemMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Sep 12, 2017·13 cites·20 claims
- 4190US11314093B2Light guide display assembly for providing expanded field of viewFACEBOOK TECH LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Apr 26, 2022·2 cites·19 claims
- 4290US10317772B1Switchable bragg gratings for chromatic error correction of pancharatnam berry phase (PBP) componentsFACEBOOK TECH LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Jun 11, 2019·2 cites·20 claims
- 4390US9557574B2Depth illumination and detection opticsMCELDOWNEY SCOTT·Filed 2010·Granted Jan 31, 2017·12 cites·20 claims
- 4489US10685431B1Optical measurement systemFACEBOOK TECH LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Jun 16, 2020·4 cites·20 claims
- 4589US10373294B1Rendering composite content on a head-mounted display including a high resolution insetFACEBOOK TECH LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Aug 6, 2019·4 cites·20 claims
- 4689US10228561B2Eye-tracking system using a freeform prism and gaze-detection lightMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 12, 2019·11 cites·16 claims
- 4789US7715084B2Retarder-based despeckle device for laser illumination systemsJDS UNIPHASE CORP·Filed 2009·Granted May 11, 2010·20 cites·20 claims
- 4888US11933975B2Eye tracking based on waveguide imagingMETA PLATFORMS TECH LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Mar 19, 2024·1 cites·20 claims
- 4988US10817052B1Eye emulator devicesFACEBOOK TECH LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Oct 27, 2020·5 cites·17 claims
- 5088US8330822B2Thermally-tuned depth camera light sourceMCELDOWNEY SCOTT·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 11, 2012·14 cites·20 claims
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