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Bernard C. Kress
Also filed as: KRESS BERNARD · KRESS BERNARD C · KRESS BERNARD CHARLES
59 granted patents·12 pending applications·536 citations·filing 1996–2025
98Inventor score
Files withMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC36GOOGLE INC15GOOGLE LLC6DELPHI TECH INC3AERIAL IMAGING CORP2
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71 records- 0197US9671612B2Dynamic lens for head mounted displayGOOGLE INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 6, 2017·51 cites·10 claims
- 0297US9658453B1Head-mounted display including diffractive combiner to integrate a display and a sensorGOOGLE INC·Filed 2013·Granted May 23, 2017·39 cites·33 claims
- 0396US9341850B1Diffractive see-through display with hybrid-optical aberration compensationGOOGLE INC·Filed 2013·Granted May 17, 2016·35 cites·25 claims
- 0496US9223152B1Ambient light optics for head mounted displayGOOGLE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 29, 2015·29 cites·19 claims
- 0596US9057826B2See-through near-to-eye display with eye prescriptionGOOGLE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 16, 2015·35 cites·19 claims
- 0695US11263729B2Reprojection and wobulation at head-mounted display deviceMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Mar 1, 2022·4 cites·18 claims
- 0795US9915823B1Lightguide optical combiner for head wearable displayGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 13, 2018·23 cites·16 claims
- 0895US9632312B1Optical combiner with curved diffractive optical elementGOOGLE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 25, 2017·32 cites·19 claims
- 0994US10551622B2Field of view tiling in waveguide-based near-eye displaysMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Feb 4, 2020·12 cites·20 claims
- 1093US9442291B1Segmented diffractive optical elements for a head wearable displayGOOGLE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 13, 2016·34 cites·15 claims
- 1191US9551872B1Spatially multiplexed lens for head mounted displayGOOGLE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jan 24, 2017·12 cites·13 claims
- 1291US7595480B2Optical encoder with encoder member having one or more digital diffractive optic regionsARCUS TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 29, 2009·22 cites·21 claims
- 1388US10180769B1Symbol displayGOOGLE INC·Filed 2016·Granted Jan 15, 2019·6 cites·20 claims
- 1488US9223139B2Cascading optics in optical combiners of head mounted displaysGOOGLE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 29, 2015·9 cites·12 claims
- 1587US11693248B1TIR prisms and use of backlight for LCoS microdisplay illuminationMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Jul 4, 2023·1 cites·9 claims
- 1687US10747309B2Reconfigurable optics for switching between near-to-eye display modesMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Aug 18, 2020·5 cites·20 claims
- 1787US10429646B2Free space optical combiner with prescription integrationGOOGLE INC·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 1, 2019·6 cites·6 claims
- 1887US6330118B1Dual focus lens with extended depth of focusAERIAL IMAGING CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Dec 11, 2001·49 cites·49 claims
- 1986US10247946B2Dynamic lens for head mounted displayGOOGLE INC·Filed 2017·Granted Apr 2, 2019·4 cites·18 claims
- 2086US10108013B2Indirect-view augmented reality display systemMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 23, 2018·5 cites·20 claims
- 2185US11327307B2Near-eye peripheral display deviceMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2019·Granted May 10, 2022·6 cites·19 claims
- 2285US10897601B2Display projector with non-uniform pixel resolutionMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Jan 19, 2021·4 cites·20 claims
- 2383US7566863B2Optical encoder with diffractive encoder memberCHANG CHRISTOPHER C·Filed 2008·Granted Jul 28, 2009·12 cites·12 claims
- 2482US10718942B2Eye tracking systems and methods for near-eye-display (NED) devicesMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Jul 21, 2020·5 cites·20 claims
- 2580US10838110B2Metasurface optical coupling elements for a display waveguideMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 17, 2020·3 cites·18 claims
- 2680US2025362511A1Eye tracking head mounted display deviceMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 2779US5730941ADevice for the optical inspection of a fluid, especially for hematological analysesABX SA·Filed 1996·Granted Mar 24, 1998·54 cites·21 claims
- 2878US10365491B1Head-mounted display including diffractive combiner to integrate a display and an eye-tracking sensorGOOGLE INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jul 30, 2019·2 cites·20 claims
- 2977US12019246B2Control of variable-focus lenses in a mixed-reality device for presbyopesMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Jun 25, 2024·0 cites·19 claims
- 3077US10890768B2Polarization-based dynamic focuserMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Jan 12, 2021·2 cites·17 claims
- 3177US10459228B1Head wearable display using powerless optical combinerGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 29, 2019·3 cites·14 claims
- 3276US12174385B2TIR prisms and use of backlight for LCoS microdisplay illuminationMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Dec 24, 2024·0 cites·6 claims
- 3376US9528687B1Transmission apparatus for beam expansionX DEV LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 27, 2016·5 cites·20 claims
- 3474US11036051B2Head wearable display using powerless optical combinerGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Jun 15, 2021·1 cites·20 claims
- 3573US11966044B2Display with eye tracking and adaptive opticsMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Apr 23, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 3669US10523930B2Mitigating binocular rivalry in near-eye displaysMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Dec 31, 2019·1 cites·20 claims
- 3768US11768375B2Control of variable-focus lenses in a mixed-reality device for presbyopesMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Sep 26, 2023·0 cites·15 claims
- 3868US11574389B2Reprojection and wobulation at head-mounted display deviceMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Feb 7, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 3966US10261320B2Mixed reality display deviceMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Apr 16, 2019·1 cites·18 claims
- 4065US11726235B2Metasurface optical coupling elements for a display waveguideMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Aug 15, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 4164US12422676B2Eye tracking head mounted display deviceMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Sep 23, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 4264US11500200B2Display with eye tracking and adaptive opticsMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Nov 15, 2022·0 cites·20 claims
- 4364US7538312B2Method for determining the position of a first moving component relatively to a second component and device for applying said methodDELPHI TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted May 26, 2009·5 cites·15 claims
- 4463US11852824B2Eye-imaging system with switchable hot mirrorsMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Dec 26, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 4563US2025258330A1Hybrid cast and mold for a waveguide optical combinerGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 4660US2025314810A1Producing gratings in optical substrates using neutralized ion beam etchingGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 4758US6236509B1Diffractive optical system with synthetic opening and laser cutting device incorporating this systemCOMMISSARIAT ENERGIE ATOMIQUE·Filed 1997·Granted May 22, 2001·19 cites·25 claims
- 4857US11448883B2Non-linear angular momentum metasurfaceMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Sep 20, 2022·0 cites·20 claims
- 4956US12007655B2Optical attenuation via switchable gratingMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Jun 11, 2024·0 cites·19 claims
- 5056US11435503B2Head mounted display device with double faceted opticsMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Sep 6, 2022·0 cites·20 claims
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