IP Library Granted Patent US 8,864,304
Granted Patent B2
US 8,864,304 · App. 14/155,505 · Granted Oct 21, 2014

Continuous adjustable 3DEEPS filter spectacles for optimized 3DEEPS stereoscopic viewing and its control method and means

Inventors: Kenneth Martin Jacobs (New York, NY); Ronald Steven Karpf (Corvallis, OR)
G02B27/2221G02B27/2228
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Patent No.
US 8,864,304
App. No.
14/155,505
Granted
Oct 21, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Significantly faster state transitioning time between the optimal optical density for viewing 2D Movies as 3D movies through Continuous Adjustable 3Deeps Filter Spectacles can be achieved by using multiple layers (multi-layer) of electronically controlled variable tint materials to fabricate the right and left lenses of the 3Deeps spectacles. The use of multi-layered lenses may result in as much as a 50% decrease in transition time between states. The invention also relates to Multi-Use Electronically Controlled Continuous Adjustable 3Deeps Filter Spectacles that house within a single spectacle frame several layers of optoelectronic material in which each layer of electronically controlled relates to a different method of viewing.

Claims (25)

1. An electrically controlled spectacle for viewing a video, comprising:

a spectacle frame;

optoelectronic lenses housed in the frame, the lenses comprising a left lens and a right lens, each of the lenses having a dark state and a light state, wherein the state of the left lens is independent of the state of the right lens;

a control unit housed in the frame, the control unit being adapted to control the state of the each of the lenses independently.

2. The spectacle of claim 1 , wherein when viewing a video with the lens, the control unit controls both the left lens and the right lens to the dark state.

3. A method for viewing a video, the method comprising:

wearing the spectacles of claim 2 ; and

showing to the wearer a video having dissimilar bridge frames and similar image frames.

4. The electrically controlled spectacle of claim 1 , wherein each of the optoelectronic lenses comprises a plurality of layers of optoelectronic material.

5. The electrically controlled spectacle of claim 4 , wherein the control unit is further adapted to control the state of the each of the lenses based on a level of ambient light and a direction of motion on a screen being viewed.

6. The electrically controlled spectacle of claim 4 , wherein the control unit is further adapted to:

cause the left lens to be in the light state and cause the right lens to be in the dark state, at a first time; and

cause the left lens to be in the dark state and cause the right lens to be in the light state, at a second time.

7. The electrically controlled spectacle of claim 6 , wherein the control unit is further adapted to:

cause the left lens to be in the dark state and cause the right lens to be in the dark state, simultaneously, at a third time.

8. The electrically controlled spectacle of claim 4 , wherein:

the left lens includes a first layer of optoelectronic material that comprises a neutral density electrochromic material and a second layer of optoelectronic material that comprises an electrochromic material adapted to allow transmission of light in a clear or visible red spectrum; and

the right lens includes a first layer of optoelectronic material that comprises a neutral density electrochromic material and a second layer of optoelectronic material that comprises an electrochromic material adapted to allow transmission of light, in a clear or visible blue spectrum.

9. An electrically controlled spectacle for viewing a video, comprising:

a spectacle frame;

optoelectronic lenses housed in the frame, the lenses comprising a left lens and a right lens, each of the optoelectrical lenses having a dark state and a clear state, wherein the state lens is independent of the state of the right lens; and

a control unit housed in the frame, the control unit being adapted to control the state of each of the lenses independently such that when viewing a video the control unit places both the left lens and the right lens to a dark state.

10. A method for viewing a video, the method comprising:

wearing the electrically controlled spectacle of claim 9 ; and

showing the wearer a video having dissimilar bridge frames and similar image frames.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2019
From: KARPF, RONALD S
To: VDPP, LLC
Reel/Frame 049648/0059 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE APPLICATION NUMBER PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 049039 FRAME: 0170. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 2, 2019
From: VISUAL EFFECTS INNOVATIONS, LLC
To: JACOBS, KENNETH; KARPF, RONALD
Reel/Frame 049079/0956 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2019
From: VISUAL EFFECTS INNOVATIONS, LLC
To: JACOBS, KENNETH; KARPF, RONALD
Reel/Frame 049039/0170 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2017
From: JACOBS, KENNETH; KARPF, RONALD
To: VISUAL EFFECT INNOVATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 041136/0651 →
Continuity (12)
Continuation 13746393 · Jan 22, 2013
Continuation 12938495 · Nov 3, 2010
Division 12555545 · Sep 8, 2009
Continuation In Part 12274752 · Nov 20, 2008
Continuation In Part 11372723 · Mar 10, 2006
Continuation In Part 10054607 · Jan 22, 2002
Continuation 11373702 · Mar 10, 2006
Continuation In Part 11928152 · Oct 30, 2007
Provisional Application 60664369 · Mar 23, 2005
Provisional Application 60263498 · Jan 23, 2001
Provisional Application 60661847 · Mar 15, 2005
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