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McEldowney Scott Charles
US74 patents
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FACEBOOK TECH LLC
39 patentsUS10379419B1Aug 13, 2019
Focus adjusting pancharatnam berry phase liquid crystal lenses in a head-mounted display
FACEBOOK TECH LLC57 citations98
US10634907B1Apr 28, 2020
Eye tracking based on polarization volume grating
FACEBOOK TECH LLC40 citations95
US10712576B1Jul 14, 2020
Pupil steering head-mounted display
FACEBOOK TECH LLC28 citations94
US10545348B1Jan 28, 2020
Transmission improvement for flat lens based AR/VR glasses
FACEBOOK TECH LLC22 citations94
US10451947B1Oct 22, 2019
Apochromatic pancharatnam berry phase (PBP) liquid crystal structures for head-mounted displays
FACEBOOK TECH LLC24 citations94
US10248001B1Apr 2, 2019
Varifocal structure comprising a liquid lens structure in optical series with a liquid crystal lens in a head-mounted display
FACEBOOK TECH LLC24 citations94
US10140695B2Nov 27, 2018
Head-mounted compound display including a high resolution inset
FACEBOOK TECH LLC25 citations94
US10402950B1Sep 3, 2019
Optical measurement system
FACEBOOK TECH LLC18 citations93
US10151961B2Dec 11, 2018
Switchable bragg gratings for chromatic error correction of pancharatnam berry phase (PBP) components
FACEBOOK TECH LLC19 citations93
US11256086B2Feb 22, 2022
Eye tracking based on waveguide imaging
FACEBOOK TECH LLC6 citations86
US10546430B1Jan 28, 2020
Image plane adjustment in a near-eye display
FACEBOOK TECH LLC13 citations86
US10539829B1Jan 21, 2020
Method 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 display
FACEBOOK TECH LLC11 citations86
US11009765B1May 18, 2021
Focus adjusting pancharatnam berry phase liquid crystal lenses in a head-mounted display
FACEBOOK TECH LLC6 citations84
US10877277B1Dec 29, 2020
Liquid crystal Alvarez lens
FACEBOOK TECH LLC9 citations84
US10809585B1Oct 20, 2020
Apochromatic pancharatnam berry phase (PBP) liquid crystal structures for head-mounted displays
FACEBOOK TECH LLC6 citations84
US10705401B1Jul 7, 2020
Apochromatic Pancharatnam Berry Phase (PBP) liquid crystal structures for head-mounted displays
FACEBOOK TECH LLC7 citations84
US10678057B2Jun 9, 2020
Liquid crystal cells for polarization rotation
FACEBOOK TECH LLC10 citations84
US10598945B1Mar 24, 2020
Multifocal system using pixel level polarization controllers and folded optics
FACEBOOK TECH LLC6 citations84
US10504207B1Dec 10, 2019
Rendering composite content on a head-mounted display including a high resolution inset
FACEBOOK TECH LLC8 citations84
US10451885B2Oct 22, 2019
Multifocal system using pixel level polarization controllers and folded optics
FACEBOOK TECH LLC10 citations84
US10373294B1Aug 6, 2019
Rendering composite content on a head-mounted display including a high resolution inset
FACEBOOK TECH LLC4 citations84
US10935804B1Mar 2, 2021
Optical 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 point
FACEBOOK TECH LLC7 citations83
US10690930B1Jun 23, 2020
Optical 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 point
FACEBOOK TECH LLC9 citations83
US11493760B2Nov 8, 2022
Waveguide concentrator for light source
FACEBOOK TECH LLC5 citations80
US11781913B2Oct 10, 2023
Polarimetric imaging camera
FACEBOOK TECH LLC3 citations73
US11314093B2Apr 26, 2022
Light guide display assembly for providing expanded field of view
FACEBOOK TECH LLC2 citations73
US11243397B2Feb 8, 2022
Optical assembly with polarization volume holographic element
FACEBOOK TECH LLC3 citations73
US11175507B2Nov 16, 2021
Polarization-sensitive components in optical systems for large pupil acceptance angles
FACEBOOK TECH LLC3 citations73
US10969599B1Apr 6, 2021
Polarization conversion using geometric phase and polarization volume hologram optical elements
FACEBOOK TECH LLC2 citations73
US10942416B1Mar 9, 2021
Hybrid adaptive lenses for head-mounted displays
FACEBOOK TECH LLC1 citations73
US10817052B1Oct 27, 2020
Eye emulator devices
FACEBOOK TECH LLC5 citations73
US10705341B1Jul 7, 2020
Temporally incoherent and spatially coherent source for waveguide displays
FACEBOOK TECH LLC3 citations73
US10371872B1Aug 6, 2019
Varifocal structure comprising a liquid lens structure in optical series with a liquid crystal lens in a head-mounted display and method of adjusting an optical power of the varifocal structure
FACEBOOK TECH LLC1 citations73
US11231579B1Jan 25, 2022
Cascaded pupil-replicating waveguides
FACEBOOK TECH LLC2 citations72
US10685431B1Jun 16, 2020
Optical measurement system
FACEBOOK TECH LLC4 citations72
US10571692B2Feb 25, 2020
Field curvature corrected display
FACEBOOK TECH LLC3 citations72
US10317772B1Jun 11, 2019
Switchable bragg gratings for chromatic error correction of pancharatnam berry phase (PBP) components
FACEBOOK TECH LLC2 citations72
US11194087B1Dec 7, 2021
Integrated waveguide coupler and light source
FACEBOOK TECH LLC2 citations71
US11025871B1Jun 1, 2021
Driving scanning projector display with pulses shorter than pixel duration
FACEBOOK TECH LLC5 citations70
META PLATFORMS TECH LLC
8 patentsUS11635624B1Apr 25, 2023
Light guide display assembly for providing increased pupil replication density
META PLATFORMS TECH LLC7 citations86
US11960092B2Apr 16, 2024
Waveguide concentrator for light source
META PLATFORMS TECH LLC2 citations71
US12345888B2Jul 1, 2025
Optical assembly with polarization volume holographic element
META PLATFORMS TECH LLC0 citations63
US12189218B2Jan 7, 2025
Thermal activated switching polarizer
META PLATFORMS TECH LLC0 citations63
US12078815B1Sep 3, 2024
Polarization volume hologram lens
META PLATFORMS TECH LLC0 citations63
US12001017B1Jun 4, 2024
Illumination system for object tracking
META PLATFORMS TECH LLC1 citations63
US11933975B2Mar 19, 2024
Eye tracking based on waveguide imaging
META PLATFORMS TECH LLC1 citations63
US11885974B2Jan 30, 2024
Near-eye display (NED) system and method using flexible reflector
META PLATFORMS TECH LLC1 citations63
OCULUS VR LLC
3 patentsUS9779478B1Oct 3, 2017
Rendering composite content on a head-mounted display including a high resolution inset
OCULUS VR LLC45 citations97
US10678116B1Jun 9, 2020
Active multi-color PBP elements
OCULUS VR LLC25 citations94
US9972071B2May 15, 2018
Rendering composite content on a head-mounted display including a high resolution inset
OCULUS VR LLC20 citations94
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