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Robert D. Brown
Also filed as: BROWN ROBERT · BROWN ROBERT D · BROWN ROBERT DOUGLAS
63 granted patents·5 pending applications·3,844 citations·filing 1995–2025
99Inventor score
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68 records- 0199US8903207B1System for and method of extending vertical field of view in head up display utilizing a waveguide combinerBROWN ROBERT D·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 2, 2014·200 cites·14 claims
- 0299US8089568B1Method of and system for providing a head up display (HUD)BROWN ROBERT D·Filed 2009·Granted Jan 3, 2012·227 cites·20 claims
- 0398US12276895B2Transparent waveguide display with passive expander input bragg gratings with different angular diffraction efficienciesROCKWELL COLLINS INC·Filed 2023·Granted Apr 15, 2025·2 cites·16 claims
- 0498US11815781B2Transparent waveguide displayROCKWELL COLLINS INC·Filed 2022·Granted Nov 14, 2023·11 cites·20 claims
- 0598US11703645B2Waveguide grating deviceDIGILENS INC·Filed 2021·Granted Jul 18, 2023·10 cites·20 claims
- 0698US11448937B2Transparent waveguide display for tiling a display having plural optical powers using overlapping and offset FOV tilesDIGILENS INC·Filed 2021·Granted Sep 20, 2022·26 cites·13 claims
- 0798US11194098B2Waveguide grating deviceDIGILENS INC·Filed 2020·Granted Dec 7, 2021·27 cites·20 claims
- 0898US10527797B2Waveguide grating deviceDIGILENS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Jan 7, 2020·55 cites·19 claims
- 0998US10156681B2Waveguide grating deviceDIGILENS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Dec 18, 2018·79 cites·20 claims
- 1098US9977247B1System for and method of displaying information without need for a combiner alignment detectorROCKWELL COLLINS INC·Filed 2016·Granted May 22, 2018·70 cites·15 claims
- 1198US9933684B2Transparent waveguide display providing upper and lower fields of view having a specific light output aperture configurationBROWN ROBERT D·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 3, 2018·215 cites·8 claims
- 1298US9823423B2Waveguide grating deviceDIGILENS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 21, 2017·72 cites·20 claims
- 1398US9733475B1Curved waveguide combiner for head-mounted and helmet-mounted displays (HMDS), a collimated virtual window, or a head up display (HUD)BROWN ROBERT D·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 15, 2017·113 cites·20 claims
- 1498US9715067B1Ultra-compact HUD utilizing waveguide pupil expander with surface relief gratings in high refractive index materialsBROWN ROBERT D·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 25, 2017·116 cites·20 claims
- 1598US9715110B1Automotive head up display (HUD)BROWN ROBERT D·Filed 2015·Granted Jul 25, 2017·84 cites·20 claims
- 1698US9674413B1Vision system and method having improved performance and solar mitigationTIANA CARLO L·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 6, 2017·70 cites·20 claims
- 1798US9632226B2Waveguide grating deviceDIGILENS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 25, 2017·97 cites·30 claims
- 1898US9519089B1High performance volume phase gratingsBROWN ROBERT D·Filed 2014·Granted Dec 13, 2016·84 cites·15 claims
- 1998US8830588B1Reflector and cover glass for substrate guided HUDBROWN ROBERT D·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 9, 2014·112 cites·20 claims
- 2098US8817350B1Optical displaysROBBINS STEVEN J·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 26, 2014·155 cites·20 claims
- 2198US8659826B1Worn display system and method without requiring real time tracking for boresight precisionBROWN ROBERT D·Filed 2010·Granted Feb 25, 2014·116 cites·20 claims
- 2298US8233204B1Optical displaysROBBINS STEVEN J·Filed 2009·Granted Jul 31, 2012·549 cites·19 claims
- 2398US6236511B1Beam combining optical elementROCKWELL COLLINS INC·Filed 2000·Granted May 22, 2001·167 cites·20 claims
- 2497US12405507B2Transparent waveguide display with grating lamina that both couple and extract modulated lightDIGILENS INC·Filed 2022·Granted Sep 2, 2025·2 cites·8 claims
- 2597US10746989B2Micro collimator system and method for a head up display (HUD)ROCKWELL COLLINS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Aug 18, 2020·20 cites·20 claims
- 2697US10509241B1Optical displaysROCKWELL COLLINS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Dec 17, 2019·31 cites·18 claims
- 2797US10088675B1Turning light pipe for a pupil expansion system and methodBROWN ROBERT D·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 2, 2018·34 cites·20 claims
- 2897US9507150B1Head up display (HUD) using a bent waveguide assemblySTRATTON ERIC P·Filed 2013·Granted Nov 29, 2016·72 cites·14 claims
- 2997US9366864B1System for and method of displaying information without need for a combiner alignment detectorBROWN ROBERT D·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 14, 2016·101 cites·6 claims
- 3097US9274339B1Worn display system and method without requiring real time tracking for boresight precisionROCKWELL COLLINS INC·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 1, 2016·63 cites·20 claims
- 3197US8634139B1System for and method of catadioptric collimation in a compact head up display (HUD)BROWN ROBERT D·Filed 2011·Granted Jan 21, 2014·105 cites·20 claims
- 3296US10247943B1Head up display (HUD) using a light pipeROCKWELL COLLINS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Apr 2, 2019·34 cites·19 claims
- 3396US10126552B2Micro collimator system and method for a head up display (HUD)ROCKWELL COLLINS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 13, 2018·16 cites·20 claims
- 3495US10732407B1Near eye head up display system and method with fixed combinerWOOD ROBERT B·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 4, 2020·26 cites·16 claims
- 3595US9523852B1Micro collimator system and method for a head up display (HUD)BROWN ROBERT D·Filed 2015·Granted Dec 20, 2016·169 cites·20 claims
- 3695US8749890B1Compact head up display (HUD) for cockpits with constrained space envelopesWOOD ROBERT B·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 10, 2014·117 cites·20 claims
- 3794US11320571B2Transparent waveguide display providing upper and lower fields of view with uniform light extractionROCKWELL COLLINS INC·Filed 2013·Granted May 3, 2022·27 cites·16 claims
- 3894US7733572B1Catadioptric system, apparatus, and method for producing images on a universal, head-up displayROCKWELL COLLINS INC·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 8, 2010·137 cites·10 claims
- 3993US2025362459A1Waveguide Grating DeviceDIGILENS INC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 4092US2025362557A1Transparent Waveguide DisplayDIGILENS INC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 4188US10775626B1Wide field of view head worn display deviceROCKWELL COLLINS INC·Filed 2019·Granted Sep 15, 2020·5 cites·20 claims
- 4287US11809054B2Optical display system with regionally addressable electrochromic light modulatorROCKWELL COLLINS INC·Filed 2021·Granted Nov 7, 2023·1 cites·20 claims
- 4387US10681316B1Passive head worn displayROCKWELL COLLINS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Jun 9, 2020·5 cites·9 claims
- 4487US6111701AChromatic aberration corrected multi-color head-up display systemROCKWELL COLLINS INC·Filed 1999·Granted Aug 29, 2000·82 cites·3 claims
- 4586US8896480B1System for and method of displaying an image derived from weather radar dataWILSON JOHN G·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 25, 2014·27 cites·20 claims
- 4685US11758119B2Low cost HUD using stereo and head trackingROCKWELL COLLINS INC·Filed 2022·Granted Sep 12, 2023·1 cites·13 claims
- 4785US10907968B1Integrity monitoring systems and methods for image sensorsROCKWELL COLLINS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Feb 2, 2021·4 cites·20 claims
- 4884US12379547B2Waveguide grating deviceDIGILENS INC·Filed 2023·Granted Aug 5, 2025·0 cites·22 claims
- 4984US2024427211A1Optical device with light intensity sensorROCKWELL COLLINS INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 5083US11500457B2Systems and methods for interfacing with head worn display systemsROCKWELL COLLINS INC·Filed 2021·Granted Nov 15, 2022·1 cites·20 claims
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