Inventor · Lake Oswego, OR, US

Robert D. Brown

63Patents
27h-index
42Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: May 26, 1995 → Oct 6, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8233204B1 Optical displays Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 403 Active
US8089568B1 Method of and system for providing a head up display (HUD) Physics 204 Active
US9933684B2 Transparent waveguide display providing upper and lower fields of view having a specific light output aperture configuration Physics 195 Active
US8903207B1 System for and method of extending vertical field of view in head up display utilizing a waveguide combiner Physics 168 Active
US8817350B1 Optical displays Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 142 Active
US9523852B1 Micro collimator system and method for a head up display (HUD) Physics 135 Active
US7733572B1 Catadioptric system, apparatus, and method for producing images on a universal, head-up display Physics 120 Active
US8659826B1 Worn display system and method without requiring real time tracking for boresight precision Physics 110 Active
US8749890B1 Compact head up display (HUD) for cockpits with constrained space envelopes Physics 104 Active
US8634139B1 System for and method of catadioptric collimation in a compact head up display (HUD) Physics 99 Active
US9715067B1 Ultra-compact HUD utilizing waveguide pupil expander with surface relief gratings in high refractive index materials Physics 95 Active
US6236511A Beam combining optical element Physics 94 Expired
US8830588B1 Reflector and cover glass for substrate guided HUD Physics 92 Active
US9632226B2 Waveguide grating device Physics 87 Active
US9366864B1 System for and method of displaying information without need for a combiner alignment detector Physics 85 Active
US9519089B1 High performance volume phase gratings Physics 76 Active
US9733475B1 Curved waveguide combiner for head-mounted and helmet-mounted displays (HMDS), a collimated virtual window, or a head up display (HUD) Physics 74 Active
US10156681B2 Waveguide grating device Physics 71 Active
US9715110B1 Automotive head up display (HUD) Physics 69 Active
US9823423B2 Waveguide grating device Physics 67 Active
US9674413B1 Vision system and method having improved performance and solar mitigation Physics 65 Active
US9507150B1 Head up display (HUD) using a bent waveguide assembly Physics 64 Active
US9977247B1 System for and method of displaying information without need for a combiner alignment detector Physics 62 Active
US9274339B1 Worn display system and method without requiring real time tracking for boresight precision Physics 61 Active
US10527797B2 Waveguide grating device Physics 51 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.