Optical cloaking system
US9405118B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 14, 2012 |
| Grant date | Aug 2, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 1, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B27/0075
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An optical cloaking system which optically cloaks/hides an object in the visible light spectrum such that the object appears invisible, while permitting a background behind the object to be viewed substantially without distortion. The system includes at least one optical device manufactured using common optical materials in the form of prisms, lenses, mirrors, and the like, which is placed between an observer an the object to be cloaked, and the optical device bends and/or compresses light such that the light passes around a cloaked space in which an object is disposed, and the observer viewing a larger space including the cloaked space will not see the object, but will see a background behind the object in full view substantially undistorted in relation to the rest of the larger space.
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