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LIGHTMASTER SYSTEMS INC

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  • Total Patents
    53
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LIGHTMASTER SYSTEMS INC has a total of 53 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 2002. It filed its patents most often in United States, Taiwan and WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization). Its main competitors in its focus markets optics, audio-visual technology and measurement are REALD INC, Volfoni R&D and FAKESPACE LABS INC.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing LIGHTMASTER SYSTEMS INCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Focus industries

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Berman Arthur 46
#2 Detro Michael 21
#3 Liu Ying-Moh 5
#4 Michael Detro 4
#5 Arthur Berman 2
#6 Detro Mike 2
#7 Yang Samson 1
#8 Bradley Ken 1
#9 Berman Arthur L 1

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
US2006171035A1 Prism assemblies and kernel configurations for use in projection systems
US2007120077A1 Method and apparatus for increasing illuminator brightness in a liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) based video projection system
US2007091450A1 Method and apparatus for internal frames to improve performance and manufacturability of optical devices including liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) based kernels
US2007085979A1 Method and apparatus to manage light and reduce blur in microdisplay based light engines
US2007076134A1 Method and apparatus for variable retardation and adjusting light channel pathlengths
US2007058139A1 Method and apparatus to achieve a neutral dark state in image projection systems
US2006139532A1 Method and apparatus to minimize lamp flicker and increase contrast ratio in projection devices
US2007002279A1 Liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) kernel with 3D projection capability
US2006007403A1 3D kernel and prism assembly design
US2006274276A1 Method and apparatus for precisely compensating skew rays and residual retardation
WO2005069786A2 A four color channel kernel
US7349048B1 Method and apparatus for adjusting light intensity
US7327408B1 Illuminator that generates linearly polarized light for microdisplay based light engine
US7556382B1 Illuminator that outputs linearly polarized light and that is suitable for use in microdisplay based light engine applications
US7042610B1 Method and apparatus for improved waveplates and suppression of stray light in LCoS kernel applications
US7175281B1 Method and apparatus to increase the contrast ratio of the image produced by a LCoS based light engine
TW200532319A Means of compensation to increase the contrast ratio of LCoS based video projection systems
WO2004088362A2 MEANS OF COMPENSATION TO INCREASE THE CONTRAST RATIO OF LCoS BASED VIDEO PROJECTION SYSTEMS
US7012755B1 Use of a lens array to increase the contrast ratio produced by a LCoS microdisplay
US6982829B1 Prism assembly with cholesteric reflectors