G02B 30/20
Optical systems or apparatus for producing three-dimensional [3d] effects: by providing first
Official title: by providing first and second parallax images to an observer's left and right eyes
G02B30/20 (Optical systems or apparatus for producing three-dimensional [3d] effects: by providing first) appears on 5,627 US grants and 6,821 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 5,627
- Published applications
- 6,821
- Assignees
- 1,424
- Inventors
- 8,187
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 222 | 224 |
| 2025 | 184 | 153 |
| 2026 | 113 | 83 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Field lens and display device22 Sep 2026US 12,742,917 B2Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Stereoscopic optical system and image pickup apparatus22 Sep 2026US 12,742,945 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Autostereoscopic display device15 Sep 2026US 12,736,830 B2Joyvision Technology., Co Ltd
- Microscope system and system, method, and computer program for a microscope system8 Sep 2026US 12,730,294 B2Leica Instruments (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Metasurfaces with asymetric gratings for redirecting light and methods for fabricating1 Sep 2026US 12,724,272 B2Magic Leap, Inc.
- Apparatus and methods to render 3d digital content having multiple views8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310005 A1Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Autostereoscopic Display System8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313087 A1Joyvision Technology., Co Ltd
- Metasurfaces with asymetric gratings for redirecting light and methods for fabricating24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287902 A1Magic Leap, Inc.
- System and method for presenting image content on multiple depth planes by providing multiple intra-pupil parallax views24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287903 A1Magic Leap, Inc.
- Transparent display and switchable 2d/3d transparent display24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287919 A1AUO Corporation
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- Virtual and augmented reality systems and methods701US 9,791,700 B2Magic Leap, Inc. · 2017
- Virtual and augmented reality systems and methods619US 9,874,749 B2Magic Leap, Inc. · 2018
- Information display device for vehicle613US 5,883,739 AHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1999