[simpits-tech] collimated display progress...

[Gene Buckle]

On Mon, 2 May 2011, Roy Coates wrote:

> On 2 May 2011 02:37, Gene Buckle <geneb at deltasoft.com> wrote:
>
>>>
>> The "ears" that we use are patented by SEOS (they apparently were
>> purchased by Rockwell-Collins in the last few years).
>>
>>
> Just be grateful it's not Apple that has the patent!
>
> In the very^9 unlikely event that RC came after you for a patent violation,
> the first course of action would be "oi!  Stop That!" - at which point you
> would, and they'd go home.
>
> If you were making money out of their patent - different story.
>
Yeah, we're being very careful about that - I'm hoping that we'll be able 
to get some kind of "free" license.  Otherwise we can publish the major 
drawings, point the pictures of the "ears", and then go "here's the patent 
#, figure it out" :)

>> BTW, here's a video walk-around that I just did.  Excuse the stupid
>> narration. :)
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdOnzHXpyNk
>>
>
> Very cool - as we've come to expect :)
>
Thanks.  I'm dying to see it done. :)

g.

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