3D printing using microLED array coupled with voice coil

    公开(公告)号:US11433610B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-06

    申请号:US16279864

    申请日:2019-02-19

    申请人: X Development LLC

    摘要: The disclosure provides an apparatus that includes: a stage defining a build plane; a micro light emitting diode (μLED) array including multiple pixels and configured to emit ultraviolet (UV) light towards the build plane; a two-dimensional (2-D) voice coil manipulator mechanically coupled to the μLED array and configured to align the pixels of the μLED array with the build plane; and a control module programmed to cause the μLED array to illuminate a UV curable material at the build plane to form a stack of layers of the three-dimensional object, wherein the apparatus adjusts a UV illumination pattern for the layers of the UV curable material by varying an output intensity of UV light from the pixels of the μLED array and by varying an alignment between the μLED array and the build plane using the 2-D voice coil manipulator.

    Hardness testing system using multiple depth measurements and related methods

    公开(公告)号:US10969317B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-06

    申请号:US16103147

    申请日:2018-08-14

    申请人: X Development LLC

    IPC分类号: G01N3/42 G01N3/06

    摘要: An apparatus includes a holder to support an indenter relative to a sample, a depth sensor, and a controller. The operations include applying a first force on the sample with the indenter and determining a first depth of the indenter based on data generated by the sensor, moving the indenter from the first depth to a greater predetermined depth, then applying the first force on the sample with the indenter and determining a second depth of the indenter based on second data generated by the sensor, and determining a value indicative of hardness of the sample based on a difference between the first depth and the second depth. The apparatuses described can use a single scale for hardness that enables hardness values for different materials to be compared to one another.

    VACUUM DEPOSITION PROCESSING OF MULTIPLE SUBSTRATES

    公开(公告)号:US20190382882A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-19

    申请号:US16007582

    申请日:2018-06-13

    申请人: X Development LLC

    摘要: A vacuum deposition system includes a vacuum deposition chamber having multiple regions defined therein; a carousel disposed in the vacuum deposition chamber, the carousel configured to hold multiple substrates, the carousel rotatable around a central spindle; a deposition source positioned to deposit material onto a substrate located in a deposition region of the vacuum deposition chamber; and multiple heating elements disposed in the vacuum deposition chamber in a fixed position relative to the central spindle, each heating element being controllable separately from each other heating element, wherein each heating element is positioned to apply heat to a corresponding region of the vacuum deposition chamber.

    QUANTUM CONFINED NANOSTRUCTURES WITH IMPROVED HOMOGENEITY AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20190339550A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-07

    申请号:US15970790

    申请日:2018-05-03

    申请人: X Development LLC

    IPC分类号: G02F1/017 H01L21/02 H01L51/50

    摘要: A method that includes: providing a substrate including a layer of a crystalline material having a first surface; and exposing the first surface to an environment under conditions sufficient to cause epitaxial growth of a layer of a deposition material on the first surface, wherein exposing the first surface to the environment includes illuminating the substrate with light at a first wavelength while causing the epitaxial growth of the layer of the deposition material. The first surface includes one or more discrete growth sites at which an epitaxial growth rate of the quantum confined nanostructure material is larger than areas of the first surface away from the growth sites by an amount sufficient so that the deposition material forms a quantum confined nanostructure at each of the one or more discrete growth sites.

    Device With Multiple Vertically Separated Terminals and Methods for Making the Same

    公开(公告)号:US20190312082A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-10

    申请号:US16442029

    申请日:2019-06-14

    申请人: X Development LLC

    摘要: A light emitting device that includes: a plurality of light emitting elements arranged at different locations in a common plane, each light emitting element including: at least one layer of a semiconductor material; a first electrical terminal located at a first location; a second electrical terminal located at a second location; and a third electrical terminal located at a third location; a first electrode layer including one or more electrodes; a second electrode layer including one or more electrodes; a third electrode layer including one or more electrodes; a first electrically insulating layer disposed between the plurality of light emitting elements and also disposed between the first and second electrode layers; and a second electrically insulating layer disposed between the plurality of light emitting elements and also disposed between the second and third electrode layers.

    Directional light emitters and electronic displays featuring the same

    公开(公告)号:US10424232B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-24

    申请号:US15850743

    申请日:2017-12-21

    申请人: X Development LLC

    摘要: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for changing a distributed mode loudspeaker's fundamental frequency. One of the systems may include a light emitting diode display that includes an array of pixels, each pixel including, for each color of multiple colors, a directional light emitter and a wide-angle light emitter, a first combination of all the directional light emitters configured to generate a first display image viewable within a first viewing angle, and a second combination of all the wide-angle light emitters configured to generate a second display image concurrently with the generation of the first display image that is viewable within a second viewing angle. The first display image is a different image than the second display image and the first viewing angle is a narrower viewing angle than, and included within, the second viewing angle.

    DROP-OFF LOCATION PLANNING FOR DELIVERY VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20220357753A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-10

    申请号:US17825295

    申请日:2022-05-26

    申请人: X Development LLC

    摘要: An example method may include receiving, from a client computing device, an indication of a target drop-off spot for an object within a first virtual model of a first region of a delivery destination. A second virtual model of a second region of the delivery destination may be determined based on sensor data received from one or more sensors on a delivery vehicle. A mapping may be determined between physical features represented in the first virtual model and physical features represented in the second virtual model to determine an overlapping region between the first and second virtual models. A position of the target drop-off spot within the second virtual model may be determined based on the overlapping region. Based on the position of the target drop-off spot within the second virtual model, the delivery vehicle may be navigated to the target drop-off spot to drop off the object.

    Modular vehicles with detachable pods

    公开(公告)号:US11454985B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-27

    申请号:US16751414

    申请日:2020-01-24

    申请人: X Development LLC

    摘要: The subject matter of this specification generally relates to modular vehicles including separable pod and base units. In some implementations, a computing system installed in a vehicle base identifies a vehicle pod that is detachably connected to a chassis on the vehicle base. In response to identifying that the vehicle pod is detachably connected to the chassis on the vehicle base, a communications link can be established between the computing system installed in the vehicle base and a computing system installed in the vehicle pod. Based on information obtained through the communications link, the computing system installed in the vehicle base can determine a particular configuration of the vehicle pod that is detachably connected to the chassis. The computing system can then verify that the vehicle base can safely transport the vehicle pod while the vehicle pod is detachably connected.