Patents Examined by Chineyere D Wills-Burns
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Patent number: 11828944Abstract: To accommodate variations in the interpupillary distances associated with different users, a head-mounted device may have left-eye and right-eye optical modules that move with respect to each other. Each optical module may have a display that creates an image and a corresponding lens that provides the image to an associated eye box for viewing by a user. The optical modules each include a lens barrel to which the display and lens of that optical module are mounted and a head-mounted optical module illumination system. The illumination system may have light-emitting devices such as light-emitting diodes that extend along some or all of a peripheral edge of the display. The light-emitting diodes may be mounted on a flexible printed circuit with a tail that extends a lens barrel opening. A stiffener for the flexible printed circuit may have openings that receive the light-emitting diodes.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Marinus Meursing, Keenan Molner, Chengyi Yang, Florian R. Fournier, Ivan S. Maric, Jason C. Sauers
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Patent number: 11828946Abstract: A head mounted display system configured to project light to an eye of a user to display augmented reality images can include a frame configured to be supported on a head of the user, a camera disposed temporally on said frame, an eyepiece configured to direct light into said user's eye to display augmented reality image content to the user's vision field, a reflective element disposed on the frame, and at least one VCSEL disposed to illuminate said eye, wherein the camera is disposed with respect to the reflective element such that light from the VCSEL is reflected from the user's eye to the reflective element and is reflected from the reflective element to the camera to form images of the eye that are captured by the camera.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Nizan Meitav, Barak Freedman, Ori Weinstein, Asaf Pellman, Chulwoo Oh, Frédéric Montfort
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Patent number: 11822088Abstract: In an embodiment, an apparatus is disclosed that includes at least one processor configured to determine a target coupling-out facet, identify an optical path to the target coupling-out facet, identify an active wave plate corresponding to the optical path, determine a target state of the active wave plate that corresponds to the optical path, set the active wave plate to the identified target state and cause a projection device to project a light beam comprising an image field of view component along the identified optical path.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: LUMUS LTD.Inventors: Elad Sharlin, Ronen Chriki
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Patent number: 11823634Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for adaptively adjusting brightness of a wearable device projection system. The systems and methods perform operations comprising: causing projection elements of the AR wearable device to project an image; receiving a measure of ambient light from an ambient light sensor; adjusting one or more hardware parameters of the projection elements of the AR wearable device based on the measure of ambient light; modifying one or more color values of the image displayed by the projection elements of the AR wearable device based on the measure of ambient light; and projecting the image with the modified color values using the projection elements of the AR wearable device with the adjusted one or more hardware parameters.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: SNAP INC.Inventors: Jeffrey Michael DeWall, Alexander Kane, Dominik Schnitzer, Mathieu Emmanuel Vignau
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Patent number: 11822709Abstract: A system including a sensor configured so that the presence of a spectacle within a detection range of the sensor is detectable by the sensor when the spectacle includes a predetermined identification structure. The system may further include a control unit configured to receive an information from the sensor and to carry out a predetermined action, upon a condition in which the one or more spectacle lenses may be detected. A method may include detecting the presence of the spectacle within a detection range, and further providing, by the sensor, an information to the control unit. The information may confirm the detection of the spectacle. The method may include carrying out, by the control unit, the predetermined action. A computer program product including instructions to cause the system to execute the steps of the method. A computing device including the sensor and a memory.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Essilor InternationalInventors: Yu Liu, Chit Yaw Fu, Yassine Fakhreddine, Xingzhao Ding
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Patent number: 11817022Abstract: A method for correcting artifacts in artificial reality headsets is provided. The method includes coupling a first image portion into a waveguide in a display for an artificial reality device, provided by a first array of pixels, coupling a second image portion into the waveguide in the display, provided by a second array of pixels, directing the first image portion through an eyebox, directing the second image portion through the eyebox, and tiling, in a user's retina, the first image portion and the second image portion to form an image having an extended field of view that includes an overlapping area comprising light provided by the first array of pixels and the second array of pixels. A system including a memory storing instructions and a processor to execute the instructions to cause the system to perform the above method are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Nicholas Daniel Trail, Byron Taylor, Yufeng Zhu, Andrew John Ouderkirk, Hee Yoon Lee, Sharvil Shailesh Talati, Behnam Bastani, Pasi Saarikko
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Patent number: 11815686Abstract: An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device includes a first camera configured to capture a frontal external environment of the electronic device, a second camera oriented opposite to the first camera and configured to capture gaze directions of a user's left eye and right eye, a first display panel corresponding to the left eye, a second display panel corresponding to the right eye, a memory, and a processor that implements the method, including: identifying, using the second camera, a dominant eye and a non-dominant eye among the left eye and right eye, identifying a dominant display panel from among the first and second display panels corresponding to the dominant eye, and a non-dominant display panel from among the first and second display panels corresponding to the non-dominant eye, and changing settings of the dominant display panel to be different from settings of the non-dominant display panel.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jongmin Yoon, Chulkwi Kim, Jeongwon Park, Younsang Yoo, Chanmin Park, Donghyun Yeom
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Patent number: 11808945Abstract: A method of operating a head mounted device includes capturing eye data with one or more sensors of the head mounted device. The one or more sensors are configured to sense an eyebox region. Operations of the head mounted device are adjusted in response to the eye data.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Sebastian Sztuk, Salvael Ortega Estrada
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Patent number: 11796820Abstract: An image projection system includes: eyeglasses including a frame, a first eyeglass lens, and a second eyeglass lens; and a binocular light engine coupled to the frame. The binocular light engine includes a first light transmitter configured to transmit a first plurality of light beams corresponding to a first stereoscopic image on a first transmission path; a second light transmitter configured to transmit a second plurality of light beams corresponding to a second stereoscopic image on a second transmission path; and a single scanning structure shared by the first transmission path and the second transmission path. The single scanning structure is configured to: rotate about two scanning axes, direct the first plurality of light beams at the first eyeglass lens according to a scanning pattern, and direct the second plurality of light beams at the second eyeglass lens according to the scanning pattern.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventor: Boris Kirillov
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Patent number: 11796821Abstract: A method for providing a virtual distance of a device under test using a system including a light source, a wedge shear plate, a first detector and a second detector, wherein the wedge shear plate is disposed between the device under test and the light source, the first detector configured for receiving a first interference pattern formed as a result of the light source being disposed through and reflected by the wedge shear plate, and the second detector configured for receiving a second interference pattern formed as a result of the light source being disposed through and reflected by the wedge shear plate, the method including obtaining the first interference pattern using the first detector, obtaining the second interference pattern using the second detector and determining the virtual distance based on the first interference pattern, the second interference pattern, the light source and the wedge shear plate.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2023Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: MLOptic Corp.Inventors: Pengfei Wu, Wei Zhou
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Patent number: 11796801Abstract: Techniques of displaying content on a transparent display include detecting an individual present with respect to a world side, i.e., facing away from a user of a transparent display, opposite side of the transparent display as the user side. For example, circuitry connected to smartglasses detects the presence of an individual in the vicinity of the world side of a transparent display. In response, the circuitry causes an image of the individual to be generated and, based on the image, the circuitry classifies the individual as being in a state satisfying a set of criteria or not. In some implementations, the set of criteria include the individual being oriented in such a way as to be able to see the document. In response to the individual satisfying the criteria, the circuitry obscures the document from the view of the individual.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Steven Benjamin Goldberg, Juston Payne, Michael Schoenberg
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Patent number: 11789538Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a tactile presentation control apparatus that can provide an operation feeling of a dial knob that allows intuitive operation by a tactile sense of the user, and is user-friendly. A tactile presentation control apparatus according to the present disclosure that has a tactile presentation knob placed on an operation surface and presents a tactile sense to a user via the tactile presentation knob. The tactile presentation control apparatus includes a tactile determination unit that determines the tactile sense according to a state of an apparatus operated with the tactile presentation knob, and a tactile control unit that performs control to present, as the tactile sense determined by the tactile determination unit, a frictional force between the tactile presentation knob and the operation surface in a state where the tactile presentation knob and the operation surface have contact with each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2019Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Tae Orita, Akira Yamashita, Yoshinori Ueno, Mitsuru Sakai, Naoki Numata, Yuki Furumoto, Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Yuichi Sasaki
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Patent number: 11790839Abstract: An electronic device including a plurality of light-emitting units, a driving circuit, and a controlling circuit is provided. The driving circuit is configured to drive at least one of the light-emitting units. The controlling circuit is configured to control the driving circuit. The plurality of light-emitting units, the driving circuit, and the controlling circuit are respectively disposed on different substrates.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Innolux CorporationInventors: Ker-Yih Kao, Ming Chun Tseng, Liang-Lu Chen, Li-Wei Mao, Shun-Yuan Hu
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Patent number: 11775085Abstract: A stylus tip structure and a passive capacitive stylus. The stylus tip structure comprises a main body and an embedded member. The main body has a hollow structure, and multiple through holes are provided in the main body. The embedded member comprises multiple contacts and a connection arm. The contacts are arranged to correspond to the through holes. The connection arm is provided within an internal cavity of the main body. The multiple contacts are connected by the connection arm as an elastic integrated structure. Structures of the contacts are partially exposed from the main body via the through holes. When a user uses a passive capacitive stylus having the stylus tip structure to write, the contacts exposed from the main body are in contact with a glass surface of a capacitive touch panel.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: SHENZHEN HITEVISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Donggui Li
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Patent number: 11768368Abstract: The present invention concerns improved spectacles, system and method for eye tracking able to detect the pupil position of different types of wearers. The detection of the pupil is improved over the prior art on the basis of a new specific position of the eye cameras on the spectacles frame.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: VIEWPOINTSYSTEM GMBHInventors: Nils Berger, Frank Linsenmaier
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Patent number: 11762205Abstract: An augmented reality system is disclosed that includes an image source configured to generate an image, and a display element configured to display the image. The system further includes an optical relay configured to project the image onto the display element. The system further includes a light sensor configured to quantify an amount of ambient light passing through, the display element. The system further includes a tracker processing unit operatively coupled to the light sensor, the image source, and the optical relay. The tracker processing unit includes a processor, and a memory configured to store instructions executable by the processors. The processors are instructed to receive sensor data from the light sensor, receive the image from the image source, update a pixel characteristic for one or more pixels of the image based on the sensor data, and transmit an updated image to the optical relay.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.Inventors: Troy D. Driscoll, Brandon E. Wilson
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Patent number: 11755153Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program for enabling improvement of operability in a case of performing a user operation on surfaces of various real objects. The information processing apparatus includes an operation pattern control unit configured to control an operation pattern in an operation area on a surface of a real object on the basis of information indicating a characteristic of the operation area. The operation pattern includes, for example, at least one of a method of inputting operation data in the operation area or a method of detecting the operation data. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a system using augmented reality (AR).Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Eisuke Fujinawa, Tetsuo Ikeda, Seishi Tomonaga, Junji Otsuka, Atsushi Irie, Yugo Sato, Kenji Gotoh
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Patent number: 11747932Abstract: The present invention relates to a touch detecting circuit, which comprises a touch driving circuit and a touch sensing circuit. The touch driving circuit generates a touch driving signal and provides it to at least one common electrode of a panel. The touch sensing circuit receives a plurality of sensing signals via a plurality of source lines or/and a plurality of gate lines of the panel for detecting the touch location. The sensing signals are generated corresponding to the touch driving signal. In addition, the touch driving circuit may provide the touch driving signal to the source lines. The touch sensing circuit receives the sensing signals via the gate lines for detecting the touch location.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Sitronix Technology CorpInventor: Cheng-Chung Yeh
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Patent number: 11740478Abstract: A display unit and a lens included in a display device constitute a plurality of display optical systems that display a video for each of a user's left eye and right eye. The display device includes a diopter change instruction unit and a diopter change driving unit that can change a diopter related to the plurality of display optical systems, and an object position calculation unit that calculates an object position of a display object in a video. The diopter change instruction unit gives a driving instruction to the diopter change driving unit on the basis of information acquired from a user information recording unit and an operation mode recording unit that record information on usage conditions of the display device.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kyouhei Suzuki, Ryo Yamasaki, Makoto Oikawa, Shunsuke Ninomiya
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Patent number: 11740742Abstract: An electronic device such as a head mounted device may have an inner display that displays an image for a user through lenses. Head-mounted support structures may be used to support the display and lenses. One or more external displays may be publically viewable while the head-mounted device is being worn. The head-mounted support structures may have a front face on which an external display is mounted. One or more finger sensors that are configured to detect touch input, force input, and/or other input from an external object such as a user's finger may be included in the head-mounted device. A finger sensor may have an elongated shape that runs along a peripheral edge of an external display on the front face. Finger sensors may also be located on other portions of the support structures.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Forrest C. Wang, Ritu Shah