Patents Examined by Cory A Almeida
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Patent number: 11500204Abstract: A head-mounted display (HMD) comprising a first side for facing a user of the HMD, a second side opposite to the first side, and a reflective layer for at least partially reflecting incident light incident on the second side. At least one processor of the HMD is configured to obtain luminance data indicative of a luminance of the incident light and control a display device, based on the luminance data, to control a luminance of a portion of emitted light directed towards the user of the HMD during the display of the image. Further examples relate to an HMD with a display device configured to emit light of at least one predetermined wavelength range during display of an image by the display device, and a layer arranged to at least partially prevent transmission of the light of the at least one predetermined wavelength range outward from the HMD.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Arm LimitedInventors: Daren Croxford, Roberto Lopez Mendez, Erik Persson, Sean Tristram Leguay Ellis
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Patent number: 11500216Abstract: Disclosed are a method and device for adjusting a pupil distance of a virtual reality display device. The method adjusts a second pupil distance on a virtual reality display device by means of a first pupil distance of a user wearing the virtual reality display device, the first pupil distance referring to a pupil distance of the user wearing the virtual reality display device, and the second pupil distance being used as a distance between focal points of two lenses of the virtual reality display device; the method comprises: detecting whether the first pupil distance and the second pupil distance match; if the first pupil distance and the second pupil distance do not match, then executing a preset matching operation on the virtual reality display device. The present application solves the technical problem of a virtual reality display device being bulky and heavy.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: PIMAX TECHNOLOGY (SHANGHAI) CO., LTDInventor: Zhibin Weng
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Patent number: 11495154Abstract: Apparatus and methods for displaying an image by a rotating structure are provided. The rotating structure can comprise blades of a fan. The fan can be a cooling fan for an electronics device such as an augmented reality display. In some embodiments, the rotating structure comprises light sources that emit light to generate the image. The light sources can comprises light-field emitters. In other embodiments, the rotating structure is illuminated by an external (e.g., non-rotating) light source.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Guillermo Padin Rohena, Ralph Remsburg, Adrian Kaehler, Evan Francis Rynk
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Patent number: 11493991Abstract: A system and method for detecting a condition of an augmented reality system and/or controlling an aspect of the augmented reality system.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Mira Labs, Inc.Inventor: Mike Kozlowski
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Patent number: 11487134Abstract: To provide a display processing device that displays the structure of a displayed item configured by stacking a plurality of displayed items in an understandable manner and enables easy confirmation of each of the layers being stacked and displayed. The display processing device includes a graduation-image display unit (a graduation-display processing unit) 24 causing a display device 15 to display a graduation image having values the number of which corresponds to the number of a plurality of image layers, a specification unit (a pointer-display processing unit) 25 causing a value on the graduation image to be specified, and a displayed-number determination unit (a number-of-displayed-layers determination processing unit) 26 determining the number of image layers that are to be stacked and displayed by the display device 15, among the plurality of image layers in accordance with the value on the graduation image specified by the specification unit 25.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Axell CorporationInventor: Hideyo Kawaguchi
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Patent number: 11487123Abstract: A virtual or augmented reality headset is provided having a frame, a pair of virtual or augmented reality eyepieces, and an interpupillary distance adjustment mechanism. The frame includes opposing arm members and a bridge positioned intermediate the opposing arm members. The adjustment mechanism is coupled to the virtual or augmented reality eyepieces and operable to simultaneously move the eyepieces to adjust the interpupillary distance of the eyepieces.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: MAGIC LEAP, INC.Inventors: Masamune Kaji, Michael John Slipy, Shigeru Natsume
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Patent number: 11467411Abstract: The disclosed head-mounted display assemblies may include a first eyecup and a second eyecup that are configured for positioning in front of intended locations of a user's eyes. The first eyecup and the second eyecup may be movable relative to each other to adjust for an interpupillary distance of the user's eyes. The head-mounted display assemblies may also include a single near-eye display screen configured for displaying an image to the user through the first eyecup and the second eyecup. A flexible shroud may be positioned to provide a seal between a first interior volume of the first eyecup, a second interior volume of the second eyecup, and the single near-eye display screen. Various other methods, devices, systems, and assemblies are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2021Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Joel Bernard Jacobs, Evan Lawrence Coons, Jeffrey Taylor Stellman, Mark Alan Tempel
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Patent number: 11442275Abstract: Eyewear having a stereoscopic display including a lens system, and a push-pull lens set including prisms to produce a binocular overlap of two images that coincides with an accommodation plane. The overlap of two virtual images generated by a respective display as seen by the user's two eyes provides user comfort. The stereoscopic display may have a single accommodation plane, where the binocular overlap of the two virtual images depends on the location of the accommodation plane and the depth of the content formed by disparity in the two images. By providing the content at or near the location where the virtual images are at least substantially overlapped, the user viewing comfort is improved. The binocular overlap is controlled by tilting or steering the virtual images inward, such that the overlap occurs at the accommodation plane.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventor: Miller Schuck
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Patent number: 11436984Abstract: A pixel includes an organic light emitting diode including an anode electrode and a cathode electrode; a driving transistor including an input electrode connected to a first node (FN), a control electrode connected to a second node, and an output electrode connected to a third node; a switching transistor to apply a data signal to the FN in response to a scan signal in a second period; a first initialization transistor to apply a first initialization voltage to the second node in response to an initialization control signal in a first period (FP); a second initialization transistor to apply a second initialization voltage having a voltage level different from the first initialization voltage to the anode electrode in response to the initialization control signal in the FP; and an on-bias transistor to apply a first driving voltage to the FN in response to an on-bias control signal in the FP.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yongsung Park, Minwoo Byun, Keonwoo Kim, Seungbin Lee, Deok-young Choi
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Patent number: 11435597Abstract: A displaying device adapted to a screen is provided. The displaying device includes a transparent pyramid, a movable support, and an image conversion unit. The movable support is connected to the transparent pyramid to move the transparent pyramid between a first location and a second location which is different from the first location. The first location is the position on the screen. The image conversion unit is configured to receive image data. When the transparent pyramid moves to the first location, the image conversion unit converts the image data to a holographic image displayed on the screen, and the transparent pyramid generates a 3D hologram based on the holographic image.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Wen-Hao Hsieh, Kai-Ze Luo, Ming-Lung Lin, Yu-Chen Lee, Sheng-Yen Tseng, Yen-Hui Zheng, Kuan-Yi Lin, Chih-Shien Lin
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Patent number: 11428941Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a face model for a user of a head-mounted device are disclosed. The head-mounted device can include one or more eye cameras configured to image the face of the user while the user is putting the device on or taking the device off. The images obtained by the eye cameras may be analyzed using a stereoscopic vision technique, a monocular vision technique, or a combination, to generate a face model for the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2021Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Gholamreza Amayeh, Adrian Kaehler, Douglas Lee
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Patent number: 11422693Abstract: A digital ink generating apparatus is disclosed, which includes: a stroke data generator which, in operation, generates stroke data associated with an input sensor attribute based on pen event data generated by an input sensor when an indicator is operated, a mapping data generator which, in operation, generates mapping data indicative of a transform rule for transforming a value of the input sensor attribute included in the stroke data to a value of one of line width and transparency, and a digital ink assembler which, in operation, outputs, in a determined data format, a digital ink including the stroke data and the mapping data.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.Inventor: Branimir Angelov
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Patent number: 11422378Abstract: A control method for a display device executed by a control device includes receiving imaging data generated by an imaging device, which sets at least a part of a visual field of a user as an imaging target region, capturing an identification image displayed on a display surface by the display device, the identification image including identification information for identifying the display device, determining, as an operation target device, the display device indicated by the identification information included in the imaging data, and transmitting an operation signal based on operation by the user to the operation target device.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Yusuke Kudo
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Patent number: 11372243Abstract: A virtual/augmented reality head-mounted display system and method with means to correct optical aberrations is disclosed. The system includes the initial profiling of the head-mounted display system and eye-tracking means.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2018Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: ALMALENCE, INC.Inventor: Dmitriy Valer'evich Shmunk
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Patent number: 11366323Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device comprises a goggle frame including at least one opening on a front surface thereof; a display positioned in front of the goggle frame and facing the at least one opening; a front cover coupled to the goggle frame and accommodating the display inside; a supporter positioned on a top surface of the front cover; and a main strap fixed to the supporter and made of an elastic material.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2019Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Donghyok Shin, Bupsung Jung, Hoon Hur
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Patent number: 11353711Abstract: A wearable display apparatus has a headset for display from left-eye and right-eye near-eye catadioptric pupil-forming optical systems, each defining an exit pupil. Each optical system has an image generator to direct image-bearing light for a 2D image from an emissive surface. A curved reflective surface along the view axis is partially transmissive and defines a curved intermediate focal surface. A beam splitter reflects light toward the curved reflective surface. An image relay optically conjugates the formed image with a curved aerial image formed in air at the curved intermediate focal surface. The image relay has a prism having an input surface facing the emissive surface of the image generator, an output surface facing the curved intermediate focal surface, and a folding surface between input and output surfaces for folding the optical path for light generated by the image generator. An aperture stop for the relay is within the prism.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2021Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Inventors: Michael H. Freeman, Jordan Boss, Mitchael C. Freeman, Behnam Rafiee, Andrew Mourn, David Kessler, Steven Yeager
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Patent number: 11353710Abstract: A wearable display apparatus has a headset for display from left-eye and right-eye near-eye catadioptric pupil-forming optical systems, each defining an exit pupil. Each optical system has an image generator to direct image-bearing light for a 2D image from an emissive surface. A curved reflective surface along the view axis is partially transmissive and defines a curved intermediate focal surface. A beam splitter reflects light toward the curved reflective surface. An image relay optically conjugates the formed image with a curved aerial image formed in air at the curved intermediate focal surface. The image relay has a prism having an input surface facing the emissive surface of the image generator, an output surface facing the curved intermediate focal surface, and a folding surface between input and output surfaces for folding the optical path for light generated by the image generator. An aperture stop for the relay is within the prism.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2021Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Inventors: David Kessler, Michael H. Freeman, Jordan Boss, Mitchael C. Freeman, Steven Yeager
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Patent number: 11347051Abstract: Systems and methods for synthesizing an image of the face by a head-mounted display (HMD), such as an augmented reality device, are disclosed. The HMD may be able to observe only a portion of the face with an inward-facing imaging system, e.g., the periocular region. The systems and methods described herein can generate a mapping of a conformation of the portion of the face that is not imaged based at least partly on a conformation of the portion of the face that is imaged. The HMD can receive an image of a portion of the face and use the mapping to determine a conformation of the portion of the face that is not observed. The HMD can combine the observed and unobserved portions to synthesize a full face image.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Alexander Ilic, Martin Georg Zahnert
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Patent number: 11340458Abstract: An optical device includes input and output apertures (86, 89), a light-transmitting substrate (64), a coupling-in element (55) positioned outside of the substrate for coupling light waves having a field-of view into the substrate, a first flat reflecting surface (65) located between two major surfaces (70,72) of the light-transmitting substrate for total internal reflection of the coupled-in light waves from the major surfaces, and a second flat reflecting surface (67) located between the two major substrate surfaces for coupling light waves out of the substrate for redirecting into a viewer's eye by an optical element (80). The substrate and coupling-in element (55) are formed of substantially different optical materials and the ratio between the fields of view of the light waves coupled-out from the substrate into the viewers' eye and of the light waves coupled inside the substrate, is substantially bigger than the refractive index of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2018Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: OORYM OPTICS LTD.Inventors: Yaakov Amitai, Menachem Amitai
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Patent number: 11340742Abstract: A multi-layer conductive coating is substantially transparent to visible light, contains at least one conductive layer comprising silver that is sandwiched between at least a pair of dielectric layers, and may be used as an electrode and/or conductive trace in a capacitive touch panel. The multi-layer conductive coating may contain a dielectric layer of or including zirconium oxide (e.g., ZrO2) and/or silicon nitride, and may be used in applications such as capacitive touch panels for controlling showers, appliances, vending machines, electronics, electronic devices, and/or the like. The coating may have increased resistivity, and thus reduced conductivity, compared to pure silver layers of certain coatings, in order to allow the silver-based coating to be more suitable for use as touch panel electrode(s).Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2019Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Guardian Glass, LLCInventors: Alexey Krasnov, Willem Den Boer, Jason Blush, Eric W. Akkashian