Patents Examined by Jonathan M Blancha
  • Patent number: 11568769
    Abstract: A display device may include a first pixel, a second pixel, a first data line electrically connected to the first pixel, a second data line electrically connected to the second pixel and electrically insulated from the first data line, a first signal wire electrically connected to the first data line, a second signal wire electrically connected to the second data line, and a connecting wire electrically connecting the second data line to the second signal wire. The connecting wire may include a first section and a second section. The second section may be directly connected to the first section, may overlap the first pixel, may overlap the first data line, and may be oblique relative to each of the first data line and the second data line in a plan view of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Inventors: Hee Rim Song, Gyung Soon Park, Mu Kyung Jeon
  • Patent number: 11557262
    Abstract: A display device which can reproduce kinematic parallax and express a high sense of realism without using image display means are provided. The display device includes an image display unit having a stripe structure having subpixels of a plurality of colors disposed so that subpixels of the same color are arranged in a first direction and enabling an observer to observe, through an aperture, an image formed by pixels, each pixel being constituted by the subpixels of a plurality of colors. The aperture has a shape that has been smoothed to reduce a number of corners in which areas of the subpixels of the plurality of colors which can be seen through the aperture are uniform, and in which a numerical aperture decreases along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. A plurality of the apertures are provided so as not to overlap with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Munekazu Date, Megumi Isogai, Hideaki Kimata
  • Patent number: 11550159
    Abstract: A head-mounted display apparatus includes a cross dichroic prism including four triangular prisms that are mutually bonded, and a first dichroic film and a second dichroic film provided between adjacent prisms of the four triangular prisms, a plurality of display panels arranged respectively opposite to a plurality of light incident planes of the cross dichroic prism, and a projection optical system configured to project light emitted from the cross dichroic prism onto a pupil of a user. The cross dichroic prism includes an optically imperfect part at a center of a bonded part of the four triangular prisms. A ratio between an aerial conversion length from each of light-emission planes of the plurality of display panels to the center of the bonded part, and a width of the optically imperfect part, is greater than or equal to 250:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatoshi Yonekubo, Akio Fukase
  • Patent number: 11543265
    Abstract: A system that employs a third-party accessible application programming interface (API) to generate symbology for a three-dimensional view is disclosed. In embodiments, the third-party accessible API is running on or configured to communicate with at least one controller for an aircraft display system. The third-party accessible API is configured to receive a set of parameters for generating three-dimensional symbology. The controller is configured to receive the three-dimensional symbology from the third-party accessible API. The controller is further configured to generate a three-dimensional view that includes proprietary symbology and the three-dimensional symbology from the third-party accessible API at a display of the aircraft display system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy D. Wills, Jason A. Myren
  • Patent number: 11538438
    Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments may include a display panel, a Display Driving Integrated Circuit (DDIC) operatively coupled to the display panel, and a processor operatively coupled to the DDIC. The DDIC may be configured to receive, from the processor, a signal indicating that a first resolution is to be converted to a second resolution while displaying an image at the first resolution through the display panel, based on a horizontal synchronization signal including a first porch interval, change a length of the porch interval in response to the reception, and display the image at the second resolution through the display panel, based on the horizontal synchronization signal including the porch interval having the changed length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jongkon Bae, Hojin Kim, Yohan Lee, Yunpyo Hong, Donghui Kim, Eunsook Seo, Dongkyoon Han
  • Patent number: 11513361
    Abstract: A method includes converting a frame of pixel data to a first frame division unit. The method further includes, responsive to an X,Y coordinate, cropping and shifting the frame division unit to produce a second frame division unit. The method also includes outputting the second frame division unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kevin Ross Tomei, Jeffrey Matthew Kempf, Jeffrey Scott Farris
  • Patent number: 11508330
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a device, in particular a multifocal display device. The device includes: a display element configured to generate an image; and a controller configured to control the display element according to at least a first bit sequence provided over a first determined time period and a second bit sequence provided over a second determined time period, in order to generate the image with one or more colors, the bit sequences including for each color a number of bits of different significance. Moreover, the device is configured to generate the first bit sequence from an original bit sequence based on discarding at least one bit of a color and to generate the second bit sequence from the original bit sequence based on discarding at least one other bit of the color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atanas Boev, Panji Setiawan, Bogdan Cihodariu Ionita
  • Patent number: 11508296
    Abstract: An image generation apparatus outputs image data to a display apparatus, performs inverse conversion on image data, and transmits the image data to the display apparatus through an external data transmission line. The display apparatus includes a display device that is capable of displaying a High Dynamic Range (HDR) image or a Standard Dynamic Range (SDR) image through the external data transmission line. The inverse conversion is performed with respect to light emission characteristics of the display device. The image data is generated by the light emission characteristic inverse conversion unit. The transmission is performed in a case where light emission characteristics of the display device approximate an Electro-Optical Transfer Function (EOTF) of the HDR, a bit precision of image data is no lower than a bit precision of the external data transmission line, and an image of the HDR is to be displayed on the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Onuma, Yasushi Ito, Manabu Umeyama
  • Patent number: 11506897
    Abstract: An apparatus including a first display for a user's first eye; a first motion sensor and/or a first externally facing image capture device configured to capture at least a first image of a user's real world point of view; a second display for a user's second eye; a second motion sensor and/or a second externally facing image capture device configured to capture at least a second image of a user's real world scene; and a controller configured to: receive a first signal from: the first motion sensor and/or the first image capture device, receive a second signal from: the second motion sensor and/or the second image capture device, determine, based on the first and second signals, a change in orientation of the first display with respect to the second display, and control display of first content on the first display in dependence on the determined change in orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventor: Toni Jarvenpaa
  • Patent number: 11501693
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes: a power interface comprising circuitry connected with a display apparatus, a first converter comprising circuitry configured to convert an external power to a first driving power based on a first ground, a second converter comprising circuitry configured to convert the external power to a second driving power, based on a second ground, the second driving power having a voltage level lower than a voltage level of the first driving power, and a switch having a first end connected to an output end of the first converter, and the switch is connected to a power interface by one of the first end and a second end, wherein the switch is configured to be switched to supply one of the first driving power and the second driving power to the display apparatus through the power interface based on an operating state of the display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Moonyoung Kim, Jeongil Kang
  • Patent number: 11491872
    Abstract: A vehicle and a method for controlling the vehicle are provided. The vehicle includes a first camera configured to capture a front image of the vehicle; a head-up display configured to project an image onto a windshield of the vehicle; an input device configured to input a boundary line for setting an area in which the image is projected from the windshield; and a controller configured to determine a projection area in which the image is projected based on the inputted boundary line, to determine an interest area of the front image based on the determined projection area and a speed of the vehicle, and to display the determined interest area in the determined projection area on the head-up display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Young Jin Choi
  • Patent number: 11493772
    Abstract: A Head Mounted Display (HMD) includes a pixel array having multiple pixels configured in a two-dimensional surface, each pixel providing multiple light beams forming an image provided to a user. The HMD also includes a first optical element configured to provide a central portion of a field of view for the image through an eyebox that limits a volume including a pupil of the user, and a second optical element configured to provide a peripheral portion of the field of view for the image through the eyebox, wherein the peripheral portion of the field of view comprises at least one steradian of a user's field of view at a resolution of at least fifteen arcminutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Wheelwright, Kieran Connor Kelly, Ying Geng
  • Patent number: 11488523
    Abstract: A display device, a method for driving the same, and a display system are provided. In the display device, a drive circuit can first drive the display panel to display a target image containing a number of colors less than a number threshold in response to detecting that a host computer stops delivering image data (i.e., the screen is turned off), and then drive the display panel to enter a standby state. In this way, the display panel can be made to stably transition to the standby state upon screen-off of the host computer, thereby solving the problems of stalled display or abnormal display caused by the display panel being unable to enter the standby state reliably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Feng Gao
  • Patent number: 11474353
    Abstract: A head-up display apparatus in which display light emitted by a display device to express an image is reflected by a reflecting part, and a virtual image corresponding to the reflected image is displayed. The apparatus includes: a reflecting-part holder provided with a pair of rotary shaft parts protruding at both ends thereof, the rotary shaft parts retaining the reflecting part; a pair of bearings rotatably supporting the pair of rotary shaft parts; and a pair of bearing holders retaining the pair of bearings in a housing; first supported parts protruding in the radial direction of the bearings provided to the bearing holders, and the housing provided with a hole-shaped first support part in which the first supported part of one bearing holder is positioned, and an elongated-hole-shaped second support part elongated in an axial direction in which the first supported part of the other bearing holder is positioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON SEIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuya Uto, Takaharu Iwaya
  • Patent number: 11474356
    Abstract: An optical assembly and a virtual reality device are provided. The optical assembly includes a light-transmitting device, a light-converging device, and a light-reflecting device. The light-transmitting device is configured to receive light of a left-eye display image and light of a right-eye display image, and transmit the light of the left-eye display image and the light of the right-eye display image to a light-converging device. The light-converging device is configured to converge the light of the left-eye display image and the light of the right-eye display image to a light-reflecting device. A size of a first display image formed by converging the light of the left-eye display image is smaller than a size of the left-eye display image, and a size of a second display image formed by converging the light of the right-eye display image is smaller than a size of the right-eye display image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peng Luo, Zhiqiang Wang, Xinchao Cui, Delong Zhong, Jianfei Tian, Yadong Qiu
  • Patent number: 11468864
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a data transmission method, device, system, and display device. The method includes encoding clock training data to obtain two sets of encoded data corresponding to the clock training data and complementary to each other, sending a specified set of encoded data in the two sets of encoded data to a receiving end when positive and negative pins of the transmitting end and the receiving end are correspondingly connected, sending other set of coded data in the two sets of coded data than the specified set of encoded data to the receiving end when the positive and negative pins of the transmitting end and the receiving end are reversely connected. The receiving end may be configured to perform clock training according to the received encoded data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsinchung Lo, Xin Duan, Wei Sun, Ming Chen
  • Patent number: 11468868
    Abstract: Use of the AR technology is facilitated. [Solution] Such an information processing apparatus is provided that includes a control unit that controls a display to superimpose a virtual object, associated with a set position in the real world, on the real world with reference to position and orientation information indicative of the position and the orientation of a mobile body, and a correction unit that corrects the position and orientation information. When the position and orientation information is corrected from first position and orientation information to second position and orientation information that is non-continuous to the first position and orientation information, the control unit controls the display to perform transition display that indicates transition of display conditions from a first display condition, which displays the virtual object based on the first position and orientation information, to a second display condition based on the second position and orientation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hajime Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 11467410
    Abstract: A display apparatus of the present disclosure includes: a left eyepiece display unit including a left-eye image display device and a left eyepiece optical system guiding a displayed left-eye display image to a left eye; and a right eyepiece display unit including a right-eye image display device and a right eyepiece optical system guiding a displayed right-eye display image to a right eye, and an image magnification upon observation by both eyes is twice or more. The left eyepiece optical system and the right eyepiece optical system each include a plurality of single lenses, and at least one of the single lenses is a free-form surface lens including a resin material. At least one of the single lenses is arranged in at least one of an eccentric state or a rotated state with respect to an optical axis of the left-eye image display device or the right-eye image display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuharu Matsumoto, Mamoru Suzuki, Susumu Ichikawa, Takatoshi Matsuyama, Masatoshi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11467649
    Abstract: A display apparatus including a display panel, a touch sensing unit including first and second transmission touch lines, and a touch driving circuit to apply first and second touch driving signals to the first and second transmission touch lines, respectively, in which the touch driving circuit includes a first switch group including a first sharing switch device having one end connected to the first transmission touch line, and a second switch group including a second sharing switch device having two ends respectively connected to the second transmission touch line and another end of the first sharing switch device, and the touch driving circuit is configured to turn on the sharing switch devices during a first period such that the touch driving signals have a first voltage level, and turn on the sharing switch devices during a second period such that the touch driving signals have a second voltage level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Youngmin Park, Deog-kyoon Jeong, Kyungyoul Min, Jiheon Park, Jonghyun Oh, Moonsang Hwang, Young-Ha Hwang
  • Patent number: 11442281
    Abstract: Systems and devices for controlling camera privacy in wearable devices are described. A camera cover can be provided that is movable between a closed position and an open position. In the closed position, the camera cover can occlude a field of view of a camera, such that the camera cannot capture meaningful data. In the open position, the camera cover can be at least partially out of the field of view of the camera, such that the camera can capture meaningful data. The camera cover can be positioned within a housing of the wearable device, and an actuator can be positioned external to the housing of the wearable device. A user can move the camera cover by moving the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Inventors: Joshua Tiffin, Joshua Moore, Adam Carvalho