Patents Examined by Ram A Mistry
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Patent number: 11971547Abstract: Motion sickness of a user occurring when viewing media content by use of data glasses during a journey in a motor vehicle is reduced. Vehicle dynamics data and glasses dynamics data are registered and a displayed perspective is controlled by a control device based on the vehicle dynamics data and the glasses dynamics data. In the displayed perspective, the media content is displayed in a media field which is shown so it is visible through a frame element and an artificial environment is shown adjacent to the frame element. A velocity component of the vehicle dynamics data is represented as movement of the artificial environment and an acceleration component of the vehicle dynamics data is represented by an inclination of the frame element with respect to the media field and a movement component of the glasses dynamics data is represented as a shift of the entire perspective.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: AUDI AGInventor: Daniel Profendiner
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Patent number: 11954249Abstract: A head-mounted device may have a head-mounted housing. The head-mounted housing may have displays that overlap a user's eyes and/or speakers that provide sound to the user's ears. The head-mounted housing may have transparent lenses that overlap the eyes of the user or may have opaque structures that prevent ambient light from reaching the user's eyes. The head-mounted device may have a geographic location sensor such as a satellite navigation system sensor and may include an orientation sensor such as an inertial measurement unit. The direction of a user's gaze relative to the head mounted device may be measured using an electrooculographic sensor. Electrodes in the electrooculographic sensor may measure signals resulting from the standing potential between the retina and cornea in the eye. Facial expressions and eye blinks may affect the signals detected with the electrodes and can be monitored during operation.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Paul G. Puskarich
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Patent number: 11947113Abstract: A movable device includes a movable part including a mirror unit; a torsion bar with one end coupled to the movable part; a first cantilever part coupled to the other end of the torsion bar; a second cantilever part with one end coupled to a coupling portion of the first cantilever part; a stationary part coupled to the other end of the second cantilever part; and a driver configured to deform the second cantilever part. A width of the coupling portion of the first cantilever part, to which the second cantilever part is coupled, is narrower than a width of the second cantilever part in a width direction of the coupling portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventor: Wataru Yokota
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Patent number: 11947760Abstract: A display device with a position input function includes a pixel electrode, a common electrode, position detection electrodes, a position detection line, a pixel connection line, and a shield electrode. The common electrode is overlapped with the pixel electrode on an upper layer side or a lower layer side. The position detection electrodes are formed by dividing the common electrode by a partition opening and form a capacitance with a position input body and detect an input position. The position detection line is arranged on an upper layer side or a lower layer side with the common electrode and connected to the position detection electrode. The pixel connection line extends in parallel with the partition opening and is connected to the pixel electrode. The shield electrode extends overlapping with the partition opening and is on a same layer as the position detection line and connected to the position detection line.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masahiro Yoshida
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Patent number: 11915627Abstract: A viewing angle expansion plate, which is a multi-pinhole mask, includes a plurality of cell areas; and a plurality of pinholes formed in the plurality of cell areas, wherein each cell area from among the plurality of cell areas corresponds to a respective pixel from among a plurality of pixels in a flat panel display. The flat panel display includes a light source configured to emit parallel light; a flat panel, on which the parallel light is incident, configured to provide a three-dimensional image; and the viewing angle expansion plate.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Wontaek Seo, Yongkeun Park, Hoon Song, Jungkwuen An, Jongchan Park
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Patent number: 11867900Abstract: An eye-tracking method includes enabling at least one light source of an array of light sources to emit non-visible light to illuminate an eye. The method also includes obtaining at least one image of the eye while the at least one light source is enabled. A position of the eye may then be determined based on a position of the at least one light source within the array of light sources in response to determining that the at least one image indicates a bright pupil condition when the at least one light source was enabled.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Robin Sharma, Mohamed Tarek El-Haddad
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Patent number: 11860246Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses and non-transitory, computer-readable mediums are disclosed for short-range position tracking using a stationary magnetic field gradient. In an embodiment, a method comprises: obtaining, by a sensing array of a device worn or held by a user in an environment, a measurement of a stationary magnetic field generated by a magnetic source in the environment, the stationary magnetic field being independent of an ambient magnetic field in the environment; determining based on the measurement, a change in the magnetic field over time; determining based on the measurement, a change in the magnetic field over distance; obtaining, by the processor, a rotation angle of the device; determining a velocity of the device based on the change in the magnetic field over time, the change in the magnetic field over distance and the rotation angle of the device; and integrating the velocity to obtain a position of the device.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Hong Pan, Jian Guo, John G. Elias, Savas Gider
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Patent number: 11815684Abstract: The present disclosure related generally to techniques for improving the performance and efficiency of display systems, such as laser scan beam display systems or other types of display systems (e.g., micro-displays) of an HMD or other device. Display systems of the present disclosure may include a polarization compensation optic, such as a spatially varying polarizer, that provides phase retardation that varies as a function of position, which provides polarization compensation to provide light that is well suited for a polarization sensitive optic of the display system, such as a waveguide-based optical system, a pancake optical system, a birdbath optical system, a coating-based optical system, etc. The spatially varying polarizer may be varied spatially in real-time based on a user's gaze location to provide an optimized field of view in a region where the user is known or inferred to be gazing, thereby providing improved optical performance.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Valve CorporationInventor: Joshua Mark Hudman
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Patent number: 11810487Abstract: Display systems for simultaneously directing different images to different viewers. A display system is constructed with a display panel with multiple folds that create a number of angled display surfaces. These angled surfaces are oriented so that some surfaces are angled in one direction to project one image to viewers at one location, and the remaining surfaces are angled in a different direction to project a different image to viewers at another location. The folded display panel may be actuated, to change the angles at which display surfaces are oriented, and thus adjust the directions in which images are displayed. In this manner, the display may project images to differing users as they change their locations. Multiple users may thus enjoy differing content at the same time, from the same display device.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.Inventors: Rohit Dhiman, Srishti Sharma
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Patent number: 11774770Abstract: An interface device is provided that is configured to allow viewing of three-dimensional (3-D) content when the interface device is worn. In certain embodiments, a wearable visualization device can be removably coupled to the interface device. The wearable visualization device, when in use, may provide additional viewing functionality, such as facilitating the viewing of augmented reality (AR) or virtual reality (VR).Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS LLCInventors: Andrew Raij, Gregory Addison Hill, Jr.
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Patent number: 11768374Abstract: A system includes a vehicle cockpit and a processor. The vehicle cockpit includes imperceptible cockpit reference fiducials and a head wearable display (HWD) device. The imperceptible cockpit reference fiducials are imperceptible to a naked eye of a user in the vehicle cockpit. The HWD device includes a display and an optical sensor configured to: capture images of the imperceptible cockpit reference fiducials; and output optical sensor image data. The processor is configured to: receive the optical sensor image data; and based at least on the optical sensor image data, determine a position and orientation of the head wearable display device. The display is configured to display the images aligned with the field of view of the user based at least on the determined position and the determined orientation of the head wearable display device.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.Inventors: Eric P. Stratton, Christopher A. Keith, Brandon E. Wilson, Weston J. Lahr, Carlo L. Tiana
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Patent number: 11763771Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a source device that outputs image data and a sink device that performs a displaying operation based on the image data. The source device changes a frame rate of an image frame composing the image data while the displaying operation is performed. The sink device changes a frame rate of a panel driving frame for the displaying operation by adjusting a vertical blank period of the panel driving frame as the frame rate of the image frame is changed. Here, the sink device adjusts a common voltage applied to a display panel included in the sink device during a display operation of an individual frame, in accordance with the frame rate of the panel driving frame.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jahun Koo, Kyung-Hun Lee, Ho Lee
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Patent number: 11747926Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel in which a display area to display an image and a non-display area adjacent to the display area are defined, and in which a central area and a peripheral area in a periphery of the central area are defined in the display area, a touch sensor on the display panel, the touch sensor including a touch electrode layer, and a black matrix on the display panel. The black matrix includes a first black matrix in the central area and a second black matrix in the peripheral area. The second black matrix is on layer of the display panel that is higher than the first black matrix.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyeonbum Lee, Jeongwon Kim, Kwangwoo Park, Junhyuk Woo
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Patent number: 11714278Abstract: A wearable heads-up display has stored therein two or more distortion models for use in generating distorted source images that when projected by the wearable heads-up display into a target eye space form virtual images are aligned in the target eye space. A method and system for determining the distortion models are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Daniel Thomson Urquhart, Daniel Balzerson, Marius Kintel
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Patent number: 11709370Abstract: In one implementation, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores program instructions computer-executable on a computer to perform operations. The operations include presenting, on a display of an electronic device, first content representing a standard view of a physical setting depicted in image data generated by an image sensor of the electronic device. While presenting the first content, an interaction with an input device of the electronic device is detected that is indicative of a request to present an enriched view of the physical setting. In accordance with detecting the interaction, second content is formed representing the enriched view of the physical setting by applying an enrichment effect that alters or supplements the image data generated by the image sensor. The second content representing the enriched view of the physical setting is presented on the display.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2019Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Earl M. Olson, Nicolai Georg, Omar R. Khan, James M. A. Begole
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Patent number: 11682331Abstract: A wearable display device that is a display device, an information processing device configured to connect to a wearable display device, a first sensor including a first geomagnetic sensor, a second sensor including a second geomagnetic sensor, and a display control part configured to change a display mode of the wearable display device in accordance with a relative positional relationship between the wearable display device and the information processing device on the basis of a detection result are provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2020Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Akio Yamazaki
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Patent number: 11675196Abstract: A wearable image display device eliminates the need to adjust an image focus every time the device is used. The present invention includes a mounting module and a right image display module, and a left image display module. Each of the right image display module, the left image display module includes a reflective image modulation device, a lens, a light guide plate, and a plurality of half mirrors. The lens is disposed in a state eccentric to a predetermined value with respect to the reflective image modulation device. As a result, the present invention eliminates the need to adjust the image focus every time the device is used.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2019Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: BLUE OPTECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto Masuda, Nobuhiro Shirai
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Patent number: 11630571Abstract: A graphic display method and apparatus are provided. In the graphic display method, a terminal may detect a touch operation on a screen when there is a to-be-processed event; obtain touch point coordinates of the touch operation; display, in a position indicated by the touch point coordinates, a touch graphic used to indicate the touch operation, and display, on the screen based on the touch point coordinates, an operation indication graphic corresponding to the to-be-processed event. The touch graphic and the operation indication graphic are displayed on the screen to enable a user to see a current to-be-processed event in a more intuitive and vivid manner, thereby reducing a misoperation rate of a touch operation and improving operation experience of the user.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Simon Ekstrand, Fredrik Andreasson, Johan Larsby, Xueyan Huang, Bo Liu
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Patent number: 11624930Abstract: A display device includes: a first closed-bottom lens tube including a first display part on the closed bottom for displaying a first image; a second closed-bottom lens tube including a second display part on the closed bottom for displaying a second image; an adjustment mechanism including a first rod that extends from the first lens tube and a second rod that extends from the second lens tube and is rotatably connected to the first rod; and an image outputter that outputs the first and second images to the first and second display parts, respectively. The image outputter, in accordance with the angle of rotation of the first and second rods of the adjustment mechanism, controls and outputs the first and second images to bring the horizontal directions thereof closer to the arrangement direction of the first and second lens tubes.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2020Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasutoshi Yamamoto, Suguru Ogawa, Hiroyasu Makino, Makoto Serizawa, Yoshiichiro Kashiwagi, Toshiro Nishio, Masayuki Kozuka
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Patent number: 11620934Abstract: The invention provides a shift register, a drive method thereof, a gate drive circuit, and a display panel. Wherein, the shift register comprises: a display control circuit connected to a pull-up node, a first power terminal and a first control terminal; a sensing control circuit connected to the pull-up node, a second control terminal and a third control terminal and configured to store a potential of the pull-up node in a display mode under the control of the second control terminal and write the stored potential into the pull-up node in a sensing mode under the control of the third control terminal; and a first output circuit connected to the pull-up node, a first clock terminal and a first output terminal.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2020Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignees: Hefei BOE Joint Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xuehuan Feng, Yongqian Li