Patents Examined by Ryan D Howard
  • Patent number: 11974078
    Abstract: In the present application, for a detailed protocol for realizing supplemental downlink communication in the filed patent, particularly, a system is proposed which performs training processing at high speed by using two-dimensionally developed information. In the present application, compared to the filed patent, a two-dimensional pilot symbol can be used in a display unit, further, introduction of a segment for communication band control using a two-dimensional pilot symbol, training processing using a two-dimensional test pattern for establishing a communication path, and a configuration of a communication frame are clarified, and MIMO processing of communication using video information by a plurality of segments is realized to improve a throughput of an existing portable phone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SoftBank Corp.
    Inventors: Takashi Tsutsui, Kazuhiko Goukon
  • Patent number: 11960101
    Abstract: An optical measurement device includes an optical system that focuses emitted light that is emitted from a measurement surface of a light emitting electronic display or a light emitting surface of which a speckle contrast or a sparkle contrast is to be measured; a two-dimensional sensor array having a two-dimensional sensor array surface on which the emitted light is focused, the two-dimensional sensor array capturing an image of the emitted light; and a calculation unit that calculates the speckle contrast or the sparkle contrast based on the image of the emitted light captured under an imaging condition under which a size of a light-emitting region on the measurement surface is constant, the light-emitting region contributing to formation of a diffraction limited spot of the emitted light on the two-dimensional sensor array surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makio Kurashige, Kazutoshi Ishida, Shumpei Nishio
  • Patent number: 11958270
    Abstract: Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass capable of enhancing the heat shielding property, suppressing multiple images, and satisfactorily displaying an image. An interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention is an interlayer film for laminated glass for use in a laminated glass serving as a head-up display, the interlayer film has a region for display corresponding to a display region of the head-up display, the interlayer film includes an infrared reflective layer, a first resin layer containing a thermoplastic resin, and a second resin layer containing a thermoplastic resin, the first resin layer is arranged on a first surface side of the infrared reflective layer, the second resin layer is arranged on a second surface side opposite to the first surface of the infrared reflective layer, at least one of the first resin layer and the second resin layer has a wedge angle of 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Nohara, Yuusuke Oota
  • Patent number: 11953688
    Abstract: Various embodiments set forth high-resolution liquid crystal displays and components thereof. In some embodiments, light emitted by a high-resolution green color liquid crystal display is combined, via a combiner, with light emitted by at least one lower-resolution red and blue color liquid crystal display. The red and blue color display(s) may include a single display or two displays positioned on opposing sides of the combiner. The combiner may be a dichroic or polarization-based combiner. Combined light from the green color display and the red and blue color display(s) is passed through collimating optics, such as a pancake lens or a Fresnel lens, toward a viewer's eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jacques Gollier, Ying Geng, Dong Chen
  • Patent number: 11953665
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a first reflection optical system and a second reflection optical system having mutually different optical axes, each of the first and second reflection optical systems includes a plurality of reflecting surfaces, a first imaging portion configured to receive an imaging light reflected by the first reflection optical system, a second imaging portion configured to receive an imaging light reflected by the second reflection optical system, a first member, a second member, and a frame. A part of the plurality of reflecting surfaces of the first reflection optical system are reflecting surfaces provided on the frame. Among the plurality of reflecting surfaces of the first reflection optical system, a final-stage reflecting surface configured to reflect the imaging light toward the first imaging portion is a first reflecting surface formed on a surface of the first member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoto Fuse, Chiaki Inoue, Ichiro Kanazashi, Atsushi Takata, Kazuhiro Kochi, Kouga Okada
  • Patent number: 11947131
    Abstract: A display device configured to be disposed in a vehicle includes a light emitting unit and a light controlling means. The light controlling means is disposed on a route that a light emitted from the light emitting unit moves, and the light is controlled to move at a first angle in a horizontal direction and at a second angle in a vertical direction through the light controlling means. The horizontal direction is defined as a direction parallel to a floor of the vehicle and the vertical direction is defined as a direction perpendicular to the floor of the vehicle. The first angle is greater than the second angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventor: Jui-Jen Yueh
  • Patent number: 11945306
    Abstract: A method operates a visual field display device, in particular for a motor vehicle, which is designed to produce a projection light beam with a display content and to project the display content onto a partially transparent reflecting projection screen, in particular a front window of the motor vehicle, such that a virtual display image which is superimposed into a field of vision of a user is generated behind it. The method determines image element edges having vertical or a vertical component in the virtual display image to be superimposed and tilts the image element edges thus determined to a respectively adapted tilt angle with respect to the vertical, such that double images of the respective image element edges in the virtual display image are offset with respect to each other in the horizontal direct for the user due to double reflections of the projection light beam on two optical boundaries of the projection screen and appear substantially sharp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Wolfgang-Andreas Huber
  • Patent number: 11934086
    Abstract: A method and device for adjusting a projected image are provided. In the method, a distance between a mobile terminal and a projection screen is acquired (S102); and at least one of a display area or a display orientation of a projected image on the projection screen is adjusted at least according to the distance between the mobile terminal and the projection screen (S104). Through the method and the device, a problem in a related art that the projected image can only be adjusted manually by a user is solved, and a viewing angle is adjusted to an optimal viewing angle for viewing a projected image in real time according to a distance with respect to a user, thereby protecting the eyesight of the user and improving user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Li Yue
  • Patent number: 11936488
    Abstract: A fixture system includes a fixture having an input device, an output device, and a fixture computing system. The fixture computing system includes a database and programming for receiving information from the input device and accessing the database. The programming has instructions that, when activated by the processor, performs the following steps: (a) activate the output device to output a first signal; (b) receive information from the input device; (c) access the database to determine a second signal, wherein the second signal is based on the information from the input device; and (d) activate the output device to output the second signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Newtonoid Technologies, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Fielding B. Staton, David Strumpf
  • Patent number: 11937024
    Abstract: A projection system includes a projection device that projects drawings individually onto a plurality of work spots in a work site. The projection device includes a driver that changes an orientation of the projection device. When drawings are individually projected onto a first work spot and a second work spot in a stated sequence, and the second work spot is outside a projection angle that is projectable by the projection device, the driver changes the orientation of the projection device to include the second work spot within the projection angle after work at the first work spot is finished. The first work spot and the second work spot are included in the plurality of work spots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Hayashi, Tetsuya Nishi, Keisuke Hara
  • Patent number: 11927750
    Abstract: A head up display arrangement for a motor vehicle includes an image source emitting a light field. A first freeform mirror is positioned to provide a first reflection of the light field. A generally concave second freeform mirror is positioned to receive the first reflection and provide a second reflection of the light field. The second reflection is reflected off of a windshield of the vehicle so as to be visible to a driver of the vehicle as a virtual image. The generally concave second freeform mirror includes a reflective surface having a shape such that the virtual image appears to be curved to the driver of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America
    Inventors: Patrick O'Connell, Edo Omanovic
  • Patent number: 11924587
    Abstract: A display method includes attenuating the brightness of an image corresponding to a superimposed area of a first image when the position of a projector is a reference position based on a first attenuation coefficient specified in accordance with the position in the superimposed area, calculating displacement information on displacement of the projector based on an output signal from an inertial sensor when the position of the projector is displaced from the reference position, obtaining a corrected first attenuation coefficient by correcting the first attenuation coefficient in accordance with the displacement information, and attenuating the brightness of the image corresponding to the superimposed area of the first image based on the corrected first attenuation coefficient when the position of the projector is displaced from the reference position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11914149
    Abstract: A system for generating a virtual image for a wearer includes: a lens providing vision of a real scene and having refractive power related to the prescription of the wearer, a directive light source that emits directive light beams to create the virtual image, a reflecting element positioned on or in the lens that receives and redirects the directive light beams emitted by the directive light source toward a convergence area of an eye of the wearer, a dynamical optical element for modifying the received light beams, and a memory storing prescription data relative to the prescription of the wearer, the dynamical optical element modifying the light beams at the convergence area so as to compensate at least partly the prescription of the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventor: Vincent Roptin
  • Patent number: 11917123
    Abstract: A light projection system for projecting full-resolution, high quality images into different directions. The system includes a light source configured to provide a homogenous output beam of light and an illumination shaping optic elements configured with at least one of a predetermined cone angle, numerical aperture, and F-number. The system also includes a spatially-dependent, angular light modulator (ALM) with a plurality of pixels, each having an ON state, an OFF state, one input pupil, and N diffraction order pupils. The ALM is positioned such that the output beam is incident on the plurality of pixels. The at least one of the predetermined cone angle, numerical aperture, and F-number of the illumination shaping optic elements prevents contaminating light from entering an incorrect pupil. The system additionally includes a processor coupled to the ALM to provide discrete diffraction-based beam steering, whereby the ALM will project into one diffraction order at one time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
    Inventors: Brandon Hellman, Yuzuru Takashima
  • Patent number: 11909164
    Abstract: An optical pulse pair generator is configured to generate an optical pulse pair including a first pulse beam and a second pulse beam having respective central wavelengths that are separated by a predetermined wavelength difference from each other and having target time waveforms that are substantially the same as each other. The optical pulse pair generator provided includes a splitter section configured to split an incident pulse beam into two, a first shaping section configured to shape one of the pulse beams split by the splitter section by shaping into the target time waveform and setting a central frequency so as to configure the first pulse beam, and a second shaping section configured to shape the other of the pulse beams split by the splitter section by shaping into the target time waveform so as to configure the second pulse beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Misawa, Terumasa Ito
  • Patent number: 11899224
    Abstract: A lensed display system includes a projector configured to project an image. The lensed display system includes a lens formed of a glass or crystalline material. The lens includes a first surface, wherein at least a portion of the first surface includes a coating that is configured to display the projected image. The lens includes a second surface, wherein the second surface comprises a transparent curved surface that is configured to face toward a user and to enable the user to view the image projected onto the coating through the transparent curved surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: John David Smith, Bradford Ross Benn, Peter Carsillo, Tony Plett
  • Patent number: 11897182
    Abstract: There is provided a novel and improved resin laminated optical body and a method for manufacturing the same that can easily adjust an optical property other than an optical property derived from a micro concave-convex structure, and eventually can reduce manufacturing costs of an optical device. The resin laminated optical body includes: an optical base material having a curved surface; and a resin layer provided on the curved surface of the optical base material. A micro concave-convex structure is formed in a surface of the resin layer, and the resin laminated optical body has a first optical property derived from the micro concave-convex structure and a second optical property derived from a property of the resin layer other than the micro concave-convex structure, the second optical property being different from an optical property of the optical base material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Tazawa
  • Patent number: 11892761
    Abstract: An image projector with a high optical efficiency projects an image at an arbitrary distance from an observer. The image projector includes an illumination module having at least one spatially coherent light source; a phase image generator with an array of optical phase shifting elements; an electronic image controller connected electrically to the phase image generator; and a waveguide which includes at least one embedded partial reflector. The waveguide may be positioned either between the illumination module and the waveguide, or between the waveguide and the observer. The phase image generator may include phase shifts for canceling speckle, correcting optical aberrations, and/or compensating interference caused by light rays having different optical path lengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Lumus Ltd.
    Inventors: Ronen Chriki, Eitan Ronen, Yochay Danziger, Shimon Grabarnik, Tsion Eisenfeld
  • Patent number: 11885978
    Abstract: Disclosed are a micro-lens structure, a displaying device, and a machining method of the micro-lens structure. The micro-lens structure specifically comprises: micro-lens units distributed in an array, wherein each micro-lens unit comprises at least two micro-lenses made of a photoresist, and the at least two micro-lenses have different arch heights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng Zhang, Kang Guo, Renquan Gu, Detian Meng, Libo Wang, Dongfei Hou, Guangcai Yuan, Xue Dong, Wei Wang, Jinye Zhu, Jing Yu, Jing Liu, Haitao Huang
  • Patent number: 11889237
    Abstract: A setting method includes acquiring arrangement information including first information representing a positional relationship between a projector and a projection surface and second information representing a size of a first image projected onto the projection surface from the projector, acquiring, based on the arrangement information, one or a plurality of pieces of setting information, each of which including a plurality of setting values used for the projector to project the first image onto the projection surface, and outputting one piece of setting information of the one or plurality of pieces of setting information to the projector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshinori Minamide