Patents by Inventor David Lloyd SCHNUELLE

David Lloyd SCHNUELLE has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230154418
    Abstract: A method and apparatus therefor comprises: receiving an image data and a power metadata, wherein the power metadata includes information relating to a power consumption or an expected power consumption; determining, based on the power metadata, an amount and a duration of a drive modification that may be performed by a target display in response to the power consumption or the expected power consumption; and performing a power management of the target display based on the power metadata to modify a driving of at least one light-emitting element associated with the target display relative to a manufacturer-determined threshold, based on a result of the determining, wherein the power metadata includes at least one of a temporal luminance energy metadata, a spatial luminance energy metadata, a spatial temporal fluctuation metadata, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Timo Daniel Kunkel, Phillip John Warren, David Lloyd Schnuelle
  • Patent number: 10620525
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cinema screen that improves audience perception of brightness at, for example, a premium theater without additional illumination cost. The screen is produced from materials that also help mitigate speckle from laser illumination. The screen has properties and includes structures that may be tuned to the specific capabilities of the projection system, arrangement of the theater, and projector (and angle of projection, angle of viewing). Light reflected from the screen are direct toward audience members and away from walls and ceilings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas J. Gorny, Martin J. Richards, Timo Kunkel, David Lloyd Schnuelle
  • Publication number: 20190196320
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cinema screen that improves audience perception of brightness at, for example, a premium theater without additional illumination cost. The screen is produced from materials that also help mitigate speckle from laser illumination. The screen has properties and includes structures that may be tuned to the specific capabilities of the projection system, arrangement of the theater, and projector (and angle of projection, angle of viewing). Light reflected from the screen are direct toward audience members and away from walls and ceilings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Douglas J. GORNY, Martin J. RICHARDS, Timo KUNKEL, David Lloyd SCHNUELLE
  • Patent number: 10261406
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cinema screen that improves audience perception of brightness at, for example, a premium theater without additional illumination cost. The screen is produced from materials that also help mitigate speckle from laser illumination. The screen has properties and includes structures that may be tuned to the specific capabilities of the projection system, arrangement of the theater, and projector (and angle of projection, angle of viewing). Light reflected from the screen are direct toward audience members and away from walls and ceilings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas J. Gorny, Martin J. Richards, Timo Kunkel, David Lloyd Schnuelle
  • Publication number: 20180284590
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cinema screen that improves audience perception of brightness at, for example, a premium theater without additional illumination cost. The screen is produced from materials that also help mitigate speckle from laser illumination. The screen has properties and includes structures that may be tuned to the specific capabilities of the projection system, arrangement of the theater, and projector (and angle of projection, angle of viewing). Light reflected from the screen are direct toward audience members and away from walls and ceilings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Douglas J. GORNY, Martin J. RICHARDS, Timo KUNKEL, David Lloyd SCHNUELLE
  • Patent number: 10012895
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cinema screen that improves audience perception of brightness at, for example, a premium theater without additional illumination cost. The screen is produced from materials that also help mitigate speckle from laser illumination. The screen has properties and includes structures that may be tuned to the specific capabilities of the projection system, arrangement of the theater, and projector (and angle of projection, angle of viewing). Light reflected from the screen are direct toward audience members and away from walls and ceilings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas J Gorny, Martin J Richards, Timo Kunkel, David Lloyd Schnuelle
  • Publication number: 20170176846
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cinema screen that improves audience perception of brightness at, for example, a premium theater without additional illumination cost. The screen is produced from materials that also help mitigate speckle from laser illumination. The screen has properties and includes structures that may be tuned to the specific capabilities of the projection system, arrangement of the theater, and projector (and angle of projection, angle of viewing). Light reflected from the screen are direct toward audience members and away from walls and ceilings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Douglas J GORNY, Martin J RICHARDS, Timo KUNKEL, David Lloyd SCHNUELLE