Patents by Inventor Joshua J. Ratcliff
Joshua J. Ratcliff 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).
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Patent number: 11601638Abstract: In one example, a head-mounted display (HMD) device includes multiple display panels arranged in parallel with each other. Each of the display panels is associated with one of multiple focal lengths. The HMD device includes multiple lenses to view a three-dimensional (3D) scene on the display panels. The HMD device also includes a controller to provide a frame of the 3D scene, viewable at the focal lengths. The frames include focal layers generated at one of the focal lengths. The frames are rendered by displaying the focal layers in a sequence on the display panels associated with the focal length at which the focal layer is generated. The controller also allows visible light to pass through one or more of the display panels based on whether the render planes are between an active focal layer and the lenses.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2017Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Joshua J. Ratcliff, Alexey M. Supikov, Seth E. Hunter, Santiago E. Alfaro
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Publication number: 20230019187Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture to present three dimensional images without glasses. An example apparatus includes a micro lens array and at least one processor. The at least one processor is to: determine a first position of a first pupil of a viewer; determine a second position of a second pupil of the viewer; align a first eye box with the first position of the first pupil; align a second eye box with the second position of the second pupil; render, for presentation on a display, at least one of a color plus depth image or a light field image based on the first position of the first pupil and the second position of the second pupil; and cause backlight to be steered through the micro lens array and alternatingly through the first eye box and the second eye box.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Tuotuo Li, Joshua J. Ratcliff, Qiong Huang, Alexey M. Supikov, Ronald T. Azuma
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Patent number: 11483543Abstract: An apparatus and method for hybrid rendering. For example, one embodiment of a method comprises: identifying left and right views of a user's eyes; generating at least one depth map for the left and right views; calculating depth clamping thresholds including a minimum depth value and a maximum depth value; transforming the depth map in accordance with the minimum depth value and maximum depth value; and performing view synthesis to render left and right views using the transformed depth map.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Joshua J. Ratcliff, Tuotuo Li
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Patent number: 11438566Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture to present three dimensional images without glasses. An example apparatus includes a micro lens array and at least one processor. The at least one processor is to: determine a first position of a first pupil of a viewer; determine a second position of a second pupil of the viewer; align a first eye box with the first position of the first pupil; align a second eye box with the second position of the second pupil; render, for presentation on a display, at least one of a color plus depth image or a light field image based on the first position of the first pupil and the second position of the second pupil; and cause backlight to be steered through the micro lens array and alternatingly through the first eye box and the second eye box.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Tuotuo Li, Joshua J. Ratcliff, Qiong Huang, Alexey M. Supikov, Ronald T. Azuma
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Publication number: 20210152804Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture to present three dimensional images without glasses. An example apparatus includes a micro lens array and at least one processor. The at least one processor is to: determine a first position of a first pupil of a viewer; determine a second position of a second pupil of the viewer; align a first eye box with the first position of the first pupil; align a second eye box with the second position of the second pupil; render, for presentation on a display, at least one of a color plus depth image or a light field image based on the first position of the first pupil and the second position of the second pupil; and cause backlight to be steered through the micro lens array and alternatingly through the first eye box and the second eye box.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2021Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Tuotuo Li, Joshua J. Ratcliff, Qiong Huang, Alexey M. Supikov, Ronald T. Azuma
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Patent number: 10948740Abstract: An example apparatus for displaying stereo elemental images includes two coupled eyepieces. Each of the two eyepieces also includes a curved screen to display a number of elemental images. Each of the two eyepieces also includes a curved lens array concentrically displaced in front of the curved screen to magnify the elemental images. Each of the number of elemental images is magnified by a different lens in the curved lens array.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2017Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Joshua J. Ratcliff, Alexey M. Supikov, Santiago E. Alfaro, Basel Salahieh
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Patent number: 10939085Abstract: In some examples, a three dimensional display system includes a display (for example, a display screen or a display panel), a micro lens array, and an eye tracker to track one or more eyes of a person and to provide eye location information. The display system also includes a rendering processor to render or capture color plus depth images (for example, RGB-D images) or light field images. The display system also includes a light field processor to use the eye location information to convert the rendered color plus depth images or light field images to display images to be provided to the display.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Tuotuo Li, Joshua J. Ratcliff, Qiong Huang, Alexey M. Supikov, Ronald T. Azuma
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Publication number: 20200304776Abstract: An apparatus and method for hybrid rendering. For example, one embodiment of a method comprises: identifying left and right views of a user's eyes; generating at least one depth map for the left and right views; calculating depth clamping thresholds including a minimum depth value and a maximum depth value; transforming the depth map in accordance with the minimum depth value and maximum depth value; and performing view synthesis to render left and right views using the transformed depth map.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Joshua J. RATCLIFF, Tuotuo LI
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Patent number: 10701114Abstract: Techniques for augmented social networking may include receiving an image. After receiving an image, in real time, an identity of a person in the image may be determined. Association information for the person based on the identity and one or more defined parameters may be determined. The defined parameters may represent electronic communication. Location information of the person may be determined. The association information may be presented proximate to the person in an augmented reality view using the location information. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Joshua J. Ratcliff, Kenton M. Lyons
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Publication number: 20200204781Abstract: In some examples, a three dimensional display system includes a display (for example, a display screen or a display panel), a micro lens array, and an eye tracker to track one or more eyes of a person and to provide eye location information. The display system also includes a rendering processor to render or capture color plus depth images (for example, RGB-D images) or light field images. The display system also includes a light field processor to use the eye location information to convert the rendered color plus depth images or light field images to display images to be provided to the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2019Publication date: June 25, 2020Applicant: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Tuotuo Li, Joshua J. Ratcliff, Qiong Huang, Alexey M. Supikov, Ronald T. Azuma
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Patent number: 10623723Abstract: An apparatus and method for hybrid rendering. For example, one embodiment of a method comprises: identifying left and right views of a user's eyes; generating at least one depth map for the left and right views; calculating depth clamping thresholds including a minimum depth value and a maximum depth value; transforming the depth map in accordance with the minimum depth value and maximum depth value; and performing view synthesis to render left and right views using the transformed depth map.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Joshua J. Ratcliff, Tuotuo Li
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Patent number: 10477181Abstract: Techniques related to multiview video stabilization are discussed. Such techniques may include performing single view video stabilization on a reference video stream and propagating the single view video stabilization to another video stream based on a target disparity map.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2015Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Maha El Choubassi, Fan Zhang, Joshua J. Ratcliff, Oscar Nestares
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Publication number: 20190124313Abstract: In some examples, a three dimensional display system includes a display (for example, a display screen or a display panel), a micro lens array, and an eye tracker to track one or more eyes of a person and to provide eye location information. The display system also includes a rendering processor to render or capture color plus depth images (for example, RGB-D images) or light field images. The display system also includes a light field processor to use the eye location information to convert the rendered color plus depth images or light field images to display images to be provided to the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Tuotuo Li, Joshua J. Ratcliff, Qiong Huang, Alexey M. Supikov, Ronald T. Azuma
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Patent number: 10238337Abstract: Systems and methods may provide for identifying sensor data associated with an intraoral device and analyzing a chemical composition of an ingestible product based on the sensor data. Additionally, a notification may be selectively generated based on the chemical composition. In one example, analyzing the chemical composition includes determining the level of one or more of an allergen, a toxin or a predetermined substance in the ingestible product.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Alexandra C. Zafiroglu, Giuseppe Raffa, Stanley Mo, Joshua J. Ratcliff
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Publication number: 20190086679Abstract: An example apparatus for displaying stereo elemental images includes two coupled eyepieces. Each of the two eyepieces also includes a curved screen to display a number of elemental images. Each of the two eyepieces also includes a curved lens array concentrically displaced in front of the curved screen to magnify the elemental images. Each of the number of elemental images is magnified by a different lens in the curved lens array.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2017Publication date: March 21, 2019Applicant: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Joshua J. Ratcliff, Alexey M. Supikov, Santiago E. Alfaro, Basel Salahieh
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Publication number: 20190036987Abstract: Techniques for augmented social networking may include receiving an image. After receiving an image, in real time, an identity of a person in the image may be determined. Association information for the person based on the identity and one or more defined parameters may be determined. The defined parameters may represent electronic communication. Location information of the person may be determined. The association information may be presented proximate to the person in an augmented reality view using the location information. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2018Publication date: January 31, 2019Applicant: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: JOSHUA J. RATCLIFF, KENTON M. LYONS
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Patent number: 10032277Abstract: Technologies for displaying graphical elements on a graphical user interface include a wearable computing device to generate a captured image. The wearable computing device analyzes the captured image to generate image location metric data for one or more prospective locations on the graphical user interface at which to place a graphical element. The image location metric data indicates one or more image characteristics of the corresponding prospective location. The wearable computing device determines appropriateness data for each prospective location based on the corresponding image location metric data. The appropriate data indicates a relative suitability of the corresponding location for display of the graphical element. The wearable computing device selects one of the prospective locations based on the appropriateness data and displays the graphical element on the graphical user interface at the selected prospective location.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2013Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Joshua J. Ratcliff, Giuseppe Beppe Raffa, Alexandra Zafiroglu, Stanley Mo
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Publication number: 20180199028Abstract: In one example, a head-mounted display (HMD) device includes multiple display panels arranged in parallel with each other. Each of the display panels is associated with one of multiple focal lengths. The HMD device includes multiple lenses to view a three-dimensional (3D) scene on the display panels. The HMD device also includes a controller to provide a frame of the 3D scene, viewable at the focal lengths. The frames include focal layers generated at one of the focal lengths. The frames are rendered by displaying the focal layers in a sequence on the display panels associated with the focal length at which the focal layer is generated. The controller also allows visible light to pass through one or more of the display panels based on whether the render planes are between an active focal layer and the lenses.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2017Publication date: July 12, 2018Applicant: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Joshua J. Ratcliff, Alexey M. Supikov, Seth E. Hunter, Santiago E. Alfaro
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Publication number: 20180091800Abstract: An apparatus and method for hybrid rendering. For example, one embodiment of a method comprises: identifying left and right views of a user's eyes; generating at least one depth map for the left and right views; calculating depth clamping thresholds including a minimum depth value and a maximum depth value; transforming the depth map in accordance with the minimum depth value and maximum depth value; and performing view synthesis to render left and right views using the transformed depth map.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2016Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventors: JOSHUA J. RATCLIFF, TUOTUO LI
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Patent number: 9894116Abstract: Techniques for augmented social networking may include receiving an image. After receiving an image, in real time, an identity of a person in the image may be determined. Association information for the person based on the identity and one or more defined parameters may be determined. The defined parameters may represent electronic communication. Location information of the person may be determined. The association information may be presented proximate to the person in an augmented reality view using the location information. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2012Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Joshua J. Ratcliff, Kenton M. Lyons