Three-dimensional Arrays Patents (Class 345/6)
  • Patent number: 9891455
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes a display unit, a parallax adjuster that includes a plurality of unit areas, a controller that detects positions of a right eye and a left eye of a user, determines a pixel display of pixels of a right eye image and a left eye image, and sets a light transmission state to the unit areas in accordance with the positions of the right eye and the left eye and the pixel display; a plurality of conductors that are provided corresponding to the respective unit areas and each of which applies a signal to set the light transmission state of the unit area to the corresponding unit area; and a coupling unit that electrically couples the conductors together, the coupling unit providing a certain resistance value between the conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hideki Kaneko, Hiroki Sugiyama, Hiroshi Inamura
  • Patent number: 9857591
    Abstract: Configurations are disclosed for presenting virtual reality and augmented reality experiences to users. The system may comprise a spatial light modulator operatively coupled to an image source for projecting light associated with one or more frames of image data, and a variable focus element (VFE) for varying a focus of the projected light such that a first frame of image data is focused at a first depth plane, and a second frame of image data is focused at a second depth plane, and wherein a distance between the first depth plane and the second depth plane is fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: William Hudson Welch, Robert D. Tekolste, Hyunsun Chung, Hui-Chuan Cheng
  • Patent number: 9843793
    Abstract: A method for reducing crosstalk in stereoscopic displays comprises providing a first first-eye image, a compensated image of the first first-eye image, a first other-eye image, and a compensated image of the first other-eye image; displaying each of the images at least once during a single frame flash sequence, wherein the first first-eye image is displayed to a first eye, the compensated image of the first first-eye image is displayed to another eye, the first other-eye image is displayed to the another eye, and compensated image of the first other-eye image is displayed to the first eye; wherein the compensated images can be displayed simultaneously and/or at least one of the compensated images or eye images can be displayed more than one time during a single frame flash sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: THOMSON LICENSING
    Inventor: William Gibbens Redmann
  • Patent number: 9823891
    Abstract: Described herein is an electronic name plate device (10) for use with an audio visual system. The electronic name plate (10) comprises an electronic paper display (100) which includes an array of character blocks (101), a processor (120), a receiver (170) for receiving information relating to at least one character to be displayed by the electronic name plate (10), and a power supply. The electronic paper display is mounted on a panel (102) which can be mounted within a docking station. A control system, such as, an audio visual system, is provided for controlling each electronic name plate in-situ in a conference room in front of a participant seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: AV APPLICATION
    Inventor: Thierry Duchenij
  • Patent number: 9826225
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a 3D image display method for displaying 3D image on a handheld terminal display screen. The method includes the following steps. The handheld terminal detects a current screen display mode to determine whether the handheld terminal triggers a horizontal-vertical screen display mode change. The handheld terminal determines the current screen display mode as a horizontal mode or a vertical mode when the handheld terminal triggers a horizontal-vertical screen display mode change. The handheld terminal determines 3D image arrangement parameters based on the current screen display mode. The handheld terminal rearranges the 3D image to be displayed to obtain a revised 3D image based on the adjusted 3D image arrangement parameters. The handheld terminal displays the revised 3D image in the current screen display mode of the handheld terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: SUPERD CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Peiyun Jian
  • Patent number: 9791707
    Abstract: An auto-stereoscopic display apparatus and a storage media are provided. The auto-stereoscopic display apparatus includes a display area, which includes a display panel and a lens layer. The display panel includes a plurality of pixel rows sequentially arranged in a first direction. Each one of the pixel rows includes a plurality of pixels sequentially arranged in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. Each one of the pixels includes a plurality of sub-pixels sequentially arranged in the second direction. The lens layer is disposed on the display panel and includes a plurality of lenticular lenses substantially arranged in the second direction. N successive sub-pixels in each pixel row are corporately covered by one of the lenticular lenses. A ratio of a component of a width in the second direction of each lenticular lens to a width of each sub-pixel in the second direction is configured to a non-integer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: Hsin-Ying Wu
  • Patent number: 9769460
    Abstract: A request to convert a two-dimensional image to a three-dimensional image may be received. A feature-to-depth mapping function associated with another three-dimensional image that shares a characteristic with the two-dimensional image that is to be converted to the three-dimensional image may be identified. A depth value for a plurality of pixels of the two-dimensional image may be determined based on the feature-to-depth mapping function associated with the other three-dimensional image. The three-dimensional image may be generated based on the depth value for the plurality of pixels of the two-dimensional image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Debargha Mukherjee, Meng Wang, Chen Wu
  • Patent number: 9753362
    Abstract: Parallax ghosting is mitigated in a mounted lenticular grating with for many-frame animation by having lenticules at an offset angle ? relative to the viewing vertical and incorporating ghosting in the base images. Where ? is an angular range orthogonal to the longitudinal axes of the lenticules over which m picture slices in the base graphic are viewable, V is the distance between the viewer's eyes, and L is the distance of the viewer from the lenticular grating, the number N of picture slices viewed due to the parallax effect given by N=2(m/?)arc tan(V|cos ?|2 L). The above variables are chosen such that the number N of viewed picture slices is not too large. Ghosting of foreground images from neighboring frames is added to mitigate parallax-induced washing-out of colors. To create a three-dimensional effect, ghosted images are shifted in position by an amount related to their intended distance out-of-plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Inventor: Laurence Jay Shaw
  • Patent number: 9734194
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for encoding time interval information. In one aspect, a method includes receiving data specifying a time interval in which a provider is available, encoding the time interval in which the provider is available as one or more data structures that each identify (i) an offset value that specifies a time offset between a baseline time and a beginning of a reference time interval, and (ii) one or more respective time sub-interval values that identify one or more time sub-intervals within the reference time interval, and storing one or more of the data structures in association with the provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Nandan Dixit, Piyush Prahladka
  • Patent number: 9729851
    Abstract: The present invention is for more optimally performing recording and reproduction of stereoscopic video. In the present invention, parallax information is utilized to store, in a recording medium, stereoscopic video including left-eye images and right-eye images. Particularly, for video content that contains stereoscopic images, information is obtained regarding the amount of variation in parallactic angle having a given or larger value, a variation time that the variation in parallactic angle takes, and the number of times that the variation in parallactic angle occurs. An evaluation value is calculated that corresponds to the degree of eye fatigue on the basis of the amount of variation, the variation time, and the number of times of the variation. According to the present invention, the video content is encoded in such a manner that the evaluation value is within a given range, and then recorded in the recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Nagasawa, Keiji Hatanaka, Kazuhiro Kurisaki
  • Patent number: 9723297
    Abstract: A 3D display device is provided. The 3D display device includes a collimated backlight, a display module, an interference filter, and a lens array. The collimated backlight herein includes a first sub-backlight source and a second sub-backlight source. The display module includes a plurality of sub-pixel units. The interference filter includes a plurality of first interference filter units and second interference filter units. The lens array includes a plurality of lens units. The 3D display device of the present invention has a higher resolution and a wider viewing angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Jianhong Chen
  • Patent number: 9703106
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a parallax barrier, a designing method thereof and a parallax barrier type 3D display device. The parallax barrier comprises: a plurality of grating sheets, utilized to shield light, disposed in an arrangement direction and spaced apart from each other, wherein the plurality of grating sheets are divided into 2K identical grating sections each of which comprises two or more grating segments, each grating segment comprises one or more grating sheets with an identical grating pitch C, and the grating sheets included in different grating segments have different grating pitches, and the 2K grating sections are arranged symmetrically about a center line of the parallax barrier in the arrangement direction, and K is a natural number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaomei Huang, Fan Li
  • Patent number: 9690110
    Abstract: A device may have a display with an array of pixels for displaying three-dimensional images for a viewer. Each pixel may have an array of subpixels and associated lens structures. A beam steerer may be interposed between the array of pixels and the viewer. The beam steerer may steer light that is emitted from the array of pixels towards the viewer. The electronic device may have a camera that monitors the location of the viewer. The beam steerer may be adjusted based on information on the location of the viewer that is gathered from the camera. Other input-output devices such as an accelerometer may also be used in gathering information that is used in adjusting the beam steerer. Different sets of data may be supplied to the array of pixels based on the location of the viewer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Jean-Jacques Drolet
  • Patent number: 9674510
    Abstract: A 3D-display system alternates between directing light representing a left-eye view of a 3D image to a viewer's left eye and directing light representing a right-eye view of a 3D image to a viewer's right eye. To direct the light towards the viewer's eyes, the system receives eye-location data relative to a display device from an eye-tracking system and uses light deflectors, such as acousto-optic, electro-optic, and passive optical deflectors, to aim the light in a particular direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Elwha LLC
    Inventors: Erez L. Aiden, Alistair K. Chan, Philip A. Eckhoff, William Gates, Peter L. Hagelstein, Roderick A. Hyde, Jordin T. Kare, Robert Langer, Eric C. Leuthardt, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Michael Schnall-Levin, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9606418
    Abstract: The liquid crystal grating substrate includes a base substrate, and several bar-like signal electrodes and several bar-like common electrodes formed at an identical layer on the base substrate. The signal electrodes and the common electrodes are arranged alternately and parallel to each other. The liquid crystal grating substrate further includes a signal electrode input line connected to a first end of the signal electrode and a common electrode input line connected to a second end of the common electrode. Respective first ends of the signal electrode and the common electrode are arranged close to one side of the base substrate, respective second ends of the signal electrode and the common electrode are arranged close to the other side of the base substrate opposite to the side, and the signal electrode input line and the common electrode input line are arranged at a layer identical to the signal electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chiachiang Lin
  • Patent number: 9591297
    Abstract: A holographic LCD stereo display system is disclosed. The holographic LCD stereo display system comprises: a holographic projection device (11), a signal synchronous generator (12) and a holographic LCD having multiple layer of LCD panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yangbing Yu, Zhe Shi
  • Patent number: 9560344
    Abstract: A device 120 for processing three-dimensional [3D] image data 122 for display on a 3D display 160, the 3D display being arranged for adjacently emitting, in a viewing cone 180, a series of views 100 of the 3D image data, the series of views enabling autostereoscopic viewing of the 3D image data at multiple viewing positions 182, 184 in the viewing cone by a viewer perceiving two different ones of the series of views, and the device comprising an indicator generator 140 arranged for establishing a graphical shape in the 3D image data for, when being displayed on the 3D display, providing to the viewer a position indicator graphically representing a relative position of the two different ones of the series of views within the series of views.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventor: Wilhelmus Hendrikus Alfonsus Bruls
  • Patent number: 9530179
    Abstract: A method for processing two-dimensional (2D)/three-dimensional (3D) images on a same display area is provided. The method includes receiving image data containing both 2D and 3D images and creating a plurality of image containers including at least one top level image container and at least one sub-level image container, where each image container is provided with a display dimension identity and a coverage area identity. The method also includes determining display positions, dimensions, and occlusion relationships of the 2D and 3D images based on the plurality of image containers. Further, the method includes displaying images in the image containers with corresponding display dimension identities and coverage area identities with the display positions, dimensions, and occlusion relationships, where the display dimension identities include a 2D display and a 3D display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: SUPERD CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Peiyun Jian, Lei Song, Ning Liu, Zhang Ge
  • Patent number: 9532039
    Abstract: A method includes identifying, at a media device, a viewing zone of a plurality of viewing zones associated with a display device. Each viewing zone of the plurality of viewing zones corresponds to a different spatial region of a plurality of spatial regions relative to the display device, where each viewing zone has a corresponding spatial region. The method further includes selecting a video stream based on the viewing zone. The method further includes sending the video stream from the media device to the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: David Alberto Levine
  • Patent number: 9521396
    Abstract: The present invention is for more optimally performing recording and reproduction of stereoscopic video. In the present invention, parallax information is utilized to store, in a recording medium, stereoscopic video including left-eye images and right-eye images. Particularly, for video content that contains stereoscopic images, information is obtained regarding the amount of variation in parallactic angle having a given or larger value, a variation time that the variation in parallactic angle takes, and the number of times that the variation in parallactic angle occurs. An evaluation value is calculated that corresponds to the degree of eye fatigue on the basis of the amount of variation, the variation time, and the number of times of the variation. According to the present invention, the video content is encoded in such a manner that the evaluation value is within a given range, and then recorded in the recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Nagasawa, Keiji Hatanaka, Kazuhiro Kurisaki
  • Patent number: 9501969
    Abstract: There are disclosed a DC-DC converter and an organic light emitting display including the same. The DC-DC converter includes a first voltage generator that has an inductor and a plurality of transistors, and converts an input voltage into a first voltage and outputs the first voltage to a first output terminal. The DC-DC converter also includes a controller that controls driving of the first voltage generator by supplying a first driving pulse to each transistor of the first voltage generator. In the DC-DC converter, the amplitude of the first driving pulse is adjustable. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a DC-DC converter and an organic light emitting display including the same, which can achieve high power conversion efficiency by change a driving pulse used in a DC-DC converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Oh-Jo Kwon, Hak-Sun Kim, Joo-Hyung Lee, Won-Tae Choi, Bo-Yeon Kim
  • Patent number: 9462942
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus to measure stereovision including a frame body, a 3D display unit, a reflective mirror, an eyepiece, a half mirror, a stage, a plurality of protrusion degree markers, a target, and a target driving unit. A reflection angle of the half mirror is adjusted such that an imaginary image of an object having a protrusion degree of 0 in the 3D image reflected on the half mirror is located above the protrusion degree marker having a protrusion degree of 0, the imaginary image being seen through the eyepiece. The target driving unit is controlled such that the target corresponds to an imaginary image of an object of a 3D image having a particular protrusion degree. The stereovision of a tester is evaluated based on a protrusion degree marker to which the target is adjacent among the protrusion degree markers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF KOREA INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventor: Hang-Bong Kang
  • Patent number: 9451243
    Abstract: Autostereoscopic display device (1) comprising rows and columns of colour sub-pixels and a lenticular array (9) in registration with the display, the lenses of which being slanted with respect to the general column pixel direction in order to enable square, or near-square, 3D pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Bart Kroon, Eibert Gerjan Van Putten
  • Patent number: 9390684
    Abstract: A three-dimensional image display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image and including gate lines, data lines, and pixels connected to the gate lines and the data lines, a data driver configured to drive the data lines, a gate driver configured to drive the gate lines, a lens panel configured to refract light of the image displayed by the display panel, a lens driver configured to drive the lens panel, a lens controller configured to control the lens driver, and a timing controller configured to control the data driver, the gate driver, and the lens driver in response to an image signal and a control signal. The lens controller and the timing controller are mounted on the same control board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignees: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Woo Lee, Il-Joo Kim, Jae-Hyun Park, Dong-Ki Lee, Jeesu Park
  • Patent number: 9383488
    Abstract: Disclosed are a color filter substrate, a manufacturing method therefor and a 3D display device. The color filter substrate comprises a substrate, a color filter unit and a cylindrical lens structure between the substrate and the color filter unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuanming Feng, Ni Jiang, Falu Yang, Junhwan Lim
  • Patent number: 9378685
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate generally to generating images, and more particularly, to systems, apparatuses, integrated circuits, computer-readable media, and methods to facilitate the use of three dimensional color synthesis techniques to reproduce colors properly using, for example, two sub-pixel mosaics, at a boundary between two colors. A method can include receiving into a color element a first colored illuminant and a second colored illuminant. The method also can include determining that the color element is configured to generate a color that has one or more color characteristics for a portion of the reproduced image. Further, the method can include modifying at least one of the first colored illuminant and the second colored illuminant to adjust the one or more color characteristics into a range of values associated with a portion of an image that corresponds to the portion of the reproduced image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Kang
  • Patent number: 9368080
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) display is disclosed. One aspect includes: a display unit including a plurality of pixels and a slit barrier selectively shielding light irradiated from the display unit. The display unit additionally includes a controller controlling the turn-on and turn-off of the slit barrier and generating a first back light compensation signal compensating the reduction of the luminance of the display unit when the slit barrier is turned off and a second back light compensation signal compensating the reduction of the luminance of the display when the slit barrier is turned on to compensate the luminance reduction by the slit barrier. According to at least one aspect of the 3D display using a slit barrier scheme, it is possible to minimize the deterioration of luminance by a slit barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung-Ki Chun, Jong-Woong Park, Joo-Hyung Lee, Geun-Young Jeong, Yong-Seok Choi
  • Patent number: 9341854
    Abstract: This invention relates to volumetric 3D display systems based on a rotary reciprocating display surface. Layout of mechanical components and optical path are arranged to provide maximal viewing angle and minimal view-blocking, while keeping the whole system size compact and slim. Motion mechanisms, mechanical relief mechanism and 2-direction dynamic balancing are design to give smooth and quiet motion, while keeping the design simple and cost low. Backing structures and supporting frames for the display surface are designed to minimize deformation and stress in the display surface, while still satisfying requirements in optics and display. Mechanical and optical layout also considers the need for converting among multiple display modes. Image presentation methods for display occlusion effect and black and dark images are devised.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Inventor: Che-Chih Tsao
  • Patent number: 9343020
    Abstract: In exemplary implementations of this invention, light from a backlight is transmitted through two stacked LCDs and then through a diffuser. The front side of the diffuser displays a time-varying sequence of 2D images. Processors execute an optimization algorithm to compute optimal pixel states in the first and second LCDs, respectively, such that for each respective image in the sequence, the optimal pixel states minimize, subject to one or more constraints, a difference between a target image and the respective image. The processors output signals to control actual pixel states in the LCDs, based on the computed optimal pixel states. The 2D images displayed by the diffuser have a higher spatial resolution than the native spatial resolution of the LCDs. Alternatively, the diffuser may be switched off, and the device may display either (a) 2D images with a higher dynamic range than the LCDs, or (b) an automultiscopic display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Felix Heide, Gordon Wetzstein, James Gregson, Ramesh Raskar, Wolfgang Heidrich
  • Patent number: 9329316
    Abstract: A wire grid polarizer includes: a substrate; a wire grid layer disposed on the substrate and including a plurality of wire patterns arranged at regular intervals; and a passivation layer disposed on the substrate to cover the wire grid layer and including a material having a refractive index less than 1.4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joon-yong Park, Jung-gun Nam, Byung-hoon Kim, Dae-young Lee, Sung-hoon Lee, Gug-rae Jo, Atsushi Takakuwa, Suk Gyu Hahm
  • Patent number: 9324250
    Abstract: Several embodiments of display systems are disclosed that comprise a backlight source, a first modulator, a second modulator and a controller. The backlight source may further comprise an edge-lit backlighting source that may be controlled to affect a field-sequential illumination for the dual or multiple modulator display system. In another embodiment, the display system may comprise two or more color primary emitters that each comprise a color gamut. When the color gamuts are driven in a field sequential pattern, the resulting overall gamut is substantially wider. Other display systems and methods are disclosed herein that affect a variety of 3D viewing embodiments. Systems, methods and techniques to increase the dynamic range, color gamut and bit precision of display systems comprising MEMS and/or IMODs are presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Brad Basler, Gopal Erinjippurath
  • Patent number: 9313480
    Abstract: There is provided a display device including a display part including a pixel of a first series having a first horizontal pixel width and a pixel of a second series having a second horizontal pixel width smaller than the first horizontal pixel width, the pixels of the first series and the pixels of the second series being arrayed alternately in each of a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, and a light beam control part that controls a light beam from the display part or a light beam toward the display part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Takeo Koito, Daisuke Takama
  • Patent number: 9272671
    Abstract: A display screen arrangement is disclosed herein. The arrangement includes, but is not limited to a concealable feature adapted to be mounted to an interior surface of a vehicle. The arrangement further includes, but is not limited to, a display screen that is adapted to be mounted to the interior surface of the vehicle proximate the concealable feature. The display screen has a first end and a second end and is configured to move between a retracted position and a deployed position. The first end and the second end are disposed in a first position relative to one another when the display screen is in the deployed position and the first end and the second end are disposed in a second position relative to one another when the display screen is in the retracted position and/or when the display screen transitions between the deployed position and the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: FAURECIA INTERIOR SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: Daniel Vander Sluis
  • Patent number: 9257075
    Abstract: The light sources are controlled by dividing a display period of one frame into such a first subframe period that blue transmitted light is obtained from the blue subpixel and red transmitted light is obtained from the red subpixel by turning ON the light sources of the blue color and the red color and such a second subframe period that green transmitted light is obtained from the green subpixel by turning ON a light source of a green color and at least any one of a procedure in which cyan transmitted light is obtained from the blue subpixel and a procedure in which yellow transmitted light is obtained from the red subpixel is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Hanamoto
  • Patent number: 9232155
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for a multiple imager imaging system is disclosed. The method comprises detecting misalignment between a left portion of an object in a left image and a right portion of said object in a right image; wherein said misalignment is detected using factory alignment parameters to align said left and right portions; and selectively performing a recalibration operation to determine optimal alignment parameters to align said left and right portions during an image stitching operation; dynamically overriding the factory alignment parameters with the optimal alignment parameters; and performing the stitching operation based on the optimal alignment parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: ALTIA SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventor: Jason Daniel Tanner
  • Patent number: 9197883
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided, which may includes an image receiver which receives an image, an image processor which separates the received image into a left-eye image and a right-eye image and process the left-eye and right-eye images, an image output unit including a display panel which displays the left-eye and right-eye images alternately, a storage which stores a response speed of the display panel, and a controller which calculates a pixel value difference between the left-eye and right-eye images based on a unit of pixels that constitute the left-eye and right-eye images, detects a crosstalk generating area of the left-eye and right-eye images using the calculated pixel value difference and the response speed of the display panel stored in the storage, and controls so that the detected crosstalk generating area is indicated distinguishably from other areas of the left-eye and right-eye images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-sung Park, Min-cheol Hwang, Jun-ho Sung, Sang-un Yun, Bong-hwan Cho
  • Patent number: 9171520
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the invention, there is disclosed an array substrate, comprising: data lines; first and second gate lines, the first and second gate lines and the data lines crossing with each other so as to define sub-pixel structures; each of the sub-pixel structures comprising first and second sub-pixels; a first control line, insulated from the first and second gate lines; and first switch devices, each for making the first gate line and the second gate line corresponding to the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel in the same sub-pixel structure connected or disconnected under the control of the first control line, wherein in each of the sub-pixel structures, the first gate line is connected to the first sub-pixel, the second gate line is connected to the second sub-pixel, and the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel are connected to the same data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yanbing Wu
  • Patent number: 9167227
    Abstract: The present invention is for more optimally performing recording and reproduction of stereoscopic video. In the present invention, parallax information is utilized to store, in a recording medium, stereoscopic video including left-eye images and right-eye images. Particularly, for video content that contains stereoscopic images, information is obtained regarding the amount of variation in parallactic angle having a given or larger value, a variation time that the variation in parallactic angle takes, and the number of times that the variation in parallactic angle occurs. An evaluation value is calculated that corresponds to the degree of eye fatigue on the basis of the amount of variation, the variation time, and the number of times of the variation. According to the present invention, the video content is encoded in such a manner that the evaluation value is within a given range, and then recorded in the recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Nagasawa, Keiji Hatanaka, Kazuhiro Kurisaki
  • Patent number: 9143770
    Abstract: Application programming interfaces (APIs) are provided that enable applications to display two-dimensional and three-dimensional content in regions of a display screen. A first command is received from an application directing at least in part a first configuration of a first region of the screen to support the three-dimensional content. The first command is responded to by sending a first configuration request to place the screen in a three-dimensional mode within the first region. A second command is received directing at least in part a second configuration of a second region of the screen to support the two-dimensional content. The second command is responded to by sending a second configuration request to place the screen in mode corresponding to a two-dimensional mode within the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: James D. Bennett, Jeyhan Karaoguz
  • Patent number: 9106909
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to display systems for viewing three-dimensional images. In one aspect, a viewing system that enables a viewer to perceive depth in a three-dimensional image includes a right-eye ocular system positioned in the line of sight of the viewer's right eye, and a left-eye ocular system positioned in the line of sight of the viewer's left eye. The right-eye ocular system and the left-eye ocular system are configured to display corresponding stereo right-eye and left-eye image pairs of the three-dimensional image at various distances from the viewer's eyes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Charles M. Santori, Jingjing Li
  • Patent number: 9105223
    Abstract: Provided is a display device and a display method for the display device with which a three-dimensional stereoscopic image with reduced crosstalk and a two-dimensional planar image with high brightness can be displayed. In a display device that is capable of displaying an stereoscopic image by displaying an image for the right eye and an image for the left eye, pixel lines for the right eye for displaying the image for the right eye and pixel lines for the right eye for displaying the image for the left eye are alternately arranged in the vertical direction with black pixel lines for displaying a black image therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuhsaku Ajichi
  • Patent number: 9097947
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a shutter panel provided on a viewable side of the display panel. The shutter panel includes a plurality of first transparent electrodes provided over a first substrate, a plurality of second transparent electrodes provided over a second substrate, and a liquid crystal provided between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first transparent electrodes and the second transparent electrodes are arranged in striped patterns in a first direction and are both spaced in a second direction intersecting the first direction. Potentials of the first transparent electrodes and potentials of the second transparent electrodes are controlled to adjust an alignment of the liquid crystal, so that the shutter panel is provided with light-shielding regions arranged in a striped pattern in the first direction and spaced in the second direction and light-transmitting regions each of which is provided between the light-shielding regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama
  • Patent number: 9077983
    Abstract: A decoder, a projecting system, and a method for processing an image thereof are provided. The decoder is adapted to the projecting system having a projecting module and a shutter glass. The decoder includes a decoding circuit and an indicating unit. The projecting module outputs a frame turning control signal to the shutter glass. The decoding circuit receives and decodes a three-dimensional (3D) video signal to produce a first image data and a second image data to the projecting module. The indicating unit is coupled to the decoding circuit and correspondingly produces an indicating signal when the decoding circuit outputs one of the first image data and the second image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Optoma Corporation
    Inventors: Yau Wing Chung, Yi-Chun Lu
  • Patent number: 9066094
    Abstract: There is provided a display device that includes a display portion and a drive compensation portion. The display portion line-sequentially displays, in an image display region, a first image based on a first image signal and a second image based on a second image signal, by sequentially switching the first image and the second image at a predetermined interval. The drive compensation portion performs predetermined drive compensation on the first image signal and the second image signal input to the display portion, in accordance with a position of the image display region, a luminance of the first image and a luminance of the second image. The predetermined drive compensation is performed such that an average luminance of the first image or the second image becomes substantially uniform in the image display region during a predetermined period that is shorter than the predetermined interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Nakahata, Makoto Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 9030392
    Abstract: A display device is provided with: a first display panel for displaying an image; and a second display panel for forming a parallax by controlling a refractive index in a form of cylindrical lenses that run in a first direction and are aligned in a second direction, wherein the second display panel is provided with a first substrate having a first electrode and a second substrate having second electrodes, the first substrate and the second substrate face each other with a liquid crystal layer in between so as to provide a liquid crystal display panel, and a thickness of the liquid crystal layer is equal to or smaller than such a thickness that makes a rotational angle in a direction of a deflection angle of liquid crystal directors in a center portion of the liquid crystal layer in the direction of the thickness be 90° during three-dimensional display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Oka, Tomohiko Naganuma, Tatsuya Sugita, Shinichi Komura
  • Patent number: 9030381
    Abstract: A parallax barrier panel includes a first and second substrate and a fluidic layer disposed therebetween. The first substrate includes first electrode parts, a water-repellent layer and a partition wall. Each of the first electrode parts includes a main electrode and a first notch electrode and a second notch electrode. The main electrode extends in a first direction on a first base substrate. The first and second notch electrodes are adjacent to respective ends of the main electrode. The first and second notch electrodes extend along the main electrode in the first direction. The second substrate includes a second electrode part and a second base substrate, the second electrode part being disposed on the second base substrate. The second base substrate is disposed opposite to the first base substrate. The fluidic layer controls a light transmittance according to a voltage difference between the first and second electrode parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Hyun Cho, Moon-Jung Baek, Seong-Mo Hwang, Moon-Gyu Lee, Sang-Il Kim
  • Patent number: 9001110
    Abstract: A dual liquid crystal barrier includes a first substrate having space-division electrodes, the space-division electrodes including first electrodes and second electrodes, a second substrate having time-division electrodes, the time-division electrodes including third electrodes and fourth electrodes, and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. The dual liquid crystal barrier is configured to selectively operate as a space-division liquid crystal barrier based on the space-division electrodes, or a time-division liquid crystal barrier based on the time-division electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Beom-Shik Kim, Hui Nam
  • Patent number: 8990231
    Abstract: A cooperation-based method and system of managing, displaying, and updating DNA sequence data including receiving annotation data inputted by a user for an anchor corresponding to at least one base of a DNA sequence, and storing the received annotation data in an annotation data table which includes one or more columns for annotation data; receiving data about a position of an anchor which corresponds to at least one base of a DNA sequence in the DNA sequence, and displaying the position of the anchor on a DNA sequence map based on the received data; and getting input of a position at which an annotation is to be input on a DNA sequence map, displaying an annotation input interface which includes an edit region for inputting an annotation, and transmitting annotation data including annotation contents inputted through the edit region and the inputted position to a DNA sequence data storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung SDS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minseo Park, Jung-Youn Lee
  • Patent number: 8976083
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) image display device includes data lines, gate lines crossing the data lines, sub-pixels arranged in areas between the data lines and the gate lines, a data driver that drives the data lines, a first gate driver that drives first gate lines from among the gate lines, a second gate driver that drives second gate lines from among the gate lines, and a timing controller that controls the data driver, the first gate driver, and the second gate drivers according to an image signal and a control signal. The second gate driver does not drive the second gate lines during a 3D display mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Sun Kim, Chongchul Chai, Yeong-Keun Kwon
  • Patent number: 8957834
    Abstract: Timing controller with frequency modulation, converter with frequency modulation for scanning-based backlight unit module, and control system for 3D display. A timing controller with frequency modulation performs display frequency modulation of a first frame rate of a first display signal and outputs a second display signal at a second frame rate greater than or substantially equal to the first frame rate for presentation by a 3D display in a 3D mode or a 2D mode, selectively. A converter with frequency modulation performs scanning frequency modulation of a first scanning frequency of a first control signal generated from the converter and outputs a second control signal at a second scanning frequency greater than or substantially equal to the first scanning frequency, selectively, for controlling the scanning-based backlight unit module of the 3D display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Yung-Yu Tsai, Wei-Chih Shen