Patents Assigned to Dimension, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11640198
    Abstract: A system for human interaction with virtual objects comprises: a touch sensitive surface, configured to detect a position of a contact made on the touch sensitive surface; a reference layer rigidly attached to the touch sensitive surface and comprising one or more patterns; a display device, configured to display a virtual object that is registered in a reference coordinate fixed with respect to the touch sensitive surface; one or more image sensors rigidly attached to the display device, configured to capture an image of at least a portion of the one or more patterns; and at least one processor, configured to determine a position and an orientation of the display device with respect to the touch sensitive surface based on the captured image, and identify an interaction with the virtual object based on the detected position of the contact made on the touch sensitive surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Firefly Dimension, Inc.
    Inventors: Ke Xu, Peng Shao
  • Publication number: 20210389818
    Abstract: A system for human interaction with virtual objects comprises: a touch sensitive surface, configured to detect a position of a contact made on the touch sensitive surface; a reference layer rigidly attached to the touch sensitive surface and comprising one or more patterns; a display device, configured to display a virtual object that is registered in a reference coordinate fixed with respect to the touch sensitive surface; one or more image sensors rigidly attached to the display device, configured to capture an image of at least a portion of the one or more patterns; and at least one processor, configured to determine a position and an orientation of the display device with respect to the touch sensitive surface based on the captured image, and identify an interaction with the virtual object based on the detected position of the contact made on the touch sensitive surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: Firefly Dimension, Inc.
    Inventors: Ke XU, Peng SHAO
  • Patent number: 11144113
    Abstract: A system for human interaction with virtual objects comprises: a touch sensitive surface, configured to detect a position of a contact made on the touch sensitive surface; a reference layer rigidly attached to the touch sensitive surface and comprising one or more patterns; a display device, configured to display a virtual object that is registered in a reference coordinate fixed with respect to the touch sensitive surface; one or more image sensors rigidly attached to the display device, configured to capture an image of at least a portion of the one or more patterns; and at least one processor, configured to determine a position and an orientation of the display device with respect to the touch sensitive surface based on the captured image, and identify an interaction with the virtual object based on the detected position of the contact made on the touch sensitive surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Firefly Dimension, Inc.
    Inventors: Ke Xu, Peng Shao
  • Patent number: 11143907
    Abstract: A display system for presenting a holographic image to a viewer may comprise a coherent light source, a display element, and a computing device operatively connected to the coherent light source and the display element, the coherent light source emitting a light that enters the display element from the same side of the viewer, and the display element comprising a liquid crystal layer and a partially-transmissive-partially-reflective layer, wherein the computing device is configured to provide a control signal to the display element to present the holographic image, wherein the liquid crystal layer receives light from the light source and is controlled by the control signal to modulate a phase of the light from the light source, and wherein the partially-transmissive-partially-reflective layer receives light from the liquid crystal layer and reflects the light back through the liquid crystal layer to the viewer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Firefly Dimension Inc.
    Inventors: Peng Shao, Ke Xu
  • Patent number: 10513384
    Abstract: A packaging system and method for securing a product within a shipping container includes providing a shipping container appropriately sized for the product, attaching at least a first shock absorption member to the shipping container for serving as a locator for the product and for positioning the product on the shipping container. Attaching at least a second shock absorption member to the shipping container for, together with the at least a first shock absorption member, securing the product on the shipping container. The shipping container is closed about the product, which is itself suspended by the at least a first shock absorption member and the at least a second shock absorption member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: THIRD DIMENSION, INC.
    Inventor: Louis G. DeJesus
  • Publication number: 20190011776
    Abstract: A display system for presenting a holographic image to a viewer may comprise a coherent light source, a display element, and a computing device operatively connected to the coherent light source and the display element, the coherent light source emitting a light that enters the display element from the same side of the viewer, and the display element comprising a liquid crystal layer and a partially-transmissive-partially-reflective layer, wherein the computing device is configured to provide a control signal to the display element to present the holographic image, wherein the liquid crystal layer receives light from the light source and is controlled by the control signal to modulate a phase of the light from the light source, and wherein the partially-transmissive-partially-reflective layer receives light from the liquid crystal layer and reflects the light back through the liquid crystal layer to the viewer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: Firefly Dimension Inc.
    Inventors: Peng Shao, Ke Xu
  • Patent number: 10137969
    Abstract: An assembly includes a mask, a support piece, a filler piece and a mount piece. The mask has a frame that includes a right lens frame attached to a left lens frame by a bridge that supports a nosepiece, the frame further including a top surface and a connection region that is cut out from the top surface of the frame at the location of the bridge. The support piece is seated inside the connection region. The filler piece is seated inside the connection region and secured inside the connection region by the support piece. The mount piece has a bottom section, and a mount support extending vertically from the bottom section to receive a camera mount. The bottom section is seated inside the connection region and secured inside the connection region by the support piece when the mount piece is secured to the connection region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Sport Dimension Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph Lin
  • Patent number: 9776784
    Abstract: A packaging system and method for securing a product within a shipping container includes providing a shipping container appropriately sized for the product, attaching at least a first shock absorption member to the shipping container for serving as a locator for the product and for positioning the product on the shipping container. Attaching at least a second shock absorption member to the shipping container for, together with the at least a first shock absorption member, securing the product on the shipping container. The shipping container is closed about the product, which is itself suspended by the at least a first shock absorption member and the at least a second shock absorption member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Third Dimension, Inc.
    Inventor: Louis G. DeJesus
  • Patent number: 9776767
    Abstract: A packaging combination is disclosed that includes a box and at least first and second planar objects in the box. At least first and second shock absorbing clips are attached to the planar objects in the box. At least one of the first clips is fastened to the first planar object and the clip is positioned between one wall of the box and the second planar object. At least one of the second clips is fastened to both planar objects and is positioned between opposite walls of the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Third Dimension, Inc.
    Inventors: Louis G. DeJesus, Doug Dean
  • Publication number: 20170274969
    Abstract: An assembly includes a mask, a support piece, a filler piece and a mount piece. The mask has a frame that includes a right lens frame attached to a left lens frame by a bridge that supports a nosepiece, the frame further including a top surface and a connection region that is cut out from the top surface of the frame at the location of the bridge. The support piece is seated inside the connection region. The filler piece is seated inside the connection region and secured inside the connection region by the support piece. The mount piece has a bottom section, and a mount support extending vertically from the bottom section to receive a camera mount. The bottom section is seated inside the connection region and secured inside the connection region by the support piece when the mount piece is secured to the connection region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Sport Dimension Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph Lin
  • Publication number: 20170124878
    Abstract: A collision warning device including a receiver for receiving a low power radio frequency signal from a nearby radio frequency signal source. A processor can be electrically coupled to the receiver and configured to analyze the radio frequency signal for determining whether the signal is from a source capable of colliding with the device. The processor can be configured to provide a warning signal when it determines a potential of a collision. A method, a low power radio frequency signal source and a system are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: Quantum Dimension, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A Enright, Harish Sridhara
  • Patent number: 9432616
    Abstract: Methods, systems, devices, and implementing technologies for up-scaling an original source video from a lower, first resolution to a desired output video having a higher, second resolution, using fractal zooming techniques to replace individual source pixels in each respective image frame of the original source video with a plurality of proposed replacement pixels in the vertical and horizontal dimensions having similar characteristics as the individual source pixel, reducing noise associated with each respective frame of the desired output video, re-sizing, as necessary, each respective replacement frame to the second resolution, and outputting each zoomed replacement frame to generate the desired output video, which is an up-scaled version of the original source video. The quality of the up-scaled output video is improved by using artifact filtering and linear smoothing techniques after the initial search and replace steps of the fractal zooming process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: DIMENSION, INC.
    Inventors: Lyman P. Hurd, John H. Elton, Carlos M. Diaz-Perez
  • Patent number: 9300960
    Abstract: A codec, systems, and methods for compressing video data includes selecting a current video frame of the video data, dividing the current video frame into multiple blocks, wherein each block has M×N pixels, approximating the blocks of the current frame based on motion vectors associated with corresponding blocks from the previous frame, further refining the blocks of the current frame by determining optimal motion vectors for the blocks of the current frame based on the motion vectors provided (i) by the corresponding blocks from the previous frame, (ii) by the surrounding blocks in the current frame, and (iii) from successively smaller blocks within the current frame, wherein the optimal motion vectors for the blocks of the current frame are optimized to balance distortion and rate and wherein the optimal motion vectors are represented by codewords generated from Huffman tables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: DIMENSION, INC.
    Inventors: Lyman Porter Hurd, John H. Elton
  • Patent number: 8983236
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for up-scaling a source input video from a lower, first resolution to a desired output video having a higher, second resolution, using fractal zooming techniques to replace each individual source pixel of each respective frame of the source input video with a multiple of proposed replacement pixels in the vertical and horizontal dimensions having similar characteristics as the individual source pixel, reducing noise associated with each respective frame of the desired output video, re-sizing, as necessary, each respective replacement frame to the second resolution, and outputting each zoomed replacement frame to generate the desired output video having a higher, second resolution, which is the up-scaled version of the source video. The fractal zooming techniques include identifying a plurality of candidate pixels from the source video and selecting a group of pixels from the candidate pixels that best matches the individual source pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Dimension, Inc.
    Inventors: Lyman P. Hurd, John H. Elton, Carlos M. Diaz-Perez
  • Patent number: 8752703
    Abstract: A packaging system and method for securing a product within a shipping container includes providing a shipping container appropriately sized for the product, attaching at least a first shock absorption member to the shipping container for serving as a locator for the product and for positioning the product on the shipping container. Attaching at least a second shock absorption member to the shipping container for, together with the at least a first shock absorption member, securing the product on the shipping container. The shipping container is closed about the product, which is itself suspended by the at least a first shock absorption member and the at least a second shock absorption member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Third Dimension, Inc.
    Inventor: Louis De Jesus
  • Patent number: 8639053
    Abstract: A computerized system for up-scaling a source input video from a lower, first resolution to a desired output video having a higher, second resolution, using fractal zooming techniques to replace each individual source pixel of each respective frame of the source input video with a multiple of proposed replacement pixels in the vertical and horizontal dimensions having similar characteristics as the individual source pixel, converting each of the proposed replacement pixels into a desired color space for the desired output video, using low-pass filtering to reduce noise associated with each respective frame of the desired output video, down-sizing the output video to its desired resolution, and outputting each zoomed replacement frame to generate the desired output video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Dimension, Inc.
    Inventors: John H. Elton, Lyman P. Hurd, Carlos M. Diaz-Perez
  • Publication number: 20130077887
    Abstract: A computerized system for up-scaling a source input video from a lower, first resolution to a desired output video having a higher, second resolution, using fractal zooming techniques to replace each individual source pixel of each respective frame of the source input video with a multiple of proposed replacement pixels in the vertical and horizontal dimensions having similar characteristics as the individual source pixel, converting each of the proposed replacement pixels into a desired color space for the desired output video, using low-pass filtering to reduce noise associated with each respective frame of the desired output video, down-sizing the output video to its desired resolution, and outputting each zoomed replacement frame to generate the desired output video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: DIMENSION, INC.
    Inventors: John H. Elton, Lyman P. Hurd, Carlos M. Diaz-Perez
  • Patent number: 8351509
    Abstract: A codec, systems, and methods for compressing video data includes selecting a current video frame of the video data, dividing the current video frame into multiple blocks, wherein each block has M×N pixels, approximating the blocks of the current frame based on motion vectors associated with corresponding blocks from the previous frame, further refining the blocks of the current frame by determining optimal motion vectors for the blocks of the current frame based on the motion vectors provided (i) by the corresponding blocks from the previous frame, (ii) by the surrounding blocks in the current frame, and (iii) from successively smaller blocks within the current frame, wherein the optimal motion vectors for the blocks of the current frame are optimized to balance distortion and rate and wherein the optimal motion vectors are represented by codewords generated from Huffman tables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Dimension, Inc.
    Inventors: Lyman Porter Hurd, John H. Elton
  • Publication number: 20120021764
    Abstract: A MANET Signals of Opportunity (SoOP) network providing positioning information to mobile users cooperatively. Mobile nodes access SoOP/GNSS to determine location and share navigation and communication information with other users to extend coverage to adjacent nodes. The system also allows disadvantaged users to determine positioning based upon beacon information transmitted without access to GNSS signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: QUANTUM DIMENSION INC.
    Inventor: Michael A. Enright
  • Patent number: D744603
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Sport Dimension Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph Lin