Patents Assigned to SuperD Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 9961334
    Abstract: A simulated 3D image display method is provided for a display device. The method includes capturing at least two images of a scene for 3D scene reconstruction; extracting depth and color information from the at least two images of the scene for 3D scene reconstruction; continuously tracking movement of a user to determine a relative position between the user and the display device; and, based on the relative position, reconstructing the image of the scene corresponding to a current viewpoint of the user from a plurality of view images of a plurality of viewpoints generated based on the at least two images and using an interpolation algorithm for display on a display screen of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: SuperD Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yanqing Luo, Peiyun Jian, Ning Liu
  • Patent number: 9875547
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for adjusting stereoscopic image parallax. An original camera is provided. A scene space corresponding to the original camera is preset, including presetting a depth range of the scene space. Preset viewing environment parameters for displaying stereoscopic images of a scene in the scene space are configured, including presetting a depth range of an actual view space. The method further includes establishing a mapping relationship between the depth range of the actual view space and the depth range of the scene space. According to the mapping relationship, the preset viewing environment parameters and the scene space, camera parameters for adjusting stereoscopic image parallax are calculated. The original camera is adjusted based on the camera parameters to capture the scene. Thus, the stereoscopic images of the scene can be generated and presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: SUPERD CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Gaofeng Li
  • Patent number: 9857600
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) display system is provided for displaying a 3D image. The 3D display system includes a display panel having pixels arranged at a pixel spatial period and a lens grating disposed together with the display panel. The lens grating further includes a plurality of lens units arranged at a first period and a plurality of non-lens units arranged at a second period. The second period is greater than one-third of the first period and less than two-thirds of the first period, and the plurality of lens units and the plurality of non-lens units are arranged such that the lens grating has a different spatial period from the pixel spatial period to reduce Moire fringe effect between the lens grating and the pixels of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: SUPERD CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Song, Yinwei Chen, Zhang Ge, Ning Liu
  • Patent number: 9854230
    Abstract: A method is provided for controlling stereoscopic display. The method includes a collection device obtaining a position variation between a space position of a viewer at the current time and a space position of the viewer at the previous time, wherein the position variation is an offset of parallel translation of the space position of the viewer relative to a display panel. The method also includes an adjusting device adjusting a stereoscopic display apparatus based on the space position of the viewer at the current time and the position variation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: SUPERD CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoming Li, Lei Song, Ning Liu, Zhang Ge
  • Patent number: 9842433
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and smart wearable device for fusing augmented reality and virtual reality are provided. The method for fusing augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), comprising acquiring real-world scene information collected by dual cameras mimicking human eyes in real time from an AR operation; based on virtual reality scene information from a VR operation and the acquired real-world scene information, generating a fused scene; and displaying the fused scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: SUPERD CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Yanqing Luo, Peiyun Jian, Lei Song
  • 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: 9798216
    Abstract: A 2D/3D switchable stereoscopic display apparatus includes a display panel, a liquid crystal lens, and a controller. The liquid crystal lens includes a first substrate having a plurality of first electrodes, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate and having a second electrode, a liquid crystal layer constituting liquid crystal molecules disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a plurality spacers. The controller is configured to, when the display apparatus is in a 2D display state, control a first voltage between the first electrodes and the second electrode to generate a first electric field with an equal electric field intensity, which causes the liquid crystal molecules to rotate by a predetermined degree such that a refractive index difference between the liquid crystal molecules and the spacers is within a preset range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: SUPERD CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Honglei Wang, Fuzhong Guo, Xiaoda Gong
  • Patent number: 9786232
    Abstract: A stereoscopic display device includes a display panel for displaying 2D/3D images, a driving circuit module, and a light-splitting device. The light-splitting device includes a first substrate having a plurality of first electrodes, a second substrate arranged facing the first substrate and having at least one second electrode, a liquid crystal layer placed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a plurality of spacers in the liquid crystal layer. The driving circuit module is configured to, when in the 3D display mode, provide a plurality of driving voltages between the first electrodes and the second electrode to make the liquid crystal layer an array of liquid crystal lenses and, when in the 2D display mode, to provide a deflection voltage between the first electrodes and the second electrode to reduce a refractive index difference between the liquid crystal molecules and the spacers with a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: SUPERD CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Hongwei Quan, Jiajia Pi, Fuzhong Guo, Xiaoda Gong
  • Patent number: 9779511
    Abstract: An object tracking method is provided. The method includes obtaining current position coordinates of a tracked object for a first time using a tracking algorithm and initializing a filter acting on a time-varying system based on the obtained current position coordinates. The method further includes updating a system state through the filter acting on the time-varying system when the tracking algorithm outputs new current position coordinates of the tracked object with a spatial delay and comparing speed of the tracked object to a compensation determination threshold. Further, the method includes when the speed of the tracked object is greater than the compensation determination threshold, compensating the new current position coordinates of the tracked object with the spatial delay through the filter acting on the time-varying system, and outputting the compensated current position coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: SUPERD CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Qing Yang, Peiyun Jian, Dongfang Li
  • Patent number: 9772503
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) display system is provided. The 3D display system includes a backlight plate, a display panel, a light-splitting device, and a polarization state controller. The display panel is configured to display a two-dimensional (2D) image in a 2D mode or to display a 3D image in a 3D mode. The light-splitting device is configured to an arrangement module configured to pass the 2D image in the 2D mode, and to separate the 3D image into a left image and a right image. Further, the polarization state controller is disposed between the display panel and the light-splitting device and is configured to rotate a polarization direction of light emitted from the display panel in the 2D mode, and to keep the polarization direction of the light emitted from the display panel in the 3D mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: SUPERD CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Yinwei Chen, Xiaoda Gong, Lei Song, Ning Liu, Zhang Ge
  • Patent number: 9743063
    Abstract: A method for detecting three-dimensional (3D) pseudoscopic images and a display device for detecting 3D pseudoscopic images are provided. The method includes extracting corresponding feature points in a first view and corresponding feature points in a second view, wherein the first view and the second view form a current 3D image; calculating an average coordinate value of the feature points in the first view and an average coordinate value of the feature points in the second view; based on the average coordinate value of the feature points in the first view and the average coordinate value of the feature points in the second view, determining whether the current 3D image is pseudoscopic or not; and processing the current 3D image when it is determined that the current 3D image is pseudoscopic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: SUPERD CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Yanqing Luo, Peiyun Jian
  • Patent number: 9706188
    Abstract: The present invention provides a binocular camera resetting method and a binocular camera resetting apparatus, wherein the binocular camera resetting method comprises: obtaining a first image and a second image photographed by two cameras at the same time respectively after completing a rough adjustment of the two cameras; calculating a relative rotation angle between optical axes of the two cameras using a plurality of feature points of the first image acquired by one of the two cameras and the feature points of the second image acquired by the other one of the two cameras; controlling one of the two cameras to rotate the relative rotation angle to parallelize the optical axes of the rotated camera and the other camera; and adjusting a spaced distance between the two cameras to a preset distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignees: Shenzhen Mercury Optoelectronics Research Institute, SUPERD CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Shuda Yu, Rui Wang
  • Patent number: 9661315
    Abstract: A method for 2D/3D switchable displaying includes: real-time detecting a 3D display area; when a change of the 3D display area is detected, calculating a gradient coefficient based on a number of frame of change and a rate of the change of the 3D display area; adjusting a 3D image area and a 3D grating area based on the calculated gradient coefficient; and performing a stereoscopic display by the adjusted 3D image area and the adjusted 3D grating area. When the 3D display area starts a change and ends the change, the 3D display area gradually is switched to be 2D display and switched to be 3D display respectively, so that a gradient visual effect is achieved, and the problems of viewing image jitter and 3D effect mistake caused by pixel arrangement and hardware control in the 3D display area being not synchronized can be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: SUPERD CO. LTD
    Inventor: Peiyun Jian
  • Patent number: 9645399
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) display apparatus is provided for displaying a 3D image. The 3D display apparatus includes a display panel and a grating device coupled to the display panel. The display panel includes a plurality of display pixels arranged in a two-dimensional array, and each pixel includes multiple sub-pixels. The grating device includes a plurality of grating elements based on liquid crystal to guide lights associated with the plurality of display pixels into predetermined viewing directions. Further, the grating device is one of a lenticular lens grating and a slit grating, and the plurality of grating elements are arranged in parallel. The plurality of grating elements cover the plurality of display pixels and are tilted at an inclination angle with respect to the display pixels, and each grating element comprises a plurality of electrodes arranged at the inclination angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: SUPERD CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoda Gong, Honglei Wang, Lei Song
  • Patent number: 9615084
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) display system is provided for displaying a 3D image including a first view image and a second view image to a viewer. The 3D display system includes an arrangement module, a processing module, and a displaying module. The arrangement module is configured to alternatingly arrange display units of the first view image and display units of the second view image on a display panel. The processing module is configured to obtain an information difference of a display unit of the second view image from the display units of the first view image, and re-calculate a pixel value of the display unit of the second view image. The displaying module is configured to display to the viewer the display unit of the second view image with the re-calculated pixel value via a light separation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: SUPERD CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Dongfang Li, Zhang Ge, Lei Song, Ning Liu
  • Patent number: 9609310
    Abstract: A method is provided for controlling stereoscopic display. The method includes a collection device obtaining a position variation between a space position of a viewer at the current time and a space position of the viewer at the previous time, wherein the position variation is an offset of parallel translation of the space position of the viewer relative to a display panel. The method also includes an adjusting device adjusting a stereoscopic display apparatus based on the space position of the viewer at the current time and the position variation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: SUPERD CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoming Li, Lei Song, Ning Liu, Zhang Ge
  • Patent number: 9594254
    Abstract: A parallax barrier device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a liquid crystal layer, a polarizer, and a controller. The first electrode includes a plurality of first sub-electrodes, and the second electrode includes a plurality of second sub-electrodes arranged intersecting the plurality of first sub-electrodes. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first electrodes and the second electrode, and the liquid crystal layer forms respective display windows corresponding to regions formed by the intersections of the first sub-electrodes and the second sub-electrodes. The polarizer is disposed on the first electrode or the second electrode on a side away from the liquid crystal layer. Further, the controller is coupled to the first electrodes and the second electrode and configured to control voltages on the plurality of first sub-electrodes and the plurality of second sub-electrodes to form a parallax barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: SUPERD CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Fuzhong Guo, Lei Song, Ning Liu, Zhang Ge
  • Patent number: 9591298
    Abstract: A 2D/3D display system is provided. The system includes a first substrate, a second substrate arranged facing the first substrate with a distance from the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules and configured to provide a display area, a first electrode section and a second electrode section arranged on a first side of the liquid crystal layer, a third electrode section arranged on a second side of the liquid crystal layer, and voltage output modules. The voltage output modules are configured to receive image display adjustment signals, where the image display adjustment signals includes at least one of 2D display area position information and 3D display area position information. The voltage output modules are also configured to provide one or more driving voltages for the first electrode section, the second electrode section and the third electrode section based on the received image display adjustment signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: SUPERD CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Hongwei Quan, Fuzhong Guo, Xiaoda Gong
  • Patent number: 9571710
    Abstract: A microlens array imaging device includes a main lens, a microlens array containing a plurality of microlenses, and an image acquisition unit. The main lens projects a first image of an object for the plurality of microlenses, each of which projects a second image of the first image on the image acquisition unit. Each second image includes an image circle and a circle of confusion around the image circle. A distance between an image circle of one microlens and an image circle of an adjacent microlens is equal to or greater than a summation of a radius of the second image corresponding to the one microlens and a radius of the image circle of the adjacent microlens, and is equal to or less than a summation of the radius of the second image corresponding to the one microlens and a radius of the second image corresponding to the adjacent microlens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignees: SUPERD CO. LTD., SHENZHEN MERCURY OPTOELECTRONICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Chunhui Cui, Huafu Mai, Mao Ye
  • 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