Patents Examined by Dmitriy Bolotin
  • Patent number: 11829528
    Abstract: An eye tracking system for detecting position and movements of a user's eyes in a head-mounted display (HMD). The eye tracking system includes at least one eye tracking camera, an illumination source that emits infrared light towards the user's eyes, and diffraction gratings located at the eyepieces. The diffraction gratings redirect or reflect at least a portion of infrared light reflected off the user's eyes, while allowing visible light to pass. The cameras capture images of the user's eyes from the infrared light that is redirected or reflected by the diffraction gratings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kathrin Berkner-Cieslicki, Se Baek Oh, Scott M. DeLapp, Christopher F. Griffo, Bradley C. Steele, Ting Sun, Kenichi Saito, Noah D. Bedard
  • Patent number: 11830396
    Abstract: A display apparatus comprises a mirror oscillating about a first axis upon excitation by a first excitation signal and about a second axis upon excitation by a second excitation signal, a light source projecting a light beam onto the mirror for deflection towards an image plane, the light source being controller according to pixels read-out by an image processor from a buffer, a gaze tracker detecting a user's region of interest, ROI, within the image plane, and a controller modulating one of the excitation signals by a modulation signal which is dependent on the ROI such that the number of passes of the light beam per unit area is higher in the ROI than in a region outside thereof, wherein the number of pixels read-out per unit area by the image processor is higher in the ROI than in a region outside of the ROI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: TriLite Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Josef Maier, Manuel Dorfmeister, Joerg Reitterer, Louahab Noui
  • Patent number: 11823625
    Abstract: A shift register includes n shift register units which are cascaded. Each shift register unit includes a shift module and multiple enable modules. The shift module of an i-th-level shift register unit is configured to receive and latch a shift signal output by the shift module in an (i?1)-th-level shift register unit. The multiple enable modules of the i-th-level shift register unit are electrically connected to the shift module of the i-th-level shift register unit, and each of the multiple enable modules is configured to generate a gate driving signal according to the shift signal. n and i are positive integers, 1?i?n.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Xiamen Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hao Wu, Hao Wu, Poping Shen
  • Patent number: 11822851
    Abstract: An information display system, an information display method, and a processing device are disclosed. The system includes a plurality of light-transmissive displays and a plurality of processing devices connected and communicating with each other through gateways. A first processing device is selected from the processing devices according to position information of a user, and determines sight line information of the user according to the position information and posture information of the user. A second processing device different from the first processing device calculates a target coordinate of a target. The first processing device selects a third processing device from the processing devices according to the sight line information of the user. The third processing device determines display position information of a virtual object according to a user coordinate and the object coordinate, and controls one of the displays to display the virtual object according to the display position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yu-Hsuan Su, Yu-Hsiang Tsai, Hong-Ming Dai, Ya-Rou Hsu, Kai-Shun Lin
  • Patent number: 11822081
    Abstract: An optical module for a head-mounted device is configured to present content to a user. The optical module includes an optical module housing assembly, a display assembly, and an eye camera. The optical module housing assembly has a first end and a second end. The lens is connected to the optical module housing assembly and positioned at the first end of the optical module housing assembly. The display assembly is connected to the optical module housing assembly and is positioned at the second end of the optical module housing assembly. The display assembly is configured to cause the content to be displayed to the user through the lens. The eye camera is connected to the optical module housing assembly and is positioned at the second end of the optical module housing assembly. The eye camera is configured to obtain images through the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Ivan S. Maric, Jan K. Quijalvo, Anna V. Mirabella, Wey-Jiun Lin, Jeremy C. Franklin, Forrest C. Wang, Marinus Meursing, Blake N. Trekell, Aidan N. Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 11822718
    Abstract: A wearable device may include a head-mounted display (HMD) for rendering a three-dimensional (3D) virtual object which appears to be located in an ambient environment of a user of the display. The relative positions of the HMD and one or more eyes of the user may not be in desired positions to receive image information outputted by the HMD. For example, the HMD-to-eye vertical alignment may be different between the left and right eyes. The wearable device may determine if the HMD is level on the user's head and may then provide the user with a left-eye alignment marker and a right-eye alignment marker. Based on user feedback, the wearable device may determine if there is any left-right vertical misalignment and may take actions to reduce or minimize the effects of any misalignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventor: Bjorn Nicolaas Servatius Vlaskamp
  • Patent number: 11818331
    Abstract: A headset can include a head mount; a support coupled to the head mount; and a multiply curved display coupled to the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Gustavo Godoy
  • Patent number: 11809672
    Abstract: A touch sensor detector system and method incorporating an interpolated sensor array is disclosed. The system and method utilize a touch sensor array (TSA) configured to detect proximity/contact/pressure (PCP) via a variable impedance array (VIA) electrically coupling interlinked impedance columns (IIC) coupled to an array column driver (ACD), and interlinked impedance rows (IIR) coupled to an array row sensor (ARS). The ACD is configured to select the IIC based on a column switching register (CSR) and electrically drive the IIC using a column driving source (CDS). The VIA conveys current from the driven IIC to the IIC sensed by the ARS. The ARS selects the IIR within the TSA and electrically senses the IIR state based on a row switching register (RSR). Interpolation of ARS sensed current/voltage allows accurate detection of TSA PCP and/or spatial location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Sensel, Inc.
    Inventors: Ilya Daniel Rosenberg, John Aaron Zarraga
  • Patent number: 11809663
    Abstract: A flat panel display having an integrated touch screen panel directly formed on a sealing thin film is disclosed. In the display, sensing lines of the touch screen panel are formed to extend to a substrate of the display panel, on which organic light emitting elements are formed, so that the touch screen panel and the display panel are connected to a flexible printed circuit board, thereby simplifying manufacturing processes and decreasing product cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Soo Kim, Do-Youb Kim, Myoung-Seop Song, Sang-Kyun Cho
  • Patent number: 11801434
    Abstract: A racquet sports scoring system is provided. The scoring system uses a computerized display and input system to receive scoring changes. In many embodiments, the computerized interface is in communication with a database which records the score in real time, and also records scores of other concurrently-played matches. These match scores, and in some cases video of live matches played at other locations, can be viewed on the same computerized interface on which scores are recorded or on remote devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Inventors: Mark Greenberg, Michael LaPierre
  • Patent number: 11796803
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device may include at least one processor and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage may include instructions executable by the at least one processor to receive input from one or more sensors and, based on the input from the one or more sensors, determine that a trigger related to a user moving between viewing a first display location and a second display location is satisfied. Responsive to the determination, the instructions may be executable to move at least one graphical object presented on at least one display from the first display location to a third display location different from the first and second display locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Timothy Robbins, Matthew Fardig, Sathish Kumar Ganesan, Anthony Mourey
  • Patent number: 11796802
    Abstract: Disclosed herein a device tracking gaze and method therefor. The device includes: an image acquisition unit configured to obtain an eyeball image; a pupil detection unit configured to detect a center of pupil by using the eyeball image; a virtual corneal reflection light position generator configured to process the eyeball image so that a virtual corneal reflection light is located at a predetermined point in the eyeball image; and a PCVR vector generator configured to generate a pupil center virtual reflection vector (PCVR vector) based on a position of the pupil center and a position of the virtual corneal reflection light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hyun Cheol Kim, Joon Soo Kim, Gwang Soon Lee
  • Patent number: 11789262
    Abstract: Systems and methods for depth plane selection in display system such as augmented reality display systems, including mixed reality display systems, are disclosed. A display(s) may present virtual image content via image light to an eye(s) of a user. The display(s) may output the image light to the eye(s) of the user, the image light to have different amounts of wavefront divergence corresponding to different depth planes at different distances away from the user. A camera(s) may capture images of the eye(s). An indication may be generated based on obtained images of the eye(s), indicating whether the user is identified. The display(s) may be controlled to output the image light to the eye(s) of the user, the image light to have the different amounts of wavefront divergence based at least in part on the generated indication indicating whether the user is identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Shiuli Das, Suraj Manjunath Shanbhag, Abhishek Narain, Yan Xu
  • Patent number: 11789532
    Abstract: A system receives, from an augmented reality device, a first image of a web application, where the first image shows a first element of the web application. The system receives eye tracking information that indicates eye movements of a user as the user is looking at different elements of the web application. The system determines that the user is looking at a first location coordinate on the first image of the web application. The system determines that the first element is located at the first location coordinate. The system identifies first element attributes associated with the first element. The system generates an augmented reality message comprising the first element attributes. The system generates an augmented reality display in which the augmented reality message is presented as a virtual object. The system transmits the augmented reality display to the augmented reality device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventor: Shailendra Singh
  • Patent number: 11774764
    Abstract: An eyewear device that adjusts aspects of a displayed object as a function of a user's eyeglass prescription. A detector identifies object edges for displayed far objects. A correction chart stores brightness corrections as a function of eyeglass prescriptions. The object edges are brightened as a function of the brightness corrections to sharpen objects displayed for a user with nearsightedness and/or farsightedness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Pomes
  • Patent number: 11774754
    Abstract: A method for placement of a head-up display (HUD) is provided, including: rendering a view of a virtual environment for display to a user; tracking a gaze of the user as the user engages in interactivity with the rendered view of the virtual environment, wherein tracking the gaze of the user generates gaze data, the gaze data identifying locations within the rendered view that the gaze of the user is directed towards during the interactivity; using the gaze data to determine a preferred location for positioning of a HUD in the rendered view; positioning the HUD in the rendered view at the preferred location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventor: Elke Wiggeshoff
  • Patent number: 11775055
    Abstract: An apparatus for supporting rehabilitation of a user includes a detector that detects a direction of a head of the user wearing a head mounted display, and a display controller that generates, in a virtual space, a rehabilitation target object to be visually recognized by the user and displays the target object on the head mounted display in accordance with the direction of the head of the user detected by the detector. To avoid risk that the user interferes with an object in a real space, the display controller further controls display of the head mounted display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: mediVR, Inc.
    Inventor: Masahiko Hara
  • Patent number: 11768651
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a foldable one display; a memory which stores at least a program; and a processor which executes the program stored in the memory. By executing the program stored in the memory, the processor performs: display mode switching processing to switch between a first display mode in which display of a screen area of the display is controlled as one display area, and a second display mode in which the screen area of the display is split into two display areas of a first display area and a second display area to control the display; information holding processing to hold window information about position and size, in the screen area, of a window of each application running in the first display mode; and display control processing to display the window of the running application in the screen area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ito, Noritoshi Yoshiyama
  • Patent number: 11770513
    Abstract: Systems and methods for reducing a number of focal planes used to display a three-dimensional object are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, data defining a three-dimensional image according to a first plurality of focal planes are received. Pixel luminance values from the first plurality of focal planes are mapped to a second plurality of focal planes comprising fewer focal planes than the first plurality of focal planes. Data is stored identifying initial focal distances of the mapped pixel luminance values in the first plurality of focal planes. The second plurality of focal planes are then displayed on a near eye device which uses the data identifying initial focal distances of the mapped pixel luminance values to adjust a wavelength of light produced by the second plurality of images to cause the pixels to appear at their original focal distances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
    Inventors: Seppo Valli, Pekka Siltanen
  • Patent number: 11762523
    Abstract: A touch display device and a touchscreen panel. Even in the case in which touch electrodes have different sizes or shapes or a located in different positions, a difference in capacitance is not formed among the touch electrodes. High touch sensitivity can be obtained. The touch display device comprises a plurality of touch electrodes, wherein a first touch electrode of the plurality of touch electrodes occupies a first area and comprises first mesh-shaped electrode metal. The touch display device comprises first dummy metal in a same layer as the first mesh-shaped electrode metal and in the first area occupied by the first touch electrode, the first dummy metal being electrically disconnected from the first mesh-shaped electrode metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: KwangJo Hwang, DeukSu Lee, JaeGyun Lee, Yangsik Lee