Patents Examined by Dmitriy Bolotin
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Patent number: 11650417Abstract: Apparatus comprises an image processor configured to provide output video images to a head mountable display, HMD, having one or more display elements to display video images to a wearer of the HMD, for display by the one or more display elements in response to input video images, in which each output video image corresponds to a respective input video image; in which: the image processor comprises a detector configured to detect whether an input image brightness at image locations in the input video images exceeds a threshold image brightness; and the image processor is configured to vary a relationship between the display properties at a given image location in a given output video image and the input image display properties at the given image location in the corresponding input video image in response to a detection that image brightness at the given image location in one or more input video images preceding that corresponding input video image exceeded the threshold image brightness.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Nigel John Williams, Patrick John Connor
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Patent number: 11636817Abstract: In a liquid crystal device, a first pixel area is provided in a pixel area of a first substrate, and a second pixel area is provided between the first pixel area and a seal material. The first pixel area has a first pixel electrode to which an image signal is applied, the image signal having a potential alternately switching between a positive polarity and a negative polarity with reference to a first central potential. The second pixel area includes a second pixel electrode to which a first driving potential is applied, the first driving potential having a potential alternately switching between a positive polarity and a negative polarity with reference to a second central potential, the first central potential and the second central potential having a potential difference set therebetween. Therefore, ionic impurities can be efficiently swept from the first pixel area to the second pixel area.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2022Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Oikawa, Masahito Yoshii, Shinta Misawa, Masakazu Nishida
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Patent number: 11630629Abstract: A multi-screen display control device is shown, which is linked to a host through a universal serial bus (USB) port to receive image data from the host, and uses a plurality of high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) ports to output a plurality of HDMI sub-images to a plurality of screens. The multi-screen display control device has a USB hub that couples the USB port to a plurality of graphics processing units (GPUs), so that the GPUs generate the HDMI sub-images based on the image data transferred from the host via USB communication technology.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: SILICON MOTION, INC.Inventors: Chengliang Qi, Guangjun Lyu, Cong Li
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Patent number: 11624916Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing pixelated occlusion is disclosed. The apparatus includes a display, a unitary and transmissive optical component, and a contact lens. The display provides a display image. The unitary reflective and transmissive optical component receives the display image and forms a reflected display image having a first polarization and receives a scene image and forms a transmitted scene image. The contact lens forms a combined image including the reflected display image and the transmitted scene image. The pixelated display includes one or more occluding pixels having a second polarization with the first polarization substantially orthogonal to the second polarization. The pixelated display is included anterior to the unitary and reflective optical component.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: INNOVEGA INC.Inventors: Jay Marsh, Jerome Legerton
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Patent number: 11624924Abstract: An image capturing system including an image capturing apparatus and a head-mount type display device. A smartphone which is the image capturing apparatus generates a live view image and transmits the live view image and operation information associated with an operation performed on the smartphone to a smart glass which is the display device. The smart glass includes a display section and receives the live view image and the operation information from the smartphone. An image generation unit of the smart glass generates a display image to be displayed on the display section, based on the received live view image, and the generated display image is displayed on the display section. The image generation unit changes the display image to be displayed on the display section, according to the received operation information.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tsuyoshi Mima
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Patent number: 11614619Abstract: Systems and methods for headset windowing may include determining a geometry of a first object used with a computing system in a work space; determining, based on information received from a sensor, when the user wearing a VR headset tilts their head to bring the first object into view of the VR headset; and displaying a first window on a display of the VR headset, the first window being dimensioned to conform to the geometry of the first object in view of the headset.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2022Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc.Inventors: Juergen Stark, Michael Stark
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Patent number: 11592665Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 21, 2022Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Shiuli Das, Suraj Manjunath Shanbhag, Abhishek Narain, Yan Xu
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Patent number: 11592677Abstract: A system and method capture a spatial orientation of a wearable device. The system has at least one capturing unit and at least one processor unit. The at least one capturing unit is designed to capture at least one first position parameter in relation to the wearable device and to capture at least one second position parameter in relation to a body part of a person on which the wearable device is arranged. The at least one processor unit is designed to determine a spatial orientation of the wearable device on the basis of the at least one first position parameter and the at least one second position parameter.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventor: Ahmet Firintepe
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Patent number: 11586293Abstract: A display control method includes: obtaining, by a terminal, orientations and display statuses of a first screen and a second screen; determining, by the terminal, whether a trigger event used for adjusting the display statuses of the first screen and the second screen occurs; and when the trigger event occurs, displaying, by the terminal, adjusted display content on the first screen and the second screen based on the orientations and the display statuses of the first screen and the second screen. By obtaining an orientation and a display status of a terminal screen, when the trigger event occurs, the terminal can adjust the display status of the screen in a timely manner, so that a user can perform an interaction operation and interaction display between different screens.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hao Chen, Qing Wang, Xiaoxiao Chen
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Patent number: 11587507Abstract: A display apparatus comprises a demultiplexing circuit portion that sequentially supplies data signals supplied from a data driving circuit to at least two data lines, and the demultiplexing circuit portion of the display apparatus comprises a switching portion that sequentially supplies the data signals to the at least two data lines based on a voltage of a control line; a voltage controller that controls the voltage of the control line in response to a time-division control signal; and a voltage discharge portion that discharges the voltage of the control line in response to the time-division control signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: JungHyun Lee, Yewon Hong
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Patent number: 11586286Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 18, 2022Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Bank of America CorporationInventor: Shailendra Singh
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Patent number: 11582441Abstract: The occlusion is faithfully expressed even in the binocular vision in the AR display by a head mounted display apparatus or the like. A head mounted display apparatus 10 includes a lens 12, a lens 13, a camera 14, a camera 15, and a control processor 16. A CG image for a right eye is displayed on the lens 12. A CG image for a left eye is displayed on the lens 13. The camera 14 captures an image for the right eye. The camera 15 captures an image for the left eye. The control processor 16 generates the CG image for the right eye in which occlusion at the time of seeing by the right eye is expressed and the CG image for the left eye in which occlusion at the time of seeing by the left eye is expressed, based on the images captured by the cameras 14 and 15 and projects the generated CG image for the right eye and CG image for the left eye onto the lenses 12 and 13. A center of a lens of the camera 14 is provided at the same position as a center of the lens 12.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2018Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Osamu Kawamae, Kenichi Shimada, Manabu Katsuki, Megumi Kurachi
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Patent number: 11573632Abstract: Eyewear providing an interactive augmented reality experience between two users of eyewear devices to perform a shared group object manipulation task. During the shared group task, each user of the eyewear controls movement of a respective virtual object in a virtual scene based on a portion of the virtual scene the user is gazing at. Each user can also generate a verbal command to generate a virtual object that interacts with one or more of the other virtual objects.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Ilteris Canberk, Shin Hwun Kang, Dmytro Kucher
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Patent number: 11573638Abstract: Techniques are described for interacting with a vehicle touchscreen. According to one or more embodiments, a system is provided comprising a processor that executes computer executable components stored in at least one memory, including a display control component that selects graphical touch controls to include in a graphical user interface (GUI) for rendering on the touchscreen based on activation of a haptic feedback mode for interfacing with the touchscreen, wherein the graphical touch controls correspond to controls for one or more applications or functions associated with the vehicle. The system further comprising a positioning component that determines a location of a finger on or over the touchscreen relative to the graphical touch controls as displayed on the touchscreen, and a haptic feedback component that causes a vibration unit of the vehicle to provide vibration feedback based on the location corresponding to a graphical touch control of the graphical touch controls.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: VOLVO CAR CORPORATIONInventor: Mats Strandberg
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Patent number: 11567329Abstract: A system for tracking a position and an orientation of an external device such as a smart watch or a handheld controller relative to a head mounted display (HMD) device is provided. A combination of active markers and passive markers on the external device may be detected by a point tracking camera of the HMD to collect position data for the external device relative to the HMD. Acceleration and/or orientation data of the external device relative to the HMD may be collected from an inertial measurement unit(s) (IMU(s)) of the external device and/or the HMD. The fusion of the position data with the data collected by the IMU(s) may allow for tracking of the external device relative to the HMD.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Ian Muldoon, Clayton Kimber, Jeremy Swerdlow, Srivatsan Ravindran
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Patent number: 11567724Abstract: Provided is a display device or a display system capable of displaying images along a curved surface, a display device or a display system capable of displaying images seamlessly in the form of a ring, or a display device or a display system that is suitable for increasing in size. The display device includes a display panel. The display panel includes a first part and a second part and is flexible. The first part can display images. The second part can transmit visible light. The display panel is curved so that the second part and the first part overlap with each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kensuke Yoshizumi, Yuichi Yanagisawa, Kei Takahashi
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Patent number: 11567656Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing device including a contact detection unit configured to detect a contact operation for an operation surface, an approach detection unit configured to detect an approach operation for the operation surface, and a control unit configured to recognize the contact operation and the approach operation as a series of operation inputs when the contact operation and the approach operation are continuously detected.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Fuminori Homma
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Patent number: 11567342Abstract: Optical devices based on novel components for selective video/television display, digital processing and/or unique image analysis to modify the image that a user sees and significantly improve the perception of that user are disclosed. What the user sees is responsive to specific perceptual and informational needs of the user in real time. Devices from the previous (parent) patents are herein made both more useful in practical day-to-day use and more widely applicable to improving the ability of a user to perceive visual stimuli.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Inventor: John Castle Simmons
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Patent number: 11561405Abstract: An eye is illuminated with infrared illumination light from an array of infrared in-field illuminators. A wavefront image of retina-reflected infrared light is generated and an accommodative eye state value is determined based at least in part on the wavefront image.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Robin Sharma, Karol Constantine Hatzilias, Andrew John Ouderkirk, Qi Zhang
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Patent number: 11556004Abstract: A method of estimating a position of an image display device, the method including determining position information of a neck of a user based on position information of an image display device worn by the user, filtering the position information of the neck, and estimating a position of the image display device based on the filtered position information of the neck.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hojin Ju, Donghoon Sagong, Jaehwan Pi