Abstract: A system includes one or more waveguides, and a plurality of grating sets coupled with the one or more waveguides. A plurality of combinations of gratings from the grating sets are configurable to direct an image light to propagate through a plurality of sub-eyeboxes forming an uncompressed eyebox. The system also includes a controller configured to selectively configure one or more combinations of gratings to operate in a diffraction state to direct the image light to propagate through one or more sub-eyeboxes forming a compressed eyebox having a size smaller than a size of the uncompressed eyebox.

Abstract: A projector having a curved field lens and a displaced light modulating display. The system includes at least one light source configured to generate colored light beams, and a prism routing the light beams to the display. The curved field lens is coupled to a face of the prism, and the prism and curved field lens together decenter the light beam from the prism face and uniformly illuminate the display. A center of the display is displaced from the projection lens optical axis. The decentered light beam and the displaced display together generate a favorable shifted boresight of the created image. Dimensions of components of the projector are a function of a curvature of the curved field lens. The greater the curvature of the curved field lens, the smaller the dimensions of the components and the overall projector. The projector may be used in eyewear.

Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments may include: a housing, a battery, a flexible display including a first area and a second area extending from the first area and configured to move from the housing to change the size of an area visible to the front face of the electronic device, a sensor configured to identify information related to the size of the visible area of the display, and a processor, wherein the processor may be configured to: identify size information of the visible area of the display using the information received from the sensor, and control the display to display information related to an available usage time of the electronic device based on the identified size information and the remaining amount of the battery.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes circuitry to receive an input of hand drafted data, display, on a display, an object corresponding to the hand drafted data and an external image that is externally input, perform character recognition on the hand drafted data to convert the hand drafted data into text data, and display, on the display, a search result obtained using at least a part of the external image and at least a part of the text data.

Abstract: A display device and a haptic feedback method having the same provide a display panel which displays an image, a cover window on a first surface of the display panel and including a tactile pattern, and an actuator which is disposed on a second surface opposite the first surface of the display panel and overlaps the tactile pattern in a width direction of the display panel. The actuator outputs a sensing voltage according to applied pressure and generates vibrations according to applied driving voltages.

Abstract: Provided is a panel for a display device, a method of manufacturing the same, and a panel assembly including the panel for a display device. The panel for a display device includes a first unit panel and a second unit panel that are consecutively disposed, and a junction configured to bond and connect an edge surface of the first unit panel to an edge surface of the second unit panel facing the edge surface of the first unit panel.

Abstract: A system includes a computing platform having processing hardware, one or more sensor(s), and a memory storing perception software and animation software, as well as an augmented reality (AR) headset including another processing hardware. The computing platform is configured to obtain an environmental data using the sensor(s), determine the location and orientation of the AR headset using the perception software and the environmental data, identify an action for execution by the computing platform, using the animation software and the location and orientation of the AR headset, and transmit performative data corresponding to the identified action to the AR headset. The AR headset is configured to receive, from the computing platform, the performative data, and to render at least one AR effect corresponding to the identified action using the performative data.

Abstract: A decorating sheet to be attached to a surface of a decoration-target component includes a base film layer including a sheet-like base film; a decorating layer containing a decorating pattern; a light shielding layer provided in a back-side direction with respect to the decorating layer, the light shielding layer including a light transmitting section that has a predetermined shape; and a reflection suppressing layer provided between the decorating layer and the light shielding layer, the reflection suppressing layer containing a reflection suppressing image that is configured to suppress reflection of the decorating pattern onto a light image that is formed by light transmitted through the light transmitting section.

Abstract: In general, apparatuses, methods and computer program products for construction and detection of spatial movements in a virtual reality (VR) space for performance of electronic activities are disclosed. A VR composite credential authentication device is provided that is configured is structured for capturing, customizing and transforming one or more VR composite credentials of a user and authenticating electronic activities based on at least the VR composite credentials. The VR composite credentials of the user are captured using one or more VR spatial sensor devices which are configured for capture and imaging of VR spatial movement and position credentials. The captured credentials are analyzed to determine an associated electronic activity. The electronic activity is initiated, automatically, in response to the successful validation of the captured credentials. Moreover, the invention allows for setting-up an infinitely customizable library of registered VR composite credentials.

Abstract: A driving circuit that includes a timing controller, a selecting module connected to the timing controller, and a level shifter connected to the selecting module, wherein the timing controller includes N pins, each of the pins provides a clock signal, and N is a positive integer; the selecting module includes N selecting units, an input terminal of each of the selecting units is connected to a corresponding pin of the timing controller, output terminals of each of the selecting units are connected to M input pins of the level shifter, and M is greater than or equal to 2. The driving circuit according to the present invention individually passes clock signals of a timing controller through selecting units and outputs to a level shifter, and pins of the timing controller can be substantially saved.

Abstract: Example systems, devices, media, and methods are described for presenting a virtual experience using the display of an eyewear device in augmented reality. A content delivery application implements and controls the detecting of beacons broadcast from beacon transmitters deployed at fixed locations and determining the current eyewear location based on the detected beacons. The method includes retrieving content and presenting a virtual experience based on the retrieved content, the beacon data, and a user profile. The virtual experience includes playing audio messages, presenting text on the display, playing video segments on the display, and combinations thereof. In addition to wireless detection of beacons, the method includes scanning and decoding a beacon activation code positioned near the beacon transmitter to access a beacon.

Abstract: A method includes projecting an augmented reality (AR) user interface (UI) at a first position on a surface of a head-mounted display (HMD) device through which a view of a real-world scene is seen by a viewer, and detecting a motion of the HMD device corresponding to a head motion of the viewer. The method further includes, in response to the motion of the HMD device, moving the projected AR UI across the surface of the HMD device to a second position, the movement of the projected AR UI spatially and or temporally lagging the head motion.

Abstract: Solutions for more efficient and effective optical character recognition with respect to an input text segment are disclosed. In one example, a method includes processing an input text image using a deep character overlap detection machine learning model in order to generate a character map for the input text image, an overlap map for the input text image, and an affinity map for the input text image; generating an overlap-aware word boundary recognition output based at least in part on the character map, the overlap map, and the affinity map, wherein the overlap-aware word boundary recognition output describes one or more inferred word regions of the input text image; and performing one or more prediction-based actions based at least in part on the overlap-aware word boundary recognition output.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, a computer system and a computer program product enhance user interaction with a virtual or augmented environment. The method includes obtaining a user profile. The user profile includes a constraint of a user. The method also includes identifying a plurality of objects in the augmented reality environment. In addition, the method includes determining an intent of the user with respect to navigating the augmented reality environment. The method further includes calculating a probability of interaction between the user and an identified object based on the intent. Lastly, the method includes generating an enhancement threshold for each of the identified objects based on the probability of interaction and the constraint of the user.

Abstract: Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for providing a Service Bus for telecommunications infrastructure. The services bus provides a communications system between mutually interacting software applications, including a plurality of microservices, each microservice comprising: an internal bus; a data store in communication with the internal bus; a data access object in communication with the internal bus; a message exchange object in communication with the internal bus; a MAPReduce engine in communication with the internal bus; and a restful Application Programming Interface (API) bus in communication with the data access object, the message exchange object and the MAPReduce engine.

Abstract: There is provided a fingerprint identification pixel driving circuit, including: a fingerprint signal identification element configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave and receive a reflected ultrasonic wave according to a voltage of a first node and a signal of a second signal terminal to generate a sensing signal; a drive reading element configured to drive a light emitting element according to the voltage of the first node and generate a sensing current according to the sensing signal; a fingerprint signal reading element configured to output the sensing current; a pixel charging element configured to write a signal of a data line terminal to a storage element; the storage element configured to store the sensing signal or the signal of the data line terminal; a light emitting control element configured to control light emitting of the light emitting element; and the light emitting element configured to emit light.

Abstract: A computing system may determine a head pose and a wrist pose of a user based on sensor data captured by a head-mounted device. The computing system may further receive an image captured by a camera of the head-mounted device that includes at least portion of the body of the user. Using this image, the computing system may determine one or more regions in the image that correspond to the body of the user, and determine, based on these regions and a camera pose of the camera, a three-dimensional volume constraint in which an elbow of the user is likely to be located when the image was captured. From this information, the computing system may utilize the head pose, the wrist pose, and the three-dimensional volume constraint to infer a body pose of the user that includes at least an inferred elbow pose associated with the user.

Abstract: An augmented reality (AR) or virtual reality (VR) calibration method including the steps of: (a) providing a computing device for displaying a base image of a surrounding environment, (b) obtaining location coordinates of the computing device; (c) initiating an executable application program for processing location data and generating an overlay image over the base image; (d) generating a virtual asset container and at least one digital object corresponding to the computing device, (e) determining a first location of the computing device at a local position within the asset container; (e) moving the computing device to a second location that is a determined distance in a direction from the first location, and (f) calculating a local rotation angle relative to a positive axis of the asset container and a rotation angle relative to a positive axis of a real-world coordinate system to determine an orientation difference.

Abstract: A vehicle display device includes: an image display configured to emit display light of an image; an optical system configured to project the display light emitted from the image display onto a reflection face ahead of a driver; and an adjustment part provided in an optical path of the display light from the image display to the reflection face, in which the image includes: a first region visible to both eyes of the driver; and a second region that is closer to ends in the image width direction than the first region in the image is, the adjustment part is disposed at a position corresponding to the boundary between the first region and the second region, and the adjustment part is configured such that the amount of the display light penetrating the adjustment part is reduced toward the ends in the image width direction.

Abstract: In a display device including: a pixel array unit made up of pixels disposed on a substrate; a peripheral circuit unit that is disposed in a periphery of the pixel array unit and drives the pixels; and a temperature sensor circuit disposed on the same substrate as the pixels, the temperature sensor circuit is configured using an inverter circuit including a plurality of inverters made up of thin film transistors. Then, crystallinity of a channel portion of the thin film transistor of the temperature sensor circuit is different from crystallinity of a channel portion of a thin film transistor constituting the peripheral circuit unit.