Patents Examined by Patrick F Valdez
  • Patent number: 10558262
    Abstract: According to the invention, a method for changing a display based at least in part on a gaze point of a user on the display is disclosed. The method may include receiving information identifying a location of the gaze point of the user on the display. The method may also include, based at least in part on the location of the gaze point, causing a virtual camera perspective to change, thereby causing content on the display associated with the virtual camera to change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Tobii AB
    Inventor: Rebecka Lannsjö
  • Patent number: 10540942
    Abstract: An optimization method and a pre-stage device for brightness compensation, includes: providing a brightness obtaining apparatus; photographing a to-be-compensated panel to obtain a brightness compensation reference frame, where the to-be-compensated panel has first pixel units, the brightness obtaining apparatus has second pixel units, the brightness compensation reference frame includes photographing units, and the photographing unit includes second pixel units, where the second pixel unit is bigger than the first pixel unit; using four second pixel units at four endpoints of each of the photographing units as brightness references, and obtaining pieces of brightness compensation data of the other second pixel units in the photographing unit by using a specific operation mode; and performing brightness compensation for the first pixel units corresponding to each of the photographing units by using the pieces of brightness compensation data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignees: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED, CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mingliang Wang
  • Patent number: 10540820
    Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to a system, which includes a processor to receive video of a cymatic effect. The video of the cymatic effect may be converted into a virtual reality effect which includes a virtual reality representation of the cymatic effect. The virtual reality effect may then be output by the processor to a virtual reality device for display to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: CTRL5, Corp.
    Inventor: Robert Owen Brown, III
  • Patent number: 10535121
    Abstract: A digital medium environment is described to improve creation and rasterization of a shape through pixel alignment. In one example, a pixel alignment system is implemented at least partially in hardware of a computing device. The pixel alignment system receives an input that specifies a geometry, a stroke setting, and a location that serves as a basis to position the shape. The pixel alignment system then snaps the location as specified by the at least one input to a snapped location based on a pixel grid. The snapped location based on the geometry, the stroke setting, and the location as specified by the input. A rasterization module is then employed to rasterize the shape as pixels based on the snapped location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Vivek Agrawal, Abhishek Singh
  • Patent number: 10521939
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a processing unit that divides an overlay buffer into a plurality of macro blocks, draws a graphic primitive object including a plurality of pixels, identifies one of the plurality of macro blocks upon a determination that the plurality of pixels has crossed a boundary of the one of the plurality of macro blocks, and image processes the one of the plurality of macro blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: ANALOG DEVICES GLOBAL UNLIMITED COMPANY
    Inventor: Himanshu Srivastava
  • Patent number: 10515430
    Abstract: A method is provided for buffer allocation on a graphics processing unit. The method includes analyzing, by the graphics processing unit, a program to be executed on the graphics processing unit to determine, for an object in the program, a set of elements in the object that are designated to be accessed during an execution of the program. The method further includes allocating, by the graphics processing unit, a placement of the object in a device buffer on the graphics processing unit based on the set of elements to minimize a number of memory accesses during the execution of the program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuaki Ishizaki
  • Patent number: 10511700
    Abstract: A communication terminal including a processor to output a first display image generated by a first application for communication preferentially over a second display image generated by a second application for communication. The processor causes the first application to output state information indicating a state corresponding to an event generated by the second application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuhiro Fujii, Yoshinaga Kato
  • Patent number: 10504490
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. The display apparatus provided in a vehicle according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises a memory; a display unit displaying one or more data areas on a screen; and a controller controlling the display unit to further display additional data area on the basis of at least one of recognition and identification of a passenger who boards on the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaebeom Jeon, Kyungdong Choi
  • Patent number: 10488947
    Abstract: An operating method of a deformable display device including a display unit is provided. The method includes: expanding a screen of the display unit in a first direction according to a force expanding the display unit; displaying a content in an expansion area that is an area that the screen of the display unit is expanded; expanding the screen of the display unit according to an additional force; and displaying an enlarge content on the expanded screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yunmi Kwon, Kiseon Lee
  • Patent number: 10452401
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to selecting store instructions for dispatch to a shared pipeline. In some embodiments, the shared pipeline processes instructions for different target clients with different data rate capabilities. Therefore, in some embodiments, the pipeline is configured to generate state information that is based on a determined amount of work in the pipeline that targets at least one slower target. In some embodiments, the state information indicates whether the amount of work is above a threshold for the particular target. In some embodiments, scheduling circuitry is configured to select instructions for dispatch to the pipeline based on the state information. For example, the scheduling circuitry may refrain from selecting instructions with a slower target when the slower target is above its threshold amount of work in the pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Robert D. Kenney
  • Patent number: 10430923
    Abstract: Disclosed is a flexible display device. The flexible display device includes: a housing, a closure lid, a flexible display panel, an extension mechanism and a controller. A shaft is provided inside the housing. A sidewall of the housing is provided with an opening. The closure lid is opposite to the opening, and a surface of the closure lid facing away from the opening is provided with a user identity recognition module. The flexible display panel is wound onto the shaft and includes a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. The first end is connected to the shaft, and the second end is connected to the closure lid. The extension mechanism is configured to support the flexible display panel extending out of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jingru Lu, Mingyan Huang, Yanhua Liu
  • Patent number: 10417733
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, a data storage and processing system is provided. The system includes a host server and a storage unit. The storage unit includes a drive comprising a memory and a drive processor, an external switch configured to couple the host server to the drive to send and receive data between the host server and the memory of the drive and a graphics processing unit. The drive processor is configured to send processing instructions and data from the drive memory to the graphics processing unit and the graphics processing unit is configured to process the data according to the processing instructions to generate result data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ramdas P. Kachare, Sompong Paul Olarig, David Schwaderer
  • Patent number: 10410430
    Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying synchronized views and animations of digital 3D models of a person's intra-oral structure such as teeth. Two digital 3D models obtained from scans at different times are displayed in side-by-side views and synchronized via registration of the two scans or corresponding models. A user's control input to one displayed model causes the same manipulation of both models since they are registered. The two digital 3D models can also be displayed in an animation mode where the first model slowly morphs into the second model to illustrate changes in the intra-oral structure over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Guruprasad Somasundaram, Evan J. Ribnick, Matthew R. Cruikshank, Lindsay Labahn, Judy J. Ma
  • Patent number: 10403015
    Abstract: A procedural model enables a user to configure a global space organization function for the generation of decorative ornaments. The user provides data to seed the generation of the ornaments, as well as localized interactive edits to the generated ornaments. The procedural model iteratively places decorative elements at a subset of locations within an ornament area (or domain) based on generalized placement functions employed by the global space organization function. As such, the user is enabled to interactively generate and edit decorative ornaments via configuring the global space organization function and employing editing tools. Such functionality significantly decreases the effort typically required to generate ornate ornaments, while retaining control of the aesthetic organization and structure of the ornament. The generalized placement functions and heuristics of the global space organization function enable such control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Paul John Asente, Jingwan Lu, Lena Edith Elfriede Gieseke
  • Patent number: 10360839
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a frame memory storing an input image signal having first and second reference blank durations respectively corresponding to a first frame and a second frame. A blank controller circuit determines a second delay blank duration based on the first and second reference blank durations and a first delay blank duration, a signal delay part generates an output image signal having the first and second delay blank durations corresponding to the first frame and second frame, respectively, is based on the stored input image signal, and a display panel displays an image based on the output image signal. The display apparatus may reduce or prevent flicker caused by variations in driving frequency that may be variable on a per-frame basis. A blank duration of a frame is controller, or a frame may be inserted in a blank duration based on blank durations of adjacent frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Heendol Kim, Jai-Hyun Koh, Jaehoon Lee
  • Patent number: 10360726
    Abstract: Systems and methods for modifying and generating quadrilateral meshes for computer graphic structures include obtaining a polygon mesh representing a computer graphic structure, the polygon mesh comprising a plurality of polygonal faces and a plurality of singularities, determining, based on a first singularity of the plurality of vertices, selecting, based on one or more characteristics of the patch, a first minimum singularity template (MST) of a plurality of MSTs each representing a corresponding quadmesh that has three or fewer singularities, and replacing, within the polygon mesh, the patch with the first MST.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Krishnan Suresh, Chaman S. Verma
  • Patent number: 10346994
    Abstract: An exemplary depth scanning system includes first and second depth scanning devices. The first device detects depth data for surfaces included within a real-world scene from a first vantage point by rotating a first scan head in one rotational direction to progressively aim a first scan field to sweep across the surfaces during a scan time period. The second device detects depth data for the surfaces from a second vantage point by rotating a second scan head in phase with the rotation of the first scan head and in the opposite rotational direction so as to progressively aim a second scan field to sweep across the surfaces during the scan time period. The in-phase rotations of the first and second scan heads cause the first scan field to aim at the second vantage point at a same moment when the second scan field aims at the first vantage point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Steven L. Smith
  • Patent number: 10339738
    Abstract: Systems and methods of access control in security systems with augmented reality are provided. Some methods can include receiving an image of an exterior of a secured area, displaying the received image on a display device, identifying at least one artifact associated with the received image, and superimposing at least one computer generated image of the identified artifact on the displayed image, thereby augmenting the displayed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: ADEMCO INC.
    Inventors: Mark Hosey, Paul D'Agostino, Kenneth Osborne
  • Patent number: 10319133
    Abstract: Users may dynamically specify a “posing root” node in an animation hierarchy that is different than the model root node used to define the animation hierarchy. When a posing root node is specified, users specify the pose, including translations and rotations, of other nodes relative to the posing root node, rather than the model root node. Poses of nodes may be specified using animation variable values relative to the posing root node. Animation variable values specified relative to the posing root node are dynamically converted to equivalent animation variable values relative to the model root node, which then may be used to pose an associated model. Animation data may be presented to users relative to the current posing root node. If a posing root node is changed to a different location, the animation data is converted so that it is expressed relative to the new posing root node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Pixar
    Inventors: Kurt Fleischer, Warren Trezevant, Andrew Witkin
  • Patent number: 10298897
    Abstract: Method wherein each image of the content is transformed using at least one pre-transformed image which is associated with a key image of this content wherein, from each key image and an associated pre-transformed image, a color transform is derived, and wherein each color transform is applied to a selection of images of this content which is associated with said key image. Applied to a content broadcast system comprising a server and a receiver to which are connected several types of display devices, the invention advantageously makes it possible to adapt the content to these different types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL MADISON PATENT HOLDINGS
    Inventors: Hassane Guermoud, Jurgen Stauder, Laurent Blonde