Patents Examined by Paulos M. Natnael
  • Patent number: 10110844
    Abstract: System, methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media to facilitate expansion of media device interface capabilities are provided. A state change with respect to one or more media devices may be detected. The state change may correspond to a second media device being communicatively coupled to, or communicatively decoupled from, a first media device. Consequent to the detecting, a set of interface ports, which are configured to interface with multimedia devices, may be determined. Configuration information may be generated based at least in part on the set of interface ports. The configuration information may be transferred to a sink device to indicate interface options based at least in part on the set of interface ports. Content may be transferred to the sink device based at least in part on audio and/or visual data via at least one interface port of the set of interface ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: DISH Technologies L.L.C.
    Inventor: Geoffrey Thompson
  • Patent number: 10097786
    Abstract: A display system includes a conversion apparatus converting video luminance including a luminance value in a first luminance range and a display apparatus connected thereto and displaying the video. The conversion apparatus includes a first acquisition unit, a first luminance converter, a second luminance converter, a quantization converter, and an output unit outputting a third luminance signal to the display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo Terada, Masayuki Kozuka, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma
  • Patent number: 10097739
    Abstract: A processing device includes generation circuitry, storage circuitry, and interpolation circuitry. The generation circuitry generates a first index based on a numerical value of a high-order predetermined number of digits. The converted value of the reference input value corresponding to each index obtained in the generation circuitry is beforehand stored as a look-up table in the storage circuitry. The interpolation circuitry acquires the first converted value corresponding to the first index using the look-up table. And the interpolation circuitry computes the second index that adjoins the first index by carrying out increment or decrement of the first index. Furthermore, the interpolation circuitry acquires the second converted value corresponding to the second index using the look-up table of the storage circuitry. And the interpolation circuitry computes the converted value of the input value by linearity interpolation based on the shift amount from the reference input value of the first index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Yoshiharu Uetani
  • Patent number: 10097295
    Abstract: A method of linkage-viewing a TV broadcasting program between a mobile communication apparatus and a digital TV, the method includes inputting a TV linkage-viewing command in order to successively view a TV broadcasting program which is being viewed on the mobile communication apparatus, on the digital TV; transmitting data information from the mobile communication apparatus to the digital TV according to the input of the TV linkage viewing command; and selecting a TV channel in the digital TV which is the same as a current channel which is being viewed on the mobile communication apparatus and changing to the selected TV channel based on the data information which the digital TV has received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Min-kyung Chun
  • Patent number: 10091498
    Abstract: A video timing test equipment for measuring light integration time of a camera. The video timing test equipment may comprise: a control unit and shutter timing test unit. The control unit may generate input timing signals adjustable by a user. The shutter timing test unit may comprise light emitting diodes (LEDs), infrared light emitting diodes (IR LEDs), and an output controller. The output controller may regulate the illumination of the LEDs and IR LEDs based on the input timing signals. The shutter timing test unit may also comprise a UTC time display, edge time display, and pulse width display. The UTC time display may depict a UTC time as to when light integration begins or ends. The edge time display may depict an offset time associated with the start or end of light integration. The pulse width display may depict the duration of light integration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: James Higdon, Jason Witzel
  • Patent number: 10091486
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for receiving a digital broadcasting signal including a three-dimensional image and displaying a two-dimensional image. The apparatus for receiving the digital broadcasting signal according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: a tuner for receiving the digital broadcasting signal including a video stream for forming the three-dimensional image and signaling data; a signaling data processor for decoding the digital broadcasting signal including a 2D display window table, which includes information for a partial area of a video image according to the video stream; and a display unit for displaying the video image of the video stream as the two-dimensional image using the information for the partial area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jeehyun Choe, Joonhui Lee, Jongyeul Suh, Kwansuk Kim
  • Patent number: 10091473
    Abstract: A driver circuit includes a first voltage converter, a light source driver, a second voltage converter and a control circuit. The first voltage converter converts a first voltage to a second voltage. The light source driver is coupled to the first voltage converter, converts the second voltage to a third voltage and outputs the third voltage to a light source for providing light. The second voltage converter is coupled to the first voltage converter, converts the second voltage to a fourth voltage and outputs the fourth voltage. The control circuit is coupled to the second voltage converter to receive the fourth voltage and outputs a first control signal to control the light source driver for controlling the light source. The first voltage is lower than the second voltage, the second voltage is higher than the third voltage, and the second voltage is higher than the fourth voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Qisda Corporation
    Inventors: Chi-Jen Chen, Chun-Hsiao Lin, Fang-Chieh Lu, Chuan-Chu Chen
  • Patent number: 10085013
    Abstract: A 3D depth camera module, including a light transmitting portion having a laser for emitting light, and having a diffractive optical element for passing the light therethrough such that the light reaches a subject with a preset pattern; a light receiving portion configured to receive the light reflected from the subject; an analyzing portion configured to analyze a 3D shape of the subject, based on a shifted degree of the reflected light; and an operating portion configured to move part of the light transmitting portion such that a position of one region of the subject where the light reaches is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Changhwan Lee
  • Patent number: 10084997
    Abstract: A deformable lens, deformable micro-mirror array, or combination thereof adjusts an image projected onto a screen to modify that image to compensate for small imperfections in the flatness of the surface the video is being projected onto. Initial calibration can be performed to create a screen profile, that is then used to adjust the optics to compensate for the detected screen anomalies. An initial grid projected onto the screen may be used for this purpose, with a high resolution camera imaging the grid and the perpendicularity, straightness and sharpness of the grid lines then being assessed by a processor to calculate the necessary optical modifications to modify the projected image such that the grid lines are straightened and aligned. In another embodiment a scanning laser is used to assess screen flatness and uniformity with pixel level precision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Dawson, Steven Richman, Frederick J. Zustak
  • Patent number: 10085015
    Abstract: A system configured to apply a human visual system model at one or more human visual system model settings to a reference video sequence and a distorted video sequence to determine a quality score of the distorted video sequence with respect to the reference video sequence is described. The human visual system model settings of the human visual system model are representative of at least one condition associated with an individual viewing the distorted video sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: ZPEG, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond J. Westwater, Jeffrey S. Perry
  • Patent number: 10079963
    Abstract: A display method and a display system for a video wall are proposed. The method is applicable to a display system having a server and multiple player devices. Each of the player devices is connected to the server and a video wall having multiple displays, and each of the player devices corresponds to a different one of the displays and a different one of regions in a video stream. The method includes to receive the video stream from the server by each of the player devices, to send a broadcast command by a master player device among the player devices to other player devices, and to start displaying the corresponding region in a first frame of the video stream on the corresponding display of the video wall by each of the player devices after a preset delay time interval according to the broadcast command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: VIA Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Shu Liu, Chong Liu
  • Patent number: 10078236
    Abstract: There are provided a dimmer that can solve practical problems including burn-in and easily change a transmittance to external light and a video display device using the same. A dimmer includes a stack of two or more light control layers that change a transmittance to incident light by controlling an applied voltage in the incident direction of the incident light. A video display device includes a video generator that generates picture light; a video projector that projects the picture light as a virtual image in the field of view of a user; the dimmer disposed on the opposite side of the projecting side of the video projector to the user for adjusting the light quantity of external light to be entered to a user's eye through the video projector; and a light controller that controls the dimmer suitable for the luminosity of external light detected at an external light detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc.
    Inventors: Shingo Hayashi, Satoshi Ouchi, Yoshiho Seo, Tomoto Kawamura, Seiji Murata, Takahiro Matsuda, Toshiteru Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10074023
    Abstract: A method for predicting a line of vision of an occupant of a vehicle. The method includes a step of reading in an initial line of vision of the vehicle occupant, a step of ascertaining a maximum speed of a present head and/or eye movement of the vehicle occupant, starting from the initial line of vision, using sensor data concerning a change in the visual angle of the vehicle occupant representing the present head and/or eye movement, a step of determining an expected magnitude of the present head and/or eye movement, represented with the aid of a predefined model, using the ascertained maximum speed, and a step of using the initial line of vision and the expected magnitude of the present head and/or eye movement to predict the line of vision of the vehicle occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Hans-Joachim Bieg
  • Patent number: 10075685
    Abstract: An optical evaluation workstation evaluates quality metrics (e.g., virtual image distance) of eyecup assemblies of a head mounted display (HMD). The workstation includes an eyecup assembly feed assembly configured to receive an eyecup assembly of a head mounted display (HMD), the eyecup assembly comprising an optics block rigidly fixed at a first distance to an electronic display panel. The optical evaluation workstation includes a camera assembly configured to capture a plurality of images of the electronic display panel through the optics block, the camera assembly comprising a pinhole aperture at an exit pupil position and a camera attached to a lens assembly having an adjustable focus. The optical evaluation workstation includes a control module configured to determine one or more virtual image distances of the eyecup assembly using the plurality of images captured by the camera assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Oculus VR, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Robert Fulghum, Samuel Redmond D'Amico, Simon Hallam, Kieran Tobias Levin
  • Patent number: 10075667
    Abstract: A signal receiving end of a digital television includes: an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), converting an input signal from an analog format to a digital format, the input signal including a target signal and an interference signal; a digital gain control circuit, coupled to the ADC, adjusting an amplitude of the target signal according to a gain; a detecting module, coupled to the digital gain control circuit, detecting a variance in the gain to generate a detection value; and a control circuit, coupled to the digital gain control circuit, determining a gain setting parameter according to the detection value. Wherein, the digital gain control circuit further updates the gain according to the gain setting parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: You-Tsai Jeng, Tai-Lai Tung, keng-Lon Lei, Kuo-Yu Lee
  • Patent number: 10075688
    Abstract: In an example, the present invention provides an optical engine apparatus. The apparatus has a laser diode device, the laser diode device characterized by a wavelength ranging from 300 to 2000 nm or any variations thereof. In an example, the apparatus has a lens coupled to an output of the laser diode device and a scanning mirror device operably coupled to the laser diode device. In an example, the apparatus has an un-patterned phosphor plate coupled to the scanning mirror and configured with the laser device; and a spatial image formed on a portion of the un-patterned phosphor plate configured by a modulation of the laser and movement of the scanning mirror device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Soraa Laser Diode, Inc.
    Inventors: Vlad Joseph Novotny, Paul Rudy
  • Patent number: 10070018
    Abstract: A display driver for a display device including a sync extraction circuit configured to generate a vertical sync source signal in response to a vertical sync period start instruction indicating a start of a vertical sync period, a timing generator configured to generate an internal vertical sync signal in response to the vertical sync source signal; and a drive circuit configured to drive the display panel in synchronization with the internal vertical sync signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Synaptics Japan GK
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Kuroiwa
  • Patent number: 10070123
    Abstract: A display calibration apparatus may include a display mounting assembly with a mounting platform and a multi-axis positioning device coupled to the mounting platform for adjusting an orientation of the mounting platform. The display calibration apparatus may also include a camera device positioned to receive light emitted by a plurality of sub-pixels of a display mounted on the mounting platform. The camera device may include an image sensor array that captures light emitted by the plurality of sub-pixels of the display. In addition, the display calibration apparatus may include a camera lens and a focuser. The camera lens may be positioned to direct light emitted by the plurality of sub-pixels of the display onto the image sensor array of the camera device, and the focuser may be disposed between the camera device and the camera lens to move the camera lens axially along an optical axis of the camera lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Oculus VR, LLC
    Inventors: Ye Yin, Simon Hallam
  • Patent number: 10063436
    Abstract: A receiver is configured to be coupled to a television and data service provider headend via a hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) network. The receiver comprises front-end circuitry operable to receive a signal that carries a plurality of television and/or data channels, and digitize the received signal to generate a digitized signal. The receiver comprises channelizer circuitry operable to select a first portion of the digitized signal, and select a second portion of the digitized signal. The receiver comprises processing circuitry operable to process the selected second portion of the digitized signal to recover information carried in the plurality of channels. The receiver comprises monitoring circuitry operable to analyze the selected first portion of the digitized signal to measure a characteristic of the received signal; and control the transmission of network management messages back to the headend based on the measured characteristic of the received signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Maxlinear, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Gallagher, Patrick Tierney, Jun Huang
  • Patent number: 10063757
    Abstract: Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide adaptable settings for imaging devices and systems. Operating modes may be defined based on whether movement is detected within a predetermined area. One or more parameters of illumination or modulation may be dynamically adjusted based on the present operating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Michael Mark, Markus Dielacher, Martin Flatscher, Josef Prainsack, Martin Gotschlich