Patents Examined by Whitney Pointe
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Patent number: 9607537Abstract: In embodiments of display region refresh, a display panel has addressable display regions that display at different display refresh rates. Display data is buffered to update the addressable display regions, and subsequent display data is received to further update the addressable display regions. A display controller can determine display update deltas that indicate pending display updates based on a comparison of the display data to the subsequent display data. A first addressable display region can then be refreshed at display refresh rate based on a first display update delta that corresponds to the first addressable display region, and a second addressable display region can be refreshed at a different display refresh rate based on a second display update delta that corresponds to the second addressable display region.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2010Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Rod G. Fleck, Derek Leslie Knee
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Patent number: 9563906Abstract: A system and method for a display device is provided. An image display that displays at least one image of at least one of a product and person is coupled to a support structure, and at least one shelf may be operatively coupled to the support structure. Further, at least one database stores a plurality of queries and replies to the queries, and at least one processor is provided that is operatively coupled to the database. The processor(s) programmed and configured to receive from the database at least one reply to a first query. The processor is further configured to transmit at least one instruction to the display for rendering a plurality of images of the person, wherein the rendered images of the person include providing the at least one reply to the first query.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2012Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: 4D Retail Technology Corp.Inventor: Dean Stark
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Patent number: 9558579Abstract: An apparatus and a method synthesize additional information while rendering an object in a 3D-based terminal. A disparity of the additional information is determined with a value that is equal to a disparity of an object or greater than the disparity of the object by a predetermined value in a situation in which the object hidden by the additional information is to be synthesized using a depth buffer. The additional information is overlaid on an image with consideration of the determined disparity of the additional information.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2011Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sang-Kyung Lee, Kwang-Cheol Choi
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Patent number: 9536273Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for simulating image quality improvement of an image display device, in which the image display device to be tested is made to display an optimized picture quality with a simplified process by applying simplified simulation program and device; and a device therefor.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2011Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dong-Woo Kang, Hyun-Ho Shin, Moo-Jong Lim, Jae-Kyeong Yun, Ho-Young Jung
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Patent number: 9530387Abstract: An apparatus having a first memory and a circuit is disclosed. The first memory may be configured to store a list having a plurality of read requests. The read requests generally (i) correspond to a plurality of blocks of a reference picture and (ii) are used to decode a current picture in a bitstream carrying video. The circuit may be configured to (i) rearrange the read requests in the list based on at least one of (a) a size of a buffer in a second memory and (b) a width of a data bus of the second memory and (ii) copy a portion of the reference picture from the second memory to a third memory using one or more direct memory access transfers in response to the list.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2012Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Amichay Amitay, Alexander Rabinovitch, Leonid Dubrovin
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Patent number: 9501415Abstract: A system for image caching is described. The system may include a non-volatile memory to store encoded images, a volatile memory including an image cache, and a processing device to retrieve one or more of the encoded images from the non-volatile memory using a fetching thread, distribute the retrieved images to multiple decoding threads to decode the retrieved images, and store the decoded images in the image cache for use by a rendering application.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2012Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Jean-Olivier Racine
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Patent number: 9492122Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical image processing apparatus includes an image obtaining unit, a three-dimensional medical image generating unit, a correction information obtaining unit, a display angle correcting unit, and a display unit. The image obtaining unit obtains medical image data including an object. The three-dimensional medical image generating unit generates stereoscopic three-dimensional medical image data including a plurality of objects based on the medical image data obtained by the image obtaining unit. The correction information obtaining unit obtains correction information for the plurality of objects. The display angle correcting unit corrects, based on the correction information, the three-dimensional medical image data so that a display angle of at least one of the plurality of objects is corrected. The display unit displays a three-dimensional medical image based on the three-dimensional medical image data corrected by the display angle correcting unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2012Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventor: Shinya Sugiyama
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Patent number: 9495778Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information presenting apparatus receives each observed value from sensors, and maintains a track of each target by updating the track based on an observed value having a correlation with the track. A likelihood ratio for a tentative track, which has not yet been determined to be a track of a target, is computed and compared with an upper limit threshold. When the likelihood ratio is greater than or equal to the upper limit threshold, the tentative track is determined to be a track of a target. When the likelihood ratio is greater than or equal to a monitor threshold which is lower than the upper limit threshold, the tentative track is determined to be a monitor track. The information of the track and the monitor track are presented.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2013Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Hidetoshi Furukawa
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Patent number: 9491430Abstract: In a game apparatus, firstly, a depth value in accordance with a state of a virtual three-dimensional space is obtained. Then, an image for left eye and an image for right eye which are obtained by shifting a two-dimensional object that does not exist within the virtual three-dimensional space by a shift amount in accordance with the depth value are synthesized with an image for left eye and an image for right eye which are obtained by capturing the three-dimensional object by a virtual stereo camera, respectively, and the respective synthesized images are rendered, thereby a stereoscopic image is generated. The stereoscopic image obtained as above is outputted to an upper LCD.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2012Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazushi Maeta, Ryuji Nishikawa
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Patent number: 9454798Abstract: Systems and methods of automatic image sizing are provided. An image is provided in a first frame within a first layout. A request to display the image in a second frame of a second layout is received, where the second frame is different than the first frame. Region data associated with the image is accessed. The region data corresponds to a prior edit to the image and indicates a portion of the image to be displayed in the second frame. The image is provided in the second frame using the region data such that the portion of the image is displayed in the second frame.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2013Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Adobe Systems IncorporatedInventor: Evtim Ivanov Georgiev
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Patent number: 9430863Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for constructing a hierarchical acceleration data structure that supports ray tracing of motion blur. In use, scene description data associated with an image to be generated is received. Additionally, a hierarchical acceleration data structure for performing ray tracing on the scene description data is constructed, where the hierarchical acceleration data structure supports ray tracing of motion blur.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: NVIDIA CorporationInventors: Leonhard Grunschloss, Martin Stich, Sehera Nawaz, Alexander Keller
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Patent number: 9401121Abstract: A user equipment (UE) comprising a display, an input device configured to receive user input, a visual input configured to capture motion or stop photography as visual data, and a processor coupled to the display, input device, and visual input and configured to, receive visual data from the visual input, overlay a model comprising network data onto the visual data to create a composite image, wherein the model is aligned to the visual data based on user input received from the input device, and transmit the composite image to the display.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2012Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Yunxia Chen, Xiangdong Shi
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Patent number: 9348612Abstract: A part of a content 61 is displayed on a display screen. If a user has designated a first area, a scrolling indicator 57 that indicates the part displayed on the display screen is displayed at a first timing. If the user has designated a second area, the scrolling indicator 57 that indicates the part displayed on the display screen is displayed at a second timing.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2010Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignees: NINTENDO CO., LTD., HAL LABORATORY INC.Inventors: Daiji Imai, Tsubasa Sakaguchi, Shohei Mizutani, Yumi Todo
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Patent number: 9330591Abstract: A low power display and a method for display in a display device having an Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diodes AMOLED panel are provided. A display window that includes content to be displayed on the AMOLED panel is determined. Luminance values of pixels constituting the display window are grasped. The pixels having luminance values that are to be adjusted are determined in accordance with a distribution degree of pixels having luminance values that are larger than a reference luminance value. The luminance values of the determined pixels are changed to the reference luminance value, and the display window is displayed on the AMOLED panel with the changed luminance values.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2010Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Young-Min Jeong, Sung-Dae Cho
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Patent number: 9177411Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel which includes a plurality of sub pixels each outputting a sub pixel value of R, G, or B, a renderer which renders a multi-view image to be outputted by the display, and a controller which determines a rendering pitch according to a viewing distance of a user, and controls the renderer so that each of at least some of the plurality of sub pixels outputs a combined sub pixel value corresponding to a combination of sub pixel values corresponding to each of the plurality of views of the multi-view image according to the determined rendering pitch.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2013Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Dong-choon Hwang, Ki-hyung Kang, Jung-hoon Yoon
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Patent number: 9116120Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing image data for constructing an image of a region of a three dimensional target object. The method includes the steps of providing incident radiation, via at least one detector detecting an intensity of radiation scattered by the target object, repositioning incident radiation relative to the target object, subsequently detecting the intensity of radiation scattered by the target object, determining a probe function indicating an estimate of at least one characteristic of the incident radiation at one or more depths of the object and providing image data from which an image of one or more regions of the object may be constructed via an iterative process using the probe function.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2008Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: Phase Focus LimitedInventor: John Marius Rodenburg
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Patent number: 9063030Abstract: A computer-animated graphical model visually conveys the movement and vibration of an entire shaft rotating within its bearings, and the behavior of the shaft at each individual bearing. The model aids a user in (1) visualizing an animated three-dimensional mode shape of a modeled shaft at high speeds, (2) visualizing the alignment state of the bearings of a modeled shaft at slower speeds, (3) visualizing the axial movement of a modeled shaft relative to a stationary component, and (4) visualizing the relationship between a rotating element, such as rotor, and a stationary element, such as a rotor housing, at locations other than the bearing locations. The model enables a user to compare shaft behavior at different operating conditions during a transient event, to see if a shaft is running at a proper position within its bearings, and to see if a shaft is contacting bearing surfaces or is dangerously close to such contact.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2012Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: Computational Systems, Inc.Inventor: Mark W. Slemp
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Patent number: 9061589Abstract: A display controller includes a controller input connectable to receive first image data representing a non-safety relevant part of an image to be displayed on a display and to receive second image data representing a safety relevant part of the image. A merging unit is connected to the controller input, for composing the image from the first image data and second image data. A controller output is connectable to the display, for outputting display data representing the image. An image monitor is connected to the controller output, for comparing a part of the image corresponding to the safety relevant part with an reference for the part.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2008Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.Inventors: Florian Bogenberger, Davor Bogavac
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Patent number: 8963936Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide an apparatus. The apparatus includes a display module configured to display an image frame on a screen based on pixel data of the image frame, a memory chip configured to include a frame buffer that stores pixel data of image frames to be displayed by the display module and an integrated circuit, such as a system on chip (SOC). The integrated circuit includes a memory controller coupled to the memory chip and configured to access the memory chip to fetch the pixel data from the frame buffer in response to data requests, and a display controller coupled to the display module. The display controller is configured to send data requests to the memory controller to fetch the pixel data from the frame buffer and transmit the pixel data to the display module when the apparatus is in a first mode, such as an active mode.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2010Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Marvell Israel (M.I.S.L) Ltd.Inventors: Rabeeh Khoury, Dan Ilan, Guy Nakibly
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Patent number: 8860733Abstract: In order to reduce the amount of computation required for ray tracing and facilitate simulating of changes in workpiece shape even on an inexpensive, low-performance computer, a device for displaying a cutting simulation includes: a rendered workpiece image update section for updating by ray tracing a portion of a rendered workpiece image buffer and a rendered workpiece depth buffer, the portion being associated with a rendering region corresponding to a change in the shape of the workpiece; a rendered tool image creation section for rendering a tool image by ray tracing for the current tool rendering region; and an image transfer section for transferring a partial image of the previous tool rendering region and the current workpiece rendering region to be updated from the rendered workpiece image buffer to a display frame buffer as well as transferring the current tool rendering image to the display frame buffer.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2009Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Akira Miyata