Patents Examined by Xiao Wu
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Patent number: 9939643Abstract: Configurations are disclosed for presenting virtual reality and augmented reality experiences to users. The system may comprise an image-generating source to provide one or more frames of image data in a time-sequential manner, a light modulator configured to transmit light associated with the one or more frames of image data, a substrate to direct image information to a user's eye, wherein the substrate houses a plurality of reflectors, a first reflector of the plurality of reflectors to reflect transmitted light associated with a first frame of image data at a first angle to the user's eye, and a second reflector to reflect transmitted light associated with a second frame of the image data at a second angle to the user's eye.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2015Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventor: Brian T. Schowengerdt
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Patent number: 9928646Abstract: Example implementations relate to rendering a visualization of a data set. In example implementations, a device causes a first plurality of geometric shapes to be generated. The first plurality of geometric shapes may correspond to a first plurality of topics at a first hierarchical level of the data set. The device may cause the first plurality of shapes to be arranged in a tessellation. Sizes of the first plurality of geometric shapes in the tessellation may be based on a ranking or importance of the corresponding first plurality of topics.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2013Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: LONGSAND LIMITEDInventors: Tung Jin Chew, Sean Blanchflower, Brian Beckett
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Patent number: 9915824Abstract: Configurations are disclosed for presenting virtual reality and augmented reality experiences to users. The system may comprise an image-generating source to provide one or more frames of image data in a time-sequential manner, a light modulator configured to transmit light associated with the one or more frames of image data, a substrate to direct image information to a user's eye, wherein the substrate houses a plurality of reflectors, a first reflector of the plurality of reflectors to reflect transmitted light associated with a first frame of image data at a first angle to the user's eye, and a second reflector to reflect transmitted light associated with a second frame of the image data at a second angle to the user's eye.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2015Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Brian T. Schowengerdt, Mathew D. Watson
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Patent number: 9916815Abstract: An enhanced system and method presents a view of a virtual space on a display based on a position of the display in one or more degrees of freedom. For such a position of the display, a corresponding field of view in the virtual space may be determined. In some examples, as the display rotates about an axis that runs perpendicular to the display through a centroid of the display, the view of the virtual space may shift such that the field of view varies dynamically with the rotational position of the display and the objects in the field of view are maintained fixed in the virtual space. In some implementations, an object of the virtual space may be controlled by the position change of the display in the degrees of freedom such that the objects may be steered according to the display's position in the degrees of freedom.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2013Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.Inventor: Stefan Durmek
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Patent number: 9916690Abstract: This invention solves the problem that objects in the field of view of reading glasses using multifocal lenses for correcting ocular refractive errors such as presbyopia appear distorted. This image display device is provided with the following: a distance computation unit that computes the distance to a subject in a field-of-view image; a visual-acuity-information acquisition unit that stores visual-acuity information for the user in advance; a corrected-image generation unit that generates and outputs a corrected image on the basis of the field-of-view image and an eye image generated from the field-of-view image, the distance information, and the visual-acuity information; and a display unit that displays the corrected image by superimposing same onto the user's field of view. Since the corrected image is superimposed without the use of lenses, lenses being the cause of the abovementioned distortion, the user can see close objects clearly.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2015Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kunio Nobori, Ayako Maruyama, Yumiko Kato, Tsuyoshi Inoue
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Patent number: 9904454Abstract: A method is provided for modifying an image. The method comprises displaying an image, the image comprising a portion of an object; and determining if an edge of the object is in a location within the portion. The method further comprises detecting movement, in a member direction, of an operating member with respect to the edge. The method still further comprises moving, if the edge is not in the location, the object in an object direction corresponding to the detected movement; and modifying, if the edge is in the location, the image in response to the detected movement, the modified image comprising the edge in the location.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2017Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Tetsuo Ikeda, Fuminori Homma, Reiko Miyazaki, Ken Miyashita, Shoichiro Moriya
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Patent number: 9898157Abstract: A technique to improve the efficiency for generating a filter for separating elements to be displayed from elements constituting data. At a client, a content acquisition unit acquires content from a server. A content division unit divides the content into elements. An element display unit randomly displays the elements at positions different from positions at which the elements of the content in an original form are displayed. A selected-element identification unit identifies an element selected by a user from the elements. A filter generation unit generates a filter based on the identified element and saves the filter in a filter saving unit. A filtering unit applies the filter saved in the filter saving unit to the content. A content display unit displays the filtered content.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2015Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Sanehiro Furuichi, Tomohiro Shioya
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Patent number: 9892490Abstract: In order to distinguish between a state where an upper casing of an electronic device is closed and a state where the upper casing is folded towards its back side, the electronic device having an upper casing (10) and a lower casing (20) that are connected to each other via a hinge (30) is arranged such that: a magnetic axis (12a) passing through a south pole and a north pole of a magnet (12) provided in the upper casing (10) is inclined with respect to a direction vertical to a surface of the upper casing (10) that faces the lower casing (20); and magnetic sensors (A and B) provided in the lower casing (20) distinguish between magnetic fields generated by the magnet (12) in a closed state and magnetic fields generated by the magnet (12) in a tablet state.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2014Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryoh Honda, Kenichi Fujita, Yoshinori Kishibe
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Patent number: 9886735Abstract: A method is described for generating procedural textures for a computer having a unified CPU/GPU memory architecture, to generate textures for contents that are managed by a graphics card (GPU), and including the steps of: receiving the data of a graph consisting of a plurality of filters and sequentially traversing said graph such as to allow, for each filter traversed, the steps of: identifying the processor preselected for executing this filter; receiving the instructions for the preselected version of the filter; receiving parameters of the current filter; receiving the buffer addresses of the current filter; applying the values provided for the digital-valued filter inputs; executing the filter instructions with the set parameters; storing the intermediate results obtained; and, when all of the filters of the graph have been executed, generating at least one display texture.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2013Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: ALLEGORITHMICInventors: Christophe Soum, Eric Batut
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Patent number: 9880086Abstract: Non-overlapping visualization of data records of a scatter plot is provided by providing rows and columns in a visualization screen containing cells representing respective data records. The rows correspond to value ranges of a first attribute, and the columns correspond to value ranges of a second attribute. The value ranges are automatically generated for the rows and columns from data values of the data records.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2008Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: EntIT Software LLCInventors: Ming C. Hao, Umeshwar Dayal, Alex X. Zhang
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Patent number: 9881163Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed including transmitting, by processor of a server computer, image raster content of a geo-referenced aerial image to an operator user device without the geo-referencing information of the geo-referenced aerial image; receiving, by the processor of the server computer from the operator user device, image coordinates, which may be in the form of pixel row/column, representing an object or region of interest selected within the image raster content of the geo-referenced aerial image by a data processing operator of the operator user device; and translating the image coordinates into real-world geographic coordinates. The processor may calculate measurements based on the real-world geographic coordinates and may store real-world geographic coordinates and/or measurements. The geo-referenced aerial image may be isolated such that a data processing operator may not be able to pan or zoom outside of the isolated geo-referenced aerial image.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2013Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: Pictometry International Corp.Inventors: Stephen L. Schultz, Frank Giuffrida
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Patent number: 9875565Abstract: An information processing device communicates with display terminals. The information processing device includes an image information acquisition section adapted to obtain image information, a display control section adapted to perform control of displaying an image based on the image information obtained, a drawing information acquisition section adapted to obtain drawing information adapted to draw a second image so as to be superimposed on a first image displayed based on first image information, a determination section adapted to determine whether or not the first image information is the same as delivered image information having already been delivered to the terminal device, and a delivery control section adapted to deliver the drawing information to the terminal device without delivering the first image information in a case in which it is determined that the first image information and the delivered image information are the same as each other.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2015Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Takashi Natori, Takayuki Shimizu, Hirohiko Kihara
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Patent number: 9875521Abstract: An image output apparatus includes an input image acquiring unit, a target attribute value acquiring unit that acquires at least one target attribute value, which is an original attribute value of a subject contained in an input image, an attribute value acquiring unit that acquires at least one attribute value of the subject contained in an output image formed using the input image, a difference information acquiring unit that acquires at least one piece of difference information indicating a difference between the at least one target attribute value acquired by the target attribute value acquiring unit and the at least one attribute value acquired by the attribute value acquiring unit, and an image output unit that, in a case where the at least one piece of difference information does not satisfy a predetermined condition, changes an output mode of the output image formed using the input image, and performs output.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2012Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: I-CUBED RESEARCH CENTER INC.Inventor: Tetsujiro Kondo
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Patent number: 9870644Abstract: Image processing apparatus and method. A modeling unit may generate a three-dimensional (3D) model corresponding to an actual object from an input color image and an input depth image corresponding to the input color image. A calculator may perform photon-based rendering with respect to an input virtual object and the 3D model based on input light environment information, and may generate a difference image comprising color distortion information occurring by inserting the virtual object into the 3D model. A rendering unit may generate a result image comprising the virtual object by synthesizing the difference image and the input color image.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2012Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: In Woo Ha, Tae Hyun Rhee
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Patent number: 9865033Abstract: The display of images, such as panoramic images, in a limited display space can be aided through the use of motion-based control, whereby a user can rotate and/or translate a computing device in order to view different portions of the image, including translating or zooming within the image. Sensors can be used to determine the motion for adjusting the display. The same or other sensors can also assist a user in capturing such an image. For example, a compass can determine the relative orientation of the device and a gyroscope can determine rotation of the device, to determine an appropriate path of motion for the capture and any deviation from that path. The user can be provided with information enabling the user to follow the path with an appropriate device orientation.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Ario Jafarzadeh, Vivek Shah, Charles Eugene Cummins, Nicholas Ryan Gilmour, John Matthew Nance, Mihir Kumar Choudhary, Nikhil Raghu Varma
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Patent number: 9865069Abstract: Methods and systems for generating an interactive rotatable 360-degree presentation of an object are disclosed. The methods and systems obtain data describing the object, where the data includes information about a number of images of the object, as well as additional information about the object. The images are automatically obtained and rearranged into at least one sequence of images substantially evenly distributed around 360 degrees. It is determined whether to add hotspot(s) to image(s), and if hotspot(s) are to be added, the hotspot(s) are automatically added to the image(s). The ordered images of the sequence(s) are then merged into an interactive rotatable 360-degree presentation of the object.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Augmented Reality Concepts, Inc.Inventors: Steven Saporta, Collin Stocks, Devin Daly, Michael Quigley
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Patent number: 9858846Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of RGBW compensation based on color aberrations of white subpixel and an apparatus thereof: when aberrations exist between a color coordinate point Ws of white subpixel and a standard white color coordinate point Wd under sRGB, analyzing color coordinates of every subpixel on the RGBW panel, and then dividing a triangle with vertices points Rs, Gs and Bs into three triangle regions based on Ws as the center point; based on ranges of the three triangle regions, a triangle region where Wd is located is confirmed; a first data is calibrated by performing compensating the white subpixel corresponding by the center point Ws via a predetermined normalized proportion through two subpixels corresponding to the other two points within the triangle region surrounding and locating Wd. Through the aforementioned manner, the present invention is capable of calibrating aberrations of white subpixels in order to normalize images of RGBW panels.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2015Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., LtdInventor: Yufeng Jin
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Patent number: 9858713Abstract: It is provided a method for constructing a graph representation for a 3D object, wherein comprising the steps of generating an initial graph representation for the 3D object, wherein a node in the initial graph representation corresponds to a component of the 3D object and a symmetric indication value uniquely identifying a symmetric group is associated with a symmetric node; selecting two nodes from one symmetric group that has the most symmetric nodes, wherein the distance between the two nodes are the largest among distance between any other two nodes within the symmetric group; obtaining two set of nodes by expanding separately from the two nodes to their directly connected nodes, wherein if a node is connected directly to both two nodes, the node is excluded from the two set of nodes; and if determining that the two sets of nodes match, updating the graph representation by grouping each set of nodes into one node.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2013Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: THOMSON LICENSINGInventors: Tao Luo, Kangying Cai, Jiang Tian
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Patent number: 9858635Abstract: An application processor includes a first scaler including a first vertical scaler and a first horizontal scaler, and a second scaler including a second vertical scaler and a second horizontal scaler, wherein the second vertical scaler is selectively shared between the first scaler and the second scaler in response to a determination of resolution for an image being processed.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2015Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sang Chul Yoon, Seong Woon Kim, Sang Hoon Lee
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Patent number: 9858844Abstract: A display device includes an image display unit and a conversion processing unit that receives a first input signal including first color information which is obtained based on an input video signal and which is for displaying at a predetermined pixel, and outputs a second input signal including second color information in which a hue of the first color information is varied by an amount of hue variation within a range defined such that hue variation falls within a predetermined range.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2014Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Tatsuya Yata, Takayuki Nakanishi