Patents by Inventor Bennett S Wilburn
Bennett S Wilburn has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10726811Abstract: An electronic device may have a display such as an organic light-emitting diode display. Electronic devices may also include a number of sensors such as accelerometers and gaze detection sensors. A graphics processing unit (GPU) may render digital pixel values for pixels in the device display. Frames (F2) with long rendering times may cause latency. To reduce latency, an image frame may be displayed for an extended period of time (68) to wait for the subsequent frame (F2) to finish rendering. Once the subsequent image frame (F2) has finished rendering, the subsequent image frame may be displayed without delay. To increase the lifespan of the display, variable persistence may be used. Sensor data and other factors may be used to dynamically determine persistence for minimal motion blur and maximum display lifespan. Sensor data may also be used to determine refresh rates for different portions of the display.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2017Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sheng Zhang, Bennett S. Wilburn, Paolo Sacchetto, Chaohao Wang, Cheng Chen, Enkhamgalan Dorjgotov
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Publication number: 20190189086Abstract: An electronic device may have a display such as an organic light-emitting diode display. Electronic devices may also include a number of sensors such as accelerometers and gaze detection sensors. A graphics processing unit (GPU) may render digital pixel values for pixels in the device display. Frames (F2) with long rendering times may cause latency. To reduce latency, an image frame may be displayed for an extended period of time (68) to wait for the subsequent frame (F2) to finish rendering. Once the subsequent image frame (F2) has finished rendering, the subsequent image frame may be displayed without delay. To increase the lifespan of the display, variable persistence may be used. Sensor data and other factors may be used to dynamically determine persistence for minimal motion blur and maximum display lifespan. Sensor data may also be used to determine refresh rates for different portions of the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2017Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventors: Sheng Zhang, Bennett S. Wilburn, Paolo Sacchetto, Chaohao Wang, Cheng Chen, Enkhamgalan Dorjgotov
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Publication number: 20190172399Abstract: An electronic device such as a head-mounted device may have displays. The display may have regions of lower (L) and higher (M, H) resolution to reduce data bandwidth and power consumption for the display while preserving satisfactory image quality. Data lines may be shared by lower and higher resolution portions of a display or different portions of a display with different resolutions may be supplied with different numbers of data lines. Data line length may be varied in transition regions between lower resolution and higher resolution portions of a display to reduce visible discontinuities between the lower and higher resolution portions. The lower and higher resolution portions of the display may be dynamically adjusted using dynamically adjustable gate driver circuitry and dynamically adjustable data line driver circuitry.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2017Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: Cheng Chen, Jason C. Sauers, Fletcher R. Rothkopf, David W. Lum, Chun-Yao Huang, Enkhamgalan Dorjgotov, Graham B. Myhre, Bennett S. Wilburn, Paolo Sacchetto, Shih Chang Chang, Wonjae Choi, Cheuk Chi Lo
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Patent number: 9100581Abstract: Samples of a scene are acquired in synchronization with finely interleaved varying conditions such as lighting, aperture, focal length, and so forth. A time-varying sample at each pixel for each condition is reconstructed. Time multiplexed interleaving allows for real-time, live applications, while handling motion blur naturally. Effects such as real-time video relighting of a scene is possible. Time interleaved exposures also allow segmentation of a scene, and allows for constrained special effects such as triangulation matting using a multi-color interleaved chroma key.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2010Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Bennett S. Wilburn, Moshe Benezra
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Patent number: 8619153Abstract: A method of calibrating a brightness value measured by a camera with an amount of light received by the camera includes creating a series of measurements, wherein for each measurement the amount of light received at an image plane in the camera is controlled to be a known ratio of two opposed irradiance values: a high irradiance value and a low irradiance value. Each ratio is correlated with the brightness value measured by the camera. A function is obtained describing the correlation.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2012Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Yasuyuki Matsushita, Bennett S. Wilburn
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Publication number: 20120098976Abstract: A method of calibrating a brightness value measured by a camera with an amount of light received by the camera includes creating a series of measurements, wherein for each measurement the amount of light received at an image plane in the camera is controlled to be a known ratio of two opposed irradiance values: a high irradiance value and a low irradiance value. Each ratio is correlated with the brightness value measured by the camera. A function is obtained describing the correlation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2012Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuyuki Matsushita, Bennett S. Wilburn
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Patent number: 8111290Abstract: A method of calibrating a brightness value measured by a camera with an amount of light received by the camera includes creating a series of measurements, wherein for each measurement the amount of light received at an image plane in the camera is controlled to be a known ratio of two opposed irradiance values: a high irradiance value and a low irradiance value. Each ratio is correlated with the brightness value measured by the camera. A function is obtained describing the correlation.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2008Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Yasuyuki Matsushita, Bennett S. Wilburn
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Publication number: 20110304557Abstract: Described herein are techniques that offer a class of user-interaction styles for indirect user interaction with a two-dimensional virtual space (“desktop”) using touch-sensitive control surface of a user-input device (such as a mobile phone). Some described techniques enable a user to point, pan and scale within a large virtual two-dimensional space with input from a touch surface of a handheld device, with the output of the user interaction being rendered on a visual display unit (other than the touch surface).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2010Publication date: December 15, 2011Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Bennett S. Wilburn, Darren K. Edge
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Publication number: 20110242334Abstract: Samples of a scene are acquired in synchronization with finely interleaved varying conditions such as lighting, aperture, focal length, and so forth. A time-varying sample at each pixel for each condition is reconstructed. Time multiplexed interleaving allows for real-time, live applications, while handling motion blur naturally. Effects such as real-time video relighting of a scene is possible. Time interleaved exposures also allow segmentation of a scene, and allows for constrained special effects such as triangulation matting using a multi-color interleaved chroma key.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2010Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Bennett S. Wilburn, Moshe Benezra
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Patent number: 7929142Abstract: Photodiode-based bi-directional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) measurement is described. Multiple photodiodes are distributed approximately symmetrically at a fixed distance from a surface to be measured. One or more of the photodiodes are directed to emit light, while readings are gathered from the other photodiodes that are not emitting light. The readings are processed based on previously measured calibration data to generate BRDF values.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2008Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Moshe Ben-Ezra, Yasuyuki Matsushita, Bennett S Wilburn, Xiaoyang Li
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Publication number: 20090303330Abstract: A method of calibrating a brightness value measured by a camera with an amount of light received by the camera includes creating a series of measurements, wherein for each measurement the amount of light received at an image plane in the camera is controlled to be a known ratio of two opposed irradiance values: a high irradiance value and a low irradiance value. Each ratio is correlated with the brightness value measured by the camera. A function is obtained describing the correlation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2008Publication date: December 10, 2009Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuyuki Matsushita, Bennett S. Wilburn
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Publication number: 20090079987Abstract: Photodiode-based bi-directional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) measurement is described. Multiple photodiodes are distributed approximately symmetrically at a fixed distance from a surface to be measured. One or more of the photodiodes are directed to emit light, while readings are gathered from the other photodiodes that are not emitting light. The readings are processed based on previously measured calibration data to generate BRDF values.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2008Publication date: March 26, 2009Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Moshe Ben-Ezra, Yasuyuki Matsushita, Bennett S. Wilburn, Xiaoyang Li