Patents by Inventor Bennett Sampson Wilburn

Bennett Sampson 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).

  • Patent number: 11754846
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing system may determine, determine an estimated distance of an eye of a user to a display plane of a display. The system may access correction maps corresponding to a number of reference distances to the display plane of the display. The system may select a first reference distance and a second reference distance based on the estimated distance. The system may generate a custom correction map for the user based on an interpolation of a first correction map corresponding to the first reference distance and a second correction map corresponding to the second reference distance. The system may adjust an image to be displayed on the display using the custom correction map. The custom correction map may correct non-uniformity of the display as viewed from the eye of the user. The system may display the image adjusted using the custom correction map on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Edward Buckley, Bennett Sampson Wilburn, Kavitha Ratnam, Shuang Wang, Pravin Rao
  • Publication number: 20230237610
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the system may determine an estimated distance of an eye of a user to a display plane of a display. The system may access, from a memory storage, a number of transmission maps characterizing non-uniform transmission characters of the display as measured from a number of pre-determined view positions within a measurement plane. The measurement plane may be separated from the display plane by a known distance. The system may generate a custom transmission map for the estimated distance of the eye based on the transmission maps using light field rendering. The system may determine a custom correction map based on the custom transmission map. The system may adjust an image to be displayed on the display using the custom correction map. The system may display the image adjusted using the custom correction map on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Edward Buckley, Bennett Sampson Wilburn
  • Publication number: 20230236429
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing system may determine, determine an estimated distance of an eye of a user to a display plane of a display. The system may access correction maps corresponding to a number of reference distances to the display plane of the display. The system may select a first reference distance and a second reference distance based on the estimated distance. The system may generate a custom correction map for the user based on an interpolation of a first correction map corresponding to the first reference distance and a second correction map corresponding to the second reference distance. The system may adjust an image to be displayed on the display using the custom correction map. The custom correction map may correct non-uniformity of the display as viewed from the eye of the user. The system may display the image adjusted using the custom correction map on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Edward Buckley, Bennett Sampson Wilburn, Kavitha Ratnam, Shuang Wang, Pravin Rao
  • Patent number: 11710212
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the system may determine an estimated distance of an eye of a user to a display plane of a display. The system may access, from a memory storage, a number of transmission maps characterizing non-uniform transmission characters of the display as measured from a number of pre-determined view positions within a measurement plane. The measurement plane may be separated from the display plane by a known distance. The system may generate a custom transmission map for the estimated distance of the eye based on the transmission maps using light field rendering. The system may determine a custom correction map based on the custom transmission map. The system may adjust an image to be displayed on the display using the custom correction map. The system may display the image adjusted using the custom correction map on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Edward Buckley, Bennett Sampson Wilburn
  • Patent number: 11657474
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the system may determine an estimated distance of an eye of a user to a display plane of a display. The system may access, from a memory storage, a number of transmission maps characterizing non-uniform transmission characters of the display as measured from a number of pre-determined view positions within a measurement plane. The measurement plane may be separated from the display plane by a known distance. The system may generate a custom transmission map for the estimated distance of the eye based on the transmission maps using light field rendering. The system may determine a custom correction map based on the custom transmission map. The system may adjust an image to be displayed on the display using the custom correction map. The system may display the image adjusted using the custom correction map on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Edward Buckley, Bennett Sampson Wilburn
  • Patent number: 9182228
    Abstract: An image capture system comprises a plurality of cameras and a camera mount. The camera mount has a curved portion, and the plurality of cameras are secured to the curved portion. The cameras are oriented radially inward relative to the curved portion of the camera mount, such that the lines of sight of the cameras intersect. Images are captured substantially simultaneously with the plurality of cameras. The captured images are stitched together to form a collective image. The image capture system may be positioned in an aerial vehicle to provide overhead views of an environment, and captured images may be transmitted to a remote location for viewing in substantially real time. A remote user may indicate a region of interest within the collective image, and the image capture system may render a portion of the collective image in accordance with the user's indications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, University of Alabama in Huntsville
    Inventors: David Boyd Pollock, Patrick John Reardon, Theodore Earl Rogers, Christopher N. Underwood, Geoffrey Egnal, Bennett Sampson Wilburn, Stephen Kenneth Pitalo