Patents by Inventor Brian Finkel

Brian Finkel 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: 9858845
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for generating images on a display. A multi-primary display can include control logic that converts input image data into the multi-primary color space employed by the display by mapping the input pixel values into the XYZ color space according to a gamut mapping function and then decomposing the XYZ tristimulus values into color subfields associated with the display's primary colors. For example, such a process can be used to covert image frames encoded in an RGB color space into a RGBW color space. In some implementations, the control logic can adapt the gamut mapping and/or the decomposition processes based on a saturation level of the image being processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: SnapTrack, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Buckley, Nathaniel Smith, Brian Finkel, Mark Douglas Halfman
  • Patent number: 9613587
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for enhancing display viewability in high ambient conditions without excessive increase in power consumption. In one aspect, a controller associated with the display device can be configured to obtain an indication of ambient light conditions from an ambient light sensor or from a host device hosting the display device. Upon receiving an image frame, the controller can derive a set of color subfields and determine a bit-depth value for each color subfield based on the obtained indication of current ambient light conditions and mapping data which maps ranges of ambient light to respective bit-depth values on a color subfield by color subfield basis. The controller can then generate a number of subframes for each color subfield based on the respective determined bit-depth value and cause the generated subframes to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignees: SNAPTRACK, INC., SHARP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Douglas Halfman, Edward Buckley, Nakano Taketoshi, Brian Finkel, James Eakin, Jignesh Gandhi, Alan Gerald Lewis, Robert Myers, Fahri Yaras, John Fijol
  • Patent number: 9524092
    Abstract: Some implementations provide automatic display mode selection for a device, such as a mobile display device, according to a hierarchy of criteria. Each display mode may correspond with a set of display parameter settings, which may include a color depth setting, a brightness setting, etc. In some examples, one of the criteria may correspond with a software application being executed on the device. Some implementations involve creating a display device user profile and controlling a display of a mobile display device according to the user profile. The user profile may be built gradually over some number of days/weeks/months after the first use of the device. In some implementations, display parameter setting information or other device setting information corresponding to data in a user profile, including but not limited to demographic data, may be received by a mobile display device from another device, such as a server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: SnapTrack, Inc.
    Inventors: Xia Ren, Sriram Akella, Matthew Brian Sampsell, Wilhelmus Adrianus De Groot, Jennifer Lee Gille, Thomas Gerald Fiske, Gianni Taraschi, Theodore Richard Santos, II, Gregory Paul Heinzinger, Shiae Shin Park, Mark Jerger, Mark Douglas Halfman, Brian Finkel, Jonathan Karl Kies
  • Publication number: 20160210934
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for enhancing display viewability in high ambient conditions without excessive increase in power consumption. In one aspect, a controller associated with the display device can be configured to obtain an indication of ambient light conditions from an ambient light sensor or from a host device hosting the display device. Upon receiving an image frame, the controller can derive a set of color subfields and determine a bit-depth value for each color subfield based on the obtained indication of current ambient light conditions and mapping data which maps ranges of ambient light to respective bit-depth values on a color subfield by color subfield basis. The controller can then generate a number of subframes for each color subfield based on the respective determined bit-depth value and cause the generated subframes to be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Douglas Halfman, Edward Buckley, Nakano Taketoshi, Brian Finkel, James Eakin, Jignesh Gandhi, Alan Gerald Lewis, Robert Myers, Fahri Yaras, John Fijol
  • Publication number: 20160117968
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for generating images on a display. A multi-primary display can include control logic that converts input image data into the multi-primary color space employed by the display by mapping the input pixel values into the XYZ color space according to a gamut mapping function and then decomposing the XYZ tristimulus values into color subfields associated with the display's primary colors. For example, such a process can be used to covert image frames encoded in an RGB color space into a RGBW color space. In some implementations, the control logic can adapt the gamut mapping and/or the decomposition processes based on a saturation level of the image being processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: Pixtronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Buckley, Nathaniel Smith, Brian Finkel, Mark Douglas Halfman
  • Publication number: 20150348496
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for selecting display operation modes for displaying content on a display device. The display device can utilize user selectable display operation modes for displaying content. Various display operation modes, based on various values of display parameters such as frame rate, color bit depth, maximum brightness level, color gamut, percentages of color gamut, white point, gamma, and the number of subframes or bit-planes per image frame can be presented, for example, to a user, for selection using a user interface. The user interface can be capable of providing the ability to select global display operation modes for all applications running on the display device or to assign display operation modes in-focus applications running on the display device. In some implementations, the display device can automatically select the appropriate display operation mode based, at least, on the content being displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Theodore Richard Santos, II, Gregory Paul Heinzinger, Shiae Shin Park, Mark Jerger, Mark Douglas Halfman, Brian Finkel, Jonathan Karl Kies
  • Publication number: 20150346987
    Abstract: Some implementations provide automatic display mode selection for a device, such as a mobile display device, according to a hierarchy of criteria. Each display mode may correspond with a set of display parameter settings, which may include a color depth setting, a brightness setting, etc. In some examples, one of the criteria may correspond with a software application being executed on the device. Some implementations involve creating a display device user profile and controlling a display of a mobile display device according to the user profile. The user profile may be built gradually over some number of days/weeks/months after the first use of the device. In some implementations, display parameter setting information or other device setting information corresponding to data in a user profile, including but not limited to demographic data, may be received by a mobile display device from another device, such as a server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Xia Ren, Sriram Akella, Matthew Brian Sampsell, Wilhelmus Adrianus De Groot, Jennifer Lee Gille, Thomas Gerald Fiske, Gianni Taraschi, Theodore Richard Santos, II, Gregory Paul Heinzinger, Shiae Shin Park, Mark Jerger, Mark Douglas Halfman, Brian Finkel, Jonathan Karl Kies
  • Patent number: 7647945
    Abstract: An baffle plug comprising a base and a blade extending therefrom. The baffle plug is used in a bore to divide the bore into longitudinally extending passages and cause the liquid to flow serially back and forth through the bore. The blade may comprise various fluid directing structures providing for efficient fluid flow across the surfaces of the blade. The blade may also comprise one or more structures which create turbulent flow of the fluid flowing across the surface of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Inventor: Brian Finkel
  • Publication number: 20090028985
    Abstract: An baffle plug comprising a base and a blade extending therefrom. The baffle plug is used in a bore to divide the bore into longitudinally extending passages and cause the liquid to flow serially back and forth through the bore. The blade may comprise various fluid directing structures providing for efficient fluid flow across the surfaces of the blade. The blade may also comprise one or more structures which create turbulent flow of the fluid flowing across the surface of the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventor: Brian Finkel