Patents by Inventor Hao-Yu LIOU

Hao-Yu LIOU 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: 11886221
    Abstract: An image system is provided by the present disclosure. The image system includes a display device displaying at least one floating image layer on a top surface of the display device and a frame disposed on the display device and partially exposing the top surface of the display device, wherein the frame has a height with reference to the top surface of the display device. The at least one floating image layer is aligned with a top surface of the frame in a direction parallel to a height direction of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Keiko Edo, Naoki Sumi, Hao-Yu Liou
  • Publication number: 20230396757
    Abstract: A display device includes a view generator, for generating input view numbers according to reference parameters; a view curve modifier, for generating output view numbers according to the input view numbers and at least one S curve; a three dimensional (3D) image data sampling module, for adjusting image data of pixels according to the output view numbers; and a display module, for displaying at least one image according to the pixels and the image data; wherein viewing positions are modified by the view curve modifier to generate modified viewing positions, the viewing positions correspond to first views, the modified viewing positions correspond to second views, and a number of second views is smaller than a number of first views.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki SUMI, Hao-Yu LIOU
  • Publication number: 20230344981
    Abstract: A method for displaying an image is disclosed. An image is provided by a display, the image is located at a virtual image surface, and the image has an offset between different view directions. A controller is coupled to the display. The controller receives an information of the position of the vergence surface, performs an algorithm processing according to the information to obtain the offset, and transmits a display information including the offset to the display. An eye of the user focuses on an accommodation surface when viewing the image, and a position of the accommodation surface is different from a position of the virtual image surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: HAO-YU LIOU, RUEY-JER WENG, NAOKI SUMI, CHIH-YUNG HSIEH, CHUNG-KUANG WEI
  • Publication number: 20230333421
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a plurality of light emitting units and a first light adjusting structure disposed on the light emitting units. The light emitting device provides a first viewing-angle of a first quantity of the plurality of light emitting units when the first quantity of the plurality of light emitting units is turned on, and the light emitting device provides a second viewing-angle of a second quantity of the plurality of light emitting units when the second quantity of the plurality of light emitting units is turned on. The first quantity is less than the second quantity, and the first viewing-angle is less than the second viewing-angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Hao-Yu Liou, Chih-Yung Hsieh, Toshihiko Araki, Chung-Kuang Wei, Li-Wei Sung
  • Publication number: 20230306882
    Abstract: A display method of a display disposed in a vehicle includes following steps. Providing a first image by the display onto a glass of the vehicle at a first position, and a first virtual image is formed outside the glass when a user views the first image. Providing a second image by the display onto the glass at a second position, a second virtual image is formed outside the glass when the user views the second image, the first virtual image, the second virtual image and an environmental scene are located within a field of view of the user, and the first position is different from the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Hao-Yu LIOU, Ruey-Jer WENG, Naoki SUMI, Chih-Yung HSIEH, Chung-Kuang WEI
  • Publication number: 20230267673
    Abstract: A three-dimensional image display method and a display device with a three-dimensional image display function are provided. The three-dimensional image display method includes following steps: obtaining first volume data and defining a plurality of coordinates of a plurality of voxels in the first volume data in a display device coordinate system to generate second volume data; obtaining two first eye coordinates and converting the two first eye coordinates to the display device coordinate system to generate two second eye coordinates; calculating a plurality of ray paths corresponding to a plurality of pixels of the display device; matching the ray paths with the two second eye coordinates to determine a plurality of ray casting paths; determining a plurality of sampling data corresponding to the pixels according to the second volume data and the ray casting paths to generate display data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Hao-Yu Liou, Ruey-Jer Weng, Naoki Sumi
  • Publication number: 20230267674
    Abstract: The invention provides a three-dimensional (3D) image display method and a display device with a 3D image display function. The 3D image display method includes the following. A display device coordinate system is established. First volume data is obtained, and multiple first coordinates of multiple voxels of the first volume data in an absolute space coordinate system are defined. The multiple first coordinates of the multiple voxels of the first volume data are converted to the display device coordinate system to generate second volume data. Display data is generated according to the second volume data. An image is displayed according to the display data through the display device, and the image forms a 3D image with a 3D object image in human eyes, in which the 3D object image changes equally or proportionally in response to a change desired by a user through an input unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Hao-Yu Liou, Naoki Sumi, Wei-Yi Lu, Ruey-Jer Weng
  • Patent number: 11716457
    Abstract: A display method of an image is disclosed. A position of a vergence surface of a user is obtained through a gaze tracking device. An image is provided by a display, the image is located at a virtual image surface, and the image has an offset between different view directions. A controller is coupled to the gaze tracking device and the display. The controller receives an information of the position of the vergence surface obtained through the gaze tracking device, performs an algorithm processing according to the information to obtain the offset, and transmits a display information including the offset to the display. An eye of the user focuses on an accommodation surface when viewing the image, and a position of the accommodation surface is different from a position of the virtual image surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Hao-Yu Liou, Ruey-Jer Weng, Naoki Sumi, Chih-Yung Hsieh, Chung-Kuang Wei
  • Patent number: 11705026
    Abstract: A display method of an electronic device includes following steps. Providing a first image by a display, and a first vergence plane of two eyes of a user is located at a first position when the user views the first image. Providing a second image by the display, and the first image, the second image and an environmental scene are located within a field of view of the user, and a second vergence plane of the two eyes of the user is located at a second position when the user views the second image. A first distance exists between the first position of the first vergence plane and the user, a second distance exists between the second position of the second vergence plane and the user, and the first distance is different from the second distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Hao-Yu Liou, Ruey-Jer Weng, Naoki Sumi, Chih-Yung Hsieh, Chung-Kuang Wei
  • Patent number: 11675223
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of light emitting units and a light adjusting layer disposed on the light emitting units. The light adjusting layer includes at least one light adjusting structure, and one light adjusting structure is corresponding to at least three of the light emitting units. The display device provides a sum of viewing-angles of a first number of the light emitting units when the first number of the light emitting units is turned on, and the display device provides a sum of viewing-angles of a second number of the light emitting units when the second number of the light emitting units is turned on. The first number is less than the second number, and the sum of viewing-angles of the first number of the light emitting units is less than the sum of viewing-angles of the second number of the light emitting units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Hao-Yu Liou, Chih-Yung Hsieh, Toshihiko Araki, Chung-Kuang Wei, Li-Wei Sung
  • Publication number: 20220413645
    Abstract: An image system is provided by the present disclosure. The image system includes a display device displaying at least one floating image layer on a top surface of the display device and a frame disposed on the display device and partially exposing the top surface of the display device, wherein the frame has a height with reference to the top surface of the display device. The at least one floating image layer is aligned with a top surface of the frame in a direction parallel to a height direction of the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Keiko EDO, Naoki SUMI, Hao-Yu LIOU
  • Publication number: 20220390778
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of light emitting units and a light adjusting layer disposed on the light emitting units. The light adjusting layer includes at least one light adjusting structure, and one light adjusting structure is corresponding to at least three of the light emitting units. The display device provides a sum of viewing-angles of a first number of the light emitting units when the first number of the light emitting units is turned on, and the display device provides a sum of viewing-angles of a second number of the light emitting units when the second number of the light emitting units is turned on. The first number is less than the second number, and the sum of viewing-angles of the first number of the light emitting units is less than the sum of viewing-angles of the second number of the light emitting units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Hao-Yu Liou, Chih-Yung Hsieh, Toshihiko Araki, Chung-Kuang Wei, Li-Wei Sung
  • Publication number: 20220308693
    Abstract: An image system is provided by the present disclosure. The image system includes a display device displaying at least one floating image layer on a top surface of the display device and a frame disposed on the display device, wherein one of the at least one floating image layer has a depth with reference to the top surface of the display device, the frame has a height, and the depth of the one of the at least one floating image layer ranges from 0.8 times to 1.2 times of the height of the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Keiko EDO, Naoki SUMI, Hao-Yu LIOU
  • Publication number: 20220309968
    Abstract: A display method of an electronic device includes following steps. Providing a first image by a display, and a first vergence plane of two eyes of a user is located at a first position when the user views the first image. Providing a second image by the display, and the first image, the second image and an environmental scene are located within a field of view of the user, and a second vergence plane of the two eyes of the user is located at a second position when the user views the second image. A first distance exists between the first position of the first vergence plane and the user, a second distance exists between the second position of the second vergence plane and the user, and the first distance is different from the second distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Hao-Yu LIOU, Ruey-Jer WENG, Naoki SUMI, Chih-Yung HSIEH, Chung-Kuang WEI
  • Publication number: 20220311994
    Abstract: A display method of an image is disclosed. A position of a vergence surface of a user is obtained through a gaze tracking device. An image is provided by a display, the image is located at a virtual image surface, and the image has an offset between different view directions. A controller is coupled to the gaze tracking device and the display. The controller receives an information of the position of the vergence surface obtained through the gaze tracking device, performs an algorithm processing according to the information to obtain the offset, and transmits a display information including the offset to the display. An eye of the user focuses on an accommodation surface when viewing the image, and a position of the accommodation surface is different from a position of the virtual image surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Hao-Yu LIOU, Ruey-Jer WENG, Naoki SUMI, Chih-Yung HSIEH, Chung-Kuang WEI
  • Patent number: 11448909
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, at least three light emitting elements and a light adjusting layer. The light adjusting layer includes at least one light adjusting structure and is disposed on the light emitting elements. One light adjusting structure is corresponding to the light emitting elements. The display device provides a sum of viewing-angles of a first number of the light emitting elements when the first number of the light emitting elements is turned on, and the display device provides a sum of viewing-angles of a second number of the light emitting elements when the second number of the light emitting elements is turned on. The first number is less than the second number, and the sum of viewing-angles of the first number of the light emitting elements is less than the sum of viewing-angles of the second number of the light emitting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Hao-Yu Liou, Chih-Yung Hsieh, Toshihiko Araki, Chung-Kuang Wei, Li-Wei Sung
  • Publication number: 20220272320
    Abstract: A display device includes a view generator, for generating a plurality of input view numbers according to a plurality of reference parameters; a view curve modifier, coupled to the view generator, for generating a plurality of output view numbers according to the plurality of input view numbers and at least one S curve; a three dimensional (3D) image data sampling module, coupled to the view curve modifier, for adjusting image data of a plurality of pixels according to the plurality of output view numbers; and a display module, coupled to the 3D image data sampling module, for displaying at least one image according to the plurality of pixels and the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Naoki SUMI, Hao-Yu LIOU
  • Patent number: 11393368
    Abstract: A display method of an image is disclosed. A first vergence plane of two eyes of a user is located at a first position when the user views a first image. A second vergence plane of the two eyes is located at a second position when the user views an object in the environmental scene. A first distance existing between the first position and the user and a second distance existing between the second position and the user satisfy a first relation: Dn<D1<Df. D1 represents the first distance, Dn=D2+?n, Df=D2+?f, D2 represents the second distance, ?n=(De/2)*{tan[tan?1(2*D2/De)??]}?D2, ?f=(De/2)*{tan[tan?1(2*D2/De)+?]}?D2, De represents a distance between the two eyes, ? represents an eye angular resolution of the two eyes, and ?=0.02 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Hao-Yu Liou, Ruey-Jer Weng, Naoki Sumi, Chih-Yung Hsieh, Chung-Kuang Wei
  • Publication number: 20220199588
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an electronic device and a display method thereof. The electronic device includes a display panel and a light source module. The light source module is disposed at a side of the display panel. The light source module includes a first group of light-emitting units and a second group of light-emitting units that are alternately arranged, wherein the first group of light-emitting units and the second group of light-emitting units emit a light alternately, and each of a plurality of display pixels is adapted to alternately receive the light from the first group of light-emitting units and the second group of light-emitting units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Yi Lu, Hao-Yu Liou, Chung-Kuang Wei, Chih-Yung Hsieh, Ruey-Jer Weng, Naoki Sumi
  • Publication number: 20220139277
    Abstract: A display method of an image is disclosed. A first vergence plane of two eyes of a user is located at a first position when the user views a first image. A second vergence plane of the two eyes is located at a second position when the user views an object in the environmental scene. A first distance existing between the first position and the user and a second distance existing between the second position and the user satisfy a first relation: Dn<D1<Df. D1 represents the first distance, Dn=D2+?n, Df=D2+?f, D2 represents the second distance, ?n=(De/2)*{tan[tan?1(2*D2/De)??]}?D2, ?f=(De/2)*{tan[tan?1(2*D2/De)+?]}?D2, De represents a distance between the two eyes, ? represents an eye angular resolution of the two eyes, and ?=0.02 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Hao-Yu LIOU, Ruey-Jer WENG, Naoki SUMI, Chih-Yung HSIEH, Chung-Kuang WEI