Patents by Inventor Jae Hwang Lee

Jae Hwang Lee 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).

  • Publication number: 20210368136
    Abstract: An electronic device is described. In some embodiments, the electronic device includes instructions for: while presenting an extended reality environment, receiving, by the first electronic device, a request to present a virtual representation of a remote participant of a communication session, where the first electronic device is connected to the communication session; obtaining a capability of the remote participant of the communication session; and in response to receiving the request to present the virtual representation of the remote participant of the communication session, presenting the virtual representation of the remote participant of the communication session based on the obtained capability of the remote participant of the communication session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Devin William CHALMERS, Jae Hwang LEE, Rahul NAIR, Ioana NEGOITA
  • Patent number: 11150695
    Abstract: A head mounted device includes a housing that defines an interior space and an elongate member that is connected to the housing and is configured to expand and contract to conform to the head of a user. The elongate member includes at least one end portion that is connected to the housing at an attachment point. The attachment point is located in the interior space of the housing such that the end portion of the elongate member extends along a path within the housing that has a length that is greater than half of a lateral width of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel G. Smith, Jae Hwang Lee, David A. Kalinowski, Claire E. Dalke
  • Patent number: 11029521
    Abstract: A head-mounted device may have a transparent display. The transparent display may be formed from a display unit that provides images to a user through an optical coupler. A user may view real-world objects through the optical coupler while control circuitry directs the transparent display to display computer-generated content over selected portions of the real-world objects. The head-mounted display may also include an adjustable opacity system. The adjustable opacity system may include an adjustable opacity layer such as a photochromic layer that overlaps the optical coupler and a light source that selectively exposes the adjustable opacity layer to ultraviolet light to control the opacity of the adjustable opacity layer. The adjustable opacity layer may block or dim light from the real-world objects to allow improved contrast when displaying computer-generated content over the real-world objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Kalinowski, Hyungryul Choi, Jae Hwang Lee
  • Patent number: 10976817
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method includes: synthesizing an AR/VR content stream by embedding a plurality of glints provided for eye tracking into one or more content frames of the AR/VR content stream; displaying, via the one or more AR/VR displays, the AR/VR content stream to a user of the HMD; obtaining, via the image sensor, light intensity data corresponding to the one or more content frames of the AR/VR content stream that include the plurality of glints, wherein the light intensity data includes a projection of an eye of the user of the HMD having projected thereon the plurality of glints; and determining an orientation of the eye of the user of the HMD based on the light intensity data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jae Hwang Lee, Avi Bar-Zeev, Fletcher R. Rothkopf
  • Publication number: 20210063745
    Abstract: An electronic device such as a head mounted device may have a head-mounted support structure. A portion of the head-mounted support structure may form a transparent housing member through which real-world objects can be viewed from eye boxes. A display system for the head-mounted device may have a display device that provides image light to a waveguide and may have an output coupler that couples the image light out of the waveguide toward the eye box. Peripheral portions of the transparent housing member or other peripheral device structures may be provided with a peripheral display that emits diffuse light into a user's peripheral vision. The peripheral display may use light guide structures, light sources, reflective structures, and other structures that provide transparency to real-world light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Austin S. Young, Cameron A. Harder, David A. Kalinowski, Jae Hwang Lee
  • Publication number: 20210068277
    Abstract: A head-mounted device includes a device housing, a support structure that is connected to the device housing to support the device housing with respect to a user, a display device that is connected to the device housing to display content, an optical system that is associated with the display device, and sensors that generate sensor output signals. The head-mounted device also includes a tension controller that determines a tensioning command based on the sensor output signals, and a tension adjuster that applies tension to the user according to the tension command in order to restrain motion of the device housing with respect to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Grant H. Mulliken, David A. Kalinowski, Brandon R. Neale, David A. Schmuck, Eric N. Vergo, Jae Hwang Lee
  • Patent number: 10862248
    Abstract: Connector receptacles that are able to withstand insertion and other forces, are reliable, and are easy to manufacture. In various examples, the connector receptacle tongue or other portions may be reinforced such that they may withstand the insertion forces exerted through a connector insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: George Tziviskos, Jae Hwang Lee, Mahmoud R. Amini, Paul J. Hack, Zheng Gao, Rui Zhou
  • Publication number: 20200356167
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method includes: synthesizing an AR/VR content stream by embedding a plurality of glints provided for eye tracking into one or more content frames of the AR/VR content stream; displaying, via the one or more AR/VR displays, the AR/VR content stream to a user of the HMD; obtaining, via the image sensor, light intensity data corresponding to the one or more content frames of the AR/VR content stream that include the plurality of glints, wherein the light intensity data includes a projection of an eye of the user of the HMD having projected thereon the plurality of glints; and determining an orientation of the eye of the user of the HMD based on the light intensity data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Jae Hwang Lee, Avi Bar-Zeev, Fletcher R. Rothkopf
  • Patent number: 10768698
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method includes: synthesizing an AR/VR content stream by embedding a plurality of glints provided for eye tracking into one or more content frames of the AR/VR content stream; displaying, via the one or more AR/VR displays, the AR/VR content stream to a user of the HMD; obtaining, via the image sensor, light intensity data corresponding to the one or more content frames of the AR/VR content stream that include the plurality of glints, wherein the light intensity data includes a projection of an eye of the user of the HMD having projected thereon the plurality of glints; and determining an orientation of the eye of the user of the HMD based on the light intensity data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jae Hwang Lee, Avi Bar-Zeev, Fletcher R. Rothkopf
  • Patent number: 10664069
    Abstract: An input device, such as a hand-held stylus, can be used to receive inputs and track motion of a user in three-dimensional space, for example during a drawings session. The tip sensor can detect contact with an object by receiving a force toward a body of the stylus. Inputs from the user can be applied to a tip sensor of the stylus via an adapter. The inputs provided via the adapter can be different from inputs applied by contact with an object. Accordingly, the stylus can interpret the user inputs to initiate, terminate, or modify characteristics of the drawing session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Hwang Lee, Frank Angermann, Killian J. Poore, David M. Schattel
  • Publication number: 20200099984
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display; a signal receiver; a user input receiver; a communicator; and a processor configured to: process an image signal received through the signal receiver and control the display to display an image, with a user input being received through the user input receiver while displaying the image, send image information including at least a part of the image and user input information on the user input to an external apparatus through communicator, and control the display to display related information which is based on the image information and the user input information and is received from the external apparatus. According to this, it is possible to provide the related information even on the image for which the related information has not been made in a data base in advance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoo Jin SEO, Jeong Rok JANG, Jae Hwang LEE
  • Publication number: 20200073122
    Abstract: A display system includes a head-mounted display unit and a wake control system. The head-mounted display unit provides content to a user and is operable in a low-power state and a high-power state that consumes more power to provide the content to the user than the low-power state. The wake control system determines when to operate in the high-power state. The wake control system may assess a first wake criterion with low power, assess a second wake criterion with higher power than the first wake criterion upon satisfaction of the first wake criterion, and cause the head-mounted display unit to operate in the high-power state upon satisfaction of the second wake criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Fletcher R. Rothkopf, David A. Kalinowski, Jae Hwang Lee, Avi Bar-Zeev, Grant H. Mulliken, Paul Meade, Nathanael D. Parkhill, Ray L. Chang, Arthur Y. Zhang
  • Patent number: 10492346
    Abstract: A head-mounted display to be worn by a user includes a housing, a component chamber defined in the housing, and electronic components that generate heat. The electronic components are located in the component chamber of the housing. The head-mounted display also includes a first fan for causing air to flow through the component chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sivesh Selvakumar, Laura M. Campo, Timothy Y. Chang, Holly E. Gerhard, Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Jae Hwang Lee
  • Publication number: 20190324274
    Abstract: A head-mounted device may have a transparent display. The transparent display may be formed from a display unit that provides images to a user through an optical coupler. A user may view real-world objects through the optical coupler while control circuitry directs the transparent display to display computer-generated content over selected portions of the real-world objects. The head-mounted display may also include an adjustable opacity system. The adjustable opacity system may include an adjustable opacity layer such as a photochromic layer that overlaps the optical coupler and a light source that selectively exposes the adjustable opacity layer to ultraviolet light to control the opacity of the adjustable opacity layer. The adjustable opacity layer may block or dim light from the real-world objects to allow improved contrast when displaying computer-generated content over the real-world objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: David A. Kalinowski, Hyungryul Choi, Jae Hwang Lee
  • Patent number: 10246612
    Abstract: Provided is an adhesive tape which sequentially comprises a first adhesive layer, a polyurethane foamed layer having a density of about 0.1 g/cm3 to about 0.5 g/cm3, and a second adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Hwang Lee, Jang-Soon Kim, Ae-Jung Jang, Ji-Hye Kim
  • Publication number: 20190094955
    Abstract: Range finding methods and apparatus that may be implemented by VR/MR systems that include a head-mounted display (HMD) and an accessory that the user holds or wears. Range finding sensors (e.g., ultrasonic transducers) may be included on the HMD and on the accessory and used to track distances to and relative position of walls, objects, and other obstacles within constrained physical environments such as rooms, gyms, yards, or fields, or in unconstrained physical environments. Range finding information from the sensors on the HMD and accessory can be used to generate a 3D map of the user's environment that can be used for various purposes in the VR/MR system. In addition to mapping the user's environment, the range finding methods and apparatus may also be used to track the relative position of the accessory with respect to the HMD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Wesley W. Zuber, Thayne M. Miller, Jae Hwang Lee
  • Publication number: 20190075689
    Abstract: A head-mounted display to be worn by a user includes a housing, a component chamber defined in the housing, and electronic components that generate heat. The electronic components are located in the component chamber of the housing. The head-mounted display also includes a first fan for causing air to flow through the component chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Sivesh Selvakumar, Laura M. Campo, Timothy Y. Chang, Holly E. Gerhard, Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Jae Hwang Lee
  • Patent number: 10203924
    Abstract: A display apparatus, a controlling method thereof and a controlling method of a display system are provided. The controlling method of a first display apparatus includes receiving setting information from an external storage medium in response to the first display apparatus being connected to the storage medium; and in response to the first display apparatus being set as a master device according to the setting information, transmitting reproduction time information of image contents to a second display apparatus, synchronizing the second display apparatus with the first display apparatus with respect to the image contents, and reproducing the synchronized image contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-hyuck Hong, Jae-hwang Lee, Pureunsol Ku
  • Publication number: 20180277995
    Abstract: Connector receptacles that are able to withstand insertion and other forces, are reliable, and are easy to manufacture. In various examples, the connector receptacle tongue or other portions may be reinforced such that they may withstand the insertion forces exerted through a connector insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: George Tziviskos, Jae Hwang Lee, Mahmoud R. Amini, Paul J. Hack, Zheng Gao, Rui Zhou
  • Patent number: 9991640
    Abstract: Connector receptacles that are able to withstand insertion and other forces, are reliable, and are easy to manufacture. In various examples, the connector receptacle tongue or other portions may be reinforced such that they may withstand the insertion forces exerted through a connector insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: George Tziviskos, Jae Hwang Lee, Mahmoud R. Amini, Paul J. Hack, Zheng Gao, Rui Zhou