Patents by Inventor Jan Van Lier

Jan Van Lier 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: 20150309564
    Abstract: A method for adjusting an orientation of contents on a display of an electronic display device includes taking a picture of a potential user of the electronic display device with a camera having a defined relative orientation to the display of the electronic display device; identifying at least one human face in the taken picture; determining the relative orientation of the at least one identified human face with respect to the display; adjusting the orientation of contents on the display based on a set of pre-set rules concerning the determined relative orientation, the set of pre-set rules comprising at least one pre-set rule; and repeating these operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventor: Jan VAN LIER
  • Patent number: 8872974
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for avoiding discomfort and/or relieving motion sickness when using a display device in a moving environment includes detecting at least one movement component of the moving environment, generating data for intermediate images indicating the movement component or at least one of the movement components, and modifying a series of images showing content to be displayed by inserting the intermediate images into the series. The modified series is divided into sequences of these images by the intermediate images. The method further includes displaying the modified series of images on an image display of the display device. The modified series includes the intermediate images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventor: Jan Van Lier
  • Publication number: 20140036153
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for avoiding discomfort and/or relieving motion sickness when using a display device in a moving environment includes detecting at least one movement component of the moving environment, generating data for intermediate images indicating the movement component or at least one of the movement components, and modifying a series of images showing content to be displayed by inserting the intermediate images into the series. The modified series is divided into sequences of these images by the intermediate images. The method further includes displaying the modified series of images on an image display of the display device. The modified series includes the intermediate images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: ALCATEL-LUCENT
    Inventor: Jan Van Lier
  • Publication number: 20140009391
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the method for displaying images on an image display of a display unit includes detecting a plurality of reference points within the face of at least one person looking at the image display. The detection is performed by use of a detecting unit rigidly coupled to the display unit. The method further includes determining at least one movement component of a relative movement of the display unit with respect to the reference points, generating data of movement compensated images for an at least partial compensation of the movement component with respect to the reference points, and imaging the movement compensated images on the image display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: ALCATEL-LUCENT
    Inventor: Jan Van Lier