Patents by Inventor Jiaying Wu
Jiaying Wu 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).
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Publication number: 20180330674Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display. Standard and high dynamic range content may be produced by content generators operating on control circuitry. In a first mode of operation, standard dynamic range content is displayed. In a second mode of operation, high dynamic range content is displayed. In a third mode of operation, standard dynamic range content and high dynamic range content are simultaneously displayed. Tone mapping parameters may be produced by a tone mapping engine for use in displaying the standard and high dynamic range content. The tone mapping parameters may be selected based on factors such as ambient light level, user brightness setting, content statistics, and display characteristics. Tone mapping parameters may be selected to accommodate simultaneous display of standard and high dynamic range content and to accommodate transitions between standard and high dynamic range content.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2017Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Teun R. Baar, Nicolas P. Bonnier, Jiaying Wu, Marc Albrecht
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Publication number: 20180330695Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display. A content generator may generate frames of image data to be displayed on the display. Control circuitry in the electronic device may be used in implementing a tone mapping engine. The tone mapping engine may display content from the content generator on the display in accordance with a content-luminance-to-display luminance mapping. The content-luminance-to-display-luminance mapping is characterized by tone mapping parameters such as a black level, a reference white level, and a specular white level. The tone mapping engine may adjust the tone mapping parameters based on ambient light levels, user brightness settings, content statistics, and display characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Teun R. Baar, Marc Albrecht, Tobias Jung, Jiaying Wu, Nicolas P. Bonnier, Nathaniel C. Begeman, Ian C. Hendry
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Patent number: 10019926Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display mounted in a housing. A color sensing ambient light sensor may measure the color of ambient light. The color sensing ambient light sensor may produce sensor output signals in a device-dependent color space. Control circuitry in the electronic device may convert the sensor output signals from the device-dependent color space to a device-independent color space using a color converting matrix. The color converting matrix may be determined using stored training data. The training data may include color data for different training light sources. The training data may be weighted to selectively control the influence of the training data on the color converting matrix. The training data may be weighted based on a distance between the training color data and a target color in the detected ambient light.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2015Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Farnaz Agahian, Jiaying Wu, Zhang Jia, Cheng Chen
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Publication number: 20180164882Abstract: An electronic device may have a display. Input-output circuitry in the electronic device may be used to gather input from a viewer of the display. The input-output circuitry may include a gaze tracking system that gathers point-of-gaze information, vergence information, and head position information, may be a biometric sensor, may be an input device such as a button or touch sensor, may capture hand gestures, and/or may gather other information. The display may include a pixel array for producing images. An adjustable reflectance and transmittance layer may overlap the pixel array. Control circuitry in the electronic device may individually adjust different areas of the adjustable reflectance and transmittance layer. The control circuitry may place each area in a reflective mirror more or in a content-displaying mode and may move the areas in response to the information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2017Publication date: June 14, 2018Inventors: Paul V. Johnson, Yuan Chen, Bryan W. Posner, Cheng Chen, Chia Hsuan Tai, Jiaying Wu, Robert Y. Cao, Shih-Chyuan Fan Jiang, Shih-Wei Chang, Xiaokai Li, Zhibing Ge, Dinesh C. Mathew
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Patent number: 9984658Abstract: An electronic device may include a display and control circuitry that operates the display. The control circuitry may be configured to daltonize input images to produce daltonized output images that allow a user with color vision deficiency to see a range of detail that the user would otherwise miss. The daltonization algorithm that the control circuitry applies to input images may be specific to the type of color vision deficiency that the user has. The daltonization strength that the control circuitry applies to the image or portions of the image may vary based on image content. For example, natural images may be daltonized with a lower daltonization strength than web browsing content, which ensures that memory colors such as blue sky and green grass do not appear unnatural to the user while still allowing important details such as hyperlinks and highlighted text to be distinguishable.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2016Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Nicolas P. Bonnier, Jiaying Wu, Can Jin, Roy J. E. M. Raymann
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Patent number: 9947259Abstract: An electronic device may include a display having an array of display pixels and having display control circuitry that controls the operation of the display. The display control circuitry may adaptively adjust the display output based on ambient lighting conditions. For example, in cooler ambient lighting conditions such as those dominated by daylight, the display may display neutral colors using a relatively cool white. When the display is operated in warmer ambient lighting conditions such as those dominated by indoor light sources, the display may display neutral colors using a relatively warm white. Adapting to the ambient lighting conditions may ensure that the user does not perceive color shifts on the display as the user's vision chromatically adapts to different ambient lighting conditions. Adaptively adjusting images in this way can also have beneficial effects on the human circadian rhythm by displaying warmer colors in the evening.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2016Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jiaying Wu, Lu Zhang, Cheng Chen, Gabriel Marcu, Chaohao Wang, Ming Xu, Ricardo Motta, Wei Chen, John Z. Zhong
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Publication number: 20180082659Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display mounted in a housing. An ambient light sensor may measure the color of ambient light through an ambient light sensor window in the display. The ambient light sensor may have an array of light detectors on a semiconductor die. The light detectors may include color matching function light detectors that have spectral sensitivity profiles that match standard observer color matching functions and may include spectral sensing light detectors. The spectral sensing light detectors may have narrower full width at half maximum bandwidths than the color matching function light detectors and may be used with the color matching function light detectors to measure an ambient light spectrum. The color matching function light detectors may be used to measure the color of ambient light.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2017Publication date: March 22, 2018Inventors: Zhang Jia, Jiaying Wu, Farnaz Agahian
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Patent number: 9826898Abstract: An electronic device may include a display and control circuitry that operates the display. The control circuitry may be configured to daltonize input images to produce daltonized output images that allow a user with color vision deficiency to see a range of detail that the user would otherwise miss. The daltonization algorithm may be specific to the type and severity of color vision deficiency that the user has. The control circuitry may conduct a color vision assessment using the display. The color vision assessment may include a sequence of test images that are each displayed for a predetermined period of time before moving to the next test image in the sequence. Each test image may include a color patch on a neutral background. A predetermined number of severity levels for each type of color vision deficiency may be tested during the color vision assessment.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2016Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Can Jin, Nicolas P. Bonnier, Roy J. E. M. Raymann, Jiaying Wu
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Publication number: 20170303365Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display having a backlight with light sources of different colors. The electronic device may include a color ambient light sensor that measures the color of ambient light and control circuitry that adjusts the color of light emitted from the backlight based on the color of ambient light. The light sources may include at least first and second light-emitting diodes that emit light having different color temperatures. The control circuitry may adjust the intensity of light emitted from the first light-emitting diode relative to the intensity of light emitted from the second light-emitting diode to produce a backlight color that more closely matches the color of ambient light. The first and second light-emitting diodes may include an ultraviolet light-emitting diode die and a blue light-emitting diode die that are mounted in a common semiconductor package.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2016Publication date: October 19, 2017Inventors: Cheng Chen, Jiaying Wu, Lu Zhang, David A. Doyle, Christopher E. Glazowski, Adria Fores Herranz, Chenhua You, Wei Chen, Jun Qi, John Z. Zhong
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Publication number: 20170301310Abstract: An electronic device may include a display and control circuitry that operates the display. The control circuitry may be configured to daltonize input images to produce daltonized output images that allow a user with color vision deficiency to see a range of detail that the user would otherwise miss. The daltonization algorithm that the control circuitry applies to input images may be specific to the type of color vision deficiency that the user has. The daltonization strength that the control circuitry applies to the image or portions of the image may vary based on image content. For example, natural images may be daltonized with a lower daltonization strength than web browsing content, which ensures that memory colors such as blue sky and green grass do not appear unnatural to the user while still allowing important details such as hyperlinks and highlighted text to be distinguishable.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2016Publication date: October 19, 2017Inventors: Nicolas P. Bonnier, Jiaying Wu, Can Jin, Roy J.E.M. Raymann
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Publication number: 20170263174Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display, display control circuitry that operates the display, and a color ambient light sensor that gathers ambient light information. Display color cast may be adjusted based on the ambient light information. When the color of ambient light is within an acceptable range of colors, the color cast of the display may be adjusted to more closely match the color of ambient light. When the color of ambient light is outside of the acceptable range of colors, display control circuitry may determine an adjusted ambient light color that is within the acceptable range. The adjusted ambient light color may have the same color temperature as the measured ambient light color. After determining an adjusted ambient light color that is within the acceptable range, the color cast of the display may be adjusted to more closely match the adjusted ambient light color.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2016Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventors: Wei Chen, Jiaying Wu, Lu Zhang, Cheng Chen
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Publication number: 20170229059Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display mounted in a housing. Color ambient light sensors may make measurements of ambient light intensity and color through windows in an inactive border region of the display or other portions of the device. The electronic device may process the ambient light measurements based on ambient light information from the ambient light sensors and based on information from additional sensors such as an image sensor, a force sensor, a capacitive touch sensor, a proximity sensor, an orientation sensor, and other devices. Control circuitry in the electronic device may produce reliable ambient light measurements by combining readings from multiple reliable sources and by discarding readings from ambient light sensors that are blocked by a user's fingers or other external objects. Display color cast and intensity may be adjusted based on ambient light information.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2016Publication date: August 10, 2017Inventors: Nicolas P. Bonnier, Cheng Chen, Jiaying Wu, Wei Chen, Paul V. Johnson, John Z. Zhong
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Publication number: 20170103728Abstract: An electronic device may include a display having an array of display pixels and having display control circuitry that controls the operation of the display. The display control circuitry may operate the display in different modes. In a paper mode, display control circuitry may use stored spectral reflectance data to adjust display colors such that the colors appear as they would on a printed sheet of paper. In a low light mode when the ambient light level is below a threshold, the light emitted from the display may be adjusted to mimic the appearance of an incandescent light source. In a bright light mode when the ambient light level exceeds a threshold, the light emitted from the display may be adjusted to maximize readability in bright light. The target white point of the display may be adjusted based on which mode the display is operating in.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2016Publication date: April 13, 2017Inventors: Cheng Chen, Jiaying Wu, Will Riedel, Wei Chen, John Z. Zhong
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Patent number: 9615021Abstract: This disclosure relates to image capture devices with the ability to perform adaptive white balance correction using a switchable white reference (SWR). In some embodiments, the image capture device utilizes “true white” information to record images that better represent users' perceptions. In other embodiments, the same SWR and camera that dynamically sample ambient lighting conditions are used to determine “true white” in near real-time. In other embodiments, the image capture device comprises a display screen that utilizes the “true white” information in near real-time to dynamically adjust the display. In other embodiments, face detection techniques and/or ambient light sensors may be used to determine which device camera is most closely-aligned with the direction that the user of the device is currently looking in, and using it to capture a “true white” image in the direction that most closely corresponds to the ambient lighting conditions that currently dominate the user's perception.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2015Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Cheng Chen, Jiaying Wu, John Z. Zhong
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Publication number: 20170039925Abstract: An electronic device may include a display having an array of display pixels and having display control circuitry that controls the operation of the display. The display control circuitry may adaptively adjust the display output based on ambient lighting conditions. For example, in cooler ambient lighting conditions such as those dominated by daylight, the display may display neutral colors using a relatively cool white. When the display is operated in warmer ambient lighting conditions such as those dominated by indoor light sources, the display may display neutral colors using a relatively warm white. Adapting to the ambient lighting conditions may ensure that the user does not perceive color shifts on the display as the user's vision chromatically adapts to different ambient lighting conditions. Adaptively adjusting images in this way can also have beneficial effects on the human circadian rhythm by displaying warmer colors in the evening.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2016Publication date: February 9, 2017Inventors: Jiaying Wu, Lu Zhang, Cheng Chen, Gabriel Marcu, Chaohao Wang, Ming Xu, Ricardo Motta, Wei Chen, John Z. Zhong
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Patent number: 9541794Abstract: A display may have a first stage such as a color liquid crystal display stage and a second stage such as a monochromatic liquid crystal display stage that are coupled in tandem so that light from a backlight passes through both stages. The dynamic range of the display may be enhanced by using the second stage to perform local dimming operations. The pixel pitch of the second stage may be greater than the pixel pitch of the first stage to ease alignment tolerances and reduce image processing complexity. The color stage and monochromatic stages may share a polarizer. A color filter in the color stage may have an array of red, green, and blue elements or an array of white, red, green, and blue elements. The color stage may be a fringe field display and the monochrome stage may be an in-plane switching display or a twisted nematic stage.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jiaying Wu, Wei Chen, Cheng Chen, William Mathews Riedel, Jun Qi, John Z. Zhong, Gabriel Marcu
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Patent number: 9530362Abstract: An electronic device may include a display having an array of display pixels and having display control circuitry that controls the operation of the display. The display control circuitry may operate the display in different modes. In a paper mode, display control circuitry may use stored spectral reflectance data to adjust display colors such that the colors appear as they would on a printed sheet of paper. In a low light mode when the ambient light level is below a threshold, the light emitted from the display may be adjusted to mimic the appearance of an incandescent light source. In a bright light mode when the ambient light level exceeds a threshold, the light emitted from the display may be adjusted to maximize readability in bright light. The target white point of the display may be adjusted based on which mode the display is operating in.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2015Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Cheng Chen, Jiaying Wu, Will Riedel, Wei Chen, John Z. Zhong
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Publication number: 20160370231Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display mounted in a housing. A color sensing ambient light sensor may measure the color of ambient light. The color sensing ambient light sensor may produce sensor output signals in a device-dependent color space. Control circuitry in the electronic device may convert the sensor output signals from the device-dependent color space to a device-independent color space using a color converting matrix. The color converting matrix may be determined using stored training data. The training data may include color data for different training light sources. The training data may be weighted to selectively control the influence of the training data on the color converting matrix. The training data may be weighted based on a distance between the training color data and a target color in the detected ambient light.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2015Publication date: December 22, 2016Inventors: Farnaz Agahian, Jiaying Wu, Zhang Jia, Cheng Chen
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Patent number: 9478157Abstract: An electronic device may include a display having an array of display pixels and having display control circuitry that controls the operation of the display. The display control circuitry may adaptively adjust the display output based on ambient lighting conditions. For example, in cooler ambient lighting conditions such as those dominated by daylight, the display may display neutral colors using a relatively cool white. When the display is operated in warmer ambient lighting conditions such as those dominated by indoor light sources, the display may display neutral colors using a relatively warm white. Adapting to the ambient lighting conditions may ensure that the user does not perceive color shifts on the display as the user's vision chromatically adapts to different ambient lighting conditions. Adaptively adjusting images in this way can also have beneficial effects on the human circadian rhythm by displaying warmer colors in the evening.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2015Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jiaying Wu, Lu Zhang, Cheng Chen, Gabriel Marcu, Chaohao Wang, Ming Xu, Ricardo Motta, Wei Chen, John Z. Zhong
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Publication number: 20160293085Abstract: An electronic device may generate content that is to be displayed on a display. The display may have an array of pixels each of which includes subpixels of different colors. The content that is to be displayed on the display may include an object such as a black object that is moved across a background. Due to differences in subpixel values in the background for subpixels of different colors, there is a potential for color motion blur to develop along a trailing edge portion of the object as the object is moved across the background. The electronic device may have a blur abatement image processor that processes the content to reduce color motion blur. The blur abatement image processor may identify which pixels are located in the trailing edge and may adjust subpixel values for pixels in the trailing edge.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2015Publication date: October 6, 2016Inventors: Adria Fores Herranz, Cheng Chen, Jiaying Wu, Nicholas G. Roland