Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology that partitions a high dynamic range (HDR) image into a plurality of regions and determines, on a per region basis, a luminance level of the HDR image. Additionally, the technology may select, on the per image basis, a encoding amount for each region in the plurality of regions based on the luminance level.

Abstract: A Light Emitting Diode (LED) display is described. The LED display includes a plurality of pixel circuits, each including an LED and a non-volatile memory cell to adjust current to the LED.

Abstract: A mobile computing device comprising a Light Emitting Diode (LED) display; including a display panel and a substrate, and two or more controller integrated circuits mounted (ICs) mounted on the substrate to directly drive a serial interface into the display panel.

Abstract: The techniques taught in this application include, generally, a brush stylus that includes a number of active bristles. When the brush stylus is in contact with a touchscreen on the computing device, the active bristles provide data to the brush stylus, a computing device the other brush stylus, or both.

Abstract: A micro-light emitting diode (LED) display panel and a method of forming the display panel, the micro-LED display panel having a monolithically grown micro-structure including a first color micro-LED that is a first color nanowire LED, and a second color micro-LED that is a second color nanowire LED.

Abstract: Diffractive optical elements for wide field-of-view virtual reality devices and methods of manufacturing the same are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a substrate and a thin film stack including alternating layers of a first material and a second material. The thin film stack defines an annular protrusion. The annular protrusion has a stair-like profile. Top surfaces of separate ones of steps in the stair-like profile correspond to top surfaces of separate ones of the layers of the second material.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are display panels, display panel stacks, and techniques to manufacture such display panel stacks where a polarizer is provided for each illumination element of the display panel stack. A polarizer can be formed onto each individual illumination element once the illumination element is transferred to the backplane. The polarizer can be arranged to polarize light emitted from the illumination element and light incident on the display from ambient.

Abstract: A display panel is described which includes Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) that exhibit a specified beam angle. The display panel can be used for a head-mounted display. An example of a head-mounted display includes a display panel with an array of LEDs that are controllable to form an image. The head-mounted display also includes circuitry to receive image data and render an image on the display panel. The head-mounted display also includes circuitry to detect motion of the head-mounted display. The image data is generated based in part on the motion of the head-mounted display. Each LED in the array of LEDs is configured to emit light at a specified beam angle that directs the light toward a pupil of a wearer of the head-mounted display.

Abstract: Systems and methods for the use of a brush stylus are provided herein. In one example, a system includes a brush stylus, wherein the brush stylus includes a plurality of active bristles. The active bristles provide data to the brush stylus, a computing device the other brush stylus, or both, when the brush stylus is in contact with a touchscreen on the computing device.

Abstract: A micro-light emitting diode (LED) display panel and a method of forming the display panel, the micro-LED display panel having a monolithically grown micro-structure including a first color micro-LED that is a first color nanowire LED, and a second color micro-LED that is a second color nanowire LED.

Abstract: A smart display including one or more groups of smart pixels and at least one graphics engine. The at least one graphics engine is fragmented into GPU (graphics processing unit) minute cores. The GPU minute cores are distributed throughout the smart display. The smart pixels with distributed graphics within the smart display perform deep learning. Libraries stored on GPU minute core embedded memory are used to perform object identification using deep learning. The smart display monitors for pixel degradation and, if necessary, performs pixel enhancement.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus having an integrated circuit made of substrate, at least three light emitters arranged on the substrate, and driver circuitry located on the integrated circuit, the driver circuitry to drive an ultra low persistence display to remove ghosting and nausea.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods may a performance-enhanced computing system comprising a sensor for measuring luminance values corresponding to light focused onto the sensor at a plurality of pixel locations, a memory including a set of instructions, and a processor. The processor executes a set of instructions causing the system to generate a multi-segment tone mapping curve, generate a set of tone mapping values corresponding to the multi-segment tone mapping curve for equally spaced input values between zero and one for storage into a look up table, and process the luminance values using the look up table to apply the tone mapping curve to the luminance values of the pixels.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology that partitions a high dynamic range (HDR) image into a plurality of regions and determines, on a per region basis, a luminance level of the HDR image. Additionally, the technology may select, on the per image basis, a encoding amount for each region in the plurality of regions based on the luminance level.

Abstract: Emissive display devices having LED sources with super-lambertian radiation patterns. An exemplary emission source may have a half-emission-cone-angle of less than 40°. A system, such as an augmented reality display system, employing such an emissive display device may display a reduction in power of up to three times relative to LED sources with a lambertian radiation pattern. In some systems, such as augmented reality display systems, the optical path down stream of such an emissive display device may be simplified and/or dimensionally scaled, and/or manufactured to lower tolerances. For example, a discrete collimating lens may be eliminated from the optical path of such an emissive display device.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided which comprises: a surface; a first photovoltaic layer formed on a first section of the surface; and a second photovoltaic layer formed on a second section of the surface, wherein a transparency of the first photovoltaic layer is different from a transparency of the second photovoltaic layer.

Abstract: An apparatus to display virtual reality scenes is provided. The apparatus may include a display to emit visible light. A flat lens may be optically coupled to the display, where a focal length of the flat lens for at least a portion of the visible light is not more than 20 millimeters.

Abstract: In one example, a display includes an array of display pixels. Each display pixel includes at least one light-emitting diode. At least one of the display pixels includes an image sensor.

Abstract: A display panel is described which includes Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) that exhibit a specified beam angle. The display panel can be used for a head-mounted display. An example of a head-mounted display includes a display panel with an array of LEDs that are controllable to form an image. The head-mounted display also includes circuitry to receive image data and render an image on the display panel. The head-mounted display also includes circuitry to detect motion of the head-mounted display. The image data is generated based in part on the motion of the head-mounted display. Each LED in the array of LEDs is configured to emit light at a specified beam angle that directs the light toward a pupil of a wearer of the head-mounted display.

Abstract: A micro display, which includes LEDs and TFTs of a TFT electronic control circuit for controlling the LEDs, is produced monolithically on a silicon, silicon carbide, or sapphire wafer. The display includes red, green, and blue micro LEDs, and electronic control circuits include TFTs with Indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO) channels or Indium phosphide (InP) channels. The TFTs are formed above the LEDs and laterally removed from the LEDs and paths of light emissions from the plurality of LEDs to prevent light blocking by the TFTs.