Patents by Inventor Lawrence Booth

Lawrence Booth 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: 20080174530
    Abstract: A display that includes energy sensors within the display itself is disclosed. An Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) can be made to operate both as a light emitter and as an energy detector. When forward biased with an appropriate driving signal, the OLED emits light via electroluminescence, which can be used to make a portion of an image on the display. In another mode, the OLED can detect energy by converting incoming photons or energy into an electrical signal by the photoelectric effect. By operating OLEDs in the display in both emissive and sensing modes, energy that shines on the display, such as from an outside source can be detected at the same time an image is shown. Additionally, a display including OLEDs can detect light energy generated by the display itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Booth, Daniel Seligson
  • Patent number: 7382918
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for color calibrating an imager device is disclosed. The imager device is subjected to a plurality of light sources. Color channel responses are obtained from the imager device and the color calibrating coefficients are determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Edward J. Bawolek, Lawrence A. Booth, Jr., Curt Corum, William P. Kuhn
  • Patent number: 7348946
    Abstract: A display that includes energy sensors within the display itself is disclosed. An Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) can be made to operate both as a light emitter and as an energy detector. When forward biased with an appropriate driving signal, the OLED emits light via electroluminescence, which can be used to make a portion of an image on the display. In another mode, the OLED can detect energy by converting incoming photons or energy into an electrical signal by the photoelectric effect. By operating OLEDs in the display in both emissive and sensing modes, energy that shines on the display, such as from an outside source can be detected at the same time an image is shown. Additionally, a display including OLEDs can detect light energy generated by the display itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Booth, Jr., Daniel Seligson
  • Patent number: 7278013
    Abstract: Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a processor has a loop buffer and a cache that provides requested information to a processor core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Lawrence A. Booth
  • Publication number: 20070177798
    Abstract: An image capture system comprises an image input and processing unit. The image input obtains image information which is then passed to the processing unit. The processing unit is coupled to the image input for determining image metrics on the image information. The processing unit initiates a capture sequence when the image metrics meet a predetermined condition. The capture sequence may store one or more images, or it may indicate that one or more images have been detected. In one embodiment, the image input is a CMOS or CCD sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Randy Dunton, Lawrence Booth
  • Publication number: 20070152993
    Abstract: Some embodiments of a method, display, graphics system and computer system are described for power efficient operation of displays. The graphics system includes a processing system, which has a video decoder to operate with a display controller. The video decoder and/or display controller may include logic for shutting down portions of the graphics system and for sending reduced video data to a display. In some embodiments, the graphics system sends signals to shut down portions of the display. In some embodiments, parts of the graphics system, computer system and display are able to shut down when there is not a difference in the video data to be sent to the display. In some embodiments, the amount of video data to be sent to the display is reduced during encoding and/or decoding by only sending the video data which is different. Other embodiments are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Ralph Mesmer, Lawrence Booth
  • Publication number: 20070153007
    Abstract: Some embodiments of a method, processing system and computer system are described for sparse updating of displays. The graphics system includes a processing system, which has a video decoder to operate with a display controller. The video decoder and/or display controller may include logic for shutting down portions of the graphics system and for sending reduced video data to a display. In some embodiments, the graphics system sends signals to shut down portions of the display. In some embodiments, parts of the graphics system, computer system and display are able to shut down when there is not a difference in the video data to be sent to the display. In some embodiments, the amount of video data to be sent to the display is reduced during encoding and/or decoding by only sending the video data which is different. Other embodiments are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Lawrence Booth, Kelley Johnson, Ralph Mesmer
  • Patent number: 7194131
    Abstract: An image capture system comprises an image input and processing unit. The image input obtains image information which is then passed to the processing unit. The processing unit is coupled to the image input for determining image metrics on the image information. The processing unit initiates a capture sequence when the image metrics meet a predetermined condition. The capture sequence may store one or more images, or it may indicate that one or more images have been detected. In one embodiment, the image input is a CMOS or CCD sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Randy R. Dunton, Lawrence A. Booth, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20070002059
    Abstract: A display system includes a controller capable of compressing pixel data, and a display module capable of decompressing pixel data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Lawrence Booth, Anitha Kona
  • Patent number: 7095164
    Abstract: Several embodiments in accordance with the invention are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, a display screen for a display is discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Booth, Jr., Kannan Raj
  • Patent number: 7038687
    Abstract: An application processor and coprocessor communicate data, including command and control data, over a separate high-speed datapath. The data may be formatted into a pixel-stream format suitable for sending over the datapath. The application processor may utilize a graphics interface to send pixel-stream formatted data to a graphics interface of the coprocessor over the high-speed datapath rather than over a system bus. The coprocessor may reformat the formatted data to control and drive a graphics display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Booth, Jr., Joel Rosenzweig, Jeremy Burr
  • Publication number: 20060078198
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for color calibrating an imager device is disclosed. The imager device is subjected to a plurality of light sources. Color channel responses are obtained from the imager device and the color calibrating coefficients are determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Inventors: Edward Bawolek, Lawrence Booth, Curt Corum, William Kuhn
  • Patent number: 7027015
    Abstract: An organic light emitting device display may be compensated for color variations between sub-pixels of the same expressed color. This may be done initially upon manufacture of the display and may be continued and updated in the course of the display's lifetime to compensate for differential effects of aging on different expressed sub-pixels. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, the display may be driven to achieve a color gamut that substantially all of the pixels are capable of achieving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Booth, Jr., Robert F. Kwasnick
  • Patent number: 7016533
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for color calibrating an imager device is disclosed. The imager device is subjected to a plurality of light sources. Color channel responses are obtained from the imager device and the color calibrating coefficients are determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Edward J. Bawolek, Lawrence A. Booth, Jr., Curt Corum, William P. Kuhn
  • Publication number: 20060044290
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a device includes an electronic privacy filter. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2004
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventors: Roger Hurwitz, Vittal Kini, Ralph Mesmer, Lawrence Booth
  • Patent number: 7005799
    Abstract: An organic light emitting device display may be formed of at least two moisture impervious layers sealed to one another using an epoxy material having a desiccant formed within the epoxy material. Any moisture or other solvents that tend to penetrate into the region between the front and back plates of the display where the organic light emitting material resides, will be trapped by the desiccant within the filler material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Booth, Jr., Robert C. Sundahl
  • Publication number: 20060001914
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to scan an object with a color display are disclosed. In one aspect, an apparatus may include a driver to control sub-pixels of a color display, and logic of the driver to cause a first sub-pixel of the color display to emit light and a second sub-pixel of the color display to detect light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: Ralph Mesmer, Ken Lee, Lawrence Booth
  • Publication number: 20050251669
    Abstract: Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a processor has a loop buffer and a cache that provides requested information to a processor core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Inventor: Lawrence Booth
  • Publication number: 20050225556
    Abstract: A graphics chip is described for performing operations required by a display device to generate display images. The graphics chip includes a display controller and an internal frame buffer coupled to the display controller, which is used to store display data. The graphics chip further includes a data copy logic to copy display data from an external frame buffer to the internal frame buffer as the display controller reads the display data from the external frame buffer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventor: Lawrence Booth
  • Patent number: 6947085
    Abstract: A method and apparatus to control data readout of a pixel array which converts light into electrical signals. A readout circuitry is coupled with the pixel array to read out the pixel array. A halt circuitry to halt the readout circuitry from reading out the pixel array when the halt circuitry receives a flow control signal is coupled with the readout circuitry. A sense circuitry sends a flow control signal to the halt circuitry when the sense circuitry senses an overload of data transmitted from the pixel array to an interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Lawrence A. Booth, Jr.