Patents by Inventor Linghui Rao
Linghui Rao 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: 20230408826Abstract: Disclosed herein are various near-eye display architectures, including kaleidoscopic waveguide display architectures, geometrical waveguide displays with improved pupil replication density, liquid crystal displays with improved brightness uniformity, tiled display panels for field of view expansion, and display modules including over-molded frame with integrated heat sink fins.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Chulwoo OH, Agnes LEE, Linghui RAO
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Patent number: 11830401Abstract: Examples are disclosed herein that relate to displaying modification regions on a multi-display device. One example provides a multi-display device comprising a plurality of displays, the multi-display device storing line offset data defining a line offset to apply to a displayed image to correct for display misalignment, and modification region data defining one or more modification regions that each modifies an appearance of the displayed image. The multi-display device is configured to set a displayed location of a first active area based upon the line offset data for a first display, and set a displayed location of a first modification region for the first display based upon the line offset data for the first display.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Vasudha Gupta, Matthew D. Morris, Rajesh Manohar Dighde, Camilo Leon, Marko Kullervo Heikkinen, Linghui Rao
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Patent number: 11783789Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a display assembly with dynamic brightness compensation. The display assembly includes a display element, a controller, and a backlight device. The controller obtains gaze information for a user's eye, generates emission instructions based at least in part on the gaze information, and dynamically assigns at least a portion of a plurality of light sources in the backlight device to a plurality of regions based at least in part on the gaze information. The light sources emit light through the display element, and the display element spatially modulates the light received from the backlight device to generate image light. Each subset of the light sources dynamically assigned to a respective region emits a portion of the light having brightness adjusted by a respective adjustment value in accordance with the emission instructions.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Linghui Rao, Alexander Klement
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Patent number: 11662767Abstract: The description relates to display devices. One example can include a display having an active area surrounded by an inactive deadband. The example can also include a chassis, the display received in the chassis and secured to the chassis beneath the inactive deadband with adhesive. The example can further include a fastening assembly positioned below the inactive deadband and farther beneath the plane than the adhesive, where the fastening assembly creates a retention force between the display and the chassis.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Kabir Siddiqui, Timothy M. Sullivan, Rajesh M. Dighde, Linghui Rao, Camilo Leon
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Publication number: 20230099088Abstract: Examples are disclosed herein that relate to displaying modification regions on a multi-display device. One example provides a multi-display device comprising a plurality of displays, the multi-display device storing line offset data defining a line offset to apply to a displayed image to correct for display misalignment, and modification region data defining one or more modification regions that each modifies an appearance of the displayed image. The multi-display device is configured to set a displayed location of a first active area based upon the line offset data for a first display, and set a displayed location of a first modification region for the first display based upon the line offset data for the first display.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2021Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Vasudha GUPTA, Matthew D. MORRIS, Rajesh Manohar DIGHDE, Camilo LEON, Marko Kullervo HEIKKINEN, Linghui RAO
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Patent number: 11573445Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of pixels arranged across a display area of a display device, and a black matrix configured to block a portion of light outputted by each pixel of the plurality of pixels. The black matrix is configured to allow light from the second pixel having a first output intensity distribution having a peak intensity corresponding to a first direction to pass through, and to allow light from the first pixel having a second output intensity distribution having a peak intensity corresponding to a second direction to pass through.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Linghui Rao, Samara Kate Sytsma, Jacques Gollier, Agnes Lee, Fenglin Peng
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Publication number: 20230011408Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of pixels arranged across a display area of a display device, and a black matrix configured to block a portion of light outputted by each pixel of the plurality of pixels. The black matrix is configured to allow light from the second pixel having a first output intensity distribution having a peak intensity corresponding to a first direction to pass through, and to allow light from the first pixel having a second output intensity distribution having a peak intensity corresponding to a second direction to pass through.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2021Publication date: January 12, 2023Inventors: Linghui Rao, Samara Kate Sytsma, Jacques Gollier, Agnes Lee, Fenglin Peng
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Patent number: 11493800Abstract: Ghost image formation due to reflections of image light by a display panel to an ocular lens may be suppressed by ensuring that the image light reflected by the lens does not get reflected by the display panel back towards the lens. To that end, the display panel may include a quarter-wave birefringent layer between the top polarizer of the display panel and a layer inside the display panel that the image light reflects from, such as a black grid layer or an active matrix layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Fenglin Peng, Dong Chen, Cheonhong Kim, Yusufu Njoni Bamaxam Sulai, Ying Geng, Jacques Gollier, Jianru Shi, Linghui Rao
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Publication number: 20220236564Abstract: Ghost image formation due to reflections of image light by a display panel to an ocular lens may be suppressed by ensuring that the image light reflected by the lens does not get reflected by the display panel back towards the lens. To that end, the display panel may include a quarter-wave birefringent layer between the top polarizer of the display panel and a layer inside the display panel that the image light reflects from, such as a black grid layer or an active matrix layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2021Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: Fenglin Peng, Dong Chen, Cheonhong Kim, Yusufu Njoni Bamaxam Sulai, Ying Geng, Jacques Gollier, Jianru Shi, Linghui Rao
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Publication number: 20220187655Abstract: A display device improves the grounding connection of a polarizer by using a metal bridge that couples the polarizer to a ground of the display device. The display device includes a backlight unit (BLU) for providing light for displaying an image, a plurality of pixels for modulating the light provided by the BLU, a polarizer for filtering the light provided by the BLU, and the metal bridge. The metal bridge is disposed in a non-display area surrounding a display area of the display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2021Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventors: Kyung Won Park, Linghui Rao, Tricia Ann Nensewitz-Zhao
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Publication number: 20220179147Abstract: A display panel has an array of pixels backlighted by a backlight including a lightguide and a plurality of out-coupling gratings. The locations of the out-coupling gratings are coordinated with positions of pixels in the array of pixels. The backlight may include a light-conducting transparent slab or an array of linear waveguides running parallel to the rows of the pixel array, with the gratings formed in the slab or in the waveguide. Wavelength composition and polarization of the light emitted by the waveguide may be matched to the transmission spectral bands and transmission polarization of the display panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2021Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Fenglin Peng, Ying Geng, Alexander Koshelev, Giuseppe Calafiore, Jacques Gollier, Yun-Han Lee, Lu Lu, Linghui Rao
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Publication number: 20210027722Abstract: A method that enables an adaptive low power display device is described herein. The method includes determining a blocked area of a panel display, wherein the panel display is to render one or more images and deriving a segmented area of the display based on the blocked area of the display. The method also includes adjusting a segment of a backlight of the panel display that is proximate to the blocked area of the panel display according to a sparse array configuration, wherein the backlight is non-uniform in emitting light.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2019Publication date: January 28, 2021Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Linghui Rao, Paul W. Martin, Matthew D. Morris, Rajesh Manohar Dighde, Kabir Siddiqui, Andrew N. Cady, Andrew Bodley
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Publication number: 20210026401Abstract: The description relates to display devices. One example can include a display having an active area surrounded by an inactive deadband. The example can also include a chassis, the display received in the chassis and secured to the chassis beneath the inactive deadband with adhesive. The example can further include a fastening assembly positioned below the inactive deadband and farther beneath the plane than the adhesive, where the fastening assembly creates a retention force between the display and the chassis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2020Publication date: January 28, 2021Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Kabir SIDDIQUI, Timothy M. SULLIVAN, Rajesh M. DIGHDE, Linghui RAO, Camilo LEON
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Patent number: 10838452Abstract: The description relates to display devices. One example can include a display having an active area surrounded by an inactive deadband. The example can also include a chassis, the display received in the chassis and secured to the chassis beneath the inactive deadband with adhesive. The example can further include a fastening assembly positioned below the inactive deadband and farther beneath the plane than the adhesive, where the fastening assembly creates a retention force between the display and the chassis.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2019Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Kabir Siddiqui, Timothy M. Sullivan, Rajesh M. Dighde, Linghui Rao, Camilo Leon
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Patent number: 10726801Abstract: An electronic device includes a backlight unit and a liquid crystal layer disposed proximate to the backlight unit. The backlight unit is configured to provide illumination across a viewable display area of the electronic device. The viewable display area includes a plurality of zones. The liquid crystal layer is configured to selectively filter the illumination provided by the backlight unit. A processor is coupled to the backlight unit and to the liquid crystal layer. The processor is configured to determine, based on data indicative of content to be displayed, a respective backlight brightness level of each zone of the plurality of zones and to generate liquid crystal control signaling for the liquid crystal layer. The processor is further configured to adjust the respective backlight brightness levels and/or the liquid crystal control signaling, to compensate for distortions arising from defects in the backlight unit and/or the liquid crystal layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2015Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Jiandong Huang, Steven Bathiche, Linghui Rao, Ying Zheng
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Publication number: 20190243412Abstract: The description relates to display devices. One example can include a display having an active area surrounded by an inactive deadband. The example can also include a chassis, the display received in the chassis and secured to the chassis beneath the inactive deadband with adhesive. The example can further include a fastening assembly positioned below the inactive deadband and farther beneath the plane than the adhesive, where the fastening assembly creates a retention force between the display and the chassis.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Kabir SIDDIQUI, Timothy M. SULLIVAN, Rajesh M. DIGHDE, Linghui RAO, Camilo LEON
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Publication number: 20160307523Abstract: An electronic device includes a backlight unit and a liquid crystal layer disposed proximate to the backlight unit. The backlight unit is configured to provide illumination across a viewable display area of the electronic device. The viewable display area includes a plurality of zones. The liquid crystal layer is configured to selectively filter the illumination provided by the backlight unit. A processor is coupled to the backlight unit and to the liquid crystal layer. The processor is configured to determine, based on data indicative of content to be displayed, a respective backlight brightness level of each zone of the plurality of zones and to generate liquid crystal control signaling for the liquid crystal layer. The processor is further configured to adjust the respective backlight brightness levels and/or the liquid crystal control signaling, to compensate for distortions arising from defects in the backlight unit and/or the liquid crystal layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2015Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Jiandong Huang, Steven Bathiche, Linghui Rao, Ying Zheng
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Patent number: 9373288Abstract: An electronic device includes a backlight unit and a liquid crystal layer adjacent the backlight unit. The backlight unit has a plurality of planar emission devices distributed over a viewable display area. The plurality of planar emission devices are disposed in a configurable zone arrangement having a plurality of zones of the viewable area. Each zone includes at least one planar emission device. The liquid crystal layer is configured to selectively filter light generated by the plurality of planar emission devices. The electronic device further includes a processor coupled to the backlight unit and configured to control a brightness level of the at least one planar emission device in each zone separately from other planar emission devices in other zones.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Jiandong Huang, Steven Nabil Bathiche, Ying Zheng, Linghui Rao, Kevin Lawrence Woo, Cynthia Sue Bell
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Publication number: 20160063929Abstract: An electronic device includes a backlight unit and a liquid crystal layer adjacent the backlight unit. The backlight unit has a plurality of planar emission devices distributed over a viewable display area. The plurality of planar emission devices are disposed in a configurable zone arrangement having a plurality of zones of the viewable area. Each zone includes at least one planar emission device. The liquid crystal layer is configured to selectively filter light generated by the plurality of planar emission devices. The electronic device further includes a processor coupled to the backlight unit and configured to control a brightness level of the at least one planar emission device in each zone separately from other planar emission devices in other zones.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2014Publication date: March 3, 2016Inventors: Jiandong Huang, Steven Nabil Bathiche, Ying Zheng, Linghui Rao, Kevin Lawrence Woo, Cynthia Sue Bell
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Publication number: 20140176837Abstract: A display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a color filter layer, a first pixel unit, a second pixel unit, and a third pixel unit. The liquid crystal layer includes optically isotropic liquid crystals. The first pixel unit, the second pixel unit and the third pixel unit form a first electric field, a second electric field and a third electric filed in the liquid crystal layer. A first display light, a second display light and a third display light displayed by the first pixel unit, the second pixel unit and the third pixel unit have different wavelengths. The first electric field, the second electric field and the third electric field are different when the first pixel unit, the second pixel unit and the third pixel unit are applied by a same driving voltage set.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2012Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicants: University of Central Florida Research Foundation Inc., INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Linghui Rao, Shin-Tson Wu, Yu-Cheng Lai