Abstract: An apparatus and method generate a three-dimensional image by presenting, using a stereoscopic display, a representation of a scene comprising one or more objects, tracking a gaze of the user to determine a direction of gaze within the scene, determining depths associated with one or more objects in the scene, and determining which of the objects in the scene are inside and which are outside a comfort zone based at least in part on the direction of gaze of the user and the depths associated with the one or more objects in the scene. In some embodiments, the method includes identifying one or more objects proximate the direction of gaze of the user, determining depths associated with the one or more identified objects, determining a range of depths based at least in part on the depths associated with the one or more identified objects, and establishing the comfort zone based at least in part on the range of depths.

Abstract: Methods and devices (20) are provided which provide, for example capture with a camera (22, 23), at least one intermediate image of a scene. Colors of the at least one intermediate image are modified based on depth information (210, 28), and a final image is provided based on the at least one intermediate image with modified colors.

Abstract: One or more devices may receive, from a media presentation device worn by a user, sensory data comprising at least information describing orientation of the media presentation device. The one or more devices may also determine an approximate direction of a gaze of the user in a three dimensional audio space based on the information describing the orientation of the media presentation device, identify a sound source at which the user gazes based on the approximate direction of the gaze of the user in the three dimensional audio space, obtain audio data associated with the sound source based on an identity of the identified sound source, determine an action to perform on the audio data associated with the sound source, and perform the determined action.

Abstract: One or more embodiments of a method and apparatus taught herein provide an electronic display projection assembly that comprises an electronic display configured to display an image, and a transparent glass layer positioned on one side of the electronic display on which the image is displayed. A projection layer is located on a surface of the glass layer. A projecting layer is positioned between the electronic display and the glass layer, and comprises a plurality of microlenses for projecting the displayed image onto the projection layer. The projecting and projection layers may be located on either opposing sides of the transparent glass layer, or on the same side beneath the glass layer. A corresponding method of providing an image from an electronic display is also disclosed.

Abstract: A device may include sensors for obtaining tracking information associated with a user, a display including pixels for displaying images, and an optical guide including two layers of optical elements, each of the optical elements blocking or directing light rays from one or more of the pixels. In addition, the device may include one or more processors to determine a relative location of the user based on the tracking information obtained by the sensors, control optical characteristics of each of the two layers of optical elements based on the relative location of the user, and display a stereoscopic image via the display.

Abstract: A device may include sensors for obtaining tracking information associated with a user, a display including pixels for displaying images, and an optical guide including optical elements, each of the optical elements blocking or directing light rays from one or more of the pixels. Additionally, the device may include one or more processors to select first right-eye image pixels and first left-eye image pixels from the pixels, send a right-eye image and a left-eye image via the first right-eye image pixels and the first left-eye image pixels, respectively, determine a relative location of the user based on the tracking information obtained by the sensors, select second right-eye image pixels and second-left-eye image pixels from the pixels based on the tracking information, display the right-eye image via the second right-eye image pixels, and display the left-eye image via the second left-eye image pixels.

Abstract: A device may include sensors, a display, an optical guide, and one or more processors. The sensors may obtaining tracking information associated with a user. The display may include pixels for displaying images. The optical guide may include optical elements, each of the optical elements directing light rays from one or more of the pixels. In addition, the one or more processors may be configured determine a relative location of the user based on the tracking information obtained by the sensors, obtain values for control variables that are associated with the optical elements based on the relative location of the user, display a stereoscopic image via the display, and control the optical elements based on the values to direct the stereoscopic image to the relative location and to prevent a pseudo-stereoscopic image from forming at the relative location.

Abstract: An apparatus and method generate a three-dimensional image by determining, using a light-field camera, a depth map corresponding to an environment. The depth map represents how light falls in the environment. The method also includes determining a parallax occlusion map of the environment and creating, using the depth map and the parallax occlusion map, a three-dimensional image representing the environment. In some embodiments, the method includes taking a first picture of the environment with a first flash intensity and a second picture of the environment with a greater second flash, determining differences between the first picture of the environment and the second picture of the environment, determining one or more properties of the environment based at least in part on the determined differences and dynamically re-lighting the three-dimensional image using the depth map, the parallax occlusion map, and one or more of the determined properties of the environment.

Abstract: A portable electronic device may include a display for displaying an image having different color or grey scale fields. Neighboring fields in the image may have different luminance. The portable electronic device may also include an ambient light detecting unit and a control unit. The control unit receives a luminance value corresponding to detected ambient light from the ambient light detecting unit, compares the luminance value with an ambient light level threshold and increases the difference in luminance between neighboring fields of an image being displayed by the display when the luminance exceeds the ambient light level threshold.

Abstract: A method and system for enhancing audio for a viewer watching digital video with sound, such as a movie or video game. The method and system determine where in the scene (40) the viewer's attention is focused, correlate the viewer's focal region with one of a plurality of regions (42a-d) of the video scene (40), preferably associated with a depth map, and enhance the sound corresponding to the focal region of the scene (40) as compared to the sound corresponding to the non-focal regions of the scene (40).

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a sound recording arrangement comprising a sound recording arrangement and a method in the sound recording arrangement for amplifying sounds in a primary gaze direction of the user of the sound recording arrangement. The method comprises the actions of recording sounds arriving at a sound recording unit from objects in the field of view of the user, and recording a first set of images of the head and/or the eyes of the user, and determining a primary gaze direction of the user based on the first set of images, and amplifying sounds arriving in the primary gaze direction compared to sounds arriving from other directions.

Abstract: An imaging system includes an integrated projector that projects images on to an external display surface and a digital camera that records gestures and/or other objects that are in or illuminated by the projected images. The camera and/or the projector generate a timing signal to synchronize a refresh rate of the projector with an exposure time of the digital camera. The synchronization reduces or eliminates interference patterns that may be caused by gestures in or illuminated by the projected image, and allows the digital camera to more accurately detect the gestures.

Abstract: A method may include scanning, by a portable device, information from a storage unit of the portable device to change a color gradient on a surface of a single-pixel display attached to a housing of the portable device. In addition, the method may include detecting, by the portable device, a change in state of the portable device and sending a square wave signal or sine wave signal to the single-pixel display when the information provides for sending the slow-changing square wave or sine wave in response to the detected change in state of the portable device. Further, the method may include changing the illumination, color, or color gradient in accordance with the square wave signal or the sine wave signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wearable electronic device, a viewing system comprising the wearable electronic device, a display device and methods for operating a wearable electronic device and a viewing system, respectively, wherein the wearable electronic device comprises a pair of glasses which can be controlled to change their optical state in a way to allow other and more flexible use of the equipment. The wearable electronic device for watching images comprises a left glass and a right glass which are adapted to change between a dark state and a transparent state of the glass and a controller operable to control the state of the glasses synchronous with a display of a plurality of images per second by a display device so that said left glass and said right glass are both in a dark state at the same time for a specific displayed image.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a display device, touch screen device comprising a display device, mobile device and method for sensing a force on a display device. The display device provides a user interface for controlling different functions allowing additional and more flexible input operations. The display device comprises a first layer made at least partly of a transparent material, a second layer arranged at one side of the first layer, the first and second layers forming faces of a cavity including a fluid, and pressure sensing device for sensing a pressure in said fluid.

Abstract: A device may include a light source and a display. The display may include a switchable device configured to be in a transmissive state based on a first condition and be in a reflective state based on a second condition.

Abstract: A system for controlling a display privacy filter on a display of an electronic device may include an image capturing unit to capture an image of an object situated in front of the display, detecting the number of human faces on the captured image, and activating the privacy filter on the display if more than one face is detected on the captured image.

Abstract: A portable electronic device may include a display for displaying an image having different color or grey scale fields. Neighboring fields in the image may have different luminance. The portable electronic device may also include an ambient light detecting unit and a control unit. The control unit receives a luminance value corresponding to detected ambient light from the ambient light detecting unit, compares the luminance value with an ambient light level threshold and increases the difference in luminance between neighboring fields of an image being displayed by the display when the luminance exceeds the ambient light level threshold.

Abstract: The invention relates to a display for a mobile terminal for wireless communication comprising a first display area (2) with a high colour depth and a second display area (3) with a low colour depth. The invention further relates to a method for a display for a mobile terminal for wireless communication.

Abstract: Display module (10) for use in an electronic device, comprising a front window (12) and a display unit (13, 100), wherein an intermediate layer (24) of transparent material is sandwiched between the front window (12) and the display unit (13, 100). The intermediate layer (24) consists of a material which is selected taking the material of the front window (12) into consideration in order to minimize reflection at the interface between the front window (12) and the intermediate layer (24). The intermediate layer (24) consists of one or more layers whose refractive indices are chosen so that they closely match the refractive indices of the front window or the display unit.