Patents by Inventor Michael Yee

Michael Yee 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).

  • Patent number: 12271515
    Abstract: The disclosed device can receive a biosignal and, using user input predictions based on the biosignal, pre-render a display frame. The device can also subsequently receive a user input, output the pre-rendered display frame based on the user input confirming the user input predictions and flush the pre-rendered display frame otherwise. The device can also modulate computing performance and power based on computing demands predicted from the biosignal. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: ATI Technologies ULC
    Inventor: Michael Yee
  • Patent number: 12230190
    Abstract: A micro-light emitting diode (micro-LED) display backplane includes a plurality of macro-pixels. Each macro-pixel includes: a contiguous two-dimensional (2-D) array of bitcells storing display data bits for driving a set of micro-LEDs of a 2-D array of micro-LEDs; and drive circuits configured to generate, based on the display data bits stored in the contiguous 2-D array of bitcells, pulse-width modulated (PWM) drive signals for driving the set of micro-LEDs of the 2-D array of micro-LEDs. In one example, the plurality of macro-pixels is grouped into a plurality of sub-arrays, where each sub-array of the plurality of sub-arrays includes a set of macro-pixels and a local periphery circuit next to the set of macro-pixels. The local periphery circuit includes, for example, a buffer, a repeater, a clock gating circuit for gating an input clock signal to the sub-array, and/or a sub-array decoder for selecting the sub-array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Henry Morris, Michael Yee
  • Patent number: 11942009
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing system may access a first value associated with a first pixel of the first color channel from a first bitmap associated with a first color channel. The system may select a first mask comprising a plurality of first scaling factors based on the first value of the first bitmap. The system may access a second value associated with a second pixel of the second color channel from a second bitmap associated with a second color channel. The system may select a second mask comprising a plurality of second scaling factors based on the second value of the second bitmap. The system may modify each of first and second component values of the corresponding color channel using the corresponding plurality of scaling factors of the corresponding mask. The system may output the modified first and second component values to a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Edward Buckley, Michael Yee
  • Patent number: 11881143
    Abstract: In particular embodiments, a computing system of a device may determine a display peak power budget allocated for a display component of the device. The system may determine display information including display workload and display telemetry associated with the display component. The system may determine, in accordance with a display peak power management policy applied to the display peak power budget and the display information, one or more display-controlling parameters for maintaining the display component to operate within the display peak power budget. The system may determine, based on the one or more display-controlling parameters, a plurality of grayscales for a plurality of regions on a display screen of the device. The system may adjust a rendered frame based on the plurality of grayscales and output the adjusted rendered frame on the display screen of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Nilanjan Goswami, Eugene Gorbatov, Steve John Clohset, Michael Yee
  • Patent number: 11743435
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a headset display device includes a central processor and multiple projector integrated circuits for eyes of a wearer of the headset display device. Each eye of the wear is associated with at least three projector integrated circuits. Each of the three projector integrated circuits is communicatively coupled to the central processor. Each projector integrated circuit includes a first integrated circuit including a light emitter array having monochrome light emitters of a single color, and a second integrated circuit coupled to the first integrated circuit. The second integrated circuit includes a graphics processor configured to generate transformed image data. The graphics processor is configured to provide the transformed image data to the first integrated circuit. The first integrated circuit is configured to output the transformed image data using the light emitter array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Larry Seiler, William Thomas Blank, Warren Andrew Hunt, Michael Yee
  • Publication number: 20230253441
    Abstract: A common-anode micro-LED device includes an array of micro light-emitting diodes (micro-LEDs) characterized by a pitch less than 20 ?m and including a first common anode for the first array of micro-LEDs, and a backplane wafer including pixel drive circuits configured to individually address micro-LEDs of the array of micro-LEDs through cathodes of the micro-LEDs. Each pixel drive circuit of the pixel drive circuits includes an analog current drive circuit connected to a cathode of a micro-LED of the first array of micro-LEDs, a storage circuit for storing pixel data, and a timing control circuit configured to control the analog current drive circuit based on the pixel data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Michael YEE, Christopher PYNN, William Padraic HENRY
  • Publication number: 20230161165
    Abstract: Electronic display devices include digital and analog control of pixel intensity. A digital pixel control circuit and an analog pixel control circuit are provided within each pixel. The digital pixel control circuit employs digital PWM techniques to control a number of subframes within each frame during which a driving current is supplied to a light emitting element within the pixel. The analog pixel control circuit controls the level of the driving current supplied to the light emitting element within the pixel during the frame. In one example, the digital pixel control circuit and the analog pixel control circuit may together control pixel intensity with the analog pixel control circuit providing additional in-pixel bits for increased color depth. Alternatively, the digital pixel control circuit may control pixel intensity and the analog pixel control circuit may control non-uniformity compensation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Ilias Pappas, William Thomas Blank, Ramakrishna Chilukuri, Michael Yee
  • Patent number: 11642747
    Abstract: Provided are methods and systems for aligning multiple parts using simultaneous scanning of features of different parts and using feature-based coordinate systems for determining relative positions of these. Specifically, a feature-based coordinate system may be constructed using one or more critical dimensions between features of different parts. The scanner may be specifically positioned to capture each of these critical dimensions precisely. The feature-based coordinate system is used to compare the critical dimensions to specified ranges. The position of at least one part may be adjusted based on results of this comparison using, for example, a robotic manipulator. The process may be repeated until all critical dimensions are within their specified ranges. In some embodiments, multiple sets of features from different parts are used such that each set uses its own feature-based coordinate system. The part adjustment may be performed based on the collective output from these multiple sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Byungwoo Lee, Michael Yee-Chih Wang
  • Publication number: 20230136987
    Abstract: A micro-light emitting diode (micro-LED) display backplane includes a plurality of macro-pixels. Each macro-pixel includes: a contiguous two-dimensional (2-D) array of bitcells storing display data bits for driving a set of micro-LEDs of a 2-D array of micro-LEDs; and drive circuits configured to generate, based on the display data bits stored in the contiguous 2-D array of bitcells, pulse-width modulated (PWM) drive signals for driving the set of micro-LEDs of the 2-D array of micro-LEDs. In one example, the plurality of macro-pixels is grouped into a plurality of sub-arrays, where each sub-array of the plurality of sub-arrays includes a set of macro-pixels and a local periphery circuit next to the set of macro-pixels. The local periphery circuit includes, for example, a buffer, a repeater, a clock gating circuit for gating an input clock signal to the sub-array, and/or a sub-array decoder for selecting the sub-array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Henry Morris, Michael Yee
  • Publication number: 20230113746
    Abstract: In particular embodiments, a computing system of a device may determine a display peak power budget allocated for a display component of the device. The system may determine display information including display workload and display telemetry associated with the display component. The system may determine, in accordance with a display peak power management policy applied to the display peak power budget and the display information, one or more display-controlling parameters for maintaining the display component to operate within the display peak power budget. The system may determine, based on the one or more display-controlling parameters, a plurality of grayscales for a plurality of regions on a display screen of the device. The system may adjust a rendered frame based on the plurality of grayscales and output the adjusted rendered frame on the display screen of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Nilanjan Goswami, Eugene Gorbatov, Steve John Clohset, Michael Yee
  • Patent number: 11620928
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing system may access an image to be displayed on a display. The system may perform compensation operations on the display to compensate for degradation effects of the display. The system may determine a change in an electric signal level associated with one or more light-emitting elements of the display. The change may be caused by the compensation operations. The system may determine a wavelength shift of the light-emitting elements of the display. The wavelength shift may be caused by the change of the electric signal level. The system may adjust values of RGB color components of the pixel values of the image based on the wavelength shift of the light-emitting elements of the display. The system may output the pixel values with the adjusted values of the RGB color components to the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Edward Buckley, Michael Yee
  • Patent number: 11567325
    Abstract: Electronic display devices include digital and analog control of pixel intensity. A digital pixel control circuit and an analog pixel control circuit are provided within each pixel. The digital pixel control circuit employs digital PWM techniques to control a number of subframes within each frame during which a driving current is supplied to a light emitting element within the pixel. The analog pixel control circuit controls the level of the driving current supplied to the light emitting element within the pixel during the frame. In one example, the digital pixel control circuit and the analog pixel control circuit may together control pixel intensity with the analog pixel control circuit providing additional in-pixel bits for increased color depth. Alternatively, the digital pixel control circuit may control pixel intensity and the analog pixel control circuit may control non-uniformity compensation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Ilias Pappas, William Thomas Blank, Ramakrishna Chilukuri, Michael Yee
  • Publication number: 20230015610
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing system may access a first value associated with a first pixel of the first color channel from a first bitmap associated with a first color channel. The system may select a first mask comprising a plurality of first scaling factors based on the first value of the first bitmap. The system may access a second value associated with a second pixel of the second color channel from a second bitmap associated with a second color channel. The system may select a second mask comprising a plurality of second scaling factors based on the second value of the second bitmap. The system may modify each of first and second component values of the corresponding color channel using the corresponding plurality of scaling factors of the corresponding mask. The system may output the modified first and second component values to a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Edward Buckley, Michael Yee
  • Patent number: 11521543
    Abstract: A micro-light emitting diode (micro-LED) display backplane includes a plurality of macro-pixels. Each macro-pixel includes: a contiguous two-dimensional (2-D) array of bitcells storing display data bits for driving a set of micro-LEDs of a 2-D array of micro-LEDs; and drive circuits configured to generate, based on the display data bits stored in the contiguous 2-D array of bitcells, pulse-width modulated (PWM) drive signals for driving the set of micro-LEDs of the 2-D array of micro-LEDs. In one example, the plurality of macro-pixels is grouped into a plurality of sub-arrays, where each sub-array of the plurality of sub-arrays includes a set of macro-pixels and a local periphery circuit next to the set of macro-pixels. The local periphery circuit includes, for example, a buffer, a repeater, a clock gating circuit for gating an input clock signal to the sub-array, and/or a sub-array decoder for selecting the sub-array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Henry Morris, Michael Yee
  • Publication number: 20220366820
    Abstract: In one embodiment, one or more computing systems may determine a first display content to be displayed on a display. The first display content may be associated with one or more frames. The one or more computing systems may determine an optimization operation for the first display content based on one or more first parameters associated with the display or one or more second parameters associated with the one or more frames. The one or more computing systems may adjust the one or more frames based on the optimization operation. The adjusted one or more frames may have at least one optimized attribute comparing to the one or more frames before being adjusted. The one or more computing systems may output the adjusted one or more frames to the display to represent the first display content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Nilanjan Goswami, Michael Yee, Morgyn Taylor, Patrick Mccleary, Naveen Makineni, Aaron Young, Zhi Zhou, Richard Lawrence Greene, Richard Webb, Cheng Chang
  • Publication number: 20220326527
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing system may receive one or more signals from one or more sensors associated with an artificial reality system. The system may determine one or more parameters associated a display content for the artificial reality system based on the one or more signals of the one or more sensors associated with the artificial reality system. The system may generate the display content based on the one or more parameters. The system may output the display content to a display of the artificial reality system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Morgyn Taylor, Zahid Hossain, Larry Seiler, Michael Yee, Nilanjan Goswami
  • Patent number: 11430371
    Abstract: A display device provides pulse width modulation (PWM) control of pixels using comparator circuits within each pixel. The display device includes a display panel and a row driver connected to the display panel. The row driver includes a counter configured to generate count bit values for subframes of a pulse width modulation (PWM) frame. The display panel includes pixels, each pixel including a comparator circuit and a light emitting diode. The comparator circuit includes a dynamic comparison node. The comparator circuit is configured to generate comparison results at the dynamic comparison node by comparing the count bit values of the subframes and data bit values of a control word defining a brightness level of the pixel for the PWM frame. The LED is configured to turn on or off responsive to the comparison results at the dynamic comparison node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Yee
  • Patent number: 11410580
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing system may access a first mask associated with a first color component and a first pixel in an image, and a second mask associated with a second color component and a second pixel in the image. The system may access first component values of the first color component in a first pixel region containing the first pixel, and second component values of the second color component in a second pixel region containing the second pixel. The system may modify the first component values using the first mask, and the second component values using the second mask. The system may cause the modified first and second component values to be displayed by light-emitting elements of the first and second color components. The first and second masks may be generated based on relative positions of the first light-emitting elements and the second light-emitting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC.
    Inventors: Edward Buckley, Michael Yee
  • Publication number: 20220165193
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing system may access an image to be displayed on a display. The system may perform compensation operations on the display to compensate for degradation effects of the display. The system may determine a change in an electric signal level associated with one or more light-emitting elements of the display. The change may be caused by the compensation operations. The system may determine a wavelength shift of the light-emitting elements of the display. The wavelength shift may be caused by the change of the electric signal level. The system may adjust values of RGB color components of the pixel values of the image based on the wavelength shift of the light-emitting elements of the display. The system may output the pixel values with the adjusted values of the RGB color components to the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Edward Buckley, Michael Yee
  • Publication number: 20220113542
    Abstract: Electronic display devices include digital and analog control of pixel intensity. A digital pixel control circuit and an analog pixel control circuit are provided within each pixel. The digital pixel control circuit employs digital PWM techniques to control a number of subframes within each frame during which a driving current is supplied to a light emitting element within the pixel. The analog pixel control circuit controls the level of the driving current supplied to the light emitting element within the pixel during the frame. In one example, the digital pixel control circuit and the analog pixel control circuit may together control pixel intensity with the analog pixel control circuit providing additional in-pixel bits for increased color depth. Alternatively, the digital pixel control circuit may control pixel intensity and the analog pixel control circuit may control non-uniformity compensation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Ilias Pappas, William Thomas Blank, Ramakrishna Chilukuri, Michael Yee