Patents by Inventor Nicholas C. Loomis

Nicholas C. Loomis 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: 10354577
    Abstract: A technique for masking a non-functioning pixel in a display screen includes receiving pixel values for driving pixels on the display screen with an image, identifying a sub-set of the pixel values associated with surrounding pixels that are adjacent to the non-functioning pixel in the display screen, and adjusting the pixel values of the sub-set to increase brightness of the surrounding pixels to compensate for lost brightness due to the non-functioning pixel to thereby mask visual perception of the non-functioning pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Mary Lou Jepsen, Nicholas C. Loomis, Behnam Bastani, Carlin Vieri, Colin Braley, Stuart C. B. Abercrombie
  • Patent number: 10310314
    Abstract: A display panel includes an array of display pixels to output an image. The array of display pixels includes a central pixel region and a perimeter pixel region. The central pixel region includes central pixel units each having three different colored sub-pixels. The different colored sub-pixels of the central pixel units are organized according to a central layout pattern that repeats across the central pixel region. The perimeter pixel region is disposed along a perimeter of the central pixel region and includes perimeter pixel units that increase a brightness of the image along edges of the central pixel region to mask gaps around the array of display pixels when tiling the array of display pixels with other arrays of display pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Philip E. Watson, Pey Lung Fu, Hung-Yu Chen, Carlin Vieri, Adam E. Norton, Andrei S. Kazmierski, Serge J. A. Bierhuizen, Nicholas C. Loomis, Behnam Bastani, Yachi Lee
  • Patent number: 9691351
    Abstract: Embodiments of a process including determining a position of an observer relative to a pixel array positioned on a diffuse surface, the pixel array comprising a plurality of individual display pixels, determining the observer's viewing angle relative to the pixel array based on the position of the observer relative to the pixel array, and adjusting the brightness of the pixel array so that the brightness of the pixel array when viewed at the observer's viewing angle substantially matches the brightness of the diffuse surface when viewed at the observer's viewing angle. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas C. Loomis, Colin Braley, Behnam Bastani
  • Patent number: 9626145
    Abstract: A display tile for arranging with other display tiles to form a multi-tile display includes display pixels in an active display area, pixel tape sections, and a transparent layer. The pixel tape sections surround the display pixels. Each pixel tape section overlaps an adjacent pixel tape section and is overlapped by another adjacent pixel tape section disposed opposite the adjacent pixel tape section. Each pixel tape section includes a pixel array. The transparent layer is disposed over the display pixels and the pixel arrays of the pixel tape sections. The display pixels and the pixel arrays are arranged to display an overall image of the display tile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Belle Fu, Mary Lou Jepsen, Nicholas C. Loomis, Behnam Bastani, Carlin J. Vieri, Andrei S. Kazmierski, Adam E. Norton, Stephen D. Dorow, Stuart C. B. Abercrombie
  • Publication number: 20170045769
    Abstract: A display panel includes an array of display pixels to output an image. The array of display pixels includes a central pixel region and a perimeter pixel region. The central pixel region includes central pixel units each having three different colored sub-pixels. The different colored sub-pixels of the central pixel units are organized according to a central layout pattern that repeats across the central pixel region. The perimeter pixel region is disposed along a perimeter of the central pixel region and includes perimeter pixel units that increase a brightness of the image along edges of the central pixel region to mask gaps around the array of display pixels when tiling the array of display pixels with other arrays of display pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Philip E. Watson, Pey Lung Fu, Hung-Yu Chen, Carlin Vieri, Adam E. Norton, Andrei S. Kazmierski, Serge J. A. Bierhuizen, Nicholas C. Loomis, Behnam Bastani, Yachi Lee
  • Patent number: 9557954
    Abstract: A display panel includes a carrier substrate, a system interconnect, and a plurality of display modules disposed across the carrier substrate. The display modules are each communicatively coupled to the system interconnect to each output a different portion of an overall image communicated via the system interconnect. Each of the display modules includes an array of direct emission display pixels and a module interconnect to couple the array of direct emission display pixels to the system interconnect. The array of direct emission display pixels of a given display module of the plurality of display modules is distinct and separate from the array of direct emission display pixels of other display modules of the plurality of display modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Mary Lou Jepsen, Andrei S. Kazmierski, Belle Fu, Nicholas C. Loomis, Behnam Bastani
  • Patent number: 9529563
    Abstract: A tileable display panel includes an array of display pixels including central display pixels near a center of the array having a center pixel pitch and perimeter display pixels along a perimeter of the array. A perimeter region surrounds the array. The perimeter region includes a first side that is joinable to a second side of another instance of the tileable display panel to form a multi-panel display. The perimeter region has a width that is greater than at least half the center pixel pitch such that a gap between adjacent perimeter display pixels of the tileable display panel and the other instance of the tileable display panel when forming the multi-panel display is greater than the center pixel pitch. The gap is visually masked by increasing a characteristic of the perimeter display pixels adjacent to the gap relative to the same characteristic of the central display pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Andrei Kazmierski, Nicholas C. Loomis, Stephen D. Dorow, Adam E. Norton, Mary Lou Jepsen, Carlin Vieri
  • Publication number: 20160179453
    Abstract: A display panel includes a carrier substrate, a system interconnect, and a plurality of display modules disposed across the carrier substrate. The display modules are each communicatively coupled to the system interconnect to each output a different portion of an overall image communicated via the system interconnect. Each of the display modules includes an array of direct emission display pixels and a module interconnect to couple the array of direct emission display pixels to the system interconnect. The array of direct emission display pixels of a given display module of the plurality of display modules is distinct and separate from the array of direct emission display pixels of other display modules of the plurality of display modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Mary Lou Jepsen, Andrei S. Kazmierski, Belle Fu, Nicholas C. Loomis, Behnam Bastani
  • Publication number: 20160093244
    Abstract: A tileable display panel includes an array of display pixels including central display pixels near a center of the array having a center pixel pitch and perimeter display pixels along a perimeter of the array. A perimeter region surrounds the array. The perimeter region includes a first side that is joinable to a second side of another instance of the tileable display panel to form a multi-panel display. The perimeter region has a width that is greater than at least half the center pixel pitch such that a gap between adjacent perimeter display pixels of the tileable display panel and the other instance of the tileable display panel when forming the multi-panel display is greater than the center pixel pitch. The gap is visually masked by increasing a characteristic of the perimeter display pixels adjacent to the gap relative to the same characteristic of the central display pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Andrei Kazmierski, Nicholas C. Loomis, Stephen D. Dorow, Adam E. Norton, Mary Lou Jepsen, Carlin Vieri
  • Publication number: 20160086575
    Abstract: Embodiments of a process including determining a position of an observer relative to a pixel array positioned on a diffuse surface, the pixel array comprising a plurality of individual display pixels, determining the observer's viewing angle relative to the pixel array based on the position of the observer relative to the pixel array, and adjusting the brightness of the pixel array so that the brightness of the pixel array when viewed at the observer's viewing angle substantially matches the brightness of the diffuse surface when viewed at the observer's viewing angle. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Nicholas C. Loomis, Colin Braley, Behnam Bastani
  • Patent number: 9250508
    Abstract: A rear projection screen includes an array of pin-hole apertures to pass display light incident from a first side of the rear projection screen through to a viewing side of the rear projection screen opposite the first side. An array of concentrator structures surrounds the pin-hole apertures and defines concentrating optical pathways. The concentrating optical pathways each have an input aperture for collecting the display light and an output defined by a corresponding one of the pin-hole apertures to emit the display light. The input apertures are larger than the pin-hole apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Belle Fu, Serge J. Bierhuizen, Mary Lou Jepsen, Andrei S. Kazmierski, Adam E. Norton, Nicholas C. Loomis, Philip E. Watson