Patents by Inventor Paul Diefenbaugh

Paul Diefenbaugh 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: 20230333628
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for adapting a computer based on user attentiveness are described herein. A system for attention-based gesture recognition includes processing circuitry to: access an image of a user, the user proximate to a computing device; determine, based on the image, whether user is attentive to the computing device; and selectively enable or disable a function of the computing device depending on whether the user is attentive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Aleksander Magi, Kathy Bui, Paul Diefenbaugh, Marko Bartscherer
  • Patent number: 11736653
    Abstract: Techniques for selective display frame fetching are disclosed. Some example techniques disclosed herein cause at least one processor to at least determine if an indication of a new frame includes an indication of a flip event, and identify one or more dirty regions of the new frame based on the flip event. Disclosed example techniques also cause the at least one processor to fill a display buffer with the one or more dirty regions of the new frame, scan out the one or more dirty regions of the new frame from the display buffer to a display port, and apply an adaptive contrast and backlight enhancement based on a histogram of changes in the new frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jason Tanner, Paul Diefenbaugh, Vishal Sinha, Arthur Runyan, Gary K. Smith, Kathy Bui, Yifan Li, Shirley Huang Meterelliyoz
  • Patent number: 11733761
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to manage power and performance of computing devices based on user presence are disclosed. An apparatus includes an engagement detector to determine an engagement of a user with a device based on at least one of image data generated by an image sensor or an application running on the device; and an operation mode selector to select one of a plurality of operation modes for the device based on a level of engagement of the user, the plurality of operation modes including (1) a first operation mode associated with the device operating at a first performance level and a first power level and (2) a second operation mode associated with the device operating at a second performance level and a second power level, the first performance level being higher than the second performance level, the first power level being higher than the second power level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vishal Sinha, Paul Diefenbaugh, Kristoffer Fleming, Raoul Rivas Toledano, Deepak Samuel Kirubakaran, William Braun
  • Patent number: 11675414
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for adapting a computer based on user attentiveness are described herein. A system for attention-based gesture recognition includes processing circuitry to: access an image of a user, the user proximate to a computing device; determine, based on the image, whether user is attentive to the computing device; and selectively enable or disable a function of the computing device depending on whether the user is attentive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Aleksander Magi, Kathy Bui, Paul Diefenbaugh, Marko Bartscherer
  • Patent number: 11568835
    Abstract: Examples relate to a display control apparatus for a display, to a computing device with an integrated display and a display control apparatus, a processing unit for a computing device with an integrated display and to corresponding methods and computer programs. The display control apparatus comprises interface circuitry and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain, via the interface circuitry, information on a user of the display, the information on the user indicating a presence of the user relative to the display or an engagement of the user with the display. The processing circuitry is configured to control, based on the information on the user, a display mode of the display, the display mode affecting at least one of a refresh rate and a backlight of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Vishal Sinha, Paul Diefenbaugh, Douglas Huard
  • Publication number: 20220417391
    Abstract: Techniques for selective display frame fetching are disclosed. Some example techniques disclosed herein cause at least one processor to at least determine if an indication of a new frame includes an indication of a flip event, and identify one or more dirty regions of the new frame based on the flip event. Disclosed example techniques also cause the at least one processor to fill a display buffer with the one or more dirty regions of the new frame, scan out the one or more dirty regions of the new frame from the display buffer to a display port, and apply an adaptive contrast and backlight enhancement based on a histogram of changes in the new frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Jason Tanner, Paul Diefenbaugh, Vishal Sinha, Arthur Runyan, Gary K. Smith, Kathy Bui, Yifan Li, Shirley Huang Meterelliyoz
  • Patent number: 11431879
    Abstract: Techniques for selective display frame fetching can include receiving or fetching rendered display frames by a display engine. The display engine can obtain an indication of a new frame and, in response to the indication of the new frame not including an indication of a flip completion event: (i) fill the display buffer with the new frame; (ii) scan out the new frame from the display buffer to a display port; and (iii) apply an adaptive contrast and backlight enhancement based on a histogram of changes in the new frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jason Tanner, Paul Diefenbaugh, Vishal Sinha, Arthur Runyan, Gary K. Smith, Kathy Bui, Yifan Li, Shirley Huang Meterelliyoz
  • Publication number: 20220147142
    Abstract: Example smart panel display apparatus and related methods are disclosed herein. An example apparatus to control a display of an electronic device includes a user presence detector to determine a presence of a user relative to the device based on image data generated by an image sensor of the device. The example apparatus includes a gaze detector to determine a direction of a gaze of the user relative to the image sensor based on the image data. The example apparatus includes a backlight manager to selectively adjust a display brightness based on the presence of the user and the direction of the gaze of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Kathy Bui, Paul Diefenbaugh, Kristoffer Fleming, Michael Rosenzweig, Soethiha Soe, Vishal Sinha, Nicholas Klein, Guangxin Xu, Stephan Jourdan
  • Patent number: 11249534
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for reduced computing device power consumption. Example methods disclosed herein includes detecting frame updates corresponding to input frames to be presented by a display, and causing a programmable timer to generate second interrupts corresponding to first interrupts generated by a display engine, the second interrupts to be generated when there are no frame updates detected for at least a first duration of time defined by a first threshold. Example methods further include causing the display engine to transition to a low power state when (1) the programmable timer is configured to generate the second interrupts and (2) no frame updates have been detected for at least a second duration of time following the first duration of time, the second duration of time defined by a second threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul Diefenbaugh, Arthur Runyan, Gary Smith, Kathy Bui, Ajay Saini, Vishal Sinha, Yifan Li, Yong-Joon Park
  • Publication number: 20220044654
    Abstract: Examples relate to a display control apparatus for a display, to a computing device with an integrated display and a display control apparatus, a processing unit for a computing device with an integrated display and to corresponding methods and computer programs. The display control apparatus comprises interface circuitry and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain, via the interface circuitry, information on a user of the display, the information on the user indicating a presence of the user relative to the display or an engagement of the user with the display. The processing circuitry is configured to control, based on the information on the user, a display mode of the display, the display mode affecting at least one of a refresh rate and a backlight of the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Vishal SINHA, Paul DIEFENBAUGH, Douglas HUARD
  • Patent number: 11244512
    Abstract: Hybrid rendering is described for a wearable display that is attached to a tethered computer. In one example a process include determining a position and orientation of a wearable computing device, determining a rate of motion of the wearable computing device, comparing the rate of motion to a threshold, if the rate of motion is above the threshold, then rendering a view of a scene at the wearable computing device using the position and orientation information, and displaying the rendered view of the scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Deepak Shashidhar Vembar, Paul Diefenbaugh, Vallabhajosyula S. Somayazulu, Atsuo Kuwahara, Kofi Whitney, Richmond Hicks
  • Patent number: 11244654
    Abstract: Examples relate to a display control apparatus for a display, to a computing device with an integrated display and a display control apparatus, a processing unit for a computing device with an integrated display and to corresponding methods and computer programs. The display control apparatus comprises interface circuitry and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain, via the interface circuitry, information on a user of the display, the information on the user indicating a presence of the user relative to the display or an engagement of the user with the display. The processing circuitry is configured to control, based on the information on the user, a display mode of the display, the display mode affecting at least one of a refresh rate and a backlight of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Vishal Sinha, Paul Diefenbaugh, Douglas Huard
  • Publication number: 20210405734
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for adapting a computer based on user attentiveness are described herein. A system for attention-based gesture recognition includes processing circuitry to: access an image of a user, the user proximate to a computing device; determine, based on the image, whether user is attentive to the computing device; and selectively enable or disable a function of the computing device depending on whether the user is attentive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Aleksander Magi, Kathy Bui, Paul Diefenbaugh, Marko Bartscherer
  • Publication number: 20210327394
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture for applying selective adjustment of displays are disclosed herein. An example apparatus to control an operating characteristic such as a brightness of a display of an electronic device includes a face analyzer to identify a presence of a face of a user relative to the device based on image data generated by an image sensor of the electronic device, and a correlation analyzer to determine a correlation of the detected presence and a first device interaction event. In response to the correlation, the correlation analyzer is to apply a display brightness adjustment rule to selectively adjust the brightness of the display from a first setting to a second setting after a first time interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Kathy Bui, Paul Diefenbaugh, Marko Bartscherer, Aleksander Magi, Nisha Aram, Zhongsheng Wang
  • Publication number: 20210304096
    Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms to dynamically prioritize communication of a data flow based on an indication of a user's interest in a particular task. In an embodiment, data flows correspond to different respective tasks that are executed with a host operating system. An output of a human interface device indicates whether, at a particular time, a user of a computer device is interested in one particular task over another task. Where greater user interest in a first task is indicated, a first packet type corresponding to the first task is assigned a relatively high priority, as compared to a second packet type which corresponds to a second task. Based on the priority, a resource of the network interface is selectively made available (or prevented from being made available) for the communication of a given packet. In another embodiment, the resource includes a queue of the network interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Deepak Samuel Kirubakaran, Venkateshan Udhayan, Atsuo Kuwahara, Rajshree Chabukswar, Ramakrishnan Sivakumar, William Braun, Noam Ginsburg, Jianfeng Zhu, Paul Diefenbaugh, Kristoffer Fleming, Keerthanna Mohan
  • Patent number: 11132048
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for adapting a computer based on user attentiveness are described herein. A system for attention-based gesture recognition includes processing circuitry to: access an image of a user, the user proximate to a computing device; determine, based on the image, whether user is attentive to the computing device; and selectively enable or disable a function of the computing device depending on whether the user is attentive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Aleksander Magi, Kathy Bui, Paul Diefenbaugh, Marko Bartscherer
  • Publication number: 20210203811
    Abstract: Techniques for selective display frame fetching can include receiving or fetching rendered display frames by a display engine. The display engine can obtain an indication of a new frame and, in response to the indication of the new frame not including an indication of a flip completion event: (i) fill the display buffer with the new frame; (ii) scan out the new frame from the display buffer to a display port; and (iii) apply an adaptive contrast and backlight enhancement based on a histogram of changes in the new frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Jason Tanner, Paul Diefenbaugh, Vishal Sinha, Arthur Runyan, Gary K. Smith, Kathy Bui, Yifan Li, Shirley Huang Meterelliyoz
  • Patent number: 11043158
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for managing graphics subsystems are described herein. A system for managing graphics subsystems of a compute device includes a display controller operable to: receive an indication that a first display of the compute device has been activated; enable a power management feature in a display controller, the power management feature to reduce power consumption of the display controller and associated components, and the power management feature to reduce graphics memory bandwidth usage; receive an indication that a second display has been activated with the first display; and maintain the power management feature for at least the first display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Prashant D. Chaudhari, Michael N. Derr, Paul Diefenbaugh, Sameer Kalathil Perazhi, Fong-Shek Lam, Arthur Jeremy Runyan, Jason Tanner
  • Publication number: 20210150979
    Abstract: Display pixels having integrated memory are disclosed. A disclosed example memory pixel includes a light emitter on a semiconductor substrate, memory co-located with the light emitter on the same semiconductor substrate, and a comparator in circuit with the memory, the comparator to control a flow of electrical current to the light emitter based on pixel data from the memory and timing information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Douglas Huard, Vishal Sinha, Paul Diefenbaugh, Khaled Ahmed, Kristoffer Fleming, Kunjal Parikh
  • Publication number: 20210116985
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for reduced computing device power consumption. Example methods disclosed herein includes detecting frame updates corresponding to input frames to be presented by a display, and causing a programmable timer to generate second interrupts corresponding to first interrupts generated by a display engine, the second interrupts to be generated when there are no frame updates detected for at least a first duration of time defined by a first threshold. Example methods further include causing the display engine to transition to a low power state when (1) the programmable timer is configured to generate the second interrupts and (2) no frame updates have been detected for at least a second duration of time following the first duration of time, the second duration of time defined by a second threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Paul Diefenbaugh, Arthur Runyan, Gary Smith, Kathy Bui, Ajay Saini, Vishal Sinha, Yifan Li, Yong-Joon Park