Patents by Inventor Samu Kallio

Samu Kallio 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).

  • Crowd-sourced brightness for a display
    Patent number: 10446115
    Abstract: Computing devices and methods for adjusting light output of a display in a user computing device are disclosed. In one example, user-adjusted brightness settings are received from a plurality of computing devices. For each brightness setting, a corresponding environment brightness level determined contemporaneously with execution of the user-adjusted brightness setting is also received. At least one crowd-sourced brightness curve is generated using the user-adjusted brightness settings and the corresponding environment brightness levels. When a trigger event occurs, the at least one crowd-sourced brightness curve is distributed to the user computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Kari Jussi Ropo, Samu Kallio, Katherine Blair Huffman, Jocelyn Berrendonner, Tyler Donahue
  • Evaluation of a display temperature
    Patent number: 10043428
    Abstract: A temperature of a display is evaluated from the image displayed. The device may be tested with various images or with various test patterns in order to obtain the heat generation response related to the image. For example, a bright image may generate more heat than a dark image. The heat generation response behavior is stored into a device memory. A heat radiation response behavior is also obtained with various test patterns. The display temperature is estimated using an image to be displayed with the predetermined heat generation and heat radiation responses. The ambient temperature may be used to improve the estimation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Toni Hemminki, Samu Kallio, Tero Maaranen
  • CROWD-SOURCED BRIGHTNESS FOR A DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20180190240
    Abstract: Computing devices and methods for adjusting light output of a display in a user computing device are disclosed. In one example, user-adjusted brightness settings are received from a plurality of computing devices. For each brightness setting, a corresponding environment brightness level determined contemporaneously with execution of the user-adjusted brightness setting is also received. At least one crowd-sourced brightness curve is generated using the user-adjusted brightness settings and the corresponding environment brightness levels. When a trigger event occurs, the at least one crowd-sourced brightness curve is distributed to the user computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kari Jussi Ropo, Samu Kallio, Katherine Blair Huffman, Jocelyn Berrendonner, Tyler Donahue
  • EVALUATION OF A DISPLAY TEMPERATURE
    Publication number: 20170345352
    Abstract: A temperature of a display is evaluated from the image displayed. The device may be tested with various images or with various test patterns in order to obtain the heat generation response related to the image. For example, a bright image may generate more heat than a dark image. The heat generation response behavior is stored into a device memory. A heat radiation response behavior is also obtained with various test patterns. The display temperature is estimated using an image to be displayed with the predetermined heat generation and heat radiation responses. The ambient temperature may be used to improve the estimation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Toni Hemminki, Samu Kallio, Tero Maaranen