Patents by Inventor Samu Matias Kallio
Samu Matias 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).
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Publication number: 20240038166Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display system comprises an OLED array and a power management system that includes at least one voltage generator for the OLED array. A timing microcontroller comprises a decoder/encoder configured to receive HDR pixel data and output display pixel data. A portion of the HDR pixel data is sampled and a luminance index value of the sampled portion is determined, where the luminance index value corresponds to a maximum luminance of the sampled portion. The luminance index value is used to control the at least one voltage generator to reduce power consumption of the OLED display system.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2022Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Nobuyuki SUZUKI, Baek Woon LEE, Ying ZHENG, Samu Matias KALLIO, Kari Jussi ROPO
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Patent number: 11818321Abstract: A method for calibrating the color space on multiple displays in a computing system includes determining a native color space for each of multiple displays; dynamically selecting a target color space to implement on each of the multiple displays based at least in part on the determined native color space of each one of the multiple displays; and instructing one of the multiple displays to map the associated native color space to the target color space.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Samu Matias Kallio, Kari Jussi Ropo, Baek-Woon Lee
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Publication number: 20230214058Abstract: Interference of light-sensing elements of a display system by light-emitting elements of the display system is reduced. An emission schedule is determined for the one or more light-emitting elements in an optical sensing region of the display system to include one or more emission periods and one or more emission-off periods, wherein the one or more light-emitting elements emit light within the optical sensing region during an emission period and do not emit light within the optical sensing region during an emission-off period. A synchronization signal is generated to drive the one or more light-emitting elements of the display system. Light sensing by the one or more light-sensing elements in the optical sensing region is triggered, based on the emission schedule, wherein the sensing by the light-sensing elements in the optical sensing region is triggered to be performed during the emission-off period.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2021Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Samu Matias KALLIO, Yichen TANG
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Publication number: 20230186871Abstract: An electronic display system includes a display controller configured to receive a first hinge angle between a first display and a second display pivotally coupled to the first display via a hinge. A first portion of the rendered visual content is displayed on the first display and a second portion of the rendered visual content is displayed on the second display, the first portion and the second portion having rendered sizes based at least in part on the first hinge angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2022Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Samu Matias Kallio, Joni Kristian Arola, Wenfeng Liu
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Patent number: 11573609Abstract: The ambient illuminance and light geometry detection system includes a computing process including receiving a hinge angle between two displays of a foldable computing device, illuminance values from illuminance sensors of the displays, and screen activity of each of the displays of the foldable computing device, determining foldable computing device posture information based at least in part on the hinge angle and the screen activity of each of the displays, determining a user facing display of the foldable computing device based at least in part on the device posture information and the screen activity of the displays, assigning differential weights to an illuminance value received from an illuminance sensor of the user facing display compared to an illuminance value received from an illuminance sensor of the non-user facing display and generating an aggregate weighted average illuminance by applying the differential weights to the illuminance values of each of the displays.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Nobuyuki Suzuki, Mony Rith Chhen, Wenfeng Liu, Samu Matias Kallio, Kari Jussi Ropo, Mika Ylitalo
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Publication number: 20230007211Abstract: The virtual ambient illuminance sensor system disclosed herein provides a method including detecting presence of an external device in vicinity of the device, wherein the external device is communicatively connected to the device, communicating with the external device to determine that the external device has an illuminance sensor, based at least in part on determining that the external device has an illuminance sensor; receiving an ambient illuminance snapshot from the external device, storing the ambient illuminance snapshot from the external device in the memory, and generating an ambient illuminance report for an operating system of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2021Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: Nobuyuki SUZUKI, Samu Matias KALLIO, Kari Jussi ROPO, Simon TAO
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Publication number: 20220382335Abstract: The ambient illuminance and light geometry detection system includes a computing process including receiving a hinge angle between two displays of a foldable computing device, illuminance values from illuminance sensors of the displays, and screen activity of each of the displays of the foldable computing device, determining foldable computing device posture information based at least in part on the hinge angle and the screen activity of each of the displays, determining a user facing display of the foldable computing device based at least in part on the device posture information and the screen activity of the displays, assigning differential weights to an illuminance value received from an illuminance sensor of the user facing display compared to an illuminance value received from an illuminance sensor of the non-user facing display and generating an aggregate weighted average illuminance by applying the differential weights to the illuminance values of each of the displays.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2021Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Nobuyuki SUZUKI, Mony Rith CHHEN, Wenfeng LIU, Samu Matias KALLIO, Kari Jussi ROPO, Mika YLITALO
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Publication number: 20220353387Abstract: A method for calibrating the color space on multiple displays in a computing system Includes determining a native color space for each of multiple displays; dynamically selecting a target color space to implement on each of the multiple displays based at least on part on the determined native color space of each one of the multiple displays; and instructing one of the multiple displays to map the associated native color space to the target color space.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2021Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Samu Matias KALLIO, Kari Jussi ROPO, Baek-Woon LEE
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Publication number: 20220351402Abstract: The ambient illuminance sensor system disclosed herein includes a light sensor to generate a series of ambient illuminance values from an area surrounding a computing device, a human presence sensor configured to detect presence of a human in vicinity of the computing device, and computer implemented instructions for determining ambient illuminance level (AIL) based on at least in part on the series of ambient illuminance values, determining presence of a human in vicinity of the light sensor, and based on at least in part on determining that the AIL is below a threshold and that a human is present, applying a hysteresis filter to process the series of ambient illuminance values.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2021Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Nobuyuki SUZUKI, Samu Matias KALLIO, Ruidong ZHU, Wenjie SHI
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Patent number: 11322062Abstract: The description relates to hinged devices, such as hinged computing devices. One example can receive content data relating to a pair of displays that are rotatable around a hinge axis and that include curved regions proximate to the hinge axis. The example can generate a frame rendering for the content data that progressively dims the curved regions of the displays with decreasing distance from hinge axis.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Kyle William Hershey, Samu Matias Kallio
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Patent number: 11263967Abstract: OLED display color output may vary substantially as a function of display temperature, which changes over time. Luminance of each of the pixels is defined by the current flowing therethrough, which is a function of the applied voltage and resistivity of the pixels. Temperature affects the resistivity of the pixels and thus the current flowing therethrough if voltage is held constant. The temperature response of red, green, and blue pixels differs, particularly at low applied voltage levels. As a result, the relative luminance of red, green, blue may vary with temperature changes, which may yield an undesirable overall color variance. The presently disclosed systems and methods dynamically adjust driving voltage to maintain color quality within a desired specification, while also reducing (or in some implementations, minimizing) power consumption of the OLED display.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2018Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Gregory Nielsen, Chau Van Ho, Mika Juhani Rintamaeki, Samu Matias Kallio
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Patent number: 10657901Abstract: Varying electrical currents are selectively applied to each pixel within an OLED display to create desired images. High applied electrical currents to groupings of nearby pixels create high luminance features, while low applied electrical currents to groupings of nearby pixels create low luminance features. A combination of a high luminance and low luminance features may be present on the OLED display. Pulse-width modulation (PWM) is often used to increase the current applied to the OLED display by modulating the applied current, particularly when creating low luminance features. The presently disclosed systems and methods detect a gray portion of an image to be presented, and select PWM independently of peak luminance based on the detected gray portion. The allows the OLED display to display low-luminance features at high quality, even when high-luminance features are also present within a frame.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Minhyuk Choi, Samu Matias Kallio, Ying Zheng
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Patent number: 10648862Abstract: Sensor calibration methods and systems can for providing accurate color values are disclosed. In one example, a method includes obtaining color measurements that indicate an amount of ambient light, as well as clustering the color measurements, and storing cluster parameters for the clustered color measurements. The method can further include automatic calculation of, for each cluster, generic transformation parameters for conversion of a color measurement to a calibrated color value. In another example, a method can include exposing a light sensor to a calibration ambient lighting, calculating sensor correction parameters for the light sensor, and storing the calculated parameters. As an additional example, an electronic device is adapted to determine calibrated color values with machine readable media storing cluster parameters, sensor correction parameters, and generic transform parameters used by the electronic device to calculate calibrated color values for ambient light sensor measurements.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Abhijit Sarkar, Samu Matias Kallio, Kari Jussi Ropo
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Publication number: 20200090588Abstract: OLED display color output may vary substantially as a function of display temperature, which changes over time. Luminance of each of the pixels is defined by the current flowing therethrough, which is a function of the applied voltage and resistivity of the pixels. Temperature affects the resistivity of the pixels and thus the current flowing therethrough if voltage is held constant. The temperature response of red, green, and blue pixels differs, particularly at low applied voltage levels. As a result, the relative luminance of red, green, blue may vary with temperature changes, which may yield an undesirable overall color variance. The presently disclosed systems and methods dynamically adjust driving voltage to maintain color quality within a desired specification, while also reducing (or in some implementations, minimizing) power consumption of the OLED display.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2018Publication date: March 19, 2020Inventors: Gregory NIELSEN, Chau Van HO, Mika Juhani RINTAMAEKI, Samu Matias KALLIO
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Patent number: 10504428Abstract: While organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display devices are often calibrated upon commissioning to provide similar output colors in response to input signals, they are not calibrated based on varying display content. Significant variation in output color as a function of varying output display content is increasingly unacceptable to users. In an OLED display, an emissive electroluminescent layer selectively emits light in discrete areas in response to an electric current. Higher overall applied electrical currents correspond to higher overall output luminesces, however, as current is increased, attendant voltage generally drops. Variation in attendant voltage causes variation in output color.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2017Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Minhyuk Choi, Samu Matias Kallio, Ying Zheng
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Publication number: 20190301932Abstract: Sensor calibration methods and systems can for providing accurate color values are disclosed. In one example, a method includes obtaining color measurements that indicate an amount of ambient light, as well as clustering the color measurements, and storing cluster parameters for the clustered color measurements. The method can further include automatic calculation of, for each cluster, generic transformation parameters for conversion of a color measurement to a calibrated color value. In another example, a method can include exposing a light sensor to a calibration ambient lighting, calculating sensor correction parameters for the light sensor, and storing the calculated parameters. As an additional example, an electronic device is adapted to determine calibrated color values with machine readable media storing cluster parameters, sensor correction parameters, and generic transform parameters used by the electronic device to calculate calibrated color values for ambient light sensor measurements.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2018Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Abhijit SARKAR, Samu Matias KALLIO, Kari Jussi ROPO
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Use of multiple calibrated ambient color sensor measurements to generate a single colorimetric value
Patent number: 10345151Abstract: Systems and methods for determining a colorimetric value from color measurements for multiple ambient color sensors which for each color measurement, in various approaches, select a lighting cluster similar to the color measurement and determine whether the color measurement is valid or invalid based on a calculated similarity between the color measurement and the selected lighting cluster, calculate a weight for the color measurement for combination with other color measurements based on the calculated similarity between the color measurement and its selected lighting cluster, determine whether the color measurement is valid or invalid based on perceptual color space distances for the color measurement for multiple reference light sources, and/or calculate a weight for the color measurement for combination with other color measurements based on the perceptual color space distances for multiple reference light sources.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2018Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Abhijit Sarkar, Stefan Angelevski, Samu Matias Kallio, Hiroo Umeno -
Publication number: 20190114971Abstract: Varying electrical currents are selectively applied to each pixel within an OLED display to create desired images. High applied electrical currents to groupings of nearby pixels create high luminance features, while low applied electrical currents to groupings of nearby pixels create low luminance features. A combination of a high luminance and low luminance features may be present on the OLED display. Pulse-width modulation (PWM) is often used to increase the current applied to the OLED display by modulating the applied current, particularly when creating low luminance features. The presently disclosed systems and methods detect a gray portion of an image to be presented, and select PWM independently of peak luminance based on the detected gray portion. The allows the OLED display to display low-luminance features at high quality, even when high-luminance features are also present within a frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2017Publication date: April 18, 2019Inventors: Minhyuk CHOI, Samu Matias KALLIO, Ying ZHENG
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Publication number: 20190114963Abstract: While organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display devices are often calibrated upon commissioning to provide similar output colors in response to input signals, they are not calibrated based on varying display content. Significant variation in output color as a function of varying output display content is increasingly unacceptable to users. In an OLED display, an emissive electroluminescent layer selectively emits light in discrete areas in response to an electric current. Higher overall applied electrical currents correspond to higher overall output luminesces, however, as current is increased, attendant voltage generally drops. Variation in attendant voltage causes variation in output color.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2017Publication date: April 18, 2019Inventors: Minhyuk CHOI, Samu Matias KALLIO, Ying ZHENG
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Patent number: 9823117Abstract: A method, apparatus, and a computer program is provided. The method comprises: determining an ambient light value from ambient light data provided by at least one ambient light sensor, in dependence upon the spectral distribution of the ambient light data provided by the at least one ambient light sensor and a manufacturer of the at least one ambient light sensor.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2012Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Ralf Wieser, Somakanthan Somalingam, Max Lindfors, Samu Matias Kallio