Patents by Inventor Santiago E. Alfaro

Santiago E. Alfaro 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: 11601638
    Abstract: In one example, a head-mounted display (HMD) device includes multiple display panels arranged in parallel with each other. Each of the display panels is associated with one of multiple focal lengths. The HMD device includes multiple lenses to view a three-dimensional (3D) scene on the display panels. The HMD device also includes a controller to provide a frame of the 3D scene, viewable at the focal lengths. The frames include focal layers generated at one of the focal lengths. The frames are rendered by displaying the focal layers in a sequence on the display panels associated with the focal length at which the focal layer is generated. The controller also allows visible light to pass through one or more of the display panels based on whether the render planes are between an active focal layer and the lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joshua J. Ratcliff, Alexey M. Supikov, Seth E. Hunter, Santiago E. Alfaro
  • Patent number: 10948740
    Abstract: An example apparatus for displaying stereo elemental images includes two coupled eyepieces. Each of the two eyepieces also includes a curved screen to display a number of elemental images. Each of the two eyepieces also includes a curved lens array concentrically displaced in front of the curved screen to magnify the elemental images. Each of the number of elemental images is magnified by a different lens in the curved lens array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua J. Ratcliff, Alexey M. Supikov, Santiago E. Alfaro, Basel Salahieh
  • Publication number: 20190086679
    Abstract: An example apparatus for displaying stereo elemental images includes two coupled eyepieces. Each of the two eyepieces also includes a curved screen to display a number of elemental images. Each of the two eyepieces also includes a curved lens array concentrically displaced in front of the curved screen to magnify the elemental images. Each of the number of elemental images is magnified by a different lens in the curved lens array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joshua J. Ratcliff, Alexey M. Supikov, Santiago E. Alfaro, Basel Salahieh
  • Publication number: 20180199028
    Abstract: In one example, a head-mounted display (HMD) device includes multiple display panels arranged in parallel with each other. Each of the display panels is associated with one of multiple focal lengths. The HMD device includes multiple lenses to view a three-dimensional (3D) scene on the display panels. The HMD device also includes a controller to provide a frame of the 3D scene, viewable at the focal lengths. The frames include focal layers generated at one of the focal lengths. The frames are rendered by displaying the focal layers in a sequence on the display panels associated with the focal length at which the focal layer is generated. The controller also allows visible light to pass through one or more of the display panels based on whether the render planes are between an active focal layer and the lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joshua J. Ratcliff, Alexey M. Supikov, Seth E. Hunter, Santiago E. Alfaro
  • Publication number: 20180184074
    Abstract: In one example, a method for displaying three dimensional images can include generating a three dimensional image. The method can also include detecting a field of view of a user based on a position and orientation of the head of the user. The method can also include separating the three dimensional image into a plurality of frames based on the field of view of the user, wherein each frame corresponds to one of a plurality of display panels. Furthermore, the method can include modifying the plurality of frames based on a depth of each pixel in the three dimensional image. Additionally, the method can include displaying the three dimensional image using the plurality of display panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seth E. Hunter, Santiago E. Alfaro, Ram C. Nalla, Archie Sharma, Ronald T. Azuma