Light Detection Means (e.g., With Photodetector) Patents (Class 345/207)
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Patent number: 10636200Abstract: An electronic device, method for displaying an augmented reality scene and non-transitory computer-readable medium are provided in this disclosure. The electronic device includes a camera unit, a displayer, and a processor. The processor electrically connected to the camera unit and the displayer. The camera unit is configured for capturing a plurality of images of the physical environment. The displayer is configured for displaying an AR image. The processor is configured for stitching the plurality of images to generate an environment image; calculating an environment light and a reflection of the physical environment corresponding to the virtual object according to the environment image; analyzing direction of a lighting to calculate a shadow corresponding to the virtual object according to the environment image; and rendering the virtual object on the AR image according to the environment light, the reflection, and the shadow.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2019Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: HTC CorporationInventors: Yu-Ting Wu, Ching-Yang Chen
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Patent number: 10628998Abstract: A system and method is provided for accurately reconstructing a three-dimensional object using depth maps. An exemplary method includes detecting different positions of an object in a multiple image frames and generating depth maps for the object from the images frames based on the detected different positions of the object. Moreover, the method includes fusing the generated depth maps to generate a three-dimensional model of the object, calculating a variance of points of the fused depth maps for the object, and obtaining respective variances of points of a statistical value prior that correspond to the points of the fused depth maps. Finally, the method calculates a quality fitting result of the generated three-dimensional model of the object based on the calculated variance of the points of the fused depth maps and the respective variances of the corresponding points of the statistical value prior.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: OneVisage SAInventors: Clemens Blumer, Christophe Remillet
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Patent number: 10629113Abstract: A display device that is driven with low power and a method for operating the display device are provided. The display device includes a host; a controller to which a first signal is supplied from the host; and a display panel to which a second signal is supplied from the controller. When the first signal includes image data, the first signal includes a command indicating the presence of the image data. When the controller detects the command, the controller supplies the image data as the second signal. When the controller does not detect the command, the controller stops supplying the second signal. After the controller stops supplying the second signal for a predetermined time, the controller resumes supplying the second signal regardless of whether or not the first signal includes the command.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takayuki Ikeda, Yoshiyuki Kurokawa
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Patent number: 10627932Abstract: Disclosed is a display device having a transparent conductive layer that includes a plurality of nanowires, wherein each nanowire may, for example, include a core that includes a metal; a first shell on the core; and a second shell on the first shell, wherein cores of at least two of the plurality of nanowires are in contact with each other through the first shell and the second shell.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2015Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jaehyun Park, JinWuk Kim, Wy-Yong Kim, HyeLi Min, MinJee Kim, Youngsub Shin, Keunsoo Jeong
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Patent number: 10620664Abstract: A foldable display panel, a display device, an image compensation method and an image compensation device are provided. The foldable display panel includes a first display panel and a second display panel which are foldable toward each other along a joining edge, and each of sub-pixels on the two display panels has an optical information detecting function. In a case that the first display panel and the second display panel are in a folded state, each of the sub-pixels on one display panel is used for detecting optical information of a corresponding sub-pixel on the other display panel, to perform optical compensation on the sub-pixel. Since optical information detection and image compensation are performed in a case that the foldable display panel is in the folded state, the use of the foldable display panel is not affected.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: SHANGHAI TIANMA AM-OLED CO., LTD.Inventors: Yang Yang, Bojia Lv, Xiangzi Kong
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Patent number: 10622504Abstract: A photodetector circuit includes: a photodetector transistor; a current output transistor; a switching transistor; and a first capacitor. The source of the photodetector transistor, the gate of the current output transistor, and the first terminal of the first capacitor are connected to one another. The source of the current output transistor, the drain of the switching transistor, and the second terminal of the first capacitor are connected to one another. The photodetector transistor has a drain connected to a reference potential line, and upon receiving light when the photodetector transistor is in an off state, the source of the photodetector transistor collects electric charges generated by an internal photoelectric effect. The current output transistor has a drain connected to a power line which can have a first power supply potential and a second power supply potential. The switching transistor has a source connected to a photodetection line.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2018Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: JOLED INC.Inventor: Tetsuro Yamamoto
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Patent number: 10620462Abstract: An LCD is described. The LCD includes an LCD panel and a backlight. The LCD panel includes a plurality of LCD elements arranged in an array, each element configured to change its light transmission based on a voltage applied to the LCD element. The backlight is configured to provide light to the LCD elements of the LCD panel. The backlight includes one or more visible light elements providing visible light to the LCD panel, and includes one or more non-visible light elements, different from the visible light elements, providing non-visible light to the LCD panel at a wavelength such that the non-visible light increases the photoconductivity of the LCD elements.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2018Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.Inventors: Timothy R. Fannin, Russ D. Uthe, Eric N. Anderson
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Patent number: 10623828Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems and methods for generating and utilizing contextual watermarks. In accordance with an embodiment the method includes: receiving reference sensor data characterizing a proprietary event; receiving a plurality of media streams for potential distribution, each media stream including respective embedded contextual sensor data; for each stream, comparing the reference sensor data with the respective embedded contextual sensor data to identify streams generated at the proprietary event; and distributing only those media streams that are not identified as being generated at the proprietary event.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2016Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: PCMS Holdings, Inc.Inventor: Pasi Sakari Ojala
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Patent number: 10614768Abstract: A shift register for a display device. The shift register may include a shift register processing circuit (10) and a control circuit (20). A first terminal of the control circuit (20) may be coupled to an output terminal (Qn) of the shift register processing circuit (10), a second terminal of the control circuit (20) may be coupled to an output terminal of the shift register (Output), and a third terminal of the control circuit (20) may be coupled to a control signal terminal (T0). The shift register may be configured to output a final gate line scan signal from the output terminal of the shift register (Output), and a starting point of the final gate line scan signal is later than a starting point of a gate line scan signal outputted from the output terminal (Qn) of the shift register processing circuit (10).Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2017Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hui Wang, Jian Zhao
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Patent number: 10607549Abstract: A display may have an active area that includes display pixels. The display may include an inactive notch region that extends into the active area. Data lines may provide image data from display driver circuitry to the display pixels. The image data may include data signals that correspond to portions of the display that do not include pixels, such as the inactive notch region. The null data signals may cause nonuniformities in the displayed image. The null data signals may be adjusted to minimize the nonuniformities. Null data signals corresponding to the inactive notch region may be adjusted to have gray levels that gradually decrease with distance from the border between the inactive notch and the active area. All of the data signals corresponding to the inactive notch may be set to a uniform gray level.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2018Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Koorosh Aflatooni, Warren S. Rieutort-Louis, Jean-Pierre S. Guillou, Pierre-Yves Emelie, Myung-Je Cho, Marc Albrecht, Graeme M. Williams, Sean C. Chang, Zhao Wang
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Patent number: 10598927Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and devices for detecting a polarization of eyewear worn by a viewer gazing at an electronic display. The detection disclosed herein may be employed to control and adjust the electronic display to compensate for the effects of polarization. The systems disclosed herein incorporate an embodiment with two IR sources, and an embodiment employing a single IR source coupled with electro-optical devices.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2017Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Paul Fredrick Luther Weindorf, Brian John Hayden, Kong Pheng Lor
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Patent number: 10599265Abstract: Provided is an electronic device including an input means using a touch panel with which incorrect operations is reduced. When people whose arms, hands, or fingers involuntarily shake because of cerebral palsy or the like use an input system including a touch panel, incorrect touch might occur in input operation. To prevent this, a touch input system in which a cover for preventing incorrect touch is provided over a touch panel to reduce incorrect operations is provided. However, since there is a region that is hard to touch using the cover, electronic devices including such touch panels are not sufficiently widely used. Thus, novel touch panels are provided outside a display region where the cover is provided. The touch panels have a function of selecting first and second regions. The first and second regions intersect with each other to provide a third region. A display object displayed in a region overlapping with the third region is configured to be extracted and executed.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2017Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Isamu Shigemori
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Patent number: 10593294Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display mounted in a housing. Color ambient light sensors may make measurements of ambient light intensity and color through windows in an inactive border region of the display or other portions of the device. The electronic device may process the ambient light measurements based on ambient light information from the ambient light sensors and based on information from additional sensors such as an image sensor, a force sensor, a capacitive touch sensor, a proximity sensor, an orientation sensor, and other devices. Control circuitry in the electronic device may produce reliable ambient light measurements by combining readings from multiple reliable sources and by discarding readings from ambient light sensors that are blocked by a user's fingers or other external objects. Display color cast and intensity may be adjusted based on ambient light information.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2019Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Nicolas P. Bonnier, Cheng Chen, Jiaying Wu, Wei Chen, Paul V. Johnson, John Z. Zhong
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Patent number: 10574907Abstract: A first imaging unit images angle-of-view mark light of each of other television cameras. An image compositing unit generates a virtual angle-of-view mark image and a virtual angle-of-view frame image as a virtual angle-of-view image showing an imaging angle of view of each of the other television cameras in an imaging angle of view of the host television camera based on the angle-of-view mark light of each of the other television cameras. The image compositing unit generates a composite image by compositing the virtual angle-of-view mark image and the virtual angle-of-view frame image with a video image. The composite image is displayed on a lens monitor of a lens device that is detachable from a camera body.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Tetsu Wada
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Patent number: 10574897Abstract: An HMD includes a display section configured to display an image to enable visual recognition of an outside scene by transmitting external light, an operation detecting section configured to detect operation, a HMD control section configured to generate, according to the operation detected by the operation detecting section, a command for operating a first mobile body, a communication control section configured to acquire first mobile body image data concerning a captured image captured by the mobile body, and a display control section configured to cause the display section to display an image based on the first mobile body image data acquired by the communication control section. The display control section controls visibility of the outside scene in the display section.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Emi Ozawa, Shinichi Kobayashi, Masahide Takano
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Patent number: 10572747Abstract: A display apparatus is disclosed, which includes: a display panel; a first adhesive layer disposed on the display panel; a cover layer disposed on the first adhesive layer; and a biometric sensor disposed between the first adhesive layer and the cover layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATIONInventor: Chandra Lius
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Patent number: 10564117Abstract: An active matrix electro-wetting on dielectric (AM-EWOD) device includes a plurality of array elements arranged in an array, each array element including array element circuitry, an element electrode, and a reference electrode. The array element circuitry includes an actuation circuit configured to apply actuation voltages to the electrodes, and an impedance sensor circuit configured to sense impedance at the array element electrode to determine a droplet property. The actuation circuitry includes a memory capacitor for storing voltage data corresponding to either an actuated state or an unactuated state of the array element, and an input applied to the memory capacitor operates to effect an operation of the impedance sensor circuit. Such input may isolate the array element from the actuation voltage during operation of the impedance sensor circuit, and the memory capacitor may operate as part of the impedance sensor circuit as a reference capacitor for determining the droplet property.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2018Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Sharp Life Science (EU) LimitedInventors: Benjamin James Hadwen, Christopher James Brown
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Patent number: 10553149Abstract: An electronic device includes a display panel, a first power regulator to supply first power to an anode of light emitting diode (LED) and to supply second power to a cathode of the LED, and a DDI including a second power regulator to supply third power to the anode of the LED and to supply fourth power to the cathode of the LED, and connected with the first power regulator, and a processor. The processor outputs first content based on the first power and the second power, in a first operating mode, outputs second content based on the third power and the fourth power, in a second operating mode, and controls the third power and fourth power respectively to be maintained to be higher than the first power, and the second power when an operating mode is switched.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2018Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jong Kon Bae, Dong Hwy Kim, Hyun Jun Park, Hong Kook Lee, Dong Kyoon Han
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Patent number: 10546527Abstract: A display device includes first pixels positioned in a first pixel area, second pixels positioned in a second pixel area that has a different width from a width of the first pixel area, and a data compensating unit configured to compensate for image data. The data compensating unit sets a first compensation area and a second compensation area that is different from the first compensation area, and compensates for the image data corresponding to the first compensation area on a first block unit basis, and compensates for the image data corresponding to the second compensation area on a second block unit basis that is different from the first block unit basis, and the first compensation area includes the second pixel area.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2018Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Si Beak Pyo, Seung Wook Nam, Jong Kwang Hwang
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Patent number: 10529265Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a scan driver that provides a scan signal to the display panel, a data driver that provides a data signal to the display panel, a driving controller that controls the scan driver and the data driver, a temperature sensor that senses local temperatures of local regions of the display panel using a temperature sensor and generates temperature sensing information, a current sensor that senses driving currents of the local regions and generates current sensing information, and a sensing controller that selects sensing target regions based on respective degradation degrees of the local regions, determines sensing priorities between the sensing target regions, and controls the sensing target regions to be sequentially sensed only during a sensing execution time according to the sensing priorities between the sensing target regions.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2016Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyung-Man Kim, Su-Jin Seo
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Patent number: 10521054Abstract: A projection display unit includes, in a housing, a visible light illuminator, a light valve that modulates a first polarized component included in light outputted from the visible light illuminator, on a basis of an image signal, a projection lens that projects light modulated by the light valve onto a projection plane, a detection light-source section that outputs invisible light for detection, and an imaging device that receives a second polarized component included in light that is based on the invisible light. The detection light-source section is movable relative to the housing, and outputs the invisible light in a direction parallel to or a direction forming a fixed angle with respect to the projection plane.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2015Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Hajime Ishihara
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Patent number: 10497767Abstract: Electronic devices, storage medium containing instructions, and methods pertain to scanning a display during a sensing phase for the display. One or more parameters pertaining to operation or conditions around the display are obtained. Using the obtained one or more parameters, scanning mode parameters used for sensing are set based at least in part on the obtained one or more parameters. Using the scanning mode parameters, the display is scanned during a sensing phase of the display while reducing the likelihood of visible artifacts.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Junhua Tan, Sun-Il Chang, Sebastian Knitter, Jie Won Ryu, Hyunwoo Nho, Lu Zhang, Nicolas P. Bonnier, Hung Sheng Lin, Rui Zhang
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Patent number: 10490139Abstract: A display driving method and a related apparatus are provided. The method includes following steps: determining n backlight brightness values respectively corresponding to n pixel positions of a screen-locked display area when the screen-locked display area lighting, wherein n is an integer greater than 1; determining n grayscale compensation values respectively corresponding to the n backlight brightness values in accordance with the n backlight brightness values and a grayscale compensation formula; driving liquid crystal molecules with corresponded deflection according to the n grayscale compensation values. The display driving method and the related apparatus disclosed in this disclosure can control the screen brightness of whole screen-locked display consistent.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2017Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Guowei Zha
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Patent number: 10482828Abstract: The present application provides a method and an apparatus for controlling backlight brightness, and a liquid crystal display device.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignees: Hisense Electric Co., Ltd., Hisense USA Corporation, Hisense International Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yuxin Zhang
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Patent number: 10475169Abstract: Systems and techniques for estimating illumination from a single image are provided. An example system may include a neural network. The neural network may include an encoder that is configured to encode an input image into an intermediate representation. The neural network may also include an intensity decoder that is configured to decode the intermediate representation into an output light intensity map. An example intensity decoder is generated by a multi-phase training process that includes a first phase to train a light mask decoder using a set of low dynamic range images and a second phase to adjust parameters of the light mask decoder using a set of high dynamic range image to generate the intensity decoder.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2017Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Adobe Inc.Inventors: Kalyan Sunkavalli, Mehmet Ersin Yumer, Marc-Andre Gardner, Xiaohui Shen, Jonathan Eisenmann, Emiliano Gambaretto
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Patent number: 10475863Abstract: A sheet display includes a display region including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix and photodiodes arranged on regions not overlapped with the plurality of pixels in the matrix; and a laminated structure including at least a metal layer and provided on the photodiode, in which in at least two layers including the metal layer in the laminated structure, slits or holes are provided such that external light is incident on the photodiode, and a slit or a hole formed on one of the at least two layers and a slit or a hole formed on another of the at least two layers are provided by being overlapped with each other.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2018Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Hajime Akimoto
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Patent number: 10460422Abstract: The polarization imaging unit generates a polarized image including pixels for each of a plurality of polarization components. The demosaicing unit calculates a pixel signal for each polarization component by using the pixel signal of the target pixel of the polarized image and the pixel signal of the pixel for each of the identical polarization components located near the target pixel. In one example, a low frequency component is calculated for each polarization component using the pixel signal of the pixel located near the target pixel for each of the identical polarization components. In addition, component information indicating relationship between the low frequency component of the polarization component of the polarized image and the pixel signal of the target pixel is acquired. Furthermore, the pixel signal for each polarization component in the target pixel is calculated based on the low frequency component and the component information for each polarization component.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2016Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Teppei Kurita, Shun Kaizu, Yuhi Kondo, Yasutaka Hirasawa, Ying Lu
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Patent number: 10453381Abstract: To provide an electronic device whose display quality is independent of environment light. The display quality of an image of an electronic device that is viewed by a user depends on the brightness of external light, the angle of external light incident on the electronic device, and the orientation of a display portion in the electronic device. The electronic device is provided with an optical sensor, an acceleration sensor, and the like so that the brightness of external light, the angle of external light incident on the electronic device, and the orientation of the display portion in the electronic device are determined, and the luminance and color tone of the display portion in the electronic device are corrected on the basis of the information.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2017Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yoshiyuki Kurokawa
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Patent number: 10452206Abstract: A projection video display device includes: a projection unit projecting a display video upon a projection surface; an image capture unit; detection units detecting the states of manipulation objects which carry out actions for the input manipulation; a manipulation instruction information generating unit, on the basis of the states of the manipulation objects which the detection units have detected, generating manipulation instruction information indicating a description of the input manipulation; and a communication unit connecting to the information processing device. The detection units detect movements of manipulation objects and attributes which represent the states of manipulation objects other than the movements.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2014Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Takashi Kanemaru, Shinichi Obata, Mitsuhiro Kitani, Takashi Matsubara, Takehiro Niikura
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Patent number: 10444500Abstract: A projection screen of a head-up display has a projection surface and a back surface opposite to the projection surface. The projection surface is used for receiving an image beam projected by an image projection component and reflecting part of the image beam. The projection screen includes a photochromic layer disposed on the transmission path of the image beam. When an ambient light irradiates the back surface of the projection screen, the transmittance of the photochromic layer decreases as the intensity of the ambient light increases.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2018Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: SICHUAN LONGHUA FILM CO., LTDInventors: Rui-Min Diao, Yao-Chang Wang
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Patent number: 10437347Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to tracking motion of a wearable sensor system using a combination a RGB (red, green, and blue) and IR (infrared) pixels of one or more cameras. In particular, it relates to capturing gross features and feature values of a real world space using RGB pixels and capturing fine features and feature values of the real world space using IR pixels. It also relates to enabling multi-user collaboration and interaction in an immersive virtual environment. It also relates to capturing different sceneries of a shared real world space from the perspective of multiple users. It further relates to sharing content between wearable sensor systems. In further relates to capturing images and video streams from the perspective of a first user of a wearable sensor system and sending an augmented version of the captured images and video stream to a second user of the wearable sensor system.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2018Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Ultrahaptics IP Two LimitedInventors: David S. Holz, Matias Perez, Davide Onofrio
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Patent number: 10436962Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a polarizer, including: preparing a polyvinyl alcohol-based polarizer dyed with one or more of iodine and dichromatic dyes; and forming a depolarization region having simple substance transmittance of 80% or more in a wavelength band of 400 nm to 800 nm by bringing a decoloring solution including 1 wt % to 30 wt % of a decolorant into local contact with some regions of the polarizer, and a polarizer manufactured using the same.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Byung-Sun Lee, Sung-Hyun Nam, Kyun-Il Rah
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Patent number: 10438534Abstract: Disclosed is a display module driving device, comprising a display driving module, driving each of the organic light emitting diodes to emit light; a plurality of light sensors, detecting brightnesses of corresponding light sensors and outputting corresponding actual brightness values; a gray scale brightness conversion module, acquiring a gray scale value of each of the sub pixels in a present display frame and converting the gray scale value into a corresponding target brightness value; a comparing module, receiving and comparing the target brightness value and the corresponding actual brightness value of each of the sub pixels; and a controlling module, controlling the display driving module to drive the organic light emitting diodes to maintain the target brightness value as the actual brightness value is equal to the target brightness value. The display module driving device can effectively solve the problem of the display difference caused by the uneven brightness.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2019Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., LtdInventors: Weinan Yan, Fu-Chih Chang
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Patent number: 10431184Abstract: An in-vehicle display control device includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of element images to be displayed on a vehicular display from each image generation unit; a change information acquisition unit that acquires color change information; and an image synthesizing unit that generates a synthetic image based on a color in the color change information and the plurality of element images. The image synthesizing unit generates the synthetic image by synthesizing the plurality of element images and a color change layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2015Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kentaro Kajita, Akihiro Ogasawara, Kiyotaka Taguchi, Gouji Sagai
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Patent number: 10431999Abstract: The present invention relates to a charging assembly for an electronic frame and a charging method for an electronic frame. The charging assembly of an electronic frame comprises: an electronic frame having a battery and displaying time information; a take-up reel provided on a rear surface of the electronic frame for winding or unwinding a charge cable; a weight which is connected to the take-up reel by the charge cable to be raised or lowered; and a charger arranged apart from the electronic frame, for charging the battery, wherein the weight is lowered at the time of charging to be electrically connected to the charger.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2016Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Dami Choe, Saehun Jang, Junhee Yeo, Boram Kim
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Patent number: 10431139Abstract: For screen color calibration, a calibration screen is disposed within a computer. An optical sensor adjacent to the calibration screen measures a calibration color of the calibration screen. A screen color of the screen is calibrated using the calibration color.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2017Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Robert James Kapinos, Timothy Winthrop Kingsbury, Scott Wentao Li, Russell Speight VanBlon
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Patent number: 10425607Abstract: Disclosed is a display apparatus including a display panel, a main frame disposed at the rear of the display panel, a sensing module support member including a front part that defines the front surface thereof and extends along the edge of the display panel, the front part having a transmission part disposition hole formed therethrough in the forward-rearward direction, and a rear protrusion protruding toward the rear of the front part so as to be coupled to the main frame, the rear protrusion having a module cabinet disposition recess formed at the rear of the transmission part disposition hole, and a sensing module including a module cabinet that defines opposite side surfaces thereof and is inserted and fixed in the module cabinet disposition recess, a transmission part disposed in the transmission part disposition hole for transmitting light that is incident from the front thereof, and a light receiving part for sensing the transmitted light.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2017Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Kyungmin Jeong
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Patent number: 10423946Abstract: A POS terminal device capable of improving a recognition rate in a process for recognizing a commodity irrespective of the surrounding environment is provided. A POS terminal device (1) includes a brightness measurement unit (2), an irradiation unit (4), an image pickup unit (6), and a recognition process unit (8). The brightness measurement unit (2) measures the brightness of environmental light around the POS terminal device (1). The irradiation unit (4) irradiates a commodity with light, the light being adjusted according to the brightness of the environmental light measured by the brightness measurement unit (2). The image pickup unit (6) shoots the commodity irradiated with the light by the irradiation unit (4) and thereby generates an image thereof. The recognition process unit (8) performs a process for recognizing the commodity based on the image generated by the shooting performed by the image-pickup unit (6).Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2014Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Jun Kobayashi, Eiji Muramatsu, Kota Iwamoto, Soma Shiraishi, Tetsuo Inoshita
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Patent number: 10419748Abstract: The disclosure discloses a system and a method for detecting image sticking on a display. The method includes dividing a display image on the display equally into at least two identical sections, one of the at least two sections is as a reference section, drawing sectional chess board images according to a size of the reference section, Fourier transforming the sectional chess board images and each of the sections of the display image respectively, obtaining characteristic frequencies of image sticking on each of the sections and first spectrum energy values in each of spectrum structures correspondingly, additionally obtaining second spectrum energy values of reference frequencies of each of the sections in frequency domain structures, obtaining ratios of the first spectrum energy values to the second spectrum energy values corresponding to each of the sections.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., LtdInventors: Yanxue Wang, Lixuan Chen
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Patent number: 10416447Abstract: A head up display arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a head up display projector including a lens with a polarizer. The head up display projector emits a linearly polarized light field via the lens. A windshield reflects the light field such that the reflected light field is visible to a human driver of the motor vehicle as a virtual image. The windshield includes an outer plastic layer sandwiched between a half-wave plate and an outer glass layer. An inner plastic layer is sandwiched between the half-wave plate and an inner glass layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North AmericaInventors: David Kay Lambert, Walter Joseph Nill
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Patent number: 10401791Abstract: In one aspect, each pixel of a holographic display screen emits light in a narrow angle, and micro-mirrors control the angle in which the light is emitted. The light that is emitted is modulated so that the image for the left eye is emitted when the pixel is pointed by means of its micro mirror at a viewer's left eye and light for the image for the right eye is emitted when the pixel is pointed at the viewer's right eye.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLCInventors: Charles McCoy, True Xiong, Blaine Morgan
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Color film substrate, array substrate, display device, and method for controlling the display device
Patent number: 10394078Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a color film substrate, an array substrate, a display device, and a method for controlling the display device. The color film substrate comprises a substrate; and a red block, a green block, a blue block and a white block on the substrate, wherein the white block is provided with light-emitting particles dispersed therein or on the surface thereof, and the light-emitting particles are capable of emitting yellow light upon the excitation of incident light.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Liangliang Jiang, Lei Guo, Ke Dai -
Patent number: 10395421Abstract: Directional image sensor data may be acquired with one or more directional image sensors. A light source and illumination image may be generated based on the directional image sensor data. A number of operations may be caused to be performed for an image based at least in part on light source information in the light source image. The operations may include display management operations, device positional operations, augmented reality superimposition operations, ambient light control operations, etc.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Timo Kunkel, Patrick Griffis, Gregory John Ward
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Patent number: 10380941Abstract: An OLED pixel circuit and a display apparatus comprising the OLED pixel circuit. An OLED pixel circuit comprises an OLED and driving units (TFT1, S1, C) for driving the OLED to emit light, wherein one electrode of the OLED is connected to the driving units (TFT1, S1, C). The OLED pixel circuit further comprises compensation units (R1, S2, TFT2, R2). The compensation units (R1, S2, TFT2, R2) comprises a sensing element (R1) which can sense light and convert an optical signal of the OLED into an electrical signal. The compensation units (R1, S2, TFT2, R2) compensate for currents used by the driving units (TFT1, S1, C) to drive the OLED according to the light-emitting brightness of the OLED.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2016Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventor: Chen Song
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Patent number: 10360850Abstract: Disclosed is a display module driving device, comprising a display driving module, driving each of the organic light emitting diodes to emit light; a plurality of light sensors, detecting brightnesses of corresponding light sensors and outputting corresponding actual brightness values; a gray scale brightness conversion module, acquiring a gray scale value of each of the sub pixels in a present display frame and converting the gray scale value into a corresponding target brightness value; a comparing module, receiving and comparing the target brightness value and the corresponding actual brightness value of each of the sub pixels; and a controlling module, controlling the display driving module to drive the organic light emitting diodes to maintain the target brightness value as the actual brightness value is equal to the target brightness value. The display module driving device can effectively solve the problem of the display difference caused by the uneven brightness.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2017Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., LtdInventors: Weinan Yan, Fu-Chih Chang
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Patent number: 10356255Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus that outputs projection image data to a projection unit configured to display an image by projecting a projection image onto a print image at a projection plane. A first acquisition unit acquires image data. A second acquisition unit acquires parameters related to reflectances at a plurality of positions on the print image. A setting unit sets an offset value for performing offset adjustment of at least one color of the image at the projection plane. A correction unit configured to generate the projection image data by correcting a pixel value of a pixel in the image data based on the offset value and the parameter at a position in the print image that corresponds to the pixel.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kousei Sugimoto
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Patent number: 10354104Abstract: An energy harvesting tag for use in a real time location system (RTLS) includes a battery powered transceiver where a photocell and energy storage device are used to provide power to the transceiver and a microprocessor when the battery is dead or inoperative.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2019Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Infinate Leap Holdings, LLCInventor: John A. Swart
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Patent number: 10347192Abstract: There provides a liquid crystal display apparatus and a backlight control method thereof. The liquid crystal display apparatus includes an image data acquisition part, a liquid crystal panel, a panel driving unit, a backlight module and a backlight driving unit; wherein the panel driving unit drives the liquid crystal panel and generates a backlight driving signal; the backlight driving unit includes a PWM module and a PFM module to modulate the backlight driving signal, thereby forming driving powers supplied to the backlight module; the liquid crystal display apparatus further includes a backlight modulation selection unit used to detect and calculate an average pixel brightness value A of the image data, and a reference pixel brightness value A0 is further set therein; when A?A0, the backlight modulation selection unit selects to enable the PWM module; and when A<A0, the backlight modulation selection unit selects to enable the PFM module.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2016Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Gonghua Zou, Qingcheng Zuo
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Patent number: 10332480Abstract: The present invention discloses a color display method and system for a mobile terminal. According to the method, an environmental ambient light level for a mobile terminal is detected, a color enhancement factor is calculated according to the ambient light level, and display color of the mobile terminal is enhanced according to the color enhancement factor. A color enhancement technology widely used in a display screen is combined with the environmental ambient light level. The color enhancement is dynamically adjusted according to the intensity of ambient light.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2016Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: HuiZhou TCL Mobile Communication Co.Inventors: Rui Wang, Xiaoqing Wang
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Patent number: 10318786Abstract: Devices, systems, and techniques are provided for integrating a touch screen with a fingerprint detection module as an assembly for a mobile device. The integrated touch screen/fingerprint sensor assembly includes at least two glass layers bonded together to provide overall mechanical strength for the touch screen display. The upper glass layer is a toughened/hardened cover glass that does not have an opening for fitting the fingerprint detection module through this glass layer. The lower glass layer is a support glass layer underneath the hardened cover glass to provide additional mechanical strength and to include an opening at a location close to an end of the support glass layer. The integrated touch screen/fingerprint sensor assembly also includes a fingerprint detection module positioned within the opening of the support glass layer and directly underneath the hardened cover glass.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2018Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Bo Pi, Yi He