Abstract: In an approach for blocking a user from the capture of a photograph without consent, a processor receives an indication that a user has entered a location. A processor projects a hologram that blocks the user from photo capture. A processor detects images within the defined location, wherein the images include a person. A processor evaluates an authorization to capture a photo by the person. A processor evaluates a current contextual condition of the user to allow for photo capture. A processor alter the hologram, based on the evaluated authorization to capture the photo by the person and the evaluated current contextual condition of the user to allow for photo capture.

Abstract: A method and electronic device for processing an image in an electronic device. The method includes predicting the number of surfaces which can be partitioned in image data; determining an inverse distortion rendering method corresponding to the predicted number of surfaces as a method for inverse distortion rendering of the image data; rendering the image data to a distorted image based on the determined inverse distortion rendering method; and displaying the distorted image.

Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) display and an electronic device are provided. The 3D display has a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in a plurality of sub-pixel repeating groups, and a cylindrical lens grating including a plurality of cylindrical lenses arranged in parallel disposed on top of the display panel and covering all the sub-pixels in the display panel. The sub-pixels have M number of different colors capable of being mixed to generate a white color. M is a positive integer greater than 2, and M number of successive sub-pixels along a first direction have different colors. Two adjacent sub-pixels form a main pixel, any two adjacent main pixels are different, and each sub-pixel repeating group includes one or more main pixels. The cylindrical lens grating divides all the sub-pixels into a plurality of 3D viewpoints of a 3D image, the 3D viewpoint has same sub-pixel arrangement sequences as the sub-pixel repeating groups.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes structured light projection in which a structured light projector includes a light emitter and a compound patterned mask. The mask includes a spacer substrate that is transparent to a wavelength of light emitted by the light emitter. On a first side of the spacer substrate is a first reflective surface having apertures therein to allow light to pass through. Lenses are arranged to focus light, produced by the light emitter, toward the apertures in the first reflective surface. A second reflective surface on a second side of the spacer substrate opposite the first side has apertures therein to allow light passing through the spacer substrate to exit the compound patterned mask.

Abstract: The present invention discloses methods for manufacturing and programming an energizable Ophthalmic Lens with a programmable Media Insert. In some embodiments, a Media Insert may be programmable to allow for further customization of the energized Ophthalmic Lens. The Media Insert may be programmed prior to or during the manufacturing process. Alternatively, the Media Insert may be programmed after the components have been encapsulated, wherein the programming may occur wirelessly. Accordingly, methods of wirelessly programming the Media Insert may be significant.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the synchronization of a set of 3D devices suitable for the processing of data representative of at least one stereoscopic image comprising a first image and a second image.

Abstract: In accordance with various embodiments, the disclosed subject matter provides a display device and a related fabricating method. In some embodiments, the display device comprises: a substrate and a plurality of display units on the substrate, wherein each of the plurality of display units comprises: a first color sub-pixel, comprising a first quantum dot material and a first light source, wherein the first color sub-pixel is configured to provide a first color light by stimulating the first quantum dot material with the first light source; and a second color sub-pixel, comprising a second quantum dot material and a second light source, wherein the second color sub-pixel is configured to provide a second color light by stimulating the second quantum dot material with the second light source.

Abstract: An aspect provides a method of modifying a display including a plurality of pixels wherein each of the pixels is less than twice as tall as the pixel is wide includes modifying the display to create a plurality of modified pixels wherein each of the modified pixels is at least twice as tall as the modified pixel is wide, comprising at least one of a) masking of at least a portion of the display, b) optically shifting a perceived position of at least one row of sub-pixels of the display, and c) changing the addressing of sub-pixels of the display. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Abstract: A stereoscopic imaging display. A virtual field-of-view frame or reference window is set in a field of view of a stereo camera. Standard stereoscopic video data is sent. A stereo slide or a stereo photo print is formed with left and right images from the standard stereoscopic video data. Spacing DP2 between the left and right images is determined by the equation DP2=B(1?L2/L0), where B is a human interpupillary distance, L2 is a view distance, and L0 a distance from the human interpupillary distance to a reference dimension display screen which is equivalent to the reference window at the time of photographing being taken.

Abstract: The invention relates to the field of displaying. The embodiments of the invention provide an electronic glasses apparatus, a control method thereof and a display system. In the case that a user is watching images displayed on a display apparatus through the electronic glasses apparatus, he/she would get a more excited and realistic experience when a dazzling image such as the Sun or explosion appears.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an emissive display configured to operate in a day mode and a night mode. The emissive display comprises a day pixel configured to operate in the day mode. The emissive display also comprises a night pixel configured to operate in the night mode, wherein the night pixel is not operational in the day mode. The emissive display also comprises a common pixel configured to operate in both the day mode and the night mode. The emissive display also comprises a detector configured to selectively change an operating mode of the display between the day mode and the night mode based on a detected indication.

Abstract: The present invention provides a stereoscopic display apparatus, which comprises: a grating lens comprising a plurality of grating lens units; a 2D display apparatus disposed in the range of a focal distance of the grating lens; a spacing glass disposed between the 2D display apparatus and the grating lens; and at least one lens array disposed neighbor with the spacing glass and between the 2D display apparatus and the grating lens, for converging light emitted from the 2D display apparatus so that the focal distance of the grating lens in the stereoscopic display apparatus is shortened, and therefore a depth of the spacing glass is reduced, wherein the lens array comprises a plurality of lens units being one-by-one correspondence to the grating lens units. By the solution provided above, the present invention reduces the depth and weight of the stereoscopic display apparatus.

Abstract: An array substrate, a liquid crystal display panel and a display device are provided. The array substrate comprises: a base substrate, a data line and a gate line intersecting with each other on the base substrate, a plurality of pixel regions defined by the data line and the gate line on the array substrate and arranged in array, and a wire grid polarizing film arranged in respective pixel regions and configured for changing natural light passing therethrough into linearly polarized light; wherein, the wire grid polarizing film in the respective pixel regions has a grating structure, so the wire grid polarizing film plays a role of polarizer, and therefore, a process of separately attaching a polarizer after cell-assembling is omitted, which can improve production efficiency, save production cost, and be conducive to thinning the display panel.

Abstract: Various arrangements for using an active 3D signal to create passive 3D images are presented. An active 3D frame may be received. The active 3D frame may comprise a first perspective image and a second perspective image. The first perspective image may be representative of a different perspective than the second perspective image. The first perspective image may be tinted with a first color. The second perspective image may be tinted with a second color different from the first color. The first perspective image tinted with the first color may be displayed. The second perspective image tinted with the second color may be displayed.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a display apparatus and a method of driving the display apparatus. The display apparatus includes a display panel, a visual state acquiring module, and a visual acuity correcting module. The display panel includes M×N sub-pixels arranged in a matrix for displaying an image signal. The visual acuity correcting module is disposed in a display area of the display panel and includes a plurality of light blocking structures, the plurality of light blocking structures form M×N grid holes in one-to-one correspondence with the sub-pixels, and the visual acuity correcting module is configured to adjust sizes of the grid holes.

Abstract: An apparatus is described that includes a camera system having a time-of-flight illuminator. The time of flight illuminator has a light source and one or more tiltable mirror elements. The one or more tiltable mirror elements are to direct the illuminator's light to only a region within the illuminator's field of view.

Abstract: A three-dimensional display system and methods for forming 3D images are disclosed. In one version, a diffusion screen is formed at a predetermined location1 of a set of predetermined locations 1-n within an image chamber. The diffusion screen is illuminated with visible light indicative of a cross-sectional image1 of a set of a plurality of cross-sectional images 1-N of a three-dimensional image at the predetermined location1 within the image chamber. The diffusion screen is erased and the method is repeated for cross-sectional images 2-N and predetermined locations 2-n of the three-dimensional image at a scan rate sufficient to produce a representation of the three-dimensional image in the image chamber.

Abstract: An energy converter for converting multi-frequency radiant energy into electrical energy is disclosed, comprising a plurality of superposed lateral waveguides having photovoltaic energy transducers disposed within. The waveguide include charge collectors, which may be the cladding. A plurality of spectral refractors termed Continuous Resonant Trap Refractors (CRTR) are disposed within the lateral waveguides the refractors comprising a tapered core waveguide, the wider end of which defining an aperture, and the tapered core width decreasing in magnitude as a function of the depth. A cladding is disposed about the tapered core. The aperture of the tapered core is dimensioned to allow passage of radiant energy comprising at least two frequencies. The varying width of the tapered core will cause different frequencies to reach a state at which they will penetrate the cladding and be emitted from the spectral refractor sorted by depth, and be coupled to respective lateral waveguides and/or transducers.

Abstract: A display device (40) comprising: a display panel (41) comprising a set of pixels (41R, 41L) the pixels being spatially distributed over the display panel, and each pixel being for providing a light output, the set of pixels comprising a plurality of different subsets (411) of pixels, each subset of pixels comprising one or more pixels of the set of pixels, an imaging unit (42) arranged for imaging the one or more pixels of a subset of pixels to form pixel images on a plurality of view areas on an imaginary plane located at a first distance in front of the display, the plurality of view areas not overlapping each other, with at least one pixel image of each one of the different subsets of pixels overlapping on a same one of the plurality of view areas, the imaginary plane comprising an imaginary circle having the diameter of the pupil of an eye, and the imaginary circle enclosing at least a part of at least two of the plurality of view areas, where the at least two of the plurality of view areas at least part

Abstract: Disclosed are an OLED display panel and an OLED display device. The OLED display panel includes an array substrate (21) which is covered by a cathode (211) and a color filter substrate (22) on which an auxiliary electrode (221) is formed. A contact structure is disposed between the color filter substrate (22) and the array substrate (21) to electrically connect the cathode (211) and the auxiliary electrode (221), and the contacting area between the contact structure and the array substrate (21) is greater than or equal to that between auxiliary electrode (221) and the contact structure. The OLED display panel avoids broken circuit between the auxiliary electrode and the cathode that tends to occur due to excessive pressure upon cell-assembling a top-emitting OLED display panel.

Abstract: Three-dimensional display systems may include polarized displays that polarize light emitted from a first set of areas of the display with a first polarization for a first eye of the viewer and that polarizes light emitted from a second set of areas of the display with a second polarization for a second eye of the viewer. This may result in dark areas being perceived by a viewer when viewed through polarized 3D glasses. Systems and technologies according to this disclosure may include 3D glasses that have a lenses configured to redirect a portion of incoming light in a first axis to at least partially illuminate the dark areas.

Abstract: A display for a computer system may be created by generating a three-dimensional image using a rotating helicoid. The helicoid may be formed by deforming a catenoid to form a helicoid. The helicoid may be supported by a pair of structures that do not occlude an image projected onto the helicoid nor occlude the user's ability to view the full extent of the image on the helicoid. The helicoid generated image may be transformed to an aerial floating image by a corner cube reflector array plate. Then depth sensing cameras may sense user interaction with the floating aerial image and may modify the image to make it appear that the user is actually modifying a physical object by manual manipulation.

Abstract: The present application provides a method and display apparatus for improving uniformity of displayed image, The method comprises inputting a first image signal to a display apparatus; compensating the first image signal in accordance with an image compensation data to obtain a third image signal, wherein the image compensation data is an amount of shift in a voltage of a common electrode of an array substrate of the display apparatus determined in accordance with a difference value between a grey level information of the first image signal and the grey level information of an original second image signal corresponding to the first image signal; and displaying the third image signal. Through the method above, the present invention effectively improves the uniformity of the displayed image without decreasing the displayed brightness of the image.

Abstract: A light source system (200), comprises: a light-emitting device (1) for emitting a first light and a second light in sequence; a beam splitting system (2) with which the first light emitted from the light-emitting device (1) is divided into one beam in a first range of wavelength and the other beam in a second range of wavelength, respectively emitted along a first optical path and a second optical path, and also with which at least a part of the second light emitted from the light-emitting device (1) is emitted along the first optical path; a first spatial light modulator (211) for modulating the beam emitted from the beam splitting system (2) along the first optical path; a second spatial light modulator (213) for modulating the beam emitted from the beam splitting system (2) along the second optical path. The light source system (200) has the advantages of high light-emitting efficiency and low cost. A projection system comprising the aforementioned light source system (200) is also provided.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for despeckling that includes a pulsed green laser, a green laser diode assembly, and stimulated Raman scattering light formed in an optical fiber. The stimulated Raman scattering light is divided into green light and red light. The green light from the stimulated Raman scattering is combined with the green laser diode assembly to form a green primary light. The red light from the stimulated Raman scattering light forms a red primary light. The green primary light and the red primary light are used to project a digital image.

Abstract: A display may have thin-film transistor circuitry on a substrate. An array of organic light-emitting diodes may be formed on the thin-film transistor circuitry. The organic light-emitting diodes may have anodes, cathodes, and emissive material located between the anodes and cathodes. A circular polarizer may be formed over the array of organic light-emitting diodes. The circular polarizer may include a linear polarizer and a quarter wave plate. The linear polarizer may be formed from one or more film layers having narrowband dichroic dyes so that the polarizer exhibits transmission peaks aligned with a selected subset of wavelengths and absorbance notches corresponding to the selected subset of wavelengths. The selected subset of wavelengths may cover the ranges where the light-emitting diodes are outputting light. Configured in this way, the polarizer will exhibit enhanced luminance at the desired wavelengths while suppressing ambient light reflections at other wavelengths in the visible spectrum.

Abstract: An imaging display apparatus, includes: display means for image display; first image signal generation means for generating a display image signal based on a captured image signal captured by an imaging section with a field of view direction of a user being a direction of an object; second image signal generation means for generating a display image signal of an image different from an image of the display image signal generated by the first image signal generation means; and control means for allowing, simultaneously on the display means, display of the image of the display image signal generated by the first image signal generation means and display of the image of the display image signal generated by the second image signal generation means.

Abstract: A display may have a color filter layer and a thin-film transistor layer. A liquid crystal layer may be located between the color filter layer and the thin-film transistor layer. The color filter layer may have an array of color filter elements on a transparent substrate. The array of color filter elements may include more than three colors. Colored photoimageable polymer layers may be combined to form some of the color filter elements. The color filter may have cyan, magenta, and yellow color filter elements each formed from a respective single layer of cyan, magenta, and yellow polymer and may have blue elements formed by overlapping cyan and magenta polymer, green elements formed by overlapping cyan and yellow polymer, and red elements formed by overlapping magenta and yellow polymer. Filters with white elements may also be provided.

Abstract: An autostereoscopic display panel includes a display panel and a barrier panel adjacent to each other. The display panel includes a plurality of pixel units. Each of the pixel units includes a plurality of sub-pixels arranged along a first direction, such that each of the pixel units has a pixel width along the first direction. The barrier panel includes a plurality of barrier units. Each of the barrier units includes at least three barrier electrodes parallel to each other. Each of the barrier electrodes has an electrode width along the first direction, and the electrode width is smaller than the pixel width. An alignment method and an autostereoscopic display method using the autostereoscopic display panel are also disclosed.

Abstract: A display panel includes: a plurality of pixels; and a first phase shifting layer and a second phase shifting layer, which overlap the pixels, where the first phase shifting layer and at least a portion of the second phase shifting layer are alternately arranged with each other, and a phase difference between light having a predetermined wavelength transmitted through the first phase shifting layer and light having the predetermined wavelength transmitted through the second phase shifting layer is approximately 180 degrees.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for the projection of stereoscopic images that includes a pulsed laser that generates green light and an optical fiber that generates stimulated Raman scattered light. The stimulated Raman scattering light is divided into green light and red light and the colors are used to form stereoscopic images. Additional lasers may be added to meet specific primary color targets and to balance the brightness of the images for each eye.

Abstract: Virtual model viewing methods and apparatus are described. According to one aspect, a virtual model viewing method includes using a user device, accessing model data which may be used to generate a plurality of views of a virtual model, using a camera of the user device, generating image data of content of the physical world, and using the model data and the image data, creating one of the views of the virtual model which comprises at least some of the content of the physical world, and displaying the one view of the virtual model using a display screen of the user device.

Abstract: A camera array, an imaging device and/or a method for capturing image that employ a plurality of imagers fabricated on a substrate is provided. Each imager includes a plurality of pixels. The plurality of imagers include a first imager having a first imaging characteristics and a second imager having a second imaging characteristics. The images generated by the plurality of imagers are processed to obtain an enhanced image compared to images captured by the imagers. Each imager may be associated with an optical element fabricated using a wafer level optics (WLO) technology.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided including: a flexible display; a first housing member; a second housing member; a hinge module coupled to the first housing member and the second housing member; and a support body disposed between the flexible display and the first and second housing members, wherein the second housing member is adapted to pivot about the hinge module relative to the first housing member.

Abstract: An apparatus for the transfer of patterns to an object. A method for the installation and use of such an apparatus is also included. Apparatus is especially useful in the transfer of patterns for carving and decorative display of lanterns created from pumpkins and other gourds and melons.

Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed that relate to hover detection in interactive display devices. One embodiment provides an interactive display device comprising a display panel configured to display an image on an interactive surface, an imaging optical wedge disposed adjacent to the display panel, an image sensor configured to capture an image of an object located in front of the interactive surface and spaced from the interactive surface by capturing the image through the imaging optical wedge, a logic subsystem, and a data-holding subsystem comprising instructions executable by the logic subsystem to operate the display panel and the image sensor, and to detect a hover input based upon one or more images received from the image sensor.

Abstract: In an example embodiment, a method, apparatus and computer program product are provided. The method includes computing a first cost volume for a light-field image. A first depth map comprising depth information of the plurality of sub-images of the light-field image is computed based on the first cost volume. A first view image comprising reconstruction information is reconstructed based on the depth information of the plurality of sub-images. A second cost volume corresponding to the first cost volume is computed based on the reconstruction information. The second cost volume is filtered based on the first view image to generate an aggregated cost volume. A second depth map is generated based on the aggregated cost volume. The second depth map facilitates generation of a second view image that is associated with a resolution higher than a resolution of the first view image.

Abstract: An imaging display apparatus, includes: display means for image display; first image signal generation means for generating a display image signal based on a captured image signal captured by an imaging section with a field of view direction of a user being a direction of an object; second image signal generation means for generating a display image signal of an image different from an image of the display image signal generated by the first image signal generation means; and control means for allowing, simultaneously on the display means, display of the image of the display image signal generated by the first image signal generation means and display of the image of the display image signal generated by the second image signal generation means.

Abstract: An ophthalmic image processing method includes: acquiring information about characteristics of an examinee's eye including corneal information about the corneal anterior surface shape of the examinee's eye, and refractivity information about refraction of the examinees eye as a whole; generating a simulation image of a target image formed at fundus of the examinee's eye using the refractivity information; and simultaneously displaying an eyeball model image showing an eyeball structure, the simulation image, and a corneal information image associated with the cornea on the eyeball model image and corresponding to the corneal information.

Abstract: In embodiments of the invention, an apparatus may include a display comprising a plurality of pixels and a computer system coupled with the display and operable to instruct the display to display images. The apparatus may further include an SLM array located adjacent to the display and comprising a plurality of SLMs, wherein the SLM array is operable to produce a light field by altering light emitted by the display to simulate an object that is in focus to an observer while the display and the SLM array are located within a near-eye range of the observer.

Abstract: A mobile device, such as a smart phone, is provided with a camera. Digital content displayed on display screen of the mobile device may be manipulated in response to natural movements of the mobile device by a user. Motion of the mobile device is detected relative to a nearby textured surface by analyzing images of the textured surface. The displayed digital content is manipulated in response to the detected motion of the mobile device.

Abstract: A system for processing surfaces of substrates having a process module having a process module frame and a plurality of process elements to process the substrate surfaces without contacting the substrate surfaces. A plurality of substrate holder assemblies, each having a number of substrate holders, each of which is removably coupled to the process module frame, each substrate holder configured to hold a substrate. The process module frame has alignment features aligning the substrate holders in the substrate holder assembly in repeatable alignment with respect to each of the process elements with each of the process elements located between the substrates. A loader module is configured to unload processed substrates from each of the substrate holder assemblies and load unprocessed substrates to each of the substrate holder assemblies. A transporter is configured to transport the substrate holder assemblies to and from the process module and the loader module.

Abstract: A projection display system and a correcting method are provided. The projection display system includes a plurality of projection devices, an image capturing device, a blending device and computing device. The projection devices are configured to project a plurality of projection regions to a projection surface. The image capturing device is configured to capture an image on the projection surface. The computing device determines locations of the projection regions according to the image captured by the imaging capture device. A display screen of the computing device is configured to display a control interface including a display screen region proportionally corresponding to the projection regions. The computing device dynamically adjusts a projection ratio of an image frame displayed on the projection region by adjusting locations of control points on the display screen region and a space between the control points.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for insuring the proper alignment of a detected vein pattern and a projected vein pattern are disclosed. The apparatus enhances the visual appearance of veins so that an error that can lead to improper patient care or injury can be avoided.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure describe a tileable display panel including a screen layer to display a unified image, an illumination layer including a two-dimensional array of lamps, and a display layer disposed between the screen layer and illumination layer. The display layer includes a plurality of pixelets each positioned to be illuminated by a corresponding lamp from the illumination layer to project a magnified image sub-portion corresponding to a received subset. The magnified image sub-portions collectively blend together to form the unified image displayed on the screen layer. Embodiments of the disclosure further include illumination layer control logic to determine a brightness value of each of the received subsets of pixel data, and adjust an illumination setting to reduce or increase an illumination output of a lamp in the illumination layer based, at least on part, on the brightness values of the corresponding subset of pixel data.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and display systems for concurrently displaying two complementary images. Collimated light comprising interlaced series of left and right image rows are received, at angles that alternate over time, on an intensity modulation matrix. The collimated light is transmitted to a patterned retarder capable of applying spatially alternating polarizations to successive rows. The collimated light is further transmitted to a display layer. The angles at which collimated light is received on the intensity modulation matrix and distances between display system components are such that odd lines of the display layer alternate in time between lines of a first image and lines of a second image while even lines of the display layer alternate between lines of the second image and lines of the first image. The first and second images may be discriminated by viewers using polarized glasses.

Abstract: A foldable display device is disclosed. In one aspect, the foldable display includes a display substrate, a data driver detachably connected to the display substrate, and a controller unit configured to control the data driver and detachably connected to the data driver. The display substrate includes a substrate body, a display element disposed on a first surface of the substrate body, and a transparency adjusting layer configured to adjust transparency of the display substrate and disposed on a second surface of the substrate body, wherein the first and second surfaces are opposing each other.

Abstract: A lighted inflatable display including a body made of flexible fabric that is semipermeable to the passage of air through the fabric, at least one divider panel that partitions an interior space within the body into a plurality of chambers, a pressurized air source configured to discharge pressurized air into the body, and a plurality of cooperatively controlled decorative lights disposed inside each chamber, wherein the at least one divider panel reduces light transmission between chambers and includes an aperture permitting passage of pressurized air and an electrical power cord sequentially from a base portion of the inflatable display to each of the chambers.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including a pixel array configured to include pixel circuits arranged in a matrix having a light emitting element, driving transistor, sampling transistor, and hold capacitor. The display device further includes a signal selector, driving control scanner, and writing scanner. The signal selector alternately carries out supply of a video signal voltage in order from a beginning line to an end line in a unit and supply of a video signal voltage in order from an end line to a beginning line in a unit. The writing scanner outputs the pulse to the writing control lines in such a way that input of a video signal voltage in order from a beginning line to an end line in a unit and input of a video signal voltage in order from an end line to a beginning line in a unit are alternately carried out.

Abstract: An electronic billboard generally includes a plurality of hand mountable structural frames mounted to the poster panels of an existing in field non electronic static billboard; the hand mountable structural frames being laid out in an array; and where individual ones of the hand mountable structural frames are configured in a further array of structural bay members adapted to receive therein display modules with dual LED display panels; a plurality of preformed power and data harnesses electrically and mechanically coupled between individual ones of the bays and a universal power and data distribution system coupled to the harnesses for providing data and direct current low voltage to the display modules to facilitate the conversion of the distributed data display information into visible radiant energy which is displayed by the electronic billboard.