Single Display System Having Stacked Superimposed Display Devices (e.g., Tandem) Patents (Class 345/4)
  • Patent number: 11948494
    Abstract: Disclosed in embodiments of the present disclosure are a driver chip and a display device. The driver chip includes two opposite long edges, and two opposite short edges connected to the long edges; the driver chip includes multiple output pins and multiple input pins; the output pins are close to one of the long edges; the input pins include first input pins, second input pins, and third input pins; the first input pins are close to the long edge opposite to the output pins; the second input pins are close to the short edges; the third input pins are close to the long edge and located on both sides of the output pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: Chongqing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yajie Bai, Zhuo Xu, Jingpeng Zhao, Wentao Zhu
  • Patent number: 11924402
    Abstract: To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program for restraining a burden on a user who observes a three-dimensional image. Therefore, a display control unit performs display control to cause a three-dimensional image to be displayed so that a first plane surface parallel to a horizontal plane in a real space is observed in an area based on a distance between a lower end and an upper end of a display surface on which a display unit displays the three-dimensional image and an angle between the horizontal plane and the display surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Yokoyama, Koji Aoyama, Tomoya Yano
  • Patent number: 11907602
    Abstract: A multi-vision display device includes a timing controller, a plurality of display panels, and a plurality of display driver integrated circuits (ICs). The timing controller is configured to receive source data and timing signals from a host, and generate a data packet comprising image data and control data. The plurality of display driver ICs each is connected to any one of the plurality of display panels. The control data includes a panel identifier indicating a number of display panels of the plurality of display panels connected to the display driver IC prior to a corresponding display panel connected to the display driver IC. Adjacent ones of the plurality of display driver ICs are connected to each other, modulate the panel identifier provided from one among the timing controller and a front end display driver IC, and provide the modulated panel identifier to a rear end display driver IC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Magnachip Semiconductor, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung Hoon Sul, Myung Woo Lee, Seung Ryeol Lee, Duk Min Lee
  • Patent number: 11782270
    Abstract: A head-up display includes a display device and an optical system. The display device includes a display panel, an input unit, a memory, and a controller. The display panel is configured to display an image. The input unit is configured to receive calibration information indicating a position of a calibration object and first position information indicating positions of user's eyes based on an image capturing device. The memory is configured to store the calibration information. The optical system is configured to allow a user to visually recognize a virtual image plane, which is a virtual image of the image displayed on the display panel, by reflecting image light emitted corresponding to the image toward the user's eyes. The controller is configured to convert the first position information into second position information indicating the positions of the eyes based on the virtual image plane by using the calibration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Matsumoto, Hideyuki Inoue
  • Patent number: 11592669
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to optical systems with ergonomic presentation of content for use in head-worn computing systems. A method for controlling a head-worn computer when viewing virtual images, including image content, that encourages an ergonomic head position to reduce neck pain, includes determining an angle of the head-worn computer relative to horizontal, determining an angle of a line of sight to the center of the virtual image as presented to a user's eye, determining a deviation between the determined angle of the line of sight and a predetermined ergonomic angle, and shifting the image content of the virtual image vertically as displayed to the user's eye so that a portion of the image content is not viewable, wherein the amount of shifting is in reverse correspondence to the magnitude of the determined deviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Mentor Acquisition One, LLC
    Inventors: Nima L. Shams, John N. Border, John D. Haddick
  • Patent number: 11588138
    Abstract: A display device, an electronic device and a manufacturing method of a display device are disclosed. The display device includes a silicon-based organic light-emitting display panel, a heat dissipation film layer, and a flexible circuit board. The silicon-based organic light-emitting display panel includes a silicon substrate, a first electrode of a display component, an organic light-emitting layer, and a second electrode of the display component, which are stacked sequentially; the heat dissipation film layer is at a non-display side of the silicon-based organic light-emitting display panel; the flexible circuit board is at least partially at a side of the heat dissipation film layer away from the silicon-based organic light-emitting display panel; and the flexible circuit board is configured to transmit electrical signals to a gate drive circuit, a data drive circuit, and the second electrode of the display component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junbo Wei, Shengji Yang, Kuanta Huang, Pengcheng Lu
  • Patent number: 11565713
    Abstract: There are provided an outputter provided in a vehicle and configured to output information, a controller configured to execute driving support for the vehicle, and an output controller configured to provide a notification for requesting an occupant of the vehicle to perform a predetermined action when the driving support is being executed by the controller, cause a form of the notification to be changed so that the notification is emphasized in accordance with a passage of time from a start of the notification, and cause the outputter to output the notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Mimura, Tatsuya Iwasa, Fue Kubota, Naohiro Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11467793
    Abstract: An output device for controlling an operation of a double-sided display panel, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a master controller for controlling an operation of a front display panel; a slave controller for controlling an operation of a back display panel; a first MUX which is controlled by the master controller and receives a first image inputted to the master controller and a second image inputted to the slave controller; and a second MUX which is controlled by the slave controller and receives the first image and the second image, wherein the master controller may control the first MUX and the second MUX to output either of the first image or the second image to each of the front display panel and the back display panel, on the basis of an image output control command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Youngkyu Jo, Wonsik Kim
  • Patent number: 11307748
    Abstract: In some implementations, a computing device can perform multi-display alignment through observed user interactions. The computing device can receive user input aligning a first alignment object on a first display device with a second alignment object on a second display device. The computing device can align the display buffers for each display device based on the positions of the alignment objects in each display buffer corresponding to each display device. The computing device can align display buffers based on observed movements of graphical objects between multiple display devices. When display buffers corresponding to the display devices are misaligned, the user may correct the path of a graphical object when moving the graphical object between display devices. The computing device can detect the correction and align the display buffers of the display devices so that graphical objects are presented at the appropriate locations when moved between the display devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth I. Greenebaum, John C. Gnaegy
  • Patent number: 11288988
    Abstract: Various display control methods and apparatuses are provided. A method comprises changing a ratio of pixels distributed along two directions in each effective display region of at least one display unit of a display system, wherein light emitted by each pixel in the effective display region of each display unit in the at least one display unit is transmitted to a visual angle range by a lens corresponding to the display unit in the display system, and the two directions comprise a first direction and a second direction parallel with the display unit and orthogonal with each other; and displaying a content to be displayed by the changed display system. Differentiated display of visual angle information of two mutual orthogonal different directions can be thereby realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING ZHIGU RUI TUO TECH CO., LTD
    Inventor: Lin Du
  • Patent number: 11289037
    Abstract: In a display device with two liquid crystal cells, image quality deterioration depending on brightness and darkness of an environment is reduced. For this purpose, as an image signal for a liquid crystal display panel in which a display image is generated by light passing through a rear liquid crystal cell and a front liquid crystal cell, an image processing unit generates a rear image signal for the rear liquid crystal cell and a front image signal for the front liquid crystal cell. This image processing unit performs a spatial filter process on the rear image signal. Then, a filter control unit controls the spatial filter process performed on the rear image signal in the image processing unit on the basis of a detection value of an illuminance sensor that detects illuminance around the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kimura, Harunobu Kamei
  • Patent number: 11232600
    Abstract: A head up display arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a global positioning system module emitting geographic location coordinates associated with the motor vehicle. A database includes lane marking location data stored in association with corresponding geographic location coordinates. An electronic processing device is communicatively coupled to the global positioning system module and to the database. The electronic processing device receives the geographic location coordinates and retrieves from the database lane marking location data stored in association with the received geographic location coordinates. The electronic processing device transmits the retrieved lane marking location data. A head up display is communicatively coupled to the electronic processing device and receives the transmitted lane marking location data. The head up display displays virtual lane markings dependent upon the received lane marking location data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America
    Inventor: Donald Allen Turner
  • Patent number: 11165046
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display mounted in a housing. The display may have an array of display pixels that provide image light to a user. The array of display pixels may form an active display structure with a rectangular shape. The rectangular active display structure may be surrounded by an inactive border region. Optical structures such as a sheet of glass or another optical member may have portions that are configured to bend light from the display pixels along the periphery of the active display structure. The optical member may have an area that is larger than the area of the active display structure, so that the presence of the optical member may serve to enlarge the apparent size of the display. Solidified liquid polymer may be used to support the optical structures and may be interposed between the optical structures and the active display structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tseng-Mau Yang, Christopher D. Prest, Dale N. Memering
  • Patent number: 11163516
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus may include an image processor configured to recognize each of IDs displayed on a plurality of display apparatuses in an image in which the plurality of display apparatuses displaying the respective IDs are captured and determine an array of the plurality of display apparatuses, and to determine positions of the plurality of display apparatuses based on the recognized respective IDs and the determined array of the plurality of display apparatuses; and a setter configured to generate video wall setting information for each of the plurality of display apparatuses based on the determined positions of the plurality of display apparatuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yong-Hun Son
  • Patent number: 11158131
    Abstract: A user can use a camera of a smart device to capture a video of the user's surroundings, and the smart device may superimpose a virtual object on the image being captured by the smart device. The virtual object can be selected based on actual objects in the surrounding environment of the smart device, e.g., a chalk drawing on the floor. The application may consider other factors in selecting the item, e.g., the user's profile and geolocation as well as features downloaded by user of the application, e.g., characters, accessories, masks, avatars, etc. The application can enable the user to interact with the virtual object by allowing the user to customize the object and add features to it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Horizon Group USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Evan Buzzerio, Hiu Lee
  • Patent number: 11114421
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus relating to integrating System in Package (SiP) with Input/Output (IO) board for platform miniaturization are described. In an embodiment, a SiP board includes a plurality of logic components. An IO board is coupled to the SiP board via a grid array. The plurality of logic components is provided on both sides of the SiP board and one or more of the plurality of logic components are to positioned in an opening in the IO board. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eng Huat Goh, Wee Hoe, Khang Choong Yong, Ping Ping Ooi
  • Patent number: 11079607
    Abstract: An image display device includes: an input unit that inputs image data constituted with pixel data, each set of the pixel data being generated based upon a plurality of image signals output from a plurality of image-capturing pixels arrayed in correspondence to a plurality of photographic micro-lenses distinct from one another; a generation unit that generates display image data containing three-dimensional information based upon the image data; a display unit constituted with a plurality of display pixels disposed in a two-dimensional pattern, which emits light fluxes from the plurality of display pixels in correspondence to the display image data; and a micro-lens array that includes a plurality of micro-lenses, via which a three-dimensional image is formed by combining the light fluxes emitted from the plurality of display pixels, disposed in a two-dimensional array pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toru Iwane
  • Patent number: 11078932
    Abstract: A hydraulic machine is provided. A first flow control valve directs fluid from a first fluid supply to a first actuator when the first flow control valve is in a first position. A conflux control valve directs fluid from the first fluid supply to a second flow control valve when the conflux control valve is in a conflux position. The second flow control valve directs fluid from a second fluid supply and the first fluid supply to a second actuator when second flow control valve is in a second position. A bypass path allows the first fluid supply to communicate with the conflux control valve by passing around the first flow control valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AB
    Inventors: Youngjin Son, Seonggeun Yun, Manseuk Jeon
  • Patent number: 11017609
    Abstract: A user can use a camera of a smart device to capture a video of the user's surroundings, and the smart device may superimpose a virtual object on the image being captured by the smart device. The virtual object can be selected based on actual objects in the surrounding environment of the smart device, e.g., a chalk drawing on the floor. The application may consider other factors in selecting the item, e.g., the user's profile and geolocation as well as features downloaded by user of the application, e.g., characters, accessories, masks, avatars, etc. The application can enable the user to interact with the virtual object by allowing the user to customize the object and add features to it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Horizon Group USA, INC
    Inventors: Evan Buzzerio, Hiu Lee
  • Patent number: 10937344
    Abstract: In one general aspect, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in a display case door that includes an insulated panel assembly that is transparent to visible light. The door further includes a door frame extending about and secured to a peripheral edge of the insulated panel assembly, an electronic display overlaying the insulated panel assembly, and at least one display retainer secured to the door frame and having a coupling end that mates with the electronic display to releasably secure the display to the door frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Anthony, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul J. Artwohl, Jeffery W. Nicholson
  • Patent number: 10899229
    Abstract: An operating system includes a display device having at least two planar display regions, which are arranged one behind the other in a viewing direction of an operator and extend transversely to the viewing direction. The operating system can be used to control a plurality of apparatuses of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Vit Rosicky, Jacques Hélot
  • Patent number: 10901206
    Abstract: A head-mounted display (HMD) device includes: an HMD unit comprising a display panel configured to display an image and at least one lens for viewing the image on the display panel at a close distance; a distance-sensing sensor provided on the HMD unit to sense a distance between a user and the HMD unit to make the HMD unit be spaced apart from the user by a preset distance and avoid contact with the user; and a unit movement mechanism configured to position the HMD unit in front of the eyes of the user based on information sensed by the distance-sensing sensor to make the HMD unit avoid contact with the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: TOVIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yong Beom Kim
  • Patent number: 10891767
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a controller circuit configured to calculate a number of multiple micro-triangles included in a region of each pixel of the multiple pixels, the region being covered by the right triangle, each micro-triangle of the multiple micro-triangles and the first micro-triangle being congruent, and calculate an area of the region of each pixel of the multiple pixels, the region being covered by the right triangle, on a basis of the number of the multiple micro-triangles and the area of the first micro-triangle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Yasuhide Sato
  • Patent number: 10878580
    Abstract: A method of LiDAR-based vehicle tracking for a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs is disclosed. The one or more programs include instructions, which when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform the following steps including: calculating the probability of a cluster pair that belongs to a same vehicle using tracking information from a previous frame and spatial information from current frame, determining that the clusters of the cluster pair are merged into one by taking both spatial information and tracking information into consideration, and merging the clusters into a single, complete cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: TUSIMPLE, INC.
    Inventors: Xue Mei, Chenyang Li
  • Patent number: 10871657
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to optical systems. One example provides a display device comprising an image source including a plurality of encoded regions from which encoded image light is output, and a lens array. The lens array may be positioned to receive the encoded image light and output decoded image light that forms a floating image viewable from a plurality of different vantage points, wherein from a first vantage point decoded image light forming a portion of the floating image originates from a first encoded region, and wherein from a second vantage point decoded image light forming the portion originates from a second encoded region, different than the first encoded region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Karlton David Powell
  • Patent number: 10860278
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a first display panel, a second display panel, and a driving unit that is electrically connected to the first display panel and to the second display panel, and that is configured to provide a driving signal, which is a voltage signal having periodicity, to the first display panel and to the second display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang Ho Hyun, Hyeong Gwaon Kim, Heung Suk Chin
  • Patent number: 10853014
    Abstract: A head wearable device, a method, and a system. The head wearable device may include a transparent display and a non-transparent display. The transparent display may be implemented in or on the head wearable device. The transparent display may be configured to present first content to a user of the head wearable device. The non-transparent display may be implemented in or on the head wearable device. The non-transparent display may be configured to present second content to the user of the head wearable device. The non-transparent display may be viewable at least in part through the transparent display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher L. George, Emily M. Flaherty-Woods, Geoffrey A. Shapiro
  • Patent number: 10696239
    Abstract: A system for displaying data inside of a vehicle includes a main body including a substrate forming a display surface and defining a vehicle interior. The system also includes a plurality of lenticular lenses located on the display surface. The system also includes an eye tracker designed to detect a location of eyes of a person relative to the display surface. The system also includes a light source designed to generate light to produce an image via the plurality of lenticular lenses. The system also includes an electronic control unit (ECU) coupled to the eye tracker and the light source and designed to determine the location of the eyes relative to the display surface and to control the light source to center the image based on the location of the eyes relative to the display surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Chungchih Chou, Ercan M. Dede, Paul D. Schmalenberg
  • Patent number: 10580333
    Abstract: In one general aspect, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in a display case door that includes an insulated panel assembly that is transparent to visible light. The door further includes a door frame extending about and secured to a peripheral edge of the insulated panel assembly, an electronic display overlaying the insulated panel assembly, and at least one display retainer secured to the door frame and having a coupling end that mates with the electronic display to releasably secure the display to the door frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Anthony, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul J. Artwohl, Jeffery W. Nicholson
  • Patent number: 10573063
    Abstract: A content visualizing device and method that may adjust content based on a distance to an object so as to maintain a projection plane and prevent an overlap with the object in front is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang Ho Cho, Dong Kyung Nam
  • Patent number: 10552703
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an article recognition apparatus includes a first interface, a second interface, and a processor. The first interface acquires an image captured by photographing a photography range including an area where articles that are recognition targets are arranged. The second interface acquires depth information from a predetermined position relative to an area corresponding to the photography range. The processor extracts image areas of all products existing in the image by using the depth information, and determines whether an unidentified area due to overlapping of a plurality of the products exists in the image, based on the image areas of the products extracted from the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya Nobuoka, Masaaki Yasunaga
  • Patent number: 10554941
    Abstract: A white balance is adjusted with high precision, irrespective of the contents of an image formed by an image forming element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Tomohiro Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 10502872
    Abstract: A display apparatus including a first display unit, a second display unit and a strip-shaped lens is provided. The first display unit has a first display area and a first edge area. The second display unit has a second display area and a second edge area. The strip-shaped lens is disposed on a boundary of the first edge area and the second edge area. The strip-shaped lens includes a light entering surface, a light emitting surface, a first stairs-shaped surface and a second stairs-shaped surface. The first stairs-shaped surface is located above a part of the first display area adjacent to the boundary, and connects the light entering surface and the light emitting surface. The second stairs-shaped surface is located above a part of the second display area adjacent to the boundary, and connects the light entering surface and the light emitting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Yu Tsai, Hsin-Hung Lee, Huei-Tzu Lin, Chiao-Chih Yang
  • Patent number: 10499032
    Abstract: A naked-eye stereoscopic display adapted to provide a stereoscopic image is provided. The naked-eye stereoscopic display includes a first display panel, a second display panel, and an image-depth adjusting device. The second display panel is disposed on the first display panel. The image-depth adjusting device is disposed between the first display panel and the second display panel. The image-depth adjusting device includes a transparent insulation layer and a liquid crystal layer. A material of the transparent insulation layer includes glass or plastic, and a thickness of the transparent insulation layer is 0.5 cm to 10 cm. A stereoscopic image display method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventor: Ya-Ting Chen
  • Patent number: 10474669
    Abstract: There is provided a control apparatus through which it is possible to present a response to a question about content that is uttered by the user while viewing the content to the user who asked the question in an appropriate form, the control apparatus including a control unit configured to perform control such that details of a response generated for a query about content that is output to at least one user from the user and a target to which the response is output are decided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Junya Ono
  • Patent number: 10462919
    Abstract: A cover accessory may include a rear cover that is configured to mount on a mobile communication device; and a front cover that is configured to cover a display of the mobile communication device and comprising a fluorescent material, wherein a light reflection layer facing the display is formed in the central area of the front cover, and in at least a partial area of an edge area enclosing the central area of the front cover, the light reflection layer is not formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangjin Wang, Yunsung Ha, Yeongmin Park, Sukjin Yun
  • Patent number: 10416714
    Abstract: A display control device comprising a first display, a second display, a first processor, and a second processor, wherein the first processor controls the first display to display a first information, and wherein the second processor controls the second display to display second information which is undisplayable on the first display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keiichi Imamura
  • Patent number: 10395401
    Abstract: A method for efficiently visualizing parallel vector data rapidly renders high-quality complex vector graphics. The present invention provides a scanline algorithm for calculating and rendering on contour lines, which parallel-rasterizing on the contour lines. The algorithm firstly rasterizes the contour lines into segments corresponding to output image pixels. On each segment, color values are analytically calculated, or approximately obtained by a sampling algorithm. Contour rasterizing is efficiently completed in parallel. By analytical calculation or 32-bit sampling, high quality results are obtained. The present invention adapts parallel prefixes and algorithms in a scanline direction to obtain covering information for each pixel and generate filled areas. Finally, the contour line segments and the filled areas of the vector graphics are rendered in the output image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Qiming Hou, Rui Li, Kun Zhou
  • Patent number: 10379412
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises: a first display panel and a second display panel, which are overlapping each other; and a backlight disposed on rear surface sides of the first display panel and the second display panel. The backlight irradiates the first display panel and the second display panel with light beams in a plurality of colors while sequentially switching the light beams. Each of the first display panel and the second display panel includes a plurality of pixels. An area of the pixel included in the first display panel is smaller than an area of the pixel included in the second display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kikuo Ono
  • Patent number: 10371946
    Abstract: Configurations are disclosed for a health system to be used in various healthcare applications, e.g., for patient diagnostics, monitoring, and/or therapy. The health system may comprise a light generation module to transmit light or an image to a user, one or more sensors to detect a physiological parameter of the user's body, including their eyes, and processing circuitry to analyze an input received in response to the presented images to determine one or more health conditions or defects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicole Elizabeth Samec, John Graham Macnamara, Christopher M. Harrises, Brian T. Schowengerdt, Rony Abovitz, Mark Baerenrodt
  • Patent number: 10359640
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to optical systems. One example provides a display device comprising an image source including a plurality of encoded regions from which encoded image light is output, and a Fourier transform array. The Fourier transform array may be positioned to receive the encoded image light and output decoded image light that forms a floating image viewable from a plurality of different vantage points, wherein from a first vantage point decoded image light forming a portion of the floating image originates from a first encoded region, and wherein from a second vantage point decoded image light forming the portion originates from a second encoded region, different than the first encoded region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventor: Karlton David Powell
  • Patent number: 10331914
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a KVM appliance for preventing the passing of status information between a target computer, which is in communication with the KVM appliance, and a peripheral of a user. The KVM appliance may comprise a housing, an indicator supported on the housing, and a main processing unit (MPU) for receiving status information. The MPU monitors status information received by it and determines when the received status information is of a specific type which is used to set the indicator, which in turn apprises the user of a real time status of a feature of the peripheral. When the status information is identified as being of the type to set the indicator, it is then used to set the indicator to indicate the real time status of the feature to the user of the peripheral.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Vertiv IT Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael J. Balducci
  • Patent number: 10322566
    Abstract: A vehicle includes laminated glass located between a vehicle interior and an outside, and an on-vehicle radar device fixed to an inner surface of the laminated glass, a rear-view mirror, or a ceiling. The laminated glass includes an innermost glass layer, an outermost glass layer, and an intermediate resin layer. The on-vehicle radar device includes an antenna part that includes a transmitting antenna for transmitting a transmission wave. Reflection of the transmission wave on the laminated glass will be suppressed by selecting optimum values for the incident angle of the transmission wave on the innermost glass layer and the refractive index and thickness of each layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kamo
  • Patent number: 10311809
    Abstract: A dual view-field display and a fabricating method and a driving method thereof are provided. The dual view-field display includes a color filter substrate and an array substrate which are oppositely disposed. A slit grating is disposed on a side of the color filter substrate or the array substrate, and the color filter substrate includes a plurality of pixel units and a first black matrix surrounding each pixel unit. The slit grating includes light-shielding regions and light-transmitting regions, which are arranged at intervals in a matrix. The dual view-field display further comprises a light blocking portion configured for preventing light rays from leaking out of an upper-edge region and/or a lower-edge region of the light-transmitting region, which solves a problem that a viewing angle of a user of the dual view-field display is limited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chia Chiang Lin, Yanbing Wu
  • Patent number: 10275150
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes: an accepting unit configured to accept a predetermined operation from a user; a switching unit configured to switch between a first screen on which a display item is displayed in a first layout, and a second screen which includes at least one display item displayed with a first size on the first screen and on which the display item is displayed with a second size and in a second layout; and a display control unit configured to perform control such that, during the predetermined operation for switching from the first screen to the second screen, the first screen and the second screen are displayed while being superimposed without continuously changing the size of the display item in accordance with the predetermined operation, and upon completion of the predetermined operation, the second screen is displayed without the first screen and the second screen being superimposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Rui Nabeshima
  • Patent number: 10274728
    Abstract: A head-mounted display (HMD) includes an electronic display element and an optics block. The electronic display element includes a plurality of display panels that together output image light. The plurality of panels including a first display panel and a second display panel. The first display panel includes a first plurality of sub-pixels that are separated from each other by a non-emission area. The second panel includes a second plurality of sub-pixels. The second display panel is positioned offset from the first display panel such that the second plurality of sub-pixels emit light through the non-emission area of the first display panel. The optics block configured to direct the image light to an exit pupil of the HMD corresponding to a location of an eye of a user of the HMD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Evan M. Richards, Shizhe Shen, Atman Jacob Binstock
  • Patent number: 10242609
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a barrier type naked-eye 3D display screen and a display device. The barrier type naked-eye 3D display screen comprises an OLED screen and a liquid crystal screen, a light emergent surface of the OLED screen facing a light incident surface of the liquid crystal screen, wherein the liquid crystal screen comprises a color film substrate having no color resist; the OLED screen comprises a color OLED array serving as a luminous layer thereof, and a drive array connected to and driving the luminous layer so that the OLED screen can produce alternately dark and bright color fringes, which can form a first color image and a second color image having a parallax via the liquid crystal screen, to form a 3D image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming Yang, Xiaochuan Chen, Pengcheng Lu, Wenqing Zhao
  • Patent number: 10228726
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus 100 includes a first display unit 16a, a second display unit 16b, a first display control unit 17, a second display control unit 18, and a cooperative processing unit 11g. The first display control unit 17 displays the first information on the second display unit 16b. The second display control unit 18 displays, on the first display unit 16a, at least a part of time information (the first information) and various types of display information (the second information) undisplayable on the second display unit 16b. The cooperative processing unit 11g alternatively selects the control by the first display control unit 17 or the second display control unit 18.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keiichi Imamura
  • Patent number: 10198031
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus 100 includes a first display unit 16a, a second display unit 16b, a first display control unit 17, a second display control unit 18, and a cooperative processing unit 11g. The first display control unit 17 displays the first information on the second display unit 16b. The second display control unit 18 displays, on the first display unit 16a, at least a part of time information (the first information) and various types of display information (the second information) undisplayable on the second display unit 16b. The cooperative processing unit 11g alternatively selects the control by the first display control unit 17 or the second display control unit 18.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keiichi Imamura
  • Patent number: 10198651
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an article recognition apparatus includes a first interface, a second interface, and a processor. The first interface acquires an image captured by photographing a photography range including an area where articles that are recognition targets are arranged. The second interface acquires depth information from a predetermined position relative to an area corresponding to the photography range. The processor extracts image areas of all products existing in the image by using the depth information, and determines whether an unidentified area due to overlapping of a plurality of the products exists in the image, based on the image areas of the products extracted from the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya Nobuoka, Masaaki Yasunaga