Three-dimensional Arrays Patents (Class 345/6)
  • Patent number: 11829014
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes: a display panel; and a parallax formation panel disposed between the display panel and a viewpoint. The parallax formation panel includes first electrodes and second electrodes, the first electrodes being provided to be able to form light transmitting regions in accordance with positions of a plurality of predetermined viewpoints, the second electrodes being provided to be able to form light shielding regions that shield regions other than the light transmitting regions from light. A width of each first electrode in a first direction in which the plurality of viewpoints are arranged is longer than a length of each first electrode in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and extending along a display surface of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takeo Koito, Shuji Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11825678
    Abstract: A portable information handling system presents visual images in a tablet configuration having a housing in a closed position by passing the visual images through a switchable film having a transparent state and out an upper surface of housing. The housing opens to a clamshell configuration to expose the display at the inner housing surface and presents display visual images against an opaque state of the switchable film. A graphics processor or timing controller adjusts the visual image orientation based upon whether the display is viewed from the inner surface or outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Jace W. Files, John Trevor Morrison
  • Patent number: 11783489
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a method for processing a light field image comprising a set of image views.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
    Inventors: Matthieu Hog, Neus Sabater, Christine Guillemot
  • Patent number: 11749140
    Abstract: A display apparatus include a display module, a cover plate, and a lifting module. The display module includes a display panel that displays an image in a display area. The display area includes an Always On Display (AOD) area. The cover plate covers a portion of the display module. The lifting module moves vertically the cover plate. At least the AOD area of the display area is not covered with the cover plate and is exposed to an outside. AOD data is displayed in the AOD area. Thus, an AOD function can be implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongjoon Jeon, Seokhyo Cho
  • Patent number: 11698528
    Abstract: An imaging system includes an image realisation device, and projection optics for rendering a display image on a display screen. The image realisation device includes an image realisation surface and a light structuring device having a surface with a first and second region. The light structuring device simulates a first lens on the first region of the surface. A first source image formed on a first region of the image realisation surface and projected through the projection optics renders a first display image on the display screen at a first apparent depth. The light structuring device simulates a second lens on the second region of the surface. A second source image formed on a second region of the image realisation surface and projected through the projection optics renders a second display image on the display screen at a second apparent depth. The first and second lens are independently configurable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignees: JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED, CAMBRIDGE ENTERPRISE LIMITED
    Inventors: Valerian Meijering, Robert Hardy, Ali Yöntem, Kun Li, Daping Chu
  • Patent number: 11644669
    Abstract: Methods and systems for depth-based foveated rendering in the display system are disclosed. The display system may be an augmented reality display system configured to provide virtual content on a plurality of depth planes using different wavefront divergence. Some embodiments include monitoring eye orientations of a user of a display system based on detected sensor information. A fixation point is determined based on the eye orientations, the fixation point representing a three-dimensional location with respect to a field of view. Location information of virtual objects to present is obtained, with the location information indicating three-dimensional positions of the virtual objects. Resolutions of at least one virtual object is adjusted based on a proximity of the at least one virtual object to the fixation point. The virtual objects are presented to a user by display system with the at least one virtual object being rendered according to the adjusted resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Ivan Li Chuen Yeoh, Lionel Ernest Edwin, Nicole Elizabeth Samec, Nastasja U. Robaina, Vaibhav Mathur, Timothy Mark Dalrymple, Jason Schaefer, Clinton Carlisle, Hui-Chuan Cheng, Chulwoo Oh, Philip Premysler, Xiaoyang Zhang, Adam C. Carlson
  • Patent number: 11455917
    Abstract: The present application provides a spliced display panel. The spliced display panel includes a panel body and a cover plate, wherein the panel body includes at least a splicing seam, the cover plate includes a cover plate body and a lens assembly connected to the cover plate body, an orthographic projection of the lens assembly on a plane where the panel body is located covers at least the splicing seam, and the lens assembly includes a first convex lens and a second convex lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shaotuo Tang
  • Patent number: 11445074
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a standard layer configured to display an operation screen provided for use of a touch panel, a disable layer provided to overlap the standard layer, and an interrupt layer provided to overlap the standard layer and the disable layer. The information processing device further includes a processor, and a memory storing program instructions that cause the processor to disable a touch operation of the touch panel, display a touch operation disable screen on the disable layer to superimpose the touch operation disable screen on the operation screen, in a case where the touch operation is disabled, and display, when an interrupt event has occurred while the touch operation is disabled, a notification screen on the interrupt layer, the notification screen notifying the interrupt event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Mana Kai
  • Patent number: 11443481
    Abstract: This disclosure describes implementations of a three-dimensional (3D) scene recovery system that reconstructs a 3D scene representation of a scene portrayed in a single digital image. For instance, the 3D scene recovery system trains and utilizes a 3D point cloud model to recover accurate intrinsic camera parameters from a depth map of the digital image. Additionally, the 3D point cloud model may include multiple neural networks that target specific intrinsic camera parameters. For example, the 3D point cloud model may include a depth 3D point cloud neural network that recovers the depth shift as well as include a focal length 3D point cloud neural network that recovers the camera focal length. Further, the 3D scene recovery system may utilize the recovered intrinsic camera parameters to transform the single digital image into an accurate and realistic 3D scene representation, such as a 3D point cloud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Yin, Jianming Zhang, Oliver Wang, Simon Niklaus, Mai Long, Su Chen
  • Patent number: 11422374
    Abstract: Configurations are disclosed for presenting virtual reality and augmented reality experiences to users. The system may comprise a spatial light modulator operatively coupled to an image source for projecting light associated with one or more frames of image data, and a variable focus element (VFE) for varying a focus of the projected light such that a first frame of image data is focused at a first depth plane, and a second frame of image data is focused at a second depth plane, and wherein a distance between the first depth plane and the second depth plane is fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: William Hudson Welch, Robert D. Tekolste, Hyunsun Chung, Hui-Chuan Cheng
  • Patent number: 11422366
    Abstract: At least one display object is displayed by a first display mechanism and a second display mechanism, each having a display surface. At least one of the two display mechanisms is designed such that the display object is produced in a first predetermined sub-region on one of the two display surfaces. The display surfaces are mirror-like, arranged parallel to each other and facing each other such that a mirror shaft is formed between the display surfaces of the first display mechanism and the second display mechanism, such that the display surfaces reflect each other inside the mirror shaft. The motor vehicle display device is designed to reflect the at least one display object produced in the first predetermined sub-region, after a predefinable number of reflections inside the mirror shaft, in a second predetermined sub-region of the first display mechanism outside the mirror shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Thomas Knittl, Peter Zeinar, Jacques Hélot, Alexander Hottinger, Xenia Sichwardt
  • Patent number: 11322715
    Abstract: A display module and manufacturing method and electronic device thereof are provided. The manufacturing method includes forming a first bonding layer on a side of a first display panel; bonding a second display panel on a side of the first display panel where the first bonding layer is formed; forming a second bonding layer on a side of the first display panel or the second display panel away from the first bonding layer; and forming a covering layer on a side of the first display panel or the second display panel away from the first bonding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jian Hu
  • Patent number: 11308847
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display including a plurality of display modules, a display driver including a plurality of driving modules respectively connected to the plurality of display modules, a storage storing current information concerning a plurality of display modules, and a processor calculating a peak luminance level of each of a plurality of display modules based on individual power consumptions of each of a plurality of display modules and controlling a plurality of driving modules using the current information stored in the storage based on the calculated peak luminance level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong-phil Cho, Jin-mo Kang, Sang-young Park
  • Patent number: 11224801
    Abstract: A method includes syncing augmented reality (AR) enabled equipment to a videogaming system, identifying two or more portions of a display screen belonging to two or more players, identifying a portion of the display screen belonging to a selected user and one or more remaining portions of the display screen not belonging to the selected user, obscuring the one or more portions of the display screen not belonging to the selected user, and displaying the determined portion of the display screen belonging to the selected user via the synced AR enabled equipment. A computer program product and computer system corresponding to the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shikhar Kwatra, Thomas Jefferson Sandridge, Robert Huntington Grant, Zachary A. Silverstein
  • Patent number: 11221458
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device according to the present disclosure includes an optical system for generating light to implement an image and a display part for emitting the light provided from the optical system. The optical system includes an image source panel, a first projection lens for projecting light provided from the image source panel onto the display part, a second projection lens for projecting the light provided from the image source panel to the display part, wherein the second projection lens has a angle of view wider than a angle of view of the first projection lens, and a position changing part for switching positions of the first projection lens and the second projection lens to selectively match the first projection lens and the second projection lens to a path of the light provided from the image source panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Changkyu Hwang, Seungyong Shin
  • Patent number: 11211017
    Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of in-situ display monitoring and calibration systems and methods. An image acquisition system captures images of the viewing plane of the display. Captured images may then be processed to characterize various visual performance characteristics of the display. When not in use capturing images of the display, the image acquisition system can be stored in a manner that protects it from environmental hazards such as dust, dirt, precipitation, direct sunlight, etc. A calibration image in which a plurality of light emitting elements is set to a particular color and intensity may be displayed, an image then captured, and then a difference between what was expected and what was captured may be developed for each light emitting element. Differences between captured images and expected images may be used to create a calibration data set which then may be used to adjust the display of further images upon the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: NanoLumens Acquisition, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard C. Cope, Theodore Heske, III
  • Patent number: 11202060
    Abstract: A multifocal display device has a focus tunable lens (FTL) and a controller configured to shift a focus of the FTL from a first focal plane to a second focal plane by applying a compensated control signal to the FTL. The controller is configured to generate a current compensated control signal value, which is a value of the compensated control signal for a current point in time, based on one or more previous compensated control signal values, which are values of the compensated control signal at one or more previous points in time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atanas Boev, Hector Navarro Fructuoso, Panji Setiawan
  • Patent number: 11150437
    Abstract: Head-mounted display systems may include a display subsystem, an optics subsystem, a prescription accommodation subsystem, and a varifocal adjustment subsystem. The prescription accommodation subsystem may include a prescription accommodation actuator that is configured to adjust a focus of a displayed image to account for the user's visual refractive error. The varifocal adjustment subsystem may include a varifocal adjustment actuator configured to further adjust the focus of the image to change a perceived view of the image on the display subsystem. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Ryan Michael Ebert
  • Patent number: 11151234
    Abstract: A computing platform is described to match a palm digital representation to a palm template. The platform includes logic causing presenting a viewfinder image including an image stream and/or a cue appearing to reside substantially in front of a user to guide the user to align a palm at a position within a field of view of a camera; capturing a set of images using the camera; processing the set of images to determine a set of identifying features of the palm; and comparing the set of identified features with enrolled palm prints to identify the palm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Redrock Biometrics, Inc
    Inventors: Leonid Kontsevich, Hua Yang
  • Patent number: 11132060
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes detecting a motion pattern in proximity to a first midair interface (MAI) device, the motion pattern being of a body part of a user. In an embodiment, the method includes converting the detected motion pattern to a simulated surface of an object projected from a shared MAI device, wherein the first MAI device and the shared MAI device each correspond to a different user. In an embodiment, the method includes causing a behavior change in the simulated surface being projected from the shared MAI device. An embodiment includes a computer usable program product. The computer usable program product includes a computer-readable storage device, and program instructions stored on the storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aaron K. Baughman, Aaron Cox, John Joseph Kent, Stephen C. Hammer
  • Patent number: 11119717
    Abstract: A digital signage system and a data processing method in the same are disclosed. The digital signage system comprises a plurality of display devices displaying a signage content; and a server including a communication unit for transmitting signage content data to each display device, a sensor unit for sensing movement of the plurality of display devices, and a controller for controlling the display devices of which display areas are overlapped, differently from each other on the basis of the sensed movement data of the display devices, if display areas of at least two of the plurality of display devices are overlapped with each other at a predetermined threshold value or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sangmin Lee, Jiwoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11079596
    Abstract: An exemplary display is placed in an optical pathway extending from an entrance pupil of a person's eye to a real-world scene beyond the eye. The display includes at least one 2-D added-image source that is addressable to produce a light pattern corresponding to a virtual object. The source is situated to direct the light pattern toward the person's eye to superimpose the virtual object on an image of the real-world scene as perceived by the eye via the optical pathway. An active-optical element is situated between the eye and the added-image source at a location that is optically conjugate to the entrance pupil and at which the active-optical element forms an intermediate image of the light pattern from the added-image source. The active-optical element has variable optical power and is addressable to change its optical power to produce a corresponding change in perceived distance at which the intermediate image is formed, as an added image to the real-world scene, relative to the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: THE ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
    Inventors: Hong Hua, Sheng Liu
  • Patent number: 11079608
    Abstract: An image display to provide a realistic 3D stereoscopic image of a desired scene. The display device is comprised of directional pixels. Each directional pixel has a plurality of facets having a constrained viewing angle. Each facet has a point source of light that emits light with a controllable luminescence and hue. In this regard, each facet of the directional pixel has a constrained viewing angle and independent luminance and hue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SOFTRONICS, LTD.
    Inventor: Robert H. Sternowski
  • Patent number: 11080923
    Abstract: Position based media pipeline systems and methods for volumetric displays provide content to a volumetric display having at least two pixels arranged in a 3D coordinate space. A three-dimensional (3D) pixel position dataset and a 3D animation are provided and a first volume representation based on the 3D animation is created. A second volume is created based on the first volume and including color data. A texture atlas is assembled based on the second volume and volumetric image data is generated based on the texture atlas. The position based media pipeline outputs the volumetric image data to one or more graphic controllers. The volumetric image data can be output whereby a user can preview the volumetric image data in addition to output to the volumetric display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: MSG Entertainment Group, LLC
    Inventors: Kurt Kaminski, Landon Thomas Humphreys
  • Patent number: 11074837
    Abstract: There is provided a system that includes a base providing a wireless power source, a rotor situated over the base and configured to spin, and a device coupled to the rotor and configured to spin with the rotor, the device having a display and a wireless power receiver, where the wireless power source and the wireless power receiver are configured to power the device to show an image on the display while the rotor is spinning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Nocon
  • Patent number: 11042048
    Abstract: A system to adjust light path length comprising a digital light path length modulator, the digital light path length modulator comprising a polarization modulator to receive polarized light and to modulate a polarization of some or all of the polarized light. The system further comprising an optical path length extender (OPLE) having an entry surface and an exit surface, to direct the light entering the OPLE with a first polarization through the entry surface and along a first light path through the OPLE to exit through the exit surface, and to direct the light entering the OPLE with a second polarization through the entry surface and along a second light path through the OPLE to exit through the exit surface, the second light path through the OPLE having a light path length two or more times longer than the first light path length through the OPLE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Avegant Corp.
    Inventors: Aaron Matthew Eash, Allan Thomas Evans, D. Scott Dewald, Andrew John Gross, Eamon Han O'Connor, Warren Cornelius Welch, III
  • Patent number: 11042963
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a controller. In a case where multiple images are formed in air in a depth direction, the controller controls a display of at least one of the images corresponding to one position or multiple positions in accordance with a command from a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventor: Kengo Tokuchi
  • Patent number: 11025893
    Abstract: A near-eye display system comprising an image source, a modulation stack, and an imaging assembly. The modulation stack, in one embodiment, comprises one or more digital light path length modulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Avegant Corp.
    Inventors: Aaron Matthew Eash, Allan Thomas Evans, Andrew John Gross, D. Scott Dewald, Eamon Han O'Connor, Forrest Foust, Warren Cornelius Welch, III
  • Patent number: 11009707
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a pixel array. A light source may illuminate the pixel array to produce image light. The image light may pass through a multi-element lens and may be coupled into a waveguide using an input coupler such as a prism. An output coupler such as a diffraction grating may couple the image light out of the waveguide and towards a user. The user may view the image light and may observe real-world objects through the waveguide. The waveguide may have locally modified portions that define an aperture stop at a distance from an exit surface of the multi-element lens. The multi-element lens may have first and second achromatic doublets and first and second singlets between the first and second achromatic doublets. The lens elements of the multi-element lens may include lens elements with aspheric surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Guolin Peng, Hyungryul Choi, Scott M. DeLapp, Tyler G. Anderson
  • Patent number: 10989931
    Abstract: A photophoretic display device includes at least one trap light source configured to generate a trap beam, at least one illumination light source configured to generate an illumination beam, a void, and a first reflective surface. The trap beam enters the void and traps a first one or more scattering particles, the trap beam is incident on the first reflective surface at a first incidence angle and is reflected as a first reflected trap beam, the first reflected trap beam traps a second one or more scattering particles, and the illumination beam illuminates the first one or more scattering particles and the second one or more scattering particles that are trapped to generate a volumetric image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Chungchih Chou
  • Patent number: 10951876
    Abstract: The present invention is for more optimally performing recording and reproduction of stereoscopic video. In the present invention, parallax information is utilized to store, in a recording medium, stereoscopic video including left-eye images and right-eye images. Particularly, for video content that contains stereoscopic images, information is obtained regarding the amount of variation in parallactic angle having a given or larger value, a variation time that the variation in parallactic angle takes, and the number of times that the variation in parallactic angle occurs. An evaluation value is calculated that corresponds to the degree of eye fatigue on the basis of the amount of variation, the variation time, and the number of times of the variation. According to the present invention, the video content is encoded in such a manner that the evaluation value is within a given range, and then recorded in the recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Nagasawa, Keiji Hatanaka, Kazuhiro Kurisaki
  • Patent number: 10942416
    Abstract: A method includes adjusting a focal length of an adaptive liquid lens that includes a layer of optical fluid on a substrate and in conjunction with adjusting the focal length of the adaptive liquid lens, adjusting a liquid crystal element coupled with the adaptive liquid lens. The method also includes transmitting light through the adaptive liquid lens and the liquid crystal element. Also disclosed is a hybrid lens including an adaptive liquid lens and a liquid crystal element coupled with the adaptive liquid lens. The liquid crystal element reduces optical artifacts caused by the adaptive liquid lens. The adaptive liquid lens includes a layer of optical fluid on a substrate, where a focal length of the adaptive liquid lens is adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Lu Lu, Andrew John Ouderkirk, Scott Charles McEldowney
  • Patent number: 10855977
    Abstract: A near-eye display system includes a display panel to display a near-eye lightfield frame comprising an array of elemental images and an eye tracking component to track a pose of a user's eye. The system further includes a lenslet array and a rendering component to adjust the focal points of the array of elemental images in the integral lightfield frame based on the pose of the user's eye. A method of operation of the near-eye display system includes determining, using an eye tracking component of the near-eye display system, a first pose of a user's eye and determining a desired focal point for an array of elemental images forming an integral lightfield frame based on the first pose of the user's eye. The method further includes changing the focal length of light projecting out of a lenslet array based on the first pose of the user's eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: John D. Perreault, Patrick Llull
  • Patent number: 10843410
    Abstract: The present invention includes a system, apparatus and method for generating a three-dimensional image and/or printing a three dimensional structures, the system comprising: a medium comprising a photocurable monomer and an optical molecular switch molecule that has a non-fluorescent state and a fluorescent state, wherein the monomer forms a polymer upon exposure to the emitted light. Also taught are novel fluorescent photoswitch molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Southern Methodist University
    Inventors: Alexander R. Lippert, Maha Aljowni, Bo Li, Uroob Harris, Cecilia O'Brien, Daniel Scott Clark
  • Patent number: 10841569
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a stereoscopic display device which enhances accessibility from a stereoscopic display device to other multimedia device, the stereoscopic display device includes a flat panel that displays an image, the flat panel generating a porch signal on each frame of the image being display and having a predetermined period of blank time after generation of the porch signal, a stereo controller that senses the porch signal to generate a wireless goggle control signal, and a goggle that receives the goggle control signal according to wireless protocol at the time of watching the flat panel, to perceive a stereo 3D image by opening/closing a left eye lens and a right eye lens, selectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Jin So, Byung-Moo Choi
  • Patent number: 10834373
    Abstract: The windowless prototypes of various evacuated tube transportation (ETT) based transportation systems, such as Hyperloop-based transportation systems, has the negative feel of an enclosed space. The lack of any kind of outside reference, the unknown sounds and the tremendous speed of the capsule/pod would surely cause anxiety with several passengers. A representation of the outside world shown within the pod/capsule using augmented windows alleviates this claustrophobic environment. At least for the closest passenger to the window, the illusion of looking out on a landscape is achieved using such augmented windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dirk Ahlborn, Jan Heitger, Diego Fernando Montoya Orozco, Tiphaine Rousseau, Dirk Schart, Wolfgang Stelzle
  • Patent number: 10825367
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, provided is a volumetric type three-dimensional display device comprising a plurality of voxels having a polyhedron shape laminated three-dimensionally and a unit display panel is configured by providing a polymer dispersed liquid crystal display device on at least one surface of the polyhedron and providing an organic electroluminescent device on at least one corner of the polyhedron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: SeungHyun Kim, SungJin Kim
  • Patent number: 10818090
    Abstract: An augmented reality system for an amusement ride includes a guest-tracking sensor configured to determine a position of a guest, a projector configured to project imagery, a semi-transparent mirror configured to reflect the imagery as augmented reality imagery, and a controller including a processor and a memory. The controller is configured to receive a sensor signal indicative of the position of the guest from the guest-tracking sensor, generate image data based on the position of the guest, and output a control signal indicative of the image data to the projector. The projector is configured to project the imagery based on the control signal indicative of the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventor: Akiva Meir Krauthamer
  • Patent number: 10819975
    Abstract: The invention relates to displaying an autostereoscopic image of two viewpoints, each formed of strips of subpixels, called image strips, on an autostereoscopic display screen configured to display N viewpoints, N being greater than or equal to 3. The method includes detecting the position of a privileged observer relative to the screen; determining, for each eye of the observer, strips of the screen visible by the eye at the detected position; determining, for each eye of the observer, strips that are not visible by either of the two eyes at the position; an assignment to the subpixels, of the visible strips of the screen for each eye, of subpixels corresponding to the image strip of the corresponding eye; an assignment to the subpixels, of the non-visible strips of the screen, of subpixels corresponding to safety viewpoints constructed from subpixels of the image strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: ALIOSCOPY
    Inventors: Pierre Allio, Flavien Maingreaud
  • Patent number: 10775740
    Abstract: Holographic projection of a digital object. A method includes identifying movement of a digital object in video content. The movement is along a path across a plurality of video frames of the video content. The method presents the video content on at least one display device. The presenting includes projecting a three-dimensional holographic image of the digital object adjacent to a surface of the display. The projecting traces the holographic image along the path across the plurality of video frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sarbajit K. Rakshit
  • Patent number: 10754654
    Abstract: An apparatus that includes a program controller to fetch and issue instructions is described. The apparatus includes an execution lane having at least one execution unit to execute the instructions. The execution lane is part of an execution lane array that is coupled to a two dimensional shift register array structure, wherein, execution lane s of the execution lane array are located at respective array locations and are coupled to dedicated registers at same respective array locations in the two-dimensional shift register array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Albert Meixner, Jason Rupert Redgrave, Ofer Shacham, Daniel Frederic Finchelstein, Qiuling Zhu
  • Patent number: 10747017
    Abstract: An autostereoscopic pixel emitting unit comprises a plurality of pixel units, a substrate, and an optical package structure. The specific chip is designed to emit light in a time-sequenced manner to the direction of right and left eyes of observer which is then combined in one's brain to provide the 3D perception. The autostereoscopic pixel emitting unit differentiates itself with prior arts by minimizing the size of the autostereoscopic display device to a component level. By using the autostereoscopic pixel emitting unit, a large-sized glasses-free 3D display maybe be assembled into a variety of configuration with the functions of 2D/3D auto-conversion and showing 2D and 3D contents in various area of the screen simultaneously. The present invention has multiple advantages such as free from panel optical lens, any large-sized screen area, flat or curved surface installation, cost-effective, and easy maintenance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Inventor: Chi-Chung Hu
  • Patent number: 10740876
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system may access a training sample from a training dataset, including a training image of a scene and a corresponding depth map. The system may access a circle-of-confusion map for the scene, which is generated based on the depth map and encodes a desired focal surface in the scene. The system may generate an output image by processing the training image, the corresponding depth map, and the corresponding circle-of-confusion map using a machine-learning model. The system may update the machine-learning model based on a comparison between the generated output image and a target image depicting the scene with a desired defocus-blur effect. The updated machine-learning model is configured to generate images with defocus-blur effect based on input images and corresponding depth maps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Robert Lanman, Matthew Steven Chapman, Alexander Jobe Fix, Anton S. Kaplanyan, Lei Xiao
  • Patent number: 10732430
    Abstract: A display device and a display method are provided, and the display device includes: a first panel which includes a plurality of light-blocking units and a plurality of pixels, each of the light-blocking units being between the pixels adjacent to each other; and a second panel which includes a first light-emitting plate provided with a plurality of light-emitting units, a distance from the light-emitting units to the first panel being one of H1=BS/(L?B), H2=(P?B)S/(L?P+B) and H3=PS/(L?P), in which B is a width of each of the light-blocking units between the pixels adjacent to each other, S is a viewing distance for a viewer, L is a pupillary distance between a left eye and a right eye of the viewer, and P is a pitch of the pixels of the first panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming Yang, Xiaochuan Chen, Wenqing Zhao, Pengcheng Lu, Qian Wang
  • Patent number: 10733943
    Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of in-situ display monitoring and calibration systems and methods. An image acquisition system captures images of the viewing plane of the display. Captured images may then be processed to characterize various visual performance characteristics of the display. When not in use capturing images of the display, the image acquisition system can be stored in a manner that protects it from environmental hazards such as dust, dirt, precipitation, direct sunlight, etc. A calibration image in which a plurality of light emitting elements is set to a particular color and intensity may be displayed, an image then captured, and then a difference between what was expected and what was captured may be developed for each light emitting element. Differences between captured images and expected images may be used to create a calibration data set which then may be used to adjust the display of further images upon the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Nanolumens Acquisitions, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard C. Cope, Theodore Heske, III
  • Patent number: 10698230
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application disclose a light field display control method and apparatus and a light field display device. The light field display control method comprises: determining at least one depth distribution sub-region of content according to a display depth of field (DoF) range of a light field display device and depth distribution information of the content, wherein each depth distribution sub-region of the at least one depth distribution sub-region is located outside the display DoF range; and tilting a first display unit at least with respect to an original plane of a display array of the light field display device according to the display DoF range of the light field display device and the depth distribution sub-region, wherein the first display unit is a display unit that is in the display array and affects display of a first object, and the first object is a part, which is located in the depth distribution sub-region, of the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: BEIJING ZHIGU RUI TUO TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lin Du, Liang Zhou
  • Patent number: 10672311
    Abstract: A multi-layer display (MLD) system may include a plurality of display screens including at least first and second display screens arranged in a substantially parallel and overlapping manner, and a processing system comprising at least one processor and memory. The processing system may be configured to render content on and between two MLD layers, such that the content is correctly rendered from the perspective angle of the viewer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Pure Depth, Inc.
    Inventor: Austin F. O'Brien
  • Patent number: 10663923
    Abstract: System and methods for efficiently generating a high quality patterned-phase-only hologram that can be displayed on a single device. A digital image of a holographed subject is measured as a distribution of the intensity of pixels in the image, or as an intensity image, and uniformly partitioned into a plurality of non-overlapping image blocks. A phase mask is applied to each pixel in each image block and assigned a value in the range of [0,2?). The pixels are modulated with a phase value corresponding to the value applied by the phase mask, creating a modified intensity image. A complex hologram is generated from the modified intensity image. The complex hologram is generated utilizing a fast hologram generation process and then converted into a patterned-phase-only hologram. A short sequence of the patterned-phase holograms can be displayed to enhance the visual quality of the displayed holographic images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: City University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Wai Ming Peter Tsang, Yuk Tak Chow
  • Patent number: 10657854
    Abstract: There is provided a system that includes a base providing a wireless power source, a rotor situated over the base and configured to spin, and a device coupled to the rotor and configured to spin with the rotor, the device having a display and a wireless power receiver, where the wireless power source and the wireless power receiver are configured to power the device to show an image on the display while the rotor is spinning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Nocon
  • Patent number: 10649173
    Abstract: Disclosed are a head mounted display (HMD), and a method for controlling the same. The HMD includes: a body having a display unit; a lens driving unit provided at the body, and configured to move a lens unit spaced apart from the display unit, wherein the lens driving unit includes: a lens frame having a first tube portion protruded in a first direction, and coupled to the body; a lens housing having a second tube portion protruded in the first direction and having the lens unit, the second tube portion relatively moved on the first tube portion; a link unit coupled to the lens frame and the lens housing, and configured to move the lens housing; and a driving unit provided at one side of the first tube portion, and configured to operate the link unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Minwoo Song, Youngwook Sohn, Mansoo Sin, Kyungsoo Hwang