Operator Body-mounted Heads-up Display (e.g., Helmet Mounted Display) Patents (Class 345/8)
  • Patent number: 12379890
    Abstract: A computer implemented method of facilitating communication between first and second users includes displaying, by a first head-worn device, a first virtual object to the first user first user wearing the first head-worn device. The method also includes displaying, by a second head-worn device, a second virtual object to the second user wearing the second head-worn device. The method further includes facilitating, by the first and second head-worn devices, communications between the first and second users using the first and second virtual objects to simulate the first and second users being present in a common environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Rodolpho C. Cardenuto, David Charles Lundmark
  • Patent number: 12372785
    Abstract: Computer-implemented methods of operating an augmented reality device can involve capturing camera images, processing the camera images, and displaying virtual display images. The camera images can be captured automatically using a camera disposed within an augmented reality device worn by a user. The camera images can be processed automatically using a processor located within the augmented reality device. The virtual display images can be displayed automatically to the user within the augmented reality device while the user is looking through the augmented reality device and simultaneously viewing real objects through the augmented reality device. The virtual display images can be based on the processed camera images. Additional steps can include accepting a first user input, storing camera image(s) on a memory located within the augmented reality device based on the first input, accepting a second user input, and displaying stored image(s) to the user based on the second input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Brilliant Labs Private Limited
    Inventors: Bobak Tavangar, Rajesh Nakarja
  • Patent number: 12374159
    Abstract: A pupil information collection circuit, a pupil information collection method and a display apparatus are provided, belong to the field of display technology, and can solve the problem that the existing pupil information collection circuit occupies a large area. The pupil information collection circuit includes: M infrared light sensors, N analog-to-digital converters and N multiplexing sub-circuits; where M and N are both positive integers, and M is greater than N; every m infrared light sensors are connected to the same analog-to-digital converter through one corresponding multiplexing sub-circuit; m is less than or equal to M; and for the m infrared light sensors connected to the same analog-to-digital converter, a distance between collection ranges of any two adjacent infrared light sensors is greater than a diameter of the pupil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lianghao Zhang, Wenchao Han, Wei Sun
  • Patent number: 12372798
    Abstract: A light-transmitting substrate has at least two major surfaces and is deployed with a first of the major surfaces in facing relation to an eye of a viewer. A light redirecting arrangement is associated with the light-transmitting substrate and deflects light from the eye toward an optical sensor that senses light, such that the light deflection occurs at the light-transmitting substrate and the deflected light that reaches the optical sensor is unguided by the light-transmitting substrate. A processor derives current gaze direction of the eye by processing signals from the optical sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Lumus Ltd.
    Inventors: Eitan Ronen, Ronen Chriki, Naamah Levin, Lilya Lobachinsky
  • Patent number: 12367758
    Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving communication of user intent at a road crossing. In one embodiment, a method includes acquiring sensor data identifying a blood flow in a brain of a user, determining whether the user intends on crossing a street based, at least in part, on the sensor data, and in response to determining the user intends on crossing the street, communicating an intent to cross using the accessory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Benjamin Piya Austin, Rohit Gupta, William Patrick Garrett, Rebecca L. Kirschweng, Philip J. Babian, Ali C. Eren
  • Patent number: 12366752
    Abstract: Computer-implemented methods of operating an augmented reality device can involve capturing camera images, processing the camera images, and displaying virtual display images. The camera images can be captured automatically using a camera disposed within an augmented reality device worn by a user. The camera images can be processed automatically using a processor located within the augmented reality device. The virtual display images can be displayed automatically to the user within the augmented reality device while the user is looking through the augmented reality device and simultaneously viewing real objects through the augmented reality device. The virtual display images can be based on the processed camera images. Additional steps can include accepting a first user input, storing camera image(s) on a memory located within the augmented reality device based on the first input, accepting a second user input, and displaying stored image(s) to the user based on the second input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Brilliant Labs Private Limited
    Inventors: Bobak Tavangar, Rajesh Nakarja
  • Patent number: 12364391
    Abstract: A system for determining a prescription for an eye of a person, the system being configured to communicate with a mobile device including at least one first light source adapted to illuminate the eye with first light having a first optical wavelength, at least one second light source adapted to illuminate the eye with second light having a second optical wavelength different from the first wavelength, and a processor that measures the photorefraction of the eye at the first wavelength based on at least one picture of the eye recorded when illuminating the eye with first light, measures the photorefraction of the eye at the second wavelength based on at least one picture of the eye recorded when illuminating the eye with second light, determines the prescription for the eye based on the measured photorefraction at the first wavelength and the measured photorefraction at the second wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Hélène De Rossi, Marius Peloux, Stéphane Boutinon
  • Patent number: 12360380
    Abstract: The camera photographs a visual field of the user. The controller acquires an image captured by the camera, recognizes, through image recognition processing, a package that is a work target of the user and a hand of the user from the acquired image, determines whether or not the user is in a state of being about to carry a package based on a positional relationship between the recognized package and the recognized hand, and recognizes, through image recognition processing, a package ID from the acquired image in a case where it is determined that the user is in a state of being about to carry the package. The communication part receives delivery information regarding the package corresponding to the package ID from a delivery management server. The controller generates, based on the delivery information, alert information to be presented to the user, and outputs the generated alert information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Kenta Murakami, Naomi Tomiyama, Satoshi Matsui
  • Patent number: 12362827
    Abstract: There is provided a method including receiving an incoming ID at a first wearable heads-up display (WHUD), which incoming ID is associated with a communicant device. The method also includes sending match data from the first WHUD to a match engine. The match data includes a first WHUD ID and the incoming ID. Moreover, the method includes receiving a match indicator at the first WHUD from the match engine. The match indicator is to indicate a match event between the first WHUD and the communicant device based on the match data. Furthermore, the method includes effecting communication between the first WHUD and the communicant device comprising at least one of sending a message from the first WHUD to the communicant device and receiving at the first WHUD a corresponding message from the communicant device. The first WHUD, and a method of operating the match engine are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Ido Raveh, Stuart James Myron Nicholson
  • Patent number: 12353646
    Abstract: Eyewear configured to identify movements of a remote physical object to provide a 3D painting interactive augmented reality experience. In an example, the eyewear uses the identified movements of the remote physical object as a virtual brush to create a three-dimensional (3D) virtual object on an eyewear display. The eyewear determines positional information of the remote physical object. The eyewear uses the positional information and responsively displays and edits the virtual object as a function of the relative 3D positioning of the remote physical object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Ilteris Canberk, Daniel Moreno
  • Patent number: 12350834
    Abstract: A method for training and/or testing a robot control module. The method includes generating an instruction specified by a robot control module configured for robot training and/or testing, the instruction indicating how a human-driven robot task is to be performed when training and/or testing the robot control module; providing the instruction to a mixed reality device worn by a human data collector, the mixed device rendering the instruction in a manner that shows the human data collector how to perform the human-driven robot task; collecting performance data and environmental data in response to the human data collector attempting to perform the human-driven robot task using the data collection device; receiving feedback data in response to the human data collector attempting to perform the human-driven robot task specified by the instruction; and updating the robot control module using the feedback data and the collected performance and environmental data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: ACUMINO
    Inventors: Ke Wang, Patrick McKinley Jarvis, Minas Liarokapis
  • Patent number: 12353620
    Abstract: Systems and methods for overlaying virtual objects in a virtual environment based on user interest and user interactions are disclosed. The methods analyze a live view of a surface viewed through camera or a transparent lens and determine if the policies of the surface allow overlaying of virtual objects. The method fetches a virtual object and calculates a score based on user interest, user gaze, and user engagement. Virtual objects that meet the policies of the surface and a scoring criterion are overlayed on the surface in the virtual environment and enhanced based on a plurality of enhancement factors. Virtual objects are also overlayed in frames of a live broadcast based on their scores. Virtual objects displayed on a conference call interface, which may be meeting tools or icons associated with other conferencing functionality, are enhanced, or removed from the user interface based on their utilization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Adeia Guides Inc.
    Inventor: Serhad Doken
  • Patent number: 12345891
    Abstract: An optical device is disclosed for use in an augmented reality or virtual reality display, comprising a waveguide (12; 22; 32) and an input diffractive optical element (H0; H3; 34) positioned in or on the waveguide, configured to receive light from a projector and couple it into the waveguide so that it is captured within the waveguide under total internal reflection. The input diffractive optical element has an input grating vector (G0; Gig) in the plane of the waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Mohmed Salim Valera, David Louis Maxime Poussin
  • Patent number: 12347037
    Abstract: A computing device for supporting an Augmented-Reality (AR) software application is provided. The computing device is operative to select a physical location for placing a current virtual object, where the current virtual object appears to be placed when overlaid onto a video sequence capturing a physical scene in the surroundings of a user, based on an expected physical location which the user assumes in response to displaying the physical scene and the overlaid current virtual object to the user, and an attribute which is spatially dependent and which has an impact on a user experience of the AR software application. Taking the spatially-dependent attribute at the expected physical location of the user into consideration in selecting physical locations for placing virtual objects is advantageous in that virtual objects may be deployed at physical locations so as to provide an improved, or at least satisfactory, user experience to the users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Yu Wang, Sandra Bäckström, Johan Haraldson, Jaeseong Jeong, Matthew John Lawrenson
  • Patent number: 12347089
    Abstract: A head-mounted display testing system may include a ride motion simulator to simulate a movement of an amusement ride and a head-mounted display mounted on the ride motion simulator that displays a virtual image. The ride motion simulator includes one or more outward facing cameras configured to capture the virtual image and a physical marker when the head-mounted display is on the ride motion simulator. The controller is configured to receive the footage of the head-mounted display screen captured by the one or more cameras and to generate an indication of head-mounted display quality based on deviations from an expected display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Patrick John Goergen, Robert Michael Jordan, Eric To Chan
  • Patent number: 12346849
    Abstract: The invention relates to a computer-aided system for supporting teamwork by means of augmented reality (AR). According to one embodiment, the system comprises a production server, which is designed to store the three-dimensional geometry of at least part of a machine and a plurality of tasks. A spatial position in which the task should be performed and position-related information concerning the performance of the task are associated with each task. The system also comprises a plurality of user terminals, which are connected to the production server by means of a computer network, each user terminal being assigned to a person of a team. The production server is also designed to assign each person of the team a certain task, the position-related information associated with the task in question being displayed on the user terminal of the person in question.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: BIONTECH SE
    Inventor: Robert Hoffmeister
  • Patent number: 12340355
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for collecting and releasing virtual objects between disparate augmented reality environments. One method comprises receiving user selection to collect an object in a first environment displayed on a user device at a first time. A search request may then be transmitted to a content server from which a virtual object corresponding to the collected object is received in response. The virtual object may be stored in a user library associated with a user identifier of the user. When a second environment is displayed on the user device, the virtual object may be added to the second environment in response to receiving user selection to add the virtual object and determining that the user is associated with the user identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Worldpay Limited
    Inventors: Kevin Gordon, Charlotte Spender
  • Patent number: 12339467
    Abstract: A display assembly is provided. The display assembly includes a fixing housing, a plurality of first lens structures, and a plurality of display modules. The fixing housing is provided with a plurality of through holes. The plurality of first lens structures one-to-one correspond to the plurality of through holes, and the plurality of display modules one-to-one correspond to the plurality of first lens structures. The plurality of display modules include at least two display modules being spliced with each other, and light emitted by each of the display modules is emitted through a corresponding first lens structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haoran Jing, Zhenxing Zhou
  • Patent number: 12332444
    Abstract: An example head-mounted display device includes a light projector, an optical assembly arranged to direct light from a light projector to a user, and an actuator module. The optical assembly includes a variable focus lens assembly including a rigid refractive component, a shaper ring defining an aperture, and a flexible lens membrane between the shaper ring and the rigid refractive component and covering the aperture. The refractive component, the shaper ring, and the lens membrane are arranged along an axis. The refractive component and the lens membrane define a chamber containing a volume of fluid. The actuator module is configured to adjust an optical power of the variable focus lens by moving the shaper ring relative to the refractive component along the axis, such that a curvature of the lens membrane in the aperture is modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Mark Dalrymple, David Tinch, Michael Anthony Klug, Clinton Carlisle, Jason Donald Mareno, Arno Leon Konings, Christopher Peter Couste, Charles Robert Schabacker, Bach Nguyen, Christopher John Laning, Roman Patscheider
  • Patent number: 12332450
    Abstract: A wearable display system includes one or more nanowire LED micro-displays. The nanowire micro-LED displays may be monochrome or full-color. The nanowire LEDs forming the arrays may have an advantageously narrow angular emission profile and high light output. Where a plurality of nanowire LED micro-displays is utilized, the micro-displays may be positioned at different sides of an optical combiner, for example, an X-cube prism which receives light rays from different micro-displays and outputs the light rays from the same face of the cube. The optical combiner directs the light to projection optics, which outputs the light to an eyepiece that relays the light to a user's eye. The eyepiece may output the light to the user's eye with different amounts of wavefront divergence, to place virtual content on different depth planes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: MAGIC LEAP, INC.
    Inventors: Jahja I. Trisnadi, Clinton Carlisle
  • Patent number: 12333754
    Abstract: A system for capturing a spatial orientation of a wearable device includes at least one capturing unit that is configured to capture image data in relation to the wearable device; and at least one processor unit that is configured to determine the spatial orientation of the wearable device based on the image data, using a recognition algorithm trained by way of deep learning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Ahmet Firintepe
  • Patent number: 12332455
    Abstract: Users exploiting near-to-eye (NR2I) displays for augmented reality and/or correction of low vision are typically wearing these NR2I displays for specific tasks or for extended periods of time, potentially all their time awake. Conflicting tradeoffs between user comfort and minimal fatigue and strain during use, ease of attachment, minimizing intrusiveness and aesthetics should be concurrently balanced with providing an optical vision system that provides the user with a wide field of view, high image resolution, and a large exit pupil for eye placement with sufficient eye clearance. Accordingly, embodiments of the invention provide NR2I displays meeting these conflicts whilst also addressing the inherent variations between user in respect of their head dimensions, head and eye geometry, as well as adapting the displayed content to reflect the user's task at-hand, visual defects or degradations, visual focus and intent upon various regions-of-interest within their field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: GENTEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Harris, Evan Fitzpatrick, Mehdi Arezmoomand Ershadi, Mukesh Kumar, James Benson Bacque, Charles Lim, Gurpreet Singh, Krishna Balekai, Rod Batterton, Phong Lieu, Jon Pawson
  • Patent number: 12332437
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining, from a memory of an electronic device connected to a head mounted display (HMD), a first reference frame, wherein the first reference frame comprises a first set of pixels associated with a first time. The method includes, rendering, at the electronic device, a source image as a new frame, wherein the new frame includes a second set of pixels associated with a display to be provided by the HMD at a second time, and generating, by the electronic device, a differential frame, wherein the differential frame is based on a difference operation between pixels of the new frame with pixels of the first reference frame to identify pixels unique to the new frame. Still further, the method includes sending the differential frame to the HMD, and storing the new frame in the memory of the electronic device as a second reference frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Christopher A. Peri, Yingen Xiong, Lu Luo
  • Patent number: 12318623
    Abstract: Brain stimulation techniques are disclosed, utilizing a brain state monitoring and stimulating component having at least one processor and memory, and a digital signal processing unit configured and operable to predict at least one brain state about to occur in a brain of a treated subject based on data or signals indicative of at least one brain state of the treated subject. The digital signal processing unit can be configured to generate based on the predicted at least one brain state stimulation data for adjusting, regulating or triggering, brain stimulation signals applied to the brain of the treated subject. The at least one processor, memory, and digital signal processing unit are embedded in some embodiments in a single hardware device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: BRAINSWAY LTD.
    Inventors: Roie Cohen, Samuel Zibman, Abraham Zangen, Yiftach Roth
  • Patent number: 12320979
    Abstract: An optical device is disclosed for use in an augmented reality or virtual reality display, comprising a waveguide (12; 22; 32) and an input diffractive optical element (H0; H3; 34) positioned in or on the waveguide, configured to receive light from a projector and couple it into the waveguide so that it is captured within the waveguide under total internal reflection. The input diffractive optical element has an input grating vector (G0; Gig) in the plane of the waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Mohmed Salim Valera, David Louis Maxime Poussin
  • Patent number: 12319144
    Abstract: The present invention is to achieve a HUD display that is easy for an occupant to see while reducing a sense of discomfort by limiting obstruction of actual scene visibility. A display control device 700 includes a control unit 701 that controls a visibility level and a display state of a display object, wherein, in a case of performing a low-visibility process for setting the visibility level of the display object to a second visibility level lower than a first visibility level, the control unit performs a display object recognizability improvement process that includes at least one of the following: increasing the number of display elements 300, 302, 304 forming the display object compared to the case in which the first visibility level is set; and expanding the size of some or all of the display elements forming the display object compared to the case in which the first visibility level is set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Nippon Seiki Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masaki Katagiri
  • Patent number: 12321445
    Abstract: A method with biometric information spoof detection includes extracting an embedding vector from an intermediate layer of a neural network configured to detect whether biometric information of a user is spoofed from an image including the biometric information; detecting first information regarding whether the biometric information is spoofed, based on the embedding vector; and detecting second information regarding whether the biometric information is spoofed based on whether the first information is detected, using an output vector output from an output layer of the neural network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Jae Cho, Kyuhong Kim, Sungun Park, Jiwhan Kim, Jaejoon Han
  • Patent number: 12320977
    Abstract: A display system includes a head-mounted display unit and a wake control system. The head-mounted display unit provides content to a user and is operable in a low-power state and a high-power state that consumes more power to provide the content to the user than the low-power state. The wake control system determines when to operate in the high-power state. The wake control system may assess a first wake criterion with low power, assess a second wake criterion with higher power than the first wake criterion upon satisfaction of the first wake criterion, and cause the head-mounted display unit to operate in the high-power state upon satisfaction of the second wake criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Fletcher R. Rothkopf, David A. Kalinowski, Jae Hwang Lee, Avi Bar-Zeev, Grant H. Mulliken, Paul Meade, Nathanael D. Parkhill, Ray L. Chang, Arthur Y. Zhang
  • Patent number: 12317010
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and techniques are provided for reducing graphical bandwidth in a projection display system by modifying a modulation frequency used to display one or more portions of content based on an identified content type of such portions. Content is received for display, and types of content associated with one or more portions of the received content are identified. For each respective portion of content, an effective resolution is selected for displaying the respective portion based on the identified content type for the respective portion, and one or more light beams directed to a respective display area of a projection surface are modulated at a respective emitter modulation frequency that corresponds to the selected effective resolution for the respective portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: GOOGLE
    Inventor: Stuart James Myron Nicholson
  • Patent number: 12313914
    Abstract: Systems and method describe an actuator control system for controlling an intelligent actuated nose bridge on a pair of wearable glasses. The actuator control system receives a set of measurement data corresponding to a length of the nose bridge, generates a predicted set of measurement data for the length of the nose bridge, transmits the predicted set of measurement data to pneumatic actuators coupled to the nose bridge, captures a first set of images of the nose bridge, generates an augmented set of measurement data for the nose bridge, generates an adjusted set of measurement data based on the predicted set of measurement data and the augmented set of measurement data, and transmits the adjusted set of measurement data to the pneumatic actuators coupled to the nose bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventor: Farid Zare Seisan
  • Patent number: 12313848
    Abstract: A head-up display system includes a projector adapted to project an image, a primary reflector, and an exit pupil replicator, the primary reflector adapted to reflect an image projected by the projector to the exit pupil replicator, and the exit pupil replicator adapted to split the projected image into a two-dimensional array of identical projected images having equal intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Kai-Han Chang, Manoj Sharma, Thomas A. Seder
  • Patent number: 12299814
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a camera, a communication circuit, and at least one processor configured to receive, via the communication circuit, information related to content reproduced by an external display device, obtain, by the camera, a first image including the external display device, based on the external display device being identified to be outside of an identifiable range of the camera, generate a virtual object corresponding to the external display device, obtain the content reproduced by the external display device, based on the information related to the content reproduced by the external display device, and reproduce the obtained content within an area of the virtual object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junwhon Uhm, Seungnyun Kim, Hyunsoo Kim, Bokun Choi, Hochul Hwang
  • Patent number: 12292578
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first lens support, a second lens support movable with respect to the first lens support, a first moving member coupled to the first lens support to move together with the first lens support, a second moving member coupled to the second lens support to move together with the second lens support, a plurality of friction members penetrating the first moving member and the second moving member and movable with respect to each other, and at least one deforming member disposed between the plurality of friction members and configured to press each of the plurality of friction members in a direction away from each other friction member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangyoup Seok, Gyeongtae Kim, Heebo Shim, Dongoh Lee, Seunghoon Lee, Changmin Lee
  • Patent number: 12292576
    Abstract: A head-mounted device may have a head-mounted housing. The head-mounted housing may have displays that display images for a user. The images are viewable from eye boxes while the head-mounted device is being worn by the user. A head strap may be removably coupled to the head-mounted housing to help hold the displays in position during operation of the head-mounted device. The head strap and head-mounted housing may have wireless power circuitry and communications circuitry. The wireless power circuitry may be used to transmit power from a battery in the head strap to the head-mounted housing. The communications circuitry may include wireless radio-frequency circuitry and/or optical circuitry that allow the head strap to convey wireless data to the head-mounted housing. The head-mounted housing may also transmit power and/or data to the strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Inventor: Darshan R. Kasar
  • Patent number: 12292575
    Abstract: An image display device includes a first display unit including a first frame and a first optical system, a second display unit including a second frame and a second optical system, and a fixing member configured to fix the first display unit and the second display unit relative to each other, wherein the fixing member has a shape configured to rotate the first optical system and the second optical system in rotational directions around two or more axes when the first display unit and the second display unit are aligned prior to fixing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuya Kamakura
  • Patent number: 12289542
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for displaying thermal images by a thermal imager device is provided. The method includes displaying, by a user interface of a computing device, a plurality of thermal images corresponding to a respective plurality of objects in a scene captured by the thermal imager device. The plurality of thermal images are displayed by a first representation scheme based on a first thermal scale comprising a first range of temperature values corresponding to the plurality of objects. The method includes receiving, by the computing device, a user selection of a subplurality of the plurality of thermal images. And the method includes, responsive to the user selection, displaying, by the user interface, the subplurality of the plurality of thermal images by a second representation scheme based on a second thermal scale comprising a second range of temperature values corresponding to a respective subplurality of the plurality of objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Snap-on Incorporated
    Inventor: Ottoleo Kuter-Arnebeck
  • Patent number: 12287482
    Abstract: A virtual image display apparatus includes an image light emitting unit configured to emit image light, and a see-through mirror which is an optical member having a reflective film that reflects the image light, wherein the see-through mirror includes a first region on which a light ray of the image light corresponding to a center angle of view is incident and a second region on which a light ray of the image light which different from the light ray corresponding to the center angle of view is incident, a film thickness in the first region of the reflective film is thicker than a film thickness in the second region, and the first region of the reflective film has reflectivity characteristics corresponding to a wavelength band which is wider toward the long wavelength side than a wavelength band of the image light emitted from the image light emitting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki Miyao, Toshiyuki Noguchi, Kunihiko Yano
  • Patent number: 12285256
    Abstract: Systems and methods for estimating emotional states, moods, affects of an individual and providing feedback to the individual or others are disclosed. Systems and methods that provide real time detection and monitoring of physical aspects of an individual and/or aspects of the individual's activity and means of estimating that person's emotional state or affect and change to those are also disclosed. Real time feedback to the individual about the person's emotional change, change or potential change is provided to the user, helping the user cope, adjust or appropriately act on their emotions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Inventor: Gregory Charles Flickinger
  • Patent number: 12283209
    Abstract: In an embodiment, an apparatus is disclosed that includes at least one processor configured to determine a target portion of an eye motion box and to identify a facet of a light-guide optical element that is configured to direct a light beam comprising at least a portion of an image field of view toward the target portion of the eye motion box. The at least one processor is configured to identify a display region of an image generator that is configured to inject the light beam into the light-guide optical element at an angle that, in conjunction with the identified facet, is configured to direct the light beam toward the target portion of the eye motion box. The at least one processor is configured to selectively activate the identified facet and the identified display region to direct the light beam toward the target portion of the eye motion box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: LUMUS LTD.
    Inventors: Shimon Grabarnik, Tsion Eisenfeld, Elad Sharlin
  • Patent number: 12282167
    Abstract: A processor of a wearable device may display, based on identifying a location in a first area based on data of a sensor, a visual object. The processor may be configured to adjust, based on an input indicating selection of the visual object, the state of the camera to a first state for recording media. The processor may be configured to identify whether the location of the wearable device moves to a second area in the first area. The processor may be configured to obtain, based on identifying that the location of the wearable device moves into the second area, media based on the camera of the first state. The present disclosure relates to a metaverse service for enhancing interconnectivity between a real-world object and a virtual object, and the metaverse service may be provided over a network based on 5th generation (5G) and/or 6th generation (6G) communication systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sanghun Lee, Jaewon Bang, Donghyun Yeom, Moonsoo Chang
  • Patent number: 12282159
    Abstract: A retinal projection display device is provided. The retinal projection display device includes a light source configured to emit light, a spatial light modulator configured to generate diffracted light by diffracting the emitted light, a holographic optical element configured to reflect the diffracted light by duplicating the diffracted light into a plurality of complex wavefronts, and a field lens configured to focus the plurality of complex wavefronts to a plurality of respective focal points in an eye-box, wherein the plurality of complex wavefronts overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Seokil Moon, Minseok Chae, Changkun Lee, Dongheon Yoo, Byoungho Lee
  • Patent number: 12276804
    Abstract: A wearable electronic device including a display, a frame attachable to the display, a facial interface movably attached to the frame, and a linkage assembly movably connecting the facial interface to the frame. The linkage assembly can include a first arm pivotably attached to the frame, the first arm comprising a first end and a second end, a second arm pivotably attached to the first end and attached to the facial interface, and a third arm pivotably attached to the second end and attached to the facial interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Nicholas R Trincia
  • Patent number: 12276796
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device employs light field directional backlighting to provide three-dimensional (3D) pupil steering without mechanical adjustment while maintaining a compact form factor and performance. An example light field directional backlighting unit includes two substantially flat components: an array of light sources and an array of modulators (e.g., a micro lens array (MLA), a stack of transmissive display elements, a pinhole array, and similar ones). By digitally modifying the illumination pattern on the array of light source and pairing to the light field directional backlighting unit to an extra transmissive display element as the main display panel and one or more viewing optical elements, a light field created by the light field directional backlighting unit is moved in three-dimensional (3D) space to correspond to pupil shift without interfering with the display content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Hekun Huang, Xuan Wang, Sascha Hallstein
  • Patent number: 12273146
    Abstract: An apparatus embedded with one or more terahertz transceivers is described. The one or more terahertz transceivers based on at least Gunn diode are provided to facilitate wireless communication in the apparatus, where the apparatus is embedded with one or more planar antennas. The transceiver operates in terahertz and may be coupled to one or two different antennas, one for transmission and the other for reception.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Inventor: Darwin Hu
  • Patent number: 12272176
    Abstract: A monitoring system incorporates, and method and computer program product provide a monitoring system that captures image stream of regions of interest based on identified facial cues of a person. A controller of the monitoring system receives a first image stream that encompasses a face of a person and a second image stream that encompasses surrounding object(s) and surface(s) viewable by the person. The controller detects a facial expression of the face. In response to determining that the facial expression is a mood associated expression, the controller determines, from the first image stream, an eye gaze direction of the person. The controller determines a region of interest (ROI) aligned with the eye gaze direction. The controller captures the second image stream and identifies an object contained within the ROI. The controller communicates a notification including the expression and the object within the ROI to an output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Amit Kumar Agrawal, Rahul Bharat Desai
  • Patent number: 12265228
    Abstract: A display device includes a pair of display units each including displays 1R and 1L and ocular optical systems 2R and 2L. A first driving unit can change an optical positional relationship between the displays 1R and 1L and the ocular optical systems 2R and 2L. A second driving unit can change an interval between the pair of display units. An interpupillary distance adjustment unit adjusts the interval between the display units by the second driving unit in accordance with a detection result obtained by the interpupillary distance detector. After interpupillary distance adjustment is performed, a diopter adjustment unit performs diopter adjustment related to the display unit by the first driving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Oikawa, Ryo Yamasaki, Kyouhei Suzuki, Shunsuke Ninomiya
  • Patent number: 12266058
    Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments may include: a frame, a window supported by the frame, a display configured to output visual information to the window, a camera disposed in the frame configured to photograph a front of the frame, a communication module comprising communication circuitry, a memory, and a processor. The memory may store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to: establish a communication connection with an external device through the communication module, acquire display attribute information of at least one first display connected to the external device, and display at least one virtual object having a same display attribute as the at least one first display in at least a portion of an area corresponding to a field of view of a user wearing the electronic device, based on the acquired display attribute information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinseon Yoo, Sujin Lee, Minkyu Jung, Jongwoo Jung
  • Patent number: 12260013
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a processor; and a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the electronic device to: obtain a plurality of VR images that are sequentially captured; and generate, from each of the plurality of VR images, a VR image in which a reference direction of the VR image is corrected to a direction in which a specific subject is present in the VR image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Seiji Ogawa
  • Patent number: 12260588
    Abstract: A method for correcting a bending of a flexible device is described. In one aspect, the method includes accessing feature data of a first stereo frame that is generated by stereo optical sensors of the flexible device, the feature data generated based on a visual-inertial odometry (VIO) system of the flexible device, accessing depth map data of the first stereo frame, the depth map data generated based on a depth map system of the flexible device, estimating a pitch-roll bias and a yaw bias based on the features data and the depth map data of the first stereo frame, and generating a second stereo frame after the first stereo frame, the second stereo frame based on the pitch-roll bias and the yaw bias of the first stereo frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventors: Sagi Katz, Matthias Kalkgruber
  • Patent number: 12260146
    Abstract: Provided is a wearable device that includes: a first display provided on a first surface of the wearable device configured to face a face of a user wearing the wearable device, and a second display provided on a second surface of the wearable device configured to face an external environment of the wearable device when the wearable device is worn by the user. The wearable device may be configured to display a first execution screen of a first application on the first display, while the wearable device is worn by the user, determine a display type for information to be displayed on the second display, while displaying the first execution screen on the first display, and display information related to the first execution screen on the second display based on the display type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungoh Kim, Choelmin Park, Jaeyung Yeo, Chungwan Hong