Patent application number | Description | Published |
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20150015478 | IR EMISSIVE DISPLAY FACILITATING REMOTE EYE TRACKING - An infrared (IR) emissive display device includes a display panel, an IR sensor, and a controller. The display panel includes IR pixels configured to emit IR light and arranged in a first two-dimensional (2D) pattern. The IR sensor is configured to sense IR signals emitted from the IR pixels and reflected off a user of the display device. The controller is configured to control the IR pixels, the IR signals, and the IR sensor to detect a gaze direction of an eye of the user. A method of facilitating remote eye tracking of the user on the display device includes emitting the IR signals from the IR pixels toward the user, sensing the IR signals reflected off the user with the IR sensor, and detecting the gaze direction of the user's eye from the sensed IR signals. | 01-15-2015 |
20150035954 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES IN RESPONSE TO HEAD ROLL - A stereoscopic display includes: a sensor configured to detect head roll of a viewer; and an image renderer coupled to the sensor and configured to adjust a 3D image according to the detected head roll. | 02-05-2015 |
20150097775 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE POSE OF A LIGHT SOURCE USING AN OPTICAL SENSING ARRAY - A pose determination system includes a light source configured to emit a pattern of light corresponding to three or more non-collinear points, and a display panel including a plurality of optical sensors in a display area. The optical sensors are configured to detect the light pattern. The pose determination system is configured to determine a position of the light source with respect to the display panel utilizing the detected light pattern. A method for determining a pose of a light source with respect to a display panel includes emitting light from the light source and having a pattern corresponding to three or more non-collinear points, detecting the light pattern utilizing a plurality of optical sensors in a display area of the display panel, and determining by a processor a position of the light source with respect to the display panel utilizing the detected light pattern. | 04-09-2015 |
20150145977 | COMPENSATION TECHNIQUE FOR VIEWER POSITION IN AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAYS - Provided is a display including: a sensor coupled to the display to detect a first position corresponding to at least one eye of a first viewer; and an image renderer coupled to the sensor to adjust a first image of a first 3D image pair to be displayed towards the eye of the first viewer according to the first position. | 05-28-2015 |
20150155400 | EMBEDDED OPTICAL SENSORS USING TRANSVERSE FABRY-PEROT RESONATOR AS DETECTORS - A detector to detect light of a wavelength range and an incidence angle range, the detector including a substrate, a plurality of dielectric structures on the substrate, each one of the plurality of dielectric structures being to receive light through a side of the dielectric structure opposite the substrate, and a plurality of conductive structures on the substrate, consecutive conductive structures of the plurality of conductive structures having a corresponding dielectric structure of the plurality of dielectric structures therebetween, wherein the consecutive conductive structures and the corresponding dielectric structure form a cavity to induce an absorption resonance in response to receiving the light of the wavelength range. | 06-04-2015 |
20150177909 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING SURFACE SHEAR FORCE ON A DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: an optical sensing array to detect light; a backlight to emit light toward a surface of the display device; and a thin optical film layer at the surface of the display device, the thin optical film layer being configured to, while a first shear force is being applied at a first point of contact at the surface of the display device, reflect light having a first wavelength at a front area ahead of the first point of contact in a direction of the first shear force, and reflect light having a second wavelength at a back area behind the first point of contact opposite the front area, the first wavelength being different from the second wavelength. | 06-25-2015 |
20150242056 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING SURFACE SHEAR FORCE ON A DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a pixel array including a plurality of pixels; a plurality of infrared (IR) emitters to emit IR light towards a surface of the display device; a plurality of IR detectors to detect IR light; a deformable layer on the pixels, on the IR emitters, on the IR detectors, and at the surface of the display device; and a plurality of tracers at the deformable layer to reflect the IR light emitted by the IR emitters towards the IR detectors and to, while a shear force is being applied at a point of contact at the surface of the display device, shift ones of the tracers around the point of contact in a direction of the shear force such that IR reflectance at the surface of the display device is changed. | 08-27-2015 |