IP Library Granted Patent US 9,720,231
Granted Patent B2
US 9,720,231 · App. 14/038,561 · Granted Aug 1, 2017

Display, imaging system and controller for eyewear display device

Inventors: Gopal Erinjippurath (San Francisco, CA); Thao D. Hovanky (San Francisco, CA); Andrew Healy (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
G02B27/0172G06F3/012G02B2027/011G02B2027/014G02B2027/0138G02B2027/0159G02B2027/0163
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Patent No.
US 9,720,231
App. No.
14/038,561
Granted
Aug 1, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Several embodiments of a personal display system are disclosed that comprises modular and extensible features to affect a range of user/wearer/viewer experiences. In one embodiment, the personal display system comprises a frame; a processor capable of sending image data signals and control signals; a display; an optic system, said optic system optically coupled to said at least one display; and a set of actuators, said actuators coupled to said frame and in communication with the optic system, such that said set of actuators are capable of moving the optic system, according to control signals sent from said processor. In another embodiment, a method for pre-warping input image data under processor control and according to ambient conditions, such as light and temperature, is disclosed.

Claims (17)

1. A method for providing pre-warping image data signals by a processor to be sent to a personal display for a user to receive images to be rendered, steps of said method comprising:

inputting image data to be rendered to said user;

sensing ambient light conditions;

calculating a brightness level for the resulting image to be rendered to said user;

resampling said input image data to be rendered upon said display;

sensing ambient temperature conditions;

applying a non-linear response function, the function compensating for variations in the backlight drive performance according to changes in said ambient temperature conditions; and

pre-warping said image by sending control signals to an actuator to perform adjustment motions, the pre-warping performed in accordance with the non-linear response function according to said ambient temperature condition.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein said display is one of a group, said group comprising: a monochrome OLED display and a colored OLED display.

3. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the step of pre-warping said image data further comprises the step of accounting for warping or aberration of said optic system.

4. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein said display system further comprises a set of sensors, said sensors comprising one of a group, said group comprising: ambient light sensor, ambient temperature sensor, proximity detection sensor, camera, location sensor, time sensor.

5. The method as recited in claim 4 wherein the steps of said method further comprises:

sending adjustment signals to said display, based upon the data acquired by one of said sensors.

6. The method as recited in claim 4 wherein the steps of said method further comprises:

adjusting control software of said display system, based upon conditions of said display system.

7. The method as recited in claim 4 wherein said display system further comprises a set of actuators, said actuators capable of providing adjustment motions to said optic system, and wherein the steps of said method further comprises:

sending adjustment signals to said actuators, based upon the control signals sent from said processor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2013
From: ERINJIPPURATH, GOPAL; HOVANKY, THAO; HEALY, ANDREW
To: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031306/0917 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61706050 · Sep 26, 2012
Related Publication 20140085190A1 · Mar 27, 2014