公开(公告)号：US09959027B1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-01

申请号：US15665332

申请日：2017-07-31

Applicant: Essential Products, Inc.

Inventor： Adithya Gajulapally ,  Michael Kolb ,  Rebecca Schultz Zavin

IPC: G06F3/048 ,  G06F3/0484

CPC classification number: G06F3/04845 ,  G06F2203/04803

Abstract: Presented here are systems and methods to enable software applications to display images on irregular screen shapes containing the shape without display functionality. In one embodiment, the shape without display functionality is confined within a bounding shape, which, when subtracted from the irregular screen shape leaves a rectangular area of the screen where the image can be displayed. The area within the bounding shape can be occupied by images provided by the operating system associated with the irregular screen, such as a status bar and/or navigation bar. In another embodiment, the image can be displayed on the full irregular screen, such that the shape without display functionality covers a part of the image. When the occluded part of the image contains a critical object, such as a menu item, a button, etc., the image can be modified to move the critical object out of the area occluded by the shape without display functionality.

公开(公告)号：US20180070033A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-08

申请号：US15284042

申请日：2016-10-03

Applicant: Essential Products, Inc.

Inventor： Michael Kolb ,  Andrew E. Rubin ,  Matthew Hershenson ,  Rebecca Schultz Zavin

IPC: H04N5/357 ,  G06T3/00 ,  G06T7/00 ,  H04N5/232 ,  H04N5/369 ,  H04N9/07

CPC classification number: H04N5/3572 ,  G06T3/005 ,  G06T3/0056 ,  G06T3/4015 ,  G06T5/001 ,  G06T7/0085 ,  G06T7/13 ,  G06T2207/10004 ,  G06T2207/10024 ,  G06T2207/20048 ,  G06T2207/20182 ,  H04N5/142 ,  H04N5/23238 ,  H04N5/3696 ,  H04N9/045 ,  H04N9/07 ,  H04N9/646 ,  H04N13/15

Abstract: In one embodiment, coloring artifacts of a color image output by a camera are minimized by taking into account a distortion introduced by the lens. Based on the distortion, the color reconstruction determines which pixels in the grayscale image to include in the reconstruction process. Additionally, the color reconstruction can take into account edges depicted in the grayscale image to determine which pixels to include in the reconstruction process. In another embodiment, coloring artifacts in a 360 degree color image are minimized by performing the color reconstruction process on a three-dimensional surface. Before the color reconstruction takes place, the two-dimensional grayscale image is projected onto a three-dimensional surface, and the color reconstruction is performed on the three-dimensional surface. The color reconstruction on the three-dimensional surface can take into account the distortion produced by the lens and/or can take into account the edges depicted in the two-dimensional and three-dimensional grayscale image.

公开(公告)号：US09896777B2

公开(公告)日：2018-02-20

申请号：US15336701

申请日：2016-10-27

Applicant: Essential Products, Inc.

Inventor： David John Evans, V ,  Xinrui Jiang ,  Andrew E. Rubin ,  Matthew Hershenson ,  Xiaoyu Miao ,  Joseph Anthony Tate ,  Jason Sean Gagne-Keats ,  Rebecca Schultz Zavin

IPC: C25D11/26 ,  B32B7/12 ,  B32B15/00 ,  B32B18/00 ,  B32B37/12 ,  C25D11/02 ,  C25D11/04 ,  C25F3/08 ,  H01Q1/12 ,  H01Q1/38 ,  H05K1/05 ,  H05K1/09 ,  H05K3/46 ,  C25D11/18

CPC classification number: C25D11/26 ,  B32B7/12 ,  B32B15/00 ,  B32B18/00 ,  B32B37/12 ,  B32B2255/24 ,  B32B2307/202 ,  B32B2307/206 ,  B32B2311/18 ,  B32B2315/02 ,  B32B2457/00 ,  C25D11/02 ,  C25D11/022 ,  C25D11/026 ,  C25D11/04 ,  C25D11/18 ,  C25F3/08 ,  H01Q1/12 ,  H01Q1/38 ,  H05K1/053 ,  H05K1/09 ,  H05K3/4602 ,  H05K2203/0315

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include a method of integrating metal elements separated by gaps with a structure that conceals the metal elements and gaps. The method includes treating a metal substrate to a plasma electrolytic oxidation process to form a ceramic layer from a portion of the metal substrate, thereby providing the ceramic layer and an underlying metal portion of the metal substrate. The method further includes etching gap(s) in the underlying metal portion of the metal substrate to form metal elements separated by the gap(s), and backfilling the gap(s) with a non-conductive substance. As such, the metal elements, the non-conductive substance filling the gap(s), and the ceramic layer collectively form a structure whereby the ceramic layer at least partially conceals the metal elements and the gap(s).

公开(公告)号：US09881943B2

公开(公告)日：2018-01-30

申请号：US15625686

申请日：2017-06-16

Applicant: Essential Products, Inc.

Inventor： David John Evans ,  Xinrui Jiang ,  Andrew E. Rubin ,  Matthew Hershenson ,  Xiaoyu Miao ,  Joseph Anthony Tate ,  Jason Sean Gagne-Keats ,  Rebecca Schultz Zavin

IPC: H01L27/12 ,  G02F1/1335 ,  G02F1/1368 ,  G02F1/1339 ,  G02B26/08 ,  G02B5/20 ,  G02B5/30 ,  F21V8/00 ,  G02F1/1341 ,  G02F1/1343

CPC classification number: H01L27/1262 ,  G02B5/201 ,  G02B5/3033 ,  G02B6/0051 ,  G02B26/0833 ,  G02F1/13318 ,  G02F1/1333 ,  G02F1/133504 ,  G02F1/133514 ,  G02F1/133528 ,  G02F1/1339 ,  G02F1/1341 ,  G02F1/134336 ,  G02F1/1362 ,  G02F1/1368 ,  G02F2001/13312 ,  G02F2001/134345 ,  G02F2201/56 ,  G06F1/1605 ,  G06F1/1686

Abstract: Presented here are manufacturing techniques to create an irregularly shaped electronic display, including a hollow within which a sensor, such as a camera, can be placed. The manufacturing techniques enable the creation of the hollow anytime during the manufacturing process. The resulting electronic display occupies the full side of the mobile device, with the sensors placed within and surrounded by the display.

公开(公告)号：US20170358611A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-14

申请号：US15625686

申请日：2017-06-16

Applicant: Essential Products, Inc.

Inventor： David John Evans, V ,  Xinrui Jiang ,  Andrew E. Rubin ,  Matthew Hershenson ,  Xiaoyu Miao ,  Joseph Anthony Tate ,  Jason Sean Gagne-Keats ,  Rebecca Schultz Zavin

IPC: H01L27/12 ,  G02F1/1339 ,  G02F1/1368 ,  G02B5/20 ,  F21V8/00 ,  G02B26/08 ,  G02F1/1335 ,  G02B5/30 ,  G02F1/1343 ,  G02F1/1341

CPC classification number: H01L27/1262 ,  G02B5/201 ,  G02B5/3033 ,  G02B6/0051 ,  G02B26/0833 ,  G02F1/13318 ,  G02F1/1333 ,  G02F1/133504 ,  G02F1/133514 ,  G02F1/133528 ,  G02F1/1339 ,  G02F1/1341 ,  G02F1/134336 ,  G02F1/1362 ,  G02F1/1368 ,  G02F2001/13312 ,  G02F2001/134345 ,  G02F2201/56 ,  G06F1/1605 ,  G06F1/1686

Abstract: Presented here are manufacturing techniques to create an irregularly shaped electronic display, including a hollow within which a sensor, such as a camera, can be placed. The manufacturing techniques enable the creation of the hollow anytime during the manufacturing process. The resulting electronic display occupies the full side of the mobile device, with the sensors placed within and surrounded by the display.