US 12,451,035 B2
Display system for directing different images to different viewers
Rohit Dhiman, Uttarakhand (IN); and Srishti Sharma, Bihar (IN)
Assigned to Adeia Guides Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Adeia Guides Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/375,079.
Application 18/375,079 is a continuation of application No. 17/107,081, filed on Nov. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,810,487.
Prior Publication US 2024/0029597 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. G09G 3/00 (2006.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G09G 5/14 (2006.01)
CPC G09G 3/001 (2013.01) [G02B 26/0833 (2013.01); G02B 27/0093 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G09G 5/14 (2013.01); G09G 2310/0275 (2013.01); G09G 2320/068 (2013.01); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01); G09G 2370/08 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
detecting a first viewer of a display device, the display device having first portions and second portions, the first portions each facing in a first direction and the second portions each facing in a second direction different from the first direction, and wherein the first portions correspond to a first plurality of pixel columns and the second portions correspond to a second plurality of pixel columns;
detecting a second viewer of the display device;
determining a first location of the detected first viewer;
determining a second location of the detected second viewer; and
setting an angle between at least one of the first portions and at least one of the second portions to a value resulting in direction of a first image from the first portions to the determined first location and direction of a second image from the second portions to the determined second location, wherein the directing of the first image from the first portions to the determined first location comprises using a first subset of the first plurality of pixel columns and refraining from using a second subset of the first plurality of pixel columns, based on the angle,
wherein refraining from using the second subset of the first plurality of pixel columns is based at least in part on determining that light rays emitted by the second subset of the first plurality of pixel columns are being blocked or would be blocked by adjacent second portions.