Hi Diogenese,Hi Shaun,
Looks like Chatty has its rose coloured glasses on.
One of the IXI co-founders is Willi (Villi?) Mirttinen, and it looks like he was an inventor of this patent from 2018:
US11099381B2 Synchronizing light sources and optics in display apparatuses 20180810
Applicants: VARJO TECH OY [FI]
Inventors: PEUHKURINEN ARI ANTTI ERIK [FI]; MIETTINEN VILLE ILMARI [FI]
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A display apparatus, communicably coupled with a server arrangement via a data communication network, comprising:
means for tracking a user's gaze;
means for tracking a pose of the display apparatus;
at least one light source;
at least one optical element; and
a processor configured to:
process gaze-tracking data, collected by the means for tracking the user's gaze, to determine a gaze position, a gaze direction, a gaze velocity and a gaze acceleration per eye of the user;
process pose-tracking data, collected by the means for tracking the pose of the display apparatus, to determine a position, an orientation, a velocity and an acceleration of the display apparatus;
send, to the server arrangement, gaze information indicative of the gaze position, the gaze direction, the gaze velocity and the gaze acceleration of the user, and apparatus information indicative of the position, the orientation, the velocity and the acceleration of the display apparatus, wherein the server arrangement is configured to predict a gaze position, a gaze direction, a gaze velocity and a gaze acceleration per eye of the user based on the gaze information, predict a position, an orientation, a velocity and an acceleration of the display apparatus based on the apparatus information, and process an input image to generate at least one image, based on the predicted gaze position, the predicted gaze direction, the predicted gaze velocity and the predicted gaze acceleration, and the predicted position, the predicted orientation, the predicted velocity and the predicted acceleration of the display apparatus;
receive, from the server arrangement, the at least one image, predicted gaze information indicative of the predicted gaze position, the predicted gaze direction, the predicted gaze velocity and the predicted gaze acceleration, and predicted apparatus information indicative of the predicted position, the predicted orientation, the predicted velocity and the predicted acceleration of the display apparatus;
determine an adjustment to be made in a configuration of the at least one light source and the at least one optical element prior to displaying the at least one image, based on the predicted gaze information and the predicted apparatus information;
determine whether or not a portion of at least one previous image is to be displayed during the adjustment;
when it is determined that the portion of the at least one previous image is to be displayed, display the portion of the at least one previous image via the at least one light source, whilst making the adjustment in the configuration of the at least one light source and the at least one optical element;
when it is determined that no portion of the at least one previous image is to be displayed, switch off or dim the at least one light source, whilst making the adjustment in the configuration of the at least one light source and the at least one optical element; and
display the at least one image via the at least one light source after the adjustment is made.
More recently from the same company (optical distance measurement):
US2025216553A1 HYBRID DIRECT AND INDIRECT TIME-OF-FLIGHT IMAGING 20231227
Disclosed is a depth imaging system with a light source; a depth sensor comprising direct Time-of-Flight (dToF) pixels and indirect Time-of-Flight (iToF) pixels; and processor(s) configured to: employ the light source to emit an intensity-modulated light pulse towards objects in a real-world environment; obtain dToF data indicative of time taken by the intensity-modulated light pulse to reach the dToF pixels after being reflected by the objects; obtain iToF data indicative of phase shifts undergone by the intensity-modulated light pulse upon reaching the iToF pixels after being reflected by the objects; determine optical depths for the dToF pixels; determine optical depths for the iToF pixels; and generate a depth image from the optical depths of the dToF pixels and the optical depths of the iToF pixels.
[0048] Optionally, the optical depths for the iToF pixels are determined by using at least one neural network. Optionally, in this regard, an input of the at least one neural network comprises the iToF data indicative of the phase shifts and the optical depths determined for the dToF pixels, while an output of the at least one neural network comprises the optical depths for the iToF pixels. It will be appreciated that the at least one neural network determines the optical depths for the iToF pixels in a highly accurate manner by resolving said ambiguities, as compared to conventional techniques. In this way, the at least one neural network may act as a mapping function, providing refined depth predictions for the iToF pixels. This may enhance overall depth sensing in the real-world environment, and mitigate typical uncertainties involved in optical depth determination for the iToF pixels. It will also be appreciated that the aforesaid input is provided to the at least one neural network both in a training phase of the at least one neural network and in an inference phase of the at least one neural network (i.e., when the at least one neural is utilised after it has been trained).
{062] ... Optionally, the at least one processor is configured to employ at least one neural network for generating the high-resolution depth image.
While they refer to NNs, they don't seem to be interested in the details, but they do seem to think it is software, so there is no indication of an Akida link, but absence of evidence ...
IXI’s patents are not ideas pulled out of thin air. They are grounded in decades of established consensus in visual neuroscience. Purely software-based autofocus systems do not hold up at the theoretical level. Akida and neuromorphic chips represent the right architectural direction, not a marketing gimmick.