Patents Examined by Adam R. Giesy
  • Patent number: 11599200
    Abstract: A machine implemented method includes sensing entities in first and second domains. If a first stimulus is present and an entity is in the first domain, the entity is transferred from first to second domain via a bridge. If a second stimulus is present and an entity is in the second domain, the entity is transferred from second first domain via the bridge. At least some of the first domain is outputted. An apparatus includes a processor that defines first and second domains and a bridge that enables transfer of entities between domains, an entity identifier that identifies entities in the domains, a stimulus identifier that identifies stimuli, and a display that outputs at least some of the first domain. The processor transfers entities from first to second domain responsive to a first stimulus, and transfers entities from second to first domain responsive to a second stimulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: WEST TEXAS TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Lamberty
  • Patent number: 11590418
    Abstract: A method that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, by a device comprising a processor, a first signal from a motion-sensitive component of the device; receiving, by the device, a second signal from a touch-sensitive interface of the device, detecting, by the device, from a combined signal comprising the first signal and the second signal, a selection of a portion of the device; and causing, by the device, a sensory feedback generator to provide a feedback signal in accordance with the combined signal. The feedback signal may comprise an audible sound, a visual effect, a tactile effect, or any combination thereof. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: STEELSERIES ApS
    Inventors: Jeffrey Nicholas Mahlmeister, Bruce Hawver, Jacob Wolff-Petersen, Kim Rom, Francis Arnold Grever, Tino Soelberg
  • Patent number: 11594161
    Abstract: A sensor includes a plurality of electric lines including row lines and column lines, a photodiode in a pixel, a drain of a first transistor connected to the photodiode in the pixel, a drain of a second transistor connected in series with a source of the first transistor in the pixel, a source of the second transistor being connected to a column line among the plurality of electric lines, and both a gate of the first transistor and a gate of the second transistor being connected to a row line among the plurality of electric lines, wherein a channel material of the first transistor is different from a channel material of the second transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi Takatori
  • Patent number: 11586348
    Abstract: A portable multifunction device displays a first user interface object and a second user interface object on a touch screen display. Upon detecting a finger-down event at the first user interface object and one or more finger-dragging events on the touch screen display, the device moves the first user interface object on the touch screen display along a path determined by the finger-dragging events until the first user interface object at least in part overlaps the second user interface object. Upon detecting a finger-up event at the second user interface object, the device visually replaces the second user interface object with the first user interface object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Emilio Platzer, Charles J. Pisula, Imran Chaudhri, Steven P. Jobs, Gregory Christie, Scott Forstall, Stephen O. Lemay, Michael Matas, Gregory Novick, Marcel Van Os
  • Patent number: 11579732
    Abstract: A touch sensing apparatus is disclosed comprising a panel that defines a touch surface, a plurality of light emitters and detectors arranged along a perimeter of the panel. The light emitters are arranged to emit a respective beam of emitted light that travels above the touch surface, wherein the light detectors are arranged to receive detection light from the emitted light. The plurality of light emitters and detectors are arranged above the touch surface and are connected to a substrate extending in a direction parallel with a normal axis of a plane in which the panel extends. A method of assembling a touch sensing apparatus is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: FlatFrog Laboratories AB
    Inventors: Daniel Skagmo, Robert Ehn, Hakan Bergstrom
  • Patent number: 11580904
    Abstract: A transparent display panel and a display panel. The transparent display panel includes a transparent display area. The transparent display area includes a plurality of first pixel units. Each of the first pixel units includes a plurality of first sub-pixels. Each of the first sub-pixels includes: a first electrode being light-transmitting; a first light-emitting structural block located on the first electrode; and a second electrode located on the first light-emitting structural block. At least one pixel driving circuit for driving the first sub-pixels to emit light is arranged outside of the transparent display area. A separating area is arranged between an area where the at least one pixel driving circuit is arranged and the transparent display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: KunShan Go-Visionox Opto-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Xu, Junhui Lou, Chuanzhi Xu, Miao Chang, Lu Zhang
  • Patent number: 11574612
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display panel that includes a first region including first pixel groups and a second region including second pixel groups, and a compensation circuit. The compensation circuit may receive first image data. The compensation circuit may compensate to generate second image data in response to a determination that the first image data corresponds to at least one of one or more particular first pixel groups that are adjacent to a boundary between the first region and the second region or one or more particular second pixel groups that are adjacent to the boundary. The compensation circuit outputs the second image data to the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Unki Park, Se Whan Na, Hyunwook Lim, Woohyuk Jang
  • Patent number: 11562713
    Abstract: Devices, methods and computer program products that facilitate automated adjustment of size or configuration of head up display image in a vehicle. A device can include a memory and a processor that executes computer executable modules. The computer executable modules can include: a head up display that generates an image visible to a driver of a vehicle within an eye box, a detection module that determines position of the driver's eyes or head relative to position of the eye box, and an adjustment module that adjusts size or configuration of the image within the eye box in response to the determined driver's eye or head position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Volvo Car Corporation
    Inventors: Claes Edgren, Elias Olsson
  • Patent number: 11563062
    Abstract: The display device may include a first substrate including a plurality of pixel areas; a plurality of display elements arranged in the plurality of pixel areas on the first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a plurality of spacers arranged between the plurality of pixel areas and maintaining a constant space between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a plurality of touch sensing electrodes arranged on a surface of the second substrate which faces the first substrate. Here, each touch sensing electrode may include at least one first area and at least one second area that is electrically separated from the first area. The plurality of spacers may be arranged to correspond to the first area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Inventor: Ji Ryun Park
  • Patent number: 11561663
    Abstract: A touchscreen resistive sensor includes a network of resistive sensor branches coupled to a number of sensor nodes arranged at touch locations of the touchscreen. A test sequence is performed by sequentially applying to each sensor node a reference voltage level, jointly coupling to a common line the other nodes, sensing a voltage value at the common line, and declaring a short circuit condition as a result of the voltage value sensed at the common line reaching a short circuit threshold. A current value level flowing at the sensor node to which the reference voltage level is applied is sensed and a malfunction of the resistive sensor branch coupled with the sensor node to which a reference voltage level is applied is generated as a result of the current value sensed at the sensor node reaching an upper threshold or lower threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Calogero Marco Ippolito, Angelo Recchia, Antonio Cicero, Pierpaolo Lombardo, Michele Vaiana
  • Patent number: 11550402
    Abstract: A keypad includes a support, a snap disk on a first side of the support transformable from a released state to a loaded state, a cover forming a seal over the first side, a pocket in the cover, a magnet and a plunger disposed in the pocket, the plunger adapted to engage and transform the snap disk to the loaded state, a magnetic field sensor on a second side of the support, the second side opposite the first side and logic circuitry adapted to obtain a value of a strength of a magnetic field from the sensor, compare the value against a predetermined threshold value that corresponds at least approximately to the strength of a magnetic field, and when the plunger has transformed the snap disk to the loaded state and the value reaches or exceeds the threshold value, output a signal indicating that a key press occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: KARL STORZ SE & Co KG
    Inventors: Pascal Heni, Daniel Ulmschneider, Markus Kupferschmid
  • Patent number: 11532257
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a display driver and a display device which includes the display driver. A display driver according to the disclosure has a temperature abnormality detection circuit that detects a temperature inside the display driver and generates a temperature abnormality detection signal indicating the presence of a temperature abnormality when the temperature therein is higher than a predetermined temperature threshold, and a temperature abnormality notification processing part that causes a display panel to display an image for informing of occurrence of a temperature abnormality for a predetermined period instead of an image based on a video signal in accordance with the temperature abnormality detection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: LAPIS Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hayato Koizumi, Hiroshi Tsuchi
  • Patent number: 11527218
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a curved display screen and an electronic apparatus. The curved display screen includes a flat display area; and a curved display area, wherein the curved display area is arranged around the flat display area, and a pixel density in at least one part of the curved display area is lower than a pixel density in the flat display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Inventor: Jiao Cheng
  • Patent number: 11501701
    Abstract: A display panel and a spliced display are provided. The display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of light-emitting elements, a driving circuit, and an optical sensor. The substrate includes a through hole, and the through hole includes a hole. The plurality of the light-emitting elements are disposed on the substrate. The through hole is located in a region between two of the plurality of the light-emitting elements. The driving circuit is disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the plurality of the light-emitting elements. The optical sensor is disposed corresponding to the through hole and receives sensing light through the hole. The width W of the hole meets the equation of H?W<D. H is the depth of the hole, and D is the distance between the two of the plurality of the light-emitting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Chin-Lung Ting, Chien-Chih Chen, Ti Chung Chang, Chih-Chieh Wang, Jenhung Li
  • Patent number: 11501689
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a control method and a control apparatus for brightness of display panel, a storage medium and a processor. The method comprises: acquiring a plurality of pixel values processed by an image processor, wherein the bit width of each of the plurality of pixel values is a first preset bit width; performing data type conversion on each pixel value to obtain a plurality of pixel values of a second preset bit width, wherein the second preset bit width is greater than the first preset bit width; sending the plurality of pixel values of the second preset bit width to a digital-to-analog conversion module to determine the voltage output value of each sub-pixel of a display panel, wherein the voltage output value has a first linear relationship with the screen brightness of the display panel; and adjusting the voltage output value to control the screen brightness of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignees: ANALOGIX (CHINA) SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., ANALOGIX INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventors: Xin Jiao, Ning Zhu
  • Patent number: 11487369
    Abstract: A touch panel having dummy pattern is provided, including a first metal nanowire layer and a second metal nanowire layer. The first metal nanowire layer includes first electrode wires, first axial wires connected to the first electrode wires, and first dummy patterns. The second metal nanowire layer includes a plurality of second electrode wires and a plurality of second axial wires connected to the second electrode wires. The first dummy patterns are electrically insulated and deposited outside the first electrode wires and the first axial wires, and each of the first dummy patterns comprises a plurality of first etching areas extending along the first and second directions. The first dummy patterns do not expose the first etching areas along the first direction at a vertical projection area of a part where each of the second axial wires alone exists, so that the electrode pattern is difficult to observe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Qin-Xue Fang, Xiang-Xing Xu, Yong-Bin Ke, Yi-Peng Gan, Li-Huang Tsai
  • Patent number: 11475849
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a display device with reduced scanning time by using a reference line separate from a data line to improve frame rate of the display device. A first pixel in a first row samples a reference voltage during a first period and samples a data voltage during a second period. A second pixel in a second row adjacent to the first row samples the reference voltage during a third period and samples the data voltage during a fourth period, where the third period overlaps with at least a portion of the second period. The reference voltage is provided by the reference line that is connected to a reference buffer, and the data voltage is provided by the data line connected to a source driver circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Wenhao Qiao, Cheonhong Kim, Min Hyuk Choi
  • Patent number: 11460960
    Abstract: A display device includes a touch panel; a display panel under the touch panel and displaying an image; a piezoelectric element under the touch panel and including an upper electrode, a lower electrode and a piezoelectric layer; and a rectifying circuit connected to the piezoelectric element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi-Wan Kim, Tae-Heon Kim, Sung-Eui Shin, Yong-Woo Lee, Kyung-Yeol Ryu, Yu-Seon Kho, Yong-Gyoon Jang
  • Patent number: 11455059
    Abstract: Noise introduced into touch sensor panel measurements, for example, from display data lines of a display device proximate to the touch sensor panel, can be reduced. In some examples, touch sensing operations and display operations can be synchronized. For example, touch sensing scans (or scan steps) can begin with the rising edge of a display line synchronization signal. Additionally, the display noise can be characterized for the system. Display noise characterization and timing synchronization can be used to discard touch sensing samples including display noise injected into the touch sensor panel that may be synchronized to the display data line synchronization signal. In some examples, a window can be generated based on the characterized display noise, and the window can be applied to annihilate display noise. The application of the window can be time-dependent to account for offsets between the occurrence of the display noise and the touch sensing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Moshe Malkin
  • Patent number: 11449135
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes: an image capture device that captures an image of a direction that a user faces; a display controller configured to synthesize an image of a pointer captured by the image capture device with an image of a virtual or real space, to display the synthesized image on a display device; a first determiner that determines whether the pointer in the space displayed on the display device at a first time point satisfies an initial condition; an operation controller that stores reference size information relating to a size of the pointer in association with a reference distance in a storage device, with the size of the pointer being as in a case in which it is determined that the initial condition is satisfied; and a second determiner that compares a size of the pointer in the space at a second time point after the initial condition is satisfied with the size indicated by the reference size information, to determine whether the pointer is at a position that is closer than a point at the re
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shigeru Akamatsu, Koichi Asano