Patents Examined by Alecia D English
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Patent number: 11960671Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate including an opening defined therein, a display area adjacent to the opening, and a non-display area extended along the opening to be disposed between the opening and the display area; a display element with which an image is displayed, on the substrate in the display area thereof; and a metal layer including a plurality of segments spaced apart from each other, each segment disposed in the non-display area of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Inyoung Han, Jonghwa Kim
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Patent number: 11954394Abstract: The present disclosure provides a splicing screen and a control method and system thereof. The splicing screen includes a display panel. A communication unit is configured to receive display data and receive a ready command sent by a slave splicing screen of the splicing screen; a control unit is configured to control, in response to determining that the splicing screen is ready and receiving the ready command, the communication unit to send a specified play command to the slave splicing screen, where the specified play command instructs to play a specified play frame in the display data at a specified play moment; and control the display panel to display the specified play frame at the specified play moment.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ran Duan
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Patent number: 11947860Abstract: The techniques described herein improve user interface consistency when presenting a guest application running on a guest operating system as if it were a native application running on a host operating system. Specifically, window placement limitations imposed by the guest operating system are overcome by coordinating size and location between the guest application and a host proxy application. When the proxy application is confined to a single display, the size and location of the guest application and corresponding proxy application are synchronized. When the proxy application is moved or resized so as to be rendered on multiple displays, the application hosting engine decouples the location synchronization, leaving the guest application within a single display. Before being forwarded to the guest application, user interface events received by the proxy application are adjusted according to the different locations of the guest application and the proxy application.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Nick Eubanks, Darshak Harisinh Bhatti
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Patent number: 11928267Abstract: An apparatus is provided for user input to a computer. The apparatus consists of movable left and right paddles connected to the ends of a tie bar by 3-axis gimbles. The paddles are shaped to facilitate holding the device and rotating the paddles while keeping a user's fingers and thumbs free to activate tactile key-switches positioned under them. The position of the gimbles relative to the tie bar cause the paddles to rest in a neutral position when the apparatus is pressed between a user's hands. The gimbles rotate off the neutral position based on a user's wrist position. Both the rotations of the paddles and the status of the key-switches are used to determine the input codes sent to a paired computer. A display on the paired computer shows left and right arrays of icons representing available inputs and highlights the inputs currently accessible by the user's fingers and thumbs based on the paddle positions.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Inventor: William James McDermid
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Patent number: 11892287Abstract: An input device includes: a first electrode including a reference potential electrode and two or more sets each including a transmission electrode and a reception electrode; and a second electrode that approaches and recedes from the two or more sets by rotating while facing the first electrode with a predetermined space being provided therebetween. The reference potential electrode faces at least a portion of the second electrode as a result of the second electrode approaching at least one set out of the two or more sets. A phase when a first set of first transmission and reception electrodes disposed in a first region approaches and recedes from the second electrode is different from a phase when a second set of second transmission and reception electrodes disposed in a second region approaches and recedes from the second electrode.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kota Araki, Sohui Jeon, Hiroaki Nishiono, Satoshi Yoshihara
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Patent number: 11861101Abstract: A touch sensing device configured to be installed in an electronic device, the electronic device including a side unit and a touch switch unit, the side unit including a non-conductive cover and a conductive frame coupled to the cover, the touch switch unit including a first touch member that is a portion of the cover, the touch sensing device including a first sensing electrode configured to be disposed inside the electronic device near the first touch member; a first sensing coil configured to be disposed inside the electronic device; and a first connection wire including one end connected to the first sensing electrode and another end connected to the first sensing coil, thereby electrically connecting the first sensing electrode to the first sensing coil.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Joo Hyoung Lee, Joo Yul Ko
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Patent number: 11816298Abstract: A capacitive sensing layer of an input device includes a substantially rectangular sensor pattern extending in a horizontal direction and in a vertical direction, including first and second electrodes. Each of the first electrodes includes a strip extending in the vertical direction. The first electrodes are separated in the horizontal direction by first gaps. Each of the second electrodes includes a substantially rectangular pad, disposed adjacent to one of the first electrodes, in one of the first gaps. Two of the second electrodes are disposed in each of the first gaps in the horizontal direction. The two of the second electrodes in each of the first gaps are separated by second gaps. A subset of the second electrodes are disposed in each of the first gaps, in the vertical direction. The capacitive sensing layers also includes routing traces of the second electrodes disposed in the second gaps.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Synaptics IncorporatedInventor: David Hoch
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Patent number: 11803257Abstract: An input support device arranged above a detection device including a plurality of electrodes, the input support device comprising: an LC circuit; a first electrode coupled to one end side of the LC circuit; a second electrode coupled to another end side of the LC circuit, and an adjustment circuit coupled to the LC circuit and configured to adjust circuit characteristics of the LC circuit.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Makoto Hayashi, Yuto Kakinoki, Takaaki Kono
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Patent number: 11762474Abstract: A method including receiving sound data captured by a wearable device of the user, the sound data indicative of contact between a first portion of the user wearing the wearable device and a second portion of the user wearing the wearable device; receiving motion data captured by the wearable device of the user, the motion data indicative of at least a movement of the first portion of the user wearing the wearable device; and determining, by a processor, based at least in part on the sound data and the motion data, a user input associated with the contact between a first portion of the user wearing the wearable device and a second portion of the user wearing the wearable device and the movement of the first portion of the user wearing the wearable device.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2018Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Georgia Tech Research CorporationInventors: Cheng Zhang, Gregory D. Abowd, Omer Inan, Pranav Kundra, Thomas Ploetz, Yiming Pu, Thad Eugene Starner, Anandghan Waghmare, Xiaoxuan Wang, Kenneth A. Cunnefare, Qiuyue Xue
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Patent number: 11747938Abstract: A touch panel with higher sensing accuracy or higher detection sensitivity is provided. The touch panel includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, a plurality of display elements, and a scan line. In a plan view, the first conductive layer has an outline including a first portion that is linear and parallel to a first direction. In the plan view, the second conductive layer has an outline including a second portion that is linear and parallel to the first direction. The first portion and the second portion face each other. The display element is in a position not overlapping with the first conductive layer nor the second conductive layer. The scan line has a portion extending in a second direction. An angle between the first direction and the second direction is greater than or equal to 30° and less than or equal to 60°.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiroyuki Miyake
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Patent number: 11740692Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for optical sensing and tracking of eye movement. In one aspect, a method for tracking the movement of an eye includes emitting a first modulated light and a second modulated light toward an eye of a user, wherein the first modulated light and the second modulated light have substantially the same modulation frequency, but the modulation phases of the two modulated lights are substantially opposite to each other; receiving at a photodetector module a returned light including at least a partial retroreflected light from the eye of the user based on the first and second modulated lights; and processing the output signal from the photodetector module to determine positional and dimensional parameters of the eye of the user based at least on the partial retroreflected light corresponding to the first and second modulated lights.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2014Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yi He, Bo Pi
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Patent number: 11740736Abstract: Techniques for implementing and/or operating an electronic device including a display pixel layer, which writes a display image during an active period and continues displaying the display image during a blanking period, and a touch sense layer, which generates a first touch image during the active period and a second touch image during the blanking period. The electronic device further includes a controller that determines a first noise metric indicative of display-to-touch noise resulting during the active period based on the first touch image, determines a second noise metric indicative of display-to-touch noise resulting during the blanking period based on the second touch image, and instructs the touch sense layer to not generate a third touch image during a subsequent active period in response to the first noise metric being greater than a noise threshold and the second noise metric not being greater than the noise threshold.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Anshi Liang, He Yi, Yang Xu, Paolo Sacchetto, Jun Li, Jingyu Huang, Marc Joseph DeVincentis, Yue Jack Chu
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Patent number: 11733955Abstract: Provided is to a split-screen display method, including: determining at least one association display screen associated with a main operation display screen; determining, in response to a split-screen operation acting on the main operation display screen, a target association display screen corresponding to the split-screen operation from the association display screen and acquiring page parameters of a to-be-displayed page in the main operation display screen; and transmitting the page parameters of the to-be-displayed page to the target association display screen.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yingkai Xie
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Patent number: 11710748Abstract: An array substrate, a touch panel and a manufacturing method of an array substrate are provided. The array substrate includes a base substrate and a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, a common electrode layer and a plurality of pixel units arranged in an array disposed on the base substrate. Each of the pixel units includes a plurality of sub-pixel units defined by gate lines and data lines disposed to intersect each other laterally and vertically. The common electrode layer includes a plurality of common electrode blocks that double as self-capacitance electrodes, each of the common electrode blocks is connected with at least one wire, and the wires are in the middle of sub-pixel units of a same column.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignees: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Haisheng Wang, Xue Dong, Hailin Xue, Xi Chen, Yingming Liu, Xiaoliang Ding, Weijie Zhao, Shengji Yang, Hongjuan Liu, Changfeng Li, Wei Liu
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Patent number: 11687173Abstract: A sensor is provided for detecting a pen signal transmitted from a pen. The sensor includes a touch sensor, flexible printed circuit (FPC) connector terminals, and a detection pattern. The touch sensor has linear electrodes, which form a position detection area and are configured to respectively detect the pen signal. The FPC connector terminals are connected to the linear electrodes, respectively, via routing traces arranged outside the position detection area. The detection pattern is arranged in a region outside the position detection area, near the FPC connector terminals, and is configured to detect the pen signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2022Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun Kadowaki, Yutaka Kamioka
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Patent number: 11681488Abstract: The system provides multiple locations with specialized video projector/camera pairs connected by a communication network and real-time video processing services to facilitate distributed collaboration of a shared workspace. Each location will have local objects unique to that location and all locations will receive a combined video composite stream bringing all remote local objects into a shared collaborative space. The system according to the present invention overcomes the effect of video echo, or alternatively referred to as infinite images by compositing image data from other workstations that only relates to real content on the working surface of the workstation and not projected content.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2022Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: INTERNATIONAL DATACASTING CORP.Inventors: Luke Kennedy, Rodney Allan
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Patent number: 11675394Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel; a multi-joint mechanism configured to provide foldability and support to the display panel; and an elastic member disposed between the multi-joint mechanism and the display panel, wherein a distance between an upper surface of the multi-joint mechanism and a lower surface of the display panel varies depending on the position of the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2018Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Changmin Park, Kyungmin Choi
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Patent number: 11675430Abstract: A display apparatus including: light source(s); gaze-tracking means; and processor(s) configured to: determine gaze directions of user's eyes; send, to rendering server, information indicative of gaze direction determined at first time instant; receive image frame(s) generated according to gaze, and being optionally timestamped with second time instant; display image frame(s) at third time instant; determine time lag between any one of: first time instant and third time instant, or second time instant and third time instant; detect whether or not time lag exceeds first predefined threshold; when time lag exceeds first predefined threshold, switch on gaze-lock mode; select forward line of vision as fixed gaze direction; send, to rendering server, information indicative of fixed gaze; and receive image frames generated according to fixed gaze; and display image frames.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Varjo Technologies OyInventors: Ari Antti Erik Peuhkurinen, Evgeny Zuev
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Patent number: 11609627Abstract: In one aspect, a first device may include at least one processor, a display accessible to the at least one processor, and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage may include instructions executable by the at least one processor to present an icon on the display so that the icon appears disposed within the real world at or proximate to a location of a second device associated with the icon. The second device may be different from the first device and exist in the real world. The instructions may also be executable to identify a user of the first device as looking at the icon, receive audible input from the user, and issue a command to the second device to execute at least one function in conformance with the audible input based on the identification of the user as looking at the icon.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Ming Qian, John Weldon Nicholson, Song Wang, Roderick Echols, Ryan Charles Knudson
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Patent number: 11579665Abstract: Knob on display (KoD) devices and related systems, methods, and devices are disclosed. A KoD device includes a touch surface including a conductive material. The touch surface is configured to be positioned in a released position and in a depressed position. The touch surface is configured to be positioned in the depressed position responsive to pressure applied to the touch surface. The KoD device also includes a push electrode pad configured to be positioned in engagement proximity to a touch sensor of a touch screen device in both the released position and the depressed position. The push electrode pad is electrically connected to the conductive material of the touch surface responsive to the depressed position and electrically isolated from the conductive material of the touch surface in the released position.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Atmel CorporationInventors: Nigel Hinson, Gareth Michael Jones