Patents Examined by Alexander Eisen
  • Patent number: 11543892
    Abstract: A computing device, such as a wearable device, may include at least two electrodes mounted on a body. The computing device may determine an electrical signal associated with a circuit that includes the at least two electrodes and the user. A pressure applied to at least one electrode of the at least two electrodes may be determined from the electrical signal, and at least one function of the computing device may be implemented, based on the pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Dongeek Shin, Shahram Izadi, Shwetak N. Patel
  • Patent number: 11545078
    Abstract: A gate driver circuit and a display device including the gate driver circuit are disclosed. The gate driver circuit includes a stage for outputting at least two gate signals. The stage comprises, a first output buffer for outputting a first gate signal in response to a voltage of a Q node and the voltage of a Qb node; a second output buffer for outputting a second gate signal in response to the voltage of the Q node and the voltage of the Qb node; and a first diode circuit disposed between the Q node and the second output buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jaeyi Choi
  • Patent number: 11538432
    Abstract: An input stage configured to differentially amplify an input signal and an output signal, a first current mirror and a second current mirror configured to receive a differential current from the input stage, an output stage including first and second output transistors, respectively including a gate connected to the first and second current mirrors, and a slew rate compensation circuit configured to (i) mirror a comparison current generated by comparing a voltage of a first input signal with a voltage of a second input signal, and (ii) provide the mirrored comparison current to the gate of the first or second output transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: DB HiTek, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hak Jin Jung, Eun Ji Youn, Pyung Sik Ma
  • Patent number: 11538405
    Abstract: The pixel driving circuit includes a current control circuit and a gating circuit. The current control circuit is configured to transmit a driving current signal to an element to be driven. The gating circuit is configured to transmit a second voltage signal from a second voltage signal terminal to the element to be driven such that the element to be driven continuously emits light or transmit a third voltage signal from a third voltage signal terminal to the element to be driven such that the element to be driven intermittently emits light, under the control of a scan signal from a scan signal terminal, a reset signal from a reset signal terminal and a second data signal from a second data signal terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lijun Yuan, Can Zhang, Ning Cong, Wei Li, Can Wang, Jinfei Niu, Jingjing Zhang, Minghua Xuan
  • Patent number: 11536968
    Abstract: The image display apparatus includes an optical system configured to introduce light from a display surface of a display element to an observer. The optical system includes in order from the display element toward the observer, a first phase plate, a semi-transmissive reflective surface, a lens, a second phase plate, and a polarization beam splitter. The display element is configured to make, at a central portion of the display surface, luminance in a normal direction in which a normal to the display surface extends higher than that in a specific direction tilted outward with respect to the normal direction, and to make, at a most edge portion of the display surface, the luminance in the normal direction lower than that in the specific direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masakazu Tohara
  • Patent number: 11539929
    Abstract: An optical device includes a first waveguide having a first side and an opposing second side, a spatial light modulator configured to project image light, one or more lenses disposed between the spatial light modulator and the first waveguide, and a first in-coupler coupler coupled with the first waveguide. The spatial light modulator is positioned on the first side of the first waveguide. The first in-coupler is positioned to receive the image light projected by the spatial light modulator and transmitted through the one or more lenses and to redirect at least a first portion of the image light so that the first portion of the image light enters the first waveguide and undergoes total internal reflection inside the first waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.
    Inventors: Weichuan Gao, Ying Geng
  • Patent number: 11531202
    Abstract: An optical combiner, configured for use in a mixed-reality display system that combines holographic and real-world images, includes an assembly of see-through waveguides that are arranged in a stack to provide full color holographic images from constituent RGB (red, green, and blue) color components received from a holographic image source. Each waveguide—one per RGB color component—includes an in-coupling DOE (diffractive optical element), an intermediate DOE, and an out-coupling DOE that are disposed on internal surfaces of the stacked waveguides in the optical combiner. Each of the out-coupling DOEs incorporates a diffractive lens functionality to render the out-coupled holographic images at a set depth on the mixed-reality display. In an illustrative non-limiting example, the out-coupling DOE may provide a half diopter of negative lens power to set the optical focus of the holographic images at 1.33 m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: David Bohn, Tuomas Vallius, Jani Kari Tapio Tervo
  • Patent number: 11526024
    Abstract: A novel detachable holographic apparatus incorporates a dedicated upper shelf section that orients a portable electronic device's display screen to face downward after being inserted into the dedicated upper shelf section of the apparatus. The upper shelf section is created with a smartphone holder made of a rectangular center opening surrounded by a surrounding frame. The rectangular center opening allows the portable electronic device's display screen to project an image downward from the dedicated upper shelf section. The novel detachable holographic apparatus also incorporates a transparent display sheet or a one-way mirror sheet underneath the dedicated upper shelf section at a 45-degree angle relative to the surface of the portable electronic device's display screen, which in turn engender partial optical refractions and/or reflections of the image originating from the portable electronic device's display screen to form a hologram near the transparent display sheet or the one-way mirror sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: DoubleMe, Inc.
    Inventor: Heekwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11528455
    Abstract: An information processing device which controls one projector and another projector includes: a display unit which displays a first operation screen for managing the one projector and a second operation screen for managing the another projector; an input unit which accepts an operation on the first operation screen and the second operation screen; and a control unit which controls the one projector and the another projector, based on the operation accepted by the input unit. When the information processing device is switched from a first state where the first operation screen is operable to a second state where the second operation screen is operable, the control unit causes the second operation screen where an item corresponding to a predetermined item selected on the first operation screen in the first state is selected, to be displayed in the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Sakai
  • Patent number: 11527591
    Abstract: A light emitting device comprising a plurality of pixels is provided. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a light emitting element, a first transistor having a drain region connected to the light emitting element, and a second transistor having a drain region connected to a gate electrode of the first transistor. The plurality of pixels include a first pixel and a second pixel, which are adjacent to each other in a first direction. A source region of the second transistor of the first pixel and a source region of the second transistor of the second pixel share one diffusion region, and a source region, a gate electrode, and the drain region of the first transistor of the first and second pixels are sequentially arranged in one of a positive direction and a negative direction in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiromasa Tsuboi
  • Patent number: 11526006
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a half-mirror film for displaying a projection image having high adhesiveness, a laminated glass in which wrinkle generation of the half-mirror film is suppressed or furthermore has high adhesiveness, and an image display system using the laminated glass. The problem is solved by providing a half-mirror film for displaying a projection image including a transparent support; and a selective reflection layer reflecting light in a wavelength selective manner, in which the transparent support has an absolute value of 10 nm or less of an in-plane phase difference at a wavelength of 550 nm and a heat seal layer disposed on an opposite surface of a surface having the selective reflection layer, the heat seal layer contains a thermoplastic resin, and a mixed layer in which components of the transparent support and the heat seal layer are mixed is formed between the transparent support and the heat seal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Rikio Inoue, Shusuke Arita, Wataru Majima, Takao Taguchi, Yujiro Yanai, Taketo Otani
  • Patent number: 11525953
    Abstract: A light guide plate according to one or more embodiments may include a plurality of optical path deflectors arranged in a matrix. Each of the plurality of optical path deflectors may include a plurality of optical path deflector sets. The plurality of optical path deflectors may include a first cell and a second cell located periodically. The first cell may include a first deflector that deflects light within a first angle range. The first cell may be free of a second deflector that deflects light within a second angle range adjacent to the first angle range. The second cell may be free of the first deflector and may include the second deflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Tanoue
  • Patent number: 11520146
    Abstract: An image in a predetermined hue is displayed at a display surface, and is emitted as image light. The image light is guided to a display position by an optical system, and is deflected by a diffraction optical element. The emitted image light includes light emitted from a first position of the display surface and light emitted from a second position of the display surface. A deflection angle at which the light emitted from the first position is diffracted by the diffraction optical element is larger than a deflection angle at which the light emitted from the second position is diffracted by the diffraction optical element. Of the image light in a wavelength range expressing the hue, a wavelength peak of the light emitted from the first position is present on a long wavelength side with respect to a wavelength peak of the light emitted from the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Noguchi
  • Patent number: 11520158
    Abstract: In an optical system, a first optical section having positive power, a second optical section provided with a first diffractive element and having positive power, a third optical section having positive power, and a fourth optical section provided with a second diffractive element and having positive power are disposed along a light path of image light emitted from an image light generation device. A first intermediate image of the image light is formed between the first optical section and the third optical section, a pupil is formed in the vicinity of the third optical section, a second intermediate image of the image light is formed between the third optical section and the fourth optical section, and the fourth optical section collimates the image light to form an exit pupil. The first diffractive element and the second diffractive element are in a conjugate relation or a roughly conjugate relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsutaka Ide, Masatoshi Yonekubo
  • Patent number: 11521531
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, and a panel driver including N registers, where N is an integer greater than 1. The panel driver is configured to divide the display panel into N first detection regions, to perform a first still image detection operation on each of the N first detection regions by using the N registers, to divide the display panel into N second detection regions different from the N first detection regions by using a result of the first still image detection operation, and to perform a second still image detection operation on each of the N second detection regions by using the N registers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Soo Kim, Jin Young Roh, Se Hyuk Park, Hyo Jin Lee, Jae Keun Lim, Jun Heyung Jung
  • Patent number: 11521571
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device including a plurality of pixels each of which includes a memory is provided. The display device includes a plurality of signal lines connected to the plurality of pixels, a signal line drive circuit configured to provide a data signal to one of the memories through one of the signal lines, a readout circuit configured to read the data signal in the memory through the signal line, and an output wire configured to externally output the data signal read by the readout circuit without passing through the signal line drive circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yutaka Mitsuzawa, Tatsuya Ishii
  • Patent number: 11521560
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including a display panel displaying an image, a source driver supplying a source voltage to the display panel, and a display driver integrated circuit (DDI) including a timing controller controlling the source driver. The timing controller may be configured to identify information associated with a luminance of the image and to set a source bias current for controlling a slew rate of the source voltage based on the luminance of the image. Besides, various embodiments as understood from the specification are also possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jongkon Bae, Yunpyo Hong, Yohan Lee, Donghwy Kim, Dongkyoon Han
  • Patent number: 11513589
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program product maintains the ability of an electronic headset to localize and orient itself in space upon a loss of tracking by a SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) system by switching to an auxiliary tracking mode upon detection of a loss of accurate tracking by the SLAM system. In one example, the auxiliary tracking mode is based upon detection of a fingerprint on a flat surface imaged by one or more cameras in the headset. The fingerprint is defined by a pattern of photographically-identifiable features on the flat surface, such as a pattern of colors and/or textures. In another example, the auxiliary tracking mode is based upon a location of the headset as obtained from an external LPS (local positioning service) and an orientation of the headset as measured by an IMU (inertial measurement unit) provided in the headset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Reavire, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeff Gullicksen
  • Patent number: 11513590
    Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for discovering and positioning content into augmented reality space. A method includes forming a three-dimensional (3D) map of surroundings of a user of an augmented reality (AR) head mounted display (HMD); determining a depth-wise location of a gaze point of a user based on eye gaze direction and eye vergence; determining a visual guidance line pathway in the 3D map; guiding an action of the user along the visual guidance line pathway at one or more identified focal points; and rendering a mixed reality (MR) object along the visual guidance line pathway at a location corresponding to a direction of the user's gaze.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: PCMS Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Jussi Ronkainen, Jani Mantyjarvi
  • Patent number: 11501730
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display driving apparatus configured to provide a signal to a display panel, including an output buffer unit configured to output the source signal to the display panel for the active period and output a porch signal to the display panel for the blank period, and a low dropout (LDO) unit configured to supply the porch signal to the output buffer unit, wherein the output buffer unit includes a buffer configured to output the source signal or the porch signal to the display panel, a first switch configured to switch a connection between the LDO unit and an input line of the buffer, and a second switch configured to switch a connection between the LDO unit and an output line of the buffer, and the buffer is turned on or off according to a switching state of each of the first switch and the second switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho Jong Park, Hyeon Seok Ko