Patents Examined by Alexander Eisen
  • Patent number: 11443714
    Abstract: A display control device includes: a first control unit that performs control for displaying a bar for plotting an inspection result for each inspection item in a subject with one direction of the bar representing a value of the inspection result, and displaying a mark representing a last inspection result in the bar; and a second control unit that performs control for displaying information representing a predetermined number of inspection results of at least one of the subject individual or the same variety as a variety of the subject individual for a predetermined inspection item along the one direction of the bar with different color or density depending on a frequency of each inspection result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shigetoshi Ishikawa, Keiji Tsubota, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa
  • Patent number: 11436984
    Abstract: A pixel includes an organic light emitting diode including an anode electrode and a cathode electrode; a driving transistor including an input electrode connected to a first node (FN), a control electrode connected to a second node, and an output electrode connected to a third node; a switching transistor to apply a data signal to the FN in response to a scan signal in a second period; a first initialization transistor to apply a first initialization voltage to the second node in response to an initialization control signal in a first period (FP); a second initialization transistor to apply a second initialization voltage having a voltage level different from the first initialization voltage to the anode electrode in response to the initialization control signal in the FP; and an on-bias transistor to apply a first driving voltage to the FN in response to an on-bias control signal in the FP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongsung Park, Minwoo Byun, Keonwoo Kim, Seungbin Lee, Deok-young Choi
  • Patent number: 11435588
    Abstract: A virtual image display apparatus includes a display element, a projection lens configured to converge image light emitted from the display element, a prism configured to cause the image light by an internal reflecting surface thereof and moreover emit the image light from an emission surface thereof while refracting the image light, and a see-through mirror configured to reflect the image light emitted from the prism toward a pupil position. The projection lens, the prism, and the see-through mirror are arranged to form an off-axis system. AT an off-axis surface of the off-axis system, an intermediate pupil is arranged between the projection lens and the internal reflecting surface, with the intermediate pupil being arranged to be farther to the incident surface side of the prism than to the projection lens and the internal reflecting surface, and an intermediate image is formed between the prism and the see-through mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Takeda, Masayuki Takagi, Toshiaki Miyao, Tokito Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11435597
    Abstract: A displaying device adapted to a screen is provided. The displaying device includes a transparent pyramid, a movable support, and an image conversion unit. The movable support is connected to the transparent pyramid to move the transparent pyramid between a first location and a second location which is different from the first location. The first location is the position on the screen. The image conversion unit is configured to receive image data. When the transparent pyramid moves to the first location, the image conversion unit converts the image data to a holographic image displayed on the screen, and the transparent pyramid generates a 3D hologram based on the holographic image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Wen-Hao Hsieh, Kai-Ze Luo, Ming-Lung Lin, Yu-Chen Lee, Sheng-Yen Tseng, Yen-Hui Zheng, Kuan-Yi Lin, Chih-Shien Lin
  • Patent number: 11428941
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a face model for a user of a head-mounted device are disclosed. The head-mounted device can include one or more eye cameras configured to image the face of the user while the user is putting the device on or taking the device off. The images obtained by the eye cameras may be analyzed using a stereoscopic vision technique, a monocular vision technique, or a combination, to generate a face model for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Gholamreza Amayeh, Adrian Kaehler, Douglas Lee
  • Patent number: 11430399
    Abstract: A driving method and a driving device of a display panel are provided. According to the display panel of the present application, subpixels adjacent in a row direction of the display array have different polarities, and subpixels adjacent in a column direction of the display array have different polarities. Adjacent subpixels have different voltages and are alternately arranged with a higher voltage or a lower voltage. The common electrode voltage required for operating picture of each frame is periodically changed by the driving device, with operational picture of two frames of the display panel taken as one driving cycle. With respect to different frames, different common electrode voltages are correspondingly applied to drive subpixels in the display array, reducing the occurrence rate of viewing angle color shift of display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventor: Jianfeng Shan
  • Patent number: 11430391
    Abstract: A gate driver, a data driver, and a display apparatus including the gate driver and the data driver, may enable a resolution of each region of a display panel to be changed. The gate driver may include a gate resolution control signal output device outputting gate resolution control signals; a gate pulse generating device generating gate pulses to be output to gate lines; and a gate line selection device selecting gate lines, to which the gate pulses output from the gate pulse generating device are to be transferred, on the basis of the gate resolution control signals. The gate pulse generating device includes gate stages generating the gate pulses. The gate line selection device includes gate serial switches; and gate parallel switches. The gate serial switches respectively connect the gate stages to the gate lines, and each of the gate parallel switches connects two adjacent gate lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bongchoon Kwak, Sunkyung Shin
  • Patent number: 11422693
    Abstract: A digital ink generating apparatus is disclosed, which includes: a stroke data generator which, in operation, generates stroke data associated with an input sensor attribute based on pen event data generated by an input sensor when an indicator is operated, a mapping data generator which, in operation, generates mapping data indicative of a transform rule for transforming a value of the input sensor attribute included in the stroke data to a value of one of line width and transparency, and a digital ink assembler which, in operation, outputs, in a determined data format, a digital ink including the stroke data and the mapping data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Branimir Angelov
  • Patent number: 11422378
    Abstract: A control method for a display device executed by a control device includes receiving imaging data generated by an imaging device, which sets at least a part of a visual field of a user as an imaging target region, capturing an identification image displayed on a display surface by the display device, the identification image including identification information for identifying the display device, determining, as an operation target device, the display device indicated by the identification information included in the imaging data, and transmitting an operation signal based on operation by the user to the operation target device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Yusuke Kudo
  • Patent number: 11419582
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes ultrasound imaging systems and methods for operating an ultrasound system with a multi-mode touch screen interface. An ultrasound system according to the present disclosure may include a movable base and a control panel supported by the movable base. The control panel may include a plurality of manual controls provided on a support surface and a touch control panel movably coupled to the support surface. The touch control panel may include a touch display configured to provide a touch-sensitive user interface. The touch control panel may be movable between a plurality of positions at which the touch display is at different angles relative to the support surface. The touch display may be configured to automatically change a user interface provided on the touch display responsive to movement of the touch display to any of the plurality of positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Wendy Mei Yee
  • Patent number: 11411558
    Abstract: A button assembly 1 for a substrate 2 includes a chassis 3 attachable to the substrate 2, a movable button 4 constrained by the chassis 3, one or more button sensors 5 operable to sense the movable button 4, and one or more springs 40 or magnets 6a, 6b. The one or more springs 40 or magnets 6a, 6b are arranged to bias the movable button 4 towards a predetermined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: GAMESMAN LIMITED
    Inventor: Haitham Bilbeisi
  • Patent number: 11410628
    Abstract: A pixel voltage compensation method, a pixel voltage compensator device and a display device are provided. The compensation method includes: determining a capacitance between at least one data line adjacent to a target pixel electrode and the target pixel electrode; detecting a voltage difference between a driving voltage of the data line and a driving voltage of the target pixel electrode in a period from a start of present charging of the target pixel electrode to a start of next charging; calculating a variation of the driving voltage of the target pixel electrode caused by the capacitance and the voltage difference; and compensating for the driving voltage of the target pixel electrode according to the variation. This compensation method can suppress the phenomenon of voltage cross-talk, and thus can improve the display effect of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Liwei Liu, Yun Sik Im, Yoon Sung Um
  • Patent number: 11410580
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing system may access a first mask associated with a first color component and a first pixel in an image, and a second mask associated with a second color component and a second pixel in the image. The system may access first component values of the first color component in a first pixel region containing the first pixel, and second component values of the second color component in a second pixel region containing the second pixel. The system may modify the first component values using the first mask, and the second component values using the second mask. The system may cause the modified first and second component values to be displayed by light-emitting elements of the first and second color components. The first and second masks may be generated based on relative positions of the first light-emitting elements and the second light-emitting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC.
    Inventors: Edward Buckley, Michael Yee
  • Patent number: 11409353
    Abstract: Self capacitance touch circuits to cancel the effects of parasitic capacitance in a touch sensitive device are disclosed. One circuit can generate a parasitic capacitance cancelation signal that can be injected into touch sensing circuitry to cancel the parasitic capacitance. Another circuit can adjust the phase and magnitude of the parasitic capacitance cancelation signal based on characteristics of channels in the touch sensing circuitry so as to fine tune the parasitic capacitance cancelations. Another circuit can drive a guard plate and touch panel electrodes so as to cancel the parasitic capacitances between the panel and the plate and between the electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shahrooz Shahparnia, Christoph H. Krah
  • Patent number: 11404003
    Abstract: A pixel including: a light emitting element; a first transistor connected between a first power source and a second node; a first capacitor connected to a first node or a second node and a third node; a second transistor between the third node and a data line, the second transistor turned on by a first scan signal; a third transistor between the first and second nodes, the third transistor turned on by a second scan signal; a fifth transistor between the first power source and the first transistor, the fifth transistor turned on by a first emission control signal; a sixth transistor between the second node and the light emitting element, the sixth transistor turned on by a second emission control signal; and an eighth transistor between the second node and a second emission control line, the eighth transistor turned on by a fourth scan signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Jae Jeong, Jun Hyun Park, Hyun Joon Kim, Kyung Hoon Chung, Jang Mi Kang, Hae Min Kim
  • Patent number: 11404018
    Abstract: A display device comprises a power supply chip configured to output a gate-on voltage; a gamma chip configured to provide a gamma voltage; a detection resistor having a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal is grounded; a display panel comprising a plurality of sub-pixels, a plurality of driving transistors and at least one detection transistor; wherein a gate electrode of the driving transistor receives the gate-on voltage, a first electrode of the driving transistor receives the gamma voltage, and a second electrode of the driving transistor is electrically connected to a corresponding sub-pixel; a gate electrode of the detection transistor receives the gate-on voltage, a first electrode of the detection transistor receives a test voltage, and a second electrode of the detection transistor is electrically connected to the second terminal; and a control circuit electrically connected to the second terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: HKC Corporation Limited, CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mingliang Wang
  • Patent number: 11402908
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for selecting an item using a brain wave signal are disclosed. The method for selecting an item includes: receiving, by a receiver, information on at least one item from a service point; displaying, by a display, the received information on a predetermined area in a mobility; in response to the displayed information, collecting, by a sensor, a brain wave signal for at least one passenger in the mobility for a predetermined time; and determining, by a controller, the passenger's choice by analyzing the collected brain wave signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, SOOKMYUNG WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY—ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jeong Su Kang, Suh Yeon Dong
  • Patent number: 11393413
    Abstract: Disclosed are an image brightness adjustment method, an image brightness adjustment device, an image brightness adjustment system and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes the steps of: subsequent to receiving an image signal to be displayed, performing noise reduction processing on the image signal to be displayed, and obtaining the image signal to be displayed after noise reduction; comparing the image signal to be displayed before noise reduction with the image signal to be displayed after noise reduction, and obtaining a signal-to-noise ratio; calculating a compensation intensity coefficient according to the signal-to-noise ratio, and determining an attribute value of each region of an image to be displayed; and adjusting a brightness of the image to be displayed according to the compensation intensity coefficient and the attribute value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SKYWORTH-RGB ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhilin Xiao
  • Patent number: 11393388
    Abstract: A shift register circuit and a method for driving the same, a gate driving circuit and a display device are provided. The shift register circuit includes an input terminal, a first control signal terminal, a second control signal terminal, and an output terminal, and further includes: an input module configured to receive an input signal input by the input terminal under the control of a first control signal input by the first control signal terminal and a second control signal input by the second control signal terminal; a storage module configured to store the input signal; a transmission module configured to transmit the input signal stored by the storage module to a preset node; and an output module configured to output a high level signal or a low level signal through the output terminal under the control of the input signal at the preset node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Han Yue, Minghua Xuan, Can Zhang, Can Wang, Dongni Liu, Xiaochuan Chen
  • Patent number: 11380280
    Abstract: Provided are shift register, driving method thereof, gate driving circuit and display device. The shift register includes input circuit, pull-up circuit, reset circuit, at least one noise reduction circuit, and at least one pull-down node control circuit. At least one pull-down node control circuit is coupled to at least one pull-down node, low voltage signal terminal, and reset signal terminal, and configured to control voltage level of at least one pull-down node according to signal of reset signal terminal. At least one pull-down node control circuit controls level of at least one pull-down node to second level higher than or equal to on level in response to signal of reset signal terminal having on level, and controls voltage level of at least one pull-down node to third level between on level and first level in response to signal of reset signal terminal transitioning from on level to off level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinliang Liu, Miao Zhang, Wuxia Fu