Patents Examined by Ariel Balaoing
  • Patent number: 11335257
    Abstract: A display unit includes sub-pixels that each have a light emitting element, a capacitor, a first transistor that writes a video signal potential to the capacitor, and a second transistor that provides a drive current to the light emitting element based on a voltage stored in the capacitor. Each first transistor has a channel width Wand channel length L, such that a width to length ratio is W/L. The width to length ratio W1/L1 of one of the first transistors is different than a width-to-length ratio W2/L2 of at least one other of the first transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsuo Minami
  • Patent number: 11314341
    Abstract: A mouse device includes a casing, a button, a connecting rod assembly, an elastic member, and an optical switch. A pressing block of the button extends into the casing. The connecting rod assembly is disposed in the casing and is rotatably disposed on a shaft base of the casing. The elastic member is disposed in the casing and elastically abuts against the connecting rod assembly, so that the connecting rod assembly abuts against the pressing block to allow the button at an initial position. The optical switch is disposed in the casing and adjacent to the connecting rod assembly. The button can be moved from the initial position to a pressed position relative to the casing so as to drive the connecting rod assembly to rotate, so that the connecting rod assembly is moved relative to the optical switch to trigger the optical switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: I-Fu Lin
  • Patent number: 11307680
    Abstract: The computer mouse adaptor holds a computer mouse thereon. The computer mouse includes an optical system to detect relative movement over a surface. The computer mouse adaptor includes a base to hold the computer mouse thereon. The base includes an optical device to interface with the optical system of the computer mouse and allow the computer mouse to provide its functionality while being held by the base. A charging system may be included to couple the charging interface of the computer mouse to a power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SMASH ENGINEERING INC.
    Inventor: Peter Tesier
  • Patent number: 11307679
    Abstract: A mouse device includes a housing, a switch, a button, and a biasing member. The housing has an accommodating space therein. The switch is disposed in the accommodating space. The button covers the housing and includes a pivotal portion and a trigger portion. The pivotal portion is pivotally connected to the housing. The trigger portion extends into the accommodating space. The biasing member is located between the pivotal portion and the trigger portion and forwardly exerts force to the button in a forward-backward axial direction of the mouse device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tao-Kuan Chen, Jung-Hsiu Lee
  • Patent number: 11308583
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and media for adjusting one or more images displayed to a viewer are provided. In some implementations, the system comprises: at least one processing circuit configured to: detect an orientation of a viewer based on at least two points associated with the viewer; determine, based on the orientation, a rotational position of a first image to be displayed on a display; and generate a display image for display on the display, wherein the display image includes at least a portion of the first image rotated based on the rotational position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Majd Bakar, David Deephanphongs
  • Patent number: 11301054
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention include a computer peripheral device comprising an input element that operates based on a performance characteristic, an electropermanent magnet (EPM) assembly including a permanent magnet configured to generate a magnetic field and a magnetizing assembly configured to set an intensity of the magnetic field generated by the permanent magnet, and a magnetorheological (MR) material coupled to the input element. The MR material has a viscosity that changes based on the magnetic field and affects the performance characteristic of the input element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Cyril Drezet, Jan Stoeckli, Nicolas Ramond
  • Patent number: 11283912
    Abstract: This application provides a display method and a device and relates to the field of communications technologies, so as to display different content on a terminal and an external display apparatus. A specific solution includes: displaying, by the terminal, a first screen, and instructing the external display apparatus to display a first desktop including a first application but not including a second application, where the first screen is different from the first desktop; and displaying, by the terminal in response to a first input of a user on the first screen, a second screen including the first application and the second application on the terminal, and instructing the external display apparatus to display a second desktop including the first application and the second application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weijie Liu, Junting Jiao
  • Patent number: 11269426
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, systems, apparatus, interfaces, methods, and articles of manufacture are provided for ascertaining aspects of a presentation and/or of an audience member. A presentation remote can be used to obtain information about the presentation and provide it to the audience member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Science House LLC
    Inventors: James Jorasch, Michael Werner, Geoffrey Gelman, Isaac W. Hock, Gennaro Rendino, Christopher Capobianco
  • Patent number: 11250769
    Abstract: A compensation system and a compensation method for life attenuation of an organic light emitting diode (OLED) device are provided to include a display data input module, an equivalent life calculation module, an OLED device attenuation degree calculation module, a display position weight ratio module, a life compensation data generation module, and a data compensation and display data output module. The life compensation data generation module is configured to generate final life compensation data according to a feedback result of the OLED device attenuation degree calculation module and the display position weight ratio module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Limin Wang, Huasheng Su
  • Patent number: 11249561
    Abstract: There is provided a navigation device including an image sensor and a processor. The image sensor outputs a reference frame and a comparison frame. The processor calculates a correlation search window by changing a relative position of the comparison frame with respect to the reference frame. The processor ignores a part of pixel data of the comparison frame without being processed while calculating each correlation value of the correlation search window to reduce total computation load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Len-Li Lim, Rizal Bin Jaffar
  • Patent number: 11243618
    Abstract: In some aspects, the disclosure is directed to methods and systems for an advanced computer input device with a rotational degree of freedom (zrot) in addition to two translation degrees of freedom (x and y), in an easy and intuitive fashion. A plurality of independent position sensors may be arranged on a lower surface of the computer input device, each determining a direction and velocity of motion of the input device when in use. The detected directions and velocities may be compared to determine whether a rotational motion of the input device has been applied as opposed to (or in addition to) a translation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Arkade, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Allan Fuchs, Joel Abraham Kort, Bob Steven Berns
  • Patent number: 11238804
    Abstract: A driving method and a driving device (100) for a display device (200). The display device (200) comprises a pixel array consisting of several rows of sub-pixels, and each row of sub-pixels is correspondingly connected to a scan line. The driving method comprises: partitioning each row of sub-pixels into different areas, and taking the areas of the each row of sub-pixels as the charging start point positions of the scan line corresponding to the each row of sub-pixels (S101); and inputting scanning voltage signals to the different areas of a row of sub-pixels corresponding to each scan line through the charging start point positions of the each scan line to perform partition scanning for the each row of sub-pixels (S102).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignees: HKC Corporation Limited, Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mancheng Zhou
  • Patent number: 11232761
    Abstract: The invention relates to a ghost relieving method for a display panel. The ghost relieving method for a display panel includes acquiring input gray scales; acquiring first gray scales and second gray scales according to the input gray scales; acquiring corresponding first voltages according to the first gray scales and corresponding second voltages according to the second gray scales; and outputting the first voltages and the second voltages to a pixel matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: XIANYANG CAIHONG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yuyeh Chen, Yuan-Liang Wu, Lei Sun
  • Patent number: 11226683
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed to monitor movement of a held object in a virtual reality system. The apparatus comprises a primary tracking system with a first sensor to monitor movement of the user's hand, and a secondary tracking system with a second sensor to monitor a position of the held object. The position is measured in relation to the hand movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Horii, Ian N Robinson
  • Patent number: 11226690
    Abstract: Systems and methods for guiding a user with a haptic mouse are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: detect a behavior of a pointer or cursor, where the pointer or cursor is controlled by a user via a peripheral device; and cause the peripheral device to provide a haptic response to the user, where the haptic response is selected to encourage, discourage, or highlight the behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert, Kyu Sang Park, Frank Franciscus Maria Bertrand van Valkenhoef
  • Patent number: 11201019
    Abstract: A switch module includes a pressing button and a circuit board. The pressing button includes a fastening element. The fastening element extends outward to form a cantilever arm. The cantilever arm protrudes downward to form an operation rod. The operation rod is exposed out of a lower shell which has a first position and a second position. The operation rod slides from the first position to the second position. The other end of the bottom surface of the cantilever arm extends outward to form an extending arm. At least one portion of one end of a top surface of the cantilever arm protrudes upward to form at least one extending foot. The circuit board is disposed above the pressing button. The circuit board is equipped with a first switch and a second switch. The at least one extending foot is corresponding to the first switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsung Shih Lee
  • Patent number: 11194409
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a display apparatus for transmitting content data and a control method thereof. In particular, the present invention relates to a display apparatus for transmitting data of a content of an electronic device by using an electronic pen and a method thereof. In particular, a data sharing method of the display apparatus comprises the steps of: displaying a content; when one of objects included in the content is selected by an electronic pen, identifying a size of data corresponding to the selected object; and transmitting the data through the electronic pen when the size of the data is smaller than or equal to storage capacity of the electronic pen, or transmitting identification information on the data and access information of the display apparatus through the electronic pen when the size of the data exceeds the storage capacity of the electronic pen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Md. Mahmud Muntakim Khan, Faisal Khan, M. Shaykat Shuva
  • Patent number: 11188152
    Abstract: When an operation using a knob and corresponding to the same function is performed simultaneously while an operation using a knob is being performed, the knobs are vibrated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Ueda
  • Patent number: 11189237
    Abstract: A current compensation circuit, a virtual reality device and a control method are disclosed. The current compensation circuit includes: a first constant current sub-circuit, configured to generate a driving current of a backlight module; a second constant current sub-circuit, configured to generate a compensation current of the backlight module; a compensation gating sub-circuit, configured to determine whether to select the second constant current sub-circuit to supply power to the backlight module; and a black insertion control signal generation sub-circuit, configured to generate a black insertion control signal, connected with the first constant current sub-circuit and the compensation gating sub-circuit, and configured to control, by the black insertion control signal, the first constant current sub-circuit and the second constant current sub-circuit to simultaneously supply power to or power off the backlight module, so that the black light module realizes a backlight black insertion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng Pan, Hao Zhang, Lili Chen, Jian Sun, Yakun Wang, Yuanyuan Du, Jinghua Miao, Yu Lei, Xinjian Liu, Ziqiang Guo, Bin Zhao, Ruifeng Qin, Feng Zi
  • Patent number: 11181993
    Abstract: An operation knob device includes a holder arranged adjacent to a display panel, a rotor arranged in a holding portion so as to allow rotation around an axis, a knob for which relative movement in a direction along the axis with respect to the rotor is allowed and relative movement in a circumferential direction around the axis is restricted, a conductive transmission member arranged on a first end side of the rotor. The transmission member includes a first transmission member that moves along the axis in conjunction with the knob, a second transmission member that is attached to the first end so as to rotate integrally with the rotor, and a connecting member that conductively connects the first transmission member and the second transmission member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignees: JAPAN DISPLAY LTD., U-SHIN LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Nishimoto, Nobuo Tsubokura, Kaoru Taketa, Kenji Ito