Patents Examined by Ashok Patel
  • Patent number: 11827153
    Abstract: A vehicular cabin monitoring system includes a mirror head adjustably attached at a mounting structure configured to attach at an interior portion of a vehicle. The minor head accommodates a camera and a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) connected in series with each other. A switch is operable in an open state, where current provided by a current driver passes through each individual LED of the plurality of LEDs, and a closed state, where current provided by the current driver passes through a first subset of LEDs of the plurality of LEDs and bypasses a second subset of LEDs of the plurality of LEDs. The switch operates in the open state when the camera captures image data for a first vehicular function, such as occupant monitoring, and operates in the closed state when the camera captures image data for a second vehicular function, such as driver monitoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick A. Miller, Yuesheng Lu
  • Patent number: 11822396
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first insulating substrate including a first substrate end, a second insulating substrate including an outer surface and a second substrate end, an electrode located between the first substrate end and the second substrate end, and a transparent conductive layer disposed on a side on which the outer surface is located. The outer surface includes a flat portion and a sloping portion. A thickness on a side on which the second substrate end is located is less than a thickness on a side on which the flat portion is located. The transparent conductive layer overlaps the sloping portion and is electrically connected to the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Watanabe, Yoshikatsu Imazeki, Yoichi Kamijo, Koichi Miyasaka, Shuichi Osawa
  • Patent number: 11822389
    Abstract: A flexible display panel including: a flexible substrate including a first region, second regions that extend from the first region and that have a curved surface, and a third region folded towards the second regions; a first display region in the first region of the flexible substrate; a second display region in the second regions of the flexible substrate; a plurality of non-display regions outside the first display region or the second display regions, wherein at least one of the plurality of non-display regions is in the third region of the flexible substrate; and an encapsulation member for encapsulating the first display region and the second display regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Un Jin, Woo-Jong Lee, Yang-Wan Kim, Young-Sik Kim, Jun-Sang Lyu, Sang-Min Kim
  • Patent number: 11808436
    Abstract: A light emitting apparatus, including: a first light emitting device with a first substrate having a first upper surface and first bottom surface, a plurality of first LED chips disposed on the first upper surface, emitting a light penetrating the first substrate, and a first wavelength conversion layer directly contacting the plurality of first LED chips and first upper surface, and a first shape in a cross-sectional view; a second wavelength conversion layer directly contacting the first bottom surface; a second shape in the cross-sectional view substantially the same as the first shape; a second light emitting device separated from the first light emitting device, including a second substrate and plurality of second LEDs disposed on the second substrate; a support base connected to the first light emitting device by a first angle and connected to the second light emitting device by a second angle; and a first support arranged between the support base and first light emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chi-Chih Pu, Chen-Hong Lee, Shih-Yu Yeh, Wei-Kang Cheng, Shyi-Ming Pan, Siang-Fu Hong, Chih-Shu Huang, Tzu-Hsiang Wang, Shih-Chieh Tang, Cheng-Kuang Yang
  • Patent number: 11807159
    Abstract: A trim for an object and its method of manufacture involve providing a transparent or translucent substrate defining a top surface, applying an opaque layer above the top surface of the substrate, the opaque layer defining one or more apertures through which light can pass, and applying one or more translucent metallic-looking layers above a top surface of the opaque layer. In some implementations, the trim is a selectively illuminable trim whereby a light source is arranged beneath a bottom surface of the substrate, the light source being configured to output light through the substrate, the one or more apertures defined by the opaque layer, and the one or more metallic-looking layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SRG Global Liria, S.L.
    Inventors: Sergio Piles Guillem, Juan Monleon
  • Patent number: 11810747
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method is provided for producing stacked wafers containing an array of image intensifiers that can be evacuated on a wafer scale. The wafer scale fabrication techniques, including bonding, evacuation, and compression sealing concurrently forms a plurality of EBCMOS imager anodes with design elements that enable high voltage operation with optional enhancement of additional gain via TMSE amplification. The TMSE amplification is preferably one or more multiplication semiconductor wafers of an array of EBD die placed between a photocathode within a photocathode wafer and an imager anode that is preferably an EBCMOS imager anode bonded to or integrated within an interconnect die within an interconnect wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Elbit Systems of America, LLC
    Inventors: Dan W. Chilcott, Arlynn W. Smith, John B. Hammond
  • Patent number: 11805587
    Abstract: A vehicle illumination system provided in a vehicle capable of traveling around a corner by inclining a vehicle body toward a turning direction includes: a headlamp mounted on a front portion of the vehicle; a communication lamp disposed on the vehicle body in a region adjacent to the head lamp so as to be visible from ahead of the vehicle; and an illumination control unit configured to change a lighting mode of the communication lamp depending on a state of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Fujii, Hiroyuki Harada
  • Patent number: 11800761
    Abstract: A display comprises a substrate (e.g., glass), a plurality of pixel circuits disposed on a back surface of the substrate, and a plurality of self-emitting devices disposed on a front surface of the substrate. The self-emitting devices are electrically connected to the plurality of pixel circuits by at least one electrically conductive via traveling through the substrate. Each pixel circuit comprises a first and a second transistor and a capacitor. The self-emitting devices may be LEDs or OLEDs for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: V-Finity, Inc.
    Inventor: Heng Liu
  • Patent number: 11798773
    Abstract: The present invention provides an emitter, which comprises carbon nanotubes and is excellent in the efficiency of electron emission, and an X-ray tube comprising the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: AweXome Ray, Inc.
    Inventors: Se Hoon Gihm, Keun Soo Jeong
  • Patent number: 11788712
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for illuminating decorations according to various aspects of the present invention may comprise a light source and a diffuser. A connector may connect the light source to the decoration. A reflector may reflect light from the light source towards an anticipated observer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Inventor: Daniel J. Noblitt
  • Patent number: 11789185
    Abstract: Provided is a reflective sheet that includes a reflective layer having a wide reflection wavelength range, excellent diffusion reflection properties, and inconspicuous defects. The reflective sheet includes a plurality of reflective layers that are laminated, the reflective layers being obtained by immobilizing a cholesteric liquid crystalline phase, in a cross-section of the reflective layer observed with a scanning electron microscope, at least a part of bright portions and dark portions derived from the cholesteric liquid crystalline phase has a flapping structure, a helical pitch in one or more reflective layers changes in a thickness direction, and a thickness of a reflective layer that is formed on a surface other than a surface of the reflective layer is less than those of other reflective layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Ishiguro, Hideki Kaneiwa, Nobuhiko Ichihara, Akira Yamamoto, Ryuji Saneto, Michio Nagai
  • Patent number: 11791121
    Abstract: A field emission electron source and a method of manufacturing the same. A field emission electron source comprises an emitting electrode and an extractor gate electrode. The emitting electrode comprising a plurality of particles with nanosharp protrusions. The extractor gate electrode comprises a metal. The extractor gate electrode is formed in a same plane as the emitting electrode. The extractor gate electrode is formed surrounding the emitting electrode. A method of manufacturing a field emission electron source comprises forming an emitting electrode comprising a plurality of particles with nanosharp protrusions using a direct ink writing (DIW) printer. The method comprises forming an extractor gate electrode comprising a metal using the DIW printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
    Inventors: Luis Fernando Velásquez-García, Imperio Perales-Martinez
  • Patent number: 11781731
    Abstract: A steerable illumination fixture includes an emitting source and a refractive optical system that steers an emitted beam by relative translation of the emitting source against the optical system. The light emitting source may be placed along an optical axis of one or more lenses to produce an output beam along that axis, or translated in-plane (orthogonal to the optical axis) relative to the lenses to produce a steered beam. The optical system may include refractive lenses or mixing channels and/or one or more baffles with apertures. A round, uniform beam results that retains approximately the same power level and beam width as it is steered. A second lens having a diameter equal to or larger than a first lens may be provided and configured with an effective focal plane of the two lenses located approximately at the plane of the light emitting source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: GLINT PHOTONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Gladden, Andrew Kim, Peter Kozodoy, John Lloyd
  • Patent number: 11782313
    Abstract: Backlighting device for a screen for a television, mobile phone or the like, which includes a first light source adapted to emit light having a peak wavelength between 600 and 630 nm; a second light source adapted to emit light having a peak wavelength between 510 and 530 nm; a third light source adapted to emit light having a peak wavelength between 440 and 460 nm; and the light emitted by one of the light sources has a bandwidth of less than 15 nm, preferably less than 10 nm, more preferably less than 5 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Gemex Consultancy B.V.
    Inventor: Johannes Otto Rooijmans
  • Patent number: 11778886
    Abstract: Provided are a display substrate and a preparation method thereof, and a display apparatus. The display substrate includes a first display region and a second display region within the first display region, wherein the first display region includes a plurality of emitting units, and the second display region includes a plurality of electrophoretic units, the plurality of emitting units are configured to realize display, and the plurality of electrophoretic units are configured to realize switch between a display state and a transparent state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: Chongqing BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xu Li, Dawei Shi, Lu Yang, Wentao Wang, Cenhong Duan, Can Huang, Bangwei Wu, Pei Wang
  • Patent number: 11769991
    Abstract: A glow discharge tube comprising a gas-sealed envelope, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The gas-sealed envelope defining an interior with an interior surface defining a first interior portion with a first interior surface and a second interior portion with a second interior surface. The first electrode being located within the first interior portion, and the second electrode being located within and in contact with the second interior portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Juan P. Borja, Joseph Darryl Michael, Matthew Jason Pittman, Peter John Desalvo, Matthew Michael Langenderfer
  • Patent number: 11765923
    Abstract: A light emitting element, display device, and method of manufacture of the same are disclosed. In one example, a light emitting element includes a lower layer/interlayer insulation layer; a light reflection layer formed on the lower layer/interlayer insulation layer; an upper layer/interlayer insulation layer; a first electrode formed on the upper layer/interlayer insulation layer; an insulation film formed at least on a region of the upper layer/interlayer insulation layer where the first electrode is not formed; an organic layer formed over the insulation film from above the first electrode, the organic layer having a light emitting layer including an organic light emitting material; and a second electrode formed on the organic layer. A groove is formed in a portion of the upper layer/interlayer insulation layer located in an edge region of the light emitting element, and an upper portion of the groove is closed with the insulation film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Takayoshi Kato, Naoya Kasahara, Shimpei Tsujikawa
  • Patent number: 11762128
    Abstract: A method for producing an aperture array for a microlens array, in particular for a microlens array of a vehicle headlamp, comprising at least the following steps: providing a wafer having a microlens array arranged on a first wafer surface, masking a second wafer surface of the wafer by means of a shadow mask, wherein the shadow mask includes a negative of the aperture array, coating the masked wafer surface with an opaque layer, removing the shadow mask and obtaining the aperture array on the second wafer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: William Castellon Rivera, Benjamin Willeke
  • Patent number: 11752950
    Abstract: The present invention provides a foldable automotive display device and a vehicle. The display device of the present invention is used for being fixed in a carriage, the display device includes a folded portion and a plurality of unfolded portions located on both sides of the folded portion, two adjacent unfolded portions are rotatably connected by a rotating component, and the rotating component is disposed corresponding to the folded portion. One unfolded portion is used for being fixed on the carriage, and the others fold or unfold the display device by the rotating component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qi Ouyang, Mugyeom Kim
  • Patent number: 11749970
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a device for generating broad spectrum ultraviolet radiation is provided. The device includes an adjustable spark gap of metallic solids, the spark gap including: a first electrode coupled to a first heatsink, and a second electrode coupled to a second heatsink, the second electrode spaced apart and opposite from the first electrode. The device includes a variable capacitor configured to discharge a voltage through the spark gap to generate broad spectrum ultraviolet radiation. The device includes a voltage source. The device includes a controller configured to control the variable capacitor. The first electrode is formed from a first metallic solid and the second electrode is formed from a second metallic solid, and the ultraviolet radiation generated is in the 140 nm to 400 nm range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: RGF ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP, INC.
    Inventor: Jeffrey David Behary