Patents Examined by Calvin C Ma
  • Patent number: 11984054
    Abstract: In an embodiment according to the present disclosure, disclosed is an electronic device including a display, a first housing, a second housing at least partially overlapping and being movable with respect to the first housing, a first conductive region formed or disposed inside the first housing, and a second conductive region formed or disposed inside the second housing so as to at least partially overlap with the first conductive region when the first housing is moved with respect to the first housing, a display in which at least the first region is exposed to the outside of an electronic device through a front surface of the electronic device, and at least one processor in which, when the electronic device is switched from the first state to the second state, a second region extending from the first region of the display is withdrawn from the inside of the first housing and exposed to the outside of the electronic device along with the first region and, when the electronic device is switched from the secon
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eunseok Hong, Seyoon Cheon, Chulwoo Park
  • Patent number: 11983351
    Abstract: A touch data transmission method of present disclosure includes: generating a header information by a first controller according to a detected touch event; generating a first checksum information by the first controller according to the header information; storing the header information and the first checksum information to a memory by the first controller; and, storing a plurality of position information of the detected touch event to the memory by the first controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Chun-Kai Chuang, Jan-Ruei Lin, Yu-Hsiang Lin, I-Sheng Chao
  • Patent number: 11977694
    Abstract: A method, system, and apparatus, including a program encoded on computer-readable medium, for providing remote control of a light beam pointing device. The system includes a camera that captures at least one image at a first location and a light source that generates a light beam in a direction within a viewable area of the camera. At a second location, remote from the first location, a display screen displays images captured by the camera and a controller that controls pointing of the light source toward a desired target object at the first location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Inventors: Steven Quinn McCain, Luis Carlos Urteaga, Miguel Angel Muraira, Micah Glenn Pratt, Billy Glenn Tiller
  • Patent number: 11972050
    Abstract: Instances of a single brain computer interface (BCI) system can be implemented on multiple devices. An active instance can control the associated device. The instances can each communicate with a neural decoding system that can receive neural signals from a user, process the neural signals, and output a command based on the processed neural signals. A device running the active instance of can be in communication with the neural decoding system to receive a command. The device can include a display, a non-transitory memory storing instructions, and a processor to execute the instructions to: run an instance of a control program; and execute the task based on the command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: BROWN UNIVERSITY, THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION, THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
    Inventors: Leigh Hochberg, John D. Simeral, Tyler Singer-Clark, Ronnie Gross, Thomas Hosman, Anastasia Kapitonava, Rekha Crawford
  • Patent number: 11972100
    Abstract: In aspects of user interface adjustments for ergonomic device grip, a mobile device displays a user interface that includes one or more selectable user interface elements. Based on sensor data collected by sensors of the mobile device, a user is determined to be holding the mobile device with an ergonomically incorrect grip pattern. In response to the ergonomically incorrect grip pattern of the user being determined, the one or more selectable user interface elements are moved to a region of the user interface that facilitates the user holding the mobile device with an ergonomically correct grip pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Somina Lakshmana Hanuman Mahath, Priya Krishnamurthy, Amit Kumar Agrawal
  • Patent number: 11972080
    Abstract: A touch display device and a film for the touch display device, capable of increasing power efficiency to provide a hover touch function, by providing a touch display device comprising a display panel having a plurality of subpixels, and having a plurality of data lines and a plurality of gate lines electrically connected with the plurality of subpixels, a touch panel having a plurality of driving touch electrodes positioned to overlap with at least one subpixel among the plurality of subpixels, a touch driving signal for touch sensing applied to one or more driving touch electrodes among the plurality of driving touch electrodes, and a magnetic substance disposed around each of the plurality of driving touch electrodes, on the plurality of driving touch electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wonrae Kim, KyungKook Jang, JongHoon Woo, Sungjin Kim
  • Patent number: 11966511
    Abstract: For measuring quality of view over a visual field of view of an eye, during a measuring period, deviations between gaze positions and associated stimulus positions where the stimulus to be followed was displayed when the gaze position was detected and magnitudes of the registered deviations arte determined. For each field portion of a map of a visual field of view, quality of view is determined in accordance with a quality of view estimates of associated ones of the registered deviations of which the associated stimulus positions are located relative to the gaze position so that the associated stimulus positions are in that field portion. For each of the associated ones of the registered deviations, the quality of view is estimated in accordance with the magnitude of that associated one of the registered deviations and with magnitudes of at least preceding or succeeding ones of the registered deviations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Academisch Ziekenhuis Groningen
    Inventors: Alessandro Grillini, Alejandro Hernández Garcia, Remco Jan Renken
  • Patent number: 11960687
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a touch panel includes steps of sequentially forming a metal layer and a blackening layer on a base layer in a multi-chamber, patterning the metal layer and the blackening layer in a mesh pattern, and etching the metal layer and the blackening layer to form a metal mesh electrode with the blackening layer formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Jin Noh, Ki Joon Park, Jungu Lee
  • Patent number: 11947750
    Abstract: A display device with a sensor in which deterioration of display quality is suppressed even when sensor wires are superimposed on respective slits of detection electrodes disposed side by side. The display device includes detection electrodes, sensor wires, pixels, scanning lines, and signal lines on a first insulating substrate. The detection electrodes are arrayed in a matrix in first and second directions. The sensor wires and signal lines are disposed alternately in the first direction and provided on the same layer. Switching elements of two of the pixels disposed side by side in the first direction each are coupled to one of the signal lines, and the signal line is superimposed on the corresponding detection electrode that straddles the two pixels. The sensor wires are disposed between the two pixels disposed side by side and superimposed on the respective slits of the two detection electrodes disposed side by side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihide Ohue, Yukiya Hirabayashi
  • Patent number: 11941199
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a touch panel with a detection function, an antenna for near field communication, a proximity sensor configured to detect proximity of a communication medium and located near the touch panel, and a processor. In a case that the proximity sensor detects the proximity of the communication medium for communicating with the antenna, the processor sets an operating mode of the electronics apparatus to a near field communication mode for a wireless transmission by the antenna and stops the detection function of the touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuto Uwai, Tomoki Takano, Yusaku Shoda
  • Patent number: 11940838
    Abstract: A method of docking an accessory device includes, at the accessory device, receiving (324) a first transmission energy for wireless charging from an electronic device; in accordance with receiving the first transmission energy: setting (326) a timer, and entering (328) a docked mode; and exiting (330) the docked mode upon expiration of the timer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Carl Edward Picciotto, Daniel Thomas Nevistic, Oscar Hochun To, Ibrahim Iskender Kushan, Henri Antero Autio
  • Patent number: 11934576
    Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method includes measuring brain activity for a target frequency and a second harmonic frequency based on a default value of display parameters for a plurality of icons, determining whether a strength of the target frequency and the second harmonic frequency are below a threshold level, and modifying one or more display parameters in response to the strength of the target frequency and the second harmonic frequency being below the threshold level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER
    Inventors: Insoo Kim, Hossein Hamidi Shishavan, Kia Golzari, Muhamed Farooq, Ercan M. Dede
  • Patent number: 11937486
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate including a front surface, side surfaces extending from sides of the front surface, and a corner between the side surfaces; a first display area at the front surface and including a first pixel electrode, a first emissive layer disposed on the first pixel electrode, and a first common electrode on the first emissive layer; a second display area at the corner and including a second pixel electrode, a second emissive layer on the second pixel electrode, and a second common electrode on the second emissive layer; a first inorganic encapsulation layer on the first common electrode and the second common electrode; an organic encapsulation layer on the first inorganic encapsulation layer in the first display area; and a second inorganic encapsulation layer on the organic encapsulation layer in the first display area and on the first inorganic encapsulation layer in the second display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Han Seo, Woo Young Kim, Woo Yong Sung
  • Patent number: 11928761
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to computer technology, and provides a method for identifying a K-line form and an electronic device. The method includes: obtaining, by a terminal device, data of N1 K-lines of a first stock in a first time window, where N1 is an integer greater than 1; obtaining, by the terminal device, a first target form corresponding to the data of the N1 K-lines and x key K-lines in, the data of the N1 K-lines, the first target form indicating a K-line form of the data of the N1 K-lines, where x?N1; displaying, by the terminal device, the N1 K-lines corresponding to the data of the N1 K-lines and drawing, by the terminal device, a first target form line on the N1 K-lines based on the first target form and the x key K-lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: FUTU NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Xin Xie, Zheng Pei, Jinhui Hu
  • Patent number: 11922886
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a scan driver includes a plurality of stages. An output controller of each of the stages includes a pull-down transistor, and the pull-down transistor includes a first gate and a second gate, where the first gate is electrically connected to a third control node or a node electrically connected to the third control node, and the second gate is connected to a third voltage input terminal to which a third voltage of a second voltage level is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haijung In, Wonkyu Kwak, Kimyeong Eom
  • Patent number: 11914816
    Abstract: A detection device is provided and includes insulating substrate; detection element including first photodiode, thin film transistors including a first thin film transistor; non-detection element including second photodiode and first thin film transistor; reset control scan line; first reset signal line; and second reset signal line, wherein reset control scan line is coupled to two gates of first thin film transistor of detection element and two gates of first thin film transistor of non-detection element, first reset signal line is coupled to a source of first thin film transistor of detection element, and second reset signal line is coupled to a source of first thin film transistor of non-detection element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Akihiko Saitoh
  • Patent number: 11914175
    Abstract: An electronic pen includes a light source configured to emit irradiation light, a rotating body configured to rotate and to reflect the irradiation light emitted from the light source, a first detection member configured to receive the irradiation light reflected by the rotating body, and a first diffraction element provided at an optical path from the light source to the first detection member and configured to diffract the irradiation light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi Saito
  • Patent number: 11916150
    Abstract: One of the objects is to improve display quality by reduction in malfunctions of a circuit. In a driver circuit formed using a plurality of pulse output circuits having first to third transistors and first to fourth signal lines, a first clock signal is supplied to the first signal line; a preceding stage signal is supplied to the second signal line; a second clock signal is supplied to the third signal line; an output signal is output from the fourth signal line. Duty ratios of the first clock signal and the second clock signal are different from each other. A period during which the second clock signal is changed from an L-level signal to an H-level signal after the first clock signal is changed from an H-level signal to an L-level signal is longer than a period during which the preceding stage signal is changed from an L-level signal to an H-level signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Atsushi Umezaki
  • Patent number: 11907445
    Abstract: A computer peripheral device (e.g., a computer mouse) includes an optical sensor configured to generate optical data corresponding to a surface that the computer peripheral device is placed upon and a processor(s) configured to determine, based on the optical data, a relative displacement of the computer peripheral device along the surface, identify one or more characteristics of the surface based on the optical data; compare the one or more characteristics with one or more corresponding baseline characteristics stored in memory; classify, based on the comparing of the one or more characteristics with one or more corresponding baseline characteristics, a type of the surface; and adjust, based on the classified type of the surface, an aspect of the determination of the relative displacement of the peripheral device or an operation of the optical sensor that alters the generating of the optical data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Nicolas Chauvin, François Morier
  • Patent number: 11906355
    Abstract: An in-cell optical sensing display panel includes a pixel array, a plurality of first optical sensors and a plurality of second optical sensors. The pixel array is disposed in an active area of the in-cell optical sensing display panel, and the active area includes a first region and a second region which surrounds the first region. The sensor array is disposed in the first region of the active area and is configured to sense a fingerprint of a finger touching a surface of the in-cell optical sensing display panel. The second optical sensors are disposed in the second region of the active area and are configured to sense ambient light, and the second optical sensors are not to be used for fingerprint sensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yu-Ying Tang, Yao Chung Chang, Chih-Chang Lai