Patents Examined by Charles V Hicks
  • Patent number: 11164489
    Abstract: According to one implementation, an image generation system includes a rotor and a motor for spinning the rotor about an axis of rotation, and a display secured to the rotor. The display includes a display surface and a display aperture, a first privacy screen situated at the display surface and having a convex curvature relative to light emitted from the display surface, and a second privacy screen situated between the first privacy screen and the display aperture and having a concave curvature relative to light emitted from the display surface. The first privacy screen and the second privacy screen are configured to substantially prevent rotational blur of an image displayed by the display surface while the display is spun by the motor and the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan D. Nocon, Clifford Wong
  • Patent number: 11163409
    Abstract: A touch panel is provided and includes a substrate having first and second face sides, the first face side being an inputting face side and the second face side being opposite to the first face side; a conductive member that is arranged on the substrate, and that configures input position detecting electrodes in an inputting region; a mounting terminal in a peripheral region that is outside the inputting region in a plan view; peripheral wiring lines disposed in the peripheral region, each having a first end electrically connected to the mounting terminal and a second end connected to one of the input position detecting electrodes; a first light blocking layer arranged on the substrate so as to cover at least a part of the peripheral wiring lines when viewed from the first face side of the substrate; and a second light blocking layer arranged between the substrate and the peripheral wiring line, wherein the first light blocking layer overlaps at least a part of the second light blocking layer so as to partly
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshikatsu Imazeki
  • Patent number: 11145687
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present document relate to a display and, particularly, relate to a display including infrared elements, and an electronic device including the same. The display according to various embodiments of the present document includes a substrate; a first element for outputting light of a first visible light band and a second element for outputting light of an infrared band, the elements being formed on the substrate; and a third element for outputting light of a second visible light band, wherein at least a portion of the third element is arranged to overlaps the second element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Inventors: Changryong Heo, Minuk Kim, Valeriy Prushinskiy, Chihyun Cho
  • Patent number: 11132526
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of display, and provides a fingerprint recognition panel, a fingerprint recognition method, and a display device. The fingerprint recognition panel includes: a touch screen including at least one fingerprint pressing area; and a sensor located below the touch screen, configured to send a driving signal to the touch screen when a press is detected in the fingerprint pressing area, to increase brightness of a pixel corresponding to the fingerprint pressing area in the touch screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xing Fan
  • Patent number: 11132927
    Abstract: A shift register, including: a first input circuit configured to supply a first reference signal of a first reference signal terminal to the pull-up node under control of an input signal of the input signal terminal; a pull-up node state maintaining circuit configured to supply a third reference signal of the third reference signal terminal to the pull-up node when the potential of the pull-up node is a first potential, and supply a fourth reference signal of the fourth reference signal terminal to the pull-up node when the potential of the pull-up node is a second potential; and an output circuit configured to output a first clock signal of the first clock signal terminal to the gate signal output terminal under control of the potential of the pull-up node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Hefei BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Honggang Gu, Xianjie Shao, Lili Yao
  • Patent number: 11126293
    Abstract: An electronic device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a transparent member; a display panel arranged below the transparent member; an ultrasonic sensor, arranged below the display panel, for acquiring biometric information by using ultrasonic waves having passed through the display panel and the transparent member for an external object close to the transparent member; and a light absorbing member for absorbing, through the transparent member and the display panel, at least a part of external light incident on the ultrasonic sensor, wherein the light absorbing member can be arranged between the display panel and the ultrasonic sensor. Other various examples are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Inventors: Jinman Kim, Joohan Kim, Bongjae Rhee, Jeonggyu Jo, Hyojun Koo, Sunggwan Woo, Hyunsuk Choi
  • Patent number: 11120717
    Abstract: An image display device of a slot machine apparatus is provided. In the image display device of a slot machine apparatus, a main image display device is connected to a sub image display device provided at an edge portion of at least one side around the main image display device. The main image display device is formed as a non-flexible image display device, the sub image display device is formed as a flexible image display device, and the edge portion is formed in a curved shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: KORTEK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Je Young Kwon, Yong Hun Park
  • Patent number: 11120266
    Abstract: A head-mounted augmented reality (AR) device can include a hardware processor programmed to receive different types of sensor data from a plurality of sensors (e.g., an inertial measurement unit, an outward-facing camera, a depth sensing camera, an eye imaging camera, or a microphone); and determining an event of a plurality of events using the different types of sensor data and a hydra neural network (e.g., face recognition, visual search, gesture identification, semantic segmentation, object detection, lighting detection, simultaneous localization and mapping, relocalization).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Rabinovich, Tomasz Jan Malisiewicz, Daniel DeTone
  • Patent number: 11108024
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel having a display unit. A touch sensor layer is disposed on the display panel. A window layer is disposed on the touch sensor layer. The window layer has a first refractive index and includes a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. An insulation layer is disposed between the window layer and the touch sensor layer. The insulation layer has a second refractive index that is greater than the first refractive index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chulhyun Choi, Hyungue Song
  • Patent number: 11104229
    Abstract: A vehicle interior component configured to provide a user interface for vehicle systems is disclosed. The component may comprise a composite structure comprising a cover to facilitate transmission of light (e.g. light-transmissive material), a sensor to detect input at or adjacent to the cover, a light panel/display to provide illumination through the cover, a functional layer and a positioning layer. The display may provide illumination through the cover. The user interface may be configured for input at the cover detected by the sensor and/or output from the display presented at least partially through the cover. The composite structure may comprise a substrate and/or may be configured in a contoured shape. The functional layer may comprise a diffuser. The positioning layer may comprise a foam material and/or a spacer fabric. A method of operating the user interface provided by the composite structure is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: SHANGHAI YANFENG JINQIAO AUTOMOTIVE TRIM SYSTEMS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Jesus Maria Galan Garcia, Norbert Truxa, Lucas Eyl, Wei Lange-Mao, Ivo Erler
  • Patent number: 11099662
    Abstract: A pointing element configured to instruct an operation by being pressed against an operation surface includes a pressurizing part, a pressure sensor configured to detect a variation in the pressurizing part, an opposed part opposed to the pressure sensor, a pressing part configured to change a pressing force of pressing the opposed part against the pressure sensor in accordance with the variation in the pressurizing part caused by the pointing element pressed against the operation surface, a signal generation section configured to receive a first signal having a level based on the pressing force from the pressure sensor, and generate a second signal by changing the level of the first signal, and an output section configured to output information based on the second signal to outside of the pointing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yukihiro Karasawa
  • Patent number: 11099658
    Abstract: A model controller includes a trackball having a spherical surface with one of latitudinal or longitudinal data tracks formed thereon. The model controller includes a base unit including a first image sensor adjacent to the trackball to capture images of the data tracks, wherein the captured images of the data tracks include orientation information to determine an absolute orientation of the trackball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Rafael Ballagas, Kevin Smathers, Hiroshi Horii
  • Patent number: 11100860
    Abstract: The display element includes a current-driven light-emitting unit, a capacitor unit including a first capacitor and a second capacitor, an n-channel driving transistor that causes a current corresponding to a voltage held by the capacitor unit to flow through the light-emitting unit and a first switching transistor that writes a video signal voltage to the capacitor unit. In a state in which the first capacitor holds a voltage corresponding to a threshold voltage of the driving transistor, a video signal voltage is written to the second capacitor through the first switching transistor in a conducting state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Toyoda, Seiichiro Jinta
  • Patent number: 11094285
    Abstract: A driving chip, a control method therefor and a display device are provided. The driving chip includes Gamma voltage generating circuits, first power supply voltage output circuits and a color cast adjustment circuit. The Gamma voltage generating circuits correspond to sub-pixels of different colors. The first power supply voltage output circuits are electrically connected to different Gamma voltage generating circuits and each of the first power supply voltage output circuits is configured to output a first power supply voltage to a corresponding first power supply voltage terminal. The color cast adjustment circuit is electrically connected to each first power supply voltage output circuit, and is configured to adjust the first power supply voltage output by at least one first power supply voltage output circuits according to a light-emitting duration of a light-emitting device in a display panel per unit time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: WuHan TianMa Micro-electronics CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yang Huang, Jun Li, Zhihua Yu
  • Patent number: 11093056
    Abstract: A touch sensor comprises a sensing electrode, a bent part having edges bent rearward at four sides, and a cutout part that is joined after being cut at a vertex of the bent part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongjin Son, Duckkyeom Kim
  • Patent number: 11088342
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a substrate, a driving transistor, a first insulation layer, a first electrode and a second insulation layer. The driving transistor is disposed on the substrate and includes a gate electrode, and the gate electrode projects a first projection profile on the substrate. The first insulation layer is disposed on the driving transistor. The first electrode is disposed on the first insulation layer, and projects a second projection profile on the substrate. The second insulation layer is disposed on the first electrode and the first insulation layer. The second insulation layer has an opening, the opening exposes a portion of the first electrode, and the opening projects a third projection profile on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu-Hsien Wu, Yu-Sheng Tsai, Kuan-Feng Lee, Chandra Lius
  • Patent number: 11082550
    Abstract: A capacitive proximity sensor for use in mobile devices such as smartphones and connected tables, in which it is used to switch off a display (70) when the device is brought to the ear, and to reduce selectively the RF power when the device is in close proximity to a body part of a user, in order to fulfil regulatory SAR limits. The capacitive sensor uses two electrodes (60, 30), the first of which may also serve as RF antenna, and the other is preferably on the back of the phone and is opposite the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Semtech Corporation
    Inventors: Chaouki Rouaissia, Hehai Zheng
  • Patent number: 11067791
    Abstract: A wearable device includes at least one lens, an output device, at least one sensor, and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to identify a level of light sensed through the at least one sensor. The at least one processor is also configured to provide a notification related to the level of the light by using the output device when the level of the light satisfies a preset condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seongjin Cho, Naekyung Kim, Yongjoon Kim, Hanjun Kim, Jihyuk Lim
  • Patent number: 11069286
    Abstract: A color compensation method, a compensation device, and a display device. The color compensation method includes: a modeling phase including: obtaining color cast brightness of a first sub-pixel group (100) at a boundary of a display image in a display panel upon different gray levels being input; obtaining a first initial gray level of the first sub-pixel group (100); compensating the color cast brightness to obtain compensation brightness; obtaining a compensation gray level corresponding to the compensation brightness; and establishing a correspondence between the first initial gray level and the compensation gray level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenjing Tan, Hongli Wang
  • Patent number: 11062640
    Abstract: A screen display method includes: determining, in a flexible display screen, a target display region in a display state when a foldable device is in a folded state; acquiring a target brightness difference value of each pixel unit in the target display region according to a position of the pixel unit in the target display region; adjusting a current brightness value of each pixel unit in the target display region according to the target brightness difference value of the pixel unit, to obtain an adjusted brightness value of each pixel unit in the target display region; and performing a screen display according to the adjusted brightness value of each pixel unit in the target display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Song Li, Hui Du