Patents Examined by Charles V Hicks
  • Patent number: 11061490
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission system may include a wireless power transmitting device such as a tablet computer and a wireless power receiving device such as a computer stylus. A wireless power transmitting capacitor electrode may be formed in the tablet computer. A wireless power receiving capacitor electrode may be formed in the computer stylus. The transmitting capacitor electrode may be driven by a drive signal having a frequency of 900 MHz or greater to produce wireless power. The wireless power may be transmitted from the transmitting capacitor electrode to the receiving capacitor electrode on the stylus via near field capacitive coupling. The transmitting and receiving capacitor electrodes may each include conductive traces on dielectric substrates. The conductive traces may follow meandering paths to maximize the possible capacitive coupling efficiency between the capacitor electrodes and thus the end-to-end charging efficiency of the wireless power transmission system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bing Jiang, Blake R. Marshall, Indranil S. Sen, Liquan Tan, Reza Nasiri Mahalati, Yi Jiang, Mohit Narang
  • Patent number: 11061475
    Abstract: A vehicle interior component configured to provide a user interface for vehicle systems is disclosed. The component may comprise a composite structure configured to provide the user interface providing a cover with an exterior surface, a sensor, a display, a functional layer and a positioning layer. The cover may comprise a layer configured to facilitate the transmission of light (e.g. light-transmissive material). The sensor may be configured to detect input from a vehicle occupant at or adjacent to the exterior surface of the cover. The display may be configured to 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 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: 11061466
    Abstract: In respect of virtual-or-augmented reality content comprising data to provide a first sensory scene and a second, different, sensory scene to a user, based on a user-lock-input to lock the first sensory scene; provide for, based on one or both of a user-input to change user orientation in a virtual space and a user-input to change user location in said virtual space, i) presentation of the second sensory scene with a corresponding change in the second sensory scene relative to the user to account for the change in one or both of orientation and location of the user in the virtual space; and ii) presentation of the first, locked, sensory scene with no corresponding change in the first sensory scene relative to the user to account for the change in one or both of orientation and location of the user in the virtual space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Kari Juhani Järvinen, Adriana Vasilache, Henri Toukomaa, Sujeet Shyamsundar Mate, Antti Eronen
  • Patent number: 11049459
    Abstract: The present invention provides a light-emitting display including a display panel, a power supply part, a data driver, a first compensation circuit, and a second compensation circuit. The display panel includes a pixel. The power supply part is connected to a power supply line of the pixel. The data driver is connected to a data line of the pixel. The first compensation circuit section obtains a sensed value through a sensing line of the pixel and obtains a voltage value through the power supply line. The second compensation circuit which generates a compensation value for compensating degradation of an organic light-emitting diode included in the pixel, based on the sensed value and the voltage value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sunyoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11029770
    Abstract: According to some aspect, an image display apparatus may include a communication section receiving a plurality of remote operation signals corresponding to remote operations of a plurality of input apparatuses, and a combination section combining a first image based on the plurality of individual remote operation signals received by the communication section and a second image supplied from other apparatus into a third image, and outputting the third image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takaharu Suzuki, Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Hidetoshi Kabasawa
  • Patent number: 11023389
    Abstract: A hub device includes first and second upstream ports, a first bridge, and first and second downstream ports. The first and second upstream ports are connected to a first host and a second host. The first bridge is connected to the second upstream port. The first downstream port is connected to the first bridge and the first upstream port. The second downstream port is connected to the first upstream port and an input device. The first host generates a first operation result according to the input operation of the input device on the first display area. The first host transmits a first indication signal to the second host through the first bridge according to the input operation of the input device on a second display area, so that the second host emulates the input operation on the second display area to generate a second operation result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventors: Hsiang Chia Wu, Guan Wei Pan
  • Patent number: 11023043
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to detecting hand gesture input using an electronic device, such as a wearable device strapped to a wrist. The device can have multiple photodiodes, each sensing light at a different position on a surface of the device that faces skin of a user. Examples of the disclosure detect hand gestures by recognizing patterns in sensor data that are characteristic of each hand gesture, as the tissue expands and contracts and anatomical features in the tissue move during the gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Paul Joseph Allec, Xiaoyi Mu
  • Patent number: 11016600
    Abstract: A touch sensitive system includes a touch surface, a display, and a latency control system. The latency control system reduces the latency between a touch event occurring on the touch surface and a graphical response displayed by the display. Specifically, the latency control system is a feedback system that synchronizes touch scan and display operations. The touch scan and display operations are synchronized by adjusting timing parameters, such as the start times and frequencies of the scan and display operations. Thus, the latency control system is an adaptable system that may reduce latency even when the processing times of various operations vary over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Beechrock Limited
    Inventors: Owen Drumm, Cathal G. Phelan
  • Patent number: 11016631
    Abstract: In the method, a processor generates a three dimensional interface with at least one virtual object, defines a stimulus of the interface, and defines a response to the stimulus. The stimulus is an approach to the virtual object with a finger or other end-effector to within a threshold of the virtual object. When the stimulus is sensed, the response is executed. Stimuli may include touch, click, double click, peg, scale, and swipe gestures. The apparatus includes a processor that generates a three dimensional interface with at least one virtual object, and defines a stimulus for the virtual object and a response to the stimulus. A display outputs the interface and object. A camera or other sensor detects the stimulus, e.g. a gesture with a finger or other end-effector, whereupon the processor executes the response. The apparatus may be part of a head mounted display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Atheer, Inc.
    Inventors: Allen Yang Yang, Sleiman Itani
  • Patent number: 11017201
    Abstract: According to an embodiment disclosed herein, an electronic device may include a housing, a display panel including a plurality of pixels housed in the housing, a flexible printed circuit board electrically connected to the display panel, a fingerprint sensor disposed under at least a portion of the display panel and on the flexible printed circuit board, a display driver integrated circuit (IC) and a processor electrically connected to the fingerprint sensor and the display driver IC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Kon Bae, Yo Han Lee, Yun Pyo Hong, Dong Hwy Kim, Han Yu Ool Kim, Dong Kyoon Han, Kwang Tai Kim
  • Patent number: 11009951
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods that enable a user to access and interact with content displayed on a portable electronic display in an inconspicuous, hands-free manner are described. There is disclosed a completely wearable system comprising a wearable muscle interface device and a wearable head-mounted display, as well as methods for using the wearable system to effect interactions between the user and content displayed on the wearable head-mounted display. The wearable muscle interface device includes muscle activity sensors worn on an arm of the user to detect muscle activity generated when the user performs a physical gesture. The wearable system is adapted to recognize a plurality of gestures made by the user and, in response to each recognized gesture, to effect one or more interaction(s) with content displayed on the wearable head-mounted display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Bailey, Aaron Grant, Stephen Lake
  • Patent number: 11003299
    Abstract: A touchscreen driver circuit and a touch sensor display device are discussed. The touch sensor display device and the touch sensing method can improve touch sensitivity and improve touch sensitivity and the uniformity of a touch sensing signal while reducing the size of a circuit area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HyeongWon Kang, HongJu Lee
  • Patent number: 10991321
    Abstract: A display control method and a display apparatus are provided. The display control method includes receiving a vertical synchronization signal, calculating a refresh rate according to the vertical synchronization signal, comparing the refresh rate with a threshold value to generate a comparison result, and generating a backlight control signal to control of a display panel of the display apparatus according to the comparison result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Feng-Yuan Chen, Chou-Chieh Chang
  • Patent number: 10990225
    Abstract: A method for optically imaging an object using a display device includes: illuminating, by the display device, an object at a sensing region corresponding to an optical sensor of the display device; conditioning, by the display device, light from the sensing region, wherein conditioning the light includes focusing and reflecting the light; receiving, by the display device, the conditioned light at photodetectors of the optical sensor; and generating, by a processing system associated with the display device, an image of the object based on the conditioned light received at the photodetectors of the optical sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventor: Joseph Kurth Reynolds
  • Patent number: 10990199
    Abstract: An electronic device using a digital pen is provided. The electronic device includes a digital pen, a wireless communication circuit, a processor, and a memory operatively connected to the processor. The memory stores instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to receive a first input through the wireless communication circuit from the digital pen, identify whether a first application or a second application is being executed based on the reception of the first input, when the first application is being executed, identify and perform a first operation associated with the first application from one or more operations corresponding to the first input, and when the second application is being executed, identify and perform a second operation associated with the second application from the one or more operations corresponding to the first input, wherein the first application is different from the second application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byunghyuk Moon, Banghyun Kwon, Hyunwoong Kwon, Junki Jeong, Jongwu Baek
  • Patent number: 10988024
    Abstract: A display device is configured to, when displaying an indicator needle as rotating with a relatively small rotation amount per unit time, display an indicator needle image while rotating the indicator needle image, and, when displaying the indicator needle as rotating with a relatively large rotation amount per unit time, display an indicator-needle motion-blurred image that corresponds to a rotation range per unit time of the indicator needle. An indicator-needle inner end angle formed by two sides of the indicator needle image that form an end thereof that faces a center of the rotation is equal to a minimum motion-blurred inner end angle formed by two sides of the indicator-needle motion-blurred image that has the smallest rotation amount per unit time while the indicator needle is displayed as rotating, the two sides forming an end of the indicator-needle motion-blurred image that faces the center of the rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazumasa Shoji, Ryoko Sone, Yousuke Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10969903
    Abstract: The embodiment of the disclosure discloses a method, a device and a mobile terminal for preventing a false-touch on a touch screen. The method may include comparing an area of a touch area corresponding to a touch event with a preset area threshold; determining whether the touch area overlaps with a touch button area, when the area of the touch area is smaller than the preset area threshold; marking touch points inside the touch button area as invalid touch points, shielding location coordinates of the invalid touch points and location coordinates of the touch points inside a preset area, reporting location coordinates of remaining touch points, when the touch area corresponding to the touch event partially overlaps with the touch button area; and reporting location coordinates corresponding to the touch event, when the touch area corresponding to the touch event does not overlap with the touch button area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Qiang Zhang, Yixue Ge, Hao Wang
  • Patent number: 10969622
    Abstract: A multi-pixel display panel can display an image that includes an informational element. A multi-element backlight panel can backlight the display panel. A controller coupled to the display panel and the backlight panel can control the backlight panel to illuminate the informational element more brightly or more dimly than portions of the image away from the informational element. In some examples, the controller can illuminate personal information more dimly than portions of the image away from the personal information, which can provide privacy for a user. In some examples, the controller can illuminate a prompt for a user action more brightly than portions of the image away from the prompt, which can call attention of the user to the prompt. In some examples, the controller can adjust an illumination level of at least a portion of the backlight panel in response to a sensed ambient light level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Phil Noel Day, Donald Iain MacInnes, Steve Swaine
  • Patent number: 10963007
    Abstract: Methods and systems for presenting a user interface that includes a virtual keyboard are provided. More particularly, a virtual keyboard can be presented using one or more touch screens included in a multiple display device. The content of the virtual keyboard can be controlled in response to user input. Configurable portions of the virtual keyboard include selectable rows of virtual keys. In addition, whether selectable rows of virtual keys and/or a suggestion bar is displayed together with the standard character and control keys of the virtual keyboard can be determined in response to context or user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Z124
    Inventors: Alexander de Paz, Martin Gimpl, Rodney W. Schrock
  • Patent number: 10957273
    Abstract: A display driver includes a processing circuit configured to output display data, a D/A conversion circuit configured to D/A-convert the display data output from the processing circuit, a data voltage output terminal, and an amplifier circuit configured to output a data voltage to the data voltage output terminal on the basis of a D/A conversion result output from the D/A conversion circuit. In a pre-charge period, the processing circuit outputs first pre-charge data as pre-charge data for a D/A conversion circuit DACi, and outputs second pre-charge data different from the first pre-charge data as pre-charge data for a D/A conversion circuit DACj.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Tomie, Akira Morita