Patents Examined by Chayce R Bibbee
  • Patent number: 11977676
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for adjusting content of a head mounted display. An apparatus includes a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor to determine a field of view for a user relative to a display of a head-mounted display unit, detect that the user is attempting to look at content that is presented on the display of the head-mounted display unit but is out of the user's field of view, and adjust the content that is out of the user's field of view to make the content visible to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: John W. Nicholson, Daryl C. Cromer, Howard Locker, Mengnan Wang
  • Patent number: 11954263
    Abstract: Systems and methods for gesture control are described. In some embodiments, a system may include a wearable device configured to be worn on a wrist of a user. The wearable device may include a hub and a wristband. The hub may include a plurality of hub electrodes and a biopotential microchip. The wristband may include one or more wristband electrodes and one or more wristband conductors, which may electrically connecting the one or more wristband electrodes to the electrical port of a sealed housing of the hub, which may in turn electrically connect the one or more wristband electrodes to inputs of the biopotential microchip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Pison Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Tristan McLaurin, Tanya Wang, David Cipoletta, Dexter Ang
  • Patent number: 11947728
    Abstract: A wearable electronic device may include a display, a camera, and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to, based on execution of a first application, control the display to display at least one first object corresponding to at least one first function of the first application at a position corresponding to at least one finger of a user wearing the wearable electronic device, based on identifying that a prespecified finger is in contact with a specific finger among the at least one finger by using the camera while the first application is executed, execute a first specific function corresponding to the specific finger among the at least one first function, based on execution of a second application, control the display to display at least one second object corresponding to at least one second function of the second application at the position corresponding to the at least one finger, and based on identifying that the prespecified finger is in contact with the specific finger by using the camera whi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eunbin Lee, Eunyoung Park
  • Patent number: 11941186
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic pen including a rod-shaped core body having conductivity, a pen pressure transmitter which is connected to the core body and has conductivity and which, in operation, transmits a pen pressure applied to the core body to a pen pressure detector, and a signal transmitter which, in operation, generates a signal to be transmitted from the core body, in which the pen pressure transmitter includes a shock-absorbing mechanism which, in operation, when the pen pressure applied to the core body has a predetermined value or more, absorbs the pen pressure, and the signal from the signal transmitter, in operation, is supplied to the core body through the pen pressure transmitter and transmitted to an outside of the electronic pen through the core body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuto Sakamoto, Shinya Aoki
  • Patent number: 11935471
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device driven at a first driving frequency or a second driving frequency lower than the first driving frequency includes pixels coupled to first scan lines, second scan lines, and data lines, a first scan driver configured to supply scan signals to the first scan lines during a first period and a second period in one frame period, when the organic light emitting display device is driven at the second driving frequency, a second scan driver configured to supply scan signals to the second scan lines during the first period, when the organic light emitting display device is driven at the second driving frequency, and a data driver configured to supply a data signal to the data lines during the first period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Jae Kim, Jin Jeon, Chul Kyu Kang
  • Patent number: 11934574
    Abstract: Modifying vehicle display parameters using operator gaze, including: detecting a gaze of an operator of a vehicle; and modifying one or more parameters of a display based on the gaze of the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: GHOST AUTONOMY INC.
    Inventors: Volkmar Uhlig, Mario Delgado
  • Patent number: 11927752
    Abstract: A control method for an immersive system includes following steps. A communication is established between a mobile device and a head-mounted display device. Pose data of the mobile device is captured. A touch event is detected by a touch screen on the mobile device. An interface layout is defined on the touch screen, and the interface layout includes a plurality of functional regions. A target function is selected from candidate functions by mapping a position of the touch event with one of the functional regions in the interface layout. The target function is executed and an immersive content displayed by the head-mounted display device is rendered according to the target function and the pose data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Hsin Chang, Kuan-Wei Li
  • Patent number: 11928252
    Abstract: An operating method of the display device includes detecting, through at least one sensor, at least one sensing value corresponding to the at least one sensor, identifying a touch area on the display device that is touched by a mobile device, based on the at least one sensing value, receiving status information about an operation that is being executed by the mobile device, from the mobile device, and performing a function corresponding to the identified touch area, based on the received status information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Suhwan Jin, Kunsok Kang, Daeyeon Yun, Seungil Yoon, Eungsik Yoon, Taedon Hwang
  • Patent number: 11920730
    Abstract: A head mounted device includes a ring-shaped mount unit for mounting the head mounted device on a head of a user, the ring-shaped mount unit including a first housing having a band portion on each of both sides thereof and a second housing having an engagement portion to be engaged with the band portion, and the ring-shaped mount unit being formed in a ring shape that enables enlargement and reduction of a circumference thereof by engagement of the band portion with the engagement portion. The head mounted device further includes a circumference holding unit, such as a torque limiter, configured to generate a holding force at least in a circumference enlargement direction of the ring-shaped mount unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takashi Torii
  • Patent number: 11914791
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems and non-transitory computer readable memory for gesture control. For instance, a system may include a wearable device configured to be worn on a portion of an arm of a user. The wearable device may include a plurality of electrodes disposed on an interior of the wearable device and configured to obtain biopotential signals from the user's arm; and a biopotential chip. The biopotential microchip may be configured to output, directly or indirectly, biopotential data, acceleration data, and/or angular rate data, or derivatives thereof (“gesture data”), to a machine learning classifier. The machine learning classifier may be configured to generate, based on the gesture data, a gesture output indicating a gesture performed by the user. In some cases, the plurality of electrodes may include one or more wristband electrodes and/or a plurality of hub electrodes in a hub. In some cases, the hub may be curved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Pison Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Stern, Tanya Wang, Tristan McLaurin, David Cipoletta, Dexter Ang
  • Patent number: 11899209
    Abstract: A virtual reality (VR) wearable assembly is described herein. The VR wearable assembly includes a wearable frame adapted to be worn over a patient's eyes and a pair of photosensor oculography (PSOG) assemblies mounted to the wearable frame such that each PSOG assembly is positioned adjacent a corresponding eye of the patient. Each PSOG assembly includes a display housing having an inner surface defining an interior cavity extending between a first end and second end, a micro-OLED display coupled to the display housing and positioned within the interior cavity adjacent the second end of the display housing, an eye tracking assembly coupled to the display housing and positioned adjacent the first end of the display housing, and a pancake lens mounted to the display housing and positioned within the interior cavity between the eye tracking assembly and the micro-OLED display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Inseye Inc.
    Inventors: Piotr Krukowski, Michal Meina, Piotr Redmerski, Klaudia Borowczyk
  • Patent number: 11868516
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices and non-transitory, computer-readable storage mediums are disclosed for a wearable multimedia device and cloud computing platform with an application ecosystem for processing multimedia data captured by the wearable multimedia device. In an embodiment, a wearable multimedia device obtains first configuration data specifying first operations associated with a first hand of a user of the wearable multimedia device, and second configuration data specifying second operations associated with a second hand of the user. Further, the device captures sensor data from a camera and/or a depth sensor of the wearable multimedia device, and determines a presence of the first hand and/or the second hand based on the sensor data. Further, the device performs at least one of (i) the first operations responsive to determining the presence of the first hand, or (ii) the second operations responsive to determining the presence of the second hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Humane, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Luke Kocienda, Imran A. Chaudhri
  • Patent number: 11868521
    Abstract: A method for determining a gaze position of a user is provided. The method can include obtaining a target distance from the display screen to a target user, and obtaining a user image of the target user, the user image includes: a global image, a head image, and an eye image, and the global image is an image of a target space in front of the display screen. The method can further include determining a first space where eyes of the target user are located from a plurality of preset subspaces within the target space based on the target distance and the global image, and determining a gaze position of the target user on the display screen corresponding to the first space and the user image of the target user, based on a preset correspondence among the subspaces, user images, and screen coordinates on the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Li He
  • Patent number: 11847261
    Abstract: A computer device is provided that includes a display device, and a sensor system configured to be mounted adjacent to a user's head and to measure an electrical potential near one or more electrodes of the sensor system. The computer device further includes a processor configured to present a periodic motion-based visual stimulus having a changing motion that is frequency-modulated for a target frequency or code-modulated for a target code, detect changes in the electrical potential via the one or more electrodes, identify a corresponding visual evoked potential feature in the detected changes in electrical potential that corresponds to the periodic motion-based visual stimulus, and recognize a user input to the computing device based on identifying the corresponding visual evoked potential feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew D. Wilson, Hakim Si Mohammed, Christian Holz, Adrian Kuo Ching Lee, Ivan Jelev Tashev, Hannes Gamper, Edward Bryan Cutrell, David Emerson Johnston, Dimitra Emmanouilidou, Mihai R. Jalobeanu
  • Patent number: 11836285
    Abstract: A system for a spectator to view a virtual reality of a performer includes a head mounted display worn by the performer which produces the virtual reality for the performer to see while wearing the head mounted display. The system includes an audience portion having an audience display for an audience member which receives input signals from a network corresponding to the virtual reality being viewed by the performer on the head mounted display and displays these input signals on the audience display for the spectator to view. A method for a spectator to view a virtual reality of a performer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventors: Kenneth Perlin, Fengyuan Zhu
  • Patent number: 11829573
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for graphical user interface element accessibility is disclosed. The computer-implemented method includes generating a graphical user interface element rendered on a web page as a virtual button displayed on a display screen of a device. The virtual button is not rendered on the webpage and includes an invocable function mapped to the graphical user interface element. The computer-implemented method further includes moving the virtual button along a periphery of the display screen of the device. A rate at which the virtual button moves along the periphery of the display screen of the device is dynamically modified based on a detected identity of a user of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Asako Ono, Tohru Hasegawa, Hiroaki Uetsuki, Shunsuke Ishikawa, Kenta Watanabe, Yasuyuki Tominaga, Issei Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11803246
    Abstract: A gesture recognizing system for recognizing gestures includes a wearable band configured to wrap around an appendage of a user and a printed circuit board (PCB). The wearable band includes a first dielectric layer and a plurality of electrodes affixed on an outer surface of the first dielectric layer. When the first dielectric layer of the wearable band wraps around the appendage, each electrode is configured to form a capacitive sensor with skin of the user. The PCB includes a processor and a data collection hardware configured to collect data from capacitive sensors. The processor is configured to process the collected data and to recognize a gesture of the appendage of the user based on the processed data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK
    Inventor: Louis J. Dankovich
  • Patent number: 11782272
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a virtual reality interaction method, a device and a system. The method includes: acquiring relative pose data of a target individual relative to a head-mounted device at a first time point, wherein the target individual is an individual in a reality space where the head-mounted device is located, the target individual and an individual wearing the head-mounted device are different individuals, and the pose data includes position data and posture data; obtaining virtual pose data of the target individual in a virtual scene of the head-mounted device at the first time point according to the relative pose data; and rendering and displaying a virtual individual corresponding to the target individual in the virtual scene according to the virtual pose data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: QINGDAO PICO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tao Wu
  • Patent number: 11782557
    Abstract: A method for interacting with controls in a graphical user interface (GUI) having a plurality of GUI controls, the method includes identify one GUI control that a user is gazing at, from among a plurality of GUI controls presented on a display, detect user interface gestures performed by the user, when the detected gesture is performed in an airspace away from the display, apply a relative motion corresponding to the gesture to the identified GUI control, and when the detected gesture is performed by the user touching the display, apply a sequence of absolute display locations touched by the gesture to a GUI control presented at the touched locations that is different than the identified GUI control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Neonode, Inc.
    Inventors: Björn Thomas Eriksson, Sven Robert Pettersson, Stefan Johannes Holmgren, Xiatao Wang, Rozita Teymourzadeh, Per Erik Lindström, Emil Anders Braide, Jonas Daniel Justus Hjelm, Erik Anders Claes Rosengren
  • Patent number: 11775050
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosed technology are directed to classifying motion data collected by wearable sensors. Motion data collected by a first wearable motion sensor and a second wearable motion sensor during the performance of an activity can be obtained. The motion data from the first wearable motion sensor can include data associated with one or more first motion primitives and the second motion data collected by the second wearable motion sensor can include data associated with one or more second motion primitives. The first motion data and the second motion data can be synchronized based at least in part on time stamp information. Data associated with a signature motion classification associated with the activity can be determined based at least in part on the one or more first motion primitives and the one or more second motion primitives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Ivan Poupyrev, Daniel Kaufman