Patents Examined by Douglas M Wilson
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Patent number: 11752872Abstract: An assembly includes an instrument panel and a base rotatably mounted to the instrument panel between a front position and a stowed position. An interior component is supported by the base. A spring biases the base toward the stowed position.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2019Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Mangesh Kadam, Srinivas Reddy Malapati, Eric D. Veggian, Keith Trudgeon
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Patent number: 11733951Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a microprocessor configured to perform determining whether a position of a first device is a predetermined position, and controlling image displays on a first display portion provided at the first device and a second display portion provided at a second device in accordance with a determination result. The microprocessor is configured to perform the controlling including controlling image displays on the first display portion and the second display portion so that a predetermined image is displayed on the first display portion before it is determined that the first device is the predetermined position, and the predetermined image is displayed while gradually moving over time from the first display portion to the second display portion when it is determined that the first device is the predetermined position.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2019Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Yashiki, Takashi Tetsuka, Atsushi Ito, Nanami Tsukamoto, Shinichiro Yamauchi, Tomoko Shintani
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Patent number: 11727870Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including: a pixel array portion; a drive portion; and a power source wiring; the pixel array portion, at least a part of the drive portion configured to drive the pixel array portion and the power source wiring are forming a panel, the pixel array portion including scanning lines disposed in rows, signal lines disposed in columns, and pixels disposed in matrix in portions where the scanning lines and the signal lines cross each other, respectively, the drive portion including a scanner portion configured to drive the pixels in a line-sequential manner through the scanning lines, and a signal portion configured to supply a video signal to each of the signal lines in correspondence to the line-sequential drive, so that an image is displayed on the pixel array portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Tetsuo Minami, Yukihito Iida, Katsuhide Uchino
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Patent number: 11718175Abstract: According to an embodiment disclosed in this specification, an electronic device may be configured to control a size of an exposed region of a first display based on driving information of a vehicle and to set a user interface for receiving a user input associated with content displayed on the first display to at least one of the first display or an auxiliary input interface based on a size of an exposed region. Other various embodiments as understood from the specification are also possible.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2018Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Inventors: Taeyoung Ha, Sungkwon Kim, Juyeon You, Deokyeol Lee, Sungwook Lee, Changyoul Lee, Yongjun Lim, Jaemo Choi, Jinyoung Choi, Kwaneui Hong
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Patent number: 11715410Abstract: A display apparatus is disclosed. The display apparatus includes a display panel configured to drive a frame of a first resolution at a first frame rate, a communication interface comprising circuitry configured to receive content, and a processor configured to, based on a frame rate of the received content being greater than the first frame rate, adjust the received content to a second resolution, and to control the display panel to display a content of the second resolution at a second frame rate, the second frame rate being greater than the first frame rate.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Minhoon Lee
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Patent number: 11706383Abstract: In various implementations, a method of presenting video streams at a head-mountable device (HMD) includes generating a first video stream at a first frame rate for a first display portion. In some implementations, the first frame rate indicates a rate at which frames are presented by the first display portion. In various implementations, the method includes generating a second video stream at a second frame rate for a second display portion. In some implementations, the second frame rate indicates a rate at which frames are presented by the second display portion. In some implementations, the second frame rate is within a threshold relative to the first frame rate. In various implementations, the method includes temporally shifting the second video stream relative to the first video stream so that a majority of refresh times of the first display portion are different from refresh times of the second display portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2018Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Tobias Eble, Sabine Webel
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Patent number: 11687308Abstract: There is provided, in a vehicle capable of accommodating a plurality of passengers, a display system capable of providing a motivation to start a conversation among the passengers in view of conversation intentions of each passenger. The display system includes a control device, and at least one display device. The control device is configured to perform a conversation desire display process to display a conversation desire level of each of the passengers. Alternatively, the control device is configured to perform a conversation intention display process to display a conversation intention of each of the passengers for the other passengers. The conversation desire level and the conversation intention among passengers are input to the input device provided in the display system, by an operation of the passenger. Alternatively, they are estimated by the control device based on the passenger state information detected by the sensor provided in the display system.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Saki Narita, Tetsuya Kanata, Yozo Iwami, Daisaku Honda, Yuhei Katsumata, Hideki Fukudome, Takuya Watabe, Naoko Ichikawa, Yuta Maniwa, Yuki Nishikawa
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Patent number: 11682355Abstract: The present technology relates to a display apparatus, a display control method, a portable terminal apparatus, and a program capable of representing various states of an apparatus in a limited region. A television receiver includes a display unit that displays a predetermined image, a communication unit that performs communication of image data with another image display apparatus, an indicator unit that is disposed at at least a part of surroundings of the display unit and includes an indicator which is turned on with predetermined luminance, and a control unit that turns on the indicator so as to correspond to a transmission operation of the image data in another image display apparatus. The present invention is applicable to, for example, a display apparatus such as a television receiver.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLCInventors: Masao Kondo, Fumiya Matsuoka, Ken Yano, Hirotaka Tako
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Patent number: 11679679Abstract: A floating-information display includes a first quarter-wave retarder disposed on a side of an optical plate. A reflective polarizer is disposed between the first quarter-wave retarder and the optical plate. A first display is configured to transmit a first image along a first axis through the first quarter-wave retarder to the reflective polarizer. The reflective polarizer redirects the first image along a second axis through the first quarter-wave retarder toward a viewer. The first image appears to the viewer to be oriented normal to the second axis and at a first location. A second display is configured to transmit a second image to the optical plate. The second image is transferred through the first quarter-wave retarder along the second axis toward the viewer. The second image appears to the viewer to be oriented normal to the second axis and at a second location.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Paul Fredrick Luther Weindorf, Pawel Murzyn, Qais Sharif
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Patent number: 11679676Abstract: In representation processing, when a capacity retention is higher than a threshold value while a warranty condition is satisfied, an ECU has the capacity retention shown in a first manner. When the capacity retention is equal to or lower than the threshold value while the warranty condition is satisfied, the ECU has the capacity retention shown in a second manner.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2020Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshihiro Uchida, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Kazuki Kubo, Junta Izumi
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Patent number: 11675200Abstract: Determining a relative location of an object in an environment of a head-mountable device by performing a Wi-Fi round trip time (RTT) process to determine a location of the head-mountable device based on respective round-trip times for a plurality of access points or peer devices, using data generated by an inertial measurement unit as a basis for determining a pose of the head-mountable device, determining a location of a first object in an environment of the head-mountable device, and based at least in part on the location and pose of the head mountable device and the location of the first object, determining a relative location of the first object.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Christopher Hoover, Jay Kothari, Melvin Chua, Alberto Vidal, Prasad Panchalan
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Patent number: 11668075Abstract: A work vehicle 1 includes a display unit 51 of a rechargeable work vehicle 1, and a display unit controller 53 configured to reduce a brightness of the display unit 51 during charge of the work vehicle 1, compared with that during operation of the work vehicle 1.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Makoto Nomura, Takanori Yamane, Kaoru Watanabe
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Patent number: 11639108Abstract: A vehicle display device is configured to be mounted at a housing within a vehicle and to open and close an opening defined at the housing. The vehicle display device includes a first frame configured to be disposed at the opening, a second frame disposed at the first frame and configured to move relative to the first frame, a roller rotatably disposed at the second frame, a third frame disposed at a back surface of the second frame and configured to move relative to the second frame, and a display disposed at a front surface of the first frame and wound around the roller to connect to the third frame. The vehicle display device is configured to open and close at least a portion of the opening, where a size of the opened portion corresponds to a movement distance of the second frame with respect to the first frame.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2020Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Romain Diboine, Seunghwan Song, Seung Mo Kang
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Patent number: 11640086Abstract: A novel display panel that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. The display panel includes a first pixel, a second pixel, and a functional layer. The first pixel includes a first display element, and the second pixel includes a second display element. The functional layer includes a first pixel circuit and a second pixel circuit. The first display element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a layer containing a liquid crystal material. A first distance is provided between the first electrode and the functional layer. A second distance is provided between the second electrode and the functional layer. The first electrode and the second electrode each include a region overlapping with the layer containing a liquid crystal material. The second distance is shorter than the first distance. The second display element includes a third electrode, a fourth electrode, and the layer containing a liquid crystal material.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2022Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hajime Kimura
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Patent number: 11635556Abstract: Method, product and blocking element of short wavelengths in LED-type light sources consisting of a substrate with a pigment distributed on its surface and, in that said pigment has an optical density such that it allows the selective absorption of short wavelengths between 380 nm and 500 nm in a range between 1 and 99%.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRIDInventor: Celia Sanchez Ramos
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Patent number: 11634891Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for navigating an operator of a self-propelled vehicle for coupling with an attachment implement therefor. Each one of a first set of sensing elements arranged on the vehicle coupler forms a sensing pair with a respective one of a set of second sensing elements arranged on the attachment implement. Indicia for each of the sensing pairs on a user interface is displayed to the operator, corresponding to a three-dimensional spatial orientation of the first and second sensing elements with respect to each other. The user interface may comprise respective portions for each sensing pair, each portion comprising an indicator dynamically adjusted in a crosshair corresponding to first and second dimensions of alignment of the corresponding sensing elements with respect to each other, and the indicator in each portion further dynamically adjusted in appearance corresponding to a third dimension of distance between the corresponding sensing elements.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventors: Aashish Sud, Salimnawaz Shaikh, Amit Naik
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Patent number: 11630544Abstract: A touch panel, a display panel, and a display unit achieving prevention of erroneous detection caused by external noise. The touch panel includes: a plurality of detection scan electrodes extending in a first direction and a plurality of detection electrodes facing the plurality of detection scan electrodes and extending in a second direction which intersects the first direction. A ratio of fringe capacitance to total capacitance between one or more selected detection scan electrodes and a first detection electrode is different from a ratio of fringe capacitance to total capacitance between the one or more selected detection scan electrodes and a second detection electrode. The one or more selected detection scan electrodes are selected, in a desired unit, from the plurality of detection scan electrodes, to be supplied with a selection pulse, and each of the first and the second detection electrodes is selected from the plurality of detection electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.Inventors: Takayuki Nakanishi, Koji Noguchi, Koji Ishizaki, Yasuyuki Teranishi, Takeya Takeuchi
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Patent number: 11620932Abstract: A displaying device and a driving method thereof, wherein the displaying device includes a first display panel, a second display panel and a driving circuit; the first display panel includes a plurality of first pixel units that are able to display a color, wherein each of the first pixel units includes a plurality of sub-pixel units; and the second display panel is provided on a light exiting side of the first display panel, including a plurality of second pixel units; wherein a distribution density of the plurality of second pixel units is greater than a distribution density of the plurality of sub-pixel units.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhiqiang Wang, Lin Xu, Xin Ma, Qiuli Wang, Chuan Sun, Jianfeng Yao, Dingyang Tan, Xinyu Wang
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Patent number: 11613181Abstract: An information displaying apparatus for a vehicle includes a translucent cover panel, first and second displays which are placed in erect positions located on one side of the cover panel, and imaging optical elements which are placed beside the first and second displays along a surface of the cover panel on the one side of the cover panel, and are configured to form real images of screens of the first and second displays as floating images in a region located on the other side of the cover panel.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kei Yamamoto, Kenji Sato, Takashi Nishimoto
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Patent number: 11617276Abstract: A display device is configured to be mounted in an indoor space of a vehicle and to change a display area. The display device includes a first frame having a first end configured to be coupled to an interior member of the vehicle, a second frame having a first end coupled to a second end of the first frame, and a flexible display disposed at a first surface of the first frame and a first surface of the second frame. The second frame is configured to rotate about the second end of the first frame, and the flexible display is configured to fold to allow the first surface of the first frame to face the first surface of the second frame.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Seunghwan Song, Sang-Hyeun Son, In Koo Shim