Patents Examined by Joseph R. Haley
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Patent number: 11741741Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection device includes: a substrate; a plurality of photodiodes provided to the substrate and arranged in a first direction; a plurality of lenses provided so as to overlap the photodiodes; and a light-blocking layer provided between the photodiodes and the lenses and having a plurality of openings. More than one of the openings is provided in each of regions overlapping the respective photodiodes, and an arrangement direction of the openings in each of the regions overlapping the respective photodiodes is at an angle to the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Keiji Tago, Kimitoshi Ohgiichi, Satoru Kawasaki
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Patent number: 11740446Abstract: A head-mounted display may include a display system and an optical system in a housing. The display system may have a pixel array that produces light associated with images. The display system may also have a linear polarizer through which light from the pixel array passes and a quarter wave plate through which the light passes after passing through the quarter wave plate. The optical system may be a catadioptric optical system having one or more lens elements. The lens elements may include a plano-convex lens and a plano-concave lens. A partially reflective mirror may be formed on a convex surface of the plano-convex lens. A reflective polarizer may be formed on the planar surface of the plano-convex lens or the concave surface of the plano-concave lens. An additional quarter wave plate may be located between the reflective polarizer and the partially reflective mirror.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sajjad A. Khan, Nan Zhu, Graham B. Myhre, Brent J. Bollman, Tyler Anderson, Weibo Cheng, John N. Border
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Patent number: 11733794Abstract: An electronic device to receive fingerprint data and a method for the same is provided. The electronic device includes a touch unit including a plurality of touch pixels, a display unit, and a sensing unit including a plurality of sensing pixels. The method includes receiving a finger touch signal through the touch unit, determining a finger touch region in the touch unit, determining a first region in the display unit, determining a sensing region in the sensing unit, wherein the sensing region is overlapped with the finger touch region, and receiving the fingerprint data through the sensing unit, wherein a density of a part of the plurality of touch pixels in the finger touch region is less than a density of a part of the plurality of sensing pixels in the sensing region.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATIONInventors: Chandra Lius, Kuan-Feng Lee
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Patent number: 11709566Abstract: A touch panel is disclosed herein. In an embodiment, the touch panel includes a substrate with first and second surfaces, a drive electrode facing the first surface, a plurality of touch detection electrodes facing the second surface, and a dummy electrode between adjacent touch detection electrodes. Each touch detection electrode includes a first conductive thin wire extending parallel to the first and second surfaces. The dummy electrode includes a second conductive thin wire extending along the first conductive thin wire. The first conductive thin wire includes a first bent portion and a second bent portion alternately arranged with the first conductive thin wire having a zigzag pattern. The second conductive thin wire includes a third bent portion and a slit that are alternately arranged. The third bent portion is arranged on a virtual straight line formed by virtually connecting the first bent portions of one first conductive thin wire.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2022Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Koji Ishizaki, Hayato Kurasawa, Takeo Koito
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Patent number: 11710340Abstract: A photodiode array is provided and includes insulating substrate; photodiodes arrayed in detection region of insulating substrate, photodiodes configured to output signal in accordance with light incident on photodiodes; first switching elements corresponding to photodiodes and including first semiconductor made of oxide semiconductor; gate lines coupled with first switching elements and extending in first direction; signal lines coupled with first switching elements and extending in second direction intersecting first direction; and gate line drive circuit including second switching element that includes second semiconductor made of polycrystalline silicone, gate line drive circuit being provided in peripheral region outside detection region and configured to drive gate lines, wherein photodiodes includes translucent conductive layer that is cathode, and translucent conductive layer overlaps none of signal lines in plan view.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2022Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Makoto Uchida, Takanori Tsunashima, Masahiro Tada, Tomoyuki Ito, Takashi Nakamura
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Patent number: 11688342Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pixel displaying an image. A pixel includes an organic light emitting diode, a first transistor controlling an amount of current flowing from a first driving power supply to a second driving power supply via the organic light emitting diode in response to a voltage of a first node; a storage capacitor connected between the first node and the first driving power supply; a second transistor connected between a data line and the first node and turned on when a scan signal is supplied to a first scan line, and an auxiliary transistor connected between the second transistor and the data line and turned on when a scan signal is supplied to a second scan line. The second transistor and the auxiliary transistor have an overlapping turn-on period, and the second transistor is turned off before the auxiliary transistor is turned off.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2022Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tae Hoon Kim, Ji Hyun Ka, Seung Kyu Lee
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Patent number: 11670107Abstract: A fingerprint unlocking method, includes obtaining a fingerprint image through an optical fingerprint sensor of an electronic device when a user performs fingerprint unlocking on the electronic device; obtaining an extended fingerprint image by performing fingerprint extending processing on the fingerprint image according to a preset curvature; and unlocking the electronic device if the extended fingerprint image matches a preset fingerprint image.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2022Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ning Hao
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Patent number: 11665388Abstract: A display apparatus, a method for executing an application thereof, an external device remotely controlling the display apparatus, and a method for providing an application control screen thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes a display that displays an application execution screen, the application execution screen displaying an application; a communication unit that communicates with an external server and an external device that remotely controls the display apparatus; and a control unit that transmits to the external device a generation signal that instructs the external device to generate an application control screen in response to receiving an input command to execute the application, controls the communication unit to receive a command from the external device input through the application control screen, and operates the application according to the received command.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Joo-youn Kim, Yong-hwan Kwon
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Patent number: 11662841Abstract: An extended reality (XR) handheld controller to operate with a head-mounted display (HMD) device and information handling system includes the HMD device having an HMD processor, a data storage device, and an HMD display device to present to a user an XR image of an environment and the XR handheld controller may include a handheld controller microcontroller, a handle portion, a multimodal joystick, and a fingerprint reader formed into the multimodal joystick, wherein the multimodal joystick provides directional input when the fingerprint reader detects a user's fingerprint and the user tilts the multimodal joystick in a direction, and wherein the multimodal joystick provides push-button input when the fingerprint reader does not detect the user's fingerprint and the user presses a side of the multimodal joystick.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Dell Products, LPInventors: Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert, Thomas Marcus Hinskens, Loo Shing Tan, Gerald Rene Pelissier, Martin Douglas Sawtell
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Patent number: 11662766Abstract: A touch-sensitive screen, in particular for use in a motor vehicle, is described. The screen comprises a rigid cover layer with a roughened surface, a polarization layer arranged beneath the cover layer, a touch sensor layer arranged beneath the polarization layer, and a display of the touch-sensitive screen.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: E.SOLUTIONS GMBHInventor: Jens Rasmussen
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Patent number: 11657641Abstract: A biometric sensing device and a display apparatus including the same are provided. The biometric sensing device includes a first thin film transistor, a second thin film transistor, and a photodiode. The first thin film transistor has a gate. The second thin film transistor has a semiconductor layer and a non-gate electrode terminal. The non-gate electrode terminal is electrically connected to the gate of the first thin film transistor. The photodiode contacts a semiconductor layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2022Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Innolux CorporationInventors: Yu-Tsung Liu, Te-Yu Lee
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Patent number: 11657642Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a biometric image using an optical biometric imaging arrangement including a set of micro lenses adapted to redirect incoming light onto a photodetector pixel array, the method comprising: capturing a biometric image including a set of sub-images using an optical biometric imaging device; estimating a spatial transformation between the at least one biometric sub-image and corresponding masking calibration sub-images; applying the spatial transformation to retrieved illuminance calibration sub-images adapted for illuminance calibration for captured biometric sub-images to align the illuminance calibration sub-images with the biometric image; and normalizing the biometric sub-images using the aligned calibration sub-images for providing a normalized biometric image based on the normalized biometric sub-images.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: FINGERPRINT CARDS ANACATUM IP ABInventor: Arne Husth
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Patent number: 11657643Abstract: A fingerprint sensing device including a plurality of pixel blocks is provided. The pixel blocks are arranged in an array. Each of the pixel blocks includes a conversion gain. At least two of the conversion gains are different, and the pixel block located in a central location of the array has a minimum conversion gain.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2022Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Shu-Fang Wang, Dong-Hai Huang
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Patent number: 11645864Abstract: To provide an imaging device capable of reducing discomfort caused by visible light. A light source can emit the visible light and invisible light as irradiation light. An imaging unit captures an image of an irradiation region irradiated with the irradiation light to acquire an image. A processor causes the imaging unit to acquire a detection image in a first irradiation mode in which the invisible light is emitted from the light source, and determines whether a biometric object is presented in the irradiation region based on the detection image. When the biometric object is presented, the processor causes the imaging unit to acquire the biometric image obtained by copying the biometric object as the image in a second irradiation mode in which the visible light and the invisible light are emitted from the light source.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yusuke Matsuda, Naoto Miura, Akio Nagasaka, Yo Nonomura, Keiichiro Nakazaki
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Patent number: 11635891Abstract: The invention relates to an input device (6) for operating a multimedia device (4) depending on the position of a user's finger on a pressure plate (24) comprising: the pressure plate (24) which comprises a bottom side (50) and a top side (48) opposite the bottom side (50), on which the user can move their finger, a regular grid (15) made of tactile elements (26) which can be haptically sensed by the finger of the user and which are formed on the top side (48) of the pressure plate (24), and a sensor (62) arranged on the bottom side (50) of the pressure plate (24) which is set up to transmit a button selection signal (42) to the multimedia device (4) depending on the position of the finger on the top side (48).Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignees: FM MARKETING GMBHInventor: Ferdinand Maier
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Patent number: 11625903Abstract: A sensing device includes a plurality of sensing sets having a plurality of lenses and a plurality of sensing units. The sensing units are configured to collect reflected light which pass through the lenses. Each sensing set adopts a structure which includes one sensing unit and multiple lenses for providing fingerprint sensing with high accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: InnoLux CorporationInventors: Chandra Lius, Yu-Tsung Liu
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Patent number: 11625943Abstract: A fingerprint sensing apparatus including a first substrate, a light sensing structure, a second substrate, a lens layer, a filler, and a first light shielding layer is provided. The light sensing structure is disposed on a sensing area of the first substrate. The lens layer is disposed on the second substrate. The lens layer has multiple first convex portions and a first concave portion. The filler is disposed between the lens layer and the light sensing structure. The refractive index of the filler is greater than the refractive index of the lens layer. The first light shielding layer is disposed between the second substrate and the lens layer. A solid of the first light shielding layer overlaps the first convex portions of the lens layer. An opening of the first light shielding layer overlaps the first concave portion of the lens layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Jui-Ping Yu, Che-Wei Lin
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Patent number: 11625944Abstract: A fingerprint recognition system is disposed below a screen assembly of an electronic device and includes a light-emitting diode (LED), an image sensor, and a light shielding member. A light emitting surface of the LED faces the screen assembly and is configured to emit an optical signal. A photosensitive surface of the image sensor faces the screen assembly, where the optical signal received by the image sensor includes a fingerprint optical signal returned after being emitted by the LED to a finger, to generate a fingerprint image. The light shielding member is located between the LED and the image sensor, to block a part of signal light emitted by the LED.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2020Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Jiao Lin, Xu Peng, Xiujuan Wan
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Patent number: 11615641Abstract: A fingerprint identification module is provided. The fingerprint identification module includes: a base substrate, a first conductive layer, and a third conductive layer that are laminated sequentially. The first conductive layer includes a first signal line and a second signal line, wherein the first signal line extends along a first direction and is connected to a gate of a reset transistor in a pixel sensing circuit, and the second signal line extends along the first direction and is connected to a gate of a switch transistor in the pixel sensing circuit. The third conductive layer includes a first conductive portion configured to form a first electrode of a photodiode in the pixel sensing circuit, wherein an orthographic projection of the first conductive portion on the base substrate does not overlap with orthographic projections of the first signal line and the second signal line on the base substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mingdong Wang, Xuan Feng, Yunke Qin, Jiabin Wang, Yangbing Li, Ping Zhang, Lei Wang
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Patent number: 11605240Abstract: Designs of a sensor module with fewer number of pins are described. According to one aspect of the designs, a sensor module operates on a predefined number of clocks in a clock signal in contrast of rising or falling edges of clocks or pulses thereof commonly relied upon in a prior art sensor module, thus reducing considerably the requirements on the clock signals needed to support the sensor module. More importantly, the pins of the sensor module are far fewer than those in a prior art system. Subsequently, the complexity of supporting circuits for the sensor module in the sensor module of the present invention can be simplified.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: CMOS Sensor, Inc.Inventors: Hui Wei, Weng Lyang Wang