Patents Examined by Kirk W Hermann
  • Patent number: 11735132
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel to display a frame image by arranging line images; and a light source. One frame period includes sub-frame periods each including a writing period and a display period. The line images are written in units of a predetermined number of lines during the writing period. The line images that are written at a time in units of the predetermined number of lines are the same image. In two continuous sub-frame periods in the one frame period, when a line image to be written during the writing period in a preceding sub-frame period differs from a line image to be written during the writing period in a subsequent sub-frame period, a start position of the writing period in the preceding sub-frame period and a start position of the writing period in the subsequent sub-frame period are shifted by one line from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tadafumi Ozaki, Tsutomu Harada
  • Patent number: 11721251
    Abstract: A display device for presenting 3D images is disclosed. The display device includes: a display assembly; a hollow housing assembly, wherein the display assembly is disposed in the housing assembly; a motor connected to the display assembly and configured to drive the display assembly to rotate; and a driving assembly connected to the display assembly and configured to drive the display assembly to display images, wherein the driving assembly includes a wireless power transmission structure and a wireless power reception structure, wherein the wireless power transmission structure is independent from the display assembly and wiredly connected to a first driving power supply, and the wireless power reception structure is wiredly connected to the display assembly and capable of delivering power to the wireless power reception structure by electromagnetic mutual inductance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuhong Liu, Zhanshan Ma, Zheng Ge, Jiyang Shao
  • Patent number: 11715423
    Abstract: A plurality of package units is on a surface of a substrate, and a driving circuit is on the surface of the substrate. Each package unit includes at least one pixel, and each pixel is provided with a plurality of light-emitting elements. The driving circuit electrically connects to the light-emitting elements and is configured to transmit a plurality of gate driving signals and a plurality of data signals to drive the plurality of light-emitting elements to emit light to display images. The driving circuit is partially in the package units and is partially between adjacent package units. The substrate and a portion of the driving circuit between adjacent package units are made to be stretchable, while the package units are not stretchable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignees: Interface Technology (ChengDu) Co., Ltd., INTERFACE OPTOELECTRONICS (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD., INTERSACE OPTOELECTRONICS (WUXI) CO., LTD., GENERAL INTERFACE SOLUTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Ya-Chu Hsu, Po-Ching Lin, Po-Lun Chen, Chun-Ta Chen
  • Patent number: 11714284
    Abstract: An augmented reality headset may include a reflective holographic combiner to direct light from a light engine into a user's eye while also transmitting light from the environment. The combiner and engine may be arranged to project light fields with different fields of view and resolution to match the visual acuity of the eye. The combiner may be recorded with a series of point to point holograms; one projection point interacts with multiple holograms to project light onto multiple eye box points. The engine may include a laser diode array, a distribution waveguide, scanning mirrors, and layered waveguides that perform pupil expansion and that emit wide beams of light through foveal projection points and narrower beams of light through peripheral projection points. The light engine may include focusing elements to focus the beams such that, once reflected by the holographic combiner, the light is substantially collimated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Topliss, Paul J. Gelsinger-Austin, Thomas M. Gregory, Richard H. Tsai, Alexander Shpunt
  • Patent number: 11676556
    Abstract: A method and light-emitting diode (LED) device configured to compensate for crosstalk between rows of the LED device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Vehbi Calayir, Rodrigo Calderon Rico, Bret Rothenberg, Chengrui Le
  • Patent number: 11678002
    Abstract: A controlling device has a configurable key. An insert is provided to the configurable key and includes an indicium representative of a media content provider. An image of the indicium or an image of a QR code associated with the indicium is used to assign one or more commands to the configurable key. The one or more commands are used to cause a controllable device to tune to a channel on which the media content provider is being broadcast, to invoke an app associated with the media content provider, to access a website associated with the media content provider, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Universal Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Menno Koopmans, Rex Xu, Thomas Hascher
  • Patent number: 11650694
    Abstract: A sensor device includes a capacitive touch panel including a plurality of electrodes, an input device configured such that a resonance circuit including a first conductor and a second conductor is covered with a non-conductor, and a sensor controller. The first conductor and the second conductor are capacitively coupled to at least one of a plurality of electrodes in the touch panel when the input device is disposed on the touch panel or when the input device disposed on the touch panel is operated. The sensor controller is configured to detect positions of the first conductor and the second conductor on the touch panel by applying a voltage to the plurality of electrodes in the touch panel based on a resonance frequency of the resonance circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yuto Kakinoki, Naoki Takada
  • Patent number: 11644909
    Abstract: An electronic pen button assembly includes a pen core, a housing, and a button. The pen core includes a rod body and a pen tip disposed at a first end of the rod body. A first limiting portion is disposed on the rod body. The housing includes a pen head with a via hole, and a second limiting portion is disposed in the housing. The rod body extends into the housing through the via hole, and the first limiting portion is matably connected to the second limiting portion. The pen core is in sliding fit relative to the housing in an extension direction of the rod body. The button is disposed in the housing, and the bottom is triggerable by a second end of the rod body during sliding of the pen core along the extension direction of the rod body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yunpeng Wu, Lei Cao, Zifeng Wang, Yan Ren, Xinyan Shi
  • Patent number: 11631376
    Abstract: A non-emissive display includes a backlight controller sending a pulse during each sub-frame of a plurality of frames to row and column drivers that drive backlight zones. The row drivers count each pulse to keep a pulse count total, and reset the pulse count total when it is equal to a first number indicating how many row drivers are present. Each row driver activates its channels and waits for a next pulse if the pulse count total is not equal to the first number and if the pulse count total is equal to a second number indicating in which sub-frame that first driver is to be activated. Each row driver waits for a next pulse if the pulse count total is not equal to the first number and the second number. Each column driver activates its channel in response to receipt of each pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Gaetano L'Episcopo, Giovanni Conti, Carmelo Occhipinti, Mario Antonio Aleo
  • Patent number: 11626071
    Abstract: In the pixel driving circuit, a cathode of a light-emitting device is connected to an output terminal of a driving module; during a first detection period, an anode of the light-emitting device is connected to a low electrical potential power signal; during a second detection period and a display period, the anode of the light-emitting device is connected to a high electrical potential power signal; and in a light-emitting phase of the display period, voltage values of the output terminals of the driving module are all within a preset range in the pixel driving circuit corresponding to different sub-pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Limin Wang, Taijiun Hwang, Zhenling Wang
  • Patent number: 11614835
    Abstract: An information processing device comprising a projection control unit that controls projection of drawing information, the projection being performed by a projection device, on a basis of ratio information between a first distance and a second distance, the first distance being acquired from sensing information regarding a drawing tool and being from a reference point to the drawing tool, and the second distance being from the reference point to an intersection point between a straight line connecting the reference point with the drawing tool and a calibration plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuri Kusakabe, Kentaro Ida, Yu Aoki
  • Patent number: 11615742
    Abstract: A display device includes a display module, a first adhesive member including a thermal initiator and directly disposed on a rear surface of the display module, a sensor unit directly disposed on the first adhesive member, and a second adhesive member including a photoinitiator and directly disposed on at least a portion of the first adhesive member and the rear surface of the display module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sohyun Kim, Muhyun Kim, Yanghan Son, Kyungsu Lee
  • Patent number: 11607153
    Abstract: The abnormal data processing system is provided with: a storage unit for holding a multiple-subject DB in which data on multiple subjects are accumulated and individual-subject DB in which data on individual subjects are accumulated; an individual-subject DB divergence-degree calculation unit for calculating an individual-subject DB divergence degree which is the degree of divergence of the new data from the individual-subject DB; a multiple-subject DB divergence degree calculation unit for calculating a multiple-subject DB divergence degree which is the degree of divergence of the new data from the multiple-subject DB; and a composite divergence degree calculation unit for determining a composite divergence by compositing the individual-subject DB divergence degree and the multiple-subject DB divergence degree using the number of data instances in the individual-subject DB. The abnormal data processing system determines whether or not the new data is abnormal on the basis of the composite divergence degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuko Sano, Akihiko Kandori, Tomohiko Mizuguchi, Ying Yin
  • Patent number: 11602293
    Abstract: To identify physiological states that are predictive of a person's performance, a system provides physiological and behavioral interfaces and a data processing pipeline. Physiological sensors generate physiological data about the person while performing a task. The behavioral interface generates performance data about the person while performing the task. The pipeline collects the physiological and performance data along with reference data from a population of people performing the same or similar tasks. In various implementations, the physiological states are brain states. In one implementation, the pipeline computes bandpower ratios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Optios, Inc.
    Inventors: David Bach, Suhas Chelian, Paul Deguzman, Jacek Dmochowski, Amy Kruse, Will McBurnett, Steven L. Miller, Thomas F. Nugent, III, Paul Sajda
  • Patent number: 11605358
    Abstract: A control unit receives an input image signal including input display gray scale data corresponding to the virtual opposing regions, selects a set of pieces of subpixel gray scale data corresponding to the virtual opposing regions from the input display gray scale data, extracts a maximum amount of subpixel gray scale data among the set of pieces of subpixel gray scale data as extracted gray scale data corresponding to one first pixel facing the virtual opposing regions among the plurality of first pixels, and controls a transmittance of light of the one first pixel using designated pixel gray scale data in a case where the extracted gray scale data has a level equal to or higher than an output determination reference gray scale level, the designated pixel gray scale data being gray scale data having a maximum transmittance of a first liquid crystal panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hidekazu Miyata
  • Patent number: 11599220
    Abstract: A position detection apparatus includes a sensor, and a controller that detects a position of a first position indicator and a position of a second position indicator through the sensor. The controller continues detecting the position of the first position indicator and halts detecting the position of the second position indicator after a state in which the positions of the first position indicator and the second position indicator are not detected changes to a state in which the position of the first position indicator is detected, and continues both detecting the position of the second position indicator and detecting the position of the first position indicator after the state in which the positions of the first position indicator and the second position indicator are not detected changes to a state in which the position of the second position indicator is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomo Asakura, Masamitsu Ito
  • Patent number: 11586290
    Abstract: A system for delineating a location of a virtual button by haptic feedback includes a cover layer, a touch-input sub-system, a haptic transducer, and a haptic controller. The touch-input sub-system includes force-measuring and touch-sensing integrated circuits (FMTSICs), each coupled to the inner surface of the cover layer corresponding to one of the virtual buttons. The touch-input sub-system is configured to determine: (1) supplemental haptic feedback commands if “PMUT Triggered” Boolean data is True for at least one of the FMTSICs (Touched FMTSICs) and light-force conditions are satisfied for all of the Touched FMTSICs, and (2) primary touch inputs if “PMUT Triggered” Boolean data is True for at least one of the FMTSICs (Touched FMTSICs) and light-force conditions are not satisfied for at least one of the Touched FMTSICs. The haptic controller is configured to drive the haptic transducer to generate haptic feedback in accordance with the supplemental haptic feedback commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: UltraSense Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Hao-Yen Tang, Michael Chen, Mo Maghsoudnia
  • Patent number: 11587743
    Abstract: A backlight apparatus includes a light-guiding plate, a light-shielding membrane, a light-reflecting sheet, a plurality of first translucent glue bodies, and a plurality of second translucent glue bodies. The light-guiding plate has a plurality of through holes. Each of the first translucent glue bodies corresponds to one of the through holes. Each first translucent glue body is placed on a front surface of the light-guiding plate, and surrounds a respective circumference of the corresponding through hole to bond the light-shielding membrane thereabove and the light-guiding plate therebelow. Each first translucent glue body has a respective breach. Each of the second translucent glue bodies corresponds to one of the first translucent glue bodies, is placed via at least one portion thereof in the breach of the corresponding first translucent glue body, and bonds the light-shielding membrane thereabove and the light-guiding plate therebelow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Heng-Yi Huang, Hsin-Cheng Ho
  • Patent number: 11574594
    Abstract: A display panel of an OLED display device includes a first pixel configured to emit first color light, a second pixel configured to emit second color light, and a third pixel configured to emit third color light. Each of the first, second and third pixels includes at least two transistors, at least one capacitor and an organic light emitting diode. At least one of at least two transistors or at least one capacitor included in the third pixel has a size different from a size of a corresponding one at least two transistors or at least one capacitor included in the first pixel or the second pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Inventors: Ji-Hyun Ka, Nackhyeon Keum, Kimyeong Eom
  • Patent number: 11556186
    Abstract: A backlight control system includes a keyboard device and a computing device. The keyboard device includes a fixed light sheet, at least one movable light sheet, a light guide module and a key module. The computing device includes a processing unit. The movable light sheet is detachably and electrically connected with the fixed circuit board. The fixed light sheet projects a first light beam to plural keys of the key module through the light guide module. In a special scenario mode, the processing unit drives the movable light sheet to project a second light beam to at least one special key of the key module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.
    Inventor: Hui-Ling Lin