Patents Examined by Koosha Sharifi-Tafreshi
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Patent number: 11360582Abstract: A stylus includes a first sensor configured to receive a first receive signal from a touch sensor of a device, and a second sensor configured to receive a second receive signal from the touch sensor of the device. The stylus includes an amplifier coupled to the first and second sensors and configured to produce a third signal by amplifying the difference between the first receive signal and the second receive signal. The stylus includes a controller configured to decode information encoded in the first receive signal and the second receive signal by processing the third signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.Inventor: Thomas Bell
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Patent number: 11355071Abstract: A display device includes: a display area including pixels for displaying an image; a non-display area adjacent to the display area; scan lines connected to the pixels; a first scan driver circuit disposed in the non-display area, where the first scan driver circuit is connected to first scan lines among the scan lines, and outputs first scan signals to the first scan lines; and a second scan driver circuit disposed in the non-display area, where the second scan driver circuit is connected to second scan lines among the scan lines, and outputs second scan signals to the second scan lines. The second scan driver circuit is disposed farther away from the display area than the first scan driver circuit is.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Tae Hyun Kim, Jong Hyun Choi, Seung Hwan Cho
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Patent number: 11340736Abstract: Provided is an image display method for performing drawing in a display region overlapping at least with a part of an external scene in a state in which the external scene is visible. The image display method images a region including the display region, and extracts an operating object from a captured image in which this region is imaged, as a region of a color of the operating object. In accordance with a size of the region of the color thus extracted, a drawing mode of the operating object is changed, and image display in the display region is controlled in accordance with the changed drawing mode. As the control of the image display, for example, performing drawing, and moving or replicating a drawn image is assumed.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Tomizawa, Hiroaki Baba
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Patent number: 11340703Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for smart glasses based configuration of programming code are provided. A smart glasses device may capture a sequence of user eye positions using one or more sensors. A user interface may display one or more selectable programming functions. Each programming function may be pre-associated with a segment of programming code implementing the function. The user eye positions captured by the smart glasses may be filtered based on the degree of visual focus. A calibration engine may map each user eye position to one of the selectable programming functions displayed on the user interface. The selected programming functions may be ordered based on the sequence of user eye positions. A software application may be configured by assembling the segments of programming code associated with each programming function.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2021Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Bank of America CorporationInventor: Vasuki Anand
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Patent number: 11340780Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The disclosed electronic device comprises: a touch screen display structure; a first wireless communication circuit; a second wireless communication circuit; a stylus pen including at least one button which can be pressed or touched; a processor operationally connected to the touch screen display structure and the first wireless communication circuit; and a memory operationally connected to the processor. A first application program including a first user interface, and a second application program including a second user interface are stored in the memory.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2019Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sangmin Shin, Donghoon Kang, Jikwang Kang, Kyuhong Kim, Yeojeong Yoon, Yusun Cheong, Yeunwook Lim
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Patent number: 11334310Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving playback statuses from one or more second client computing devices that are in a synchronous presentation session with a first client computing device. Content presented on the first client computing device and the one or more second client computing devices may be determined to be out of synchronization. A plurality of synchronization options for synchronization of the content may be displayed on the first client computing device. The plurality of synchronization options may be based on the playback statuses associated with the first client computing device and the one or more second client computing devices. A particular synchronization option may be selected from the plurality of synchronization options. The content on the first client computing device may be synchronized with the one or more second client computing devices based on the particular synchronization option.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2021Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC.Inventors: Thai Gia Tran, Aditya Aghi, Olivier Alain Pierre Notteghem, Gregory Stephen Williams
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Patent number: 11335301Abstract: A device for dimming a display screen includes a pixel driving circuit including a first Thin-Film Transistor, a second Thin-Film Transistor, a third Thin-Film Transistor, a capacitor and a pixel. Signals received by a gate of the first Thin-Film Transistor and a first electrode of the first Thin-Film Transistor correspond to a scanning signal Vscan and a data signal Vdata, respectively. Signals received by a gate of the third Thin-Film Transistor and a first electrode of the third Thin-Film Transistor correspond to a Vpwm signal and a transmitted signal transmitted from a second electrode of the second Thin-Film Transistor, respectively. A second electrode of the third Thin-Film Transistor is connected to the pixel. The capacitor is connected between the gate of the second Thin-Film Transistor and a power supply.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2021Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: KUNSHAN GO-VISIONOX OPTO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuqing Wang
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Patent number: 11327578Abstract: A control circuit for an input device including a micro-switch is provided. The control circuit includes an input circuit, a receiver circuit, a control unit, and a detecting unit. The input circuit includes a first contact and a second contact for electrically connecting to the micro-switch. The receiver circuit includes a third contact and a fourth contact for electrically connecting to the micro-switch. The control unit is electrically connected to the first contact and the third contact for providing an input signal via the first contact to the micro-switch and receiving a switching signal from the micro-switch via the third contact. The detecting unit detects a voltage of the second contact to generate a detecting signal. The control unit receives the detecting signal to determine a type of the micro-switch.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2021Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Kuo-En Lin, Shau-Yang Hsieh, Ming-Hsing Chuang, Sheng-Yu Wang, Chih-Yuan Lin, Shih-Hung Chou, Xin-Han Cai, I-Ting Hsieh
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Patent number: 11327581Abstract: Active pen includes first and second electrodes provided at different positions, a transmission circuit that uses a booster circuit to cause a change in the first electrode to thereby transmit a downlink signal, a reception circuit that uses the second electrode to detect an uplink signal, and a stop filter that prevents a change in a potential of the first electrode from affecting a potential of the uplink signal detected by the reception circuit.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2021Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masayuki Miyamoto, Takeshi Koike, Naoki Watanabe
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Patent number: 11317742Abstract: A framed collectible for displaying a continuously-looping playback of a digital video file is provided, wherein a display panel is controlled by a display controller to play at least one video file in a continuous loop on the display panel only while an output signal from a magnet sensor indicates no proximity to a magnet proximal to the back side of the display panel. The display controller has a printed circuit board that incorporates at least one processor and at least one memory that contains at least one video file. The memory, which in an embodiment can be flash memory, is factory programmed and therefore the memory content cannot be changed by an end user. Packaging for storage and shipping of the framed collectible is also provided, which incorporates a magnet that is sensed by the magnet sensor to keep continuously-looping video playback switched off while the device is stored.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Infinite Objects, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Saavedra, Kensuke Sembo, Nicholas Dangerfield, Alexander Chung, Ralph Bishop
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Patent number: 11315505Abstract: The invention relates to electrophoretic layers containing at least five different particles, and to driving methods for displaying at least five, and in some embodiments, six different colors at each pixel or sub-pixel. The electrophoretic layers may also contain uncharged neutral buoyancy particles, and the driving methods may include special shaking waveform sequences.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: E INK CALIFORNIA, LLCInventor: Craig Lin
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Patent number: 11315520Abstract: A driving circuit for driving a display panel is provided. The driving circuit includes a source driver. The source driver is configured to be controlled by a timing controller. The source driver is configured to adjust at least one of an operation frequency and a receiving bandwidth of a source driving circuit of the source driver when at least one of the timing controller and the source driver detects that an interference event occurs.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2021Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Jen-Chieh Hu, Chin-Hung Hsu
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Patent number: 11315457Abstract: A display device includes a driving controller which provides a first start signal and a second start signal corresponding to an operation mode to a scan driving circuit. The scan driving circuit includes a first scan driving circuit having first dummy driving stages and first driving stages which sequentially drive scan lines corresponding to a first display region among a plurality of scan lines in synchronization with the first start signal and a second scan driving circuit having second dummy driving stages and second driving stages which sequentially drive scan lines corresponding to a second display region among the plurality of scan lines in synchronization with the second start signal. The first dummy driving stages are disposed on a first side surface of the display panel and the second dummy driving stages are disposed on a second side surface of the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2021Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Sangan Kwon, Jinoh Kwag, Soon-Dong Kim, Taehoon Kim, Hui Nam, Bonghyun You, Eun Sil Yun, Changnoh Yoon
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Patent number: 11307824Abstract: An electronic board, a system and a control method for controlling the electronic board are disclosed. A system for controlling an electronic board includes: a display screen, a data receiving circuit, a control circuit and a communication circuit, wherein the data receiving circuit is configured to receive first board data, where the first board data is unique data of the electronic board, the control circuit is configured to generate to-be-displayed board content according to the first board data and the second board data, the second board data is background template data, and the board content is content in a picture format; the communication circuit is configured to send the board content generated by the control circuit to one or more electronic boards.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignees: K-TRONICS (SUZHOU) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Haowu Xue, Hunghuei Hsu, Liushuai Zhao
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Patent number: 11302260Abstract: A signal processing circuit and a driving method thereof, a display panel and a driving method thereof, and a display device are disclosed. The signal processing circuit includes a shunting circuit and N buffer circuits. The shunting circuit includes N output nodes, the N buffer circuits are respectively connected with the N output nodes. The shunting circuit is configured to output input signals to the N output nodes respectively at N different time points in response to control signals. Each of the N buffer circuits is configured to buffer and output the input signal received by a corresponding output node. N is an integer great than or equal to 2.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignees: MIANYANG BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventor: Chieh Hsing Chung
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Patent number: 11302274Abstract: A liquid crystal display device may include gate lines, data lines intersecting the gate lines, and pixels electrically connected to the gate lines and the data lines and arranged in pixel columns and pixel rows. The data lines include first-type data lines and second-type data lines. Exactly one pixel column is positioned between every immediately neighboring two of the first-type data lines. No pixel column is positioned between any immediately neighboring two of the second-type data lines. Each of the first-type data lines is electrically connected to a pixel of a first immediately adjacent pixel column in every odd-numbered pixel row and is connected to a pixel of a second immediately adjacent pixel column in every even-numbered pixel row. Each of the second-type data lines is electrically connected to a pixel of exactly one immediately adjacent pixel column in every other pixel row.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Inventors: Jaesung Bae, Jungwon Kim, Gigeun Kim, Namgon Choi
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Patent number: 11281341Abstract: An active pen is provided, which facilitates avoiding complex computation for phase acquisition on the side of a sensor integrated circuit configured to receive downlink signals from active pens, and allows for generating carrier waves for the downlink signals using a simple configuration, namely, a frequency dividing circuit, while reducing a difference in unused time in one time slot between the active pens. An active pen 2 is configured to transmit one or more symbol values in one time slot, and includes a frequency dividing circuit 43 configured to frequency-divide a reference clock with a frequency division ratio based on each of a plurality of frequencies different from each other, to thereby generate a plurality of carrier waves having frequencies different from each other.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masayuki Miyamoto
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Patent number: 11275444Abstract: The present invention relates to a shape-variable electronic device and an operation method of the same and, more specifically, the shape-variable electronic device includes: a substrate having a cell region; a light source unit on the cell region; and a flexible layer vertically spaced apart from the light source unit. The flexible layer includes an actuator part that changes a shape of the flexible layer, and the actuator part includes: a photo-thermal response part that receives light emitted from the light source unit and generates thermal energy; a deformation part which receives the thermal energy from the photo-thermal response part and of which mechanical stiffness is reduced; and a top electrode and a bottom electrode on both surfaces of the deformation part, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Sung Ryul Yun, Suntak Park, Seongcheol Mun, Bong Je Park, Seung Koo Park, JaeWoong Yoon, Inwook Hwang, Jeong Muk Lim
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Patent number: 11275453Abstract: Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for using a handheld device such as a ring to manipulate a virtual object being displayed by a wearable device such as eyewear. The path of the virtual object in motion is substantially linked, in time and space, to the course traveled by a hand holding the handheld device. The methods in some implementations include presenting the virtual object on a display at a first location relative to a three-dimensional coordinate system, collecting motion data from an inertial measurement unit on the handheld device, displaying the virtual object at a second location along a path based on the motion data. In some implementations the eyewear includes a projector located and configured to project the display onto a lens assembly.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2020Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Yu Jiang Tham, Jonathan M. Rodriguez, II, Nir Daube
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Patent number: 11270647Abstract: The present invention discloses an external compensation GOA circuit and a display panel. By adding a random detection signal output branch, a first output waveform of a scan signal line fulfilling normal driving is outputted in a normal time, and a second output waveform of the scan signal line fulfilling blanking time random detection is outputted in a blanking time, such that randomly detecting a threshold voltage of the drive transistor by using the blanking time of the scan signal can be achieved to further achieve external real time compensation of the threshold voltage shift, enhance uniformity of screen image display, and improve a lifespan of the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Longqiang Shi