Patents Examined by Koosha Sharifi-Tafreshi
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Patent number: 11263975Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate including a first area, a display area surrounding the first area, and a non-display area surrounding the display area; pixels disposed in the display area; scan lines extending in a first direction and disconnected in the first area; data lines extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction and disconnected in the first area; and data connection lines electrically connecting the data lines disconnected in the first area.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jeongho Lee, Zail Lhee, Jonghak Hwang, Sanghun Oh, Sanghun Lee
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Patent number: 11262965Abstract: The present invention provides a display device. The display device includes a display module, a first mounting frame, one or more electromotive driving elements, and a control module. The display module is disposed on and spaced from a setting surface and has a display surface. The first mounting frame is spaced from the display module and is disposed on the setting surface. The electromotive driving elements are disposed on the first mounting frame and face the display module relatively. The control module controls display of the display surface based on a display signal, and controls each of the electromotive driving elements to selectively generate an attractive force and a repulsive force with respect to the display module based on an actuation signal, so as to change a distance of the display module from the first mounting frame, a setting angle of the display module with respect to the setting surface, or a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2021Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: QISDA CORPORATIONInventor: Po-Fu Wu
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Patent number: 11262855Abstract: A method for configuring a mouse (1) for a computer (101), the mouse (1) comprising at least four degrees of freedom and being able to transmit one data signal (31) for each degree of freedom of the mouse (1), includes (i) defining a first data signal (31) able to be sent by the mouse (1), the first data signal (31) being chosen from a first list via a human-machine interface, the human-machine interface especially comprising a computer (101) and a screen (102), (ii) defining a first condition (32) relating to the first data signal (31), the first condition (32) being chosen from a second list via the human-machine interface, and (iii) defining a first instruction (33) able to be executed by a computer (101), the first instruction (33) being chosen from a third list via the human-machine interface.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: LEXIPInventors: Lionel Chataignier, Geoffrey Chataignier, Léo Giorgis, Hugo Loi
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Patent number: 11262854Abstract: An input device for providing input to a computing device includes a hand-held controller movable across and above a work surface. The input device includes a mouse sensor positioned on or in the hand-held controller to sense two-dimensional (2D) translation data representing translational movement of the hand-held controller across the work surface, and a six degree of freedom (6DOF) sensor positioned on or in the hand-held controller to sense 6DOF data representing position and orientation of the hand-held controller above the work surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Michael Sutherland, Rafael Ballagas, Hiroshi Horii, Ian N. Robinson
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Patent number: 11256465Abstract: A wide field of view visual display system and aircraft flight simulator uses inexpensive, consumer grade flat display panels, such as active matrix organic light-emitting diode display panels. A plurality of the side display panels are arranged in a left side vertical array at a left hand side of the pilot seat of the flight simulator, and in a right side vertical array at a right hand side of the pilot seat. A top edge of a bottom, left side display panel in the left side vertical array and a bottom edge of an upper, left side display panel in the left side vertical array overlap. A top edge of a bottom, right side display panel in the right side vertical array and a bottom edge of an upper, right side display panel in the right side vertical array overlap.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2019Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Harry R. Streid
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Patent number: 11253010Abstract: An article of apparel and method include a structure configured to enclose a human body part, a pressure sensor array including multiple pressure sensors separately positioned at locations within the structure, wherein each pressure sensor is configured to output a signal indicative of an amount of pressure being exerted on the pressure sensor by an external mechanical force, an electronic display, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive signals from the pressure sensors and, based on a sequence and a timing of the signals as received, determine a command related to a function of a device. The electronic display is configured to display information related to the function.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Hamid Alipour, Holli Pheil, Mark VanWeerd
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Patent number: 11256340Abstract: A system provides for ergonomic handheld integration of multiple user interface devices. The system includes a housing defining an internal compartment and including an upper frame extending over the internal compartment. The upper frame defines a peripheral portion and an intermediate support portion, where the intermediate support portion is at least partially raised above the peripheral portion. A pointing device portion is coupled to the housing, which pointing device portion includes a positional tracking sensor disposed in the internal compartment and at least one control button coupled in depressible manner to the upper frame. A keyboard portion is coupled to the housing, which keyboard portion includes a plurality of keys distributed over at least first and second keyboard sections to collectively define a substantially complete keyboard of predetermined type. The first and second keyboard sections are divided by the intermediate support portion extending therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Inventor: Adebowale Karunwi
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Patent number: 11250774Abstract: A display device includes: a screen saver operable to cause an image to be displayed with a lowered luminance in a screen save mode by lowering a scale factor from a first value based on the image being displayed as a still image longer than a reference time; and an overcurrent protection circuit operable to detect an overcurrent and cause a power of the display device to be turned off based on a predetermined current value that is reduced according to the scale factor and comparison between the predetermined current value and a driving current supplied provided to a display panel in which the image is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Inventors: Bong Gyun Kang, Kyun Ho Kim, Sung-Mo Yang, Young Soo Sohn
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Patent number: 11237791Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method, device, and system for controlling screen projection. The method comprises a first terminal acquiring a device list, wherein the device list includes identification information of a second terminal, and the second terminal is a terminal that accesses a same server as the first terminal; the first terminal receiving a selection instruction, wherein the selection instruction is used to select target identification information from the device list; the first terminal sending a screen projection control instruction to the server, wherein the screen projection control instruction includes target identification information, and the screen projection control instruction is forwarded to a target second terminal corresponding to the target identification information via the server, so as to control the target second terminal to project the screen to a first screen projection receiving end.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignees: GUANGZHOU SHIYUAN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., GUANGZHOU SHIRUI ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.Inventor: Qingwei Guo
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Patent number: 11230263Abstract: A fingerprint authentication device is mounted in a vehicle and includes a fingerprint sensor configured to perform a fingerprint detection process that detects a fingerprint of a finger brought into contact with the fingerprint sensor, a fingerprint authentication unit configured to perform a fingerprint authentication process based on the fingerprint detected through the fingerprint detection process, and a controller configured to control permission and non-permission of execution of the fingerprint detection process, and the controller is configured not to permit the execution of the fingerprint detection process when a speed of the vehicle is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2021Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHOInventors: Yasuhisa Ohta, Yuya Goto, Naoyuki Takada, Takahiko Ando, Yosuke Ohashi, Rijin Owaki, Daisuke Ogawa
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Patent number: 11232758Abstract: A pixel driving method is provided. The method includes: acquiring a pixel signal of each unit pixel in a pixel block; determining whether the pixel signal of the corresponding pixel block meets a first condition according to the pixel signal of each of the unit pixel and a signal determination interval; and if the graininess is determined during display, first-type gray-scale signals are loaded to a part of unit pixels of the pixel block and second-type gray-scale signals are loaded to the remaining unit pixels based on a preset rule, where the first-type gray-scale signals are not equal to the corresponding second-type gray-scale signals. The display quality is improved by controlling the unit pixel proportion loaded with the first-type gray-scale signals and the second-type gray-scale signals and reducing the difference among pixel signals.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITEDInventor: Chih Tsung Kang
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Patent number: 11227555Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a data driver which provides data signals to the plurality of pixels, and a controller which controls the data driver. The controller writes frame data to a frame memory, reads the frame data in each of a plurality of frame periods, performs in a first frame period of the plurality of frame periods a still image detection operation that determines whether the frame data represent a still image, and does not performs the still image detection operation in a second frame period of the plurality of frame periods subsequent to the first frame period.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2021Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Se Hyuk Park, Hong Soo Kim, Jin Young Roh, Hyo Jin Lee, Jae Keun Lim
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Patent number: 11222599Abstract: A source driver and a display device including the same, capable of accurately sensing pixels characteristics and characteristics of the source driver. A source driver includes a switch circuit configured to transfer first pixel signals or reference signals; first sensing channels configured to sense and hold the first pixel signals or the reference signals transferred from the switch circuit; second sensing channels configured to sense and hold second pixel signals; and a selection circuit configured to output a sampling signal by selecting the first pixel signals of the first sensing channels and the second pixel signals of the second sensing channels, and thereafter, output the sampling signal by selecting the reference signals of the first sensing channels.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Inventors: Seong Geon Kim, Young Bok Kim, Won Kim
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Patent number: 11221684Abstract: There is provided an information processing device to improve convenience by performing display in which a target device selected as an operation target and an operation user can be visually recognized. The information processing device includes a display control unit that controls, based on position information of a target device in a predetermined real space and position information of a user having an operation authority for the target device, display corresponding to a positional relation between the user and the target device such that the user can visually recognize the display in the real space. Consequently, it is possible to improve convenience by performing display in which a target device selected as an operation target and an operation user can be visually recognized.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2018Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kentaro Ida, Seiji Suzuki
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Patent number: 11211004Abstract: A pixel includes a light-emitting element, a driving transistor that controls an amount of a driving current flowing to the light-emitting element according to a gate-source voltage, first and second compensation transistors that operate in response to a first scan signal and are electrically connected in series with each other between a gate and a drain of the driving transistor, first and second gate initialization transistors that operate in response to a second scan signal and are electrically connected in series with each other between a voltage line and the gate of the driving transistor, and a node connection transistor that connects a first floating node and a second floating node to each other in response to the second scan signal. The first floating node is between the first and second compensation transistors, and the second floating node is between the first and second gate initialization transistors.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Keunwoo Kim, Taewook Kang
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Patent number: 11209209Abstract: A method to control a refrigerator includes changing a transparent display assembly to be in a first or transparent state allowing an inner space of the refrigerator to be visible through the transparent assembly, a second or opaque state so as to conceal the inner space, and a third or a display state to display information on a display of the transparent assembly. The transparent display assembly includes a front panel, a rear panel, an outer spacer configured to maintain a first distance between the front panel and the rear panel, a display provided on a rear surface of the front panel, a light guide plate spaced apart from the display, and a first spacer configured to support the light guide plate and to maintain a second distance between the display and the light guide plate.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Sangmyung Lee
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Patent number: 11205376Abstract: A display compensation method for a display panel, a display compensation device, a display device and a storage medium. The display compensation method includes: acquiring compensation data of i pixels adjacent to the target pixel of the display panel respectively; deleting deviation data from the compensation data of i pixels; calculating the compensation data of the target pixel according to the remaining compensation data; i is an integer greater than 2.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2019Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Mingi Chu, Lirong Wang
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Patent number: 11188225Abstract: This application provides a touch control method and an apparatus, and relates to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: (S601) obtaining, by a terminal, a first touch operation entered by a user on a touchscreen; (S602, S603, and S604) and mapping, by the terminal when the first touch operation is performed on a first preset area in a target interface, the first touch operation to a second touch operation, so that a target application responds to the second touch operation, where the target interface is any interface that is presented by the target application and that covers the first preset area, and the target application is running in the foreground.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2017Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jiang Rui, Zhubiao Xue, Bo Xu
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Patent number: 11181989Abstract: A method performed by a system is provided, wherein the system includes a touch IC executing touch detection and an external processor, which is different from the touch IC and which may include a touch IC support firmware. The system includes a sensor electrode group connected to the touch IC; and a first bus connecting the touch IC with the external processor. The touch IC generates frame data indicative of a detection level of each of two-dimensional positions in the sensor electrode group, and supplies the frame data to the external processor via the first bus. The external processor feeds determination data resulting from performing predetermined processing on the frame data back to the touch IC, and the touch IC performs an operation based on the determination data. Thus, the touch IC can utilize the processing results of the external processor.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideyuki Komatsu, Kazuhiro Miyoshi, Shigeyuki Sano
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Patent number: 11175748Abstract: A learning support system includes: an electronic pen, a writing medium position instruction tool, a position detection apparatus, and a display apparatus. The electronic pen is capable of recording handwriting and transmitting a position instruction signal. The position detection apparatus determines a position of a note provided with the writing medium position instruction tool on a position detection sensor based on a placement position instruction signal from the writing medium position instruction tool, converts coordinates of coordinate information corresponding to handwriting recorded on the note by the electronic pen, and displays an image corresponding to the handwriting recorded on the note on a display terminal and a teacher terminal in a mode recorded on the note. The learning support system enables an educator to determine a situation of a learner to contribute to an increase effectiveness of learning.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2020Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tatsunosuke Tobita, Toshihiko Horie