Patents Examined by Koosha Sharifi
  • Patent number: 11556213
    Abstract: A sensor controller is provided for use in a position detector for detecting a position of a position indicator on a touch surface. The sensor controller includes a microprocessor for outputting a value of a symbol to be sent to the position indicator. The sensor controller includes a transmitter coupled to the microprocessor for generating a transmission signal including a chip string CN1 produced by cyclically shifting a code string PNa having autocorrelation characteristics by a shift quantity based on the value of the symbol to be sent, and sending the generated transmission signal to the position indicator via the touch surface. A higher bit rate can be obtained for a given chip rate compared with the prior art in which only 1 bit can be expressed by one code string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Oda, Sadao Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11550405
    Abstract: 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 incorporated in a desk mat 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: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsunosuke Tobita, Toshihiko Horie
  • Patent number: 11545077
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a selectively controllable microLED system, and more specifically, to a technology having a transparent microLED display skin that is formed to be worn on the outer surface of any one from among a specific device, a specific product, and a body part, having a master unit and a remote slave for controlling the transparent microLED display skin that are independently or respectively formed on one side of any one from among the specific device, the specific product, and the body part, and having a smartphone allowing a wearer to ultimately and selectively control the transparent microLED display skin, and thus the present invention enables the color of any one from among the specific device, the specific product, and the body part to be selectively changed according to the current situation of the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventor: Seong Kyu Lim
  • Patent number: 11545085
    Abstract: An example device includes a housing including a first surface facing a first direction and a second surface facing a second direction; a transparent cover formed on at least a portion of the first surface of the housing; a display disposed between the transparent cover and the second surface; a sensor disposed between the display and the second surface; and a control circuit, electrically connected to the sensor, for controlling the sensor, wherein the display can include: a first region including a plurality of pixels capable of displaying color; and a second region aligned on at least a portion of the sensor such that light acquired from the outside of the electronic device passes through the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Songhee Jung, Seungjun Hyun, Minsik Kim, Min-Sung Lee, Mooyoung Kim, Kihuk Lee
  • Patent number: 11537216
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes a sensor electrode group; and a touch integrated circuit coupled to the sensor electrode group for executing touch detection and configured to generate frame data indicative of a detection level of each of two-dimensional positions in the sensor electrode group. The touch integrated circuit is connected to an external processor different from the touch integrated circuit via a first bus. The touch integrated circuit 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 integrated circuit. The touch integrated circuit performs an operation based on the determination data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Komatsu, Kazuhiro Miyoshi, Shigeyuki Sano
  • Patent number: 11537350
    Abstract: An infinitely expandable display apparatus and a driving method thereof are disclosed. An infinitely expandable display apparatus includes a cabinet including a plurality of display units each having an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) embedded therein, a set board generating a driving command signal needed for driving of the cabinet, and a set interface circuit connecting the set board to the cabinet. The plurality of display units are connected to one another through a unidirectional interface circuit, and at least one of the plurality of display units transfers the driving command signal and an execution result signal based thereon to a neighbor display unit on the basis of a cascading scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Gung Kim, Dae Hyeon Park, Dae Sung Park
  • Patent number: 11537351
    Abstract: A computer implemented method of facilitating communication between first and second users includes displaying, by a first head-worn device, a first virtual object to the first user first user wearing the first head-worn device. The method also includes displaying, by a second head-worn device, a second virtual object to the second user wearing the second head-worn device. The method further includes facilitating, by the first and second head-worn devices, communications between the first and second users using the first and second virtual objects to simulate the first and second users being present in a common environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Rodolpho C. Cardenuto, David Charles Lundmark
  • Patent number: 11524223
    Abstract: The inventions relate to the input of data into virtual reality simulation systems and make it possible modeling the behavior of a real object by determining the user's efforts. The system contains tension cables for fixing a body in a stable equilibrium position with the possibility for rotation around at least one axis passing near its center of mass. It contains elements that determine the orientation of the body, as well as the magnitude and direction of the force acting at the body from the tension cables. There can be used one tension cable (suspension), two tension cables (stretching the body in opposite directions) in air or water environments (with buoyancy compensation). In the framework of the method, initial conditions of the environment, vectors of tension forces of the tension cables are determined, the vector of the force applied by the user is calculated, and the calculated force is used to simulate the behavior of the virtual object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Inventor: Alexey Vladimirovich Lysenko
  • Patent number: 11526274
    Abstract: This application provides a touch control method and an apparatus, and relates to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: obtaining, by a terminal, a first touch operation entered by a user on a touchscreen; 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, instead of the first touch operation. The target interface is any interface that is presented by the target application and covers the first preset area, and the target application is an application running in the foreground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiang Rui, Zhubiao Xue, Bo Xu
  • Patent number: 11524657
    Abstract: A system is mounted on a vehicle and includes a sensor configured to perform a detection process that detects a fingerprint of a finger touching the sensor in order to perform a fingerprint authentication process, and a controller. The controller is configured to: (i) control a power supply of the vehicle to be ON when a predetermined authentication process through a predetermined communication with another device other than the sensor is successful, the predetermined authentication process being different from the fingerprint authentication process, and (ii) suppress the detection process that detects the fingerprint in response to the power supply of the vehicle being ON and the predetermined authentication process being successful.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Ohta, Yuya Goto, Naoyuki Takada, Takahiko Ando, Yosuke Ohashi, Rijin Owaki, Daisuke Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11520432
    Abstract: An interface device includes: a display device including a display layer and a sensor layer on the display layer; and an input device configured to receive a first signal from the sensor layer and to output a second signal to the sensor layer, wherein a strength of the second signal is determined according to a separation distance between the display device and the input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wonsang Park, Yun-Ho Kim, Chul Kim, Seongjun Lee
  • Patent number: 11520552
    Abstract: A drawing system that can reserve a large drawing area and that can receive an input of instruction to an instruction input area at appropriately timing to make a drawing corresponding to the input. The drawing system includes a first terminal apparatus and a second terminal apparatus are connected to each other and communicating with each other. A display screen of a display device of the first terminal apparatus is dedicated to a drawing area, and a display screen of a display device of the second terminal apparatus is dedicated to an instruction input area. The first terminal apparatus includes a first position detection sensor, and a drawing is made in the drawing area provided on the display screen of the first display device according to instruction information from the second terminal apparatus and according to a drawing operation input received through the first position detection sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: So Kato
  • Patent number: 11520403
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a wireless control device adapted with an augmented reality device. The wireless control device includes a first finger sleeve and a pressure sensor, a first flexible electronic sensor, a first communication module, a first processor, and a first battery module located therein. The pressure sensor is configured to generate a connection signal in response to a touch pressure, and the first processor is configured to wake up a connection between the first communication module and the augmented reality device according to the connection signal. The first flexible electronic sensor is configured to generate a first sensing signal in response to a first control action, and the first processor is configured to generate a first control signal according to the first sensing signal and transmits the first control signal by using the first communication module to control the augmented reality device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Po-Ting Chen, Po-Yin Lai
  • Patent number: 11508277
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display screen, where the display screen includes a first display region and a second display region, and a display driving system including a first emission (EM) signal output end configured to send a first EM signal to the display screen, where the display driving system further includes a second EM signal output end configured to send a second EM signal to the display screen, where the first EM signal controls the first display region to display an image in a first time period, and the second EM signal controls the second display region not to display an image in the first time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dustin Yuk Lun Wai, Chun Yen Liu, Chiaching Chu, Xia Li
  • Patent number: 11494026
    Abstract: Techniques and apparatuses are described that implement touch sensors and electronic devices including touch sensors. In some implementations, the touch sensor includes a sensing portion and a contact portion extending from the sensing portion. While the sensing portion is configured to be placed in proximity to an interior surface of a housing of an electronic device to detect a touch on the housing, the contact portion is bent to electrically couple the sensing portion to a circuit board via two distinct electrical paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Justin Richard Wodrich, Timothy Michael Vanderet, Daniel David Sachs, Jung Geun Tak, Laurie Kwan
  • Patent number: 11494156
    Abstract: A cable connection information display system includes a cable having a first cable connector, and a first cable connection information display subsystem that is included on the cable adjacent the first cable connector. The first cable connection information display subsystem includes a first display device, and a first connection information receiving subsystem that is coupled to the first cable connector and the first display device. The first connection information receiving subsystem receives first connection information, which identifies at least a first computing device and a first port, via the first cable connector and from the first computing device that includes the first port that is connected to the first cable connector. The first connection information receiving subsystem then provides the first connection information for display on the first display device to identify the first computing device and the first port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Maunish Shah, Shree Rathinasamy, Joseph LaSalle White
  • Patent number: 11481178
    Abstract: Remote collaboration sessions may allow a local user to share their entire desktop or a single application with a remote user. By allowing each of a number of windows, but not all windows, to be selectively provided by the local computer to the remote computer, a more efficient collaboration session may be provided that does not require the local user to terminate sharing, when sharing a first application, then re-initiate sharing for the second application, just to switch between applications. Or, alternatively, alleviates the need to select the entire desktop that may comprise confidential information not to be shared. By allowing each, but not all, applications to be shared remotely and simultaneously, a remote user can be presented with relevant, but not excluded, application windows from the local computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Avaya Management L.P.
    Inventors: Manish Dusad, Valentine C. Matula
  • Patent number: 11482182
    Abstract: An electronic device including a backlight module is disclosed. The backlight module includes: a substrate; a plurality of light emitting diodes disposed on the substrate, wherein the plurality of light emitting diodes are blue light emitting diodes; a protection layer disposed on the substrate and covering the plurality of light emitting diodes; and a color conversion element, disposed on the plurality of light emitting diodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ya-Wen Cheng, Yu-Chen Huang, Shun-Cheng Chen, Jiunn-Shyong Lin, I-An Yao
  • Patent number: 11477201
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a projector and a projector control method that make it possible to improve the security of the projector. The projector includes a storage section and a communication control section. The storage section stores a connection destination list indicative of equipment connectable to the projector. In a case where the projector is to be connected to another equipment through a network, the communication control section controls connection to the other equipment according to the connection destination list. The present technology is applicable, for example, to a projector or the like that is to be connected to another equipment through a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Motoki Kubo
  • Patent number: 11474618
    Abstract: Examples of establishing a communication link based on an activity on a keyboard are described. In an example, the activity may be detected on the keyboard of a computing device. Based on the detection, the computing device may send a request to an input device for establishing a wireless communication link with the computing device. Upon receiving an acceptance of the request by the input device, the computing device may establish the wireless communication link with the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Jung Hsing Wang, Hsiang Ta Ke, Yi Hsien Lin, Chun Feng Li