Patents Examined by Lisa S Landis
  • Patent number: 11797112
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device which is paired with a host device to control content of the host device, wherein the electronic device includes a touch sensing module, a movement sensing module for acquiring first movement information of the electronic device based on an accelerometer, a gyroscope, and a magnetometer, and a control signal output unit for acquiring second movement information through operation of the first movement information, and determining, under a gesture mode, a motion corresponding to the movement of the electronic device based on the second movement information and outputting a motion signal indicating the determined motion to the host device, and determining, under a mouse mode, a mouse action based on at least one of touch information acquired from the touch sensing module and the second movement information and outputting a mouse signal indicating the mouse action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignees: COX SPACE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ho Yeon Kim
  • Patent number: 11797135
    Abstract: A display device includes a display unit including a plurality of light emitting areas, a plurality of touch electrodes disposed between the plurality of light emitting areas to sense a touch, a plurality of light blocking pattern layers formed by covering intersection areas of driving electrodes and sensing electrodes among the plurality of touch electrodes, a plurality of connection electrodes formed on the plurality of light blocking pattern layers to electrically connect the driving electrodes or the sensing electrodes adjacent to each other, and a plurality of code patterns formed of the same material as the plurality of light blocking pattern layers through the same process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ye Ri Jeong, Hwan Hee Jeong, Gyeong Nam Bang
  • Patent number: 11782527
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for recording a track comprising: a utensil comprising a tip and equipped with a magnetic object; a device for locating the magnetic object configured to determine an estimated reference position on a writing surface; and a matrix-array touch sensor configured to define a set of M pixels, among N pixels, at least partially encircling the estimated reference position, and to detect the contact of the tip on the writing surface on the basis of the electrical signals generated by said set of M pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: ADVANCED MAGNETIC INTERACTION, AMI, COMMISSARIAT À L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Saifeddine Aloui, Franck Vial, Sebastien Brulais, Laure Peris Y Saborit, Jean-Marie Dupre La Tour, Tristan Hautson, Myrna Jaillet-Casillas, Simon Thomas
  • Patent number: 11775101
    Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a foldable electronic device comprises: a flexible display; a first housing in which a first region of the flexible display is positioned; a second housing in which a second region of the flexible display is positioned; a hinge structure interposed between the first housing and the second housing and forming a folding axis; a sensor panel interposed between the flexible display and each of the first housing and the second housing, the sensor panel configured to identify input information of a stylus pen, and including a plurality of first vertical channels interposed the first housing and the first region of the flexible display and a plurality of second vertical channels disposed between the second housing and the second region of the flexible display; and a processor configured to control the sensor panel, wherein the processor is configured to: detect whether the foldable electronic device is folded; when the foldable electronic device is folded, transmit a deviation detec
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byunghoon Kang, Myeongsil Park
  • Patent number: 11762506
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to handling noise interference on an interlink connecting hardware devices. One example provides a computing system comprising a first hardware device, a second hardware device, an interlink connecting the first hardware device and the second hardware device, a logic system, and a storage system. The storage system comprises instructions executable by the logic system to operate the interlink in an intermittently active mode, detect a noise interference scenario on the interlink, and in response, set a persistent active mode for the interlink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Matan Slassi, Assaf Cohen, Ori Laslo, Lior Zagiel, Netanel Hadad
  • Patent number: 11755168
    Abstract: The present application provides an infrared touch display screen, including a frame, a display panel assembly, a light-filter strip and a circuit board assembly. The display panel assembly includes a protective layer, the circuit board assembly includes a circuit board and infrared lamp tubes arranged on the circuit board, the frame includes a first portion for mounting the light-filter strip and a second portion for mounting the circuit board assembly, the first portion is located at a front side of the protective layer, the second portion is located outside the protective layer and the first portion; the circuit board corresponds to a position of the protective layer in a front-back direction, the infrared lamp tubes correspond to a position of the light-filter strip in the front-back direction, and an extending direction of the infrared lamp tubes is parallel to the protective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN HITEVISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tao Fu, Xukai Wang, Qingsong Yin
  • Patent number: 11755169
    Abstract: A multi-directional input device includes an operating member that can be tilted and pushed in, a metal dome that functions as a push-in operation detector that detects a push-in operation of the operating member, a magnet holding member that is relatively movable with respect to the operating member only in a direction along a push-in direction and is interlocked only in a tilting direction, a magnet held by the magnet holding member, and a magnetic sensor that is disposed at a position facing the magnet and detects a movement of the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: HOSIDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Asano, Masato Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11755145
    Abstract: An interface device includes an electronic device and an input device configured to communicate with the electronic device. The electronic device includes a display layer and a sensing layer disposed under the display layer. The sensing layer transmits a first driving signal to the input device and sensing an input generated by the input device. The input device includes a resonance circuit unit in which a first magnetic field is generated based on the first driving signal, a control unit configured to control the resonance circuit unit, and a power supply unit providing power to the control unit. A second magnetic field is generated by the supply in the resonance circuit unit. The sensing layer senses the input based on the second magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sanghyun Lim
  • Patent number: 11755155
    Abstract: A display device and a touch input system are provided, the display device comprising a display unit including a plurality of light emission areas; a plurality of touch electrodes disposed between the plurality of light emission areas to sense a touch input; at least one light shielding pattern formed by covering at least a portion of a front surface of at least one of the plurality of touch electrodes; and one of a first set of color filters comprising first to third colors or a second set of color filters comprising first to fourth colors, which are alternately disposed in the plurality of light emission areas, wherein the color filters of one of the first or second set of color filters are used as code patterns by including an infrared absorbing pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gi Na Yoo, Ju Yeon Kim, Won Sang Park, Chang Woo Shim, Seong Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 11747936
    Abstract: A transmission system includes a first touch device and a second touch device. The first touch device and the second touch device work together to operate in a touch mode or in an application mode. When the first touch device and the second touch device work together to operate in the application mode, the first touch device acquires an absolute motion trajectory or an absolute rotation angle of the second touch device, and performs an application according to the absolute motion trajectory or the absolute rotation angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yi-Hsien Wang, Yun-Hsiang Yeh
  • Patent number: 11733797
    Abstract: A touch display apparatus including a touch display screen and a processor circuit is provided. The touch display screen is configured to display an image frame and sense a touch operation. The processor circuit is coupled to the touch display screen. The processor circuit is configured to divide a display interface of the touch display screen into a plurality of blocks according to an interface dividing parameter. The image frame is displayed in the block where the touch operation is located according to a position of the touch operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: ViewSonic International Corporation
    Inventor: Shu-Kai Wu
  • Patent number: 11733818
    Abstract: A touch-sensitive panel includes row electrodes, column electrodes, and drive-sense circuits coupled to the row electrodes and the column electrodes. The drive-sense circuits detect changes in impedances of the row and column electrodes. The touch-sensitive panel also includes analog-to-digital converters coupled to outputs of the drive-sense circuits, and a processing module coupled to the drive-sense circuits via the analog-to-digital converters. The processing module, the analog-to-digital converters, and the plurality of drive-sense circuits cooperate to sense an information signal capacitively coupled to the row and column electrodes, and to extract data from the information signal to identify a device that produced the information signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.
    Inventors: Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Michael Shawn Gray, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Patrick Troy Gray, Timothy W. Markison
  • Patent number: 11726605
    Abstract: In an embodiment, various active pens may be searched for in every frame, so that various active pens may operate in a touch sensing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Moon Ho Jang
  • Patent number: 11727876
    Abstract: A display device includes a first pixel region including a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of first gate control lines coupled to the first pixels, and a second pixel region spaced apart from the first pixel region. The second pixel region includes a plurality of second pixels and a plurality of second gate control lines coupled to the second pixels. The display device further includes a first non-pixel region disposed between the first pixel region and the second pixel region, and a first coupling line disposed in the first non-pixel region. The first coupling line commonly couples at least two first gate control lines and at least two second gate control lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mi Hae Kim, Min Kyu Woo, Young Taeg Jung, Hyun Chol Bang, Sang Won Seok, Hwan Soo Jang, Ju Hee Hyeon
  • Patent number: 11726629
    Abstract: A display device includes a folding area and a non-folding area. The display device includes a display panel and a front stacked structure. The display panel has a front surface. The display panel is configured to display an image on the front surface. The front stacked structure disposed on the front surface of the display panel. The front stacked structure includes an adhesive layer disposed across the folding area and the non-folding area. The adhesive layer includes an ultraviolet curable adhesive. The ultraviolet curable adhesive includes vinylsilane and hydrosilane. The adhesive layer has a storage modulus of 0.05 MPa to 0.3 MPa within a temperature range of ?20° C. to 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Kishimoto, Da Som Gu, Chul Ho Jeong
  • Patent number: 11721275
    Abstract: In one example, a head mounted display system includes at least one memory; and at least one processor to execute instructions to: detect a first position and a first view direction of a head of a user based on sensor data generated by at least one of an accelerometer, at least one camera, or a gyroscope at a first point in time; determine a latency associated with a time to cause an image to be presented on the display; determine a predicted position and a predicted view direction of the head of the user at a second point in time based on the latency; render, prior to the second point in time, the image for presentation on the display based on the predicted position and the predicted view direction of the head of the user; and cause the display to present the rendered image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Atsuo Kuwahara, Deepak S. Vembar, Paul S. Diefenbaugh, Vallabhajosyula S. Somayazulu, Kofi C. Whitney
  • Patent number: 11714502
    Abstract: The present application provides a touch display panel and a display device. The touch display panel includes a substrate and a plurality of pixel electrodes. The plurality of pixel electrodes are disposed on the substrate in an array, wherein each of the pixel electrodes includes a first trunk portion and a second trunk portion that are arranged intersecting with each other. The present application realizes touch display integration of the touch display panel by setting a first touch electrode corresponding to the first trunk portion and setting a second touch electrode corresponding to the second trunk portion on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kaifeng Zhou
  • Patent number: 11703986
    Abstract: Technologies for detecting touch events on, or hover events above, a surface of an electronic device using radar units instead of integrated capacitive touch sensing technologies, are described. An electronic device includes a display located along a first plane. The electronic further includes a first radar unit coupled to the display. The first radar unit is oriented and comprises a first field-of-view (FoV) along a portion of the first plane. The electronic device further includes a processor coupled to the first radar unit. From the first radar unit, the processor receives first data that indicates a first object detection corresponding to a first location. The processor further determines, using the first data, a touch event associated with the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Morris Yuanhsiang Hsu, Durgaprasad Kashinath Shamain
  • Patent number: 11693523
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device which facilitates to prevent a remaining film for a process of forming a metal pattern, wherein the display device may include a substrate including a display area having pixels, and a non-display area having pads to surround the display area, a dam between the display area and the pads, an encapsulation film for covering the dam and the pixels in the display area, a first metal pattern disposed in the non-display area and patterned on the encapsulation film, an insulating layer provided on the first metal pattern, and a second metal pattern disposed in the non-display area and patterned on the insulating layer, wherein the first metal pattern is not provided in a dam area with the dam, and the second metal pattern is provided on the dam area while being in contact with the first metal pattern via a contact hole penetrating through the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeonghoon Lee, JaeWon Lee, Sungjin Kim, Jaehyung Jang, Hyangmyoung Gwon
  • Patent number: 11693511
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises driver circuitry, an analog-digital (AD) converter, and processing circuitry. The driver circuitry is configured to supply a drive signal to a sensor array in a sensing frame comprising 2N bursts, N being an integer of two or more. The mixer circuitry is configured to modulate a plurality of carrier waves with a plurality of sensing signals corresponding to capacitances of a plurality of sensing electrodes of the sensor array, respectively, to output a plurality of mixer outputs. A number of the plurality of sensing electrodes is 2N?1 or 2N. The AD converter is configured to perform AD conversion on a sum signal of the plurality of mixer outputs. The processing circuitry is configured to detect an object based on the output of the AD converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Xueyong Yang, Tetsuo Tanemura, Nobukazu Tanaka, Takayuki Noto