Patents Examined by Lixi C Simpson
  • Patent number: 11527004
    Abstract: An electronic device including an eye tracking sensor configured to detect viewing direction of eye of a user; a camera; a tilting unit configured to adjust a direction of the camera; a memory; and a processor configured to obtain information about a gaze point of the user; determine a region of interest (ROI) based on the information about the gaze point; obtain two or more images including the ROI at different tilt angles; and determine depth information of the ROI by using the obtained two or more images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bonkon Koo, Jongchul Choi, Kyookeun Lee, Jaeyun Jeong
  • Patent number: 11513637
    Abstract: An image projection device which can correctly discern content of touch operation when a user performs various kinds of touch operation on an image projected on a projection screen is provided. An imaging unit is adjusted to come into focus on the projection screen. An image data extracting unit extracts image data in which a finger or the like exists and in which the finger or the like is brought into focus in image data obtained by the imaging unit. An operation determining unit determines content of operation performed with the finger or the like, on the basis of the image data extracted by the image data extracting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11514708
    Abstract: Contactless fingerprint reader. The contactless fingerprint reader has one or more light sources adapted to emit light under different lighting conditions, a first camera adapted to successively capture first images of a subject captured with and without flash light, at least one second camera adapted to capture second images from different angles, one or more sensors adapted to generate one or more spatial-temporal signals representing a change of a distance between said subject and one or more locations of the contactless fingerprint reader, and communication module for sending the first images, said second images, and the one or more spatial-temporal signals to an anti-spoofing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: THALES DIS FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Yi Ding, Jinwook Kim, Dimitar Gospodinov
  • Patent number: 11501504
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an augmented reality system (200) including an input unit (204), a text recognition unit (206), a natural language processing unit (208), a positioning unit (210), and an output unit (212). The input unit (204) captures an image. The text recognition unit (206) identifies an information on a surface depicted in the image and generates an input data based on the information. The natural language processing unit (208) determines a context of the input data and generates at least one assistive information based on the context. The positioning unit (210) determines one or more spatial attributes based on the image and generates a positioning information based on the spatial attributes. The output unit (212) displays the assistive information based on the positioning information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Devesh Rohan
  • Patent number: 11500455
    Abstract: Provided are a video streaming system, and a corresponding video streaming method and video streaming apparatus. The video streaming system includes a terminal and a VR device. Application platform software and server streaming software are installed on the terminal. Client streaming software is installed on the VR device, the client streaming software is configured to send posture data to the server streaming software on the terminal, the server streaming software is configured to send the posture data to the application platform software, and the application platform software is configured to render a picture. The hardware configuration of the terminal itself is utilized for picture processing, and satisfactory pictures can be obtained on the screen of the VR device. On the other hand, the picture is rendered according to prediction positioning data/prediction posture data, thereby effectively reducing picture jitter and display delay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Nolo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ruiyuan Ran, Jianing Zhang, Daoning Zhang
  • Patent number: 11500492
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of controlling a display panel having a sensing area and a non-sensing area. The sensing area includes a plurality of fingerprint sensing pixels, each of which is coupled to at least one control line. The non-sensing area includes a plurality of dummy pixels, each of which is coupled to at least one dummy line. The method includes steps of: applying a control signal on a first control line among the at least one control line or configuring the first control line to be floating, and applying a first anti-loading driving (ALD) signal corresponding to the control signal on a first dummy line among the at least one dummy line or configuring the first dummy line to be floating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yi-Ying Lin, Chih-Chang Lai
  • Patent number: 11495193
    Abstract: A vehicle display system includes a vehicle detection device detecting at least one other vehicle present in surroundings of a host vehicle, a vehicle speed detection device detecting a speed of the host vehicle, a display device displaying the host vehicle and the at least one other vehicle respectively as vehicle icons, and a display control part configured to control a content of display of the display device. When the speed of the host vehicle is equal to or less than a predetermined value, the display control part is configured to blank out the display of or display transparently at least a part of a vehicle icon of a following vehicle detected by the vehicle detection device and positioned at a rear of the host vehicle in a driving lane of the host vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hironori Ito
  • Patent number: 11495042
    Abstract: The invention provides a voltage sensing fingerprint recognition device and a fingerprint recognition method thereof. The voltage sensing fingerprint recognition device includes: a sensor arranged on a substrate, and the sensor including a plurality of sensing pads, the sensing pads respectively arranged in a plurality of rows, and each row having at least two sensing pads, each sensing pad receiving a trigger voltage; and a voltage receiver, electrically connected to each sensing pad; when the voltage receiver captures one sensed voltage value of the sensing pads in any row, the sensing pads in the row stop receiving the trigger voltage. The present invention does not require an additional frame, so it is applied to the display surface of electronic products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: IMAGE MATCH DESIGN INC.
    Inventors: Yen-Kuo Lo, Yeh-Suan Yan
  • Patent number: 11467686
    Abstract: A display apparatus with an integrated touch screen is provided. The display apparatus includes: a light-emitting device layer on a first substrate, a first encapsulation layer on the light-emitting device layer, a touch sensing layer on the light-emitting device layer, and a second encapsulation layer on the touch sensing layer, the second encapsulation layer including at least one inorganic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-Kyung Kim, Wonyeol Choi
  • Patent number: 11455926
    Abstract: A drive control method, assembly, and a display device. The method is applied to a timer controller. The method comprises: generating a point-to-point configuration instruction that comprises n configuration data where n?2; sending the point-to-point configuration instruction to a first source driver chip through a first signal line, the first source driver chip being any one of a plurality of source driver chips; and receiving a configuration response instruction sent by the first source driver chip according to the point-to-point configuration instruction through the first signal line, the configuration response instruction comprising configuration response data for each of the n configuration data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuhuan Yu, Xin Duan, Hsinchung Lo
  • Patent number: 11450141
    Abstract: An electronic device with fingerprint sensing function and a fingerprint comparison method are provided. The electronic device includes a fingerprint sensor and a processor. The fingerprint sensor is configured to obtain a first fingerprint image. The processor is coupled to the fingerprint sensor and configured to execute a fingerprint comparison operation to compare the first fingerprint image with a first registered image. When comparison between the first fingerprint image and the first registered image fails, the processor adjusts an image resolution of one of the first fingerprint image and the first registered image, and re-executes the fingerprint comparison operation to determine whether a current fingerprint sensing passes fingerprint verification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Egis Technology Inc.
    Inventor: Ming Shan Chan
  • Patent number: 11450143
    Abstract: A real/fake fingerprint recognition device includes a light source, a detector, and a processor. The light source is configured to provide a first color light and a second color light to a fingerprint. The detector is configured to receive a first reflect light corresponding to the first color light, and receive a second reflect light corresponding to the second color light. The processor is configured to establish a first image and a second image according to the first reflect light and the second reflect light respectively, and determine whether the fingerprint is a real fingerprint according to the first image and the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Po-Chao Chang, Ruei-Pei Chen, Chao-Chien Chiu
  • Patent number: 11442558
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, there is provided an input device including a height sensor structure configured to provide a height output indicative of whether a gap between the input device and a reference surface is larger than a threshold value; a control circuit configured to control tracking of a movement of the input device in a plane defined by the reference surface, based on the height output; a motion detector configured to provide a detector output indicative of a direction of an at least substantially vertical motion of the input device; and an adjustment circuit configured to adjust the threshold value based on the detector output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Razer (Asia-Pacific) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Sreenath Unnikrishnan
  • Patent number: 11442683
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display; a communication circuit configured to communicate with a first external device or a second external device; a storage configured to store a list of a first content group designated to allow sharing by a first user of the first external device, a second content group designed to block sharing by the first user, a third content group designated to allow sharing by a second user of the second external device, and a fourth content group designated to block sharing by the second user; and a processor configured to: selectively process a content list based on detection of the first external device and detection of the second external device through the communication circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junsik Choi, Jina Kwon
  • Patent number: 11436861
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel to display an image by generating light, a sensor disposed under the display panel to convert a light energy into an electrical energy, a voltage generator connected to the sensor, and a capacitive element connected to the sensor. The electrical energy generated by the sensor is charged in the capacitive element. The sensor senses an object using the light reflected by the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Goeun Cha, Keumdong Jung, Yuna Kim, Kyungtea Park, Soojung Lee, Kangbin Jo
  • Patent number: 11436756
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to a camera model for a machine vision application. One example provides instructions executable to receive image data obtained by an image sensor of a camera, the image data capturing a calibration pattern comprising a plurality of calibration features, for each of one or more imaged calibration features in the image data, determine an object space location of the imaged calibration feature, and determine a distance between the object space location and a corresponding ray of a camera model, the camera model defining a plurality of rays that each represent a relationship of an image space location on the image sensor to object space. The instructions are further executable to determine a value of a cost function based on the distances, adjust the camera model until the cost function meets a target condition, and use the camera model in a machine vision application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew William Fitzgibbon, Taras Khapko, Vuk Jovanovic, Filip Panjevic, Vladimir Carapic, Jelena Mojasevic
  • Patent number: 11430248
    Abstract: The present application relates to an optical fingerprint recognition system and a mobile device comprising the same. The optical fingerprint recognition system is used without changing the original structure or configuration of the mobile device because it has a simple structure and a compact size. The optical fingerprint recognition system and the mobile device having excellent user identification or authentication capability through fingerprints are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Jin Kim, Dae Han Seo, Min Soo Song, Bu Gon Shin
  • Patent number: 11430384
    Abstract: Techniques are described for operating a display system comprising a light source, a scanning assembly, and a controller. The light source includes a plurality of emitters arranged in a column. The scanning assembly includes a reflective surface. A control signal including linear or sinusoidal pulses is applied to cause the reflective surface to rotate. The controller drives the emitters in sequence, using a same image data value, and in synchronization with the rotating of the reflective surface such that light emitted by different emitters of the plurality of emitters is reflected onto a same pixel of an output image. Changes in rotational speed are compensated for through increasing an emission duration for a first row driven while the reflective surface is rotating at a slower rotational speed, relative to an emission duration for a second row driven while the reflective surface is rotating at a faster rotational speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: William Thomas Blank, Ilias Pappas
  • Patent number: 11422374
    Abstract: Configurations are disclosed for presenting virtual reality and augmented reality experiences to users. The system may comprise a spatial light modulator operatively coupled to an image source for projecting light associated with one or more frames of image data, and a variable focus element (VFE) for varying a focus of the projected light such that a first frame of image data is focused at a first depth plane, and a second frame of image data is focused at a second depth plane, and wherein a distance between the first depth plane and the second depth plane is fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: William Hudson Welch, Robert D. Tekolste, Hyunsun Chung, Hui-Chuan Cheng
  • Patent number: 11423690
    Abstract: Provided is a fingerprint identification apparatus which includes: a micro lens array; at least one light shielding layer; a pixel unit array; and an array of filter unit groups, where each filter unit group includes at least two filter units which transmit light signals in at least two colors respectively, where the pixel unit array includes a pixel unit group corresponding to the filter unit group, at least two pixel units in the pixel unit group receive a first light signal through the at least two filter units respectively, and a pixel unit except the at least two pixel units receives a second light signal through a transparent region between the at least two filter units, or a pixel unit between pixel unit groups receives the second light signal through a transparent region between the filter unit groups. The apparatus can improve the security of identification without affecting identification effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiang Cheng, Jianxiang Zhang, Wei Zhang, Shunzhan Li