Patents Examined by Lixi C Simpson
  • Patent number: 11417143
    Abstract: Provided are a fingerprint detection apparatus and method and an electronic device, which can improve the detection and identification effect of fingerprint detection when a distance between the optical fingerprint detection apparatus and a display screen changes, thereby improving user experience. The fingerprint detection apparatus is configured to be disposed below a display screen of an electronic device, and includes: a pixel array including a plurality of groups of pixels, the plurality of groups of pixels being configured to respectively receive light signals in multiple directions to obtain multiple images; and a processing unit configured to move the multiple images for combination to form a reconstructed image, and adjust moving distances of the multiple images according to a quality parameter of the reconstructed image to form a target reconstructed image, the target reconstructed image being a fingerprint image of the finger for fingerprint identification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peng Jiang, Ming Ma
  • Patent number: 11403380
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for managing a fingerprint and a system thereof, which relates to the field of information technology. The method includes that an upper computer builds a connection with a fingerprint card; the upper computer receives an operation from a user and determines a type of the operation, the upper computer sends the collecting fingerprint instruction to the fingerprint card and the fingerprint card collects a fingerprint and returns a collecting fingerprint response to the upper computer if the operation is a collecting fingerprint operation; the upper computer sends the managing fingerprint instruction to the fingerprint card, the fingerprint card finishes a managing operation on the fingerprint according to the managing fingerprint instruction and returns the managing fingerprint response to the upper computer if the operation is a managing fingerprint operation; and the method further comprises the server authenticates the user information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: FEITIAN TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhou Lu, Huazhang Yu
  • Patent number: 11386693
    Abstract: The display device comprises: a display panel displaying an image, a light blocking layer disposed under the display panel and comprising a plurality of holes, a fingerprint sensing layer disposed under the light blocking layer and comprising a plurality of fingerprint sensors receiving reflected light passing through the plurality of hole and generating a sensing signal, and a sensor driver controlling operations of the plurality of fingerprint sensors. The sensor driver compares fingerprint data generated based on a sensing signal generated from reflected light by a user's fingerprint with prestored reference data to generate a fingerprint image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Wook Yang, Hyun Dae Lee, Seung Hyun Moon, Young Eun Lee, Hee Chui Hwang
  • Patent number: 11380129
    Abstract: A texture recognition device and a display device are provided. The texture recognition device includes a backlight element, configured to provide first backlight; a light constraint element, configured to perform a light divergence angle constraint process on the first backlight to obtain second backlight with a divergence angle within a preset angle range, the second backlight being transmitted to a detection object; and a photosensitive element, configured to detect the second backlight reflected by a texture of the detection object to recognize a texture image of the texture of the detection object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jingfu Tao, Pengfei Cheng, Lu Yu, Kangle Chang, Heling Zhu, Jian Sang, Chuandong Liao, Yinwei Chen, Jingang Liu
  • Patent number: 11378721
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a substrate, and an organic light emitting element; an ultraviolet ray blocking part on a rear surface of the substrate of the display panel; a rear protection layer on a rear surface of the ultraviolet ray blocking part, and having an opening; and a sensor in the opening of the rear protection layer. The ultraviolet ray blocking part includes polyester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ye Won Cho, Dong Eun Lee, Dong Jin Jeong
  • Patent number: 11367301
    Abstract: A fingerprint authentication method and device, display device, and biometric security apparatus include: a fingerprint sensor; a minutiae extraction circuit connected to the fingerprint sensor; a minutiae storage circuit connected to the minutiae extraction circuit; and a minutiae match circuit connected to the minutiae extraction circuit and the minutiae storage circuit, wherein the minutiae match circuit includes a class-wise comparator having a first input connected to the minutiae extraction circuit for receiving sensed fingerprint minutiae from each class of a plurality of classes, a second input connected to the minutiae storage circuit for receiving stored fingerprint minutiae belonging to each same class of the plurality of classes, respectively, and an output providing a fingerprint authentication signal responsive to the class-wise comparator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masahiko Yoshiyama
  • Patent number: 11361723
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a shift register unit, a gate driving circuit and a method for driving the same, and a display apparatus. The shift register unit includes: an input sub-circuit coupled to an input signal terminal and a pull-up node and configured to transmit an input signal from the input signal terminal to the pull-up node under control of the input signal; and n output sub-circuits, wherein each of the n output sub-circuits is coupled to the pull-up node, one of n clock signal terminals, a first level signal terminal, and one of n output signal terminals, and is configured to transmit a clock signal from the clock signal terminal coupled to the output sub-circuit to the output signal terminal coupled to the output sub-circuit under control of a voltage signal at the pull-up node, where n is an integer greater than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignees: FUZHOU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zuwei Weng
  • Patent number: 11334161
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus may include a flexible panel comprising an operating side surface and a non-operating side surface. The operating side surface may include a touch operating area. The touch apparatus may include a plurality of raised units. The touch apparatus may be configured to form a plurality of raised operating portions corresponding to the plurality of raised units on a surface of the touch operating area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Li Wang, Yonghong Zhou
  • Patent number: 11328165
    Abstract: In a method for performing operating a fingerprint sensor, an image of a fingerprint of a finger is captured at a fingerprint sensor. A force applied by the finger at the fingerprint sensor is determined, where the force is a measure of pressure applied by the finger on the fingerprint sensor during capture of the image. The force is compared to a pressure threshold. Provided the force satisfies a pressure threshold, a spoof detection operation is performed to determine whether the finger is a real finger. Provided the force does not satisfy the pressure threshold, fingerprint authentication using the image of the fingerprint is performed without performing the spoof detection operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: InvenSense, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniela Hall
  • Patent number: 11327580
    Abstract: An electronic pen includes a conductive core-side member, a power supply circuit, a signal transmission circuit, an input reception circuit, and a control circuit. The signal transmission circuit receives a power supply voltage from the power supply circuit, generates a first signal and a second signal each having a different waveform, and selectively supplies either the first signal or the second signal to the core-side member. The input reception circuit which receives a designation input designating either the first signal or the second signal to be supplied from the signal transmission circuit to the core-side member. The control circuit controls the signal transmission circuit to supply either the first signal or the second signal to the core-side member according to the designation input received by the input reception circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Oda, Hideyuki Hara
  • Patent number: 11314322
    Abstract: Light output of a display can be dynamically adjusted on-the-fly. When implemented on a low-persistence display that supports a variable refresh rate, this dynamic light output adjustment maintains a constant brightness over a series of frames to eliminate flickering of the display. When pixel data of a given frame is output to a frame buffer for presenting an image on the display, a time difference between an illumination of the display's light emitting elements for a preceding frame and an upcoming illumination of the light emitting elements for the given frame may be determined, and this time difference is used to determine a value of a light output parameter. During presentation of the image on the display, the light emitting elements can be illuminated in accordance with the value of the light output parameter. This determination iterates over a series of frames to dynamically adjust the display's light output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventor: Jeremy Adam Selan
  • Patent number: 11315358
    Abstract: A method for detection of altered fingerprints includes receiving, by at least one processor, an image of a fingerprint from a fingerprint reader. The image has an image resolution. The processor determines a spatial location of the fingerprint within the image. The processor crops the image around the spatial location to provide a cropped image. The processor generates multiple derived images using the cropped image, such that each derived image has the image resolution. The processor generates a multiple-channel image using the derived images. The processor scales the multiple-channel image to an image size. The processor generates a score using a machine learning model. The score is based on the multiple-channel image and is indicative of a likelihood that the fingerprint has been altered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Inventors: Peter Zhen-Ping Lo, Hui Zhu
  • Patent number: 11281008
    Abstract: An electronic display assembly includes a display element and a corrective element coupled to the display element. The display element has a first plurality of sub-pixels of a first type and a second plurality of sub-pixels of a second type. Two adjacent sub-pixels of the first plurality of sub-pixel are separated by a sub-pixel distance. The corrective element has a plurality of features configured to diffuse light emitted by the first plurality of sub-pixels such that an apparent distance between the two adjacent sub-pixels of the first type, viewed at a viewing distance away from the electronic display assembly, is less than the sub-pixel distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ying Geng, Jacques Gollier, Alexander Sohn, Matthew E. Colburn
  • Patent number: 11250237
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a circuit for fingerprint identification and a driving method thereof, a display panel, and a display device. The circuit for fingerprint identification of the present disclosure includes a voltage adjustment circuit, a photodiode, and a signal output circuit; wherein the voltage adjustment circuit is electrically connected with an anode of the photodiode, and the signal output circuit is electrically connected with a cathode of the photodiode; the voltage adjustment circuit is configured to adjust an anode voltage input to the photodiode to enable the photodiode to work in a linear region; and the signal output circuit is configured to amplify and output a signal output by the photodiode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xueyou Cao, Pengpeng Wang, Wenjuan Wang, Xiaoliang Ding, Haisheng Wang, Ping Zhang
  • Patent number: 11221678
    Abstract: Haptic feedback remote control systems and methods are provided. A method for providing haptic feedback to a user of a haptic feedback remote control device includes receiving, by a receiving device, an electronic command issued from the haptic feedback remote control device. The receiving device transmits a haptic feedback command to the haptic feedback remote control device. Based on the received haptic feedback command, the haptic feedback remote control activates a haptic feedback device, within the haptic feedback remote control, to provide a haptic feedback effect to a user of the haptic feedback remote control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: DISH TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.
    Inventor: Ellen Letendre
  • Patent number: 11222191
    Abstract: A method for generating calibration data of an electronic device includes obtaining a plurality of background images through at least part of a display of the electronic device, using a fingerprint sensor positioned under the display of the electronic device, obtaining a variation between the plurality of background images, when the variation is less than or equal to a threshold value, generating calibration data for the fingerprint sensor, using at least one background image of the plurality of background images, and storing the generated calibration data in a memory of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Inventor: Jungwoo Cho
  • Patent number: 11216123
    Abstract: The present invention provides a conductive film in which a change in the surface state is suppressed and the light-fast adhesiveness of a protective layer is excellent, a touch panel sensor, and a touch panel. The conductive film according to the present invention includes a substrate, a patterned layer to be plated which is arranged on at least one surface of the substrate and has a functional group interacting with a plating catalyst or a precursor thereof, a copper plating layer which is arranged to cover the patterned layer to be plated and is in contact with the substrate, a metal layer which is arranged to cover the copper plating layer and contains a metal that is electrochemically nobler than copper, a nitrogen-containing compound layer which is arranged to cover the metal layer that is electrochemically nobler than copper, and a protective layer which is arranged to cover the nitrogen-containing compound layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Chika Matsuoka, Takahiko Ichiki
  • Patent number: 11217191
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes: a plurality of sub-pixels, each sub-pixel including at least one memory; a setting circuit configured to select either a first mode in which a still image is displayed or a second mode in which a moving image is displayed; and a switching circuit configured to switch coupling between the sub-pixels and the memories according to the selection made by the setting circuit. The first mode is a mode in which each of the sub-pixels is coupled to one of the at least one memory included in the sub-pixel, and the second mode is a mode including a time period in which at least one of the sub-pixels is coupled to the at least one memory included in another of the sub-pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Yutaka Mitsuzawa
  • Patent number: 11204502
    Abstract: A rendering section renders an object in a virtual space to generate a computer graphics image. A post-process section post-processes the computer graphics image. A transmitting and receiving section transmits the post-processed computer graphics image together with depth information to a head mounted display for superimposing the post-processed computer graphics image on a captured image in a real space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Ohashi
  • Patent number: 11205061
    Abstract: A fingerprint sensor includes a substrate, and a plurality of first electrodes disposed on the substrate, and including a plurality of first pattern parts and a plurality of first connectors. The plurality of first electrodes is repeatedly arranged in a second direction intersecting a first direction, and the plurality of first connectors connects the plurality of first pattern parts in the first direction. The fingerprint sensor further includes an insulating layer disposed on the plurality of first electrodes, and a plurality of second electrodes disposed on the insulating layer, and including a plurality of second pattern parts and a plurality of second connectors. The plurality of second electrodes is repeatedly arranged in the first direction, and the plurality of second connectors connects the plurality of second pattern parts in the second direction. The plurality of first connectors and/or the plurality of second connectors include a metal material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seokwhan Chung