Patents Examined by Lixi C Simpson
  • Patent number: 10635194
    Abstract: A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for subdividing a touch-sensitive interface of a mouse accessory into a first plurality of sectors for defining a first plurality of mouse buttons, where each sector of the first plurality of sectors corresponds to a distinct mouse button. The method can further include receiving a first signal from the touch-sensitive interface of the mouse accessory, detecting, from the first signal a selection of a sector of the first plurality of sectors, and generating a second signal indicating the selection of the sector. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: STEELSERIES ApS
    Inventor: Tino Soelberg
  • Patent number: 10627632
    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: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: MAGIC LEAP, INC.
    Inventors: William Hudson Welch, Robert D. Tekolste, Hyunsun Chung, Hui-Chuan Cheng
  • Patent number: 10629128
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, and a panel driver that generates a scan signal, a global signal, and data signals, and provides first and second power supply voltages to the display panel. Each pixel includes a first transistor between one of data line and a first node, the first transistor receiving the scan signal at a gate of the first transistor, a second transistor to transfer the first power supply voltage in response to the global signal, a driving transistor between the second transistor and a second node, the driving transistor having a gate connected to the first node, an organic light emitting diode between the second node and the second power supply voltage, and a storage capacitor between the first node and the second node. The driving transistor and the second transistor are different ones of P-type and N-type transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taehoon Yang, Dae-Hyun Noh, Yongsung Park, Minwoo Byun
  • Patent number: 10621910
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pixel sensing device for sensing characteristics of pixels arranged on a display panel, processing and converting the same into valid sensing data, and transmitting the valid sensing data to an external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Hwan Ji, Jung Bae Yun, Min Young Jeong, Jeung Hie Choi
  • Patent number: 10607537
    Abstract: What is disclosed are systems and methods of optical feedback for pixel identification, evaluation, and calibration for active matrix light emitting diode device (AMOLED) and other emissive displays. Optical feedback is utilized to calibrate pixel whose output luminance exceeds a threshold difference from a reference value, and may include the use of sparse pixel activation to ensure pixel identification and luminance measurement, as well as a coarse calibration procedure for programming the starting calibration data for a fine calibration stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Ignis Innovation Inc.
    Inventor: Gholamreza Chaji
  • Patent number: 10600236
    Abstract: Described herein are techniques for adjusting a prediction level and a throttle level, as frames are being rendered on a head-mounted display (HMD), based on an application's rendering performance. The prediction level is increased if a number of late frames, out of a past N rendered frames of (N being any suitable number), meets or exceeds a threshold number of late frames, which causes a compositor of the HMD to predict pose data of the HMD farther out into the future. The throttle level can be increased independently from, or in synchronization with, the increase in the prediction level to causes the compositor to throttle the frame rate of the application (e.g., to a fraction of the refresh rate of the HMD). The prediction level (and the throttle level, if at the same level) can be decreased if a particular number of consecutively-rendered frames finish rendering early.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Leiby, Alex Vlachos
  • Patent number: 10599253
    Abstract: A touch screen panel includes a thin film substrate having sensing patterns formed thereon that is implemented as an isotropic film, and a polarizing plate is disposed on the sensing patterns so that it is possible to minimize or reduce degradation of image quality. The touch screen panel includes a thin film substrate, sensing patterns, and sensing lines. The thin film substrate is divided into an active area and a non-active area. The sensing patterns are formed in the active area of the thin film substrate. The sensing lines are formed in the non-active area of the thin film substrate so as to be connected to the sensing patterns. In the touch screen panel, the thin film substrate is implemented as an isotropic film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Dosplay Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Ku Kang, Mi-Ae Park, Kwan-Young Han, Tae-Hyeog Jung, Mikiya Itakura
  • Patent number: 10599940
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: acquire information of a photographed image obtained by panoramic photographing of a plurality of display devices; generate display format information including a point of view which is a part of a display format for each display device when each display device displays content information at a point by using the acquired information of the photographed image; and transmit the display format information in order to display a series of content information having different display formats on the plurality of display devices based on the generated display format information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoya Fujisaki, Junichi Yura
  • Patent number: 10592026
    Abstract: A touch panel including a first substrate, a plurality of touch electrodes and a plurality of active components is provided. The first substrate has an active region. The touch electrodes are disposed on the active region. Each of the touch electrodes includes a network structure having a solid portion and a plurality of opening portions defined by the solid portion. Each of the active components includes a semiconductor pattern substantially shielded by the solid portion of one corresponding touch electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Hsin Hsieh, Zeng-De Chen
  • Patent number: 10580341
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display mounted in a housing. A color sensing ambient light sensor may measure the color of ambient light. The color sensing ambient light sensor may be mounted in alignment with an ambient light sensor window formed in an inactive area of the display. The color sensing ambient light sensor may be formed from detectors on a semiconductor substrate. The detectors may include detectors that have spectral sensitivity profiles matching those of color matching functions. The color sensing ambient light sensor may include an infrared light detector. Light redirecting structures such as a diffuser, prism film, negative lens film, or privacy film may be used in directing light into the ambient light sensor. The color sensing ambient light sensor may be calibrated by exposing the sensor to light sources of different types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Zhang Jia, Christopher S. Erickson
  • Patent number: 10580334
    Abstract: In some designs, an eye-mounted display includes multiple femtoprojectors contained inside a contact lens. Femtoprojectors that project to peripheral regions of the retina can have lower resolution. In some designs, these peripheral femtoprojector optical system includes an optically transparent core with two ends. The image source is located at one end, and a lens element is located at the other end. The end with the image source is the same size or larger than the end with the lens element. The core may be a cylinder or a frustum, for example. The sidewall structure extending between the two ends is designed to reduce stray rays from the image source. For example, the sidewall structure may absorb stray rays or may redirect rays so that they do not exit the core or so that they do not enter the pupil of the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Tectus Corporation
    Inventor: Brian Elliot Lemoff
  • Patent number: 10545600
    Abstract: A tactile sensation providing apparatus includes a touch sensor 11 configured to receive an input, a load detection unit 12 configured to detect a pressure load on a touch face 11a of the touch sensor 11, a tactile sensation providing unit 13 configured to vibrate the touch face 11a, a memory unit 15 configured to store drive signal information for the tactile sensation providing unit 13, and a control unit 16 configured, when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit 12 satisfies a standard for providing a tactile sensation, to retrieve the drive signal information from the memory unit 15 and to control drive of the tactile sensation providing unit 13 based on the drive signal information such that a button depression sensation is provided one time to a pressing object pressing the touch face 11a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Tomotake Aono
  • Patent number: 10546426
    Abstract: A virtual reality scene is displayed via a display device. A real-world positioning of a peripheral control device is identified relative to the display device. Video of a real-world scene of a physical environment located behind a display region of the display device is captured via a camera. A real-world portal is selectively displayed via the display device that includes a portion of the real-world scene and simulates a view through the virtual reality scene at a position within the display region that tracks the real-world positioning of the peripheral control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Alexandru Octavian Balan, Youding Zhu, Min shik Park
  • Patent number: 10534537
    Abstract: In an approach for controlling a computing device without mechanical buttons the computer detects an interaction with a touch capacitive sensing surface on a computing device. The computer determines that the detected interaction includes at least three interactions including at least two different touch capacitive sensing surfaces. The computer determines a virtual control button to display based on the detected interaction. The computer displays the determined virtual control button to the user. The computer receives an interaction with the displayed virtual control button. The computer implements an action associated with the determined virtual control button based on the received interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Darryl M. Adderly, Rosanna S. Mannan, Kevin L. Schultz
  • Patent number: 10534481
    Abstract: High aspect ratio touch sensor panels are disclosed in which multiple row electrode blocks can be formed in a single row within an active area of the touch sensor panel, each row electrode block including a plurality of vertically adjacent row electrodes, or in some instances only one row electrode. In addition, each column electrode can be separated into multiple column electrode segments, each column electrode segment being vertically oriented and formed in a different column. The column electrode segments associated with any one column electrode can be spread out so that each of these column electrodes segments can be co-located and associated with a different row electrode block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Massoud Badaye, Sudip Mondal, Sagar Rajiv Vaze, Albert Lin, Qian Zhao, Chun-Hao Tung, Sunggu Kang, John Z. Zhong
  • Patent number: 10529288
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic light-emitting display device including a non-volatile memory in a panel part when the panel part is separated by a considerable distance from a timing control circuit such that the timing control circuit can be commonly used, and a data processing method of the organic light-emitting display device. A data driver of the panel part includes a memory and a converter and performs communication with the timing control circuit through a long-distance signal transmission system, or a bridge circuit board including a memory and a converter performs communication with the timing control circuit through a long-distance signal transmission system to transmit display panel compensation data, thereby commonly using the timing control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jae-Hoon Jung
  • Patent number: 10515605
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; a gate line, a dummy gate line, a data line, a dummy data line, a pixel electrode, and a dummy pixel electrode, each disposed on the substrate; a switching element connected to the gate line, the data line, and the pixel electrode; a dummy switching element connected to the dummy gate line, the dummy data line, and the dummy pixel electrode; a compensation circuit detecting a change amount of a drain current based on drain currents generated from the dummy pixel at different time points, and detecting a change amount of a gate voltage of the dummy switching element based on the change amount of the drain current; a power supply circuit outputting a corrected gate-off voltage based on the change amount of the gate voltage; and a gate driver applying the corrected gate-off voltage to the gate line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongbeom Lee, Jihoon Shin, Yeunmo Yeon, Eunkyung Kim, Minho Park, Chowon Park, Yina Yun
  • Patent number: 10504391
    Abstract: A display device comprises a display panel that displays an image and has a data line and a sensing line, a data driver that drives the display panel, and a power supply part that delivers a driving reference voltage through a wiring line connected to the data driver. The data driver supplies a data signal to the data line, supplies the driving reference voltage through the sensing line, senses the sensing line based on an internally generated sensing reference voltage, and integrates a sensing result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myunggi Lim, Kyoungdon Woo, Seokhyun Hong, Hyuckjun Kim
  • Patent number: 10481717
    Abstract: A display device comprising: a display area, a driving circuit formed in a peripheral area, a touch sensor, overlapping the display area, having a first touch electrode extending in a first direction and a second touch electrode extending in a second direction that crosses the first direction; wherein each of the plural pixels has pixel electrode layer, the counter electrode layer over the pixel electrode layer, the display element layer formed between the pixel electrode layer and the counter electrode layer; the touch sensor is formed over the counter electrode via an insulating layer; lead wirings from the first touch electrode or from the second touch electrode extend to an area to overlap the driving circuit formed in the peripheral area; the counter electrode layer extends to cover the area that the lead wiring and the driving circuit overlap to each other in the peripheral area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Mitsuhide Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 10474351
    Abstract: An accessibility method is performed by an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface. The method includes: displaying a plurality of user interface elements on the display; in response to detecting a first user interface navigation gesture by a finger on the touch-sensitive surface, navigating in the plurality of user interface elements in accordance with a current navigable unit type; in response to detecting a first user interface navigation setting gesture on the touch-sensitive surface: changing the current navigable unit type from the first navigable unit type to a second navigable unit type; and outputting accessibility information about the second navigable unit type; after changing the current navigable unit type, in response to detecting a second user interface navigation gesture by the finger on the touch-sensitive surface, navigating in the plurality of user interface elements in accordance with the current navigable unit type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Brian Fleizach, Eric Taylor Seymour