Patents Examined by M. Russell
  • Patent number: 11885071
    Abstract: An aramid-mica composite insulating nanopaper and a preparation method thereof are disclosed. A mixture of mica and urea is subjected to a solid-phase ball milling, to obtain nano mica modified with amino groups on the surface, which is then assembled with the aramid nanofiber by stepwise suction filtration according to the present disclosure, to form an ordered nanopaper, thereby obtaining an aramid-mica composite insulating nanopaper with ultra-high insulation performances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Shaanxi University of Science & Technology
    Inventors: Zhaoqing Lu, Fengfeng Jia, Songfeng E, Li Hua
  • Patent number: 11841357
    Abstract: A measurement apparatus of a moving paper web, includes an optical radiation source that outputs optical radiation toward a scattering element of the measurement apparatus. The scattering element scatters the optical radiation, and a transmitting surface of the scattering element directs the optical radiation in a scattered manner toward the moving paper web. A distance between said transmitting surface of the scattering element and a surface of the paper web is known, and the transmitting surface and a detector of the apparatus are on opposite sides of the paper web. The detector receives at least a part of the optical radiation, which is side-scattered from the moving paper web. The detector determines a moisture value and a dry weight of the paper web on the basis of spectral information on the received optical radiation and the known distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: VALMET AUTOMATION OY
    Inventors: Markku Mäntylä, Pekka Suopajärvi
  • Patent number: 11788234
    Abstract: An aramid paper suitable for use as electrical insulation comprising a first outer layer and a second outer layer, each of which comprising 70 to 30 weight percent aramid floc and 30 to 70 weight percent aramid fibrids, and each of which being free of mica and having a first face and a second face; an inner layer comprising 50 to 70 weight percent aramid material and 30 to 50 weight percent mica and having a first face and a second face; wherein the first face of the first outer layer is a first outer face of the aramid paper, and the second face of the first outer layer is coextensive with and bound face-to-face with the first face of the inner layer solely by fibrids in the first outer layer and the inner layer; and wherein the first face of the second outer layer is coextensive with and bound face-to-face with the second face of the inner layer solely by fibrids in the second outer layer and the inner layer, and the second face of the second outer layer is a second outer face of the aramid paper; the arami
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION, INC.
    Inventors: Chris Dembrosky, Roger Curtis Wicks
  • Patent number: 10529121
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a method and apparatus for displaying information. In a specific embodiment, at least two pluralities of voxel values for a corresponding at least two functions with respect to at least a portion of a subject can be obtained. The at least a portion of the subject can have a plurality of local volume elements, where the at least two pluralities of voxel values for the corresponding at least two functions each correspond to the plurality of local volume elements. In this way, there is a voxel value for each function for each local volume element of the portion of the subject. Each of the at least two pluralities of voxel values represents the value of the corresponding function of the at least two functions for the corresponding plurality of local volume elements. A representation is created where the value of one of the at least two functions is on a first axis and a count of voxels is on a second axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Forster, Geoffrey G. Zhang
  • Patent number: 10515599
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display panel and a driving method thereof, as well as a liquid crystal display device, which relates to the field of liquid crystal display technology, and can reduce the power consumption of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jiacheng Huang
  • Patent number: 10410418
    Abstract: At least one determination coordinate is set near a virtual camera, and whether or not an obstacle object is present in a predetermined range in a direction based on a predetermined object from the determination coordinate, is determined. As a result, if the obstacle object is present, the virtual camera is moved so that the obstacle object will not be present in the predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Kiuchi, Hiromasa Shikata, Shiro Mouri
  • Patent number: 10402078
    Abstract: First content displayed on screen may be translated by the user, for example by dragging. Second content may then be displayed in the area of the screen that is exposed by the translation of the first content. In some embodiments there is a conceptual link between the first and second content, for example the second content may be metadata relating to the first content. In effect, a multi-layered user interface is provided. The translation may be performed in response to a special user input, for example a multi-touch drag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventor: Ari-Heikki Sarjanoja
  • Patent number: 10373363
    Abstract: Systems and methods for visually creating scroll-triggered animation in a document. Based on input received, a key position is determined that is associated with an element that is to be animated. An indicator may be displayed to visually show the location of the key position on an editing canvas. A scroll-triggered animation is defined for the element based on the specified key position. The scroll-triggered animation defines attributes of the element during scroll of the document in the end use environment. For example, the animation may specify that the element has a particular location when the scroll is at the specified key position. The scroll-triggered animation may additionally or alternatively comprise a before-effect and an after-effect, performing one animation before the scroll reaches the key position and another animation after the scroll reaches the key position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Noam Almosnino, Paul H. Sorrick, Lance Bushore, Razvan Cotlarciuc, Dana Cooper, David E. Williamson
  • Patent number: 10347032
    Abstract: Slice representation of a volume with the aid of volume data is provided. A selection of a slice orientation for slice representation of volume data is made. A slice is then determined in accordance with the selected orientation. A relief representation is calculated for this slice and used as a relief for the representation of the at least one slice. A vivid representation of slice information is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventor: Klaus Engel
  • Patent number: 10210828
    Abstract: The present invention provides a temperature sensing circuit, which comprises a switching circuit, a charging circuit, and a judging circuit. The switching circuit receives a supply voltage for generating a switching signal. The charging circuit is coupled to the switching circuit and receives the supply voltage. The switching signal controls the charging circuit for generating a voltage signal according to the supply voltage. The judging circuit is coupled to the charging circuit for generating a judging signal according to the level of the voltage signal. The levels of the switching signal and the voltage signal are related to a temperature state; and the judging signal represents the temperature state. The temperature sensing circuit can be applied to the driving circuit of a display panel for detecting the temperature state. Hence, the level of the driving signal of the driving circuit can be adjusted for improving the image quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignees: Giantplus Technology Co., Ltd., National Chiao Tung University
    Inventors: Po-Tsun Liu, Li-Wei Chu, Guang-Ting Zheng, Yi-Chun Kuo, Chun-Yen Chen, Ku-Huang Lai
  • Patent number: 10181193
    Abstract: Various methods and systems for reducing the effects of latency in a camera-projection system are described herein. A method includes recording, via a camera, a plurality of frames of one or more moving objects, wherein at least one of the moving objects is a target object to have an image projected thereupon. The method can include analyzing the recorded frames of the one or more moving objects to determine a predicted path of the target object. Additionally, the method can include projecting, via a projection device, an image onto the target object using the predicted path of the target object to compensate for a predetermined system latency. The method can include recording a plurality of frames of the target object and the image. The method can include adjusting the predicted path of the target object until an offset between the target object and the image is below a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jarrod Knibbe, Hrvoje Benko, Andrew Wilson
  • Patent number: 10170067
    Abstract: A GOA electric circuit introduces a resistor and a timing signal, which are used to replace a second capacitor in the existing skills. One terminal of the resistor is connected to a constant high voltage level and the other terminal thereof is connected to a gate electrode of a ninth thin-film transistor. A source electrode of the ninth thin-film transistor is electrically connected to the timing signal. In the stage maintaining the output terminal at low voltage level, the voltage level of the second node can be changed between high and low voltage levels as the timing signal is changed, and the voltage level of the second node is pulled down in a specific frequency. This effectively prevents the second node from being at high voltage level for a long time and avoids the problem of threshold voltage shifting, and therefore improves the stability of GOA electric circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yafeng Li
  • Patent number: 10139947
    Abstract: A touch-sensing device is provided, which includes a substrate with a central region and a peripheral region, and a first light-shielding layer disposed on the peripheral region, wherein the first light-shielding layer has a first edge adjacent to the central region. The device further includes a touch-sensing layer disposed on the central region, and a part of the touch-sensing layer extends onto the peripheral region to cover a part of the first light-shielding layer. The device also includes a conductive line layer disposed on the first light-shielding layer, and a second light-shielding layer covering at least a part of the first light-shielding layer and at least a part of the conductive line layer. The second light-shielding layer has a second edge adjacent to the central region, and the second edge has a profile roughness that is greater than that of the first edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chia-Hsiung Chang, Yang-Chen Chen, Kuo-Chang Su, Hsia-Ching Chu
  • Patent number: 10133342
    Abstract: Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for selecting an Augmented Reality (AR) object on a head mounted device (HMD) are presented. In some embodiments, an HMD may define a Region-of-Interest (ROI) based on a gesture formed by at least one hand of a user. Subsequently the HMD may display to the user a shape on the HMD. In at least one arrangement, the shape outlines the ROI. Additionally, the HMD may display to the user a plurality of AR objects, each of the plurality of AR objects being associated with a target inside the ROI. Furthermore, the HMD may reduce the size of the ROI based on a first movement of the at least one hand of the user to form a reduced-sized ROI. In at least one arrangement, the reduced-sized ROI is used to select a specific AR object from the plurality of AR objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Arpit Mittal, Giuliano Maciocci, Michael L. Tunmer, Paul Mabbutt
  • Patent number: 10115207
    Abstract: An image processing method includes receiving a two-dimensional (2D) input image; detecting an image of a block in the 2D image to generate depth information for the block; and determining a depth of a sub-block image within the block according to the depth information, accurately estimating block-based depth information according to image characteristics of the block and obtaining a depth of a given block/pixel according to the depth information to generate improved stereoscopic images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: Chien-Chuan Yao, Chih Wei Chen, Chung-Yi Chen
  • Patent number: 10115220
    Abstract: A Three-Dimensional (3D) display method is provided, and includes displaying a 3D screen including a plurality of objects having different depth perceptions, and displaying the 3D screen with a unified depth perception through adjustment of the depth perceptions of the plurality of objects to one depth perception, when a 3D display apparatus moves to a first state. Accordingly, it is possible to effectively control the operation of the display apparatus while viewing the 3D screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Su-jin Yeon
  • Patent number: 10086954
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are provided for displaying flight information related to a UAV. The UAV may carry a payload via a carrier that may permit the payload to move relative to the UAV. UAV related information including UAV state information and payload state information can be provided to a remote display terminal. The UAV state information can include position information as well as attitude information of the UAV. The payload state information can include attitude information of the payload relative to the UAV. The remote display terminal can be configured to simultaneously display the UAV state information and the payload state information so as to provide the user with an intuitive, comprehensive, yet efficient user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Heli Zhong, Zhiyuan Zhang, Xiaojun Li
  • Patent number: 10049491
    Abstract: This disclosure provides for a Dynamic Global Illumination system which is capable of mimicking in electronic visual media the properties of light in reality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: CONFETTI INTERACTIVE INC.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Engel, Igor Lobanchikov, Timothy Martin
  • Patent number: 10043298
    Abstract: A method for operating a device having a screen, including: obtaining, by the device, a first background image of an environment behind the screen; obtaining, by the device, an electronic document (ED) having a text character with an initial text color; identifying, by the device, a pixel in the first background image associated with the text character; determining, by the device, a first final text color based on the initial text color and the pixel in the first background image; and displaying, by the device and on the screen, the ED with the text character in the first final text color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventor: Jason James Grams
  • Patent number: 10037589
    Abstract: System and method for a parallel image processing mechanism for applying mask data patterns to substrate in a lithography manufacturing process are disclosed. In one embodiment, the parallel image processing system includes a graphics engine configured to partition an object into a plurality of trapezoids and form an edge list for representing each of the plurality of trapezoids, and a distributor configured to receive the edge list from the graphics engine and distribute the edge list to a plurality of scan line image processing units. The system further includes a sentinel configured to synchronize operations of the plurality of scan line image processing units, and a plurality of buffers configured to store image data from corresponding scan line image processing units and outputs the stored image data using the sentinel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Barry Keane, Thomas Laidig