Patents Examined by Mark Edwards
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Patent number: 11628038Abstract: An augmented reality and extended reality surgical system comprising three 3D viewing options of: (i) an AR/XR headset or headsets, (ii) one or more autostereoscopic “3D glasses free” monitor(s); and (iii) one or more digital ocular stereoscopic 3D viewports which is mounted to a cobotic arm viewing option for ergonomically sound viewing. The system may comprise a wearable device, such as a head mounted display or glasses, that provides the user with virtual reality, augmented reality, and/or mixed reality for surgery visualization. This system is all digital and features both wired and wireless connections that have approximately the same latency of less than 20 milliseconds. This may allow the user to access 2D or 3D imaging, magnification, virtual visualization, six-degrees of freedom (6DoF) image management, and/or other images while still viewing real reality and thus maintaining a presence in the operating room.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Raytrx, LLCInventors: Michael Hayes Freeman, Mitchael C. Freeman, Jordan Boss, Brian Santee, Montgomery H. F. Freeman, Thomas A. Finley, Linda Lam, Victoria McArtor, Steven Yeager, David Kessler, Ian Oswald
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Patent number: 11630535Abstract: A touch display device and a display panel uniformly distributing capacitances between the touch lines and the touch electrodes are provided. The device includes a display panel in which a plurality of X-touch electrodes are electrically connected to form a X-touch electrode line and a plurality of X-touch electrode lines arranged in parallel to receive a plurality of touch driving signals, and a plurality of Y-touch electrode lines to transmit a plurality of touch sensing signals, and a touch driving circuit. A plurality of X-touch lines transmit the touch driving signals connect together the plurality of X-touch electrodes constituting a same X-touch electrode line through a plurality of contact holes. Distances between at least one Y-touch electrode line and the plurality of contact holes through which the plurality of X-touch lines are electrically connected to the X-touch electrodes adjacent to the at least one Y-touch electrode line are uniform.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2022Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wooram Oh, YoungChul Kwon
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Patent number: 11624400Abstract: A foldable device includes a flexible display including a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion disposed between the first portion and the second portion; a body including a first support portion which supports the first portion of the flexible display, a second support portion which supports the second portion of the flexible display, and a third support portion which supports the third portion of the flexible display; a hinge including a first rotation axis which connects the first support portion to the third support portion, and a second rotation axis which connects the second support portion to the third support portion; and at least one slot hole which shifts the first rotation axis and the second rotation axis along an inner surface of the at least one slot hole when the first support portion and the second support portion rotate.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2022Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yu-dong Bae, Ho-seong Seo, Wataru Kaihotsu, Toshikazu Takayanagi, Jin-hyoung Park
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Patent number: 11624478Abstract: A head mounted device includes a ring-shaped mount unit for mounting the head mounted device on a head of a user, the ring-shaped mount unit including a first housing having a band portion on each of both sides thereof and a second housing having an engagement portion to be engaged with the band portion, and the ring-shaped mount unit being formed in a ring shape that enables enlargement and reduction of a circumference thereof by engagement of the band portion with the engagement portion. The head mounted device further includes a circumference holding unit, such as a torque limiter, configured to generate a holding force at least in a circumference enlargement direction of the ring-shaped mount unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Takashi Torii
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Patent number: 11625104Abstract: In some examples, an electronic device includes a click pad. In some examples, the electronic device includes circuitry disposed under the click pad. In some examples, the circuitry is to activate to reduce click pad travel from a first distance to a second distance. In some examples, the circuitry is to activate in response to a stylus detection.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2022Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Yi Yun Chang, Hung Sung Pan, Chen Jie Wu
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Patent number: 11625125Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display panel configured to display an image; a data driver configured to output a data voltage to a data line of the display panel; a touch driver configured to identify a touch input to the display panel; a power voltage generator configured to generate a touch power voltage; and a mixer configured to mix a periodical signal to the touch power voltage to generate a mixing signal and configured to provide the mixing signal to the touch driver in a test mode.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jinyoung Jeon
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Patent number: 11619996Abstract: Examples of systems and methods for interacting with content and updating the location and orientation of that content using a single controller. The system may allow a user to use the same controller for moving content around the room and interacting with that content by tracking a range of the motion of the controller.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2022Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Karen Stolzenberg, Marc Alan McCall, Frank Alexander Hamilton, IV, Cole Parker Heiner, John Austin Day, Eric Norman Yiskis
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Patent number: 11614799Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a processor configured to: obtain detection information from a detector that detects a user; obtain a movement mode of the user based on the detection information; estimate a being time during, which the user is in a predetermined viewing area of a display apparatus based on the movement mode; and control display of video data displayed on the display apparatus so that a playback time of the video data becomes less than or equal to the being time.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventor: Atsushi Ito
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Patent number: 11614839Abstract: In some examples, a touch screen can include touch electrodes that can function as drive (Tx) electrodes and sense (Rx) electrodes during a touch sensing operation of the electronic device. The drive electrodes can include +Tx electrodes and ?Tx electrodes that can receive drive signals that can have the same amplitude and frequency and opposite phases, for example. In some examples, the surface areas of the +Tx electrodes and the ?Tx electrodes can be the same and the distances of the +Tx electrodes and ?Tx electrodes from the Rx electrodes can be different. In some examples, the total charge coupled to a proximate or touching object can be zero, which can mitigate problems associated with ungrounded or poorly grounded objects in contact with the touch screen.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: William Matthew Pender Paul, Christoph H. Krah, Bin Huang, Stanley Bo-Ting Wang
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Patent number: 11615216Abstract: An apparatus for a deployable screen protections structure includes a body and a strap of a wearable device, where a display screen is positioned on a top surface of the body. The body also include a protection structure integrated into the strap of the wearable device, wherein the protection structure is deployable over the top surface of the body.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ai Kiar Ang, Carlo Gonzales Gagui, Rimbun Haryanto, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
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Patent number: 11614911Abstract: Systems and methods for providing customer-specific information for an electronic display assembly utilized by a number of different customers are provided. Data is received at database(s) from the electronic display assembly regarding operation, each portion of the received data is assigned one of a number of different customer identifiers. A particular one of the customer identifiers is received from a customer device and the database(s) are queried to identify the portions of the data assigned the particular customer identifier for transmission to the customer device.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2022Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Manufacturing Resources International, Inc.Inventors: Elliot Newnham, Brock Bearchell
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Patent number: 11607286Abstract: Disclosed is a sterile cover (100) for a Mixed Reality (MR) device (101). The sterile cover (100) may comprise a first case (102) arranged for covering a front side of the MR device (101). The first case (102) may comprise a hard case with an embedded clear layer (114) for covering a glass area of the front side of the MR device (101). The sterile cover (100) may further comprise a second case (104). The second case (104) may be arranged for covering a headband side of the MR device (101). The second case (104) may comprise a stretchable case for allowing a flexible adjustment of the headband side of the MR device (101) within the second case (104).Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: HCL Technologies LimitedInventors: Sanjeeb Kumar Behera, Karthik Balasubramanian, Dipumon Ayyanchira Mani
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Patent number: 11609647Abstract: A mouse device and a method for assembling and adjusting the same are provided. The mouse device includes an upper housing that includes a button, a middle housing, a bottom housing, a retaining bracket, a sensing switch module, and an adjusting screw. The middle housing is disposed between the upper housing and the bottom housing. The retaining bracket is disposed under the middle housing, and includes a frame and a suspended arm. A fixed end of the suspended arm is fixedly connected to one side of the frame. The sensing switch module is disposed on the suspended arm and corresponds in position to the button. The adjusting screw is disposed at another side of the frame, and is used to adjust a distance between the button and the sensing switch module. The adjusting screw is shielded by the bottom housing and is not exposed from the bottom housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2022Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: DEXIN CORPORATIONInventor: Ho-Lung Lu
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Patent number: 11609648Abstract: A stylus pen includes a rod body, a cover body, and a positioning module. The rod body includes a main body portion and a sleeve portion connected to each other. The cover body is configured to be sleeved onto the sleeve portion, and is configured to move relative to the rod body to a first position and a second position along a first axial direction. The positioning module is disposed between the sleeve portion and the cover body, and is configured to generate changes of force to the cover body and the rod body in a second axial direction when the cover body moves to the first position and the second position relative to the rod body.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2022Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kuo-Nan Wu
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Patent number: 11604503Abstract: A virtual image display system, including a handheld electronic device having a first battery and a virtual image display having a second battery, is provided. The handheld electronic device and the virtual image display are coupled to each other. The handheld electronic device is used to calculate a power supply time of the first battery; calculate an expected discharge time of the second battery under a discharge condition; compare the power supply time and the expected discharge time to generate a comparison result; and adjust a supply current provided by the first battery to the virtual image display according to the comparison result.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2022Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: HTC CorporationInventors: Chuan-Li Wu, LungTing Chin, Shang Ze Lin, Yu Chang Lin
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Patent number: 11604351Abstract: An optical assembly for a digital projector includes a lens and a field bias optical element. The lens is disposed to receive display light generated by a display and to direct the display light along an optical path. The lens is configured to provide a first field-of-view. The field bias optical element is disposed between the lens and an aperture stop of the optical assembly. The field bias optical element is configured to bias the display light in at least one direction to provide a second field-of-view that is greater than the first field-of-view.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2020Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Tamer Elazhary, Yang Zhao, Nicholas Daniel Trail, Byron Taylor
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Patent number: 11599207Abstract: A computer mouse include a base; a cover assembly releasably secured to the base and including an opening; and a rotational device disposed in the opening to rotatably secure to the base. The rotational device includes a disc-shaped external rotational member including a circular flange on one surface, the circular flange disposed through the opening to rotatably secure to the base, the circular flange having a through hole; and a disc-shaped internal rotational member partially disposed in the through hole.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2022Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Inventor: Kai Zhang
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Patent number: 11599231Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a touch sensor including: a first electrode layer including a first main electrode and a first auxiliary electrode formed to be spaced apart from the first main electrode; a second electrode layer including a second main electrode and a second auxiliary electrode formed to be spaced apart from the second main electrode; and an insulating layer positioned between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer and provided with a contact hole, in which one or more of the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer have a line width of an electrode pattern region corresponding to the contact hole larger than the contact hole, and an image display device including the same.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2022Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.Inventors: Cheol-Hun Lee, Do-Hyoung Kwon
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Patent number: 11594175Abstract: An organic light emitting display device and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The display device has sub-pixels of multiple colors. In one aspect, the organic light emitting display device detects sub-pixels which are positioned at the edges of the panel. Data for the sub-pixels on the edges are reduced so that colors on the edges are less observable.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2022Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ji-Yeon Yang, Geun-Young Jeong, Takeshi Kato, Myung-Ho Lee
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Patent number: 11592872Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media containing instructions for causing at least one processor to perform operations for determining a display configuration for presenting virtual content are provided. In one implementation, the processor is configured for receiving image data from an image sensor associated with a wearable extended reality appliance; analyzing the image data to detect a particular input device placed on a surface; determining a value of at least one use parameter for the particular input device; retrieving from memory default display settings associated with the particular input device; determining a display configuration for presenting virtual content based on the value of the at least one use parameter and the retrieved default display settings; and causing a presentation of the virtual content via the wearable extended reality appliance according to the determined display configuration.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2022Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: MULTINARITY LTDInventors: Tamir Berliner, Tomer Kahan, Orit Dolev