Patents Examined by Olga V Merkoulova
  • Patent number: 11327318
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a head-mounted display (HMD) including a chamber a light emitter, a camera, and a processor. The chamber has a lens and a display, wherein the lens is coated with a reflective layer and faces a target eye of a wearer, and the reflective layer has at least one specific location. The light emitter emits a first light to the reflective layer, wherein for an i-th specific location, the first light is scattered as multiple second lights by the i-th specific location, the second lights are scattered as multiple third lights by the target eye, and the third lights are scattered as multiple fourth lights by multiple reference locations on the reflective layer. The camera captures the fourth lights as an image corresponding to the i-th specific location. The processor estimates an eye pose of the target eye based on the image corresponding to each specific location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: Yung-Chen Lin
  • Patent number: 11314361
    Abstract: A touch apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a touch panel that includes a plurality of first touch electrodes extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction that crosses the first direction, and a plurality of second touch electrodes extending in the second direction and arranged in the first direction; and a touch driver that applies a first driving signal for generation of a resonance signal of a stylus pen to the touch panel in a first section, and receives a detection signal from the plurality of first touch electrodes and the plurality of second touch electrodes in a second section that is next to the first section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: HIDEEP INC.
    Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Hwanhee Lee, Jongsik Kim, Jeongwon Seo, Hyoungwook Woo, Kiryoung Jung, Bonkee Kim
  • Patent number: 11307714
    Abstract: Tactile interface comprising a panel (1) having an interactive surface (2) with one or a plurality of exterior elements, comprising a plurality of interactive areas (Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4) arranged relative to one another, such that they cover substantially the whole of the interactive surface (2) and a plurality of actuators (A1, A2, A3, A4) in contact with the panel, control means (6) of actuators configured to send control signals to the actuators, comprising means for calculating (8) said control signals, said calculating means (8) executing an inverse filtering operation, so as to emit, from a desired displacement or displacements of one or more interactive areas (Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4), control signals compensating at least partially the distortion, reverberation and propagation of waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventor: Charles Hudin
  • Patent number: 11307822
    Abstract: A display control device that controls a display device including a display panel on which an image is rendered to display the image, the display control device includes: a host controller that obtains or generates image data of the image; and a display controller that outputs the image data to the display panel, wherein the host controller issues a request for rendering update of the image to the display controller, and transfers the image data to the display controller at a predetermined frequency; and when the display controller outputs first image data to the display panel, and then second image data is transferred from the host controller to the display controller, the display controller determines whether the first image data and the second image data are same or different from each other to determine whether or not the second image data is to be output to the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tatsuya Kambe
  • Patent number: 11298551
    Abstract: Described herein are embodiments of sensorized spherical input and output devices, systems, and methods for capturing gestural input from a user's physical interactions with a spherical device, including tossing, bouncing and spinning. In one embodiment, the spherical input and output device includes force sensors in a configuration to capture a variety of user gestures with the sphere. A microprocessor receives sensor input and transmits the sensor data to receiving devices which include computer software to translate the sensor signals to audio output, visual output, or various functions on receiving devices. Embodiments of the invention include the integration of inertial measurement units (IMUs), which may include a combination of accelerometers, gyroscopes and magnetometers to capture complex user gestures involving motion, direction and spin of the sensorized sphere in three dimensional space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventor: Jason F Heath
  • Patent number: 11301093
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a positive and negative voltage driving circuit. The positive and negative voltage driving circuit includes: a positive and negative voltage generating module and a control module. The positive and negative voltage generating module includes a switch module. The control module is configured to control a turn-off state and a turn-on state of the switch module to enable the positive and negative voltage generating module to output a positive voltage and a negative voltage to a stylus tip of an active stylus. The positive and negative voltage driving circuit of the embodiments of the present disclosure can significantly reduce the driving power consumption of the active stylus while ensuring driving effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guangkai Yuan, Zhi Tang, Haiming Shen
  • Patent number: 11285380
    Abstract: An information processing method is provided. The method includes: a motion control including an area object and an operation object is provided on the GUI, and an initial position of the operation object is within a range of the area object; a first sliding touch operation is detected on the operation object, and the operation object is moved within a predetermined range according to a movement of a touch point of the first sliding touch operation; the position of the touch point is detected on the GUI, and under the condition of the position of the touch point satisfying a preset condition, an indication locking object provided on the GUI; the touch point is determined to move into a range of the indication locking object, and the operation object is controlled to enter a position-locked state; and, under the position-locked state, the virtual character is controlled to continuously move in the game scene at least according to a locking position of the operation object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: NETEASE (HANGZHOU) NETWORK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Qingbo Miao
  • Patent number: 11282470
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a shift register element, a method for driving the same, a gate driver circuit, and a display device. The shift register element comprises a first input circuit, a second input circuit, a first node control circuit, a second node control circuit, a third node control circuit, and N output circuits, where the first input circuit, the second input circuit, and the first node control circuit are configured to control a first node, the second node control circuit is configured to control a second node so that the third node control circuit controls the third node according to the first node and the second node, and the N output circuits control corresponding output terminals according to corresponding clock signal terminals under the control of the first node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yishan Fu, Jun Fan, Han Zhang, Fuqiang Li
  • Patent number: 11282464
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel which includes a display area and a non-display area, a plurality of pixels in the display area, and a gate driver connected to at least two of the pixels through a gate line, wherein the gate driver includes a plurality of stages connected to each other and drives the at least two pixels, where each of the plurality of stages includes a first portion of a stage disposed in the non-display area and a second portion of the stage disposed in the display area and connected to the first portion, and the second portion of the stage includes a pull down transistor configured to output a low potential to the gate line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kee-Bum Park, Hyuk-Jin Kim, Byoung Sun Na
  • Patent number: 11275431
    Abstract: A control method of a personal authentication apparatus and a personal authentication apparatus stores a piece of authentication information of a predetermined user. The method and apparatus estimates an emotion felt by a target user, based on a physical quantity acquired by a sensor, generates identification information that identifies an object that causes the target user to feel the estimated emotion, based on the physical quantity acquired by the sensor or presentation information presented by a presenter, and determines whether the target user is the predetermined user based on the estimated emotion and the generated identification information and the piece of authentication information of the predetermined user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Aki Yoneda, Koichi Kusukame, Shinichi Shikii, Nawatt Silawan, Shinji Uchida, Tatsuo Itoh
  • Patent number: 11269451
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a touch panel, a driving method thereof and a display device. A touch signal multiplexer is adopted to load touch signals to touch signal lines, and one pad is at least correspondingly electrically connected with two touch signal lines; in addition, a load compensation circuit is set; and while the pad loads the touch signals to one of the touch signal lines electrically connected with the pad, the load compensation circuit loads compensation signals to other touch signal lines electrically connected with the pad without the loaded touch signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignees: Hefei BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhixiang Fang, Liangliang Zheng, Guanglei Yang, Xuxu Hu, Peng Ding, Meng Wang
  • Patent number: 11269453
    Abstract: Aspects for resolving failed user-interface functionality are described. One or more processors are configured for detecting a first user input having a first input magnitude at user-selectable elements displayed on a local device user-interface, determining that the local device user-interface is not responsive to the first user input; detecting a second user input having a second input magnitude that is greater than the first input magnitude at the user-selectable elements, wherein the first user input and the second user input are by the user; determining that the local device user-interface is not responsive to the second user input; transmitting first data corresponding to a user-interface offload prompt to a mobile device associated with the user, wherein the mobile device is within a predetermined proximity of the local device user-interface; and receiving second data corresponding to a plurality of mobile device user inputs from the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Zachary A. Silverstein, Robert Huntington Grant, Jacob Thomas Covell, Alvin Zhang
  • Patent number: 11264434
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and an input sensing unit disposed on the display panel. The display panel includes a base layer, a first signal line, a light emitting element, a first encapsulation inorganic layer, and a signal pad. The first signal line overlaps a display area and a non-display area and is connected to a transistor disposed in the display area. The first encapsulation inorganic layer is disposed on a second electrode of the light emitting element and overlaps the display area and the non-display area. The signal pad is electrically connected to the first signal line and disposed in the non-display area. The signal pad is connected to the first signal line through a first contact hole defined through the first encapsulation inorganic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hwan-Hee Jeong, Wonkyu Kwak
  • Patent number: 11263943
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a shift register and a driving method therefor, a gate drive circuit, and a display device. An input circuit is configured to respond to a signal of an input signal end and provide a signal of a first reference signal terminal to a first node; a reset circuit is configured to respond to the signal of the second node and provide a signal of a second reference signal end to the first node; and an output circuit is configured to respond to the signal of the first node and provide the signal of the clock signal end to an output signal end and is configured to respond to the signal of the third node and provide the signal of the second reference signal end to the output signal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignees: Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Meng Li, Yongqian Li, Zhidong Yuan, Can Yuan
  • Patent number: 11257467
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mirror display system. The mirror display system includes a sensor module, a mirror display including an optical mirror and a display, and at least one control circuit electrically connected to the sensor module and the mirror display, wherein the at least one control circuit may determine a first angle value indicating a graze direction of a user reflected in the optical mirror through the sensor module, determine a distance value between a subject reflected in the optical mirror and the mirror display, determine a depth value of the subject on the mirror display based on the first angle value and the distance value, and display an object having a depth value corresponding to the depth value of the subject through the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Do Hyoung Kim, Min Kyu Jung, Hyung Geol Park
  • Patent number: 11250792
    Abstract: The present invention provides a backlight partition driving module, a backlight device, and a display device which include a signal input module configured to receive a driving signal, wherein the driving signal includes a brightness data signal, a scanning signal, and a function signal; a signal transmission module transmitting the driving signal; and a selection output module receiving the driving signal and is configured to output the scanning signal to a scanning line or the brightness data signal to a data line under control of the function signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fuyi Wang, Mingjong Jou, Zhao Wang, Fengcheng Xu, Jinfeng Liu
  • Patent number: 11249569
    Abstract: Disclosed is a flexible display panel, comprising a flexible substrate; an organic light emitting diode layer, disposed on the flexible substrate, wherein the organic light emitting diode layer comprises a plurality of sub pixels arranged at intervals; a metal mesh, disposed on the organic light emitting diode layer, wherein metal traces of the metal mesh are correspondingly arranged in gaps among the plurality of sub pixels disposed at intervals, and the metal traces of the metal mesh surround to form a plurality of touch electrodes, and at least one of the touch electrodes comprises at least one first touch area, and the first touch area is correspondingly arranged with at least two of the sub pixels. The flexible display panel can improve the display effect of the flexible display panel by reducing the arrangement density of the metal traces of the metal mesh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jian Ye
  • Patent number: 11249599
    Abstract: An ultrasonic sensor and a display device is disclosed where a piezoelectric material disposed in each pixel area of the ultrasonic sensor is formed to have various thicknesses, or an electrode driving the piezoelectric material disposed in each pixel area has various areas, thereby providing the ultrasonic sensor that generates ultrasonic waves in various frequency bands. Accordingly, it can expand the frequency band of the ultrasonic waves generated by the ultrasonic sensor to improve its sensing performance, and obtain information of various frequency bands to provide the ultrasonic sensor capable of both the fingerprint sensing and the proximity sensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: TaeHyoung Moon, JaeHyun Kim, SungJin Lee, DeukHo Yeon
  • Patent number: 11237674
    Abstract: A method for pressure detection is provided, which can avoid a delayed display of a writing pressure generated by the active pen on the screen. The active pen includes a first electrode, a second electrode and a pressure sensor, where the first electrode is configured to output a first driving signal, the second electrode is configured to output a second driving signal when the pressure sensor detects a first pressure generated by the active pen. The method includes: when information of the first pressure is not received, determining whether the active pen is pressing the screen according to the second detecting signal; if it is determined that the active pen is pressing the screen, displaying handwriting of the active pen on the screen according to a second pressure, where the second pressure is a preset pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Qiquan Liang
  • Patent number: 11237654
    Abstract: A touch display and method for controlling the same are provided. The touch display includes a gate driver circuit, a touch sensor and a display panel. The method includes: when the touch sensor detects no touch input signal, the gate driver circuit outputs a plurality of first gate signals to the display panel at a first frequency; and when the touch sensor detects a touch input signal, the gate driver circuit outputs a plurality of second gate signals to the display panel at a second frequency. The second frequency is smaller than the first frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chi-Cheng Chen, Gui-Wen Liu