Patents Examined by Ram A Mistry
  • Patent number: 11621307
    Abstract: An OLED device includes a substrate including a display region including a pixel region and a peripheral region surrounding the pixel region. A pad region is spaced apart from the display region, and a bending region is disposed between the display region and the pad region. A plurality of pixel structures are disposed in the pixel region on the substrate. A touch screen structure is disposed on the pixel structures. A plurality of touch screen wirings are disposed in the bending region on the substrate. The touch screen wirings are electrically connected the touch screen structure. A connection structure is in the pad region. The connection structure electrically connects touch screen wirings to each other. A same touch sensing signal is applied to touch screen wirings that are connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiwook Kim, Wonkyu Kwak, Kwang-Min Kim, Joong-Soo Moon
  • Patent number: 11579449
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for facilitating computer vision tasks (e.g., simultaneous location and mapping) and pass-through imaging include a head-mounted display (HMD) that includes a first set of one or more cameras configured for performing computer vision tasks and a second set of one or more cameras configured for capturing image data of an environment for projection to a user of the HMD. The first set of one or more cameras is configured to detect at least a visible spectrum light and at least a particular band of wavelengths of infrared (IR) light. The second set of one or more cameras includes one or more detachable IR filters configured to attenuate IR light, including at least a portion of the particular band of wavelengths of IR light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Raymond Kirk Price, Christopher Douglas Edmonds, Michael Bleyer
  • Patent number: 11551375
    Abstract: A controller is configured to determine a position of an object point in a real space, based on a cornea image of a first eye and a cornea image of a second eye of a user who is viewing the object point, in a captured image generated by imaging the first and second eyes of the user by an imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Hayashi, Kaoru Kusafuka
  • Patent number: 11543662
    Abstract: Provided is an augmented reality device including a display element configured to generate a first image, an optical coupler including a first surface through which the first image is input and a second surface opposite the first surface and configured to output light that is input through the first surface to the second surface and output light that is input through the second surface to the first surface, a reflective polarizer provided on the side of the second surface of the optical coupler and configured to reflect light with a first polarization and transmit light with a second polarization different from the first polarization, and a polarization selective variable focus lens provided in a traveling path of the light with the first polarization reflected by the reflective polarizer and having variable refractive power with respect to the light with the first polarization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyookeun Lee, Jeonggeun Yun, Myongjo Choi, Kyusub Kwak, Wonjun Lee, Jongchul Choi
  • Patent number: 11537237
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a touch panel. The touch panel includes a plurality of pixel units, and each of the plurality of pixel units includes a pixel circuit. The pixel circuit of each of the plurality of pixel units includes a driver, a writer, a power supply, a reset module, a controller and a compensator. The power supply includes a fourth switching transistor and a second capacitor. A gate of the fourth switching transistor is input with a light emitting control signal, and a source of the fourth switching transistor is input with a power supply signal. The second capacitor includes a first electrode connected to the driver; and a second electrode input with the power supply signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shengji Yang, Xue Dong, Xiaochuan Chen, Pengcheng Lu, Lei Wang, Zhi Wang, Weifeng Han, Jing Yu
  • Patent number: 11527199
    Abstract: A pixel circuit and a method for driving the pixel circuit, a display panel and an electronic device are provided. The pixel circuit includes a drive circuit, a storage circuit, a discharge control circuit, a storage control circuit, and a data writing circuit. The drive circuit is configured to control a driving current for driving a light-emitting element to emit light; the storage circuit is connected to the control terminal of the drive circuit; the discharge control circuit is configured to control a voltage across the storage circuit and to control the second terminal of the drive circuit to discharge; the storage control circuit is configured to control the storage circuit to store a voltage of the drive circuit; the data writing circuit is configured to write a data voltage into the storage circuit to control the drive circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zheng Wang
  • Patent number: 11521542
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for a display driver system and a display driver system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Hsu-Chih Wei, Po-Hsiang Fang, Keko-Chun Liang, Che-Wei Yeh, Ju-Lin Huang
  • Patent number: 11513599
    Abstract: A tactile stimulation providing apparatus includes a plurality of actuators and a plurality of actuator cases respectively corresponding to the plurality of actuators. Each of the actuator cases includes: a cap covering an upper portion of a corresponding actuator; and a base covering a lower portion of the actuator, the base being connected to the cap to fix the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: BHAPTICS INC.
    Inventors: Ki Uk Gwak, Bo Gyeong Kim
  • Patent number: 11492115
    Abstract: Provided are a display control system, a display control device, and a display control method, which are capable of appropriately controlling a display state of an image photographed by a camera included in an unmanned aerial vehicle. A sensing data acquisition module acquires an aerial vehicle photographing image photographed by the camera included in the unmanned aerial vehicle in flight. A determiner determines whether an operator of the unmanned aerial vehicle is viewing the unmanned aerial vehicle with his or her eyes based on sensing data on at least one of the unmanned aerial vehicle or the operator. A display controller controls a display state of the aerial vehicle photographing image on a display depending on whether determination that the operator is not viewing the unmanned aerial vehicle with his or her eyes is continued.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: RAKUTEN GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Nakazawa, Hiroaki Iwase
  • Patent number: 11475843
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including pixels, and data lines and gate lines connected to the pixels, a timing controller configured to output source driving bit information and gate driving bit information through an intra-interface signal, a source driver configured to generate data driving signal based on the source driving bit information and to supply the data driving signal to the data lines, and a gate driver configured to generate a gate driving signal based on the gate driving bit information and to supply the gate driving signal to the gate lines, wherein the intra-interface signal is configured with predetermined data transmission units and includes both the source driving bit information and the gate driving bit information every 1 data transmission unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soon-Dong Cho, Jung-Jae Kim, Min-Gyu Park, Jae-Won Han, Dong-Won Park
  • Patent number: 11474361
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes: a head mounted display information acquisition block configured to acquire information indicative of a position of a head mounted display worn on a head of a user; an input apparatus information acquisition block configured to acquire information indicative of a position of an input apparatus for use by the user; an instruction input acquisition block configured to acquire information indicative of an instruction entered in the input apparatus; and an image generation block configured to generate an image to be displayed on the head mounted display on a basis of an instruction acquired by the instruction input acquisition block. The image generation block displays an image of the input apparatus at a position in the image determined on a basis of a relative position with the head mounted display of the input apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Nicolas Doucet, Yutaka Yokokawa, Masafumi Noda, Takumi Yoshida, Keiichiro Ishihara, Gento Morita, Yuki Miyamae, Ngo Tuyen Thibaud, Kazutomo Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11450256
    Abstract: A signal adjusting circuit includes an identification circuit, an analysis circuit and an adjusting circuit; where the identification circuit is configured to acquire row data to be transmitted and identify the type of each data; the analysis circuit is connected with the identification circuit and is configured to analyze the data type of the row data according to the type of each data and output an adjusting instruction when the row data type meets or exceeds a preset data type criterion; the adjusting circuit is connected with the analysis circuit and is configured to adjust the transmission amplitude of the output data signal according to the adjusting instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventor: Mingliang Wang
  • Patent number: 11442563
    Abstract: An improved portable media device and methods for operating a media device are disclosed. According to one aspect, the portable media device can also function as a solid-state drive for data storage. The form factor of the portable media device can be hand-held or smaller, such that it is highly portable. The portable media device can use one or more status indicators. The portable media device can also include a peripheral bus connector, a rechargeable battery, and one or more input devices. According to another aspect, the portable media device has the capability to store media device status information in persistent memory before powering down. Thereafter, when the portable media device is again powered up, the stored media player status information can be retrieved and utilized. According to still another aspect, the portable media device can form and/or traverse a media asset playlist in an efficient manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Jobs, Anthony M. Fadell, Jonathan P. Ive
  • Patent number: 11423845
    Abstract: Provided are a source driver integrated circuit (IC) according to the present disclosure including a first buffer in which first sensing data transmitted from a first source driver IC is stored, a sensing data generation circuit configured to sense a characteristic of a driving element included in each pixel and generate second sensing data, a second buffer in which the second sensing data is stored, a control circuit configured to generate a selection signal in response to an operation command, and a selector configured to transmit one of the first sensing data stored in the first buffer and the second sensing data stored in the second buffer to a second source driver IC in response to the selection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: You Jin Kwon, Sang Kwon Kim, Chang Sung Hong, Pyeong Keun Oh, Jun Ho Kwak
  • Patent number: 11402630
    Abstract: A head-up display is configured to project an image on a transparent reflection member to cause an observer to visually recognize a virtual image, and includes a display device configured to display the image, and a projection optical system configured to project the image displayed by the display device as the virtual image for the observer. The projection optical system is configured to form the image as an intermediate image, and includes a first optical element configured to condense light, a first lens configured to condense light, and a second optical element configured to diffuse light. The first optical element, the first lens, and the second optical element are disposed in this order along an optical path from the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kuzuhara, Hiroaki Okayama
  • Patent number: 11398201
    Abstract: This application discloses a data processing method for a display panel, and a display apparatus. The data processing method includes steps of: setting a low-voltage differential signaling including data bits and a select status bit, and assigning a value to the select status bit according to a corresponding select low-voltage differential signaling; receiving, by a timing controller, the low-voltage differential signaling; and reading, by the timing controller, the select status bit of the low-voltage differential signaling, processing the low-voltage differential signaling according to the select status bit, and converting the low-voltage differential signaling into a data format corresponding to the select status bit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Dekang Zeng, Shuixiu Hu
  • Patent number: 11394947
    Abstract: This application provides a text display method and apparatus in virtual reality, and a virtual reality device. The method includes: receiving text information; determining a font size of the text information based on a pixel per degree PPDVR device of a virtual reality VR device, a pixel per degree PPDHuman eye of an eye of a user, distance information between the text information in VR and the eye of the user, and a correction value ?; rendering the text information based on the font size of the text information; and displaying the rendered text information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xin Xin, Weixi Zheng, Chang Shi
  • Patent number: 11390091
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems and methods for writing on electronic paper (“e-paper”) and display platforms implemented with e-paper. In one aspect, a system for writing information to electronic paper includes a writing module and an erasing unit connected to the writing module. The erasing unit is configured to erase information stored in the electronic paper. The system also includes a writing unit connected to the writing module and is configured to write information to the electronic paper. Information is written to the electronic paper by orienting the writing module so that the electronic paper passes the erasing unit prior to passing the writing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Omer Gila, Napoleon J. Leoni, Steven Rosenberg, Henryk Birecki
  • Patent number: 11382713
    Abstract: A camera tracking system for computer assisted navigation during surgery operatively determines a first pose of a second extended-reality (XR) headset relative to stereo tracking cameras located on a first XR headset based on first tracking information from the stereo tracking cameras. The camera tracking system determines a second pose of eyes of a user wearing the second XR headset relative to the stereo tracking cameras located on the first XR headset based on second tracking information from the stereo tracking cameras. The camera tracking system also calibrates an eye-to-display relationship defining pose of the eyes of the user wearing the second XR headset to a display device of the second XR headset based on the determined first and second poses. The camera tracking system also controls where symbols are displayed on the display device of the second XR headset based on the eye-to-display relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Weston Healy, Thomas Calloway
  • Patent number: 11381775
    Abstract: A video communication system uses a light field display to present a holographic image of a remote scene (e.g., a hologram of a remote participant). The system may include a local light field display assembly and a controller. The controller generates display instructions based on visual data corresponding to a remote scene received from a remote image capture system (e.g., a remote light field display system). The display instructions cause the local light field display assembly to generate a holographic image of the remote scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Light Field Lab, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee