Patents Examined by Ricardo Osorio
  • Patent number: 11385468
    Abstract: Provided herein are augmented reality visual aid systems, software, and methods which enhance vision, to simulate natural vision, by utilizing hybrid see through occlusion enabled hardware, and software through image manipulation, reprocessing, blending, for presentation and display to the eyes thus enabling a range of tasks previously lost or impacted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Eyedaptic, Inc.
    Inventors: David Watola, Jay E. Cormier
  • Patent number: 11378805
    Abstract: A head-mounted display comprises: a wearing body; a display; a communication module configured to perform communication connection with a mobile information terminal; a field of view (FOV) sensor configured to output status data used for determining whether the mobile information terminal is included in a user's FOV through the wearing body; and a controller connected to each of the display, the communication module, and the FOV detection sensor. The controller determines whether the mobile information terminal is included in the user's FOV based on the status data, and performs display control with respect to the display so as to display an application screen of the mobile information terminal on the display when determining that the mobile information terminal is not included in the FOV, and not to display the application screen on the display when determining that the mobile information terminal is included in the FOV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsunobu Watanabe, Yasunobu Hashimoto, Osamu Kawamae, Nobuo Masuoka, Kazuhiko Yoshizawa, Hiroshi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11372302
    Abstract: A display panel is provided with a display region and a non-display region, and includes a plurality of sub-pixels, located in the display region; a plurality of fingerprint recognition units, located in the display region; and ambient-light sensing units, including at least one first light-sensing unit. At least a part of the plurality of fingerprint recognition units is multiplexed as the at least one first light-sensing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Xiamen Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaoxiao Wu, Yingping Chen, Bingping Liu
  • Patent number: 11375088
    Abstract: An image capture module configured for improved heat dissipation includes an image sensor, a first heat spreading element positioned to direct heat from the image sensor along a first heat dissipation path toward a first portion of the image capture module, a processing board in data communication with the image sensor, and a second heat spreading element positioned to dissipate heat from the processing board along a second heat dissipation path toward a second portion of the image capture module. Thermal isolation is used to isolate the different heat paths. The first heat dissipation path does not overlap the second heat dissipation path, the first portion of the image capture module is separate from the second portion of the image capture module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Raymond Kirk Price, Michael Bleyer, Christopher Douglas Edmonds
  • Patent number: 11361714
    Abstract: A data driver includes a plurality of amplifiers configured to output a plurality of data voltages to a plurality of data lines. The amplifiers are configured to output the data voltages to the corresponding data lines in a writing mode. Only one of the plurality of amplifiers is configured to output a sensing data voltage to the plurality of data lines in a sensing mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Han Lee, Myeongsu Kim, Wontae Kim, Boyeon Kim, Whee-Won Lee
  • Patent number: 11360315
    Abstract: Augmented reality eyeglasses having a structured light detecting function and including a laser projector, an eyeglass lens, at least one first diffractive optical element (DOE) film, an invisible light camera and a second DOE film are provided. The laser projector is configured to emit at least one invisible beam and an image beam. The at least one first DOE film is disposed on the eyeglass lens. The first DOE film is configured to diffract the invisible beam into a structured beam. The structured beam is transmitted to an object to be detected, so as to form a light pattern on the object to be detected. The invisible light camera is configured to photograph the light pattern on the object to be detected. The second DOE film is disposed on the eyeglass lens, and is configured to make the image beam travel to an eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Tsung-Wei Tu, Yi-Jung Chiu, Shih-Ting Huang, Yen-Hsien Li
  • Patent number: 11347349
    Abstract: A terminal device such as a smartphone displays a first image on a display unit, and outputs a second image including the first image as a part to a display device such as a navigation device. Also, the terminal device obtains relative position information indicating a relative positional relation of the first image with respect to the second image from an external server. When a user makes a touch input to the second image displayed on the display device, the input position is transmitted from the display device to the terminal device. The terminal device obtains the conversion necessity information indicating whether or not the input position on the second image needs to be converted based on the relative position information, and converts the input position on the second image to the input position on the first image based on the relative position information when the conversion is necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shunichiro Nagao
  • Patent number: 11328647
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and an optical module disposed under the display panel. The display panel includes a first display region under which the optical module is disposed to overlap the first display region in a plan view, the first display region including transparent regions through which light for an operation of the optical module passes and first pixels having a first pixel structure and disposed between the transparent regions, a second display region in which second pixels having a second pixel structure are disposed, and a third display region disposed between the first display region and the second display region, third pixels having a third pixel structure being disposed in the third display region, only part of the third pixels being driven during a display operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Inventors: Seokha Hong, Bonghyun You, Hye-Sang Park, Heechul Hwang
  • Patent number: 11328648
    Abstract: A display panel is disclosed, including a plurality of data lines, a plurality of groups of gate lines and a plurality of pixel units. Each group of gate lines includes at least three gate lines. The pixel units are arranged in an array, each pixel unit includes a plurality of subpixels, and each subpixel includes at least two sub-subpixels. Each row of subpixels is configured to be controlled by a corresponding group of gate lines, and each column of subpixels is configured such that the at least two sub-subpixels receive a data signal from a corresponding data line under a control of each group of gate lines. A display device including the display panel is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Duo Zhang, Yinghao Zhang, Feng Jiang, Yongquan Lu, Weimeng Zhang, Xuru Zhang, Yanjie Zhang, Qian Wang
  • Patent number: 11320656
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relates to user interface systems and methods for use in head-worn computing systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Mentor Acquisition One, LLC
    Inventor: Ralph F. Osterhout
  • Patent number: 11315458
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display, a plurality of light sources provided to the display, a receiver, and a processor. The processor is configured to, based on an audio signal having a plurality of channels being received from the receiver, obtain a plurality of audio signals corresponding to the plurality of channels from the audio signal, respectively, identify a plurality of colors for the plurality of audio signals, respectively, based on a frequency component of the plurality of audio signals, respectively, among a plurality of frequency components, and control the plurality of light sources to emit light with the plurality of colors, respectively, based on mapping of the plurality of light sources to the plurality of channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hoseong Seo, Battushig Ganbold, Seungik Kim, Taehyoung Kim, Hojin Byun, Cheolwu Oh, Kwansoo Lee, Jonggyu Lee, Jaewook Han, Minhyeong Hong
  • Patent number: 11314366
    Abstract: An input sensing device includes a plurality of first sensing electrodes having a plurality of first sensor units extending in a first direction. A plurality of second sensing electrodes has a plurality of second sensor units extending in a second direction different from the first direction. A first strain gauge includes a first force electrode located proximate to a first electrode of the plurality of first sensing electrodes. A second force electrode is located proximate to a second electrode of the plurality of first sensing electrodes. A first connecting electrode connects to both of the first force electrode and the second force electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jang Hui Kim, Hyung Chul Kim, A Ra Jo
  • Patent number: 11315312
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a display cabinet and a control method thereof. The display cabinet comprises a cabinet body which defines an exhibition space, the display cabinet further comprises: a rotatable tray arranged in the exhibition space, which is configured to place an exhibit; a first camera located in the exhibition space, which is configured to capture images of the exhibit at different angles to construct a 3D model of the exhibit; a transparent touch display constituting at least a portion of the cabinet body, which is configured to display the 3D model when the transparent touch display screen is in an awake state, and acquiring a touch operation and displaying a detailed information of the exhibit according to the touch operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tieli Chen, Yao Wang
  • Patent number: 11315469
    Abstract: A display substrate, a method for driving the same, a display device, and a high-precision metal mask are provided. The display area includes a first display sub-area in which pixels are distributed at a high density (e.g., a high resolution), and a second display sub-area in which pixels are distributed at a low density (e.g., a low resolution), and a transition display sub-area, with a distribution density of pixels (a resolution) between the distribution density of pixels in the first display sub-area and a distribution density of pixels in the second display sub-area, is arranged between the first display sub-area and the second display sub-area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhenzhen Li, Lujiang Huangfu, Shanshan Bai, Kuo Sun
  • Patent number: 11281345
    Abstract: A system and method for capacitive sensing comprise acquiring first capacitive sensor data and second capacitive sensor data from a plurality of sensor electrodes, and determining positional information from one or more input objects based on the first capacitive sensor data and the second capacitive sensor data. The plurality of sensor electrodes are driven with transcapacitive sensing signals for capacitive sensing during one or more transcapacitive sensing blocks to acquire the first sensor data. Further, the plurality of sensor electrodes are operated for absolute capacitive sensing during one or more absolute capacitive sensing blocks to acquire the second capacitive sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Nickolas V. Fotopoulos, Katayoun Goudarzi, Tracy Scott Dattalo, Joseph Kurth Reynolds, Jonathan Losh, Renuka Vidyut Shenoy, Derek Solven
  • Patent number: 11275437
    Abstract: A method and a corresponding apparatus for mitigating motion sickness in a virtual reality VR/augmented reality (AR) system using a head mounted display (HMD) are disclosed. The method comprises receiving data from a sensor indicating a current orientation of the HMD in real space, and superimposing a visual indication on a display of the HMD. The visual indication provides visual information to a user of the current orientation of the HMD in real space. Furthermore, methods and corresponding apparatuses are disclosed of calculating gaze convergence distance in an eye tracking system, and of gaze based virtual reality (VR)/augmented reality (AR) menu expansion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Tobii AB
    Inventors: Andreas Klingström, Per Fogelström, Andrew Ratcliff
  • Patent number: 11262865
    Abstract: A sensor system includes a sensing panel, at least one multiplexer and a controller. The sensing panel includes one or more sensing areas. The multiplexer is coupled to the one or more sensing areas through one or more connecting wire groups on the sensing panel, wherein each of the connecting wire groups includes one or more connecting wires. The controller is coupled to the at least one multiplexer via one or more control wires and one or more sensing wires. Each of the at least one multiplexer includes one or more switch groups each coupled between one of the one or more sensing wires and one of the connecting wire groups, and each of the switch groups includes one or more switches respectively controlled by one or more control signals transmitted through the one or more control wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chih-Chang Lai, Chih-Yuan Chang
  • Patent number: 11249334
    Abstract: An array substrate includes first data lines, second data lines, third data lines and first touch electrode lines extend in a second direction, all of which are divided into a plurality of line groups. Each line group includes a first signal line group between first two adjacent sub-pixel areas, and a second signal line group between second two adjacent sub-pixel areas. The first two and second two adjacent sub-pixel areas include three sub-pixel areas adjacent in a first direction intersecting the second direction. The first signal line group includes a first data line and a second data line spaced, and the second signal line group includes a third data line and a first touch electrode line spaced. Each of the first, second and third data lines is closer to a respective one of the three sub-pixel areas relative to other three lines in the line group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaona Liu, Feng Li
  • Patent number: 11249574
    Abstract: A display device includes pixel electrodes, a first driver disposed outside a display area in which the pixel electrodes are arrayed, a touch sensor electrode which is disposed within the display area and to which a drive signal is applied from the first driver, a first wire which is disposed outside the display area and to which the drive signal is applied from the first driver, and a second wire disposed outside the display area. A predetermined electric potential is applied to the second wire, and the first wire is disposed between the second wire and the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masakatsu Tominaga, Isao Ogasawara
  • Patent number: 11244639
    Abstract: A display panel includes a plurality of sub-pixels. At least one sub-pixel of the plurality of sub-pixels includes a first electrode, a light modulation structure disposed on a side of the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed at a side of the light modulation structure away from the first electrode. The light modulation structure includes a refractive index adjustment layer, and a light modulation layer disposed between the refractive index adjustment layer and the first electrode. A refractive index of the refractive index adjustment layer is changed under action of an electric field between the first electrode and the second electrode. The light modulation layer is in contact with the refractive index adjustment layer, and at least a part of a surface of the light modulation layer that is in contact with the refractive index adjustment layer is a curved face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignees: FUZHOU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changhong Shi, Jin Wang, Wenchang Tao, Zongxiang Li, Jiamin Liao, Min Zhou, Yao Liu, Hongjiang Wu, Zuwen Liu