Patents Examined by Richard J Hong
  • Patent number: 11538377
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first chassis, a second chassis rotatably connected to the first chassis through a hinge, a display having an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel stored in the first chassis, and a control board stored in the second chassis and mounted with a control unit that controls driving of the OLED panel and a first connector. The display includes a Flexible Printed Circuit (FPC) that electrically connects the OLED panel and the control board, and a non-volatile memory that stores first correction data based on an initial state of each pixel of the OLED panel and second correction data based on a usage status of each of the pixels of the OLED panel. The display also includes a second connector connected to the first connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Moriyuki Tsuchihashi, Xiao Limin, Kazuo Fujii
  • Patent number: 11531461
    Abstract: A method includes displaying, by an electronic device, a graphical user interface (GUI) of a first application on a touchscreen of the electronic device, detecting, by the electronic device, a screenshot operation from a user, taking, by the electronic device, a screenshot of the GUI in response to the screenshot operation, displaying, on the touchscreen, a first preview image corresponding to an obtained first screenshot, detecting, by the electronic device, a first touch operation on the first preview image, updating the first preview image to a second preview image in response to the first touch operation, and displaying the second preview image on the touchscreen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun Duan, Zhiyan Yang, Kai Qian
  • Patent number: 11525662
    Abstract: A displacement sensor measures capacitance between a rotor-stator pair. The displacement sensor includes a plurality of stators coupled to a first object. The plurality of stators is oriented parallel to an axis of motion between the first object and a second object. The displacement sensor further includes a plurality of rotors coupled to the second object. The plurality of rotors is oriented parallel to the axis of motion. Each rotor of the plurality of rotors is aligned with and configured to receive a corresponding stator of the plurality of stators to create a respective rotor-stator pair. Capacitance between the rotor-stator pairs change as a function of position of the first object relative to the second object along the axis of motion. An amount of displacement of the first object relative to the second object is determined based in part on the capacitance values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yuri Toride, Tamer Elazhary
  • Patent number: 11513607
    Abstract: The shape or movement of a gesturing body or portion thereof in two- or three-dimensional space is ascertained from the path of the outline of the shape or the path of the movement. The method disclosed involves receiving input of data that represents a path and using artificial intelligence to recognize the meaning of the path, i.e., to recognize which of a plurality of pre-prepared meanings is the meaning of a gesture. As pre-processing for inputting location data for a point group along the path to the artificial intelligence, at least one attribute from among the location, size, and direction of the entire point group is extracted, and location data for the point group is converted to attribute invariant location data that is relative to the extracted attribute(s) but not dependent on the extracted attribute(s). Then data that includes the attribute invariant location data and the extracted attribute(s) is inputted to the artificial intelligence as input data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: MARUI-PlugIn Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Maximilian Michael Krichenbauer
  • Patent number: 11507181
    Abstract: An input apparatus is provided that includes a determiner that determines a reference plane, which has a plurality of virtual keys, based on fingertip positions of at least three fingers from among fingertip positions of a plurality of fingers in an initial state; a virtual key setter that sets on the reference plane, a plurality of detection ranges that respectively correspond to the plurality of virtual keys and that each detect a pressing of a corresponding virtual key based on a fingertip position of a specific finger from among the fingertip positions; and a pressed key specifier that specifies a virtual key that is pressed, from among the plurality of virtual keys, according to a positional relationship between the fingertip positions of the plurality of fingers in an input operation, and the plurality of detection ranges set on the reference plane for each of the plurality of virtual keys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shigeru Akamatsu, Koichi Asano
  • Patent number: 11500256
    Abstract: System and method for a rewritable color display on soft material comprising: a textile platform; a canvas display, comprising color changing substances, polymers, and a stabilizer. The system functions as a textile (e.g. article of clothing, blanket, sport pennant, etc.) with a rewritable display, wherein the user may alter the design on the canvas display. The system may further include a processor module, wherein the processor module is configured to alter the rewritable display design and/or clean the textile platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Inventor: Raj Bhakta
  • Patent number: 11497284
    Abstract: An apparatus for praying the rosary includes a flexible elongate member and a plurality of beads and transition objects carried thereby, a display fixedly attached to each of the transition objects, and a unitary structure that is connected to each end of the conductive wire bundle. The plurality of beads includes sets of beads separated by respective transition objects, wherein one portion of the flexible elongate member is a conductive wire bundle having a plurality of wires for providing power and ground for use by the transition objects. Each display includes a plurality of sections which are individually illuminated by a respective light source to reveal or visually highlight an image in the respective section. The plurality of wires is electrically connected to the display to provide power and ground to the respective light sources. The unitary structure houses a clock, a logic circuit, and a power source for the clock and logic circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Inventor: Joseph Jose
  • Patent number: 11495186
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed herein related to controlling a scanning mirror system. One example provides a display device, comprising a light source, a scanning mirror system configured to scan light from the light source in a first direction at a first, higher scan rate, and in a second direction at a second, lower scan rate, and a drive circuit configured to control the scanning mirror system to display video image data by providing a control signal to the scanning mirror system to control scanning in the second direction, and for each video image data frame of at least a subset of video image data frames, combining the control signal with an adjustment signal to adjust the scanning in the second direction, the adjustment signal comprising a low pass filtered signal with a cutoff frequency based on a lowest resonant frequency of the scanning mirror system in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Algird Michael Gudaitis, Mark Alan Champion
  • Patent number: 11493752
    Abstract: A method of Lissajous scanning includes transmitting a plurality of light pulses at a plurality of time moments based on a trigger signal; driving about a first rotation axis at a first driving frequency (f1) according to a first driving signal and driving about a second rotation axis at a second driving frequency (f2) according to second driving signal; controlling the first and second driving signals to generate a Lissajous scanning pattern according to a predefined frame rate (FR); selecting the first and second driving frequencies such that the frame rate is a greatest common divisor thereof and such that they satisfy the following equation: f2?f1=(2*N+1)*FR; determining the plurality of time moments; and generating the trigger signal based on the determined plurality of time moments, wherein the plurality of time moments (ti) are determined according to the following equation: t i = 2 ? i + 1 8 * FR * F 1 ? F 2 , where : F 1 = f 1 FR , F 2 = f 2 FR , i = 0 , 1 ,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Boris Kirillov
  • Patent number: 11493999
    Abstract: Some embodiments of a method may include tracking a distance between a local VR device and a remote VR device; selecting an experience-sharing mode from a plurality of experience-sharing modes based on the tracked distance; and providing a different degree of immersive user experience to a user at the local VR device depending on the selected experience-sharing mode, wherein as the distance between the local VR device and the remote VR device decreases, the experience-sharing mode changes and the degree of immersive user experience increases. Some embodiments of another method may include detecting a gesture made by a user; selecting an immersiveness mode from a plurality of immersiveness modes based on the detected gesture; and providing a degree of immersive user experience to a local VR device user depending on the selected immersiveness mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: PMCS HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Tatu V. J. Harviainen, Marko Palviainen
  • Patent number: 11488564
    Abstract: The disclosed subject matter relates to a display device having at least a first and a second panel, each of which comprises luminous elements arranged in rows and columns and which can be aligned with one another to form a gap running parallel to the columns, at least one connecting element for holding the panels in their aligned position, a measuring device which determines a width of the gap for a row of the first panel, and a driver which controls said luminous element as a function of both the signal and the gap width determined for said row. The disclosed subject matter further relates to a panel and a control method for said display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: KAMARA Werbe und Kommunikations GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Swatek, Elmar Stoeger, Markus Kirschner, Bernhard Schuh
  • Patent number: 11474627
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method, an apparatus and a device for erasing handwriting on an electronic whiteboard. The method includes the following steps: obtaining first contact points; enabling an erasing mode when a quantity of the first contact points is greater than a preset value; obtaining second contact points in the erasing mode, and calculating an erasing region according to the first contact points and the second contact points; and deleting handwriting data in the erasing region. Using the method for erasing handwriting on an electronic whiteboard provided by the present disclosure can enter an erasing mode rapidly and erase handwriting effectively, thus improving the practicability of the electronic whiteboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: YEALINK (XIAMEN) NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chaomin Liao, Wanjian Feng, Xiaosheng Lin
  • Patent number: 11475810
    Abstract: A three-dimensional kinetic shape display for a vehicle includes one or more pixels for conveying information related to operation of the vehicle. The one or more pixels each include a plurality of moveable members that each have an actuation element for translating the moveable member. The three-dimensional kinetic shape display also includes one or more controllers providing instructions to move the actuation element. The one or more controllers execute instructions to receive data indicating an event related to operation of the vehicle, and in response to receiving data indicating the event, instruct the actuation element to translate the moveable member in a direction that is indicative of the event related to operation of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Ahn, Joseph F. Szczerba
  • Patent number: 11474598
    Abstract: Systems and method for low-power gaze prediction on touch-enabled electronic devices using touch interactions are provided. The method includes receiving an input touch interaction applied to a touch interaction area on a touchscreen display of a touch-enabled device and obtaining, by a gaze prediction module, a predicted gazing area on the touchscreen display based on the input touch interaction. A touch-enabled device has a processor, a touchscreen display and memory storing instructions to carry out the method. The gaze prediction module may utilize a model based on Bayesian inference or convolutional neural networks. Advantageously, gaze prediction is achieved without the use of image-capturing devices and with low power consumption. This can be used to develop intelligent hands-free interactions and personalized recommendation systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Vijaya Krishna Mulpuri, Qiang Xu, Wei Li, Chenhe Li, Xiaoliang Li
  • Patent number: 11474690
    Abstract: A method of assisting an object control comprises determining a first coordinate with reference to, as a trigger coordinate, a coordinate at a time point when a trigger event relating to movement of a control means is generated, among motion coordinates of the control means, determining a second coordinate with reference to at least one of a distance between the trigger coordinate and the motion coordinates, a straight line section specified by the trigger coordinate and the motion coordinates, a distance between the first coordinate and the motion coordinates, and a straight line section specified by the first coordinate and the motion coordinates, and determining a motion vector determined based on the first coordinate and the second coordinate as an instruction vector for determining a control position in a control object region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: VTOUCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Hee Na, Seok Joong Kim, Jik Han Jung
  • Patent number: 11475826
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a shift register for a display panel. The shift register may include an input terminal, an output terminal, an input unit, an output unit, a first control unit, a second control unit, and a first isolation unit. The output unit may be configured to transmit a first level or a second level to an output terminal based on levels of a first node and a second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xinguo Li, Chen Xu, Xinyin Wu, Yong Qiao, Xueguang Hao
  • Patent number: 11467320
    Abstract: This document relates to head mounted display devices. One example can include a layer of individually controllable pixels that can be energized to emit light and a layer of lenses that are physically aligned over the pixels. The example can also include a layer of shutters interposed between the pixels and the lenses and configured to be independently transitioned between a transmissive state and an opaque state to limit paths of the emitted light that reach the layer of lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Joel Steven Kollin, Andreas Georgiou, Brian K. Guenter, Charles Thomas Hewitt, Mario Possiwan, Ishan Chatterjee
  • Patent number: 11435847
    Abstract: An exemplary credential reader includes a touch-sensitive region and is configured to generate tap information and/or swipe information in response to the touch-sensitive region being tapped and/or swiped. In certain forms, the touch-sensitive region is a non-displaying track pad. In other forms, the touch-sensitive region is a touch-sensitive display. A lockset including the credential reader further includes a controller configured to generate credential information based upon information received from the credential reader. The controller may compare the credential information to an authorized credential and transmit a grant/deny signal based upon the comparing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Setter, Scott Baxter, Chris R. Snider
  • Patent number: 11423816
    Abstract: Dynamically adjustable display systems for adjusting the position of a flexible display in response to ambient light. The display system includes a flexible display that is capable of reversibly bending along one or more bending axes. The display system further includes an adjustable support on which the flexible display is mounted, the adjustable support being able to selectively bend the flexible display. The display system includes photodetectors for detecting ambient light. The photodetectors may be positioned about a perimeter of the flexible display. A control unit in communication with the adjustable support and the plurality of photodetectors may cause the adjustable support to bend the flexible display in response to ambient light detected at the plurality of photodetectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: James Gregory Couillard, Kevin Thomas Gahagan, James Joseph Kornacki, Cheng-Chung Li, Paul George Rickerl, Yawei Sun
  • Patent number: 11417254
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a foldable display panel to display an image; a gate driver to output a gate signal to the foldable display panel; and a data driver to output a data voltage to the foldable display panel according to a driving current. The driving current is changed according to a display mode that corresponds to a folded state of the foldable display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taehoon Kim, Wontae Kim, Jihye Kim, Jae-Hyeon Jeon