Patents Examined by Robert J Michaud
  • Patent number: 11977296
    Abstract: A backlight module and a display device are provided. The backlight module includes a first data line, a second data line, and a light-emitting diode group. The light-emitting diode group includes two or more light-emitting diode units. A voltage at a connection point between a n-th light-emitting diode unit and the first data line is defined as Vn. A voltage at a connection point between the n-th light-emitting diode unit and the second data line is defined as Un. In response to Vi is greater than Vj, Ui is greater than Uj.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lixia Li, Zhijuan Long
  • Patent number: 11978421
    Abstract: Disclosed is a driving circuit for driving a display panel, comprising: a timing controller for providing a start pulse signal and a selection signal; a driving module comprising a plurality of cascaded driver units and configured to control a part of the driver units to receive the start pulse signal according to the selection signal and generate a grayscale voltage according to the start pulse signal and the data signal. In the driving circuit according to the present disclosure, the driving module selects a part of the driver units to receive the start pulse signal according to the selection signal, so that the resolution of the display panel can be arbitrarily changed without exceeding an intrinsic physical resolution, thus reducing research and development cost and cumbersome processes for customization, and speeding up shipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Inventors: Ziming Fang, Tianhao Chen
  • Patent number: 11979467
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces and techniques for monitoring fitness activity. In accordance with some embodiments, user interfaces and techniques for transitioning between a user interface mode for measuring an activity metric to a user interface mode for measuring a different activity, based on detecting that a user characteristic has changed, are described. In accordance with some embodiments, user interfaces and techniques for measuring activity data and providing activity commentary in response to activity-based events, where different activity commentary is provided based on a characteristic of a user, are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew J. Sundstrom, Julie A. Arney, Niharika M. Bedekar, Jay Blahnik, Gary I. Butcher, Brett L. Lareau, Danvin Ruangchan, Paul W. Salzman, Molly P. Wiebe
  • Patent number: 11978381
    Abstract: A system and method for control of user interfaces on electronic and/or computerized devices. The system and method display images, both still and video images, in an orientation-agnostic manner that is independent of a physical orientation of the display screen. This provides an interesting visual display effect whereby the image appears to remain in a fixed orientation (e.g., upright) relative to three-dimensional space, untethered to any position or orientation of the display screen and/or device, while the display screen and/or device is changed in position and/or orientation, such that the portion of the viewed image changes according to the dimensions and orientation of the screen relative to an apparent fixed orientation and/or position of the underlying image. Such a system and method for control of user interfaces provides for more efficient use of a display screen having a relatively limited size, as is common for smartphones and tablet computers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: OVERPLAY GAMES, INC.
    Inventor: Daniel Projansky
  • Patent number: 11972742
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a display in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in an array, and a generator configured to, in a first frame, generate first data corresponding to a first region of the display to display a first image in the first region of the display and, in a second frame, generate second data corresponding to a second region of the display, which includes the first region and is larger than the first region, to display a second image in the second region of the display is provided. A region of the second region is defined as a third region, a resolution of the first image and a resolution of at least the third region in the second image are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takayuki Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11968776
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of assembling a backplane connector subassembly for a module of a modular energy system. The backplane connector subassembly physically and electrically connects at least two modules stacked on top of one another. The method includes providing a back panel defining an inner surface, attaching a first support member to the inner surface of the back panel, attaching a second support member to the inner surface of the back panel, attaching the upstream connector to the back panel by sliding a first mating hole defined in the upstream connector onto the first support member, and attaching the downstream connector to the back panel by a sliding a second mating hole defined in the downstream connector onto the second support member. The first support member is configured to support an upstream connector. The second support member is configured to support a downstream connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Madeleine C. Jayme, Ryan M. Asher, William B. Weisenburgh, II, Joshua E. Henderson, Stephen D. Geresy, Stephen M. Leuck, John A. Weed, III, Brendan J. Oberkircher, Kristen G. Denzinger
  • Patent number: 11960657
    Abstract: A method includes, while displaying a computer-generated object at a first position within an environment, obtaining extremity tracking data from an extremity tracker. The first position is outside of a drop region that is viewable using the display. The method includes moving the computer-generated object from the first position to a second position within the environment based on the extremity tracking data. The method includes, in response to determining that the second position satisfies a proximity threshold with respect to the drop region, detecting an input that is associated with a spatial region of the environment. The method includes moving the computer-generated object from the second position to a third position that is within the drop region, based on determining that the spatial region satisfies a focus criterion associated with the drop region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Inventors: Aaron M. Burns, Adam G. Poulos, Arun Rakesh Yoganandan, Benjamin Hylak, Benjamin R. Blachnitzky, Jordan A. Cazamias, Nicolai Georg
  • Patent number: 11960661
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to a user interaction system having a head unit for a user to wear and a totem that the user holds in their hand and determines the location of a virtual object that is seen by the user. A fusion routine generates a fused location of the totem in a world frame based on a combination of an EM wave and a totem IMU data. The fused pose may drift over time due to the sensor's model mismatch. An unfused pose determination modeler routinely establishes an unfused pose of the totem relative to the world frame. A drift is declared when a difference between the fused pose and the unfused pose is more than a predetermined maximum distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventor: Sheng Wan
  • Patent number: 11961440
    Abstract: A method for driving a display device is provided. The method includes: obtaining a refresh frequency of a current frame image; adjusting a common voltage of all pixels in a second vertical blank interval to control a difference value between a root mean square of voltage differences between common voltages and pixel voltages of the pixels in a first vertical blank interval when a reference frame image is displayed, and a root mean square of voltage differences between common voltages and pixel voltages of the pixels in the second vertical blank interval when a current frame image is displayed to be within a preset-voltage-difference-range, such that the difference in decrease levels of potentials of the pixels at different refresh frequencies are greatly reduced, the screen brightness displayed on the display device at different refresh frequencies tend to be consistent, and a screen flicker phenomenon is further improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Zeyao Li, Haijiang Yuan
  • Patent number: 11953696
    Abstract: The present disclosed subject matter relates to a display device for displaying an image to an eye, comprising a support mounting a light source and a mirror assembly. The light source is configured to emit a visible light beam carrying the image towards the mirror assembly, and the mirror assembly is configured to angularly oscillate and deflect the emitted visible light beam towards the eye. A light sensor is mounted on the support and configured to record return light received via said mirror assembly from the eye. The display device further comprises a processor connected to the light sensor and configured to detect a state of the eye from the recorded return light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TriLite Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Louahab Noui, Joerg Reitterer
  • Patent number: 11948533
    Abstract: A display system according to an embodiment disclosed in the disclosure includes a sink device including a plurality of displays, the plurality of displays including a display having a high refresh rate compared to at least one other display having a low refresh rate among the plurality of displays and a source device operably coupled to the plurality of displays, and the source device renders the image data based on the display having the high refresh rate among the plurality of displays, and transmits at least a portion of the rendered image data to the plurality of displays in synchronization with respective refresh rates of the at least one other display. Additional various embodiments identified through the specification are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wonseob Choi, Joohong Lee, Sangwon Chae, Chanmin Park
  • Patent number: 11941318
    Abstract: The present application provides an audio and video playing system, a playing method and a playing device. The system comprises: a display device; a directional sound output module configured to output a directional sound signal; a tracking element configured to monitor a target visual area and to monitor the target display area on the display screen; and a processor, connected with the directional sound output module and the tracking element respectively, and configured to acquire a first audio and video data to be output in the target display area, display image information of the first audio and video data in the target display area, and output sound information of the first audio and video data to the directional sound output module such that the directional sound output module output a directional sound signal towards the target visual area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaomang Zhang, Xiangjun Peng, Tiankuo Shi, Chenxi Zhao, Shuo Zhang, Yifan Hou, Yan Sun, Li Tian, Jing Liu, Wei Sun, Zhihua Ji, Yanhui Xi
  • Patent number: 11934581
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a terminal vibration evaluation method performed by an electronic device. The method includes: acquiring an actual vibration curve of a target terminal when a target game scenario is displayed; acquiring a predefined vibration description file associated with the target game scenario, and determining a predefined vibration curve according to the predefined vibration description file; determining target deviation data between the actual vibration curve and the predefined vibration curve; and determining, according to the target deviation data, whether vibration of the target terminal matches the target game scenario. The present disclosure provides a measurement solution used for determining whether terminal vibration matches a game scenario (for example, a game sound and a game picture), which helps improve a matching degree between terminal vibration and the game scenario, thereby improving a sense of substitution of the game and a sense of immersion of a player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yanhui Lu, Kai Hong, Shili Xu, Haiyang Wu, Qitian Zhang, Jingjing Chen, Zhuan Liu
  • Patent number: 11927830
    Abstract: Eyewear including a multi-layered display having an adhesive bonding the layers together at an offset distance inward from an outer edge of the layers. The display has an image display layer, such as an optical waveguide in one example, and a pair of layers encompassing the image display layer and which may comprise optically transparent substrates, such as glass. A respective adhesive is positioned the offset distance inward from the outer edge of the display layer between the image display layer and each of the pair of layers to reduce stress in the display. Each of the adhesives may be a continuous bead such that there is no adhesive between the pair of layers and the image display layer at the outer edges. In one example, the offset distance may be at least double the thickness of the image display layer to reduce stress in the image display layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventor: Benamanahalli K. Nagaraj
  • Patent number: 11925096
    Abstract: Provided is a display panel. The display panel includes: a substrate, including a display region, a periphery region, and a pad region, wherein the periphery region surrounds an outer periphery of the display region, and the pad region is disposed on a side, distal from the display region, of the periphery region; and a touch layer, disposed on the substrate and including a touch electrode and a touch trace, wherein the touch electrode is at least partially disposed in the display region, the touch trace is disposed in the periphery region and is electrically connected to the touch electrode, the touch trace is electrically connected to a pad disposed in the pad region, the touch trace includes at least two line layers laminated in a thickness direction of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xinxing Wang, Jaegeon You, Xuefei Sun, Liyan Liu
  • Patent number: 11921553
    Abstract: According to an embodiment disclosed in the present document, an electronic device may include: a lens frame at least partially including a thermally conductive material; a pair of wearable members which can be rotatably coupled to the lens frame; at least one lens disposed in the lens frame; and transparent conductive lines disposed on the lens. The transparent conductive lines may be connected to the thermally conductive material of the lens frame to receive heat transferred from the lens frame. Other various embodiments are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jungkeun Lee, Chunsik Choi, Yonghee Jeung
  • Patent number: 11914159
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. An electronic device of the present invention may comprise: a goggle frame having at least one opening provided in the front surface thereof; a display positioned in front of the goggle frame and facing the at least one opening; a front band to which the goggle frame is fixed; a strap, one side of which is fixed to the front band and the other side of which is provided with a rack gear; and a rear band coupled to the other side of the strap on which the rack gear is provided. The rear band may include: a support; a gear which is mounted to the support, rotatable, and engaged with the rack gear; a rotor facing the gear and linked with the gear; and a dial facing the rotor and having at least a portion thereof exposed to the outside of the rear band. The rotor may include: a rotary body facing the dial; and a coupling protrusion positioned between the rotary body and the dial and protruding from the rotary body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sumin Yoon, Hoon Hur
  • Patent number: 11908158
    Abstract: A transparent display system, a control method and a control device thereof are provided. The transparent display system includes an information capturing assembly, a transparent display and a control device. The information capturing assembly is used to obtain at least one detection content. The control device includes a detection unit, a resource allocation unit and a recognition unit. The detection unit is used for detecting at least one user in front of a transparent display and at least one target object behind the transparent display according to the detection content. The resource allocation unit is used to obtain a resource allocation according to a detection result of the detection content. The information capturing assembly obtains at least one recognition content. The recognition unit obtains at least one front side position of the user and at least one back side position of the target object according to the resource allocation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Tzu-Yi Yu, Hong-Ming Dai, Chun-Yen Huang, Yu-Hsuan Su, Hung-Pin Shih, Ya-Rou Hsu, Yu-Hsiang Tsai
  • Patent number: 11906662
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method for controlling an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a first side and a second side facing away from each other, where a frame is between the first side and the second side; the first side is provided with a display module that is at least partially light-permeable, and a gap is between the display module and the frame; a first light emitting device, a second light emitting device, and a light receiving device are inside the electronic device, the first light emitting device and the light receiving device are below the display module and corresponding to a light-permeable display region of display module, the first light emitting device emits a light signal to the outside through the light-permeable display region, and the second light emitting device emits a light signal to the outside through the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xuejie Yang
  • Patent number: 11880102
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. The display device includes a display panel, a frame positioned behind the display panel, a plate positioned between the display panel and the frame, and a side frame, which extends along an edge of the frame behind the frame and which is coupled to the frame, wherein the plate includes a base facing the frame, and a projection, which projects rearwards from the base through the frame and the side frame and which is bent at an end thereof so as to be coupled to the side frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seunggyu Kang, Hyuncheol Cho