Patents Examined by Robert J Michaud
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Patent number: 11908158Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 19, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Tzu-Yi Yu, Hong-Ming Dai, Chun-Yen Huang, Yu-Hsuan Su, Hung-Pin Shih, Ya-Rou Hsu, Yu-Hsiang Tsai
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Patent number: 11906662Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 7, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.Inventor: Xuejie Yang
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Patent number: 11880102Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 31, 2023Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Seunggyu Kang, Hyuncheol Cho
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Patent number: 11875002Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for detection of a protective cover film on a capacitive touch screen are described. A device may include a capacitive touch screen having a surface and a sensor grid underneath the surface having a set of conductive columns and a set of conductive rows. The device may measure a mutual capacitance between a subset of conductive columns or a subset of conductive rows associated with a sensor grid, and compare the measured mutual capacitance between the subset of conductive columns or the subset of conductive rows to a baseline mutual capacitance associated with the set of conductive columns and the set of conductive rows. According to the comparison, the device may determine a presence of a protective layer in contact with the surface of the capacitive touch screen, and adjust an operating characteristic of the sensor grid.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Richard Stacy Withers, David Johnson, Hrishikesh Panchawagh
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Patent number: 11861264Abstract: A portable terminal device in an information processing system and method includes a camera and a microphone. Data of obtained images and voice are transmitted to a server that identifies operations to be executed based on the received voice and image data. The server transmits an identification of one or more results of the plurality of operations to the portable terminal device. When the portable terminal device receives only one result from the server, an operation corresponding to the one result is executed, and when a plurality of results is received, the portable terminal device displays information corresponding to the plurality of results as candidates. Additional voice is captured for selecting one of the plurality of results during the displaying of the information. A determination of one result from the plurality of results is made based on the captured voice, and an operation corresponding to the determined result is executed.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.Inventors: Motoyuki Suzuki, Hideo Nishijima
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Patent number: 11862063Abstract: A display substrate and a display device including the display substrate are disclosed. In one aspect, the display substrate includes a plurality of pixels formed in a substantially circular pixel area and a driving circuit formed in a peripheral area surrounding the pixel area and configured to drive the pixels. A boundary is formed between the pixel area and the peripheral area, and the boundary is substantially concentric with respect to an arc defining the substantially circular pixel area. The driving circuit comprises a conductive pattern having a first side which extends in a peripheral direction crossing the boundary.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2023Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hye-Jin Shin, Won-Kyu Kwak, Kwang-Min Kim
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Patent number: 11862120Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for calculating a chromaticity value of a white screen of a display device. The method for calculating the chromaticity value of the white screen of the display device of the present disclosure can calculate a corresponding chromaticity value of the white screen, when aperture ratios of a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel of the display device are adjusted. Then, the aperture ratios of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel of the display device can be adjusted, so as to meet user demand for chromaticity of the white screen, ameliorate a color cast problem of current display devices, and improve a display effect of the display device.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Bo Hai
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Patent number: 11861479Abstract: Auto-generation of dialog for a skill executed by a digital assistant is performed. Details descriptive of a digital assistant persona are received from a personality studio user interface. A personality type is generated based on the details. A standard vocabulary is auto-generated using the personality type. The standard vocabulary is exported for use in a skill. Prompts are auto-generated for the skill based on the standard vocabulary.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Shyamala Prayaga
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Patent number: 11842707Abstract: Systems and methods for adjusting light emitted from a display of a device are provided. The adjusting includes obtaining, from light of an environment detected by at least one sensor, a measured color of light of the environment, and obtaining, from light of the environment detected by at least one sensor, a measured brightness of light of the environment. In response to the obtaining the measured color and the measured brightness of light, a color of light emitted from the display is adjusted from an initial color prior to the adjusting to a target color that matches the measured color. Further, a brightness of light emitted from the display is adjusted from an initial brightness emitted by the display prior to the adjusting to a target brightness that matches the measured brightness of light.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Andrew Fergus Simpson, Ying Zhang, Tuan Nguyen, Ryan Ki Sing Chung, Christopher Joseph Findeisen, Chintan Trehan, Rajat Kumar Paharia
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Patent number: 11837194Abstract: An electronic apparatus, including a memory configured to store information related to Graphical User Interface (GUI); a display; and a processor configured to: control the display to display a content area including a content and a black box area generated based on an aspect ratio of the content area and an aspect ratio of the display; based on receiving a user command for displaying a GUI, determine whether the content has a predetermined type based on type information of the content; based on determining that the content has the predetermined type, determine whether the GUI is included in the black box area based on a size of the GUI and a size of the black box area; and based on determining that the GUI is not included in the black box area, adjust a display position of the content area such that the GUI is included in the black box area.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Gaewon Seo, Sungchang Jang
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Patent number: 11836307Abstract: A mouse pad includes a mat part having a fixation portion and a 3D decorative object removably fixed on the fixation portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: HADES-GAMING CORP.Inventor: Yu-Shan Lu
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Patent number: 11835725Abstract: A head-mounted display device assembly and an external adjustment module are provided. The head-mounted display device assembly includes a head-mounted display device and the external adjustment module. The head-mounted display device has a first lens and a second lens corresponding to both eyes, and also has a driven mechanism. The first lens and the second lens are respectively coupled to the driven mechanism. The external adjustment module is used for assembling and electrically connecting to the head-mounted display device, and includes a driving element and a transmission element. In a coupling state, the transmission element is coupled to the driving element and the driven mechanism, and the driving element drives the driven mechanism via the transmission element to adjust a distance between the first lens and the second lens. In a separation state, at least one of the driving element and the driven mechanism is separated from the transmission element.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: HTC CorporationInventors: Chun-Wei Chang, Ying-Chieh Huang, Pei-Yu Su, Yen-Te Chiang, Chun-Kai Yang, Wei-Ting Hsiao, Yien-Chun Kuo
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Patent number: 11830397Abstract: The present exemplary embodiments provide a stretchable display which controls an appropriate resolution by disposing a hidden cell below a layer in which an open cell is located using a morphable three-dimensional structure in which LED chips are vertically disposed, rather than a two-dimensional platform of the existing plane, sensing a current change in accordance with a mode switching between a folded mode and a stretched mode while maintaining a state in which an open cell is exposed and the hidden cell is hidden in a folded mode, to automatically turn on/off the hidden cell, and activating the hidden cell in the stretched mode and a manufacturing method thereof.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2023Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: UIF (University Industry Foundation), Yonsei UniversityInventors: Jong-Hyun Ahn, Yongjun Lee, Beom Jin Kim, Luhing Hu, Juyeong Hong
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Patent number: 11823600Abstract: A display system and vehicle that have novel structures are provided. The display system includes a display panel, a correction circuit, and a memory circuit. The display panel is flexible. The display panel includes a display region and a non-display region. The memory circuit has a function of storing first data about the display region and second data about the non-display region. The non-display region has a region which overlaps with the display region when the display panel is bent. The correction circuit has a function of generating image data to be written to pixels in the display region on the basis of the first data and the second data.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yoshiyuki Kurokawa
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Patent number: 11823639Abstract: Disclosed are a driving circuit, a multi-stage driving circuit and a display panel. The driving circuit includes an input circuit, a pull-down circuit and an output circuit. The output circuit includes at least two sub-output circuits, the control terminals of the two adjacent sub-output circuits are connected through at least one isolation switch. Each sub-output circuit receives a control signal and a corresponding input signal output by the input circuit and outputs a corresponding output signal. An output terminal of each sub-output circuit is connected with the pull-down circuit and receives a pull-down signal. By arranging the isolating switch between the adjacent sub-output circuits, the mutual influence between the sub-output circuits is reduced, the problem that the output signal is abnormal is solved, the output signal is more stable on the basis of narrowing the frame of a display, and the competitiveness of the display is improved.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITEDInventors: Zhaoyang Lu, Byung Hoon Kim, Rongrong Li
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Patent number: 11810375Abstract: A transaction processing system of the present disclosure includes processing circuitry configured to acquire image data of an image displayed on a display apparatus for displaying a content of a transaction; extract, from the image data, a character or graphic displayed on the display apparatus; analyze a content represented by the character or graphic; and generate instruction information, based on the analyzed content, for controlling a money processing apparatus to perform processing relating to the transaction.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: GLORY LTD.Inventors: Kazuya Nishino, Yukiya Tanaka, Minoru Higashiyama
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Patent number: 11804005Abstract: This application is directed to system and methods that facilitate communications within virtual environments. Types of communications contemplated include non-verbal, pictographic communications. For example, the inventive subject matter can facilitate allowing users to use gesture-based inputs to apply writing to aspects of a virtual environment. When writing is applied to, e.g., a wall within a virtual environment, systems and methods of the inventive subject ensure that writing can be made visible to other users within that virtual environment, thereby facilitating a wide variety of new modes of in-game communications.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Otherside Entertainment, Inc.Inventors: Gregory Seegert, Paul Neurath
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Patent number: 11782568Abstract: According to aspects of the present disclosure, when a PC and a MFP are remotely connected through an network IF, a CPU of the MFP selects still images, which constitutes an animation, one by one and display the animation on a panel of the MFP by displaying the selected one image with sequentially switching the selected one image. Then, in a case where the same animation is continuously displayed on the panel of the MFP, after generating a plurality of pieces of screen data, which constitute the animation, to be displayed on the PC, the CPU of the MFP stops to repeatedly generate screen data same as the plurality of pieces of screen data.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yutaka Urakawa
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Patent number: 11776502Abstract: Techniques for using variable refresh rate to seamlessly adapt to arbitrary and variable video frame rates are described. According to some embodiments, a computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a media player, a video entirely encoded at a fixed frame rate, decoding the encoded video into a rendered video at the fixed frame rate with a video decoder of the media player, setting a display and a display interface that is to output the rendered video to the display to a variable refresh rate mode that synchronizes a refresh rate of the display to a varying frame rate of rendered frames, sending the rendered video at the fixed frame rate from the media player to the display interface, sending the rendered video from the display interface to the display at the fixed frame rate when the display interface is in the variable refresh rate mode, and displaying the rendered video on the display at the fixed frame rate when the display is in the variable refresh rate mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Charles Benjamin Waggoner
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Patent number: 11769835Abstract: A display device includes a first transistor including a gate electrode, a second transistor including a lower gate electrode, an upper gate electrode, and a first end portion electrically connected to an end portion of the first transistor, a lower gate signal line extending in a first direction, an upper gate signal line disposed on the lower gate signal line and extending in a first direction, and a first connection pattern disposed on the upper gate signal line, electrically connecting the gate electrode and a second end portion of the second transistor, and intersecting the lower gate signal line and the upper gate signal line. An entirety of the upper gate signal line overlaps a part of the lower gate signal line in an overlapping area in which the lower gate signal line or the upper gate signal line overlaps the first connection pattern.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yun Sik Joo, Seok Je Seong, Kyung Hyun Baek, Hyeon Woo Shin