Patents Examined by Robert J Michaud
  • Patent number: 11545060
    Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of pixels; a first pixel unit comprising a first portion of the plurality of pixels; a second pixel unit comprising a second portion of the plurality of pixels; and a data driver configured to supply a data voltage to the first pixel unit and the second pixel unit, wherein the data driver is configured to generate a data voltage to be supplied to the first pixel unit based on different gamma voltages even when the same grayscale is expressed according to a driving method, and the second pixel unit is configured to be driven or not driven according to the driving method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soon Dong Kim, Joon Chul Goh, Bong Hyun You, Byung Ki Chun, Seong Heon Cho
  • Patent number: 11535536
    Abstract: A server that monitors a water purification apparatus according to a voice command and the water purification apparatus are provided, and according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the server that monitors the water purification apparatus according to the voice command includes a voice processor that receives the voice command from the water purification apparatus and identifies a user who issues the voice command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sang Won Kim, Jae Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 11537245
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard Stacy Withers, David Johnson, Hrishikesh Panchawagh
  • Patent number: 11538439
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Fergus Simpson, Ying Zhang, Tuan Nguyen, Ryan Ki Sing Chung, Christopher Joseph Findeisen, Chintan Trehan, Rajat Kumar Paharia
  • Patent number: 11531393
    Abstract: In one instance, a process for predicting and using emotions of a user in a virtual reality environment includes applying a plurality of physiological sensors to a user. The process further includes receiving physiological sensor signals from the physiological sensors and preparing the physiological sensor signals for further processing by removing at least some of the noise and artifacts and doing data augmentation. The process also includes producing an emotion-predictive signal by utilizing an emotion database. The emotion database has been developed based on empirical data from physiological sensors with known emotional states. The method also includes delivering the emotion-predictive signal to a virtual-reality system or other computer-implemented system. Other methods and systems are presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Sensoriai LLC
    Inventors: Yaochung Weng, Puneeth Iyengar, Roya Norouzi Kandalan
  • Patent number: 11526010
    Abstract: A head mounted display device including a first image capturing unit and a second image capturing unit different from the first image capturing unit comprises a first generation unit configured to generate, based on a signal representing an image output timing of the first image capturing unit, a first signal for controlling a start of exposure of the second image capturing unit, and supply the generated first signal to the second image capturing unit, and a second generation unit configured to generate, based on the signal representing the image output timing of the first image capturing unit, a second signal for controlling a start of measurement of a sensor that measures a position and orientation of the sensor, and supply the generated second signal to the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshiki Kajita
  • Patent number: 11513591
    Abstract: An eye tracking apparatus includes: a light source module including a light source and a scanning mirror, the light source being configured to provide light toward an eye region of a user while a direction of the light is changed at intervals of a predetermined time period under control of the scanning mirror; and a dynamic vision sensor (DVS) camera module configured to generate an image based on a variation in an amount of light reflected from the eye region of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bonkon Koo, Jaewoo Ko, Soonseob Han
  • Patent number: 11501675
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yoshiyuki Kurokawa
  • Patent number: 11488011
    Abstract: A neural network system, involving a neural network, the neural network configured to: map sensor output to a Level 1 input; learn to fuse the time slices for one class, learning comprising taking and feeding a random assignment of inputs from each time slice into a threshold function for another two-dimensional array; learn to reject class bias for completing network training; use cycles for class recognition, and fuse segments for intelligent information dominance and a magnetic headwear apparatus operably coupled with the neural network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Stuart H. Rubin
  • Patent number: 11487502
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoyuki Suzuki, Hideo Nishijima
  • Patent number: 11482145
    Abstract: A curved display panel and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The curved display panel includes a plurality of clock buses, the clock buses extend along a first direction and are arranged along a second direction, the widths of the plurality of clock buses are different in the second direction, so that capacitance values between several clock buses and a clock signal line disconnected from the several clock buses are the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: HKC Corporation Limited
    Inventor: Beizhou Huang
  • Patent number: 11480802
    Abstract: An electronic eyewear device includes a frame having a first electronic subsystem that includes a near-eye graphical display, a temple portion having a second electronic subsystem, and a hinge assembly rotatably coupling the frame to the temple portion. According to an example, the hinge assembly includes a hinge core defining a hinge axis, a cover that spans a gap between the frame and the temple portion on at least one side of the hinge axis, and a flexible ribbon circuit electrically coupling the first electronic subsystem to the second electronic subsystem. In at least some examples, the flexible ribbon circuit spirals around the hinge core between the cover and the hinge core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Teresa Elizabeth Tombelli
  • Patent number: 11476319
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate having a pixel area with at least a first rounded corner portion and first to third non-pixel areas arranged sequentially along an outer circumference of the pixel area. An internal circuit in the first non-pixel area has a first end portion adjacent to the first rounded corner portion of the pixel area. The first end portion of the internal circuit is rounded in accordance with the first rounded corner portion. A plurality of routing wires are in the third non-pixel area below the pixel area. The routing wires extending to the pixel area via the second non-pixel area and the first non-pixel area. The routing wires include at least a first routing wire connected to the pixel area passing an area of the first end portion of the internal circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Kyu Lee, Yang Wan Kim, Sun Ja Kwon, Byung Sun Kim, Hyun Ae Park, Su Jin Lee, Jae Yong Lee, Tae Hoon Kwon, Seung Ji Cha
  • Patent number: 11460920
    Abstract: A hybrid wave computer that computes an inputted original signal as frequency information includes: an input module configured to separate a frequency of the original signal by detecting an oscillation of an piezoelectric element by each position as the original signal having an embedded frequency of several bands is transmitted in a form of acoustic waves on a substrate provided with the piezoelectric element; a calculation module including at least one vibration amplifier or vibration damper for receiving the frequency of the original signal separated in the input module and amplifying or attenuating a wave for each frequency band to calculate the inputted original signal in a frequency band; and a storage module configured to store binarized frequency information in the calculation module as digital information, so that the original signal is interfaced in a form of waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Sang Cheol Lee, Woo Young Jung
  • Patent number: 11458842
    Abstract: Provided are a display panel and a vehicle. The display device includes a knob and a main display panel; the knob includes a first magnetic adhering piece; the display device further includes a second magnetic adhering structure, and the second magnetic adhering structure is disposed on a non-light exiting side of the main display panel; the second magnetic adhering structure includes a plurality of first magnetic adhering regions, and at least two first magnetic adhering regions are not overlapped; when the knob is magnetically adhered to any one of the plurality of first magnetic adhering regions, the knob is disposed on a light exiting side of the main display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Shanghai AVIC OPTO Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming Wang, Feng Qin
  • Patent number: 11455917
    Abstract: The present application provides a spliced display panel. The spliced display panel includes a panel body and a cover plate, wherein the panel body includes at least a splicing seam, the cover plate includes a cover plate body and a lens assembly connected to the cover plate body, an orthographic projection of the lens assembly on a plane where the panel body is located covers at least the splicing seam, and the lens assembly includes a first convex lens and a second convex lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shaotuo Tang
  • Patent number: 11436994
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for adjusting a white balance of a pixel. The method includes the following operations: determining a proportion of each primary light corresponding to a pixel to be displayed in a current frame display picture, and determining a picture type of the current frame display picture; determining a target refresh rate according to the picture type; and determining a target proportion correction value of each primary light according to the target refresh rate, determining a target proportion of each primary light according to the target proportion correction value and a value of the proportion to adjust the white balance of the pixel to be displayed. A display device and a computer readable storage medium are further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Wei Chen, Chongwei Tang
  • Patent number: 11435774
    Abstract: To provide an operation input device (100) including an operating knob (11) to be operated by a user; a guide unit (12) having vertices and formed in different directions with respect to each of the vertices being base points, the guide unit (12) indicating an operating area for the operating knob; first sensors (23) each for detecting whether the operating knob (11) is present at a corresponding one of the vertices; and a calculating unit (2) for calculating a set value on the basis of input information received from each of the first sensors (23), by which the user can accurately perform an input operation scale by scale even without looking at the operation input device (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Yokosuka, Noriaki Maetani, Yuko Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 11437455
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel disposed in a display region. The pixel includes a light-emitting element connected between a first power source and a second power source; a first transistor connected between the first power source and the light-emitting element to control a driving current flowing in the light-emitting element in response to a voltage of a first node; and at least one switching transistor to transmit a data signal or a voltage of an initialization power source to the first node. The switching transistor includes a first channel region, a first conductive region and a second conductive region which are respectively disposed at opposite sides of the first channel region, and a first wide band-gap region disposed between the first channel region and the second conductive region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keun Woo Kim, Hye Na Kwak, Doo Na Kim, Sang Sub Kim, Thanh Tien Nguyen, Yong Su Lee, Jae Hwan Chu
  • Patent number: 11435590
    Abstract: Techniques are described for providing stabilized display components in a wearable heads-up display. A hinge is provided that includes at least two portions rotatable relative to each other, such that each portion may be directly coupled to an optical combiner or a light engine. A bias element may be provided to bias arms of a WHUD towards an unfolded configuration. The bias element and surrounding structure may inhibit movement of arms of the WHUD between the unfolded configuration and a folded configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Moore, Xiaofeng Li