Patents Examined by Robert M Stone
  • Patent number: 10719154
    Abstract: A display substrate and a fabrication method thereof, a display panel and a display system are provided. The display substrate includes: a substrate, having a display region; and infrared light detectors, provided on a first surface of the substrate and located within the display region of the substrate. The infrared light detectors are configured to receive an infrared light signal irradiated onto the display substrate and convert the infrared light signal into a current signal; and an irradiation position of the infrared light signal on the display substrate is determined according to the current signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Na Zhao, Liyun Deng, Miao Yuan
  • Patent number: 10713987
    Abstract: Provided are a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a drive chip and a switching device, and the drive chip includes a digital interface inputting terminal, a positive driving voltage inputting terminal and a negative driving voltage inputting terminal, and the switching device includes a first switching inputting terminal, a second switching inputting terminal, a third switching inputting terminal, a switching control terminal, a first switching outputting terminal corresponding to the first switching inputting terminal, a second switching outputting terminal corresponding to the second switching inputting terminal and a third switching outputting terminal corresponding to the third switching inputting terminal. The first switching inputting terminal, the second switching inputting terminal, the third switching inputting terminal and the switching control terminal are configured to be electrically connected to a main circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: SHANGHAI AVIC OPTO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhengyuan Huang, Shuquan Fan, Xupeng Wang, Shanrong Wang, Zhi Zheng
  • Patent number: 10705783
    Abstract: Real-time interactions made by a client on a whiteboard are shown on remote client(s) currently viewing the whiteboard. The real-time interactions that are shown on the remote clients can include a variety of different interactions. For example, the location(s) of where a remote client is touching the whiteboard or interacting with the whiteboard using a stylus may be viewed. A current inking stroke of a remote user may also be viewed as it is occurring. Interactions on the whiteboard may be shown differently depending on the remote user performing the interaction. The whiteboard may also show a location on the whiteboard where each of the remote users are currently viewing. A user may also track the actions of another user. When a change is committed to the whiteboard, the remote clients update the display to reflect the committed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: C. Joe Coplen, David Landis, Keri Talbot, Gary Caldwell, Nathan Fish, Sarah Faulkner
  • Patent number: 10706791
    Abstract: A backlight brightness control method and a backlight brightness control device are provided. The backlight brightness control method includes: acquiring a luminous brightness value of a display panel; determining a relationship between the luminous brightness value and a preset brightness value by a brightness control circuit; transmitting an adjusted current value to a backlight driver module according to the relationship by the brightness control circuit; and generating a current having the adjusted current value by the backlight driver module to drive a backlight module in the display panel to emit light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xinshe Yin, Masakazu Okamura
  • Patent number: 10699665
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including an input unit to which an acceleration signal representing acceleration is input from an acceleration detecting unit installed in a portable terminal device, and a detection unit which detects that a tap operation is performed on the portable terminal device, in a case in which the acceleration signal input to the input unit reaches both of a first threshold value set on the positive side and a second threshold value set on the negative side and a period until the acceleration signal exceeds any one of the first threshold value and the second threshold value and then exceeds the other threshold value is equal to or more than a predetermined first period and is equal to or less than a second period larger than the first period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kosuke Yasuda
  • Patent number: 10678382
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for monitoring medication compliance to allow a doctor or medical care provider to determine whether a subject is ingesting a prescribed medication at the proper times. This can include the capability of remote access to remotely monitor compliance. A medication container includes at least one medication-containing cell, with a cover overlaying the cell. An electronic device including a capacitive touchscreen is electrically coupled to the medication container and programmed to detect whether the cell has been accessed through the cover. The base of the cell may be in capacitive contact with the capacitive touchscreen or there may be an insulator therebetween. An adaptor may be provided to electrically couple the medication container and the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: AVERY DENNISON RETAIL INFORMATION SERVICES, LLC
    Inventor: Ian Forster
  • Patent number: 10665170
    Abstract: A driving device includes a pixel array, a controller and a driver. The driver has a plurality of driving devices. Each of the driving devices includes a plurality of transistors and at least one capacitor to drive a light emitting device. By controlling the timing scheme of control signals applied to the driving device, the voltage for driving the light emitting device would not be affected by threshold voltages of the transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lien-Hsiang Chen, Kung-Chen Kuo, Ming-Chun Tseng
  • Patent number: 10665150
    Abstract: The display device includes a pixel and a driver circuit. The driver circuit includes a receiving circuit, a controller, a switching control circuit, and a signal generation circuit. The receiving circuit outputs image data obtained by converting differential signals into parallel data to the controller. The receiving circuit includes a plurality of circuits each including a first amplifier and a second amplifier. The first amplifier and the second amplifier each include a switch and a first transistor for supplying a bias current. The switch has a function of controlling electrical continuity between a wiring for supplying a bias voltage and a gate of the first transistor. The switching control circuit has a function of outputting a switching signal for controlling electrical continuity of the switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hidetomo Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10656719
    Abstract: A dynamic input surface for an electronic device and a method of reconfiguring the same is disclosed. The input surface has a partially-flexible metal contact portion defining an input area, and a group of indicators. The indicators may be group of holes extending through the contact portion. The group of holes may be selectively illuminated based on a gesture performed on the contact portion. A size of the input area may be dynamically varied based on the gesture. Additionally, the group of indicators indicates a boundary of the input area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Brett W. Degner, Daniel D. Sunshine, Ron A. Hopkinson, Christiaan A. Ligtenberg, William F. Leggett, Patrick Kessler
  • Patent number: 10635161
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method and system are described for receiving input for a virtual user in a virtual environment. The input may be based on a plurality of movements performed by a user accessing the virtual environment. Based on the plurality of movements, the method and system can include detecting that at least one portion of the virtual user is within a threshold distance of a collision zone, the collision zone being associated with at least one virtual object. The method and system can also include selecting a collision mode for the virtual user based on the at least one portion and the at least one virtual object and dynamically modifying the virtual user based on the selected collision mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Manuel Christian Clement, Alexander James Faaborg, Rahul Garg, Jonathan Tompson, Shiqi Chen
  • Patent number: 10629003
    Abstract: One embodiment is directed to a system for enabling two or more users to interact within a virtual world comprising virtual world data, comprising a computer network comprising one or more computing devices, the one or more computing devices comprising memory, processing circuitry, and software stored at least in part in the memory and executable by the processing circuitry to process at least a portion of the virtual world data; wherein at least a first portion of the virtual world data originates from a first user virtual world local to a first user, and wherein the computer network is operable to transmit the first portion to a user device for presentation to a second user, such that the second user may experience the first portion from the location of the second user, such that aspects of the first user virtual world are effectively passed to the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel A. Miller, Rony Abovitz
  • Patent number: 10620902
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product provide an indication to a first user as to the content presented to another user by the head mounted display of the other user. In the context of a method, information is received relating to content presented to a second user by a head mounted display of the second user. Based upon the information, the method also includes causing, with a processor, an indication to be presented to a first user identifying the content presented to the second user by the head mounted display of the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Daniel Ashbrook, David Nguyen
  • Patent number: 10599211
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method and system are described for receiving input for a virtual user in a virtual environment. The input may be based on a plurality of movements performed by a user accessing the virtual environment. Based on the plurality of movements, the method and system can include detecting that at least one portion of the virtual user is within a threshold distance of a collision zone, the collision zone being associated with at least one virtual object. The method and system can also include selecting a collision mode for the virtual user based on the at least one portion and the at least one virtual object and dynamically modifying the virtual user based on the selected collision mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Manuel Christian Clement, Alexander James Faaborg, Rahul Garg, Jonathan Tompson, Shiqi Chen
  • Patent number: 10564745
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an array substrate including a display region and a frame region surrounding the display region. The display region further includes a plurality of second touch lines which are in parallel with the gate electrode lines, and each of the common electrode units is electrically connected to one of the second touch lines through a via hole. The frame region consists of a plurality of first switches and a plurality of test lines extending along a second direction, at least one end of each second touch line is connected to one of the first switches, and the test lines are electrically connected to the first switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Inventors: Lingxiao Du, Kang Yang, Hong Ding, Gujun Li, Shaofan Liu
  • Patent number: 10565963
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a scan driving unit configured to provide a scan signal to the pixels, a data driving unit configured to provide a data signal to the pixels, and a controller configured to provide driving frequency information to a processor, which transfers image data with a driving frequency determined based on the driving frequency information to the display device, to receive the image data with the driving frequency from the processor, and to control the scan driving unit and the data driving unit to drive the display panel with the driving frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Myeong-Su Kim, Su-Hyeong Park, Ho-Yong Jung, Jae-Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 10553168
    Abstract: A black frame insertion (BFI) processing method and device and a display device thereof. The BFI processing method includes: determining whether a piezoelectric signal detected in response to a touch operation is greater than a pressure threshold; generating a trigger signal when determining that the piezoelectric signal is greater than the pressure threshold; and controlling a display panel to perform BFI display based on the trigger signal and a logic determination signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junwei Wang, Jiajia Song
  • Patent number: 10540034
    Abstract: To provide an input device having optimal portability and electronic apparatus including the same. The input device includes an input section, a control section, a power supply section, and a support section. The input section has a detection surface, and outputs a detection signal corresponding to a pressing position and a pressing amount on a detection surface. The control section determines the pressing position and the pressing amount based on the detection signal. The power supply section supplies electricity to the input section and the control section. The support section is user wearable, and supports the input section, the control section, and the power supply section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroto Kawaguchi, Manabu Kodate, Munetake Ebihara, Sayaka Izumi
  • Patent number: 10534485
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein include a method and apparatus for capacitive sensing in input devices integrated with a display device. In one example, an input device is provided that includes a display device, a plurality of transmitter electrodes integrated with the display device, and a processing system. The plurality of transmitter electrodes include at least a first transmitter electrode and a second transmitter electrode. The first transmitter electrode includes a plurality of transmitter electrode segments. The plurality of transmitter electrode segments includes at least a first transmitter electrode segment connectable with a second transmitter electrode segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Petr Shepelev
  • Patent number: 10509613
    Abstract: A control device for a vehicle equipped in the vehicle, the control device that includes a first display located in a center fascia of the vehicle, a second display located at a lower side of the first display, a guide configured to guide the second display to be moved in a direction from front to rear sides of the vehicle, and a controller configured to control at least one of the first and second displays such that information output on the at least one of the first and second displays differs according to a position of the second display is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yoonna Soh, Donghwa Kim, Sungjun Park, Iljin Park
  • Patent number: 10466474
    Abstract: Embodiments for facilitating communication between users sharing a visual cue. A gaze location of a first user is determined as an approximation in three dimensional space. The gaze location is transmitted to a second user. A gaze focus of the first user based on the determined gaze location is displayed to the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: David B. Lection, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Mark B. Stevens, John D. Wilson