Patents Examined by Ryan A Lubit
  • Patent number: 11513587
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device includes a mounting portion configured to be attached to a head of a user, an image display unit disposed in the mounting portion and configured to display an image to be visually recognized by the user, a state detection unit configured to detect a first state in which the mounting portion is attached to the head and a second state in which the mounting portion is detached from the head, and a display control unit configured to cause the image display unit to stop displaying an image when the state detection unit detects the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Robina Atsuchi
  • Patent number: 11515497
    Abstract: A display device according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a display panel for displaying an image; a support plate provided on one side of the display panel; and a heat sink layer provided below the support plate, wherein the heat sink layer includes a metal alloy having thermal conductivity that is equal to or greater than 150 W/mK and equal to or less than 340 W/mK, and an elastic modulus that is equal to or greater than 100 GPa and equal to or less than 140 GPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hirotsugu Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 11513680
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display unit, a touch sensor disposed on the display unit and detects contact with an object on the display unit, a main system, and an embedded system. The embedded system generates image data of an input area for a virtual input device, output image data of the input area to the main system by using a first general-purpose interface protected by the main system, and output input information, which is based on detection information detected in the input area by the touch sensor, via the virtual input device to the main system by using a second general-purpose interface protected by the main system. The main system displays, on the display unit, the image data of the input area output by the embedded system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu Imanishi, Seiichi Kawano, Kazunori Yamamura, Yoshitsugu Suzuki, Mitsuhiro Yamazaki, Ryohta Nomura
  • Patent number: 11514868
    Abstract: An electronic display includes a display panel that operates in a single display mode to provide a single display, or a dual display mode to provide two displays separated by an inactive region. The electronic display includes the display panel and a panel driver. The display panel includes a left pixel region, a right pixel region, and a middle pixel region between the left and right pixel regions. In the single display mode of the electronic display, the panel driver provides first gate signals generated from first input data to the left, right, and middle pixel regions. In a dual display mode, the panel driver provides second gate signals generated from second input data to the left and right pixel regions. The first input data has a first resolution that is larger than a second resolution of the second input data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Evan M. Richards, Cheonhong Kim, Nirav Rajendra Patel
  • Patent number: 11508321
    Abstract: An electro-optical device is provided with a plurality of data lines, a plurality of potential lines supplied with a predetermined potential, a driving transistor controlling a current level according to the voltage between the gate and the source, a first storage capacitor which holds the voltage between the gate and a source of the driving transistor, and a light-emitting element. One data line among the plurality of data lines and one potential line among the plurality of potential lines are arranged to be adjacent to each other, and a second storage capacitor holding the potential of the one data line is formed by the one data line and the one potential line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kasai, Takeshi Nomura
  • Patent number: 11508324
    Abstract: An E-paper display device including an E-paper display panel and a display driver is provided. The E-paper display panel displays an image. The image includes a first frame and a second frame. The display driver is coupled to the E-paper display panel. The display driver drives the E-paper display panel to display the image. The display driver drives a first pixel group of the E-paper display panel in a first polarity and drives a second pixel group of the E-paper display panel in a second polarity to display the first frame during a first frame period. The first pixel group and the second pixel group are arranged in interlacing. The display driver drives the second pixel group of the E-paper display panel in the first polarity to display the second frame during a second frame period. Moreover, a method for driving an E-paper display panel is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Shu-Cheng Liu, Hsiao-Lung Cheng, Pei-Lin Tien, Chi-Mao Hung
  • Patent number: 11507217
    Abstract: A touch-based control device can include an exterior panel that includes a groove region and a surrounding region, one or more touch sensors for detecting touch inputs performed anywhere on a substantial portion of the exterior panel, and a sensing module comprising one or more processors to detect, via the one or more touch sensors, touch inputs performed by a user on the exterior panel. The sensing module can interpret the touch input based on at least one of (i) a region where the touch input occurred, or (ii) a type of the touch input, and control a connected device based on the interpreted touch input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Brilliant Home Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron T. Emigh, Steven Stanek, Brian Cardanha, Bozhi See, Iris Yan, Gaurav Hardikar
  • Patent number: 11481062
    Abstract: A solid-state switch for an external system includes a cover member, a first solid-state transducer, a microcontroller, a user feedback device, and a switching circuit. The first transducer is mechanically coupled to the cover member and configured to generate first signals in response to a perturbation at the cover member. The microcontroller is configured to obtain first data from the first signals and determine user inputs in accordance with at least the first data and an operational state of the solid-state switch. The user feedback device is configured to provide feedback to a user of the solid-state switch in accordance with a switching behavior of the switching circuit. The microcontroller is couplable to a master controller of the external system. The switching behavior of the switching circuit is determined in accordance with: (a) the commands from the master controller to the microcontroller, and/or (b) user inputs as determined by the microcontroller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: UltraSense Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Jonathan Wright, Hao-Yen Tang, Chien-Te Lee, Mo Maghsoudnia
  • Patent number: 11474652
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel, a cover member includes an opening which opposes the display panel and a sensor device provided around the opening in the cover member, and the sensor device includes a button portion includes a plurality of first sensors arranged at a first interval along a first direction, a bar portion includes plurality of second sensors arranged at a second interval along the first direction, the second sensors being smaller than the first sensors and a volume portion formed into a ring shape and including a plurality of third sensors arranged along a circumferential direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Naoki Takada
  • Patent number: 11474633
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present application disclose a touch control display panel and a manufacturing method thereof, a touch control display screen and a spliced screen. The touch control display panel comprises: A substrate; A driving circuit layer, wherein the driving circuit layer comprises a driving line and a data line, a touch control row electrode and a touch control column electrode, the touch control row electrode is connected to at least one row auxiliary electrode via at least one first via hole, and each row of touch control row electrodes are connected to each other in series via the row auxiliary electrode; the touch control column electrode is connected to at least one column auxiliary electrode through at least one second via, and each column touch control column electrode is connected to each other in series through the column auxiliary electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lubin Shi, Fuqiang Li, Fangzhen Zhang, Wei Qin
  • Patent number: 11460947
    Abstract: A touch screen includes a touch panel including a plurality of touch blocks, and a knob, being touch-sensitive and rotatable, disposed on top of the touch panel. An area of the touch panel not covered with the knob is defined as a first area, an area of the touch panel covered with the knob is defined as a second area, and touch blocks belonging to both the first area and the second area are defined as overlapped blocks. Sense signals associated with the overlapped blocks are de-emphasized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Himax Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Chun-Jen Su, Chun-Kai Chuang, Cheng-Hung Tsai, Po-Hsuan Huang, Li-Lin Liu, Heng-Xiao Chen
  • Patent number: 11448879
    Abstract: An augmented reality device can include an outer housing, an attachment component, a camera, and a display arrangement. The outer housing can have a transparent front and back arranged to allow a user to see therethrough. The attachment component can removably attach the augmented reality device to user eyewear. The camera can capture images through the outer housing front. The display arrangement can provide a virtual display at an angle to the user looking through the augmented reality device. The display arrangement can include an image emitting component, a prism component, a projecting optic component, a combining optic component, and a unibody optics enclosure. The augmented reality device can also include a processor and a memory configured to store and retrieve buffer clips of captured images, and a wireless communication component configured for communications with outside devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventors: Benjamin Raymond Heald, Bobak Tavangar, Austin Wilson, Venkat Rangan
  • Patent number: 11449296
    Abstract: The display system includes an HMD and a control device. The display system includes a plurality of display modes including a first display mode in which display on an image display unit and display on a touch panel are common and a second display mode in which display on the image display unit and display on the touch panel are different from each other. A first state, a second state, and a third state are capable of being executed, the first state being a state in which at least any one of display on the image display unit and display on the touch panel is stopped, the second state being a state of requesting a specific operation, and the third state being a state in which an application is executable. During specific transition from the first state, the second state, or the third state to another state, the first display mode is set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya Torii, Fusashi Kimura
  • Patent number: 11449131
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory media are provided for generating obfuscated control interfaces for extended reality (XR) experiences. An example method can include determining a pose of an XR device within a mapped scene of a physical environment associated with the XR device; rendering a virtual control interface within the mapped scene according to a configuration including a first size, a first position relative to the pose of the XR device, a first ordering of input elements, and/or a first number of input elements; and adjusting the configuration of the virtual control interface based on a privacy characteristic of data associated with the virtual control interface and/or characteristics of the physical environment associated with the XR device, the adjusted configuration including a second size, a second ordering of input elements, a second number of input elements, and/or a second position relative to the pose of the XR device and/or first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Wesley James Holland, Ramesh Chandrasekhar, Daniel James Guest, Sebastien Mounier, Bijan Forutanpour
  • Patent number: 11443493
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for the see-through computer display systems with an extended field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Mentor Acquisition One, LLC
    Inventors: John D. Haddick, Ralph F. Osterhout
  • Patent number: 11442536
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an EOG-based method and apparatus for asynchronous character input, said method comprising the following steps: displaying a virtual keyboard having a total of N keys on a display, the virtual keyboard flickering in rounds, wherein in each round, all N keys randomly flicker once; when spelling, a user blinks after the flickering of a target key, so as to acquire electro-oculogram signals of the user in real-time; capturing electro-oculogram data within a time period following the flickering of a key from the acquired electro-oculogram signals, and using said electro-oculogram data as an original feature vector of the flickering key; N original feature vectors being generated in each cycle, an electro-oculogram identification method is called to identify the N original feature vectors, and outputting a certain result from 0 to N, wherein 0 indicates that a condition for character input is not met, and 1 to N correspond to the N keys on the virtual keyboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yuanqing Li, Shenghong He
  • Patent number: 11442584
    Abstract: A window for a display device includes: a base layer; a first hard coating layer on the base layer; and a second hard coating layer on the first hard coating layer and having a thickness less than a thickness of the first hard coating layer, where the first hard coating layer is between the base layer and the second hard coating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyunseung Seo, Jonghwan Cho
  • Patent number: 11445058
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing including a front plate, a rear plate, and a side member; a display having a first surface visible through the front plate; an inertial sensor; a proximity sensor disposed on a second surface of the display; a processor; and a memory. The memory may store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to determine a user's posture through the inertial sensor, in response to activation of a specific application using a function of the proximity sensor; determine a movement of the electronic device through the inertial sensor; determine the user's intent to use the display, based on the user's posture and the movement of the electronic device; and determine a configuration value of the proximity sensor, based on the determined intent to use the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Inventors: Jongjin Kim, Shinyoung Na, Sunmi Park, Hansol Lee, Yoomi Tak, Sangmin Hwang
  • Patent number: 11435832
    Abstract: An input device includes an operation member, an actuator configured to impart a tactile effect to the operation member, and a controller configured to apply, to the actuator, a control signal for starting to apply a first vibration to the operation member at a first timing and for starting to apply a second vibration to the operation member at a second timing after the first timing, such that a combined vibration of the first vibration and the second vibration is applied to the operation member. The controller is configured to change a duration of a first period of the combined vibration to two or more different durations of the first period by changing a control period of time that extends from the first timing to the second timing to two or more different control periods of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Wakuda
  • Patent number: 11422629
    Abstract: Various implementations provide intelligent interruption of waveform-based feedback. Various systems and methods coordinate a transition from a current waveform associated with a current feedback control signal to a subsequent waveform associated with a subsequent feedback control signal such that an amplitude and a direction of a beginning of the subsequent waveform matches an amplitude and a direction of an ending of the current waveform. For example, various implementations include an electronic device that includes a touch sensitive interface, a waveform actuator, a memory, and a processor. The touch sensitive interface includes one or more touch sensors and a touch surface. The touch sensors identify a touch event on the touch surface. For example, touch sensors may include force-based sensors (e.g., MEMS sensors).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Borgerding, Jason Lisseman