Patents Examined by Ryan A Lubit
  • Patent number: 11262833
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting touch events with an accelerometer are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes measuring first accelerometer data at a first rate, detecting a first touch event based on the first accelerometer data, in response to detecting the first touch event, measuring second accelerometer data at a second rate, determining whether a second touch event is detected based on the second accelerometer data, measuring third accelerometer data at the first rate in response to an absence of the second touch event being detecting in the second accelerometer data over a predetermined threshold period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Yu Jiang Tham, Xing Mei
  • Patent number: 11256350
    Abstract: A touch display panel is provided and includes a substrate, a thin-film encapsulation layer, a first dam, a second dam, and a touch control line. The substrate includes an active area and a non-active area. The thin-film encapsulation layer is disposed on, the substrate. The first dam and the second dam are positioned in the non-active area. The first dam and the second dam are disposed on the thin-film encapsulation layer. The thin-film encapsulation layer is bounded by the first dam. The touch control line is disposed on the thin-film encapsulation layer, the first dam, and the second dam. The first dam includes a first protruding portion or a first recessed portion correspondingly at an intersection of the first dam and the touch control line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sisi Zhou, Ningkun Peng
  • Patent number: 11256347
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device equipped with a pressure sensor according to various embodiments. The electronic device may include: a housing including a first face facing a first direction and a second face facing a second direction opposite to the first direction, and including a conductive material provided on at least a portion of the second face; a touch screen display disposed between the first face and second face of the housing and exposed through the first face; a first pressure sensor disposed between the touch screen display and the second face of the housing and configured to sense pressure of an external object for the touch screen display; a second pressure sensor coupled to the second face of the housing and configured to sense pressure of an external object for the second face of the housing; and a support member spaced apart from the second face of the housing in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Inventors: Byeong-Cheol Kim, Han-Vit Kang, Jungwon Kim, Hyungsup Byeon, Ho-Kyung Kang, Jeongsik Jeong, Kwang-Tai Kim, Hyunju Hong
  • Patent number: 11249601
    Abstract: A locus detection unit detects a locus traced by an input unit that is attached to a body. A pattern determination unit determines an input pattern based on the locus detected by the locus detection unit. A transmission unit transmits the input pattern determined by the pattern determination unit as input information to an external device. A reception unit receives output information transmitted from the external device. A tactile output unit provides, to the body, the output information received by the reception unit as a simulated tactile sense of the skin being traced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Toshishige Shimamura, Yuichi Okabe, Yuzo Ishii
  • Patent number: 11249306
    Abstract: A method and a system for displaying conformal synthetic data on a scene over a head-mounted see-through display (HMSTD) having a line of sight (LOS) are provided herein. The system may include: a tracker configured to track the LOS of the HMSTD; a display controller configured to display on the HMSTD a first display area comprising a synthetic image data conformal to a scene viewed from the HMSTD; wherein said display controller is configured to receive a desired point being a point within the scene which intersects the LOS of the HMSTD and to display a second display area on said HMSTD, wherein the second display area is positioned relative to said desired point, wherein said synthetic image data is displayed over the HMSTD at a reduced intensity on an overlap area between the first and the second areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Elbit Systems Ltd.
    Inventors: Omer Hasharoni, Itamar Nocham
  • Patent number: 11249581
    Abstract: Provided are a touch control structure, a touch control method and a touch control device. The touch control structure includes: a touch control layer; an electrode layer disposed on the touch control layer; and a dielectric material layer disposed on a side of the electrode layer away from the touch control layer, wherein the dielectric material layer has a lipophilicity variable with a voltage applied by the electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qi Wang, Tingting Wang, Bo Zhou, Yongzhi Song
  • Patent number: 11231898
    Abstract: Provided are a display device and an operating method thereof. The display device includes a wireless communication interface configured to receive image data from an external device, a display configured to output a screen of the external device by using the image data, and a controller configured to operate in a delay off mode or a delay on mode to minimize a delay of screen output while outputting the screen of the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kyungnam Bae, Jeonghwan Kwon, Eunjung Lee, Jinseong Kim, Byounghyun Shin, Hyosung Kim
  • Patent number: 11216118
    Abstract: Provided are an imaging apparatus, an imaging method, and a program capable of accurately and simply controlling a movement sensitivity of an index displayed on a finder monitor to a sensitivity desired by a user by using a touch panel installed on a rear monitor. The imaging apparatus (10) has a finder that includes the finder monitor (13), the touch panel (31) that receives a swipe operation for moving the index, and an image processing unit (24). The image processing unit (24) includes a sensitivity setting unit that sets a first sensitivity for coarsely moving the index by the swipe operation or a second sensitivity for finely moving the index by detecting a contact operation to the touch panel in the swipe operation, and a movement control unit that moves the index on the basis of the swipe operation on the touch panel and the sensitivity set by the sensitivity setting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Sugihara, Masaru Kobayashi, Kazuki Ishida, Masahiko Miyata
  • Patent number: 11216105
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a flexible display device and an intelligent protecting method thereof and a computer readable storage medium. The present invention, when detecting that the flexible display device is in an intelligent protective mode, obtains gravity detection data, and determines whether the flexible display device fulfills an intelligent protective condition. When the intelligent protective condition is fulfilled, a first structural member and a second structural member of the flexible display device are controlled to pivot at a predetermined angular velocity relative to a pivot shaft such that an included angle between flexible display screen lamination structures is less than 180 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Fang Wang
  • Patent number: 11216183
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments providing an ergonomic user interface keyboard. An embodiment operates by determining a baseline keyboard interface corresponding to a baseline mobility of a finger of a user. An indication that the finger of the user has sustained an injury with an expected recovery time is received. A new mobility of the finger of the user with the injury is measured. A deviation between the new mobility and the baseline mobility of the finger is determined. An injury keyboard interface is configured with a shifted plurality of keys of the baseline keyboard interface to new positions away from the finger with the injury and towards another finger without the injury based on the deviation. The injury keyboard interface is displayed during the expected recovery time, wherein upon an expiration of the expected recovery time the baseline keyboard interface is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventor: Wojciech Koszek
  • Patent number: 11209877
    Abstract: A novel electrical module that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. A novel display panel that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. A novel display device that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. The functional layer includes an element, a conductive film, and an intermediate layer and the element is electrically connected to the conductive film. The intermediate layer includes an opening portion and a first surface, the opening portion overlaps with the conductive film, the opening portion includes a side end portion, and the side end portion is in contact with the conductive film. Moreover, the first surface includes a first region, the first region is positioned at the periphery of the opening portion, and the first region is in contact with the conductive film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Inventors: Masataka Sato, Hiroki Adachi
  • Patent number: 11212379
    Abstract: An electronic device may include an assembly that enables varying a visible portion of a display by extending and retracting a bendable portion of the display. The extending and retracting of the bendable display is facilitated by a first assembly on which a substantially planar visible portion of the display is disposed and a second assembly slidably attached to the first assembly. A space is defined by the first and second assemblies in which a bent portion of the display is housed. When the first assembly is extended (e.g., opened) with respect to the second assembly, at least a portion of the bent portion of the display is extended so as to be visible, and when the first assembly is closed (e.g., retracted) with respect to the second assembly, the extended bent portion of the display is retracted into the space between the first assembly and the second assembly, and is no longer visible. Various constructions of the first and second assemblies and corresponding structures are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Moohyun Baek, Dongryul Shin, Shinho Yoon, Youngsoo Chun, Byounguk Yoon, Jiwoo Lee
  • Patent number: 11209326
    Abstract: An electronic device for detecting pressure is provided. The electronic device includes a printed circuit board (PCB) including at least one element or circuit pattern for driving the electronic device, at least one electrode pattern formed to detect a pressure in the wiring layer included in the PCB, an elastic member arranged to be at least partially overlapped with the electrode pattern, and a pressure sensor circuit electrically connected to the electrode pattern included in the PCB. The pressure sensor circuit is configured to apply a voltage to the electrode pattern and measure intensity of the pressure based on a change in the voltage applied to the electrode pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyunwoo Sim, Seongjun Kim, Yonghwa Kim, Dongil Son, Jaedeok Lim, Seungbum Choi
  • Patent number: 11209914
    Abstract: A method for detecting an orientation of an electronic apparatus can be applied to an electronic apparatus with a bendable flexible screen. The bendable flexible screen includes a touch array. The touch array includes at least two touch sensors. The method includes: determining whether a first type of detection data generated by mutual coupling between the at least two touch sensors is detected; and determining a current orientation of the electronic apparatus based on the first type of detection data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiankun Hu
  • Patent number: 11205378
    Abstract: A system may include an electronic display panel having pixels, where each pixel emits light based on a respective programming signal applied to the pixel. The system may also include processing circuitry to determine a respective control signal upon which the respective programing signal for each pixel is based. The processing circuitry may determine each respective control signal based at least in part on approximations of respective pixel brightness-to-data relationship as defined by a function having variables stored in memory accessible to the processing circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Maofeng Yang, Shengkui Gao, Paolo Sacchetto, Weijun Yao, Yongjun Li, Jiayi Jin
  • Patent number: 11200856
    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: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Evan M. Richards, Cheonhong Kim, Nirav Rajendra Patel
  • Patent number: 11181317
    Abstract: Provided is a metal touch sensing apparatus in which recognition performance thereof is improved, a plurality of touch parts are successively manipulated to enter into a specific mode, thereby preventing a refrigerator from being malfunctioned, and touch sensitivity of the refrigerator to be touched for the manipulation is visually adjusted, and a home appliance including the touch apparatus and a method for controlling the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Seungje Park
  • Patent number: 11182013
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a technique allowing for enhancement of operability. A display device with a touch panel includes a display having a display screen to display a screen component, a touch panel disposed on the display screen of the display, and an operation determination unit. The operation determination unit disables detection by the touch panel of rotation operation on a knob or of touch operation on a related screen component that is the screen component related to an item to be operated by the rotation operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junya Ujiie, Kentaro Seki
  • Patent number: 11182012
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display device. The display device includes a display module and a sensing circuit board including a plurality of sensing dots disposed on the display module and generating a magnetic field. Each of the sensing dots includes continuous first and second periods. Additionally or alternatively, the sensing dots includes a transmitter, a driver, a charger, and an outputter. The transmitter transmits a reference alternating current signal. The driver is connected to the transmitter and a sensing node and outputs a node current signal. The charger is connected to the sensing node and generates a magnetic field. The outputter is electrically connected to an output terminal and outputs a sensing signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sanghyun Heo, Chul Kim
  • Patent number: 11182025
    Abstract: Provided are an imaging apparatus, an imaging method, and a program capable of accurately and simply controlling a movement sensitivity of an index displayed on a finder monitor to a sensitivity desired by a user by using a touch panel installed on a rear monitor. The imaging apparatus (10) has a finder that includes the finder monitor (13), the touch panel (31) that receives a swipe operation for moving the index, and an image processing unit (24). The image processing unit (24) includes a sensitivity setting unit that sets a first sensitivity for coarsely moving the index by the swipe operation or a second sensitivity for finely moving the index by detecting a contact operation to the touch panel in the swipe operation, and a movement control unit that moves the index on the basis of the swipe operation on the touch panel and the sensitivity set by the sensitivity setting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Sugihara, Masaru Kobayashi, Kazuki Ishida, Masahiko Miyata