Patents Examined by Thuy N. Pardo
  • Patent number: 11841511
    Abstract: A wearable display system includes one or more nanowire LED micro-displays. The nanowire micro-LED displays may be monochrome or full-color. The nanowire LEDs forming the arrays may have an advantageously narrow angular emission profile and high light output. Where a plurality of nanowire LED micro-displays is utilized, the micro-displays may be positioned at different sides of an optical combiner, for example, an X-cube prism which receives light rays from different micro-displays and outputs the light rays from the same face of the cube. The optical combiner directs the light to projection optics, which outputs the light to an eyepiece that relays the light to a user's eye. The eyepiece may output the light to the user's eye with different amounts of wavefront divergence, to place virtual content on different depth planes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Inventors: Jahja I. Trisnadi, Clinton Carlisle
  • Patent number: 11842044
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to user interfaces for receiving handwriting input, accessing predictive text candidates, and accessing keyboards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Botao Zhu, Karan Misra, Chun Kin Minor Wong
  • Patent number: 11825169
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses that utilize machine learning techniques to dynamically adjust the placement of secondary content that is displayed across numerous user devices over time are described. The user devices may comprise electronic computing devices, such as a mobile phones and digital televisions. The secondary content may be displayed within open slots of webpages or display screens in response to being selected for display during a real-time bidding process for the open slots. In some cases, in response to a bid request for an open slot within a webpage or display screen, a computer-implemented bid generation system for determining the selection and placement of secondary content may identify the secondary content to be displayed within the open slot, determine a bid amount for the identified secondary content, and transmit a bid response that includes the bid amount and the identified secondary content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: SLING MEDIA L.L.C., DISH NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
    Inventors: Vinay Tiwari, Amith Kumar Ullur Raghavendra, Vignesh Narayanaswamy, Christine Michelle Chu, Faizel Rehiman Kalleri, Madhukar Pulluru, Yongjoon Oh
  • Patent number: 11823629
    Abstract: A shift register unit includes a first input/output unit which includes a first pull-down control circuit and a first auxiliary input circuit, and a second input/output unit which includes a second pull-down control circuit and a second auxiliary input circuit. The first pull-down control circuit controls a level of a first pull-down node. The first auxiliary input circuit is coupled to the first pull-down control circuit and controls the first pull-down control circuit together with a level of a first pull-up node in response to a display control signal and a blanking control signal. The second pull-down control circuit controls a level of a second pull-down node. The second auxiliary input circuit is coupled to the second pull-to down control circuit and controls the second pull-down control circuit together with a level of a second pull-up node in response to the display control signal and the blanking control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: Heifei Boe Joint Technology Co., LTD., Boe Technology Group Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuehuan Feng, Yongqian Li
  • Patent number: 11823850
    Abstract: An information handling system keyboard backlight illuminates with a single mini-LED disposed under each of plural keyboard keys and having a penta directional illumination that illuminates directly at the key and coplanar a light guide material around the perimeter of the mini-LED. The light guide material in cooperation with a reflector below and a mask above provides indirect illumination at the periphery of the key for a more uniform key illumination. A substrate carried with circuits below the mini-LED powers the mini-LED so that a more bulky flexible printed circuit is not needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Wen-Pin Huang, Hsien-Tsan Chang, Yi-Chen Wang, Po-Chun Hou
  • Patent number: 11815694
    Abstract: An apparatus may include a first emitter and a second emitter. The first emitter may be configured to emit visible light comprising first heads up display information to be displayed to a driver of a vehicle. The second emitter may be configured to emit infrared light comprising second heads up display information to be displayed to one or more rear seat passengers of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Mikio David
  • Patent number: 11817161
    Abstract: A shift register, a drive method, a drive circuit, a display substrate, and a display device are provided. The shift register includes an input unit, a first control unit, a second control unit, an output unit, and a voltage stabilizing unit. The input unit is configured to provide a signal of a signal input end to a first node and a signal of a first power supply end to a second node. The first control unit is configured to control a signal of a fourth node. The second control unit is configured to provide a signal of a second power supply end to the first node. The output unit is configured to provide the signal of the first or the second power supply end to the output end. The voltage stabilizing unit is connected to the first node, fifth node, the output end, and the first power supply end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jingwen Zhang, Jianwu Hao, Gen Li
  • Patent number: 11815860
    Abstract: A switch module for an electronic device detects translational inputs and defines at least portion of a conductive path from an input surface of the electronic device to a processing unit of the electronic device. The switch module may be a component of a crown assembly for detecting rotational inputs, translational inputs, touch inputs and/or biological signals such as electrocardiogram (ECG) signals. The switch module may include a conductive dome and a friction guard that is positioned between the conductive dome and the actuation member of the crown assembly. The conductive dome and/or the friction guard may define at least a portion of the conductive path from the input surface to the processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sameer Pandya, Antonio Herrera, Colin M Ely
  • Patent number: 11796806
    Abstract: Disclosed are a head-up display device and a motor vehicle. The head-up display device includes an image source, a transflective device and a light control device. The image source is configured to emit light for forming an image. The transflective device is configured to reflect light that is incident on the transflective device and allow the light that is incident on the transflective device to be transmitted. The light control device includes a retroreflection element and a dispersion element arranged above the retroreflection element; the retroreflection element is configured to reflect the light that is incident on the retroreflection element in a direction opposite the incident direction of the light that is incident on the retroreflection element; and the dispersion element is configured to diffuse the light that is incident on the dispersion element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: FUTURUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junfeng Xu, Huijun Wu, Tao Fang
  • Patent number: 11800083
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology that includes a substrate, and a display pipeline coupled to the substrate. The display pipeline may to barrel an initial image to form a barreled image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Ravindra A. Babu, Sagar C. Pawar, Satyanantha R. Musunuri, Sashank Ms, Kalyan K. Kaipa
  • Patent number: 11797078
    Abstract: A head-mounted augmented reality (AR) device can include a hardware processor programmed to receive different types of sensor data from a plurality of sensors (e.g., an inertial measurement unit, an outward-facing camera, a depth sensing camera, an eye imaging camera, or a microphone); and determining an event of a plurality of events using the different types of sensor data and a hydra neural network (e.g., face recognition, visual search, gesture identification, semantic segmentation, object detection, lighting detection, simultaneous localization and mapping, relocalization).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Rabinovich, Tomasz Jan Malisiewicz, Daniel DeTone
  • Patent number: 11800000
    Abstract: An electronic terminal includes a main body having a groove, and a main unit keyboard. A through hole is defined in a bottom of the groove. A main board is provided in the main body. A first connector is provided on a side of the main board facing away from the groove. The main unit keyboard includes a key part and a flexible circuit board connected to each other. An end of the flexible circuit board that faces away from the key part is provided with a second connector configured to match the first connector. The key part is received in the groove. The flexible circuit board passes through the through hole and extends into an inside of the main body. The second connector is fastened to the first connector. A mobile phone is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Jie Li
  • Patent number: 11782850
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose an information processing method. The method comprises: receiving an acquisition request sent by a terminal for acquiring an image to be displayed, wherein the acquisition request carries an identifier of the image, and the image comprises a first object to be displayed and a second object to be displayed; acquiring, on the basis of the acquisition request, the image corresponding to the identifier, and performing identification on the image to obtain a first image region and a second image region, wherein the first image region comprises the first object, and the second image region comprises the second object; and determining a sending order, and sequentially sending, according to the sending order, the first image region and the second image region to the terminal. Also disclosed by the embodiments of the present invention are a server, a terminal, and a computer storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING JINGDONG SHANGKE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BEIJING JINGDONG CENTURY TRADING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Gefei Li
  • Patent number: 11768370
    Abstract: A projector includes an image forming unit configured to emit image light that forms an image and an imaging optical system configured to form an image by reflecting the image light. S magnification power at a point of the imaging optical system where the image light is incident and optical-path length between the image forming unit and the imaging optical system is short is made higher than a magnification power at a point of the imaging optical system where the image light is incident and the optical-path length between the image forming unit and the imaging optical system is long.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuuki Satoh, Kazuhiro Fujita
  • Patent number: 11768371
    Abstract: A projection device includes: a plurality of light sources arranged in a first direction; a spatial modulation element that modulates incident light into image information and emits the image information; a lens that changes an optical path of light emitted from each of the plurality of light sources such that the light emitted from each light source reaches substantially the same region of an incident surface of the spatial modulation element; and a first reflective optical member that deflects the light emitted from the lens toward the spatial modulation element, the first reflective optical member having a shape that reflects light emitted from the lens so as to be incident on an arbitrary point on the incident surface of the spatial modulation element at a predetermined reference incident angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Hara, Yosuke Asai, Keiji Sugiyama, Yuji Takase
  • Patent number: 11762250
    Abstract: A display device capable of improving image quality is provided. A display device includes a plurality of pixel blocks in a display region. The pixel blocks each include a first circuit and a plurality of second circuits. The first circuit has a function of adding a plurality of pieces of data supplied from a source driver. The second circuit includes a display element and has a function of performing display in accordance with the added data. One pixel has a configuration including one second circuit and an component of the first circuit that is shared. When the first circuit is shared by a plurality of pixels, the aperture ratio can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Kawashima, Naoto Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 11747908
    Abstract: An embodiment method for controlling at least one functionality of an electronic device on the basis of a gesture of a user comprises detecting, by a sensor, a variation of electrostatic charge of the user during the execution of the gesture and generating a charge variation signal. The gesture includes moving at least one foot upward and, subsequently, downward. The method further includes, by a processing unit, acquiring the charge variation signal, detecting, in the charge variation signal, a characteristic identifying the gesture of moving the foot upward, detecting, in the charge variation signal, a characteristic identifying the gesture of moving the foot downward, and controlling the functionality of the electronic device only in the event that both the first and the second characteristics have been detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L
    Inventors: Fabio Passaniti, Enrico Rosario Alessi
  • Patent number: 11733784
    Abstract: A fingerprint reader/power button system includes a base member defining base leg apertures extending into the base member. A spring member engages the base member to provide a spring force that is directed away from the base member. Spring legs on the spring member define respective spring leg apertures that are located adjacent respective base leg apertures. A support member engages the spring member and includes support legs that are configured to extend through the spring leg apertures and into the base leg apertures. A power actuator element connected to the support member is configured to engage a power actuator engagement element when an actuation force on the support member overcomes the spring force. A fingerprint reader connected to the support member is configured to read a fingerprint from a finger that engages a fingerprint reader surface on the fingerprint reader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Jason Scott Morrison, Brandon Joel Brocklesby
  • Patent number: 11733758
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus relating to techniques for avoiding cache lookup for cold cache. In an example, an apparatus comprises logic, at least partially comprising hardware logic, to collect user information for a user of a data processing device, generate a user profile for the user of the data processing device from the user information, and set a power profile a processor in the data processing device using the user profile. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Altug Koker, Abhishek R. Appu, Kiran C. Veernapu, Joydeep Ray, Balaji Vembu, Prasoonkumar Surti, Kamal Sinha, Eric J. Hoekstra, Wenyin Fu, Nikos Kaburlasos, Bhushan M. Borole, Travis T. Schluessler, Ankur N. Shah, Jonathan Kennedy
  • Patent number: 11727850
    Abstract: Hybrid architectures and method methods of operating a display panel are described. In an embodiment, row driver and pixel driver functions are combined in a group of backbone hybrid pixel driver chips, wherein global signal lines are distributed to the backbone hybrid pixel driver chips, where the global signals are manipulated and distributed to a row of pixel driver chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Xiang Lu, Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi, Xiaofeng Wang, Derek K. Shaeffer, Henry C. Jen, Hopil Bae