Patents Examined by Thuy N. Pardo
  • Patent number: 11720201
    Abstract: A combination touch and transducer input system is provided, which facilitates user input into an electronic system with a finger and/or a transducer (e.g., a stylus). The system includes a transducer configured to generate an electric field, and a sensor including an array of electrodes and a controller. The transducer is configured to transmit digital data, such as pen pressure data and switch status data, to the sensor. For example, the transducer comprises electronic circuitry configured to encode the digital data in a signal for transmission to the sensor. The sensor controller is configured to operate both in a touch sensing mode and in a transducer sensing mode. During the touch sensing mode, the controller determines a position of a proximate object (e.g., a finger) by capacitively sensing the object with the array of electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Oliver P. King-Smith, Bernardus H. Smit, Peyman Hadizad
  • Patent number: 11714281
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image generation device including: a space construction section that constructs a virtual world to be displayed on a head-mounted display; an image generation section that generates, based on a position and a posture of a head of a player wearing the head-mounted display, a display image representing the virtual world in a field of view corresponding to a point of view of the player, and causes the head-mounted display to display the generated display image; and a visitor information acquisition section that acquires information regarding presence of a visitor without a head-mounted display in a space where the player is able to move. While the visitor is present, the space construction section displays an object indicating the presence of the visitor at a corresponding position in the virtual world.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Junichi Muramoto
  • Patent number: 11711961
    Abstract: A fingerprint sensor includes: a substrate; a circuit element layer on a first surface of the substrate and including a plurality of conductive layers; a light emitting element layer on the circuit element layer and including light emitting elements and a light shielding layer; and a light sensor layer on a second surface of the substrate and including light sensors, wherein the light shielding layer includes contact holes exposing first electrodes of the light emitting elements, and first opening portions exposing a portion of the circuit element layer, and the circuit element layer includes second opening portions formed in the plurality of conductive layers and includes a light transmission hole of which at least a portion overlaps the first opening portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Hun Ryu, Jin Oh Kwag
  • Patent number: 11704779
    Abstract: A head-up display device includes: a display unit that produces a display light for the left eye by modulating a first illumination light derived from superimposing first illumination light beams output from a first region of a fly eye lens and produces a display light for the right eye by modulating a second illumination light derived from superimposing second illumination light beams output a second region of the fly eye lens; and an image processing unit that produces an image for the left eye and produces an image for the right eye; and a display control unit that causes a display unit to display the image for the left eye when the first illumination light is produced and causes the display unit to display the image for the right eye when the second illumination light is produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11687198
    Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure may provide a display device including: a light-emitting layer including a plurality of light-emitting areas; a plurality of touch wiring lines arranged in a first direction so as to overlap the light-emitting area; and a touch electrode formed on the plurality of touch wiring lines. Further, a method of manufacturing the display device may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: KwangJo Hwang, Sangkyu Kim, JiHyun Jung, DeukSu Lee, Jaeseung Kim
  • Patent number: 11684704
    Abstract: An autoclavable medical device is provided that includes a metal housing having an electrical conductor embedded in an inorganic fixing material. The conductor and fixing material define an electrical feedthrough that extends from an interior of the housing through at least a portion of the fixing material. The electrical feedthrough forms part of a sensor of an actuation means for the autoclavable medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventor: Robert Hettler
  • Patent number: 11686477
    Abstract: A cooking appliance can include a cooking chamber and an imaging device for capturing an image of a food item inside the chamber. The appliance can include a transparent, touchscreen display for displaying the interior contents of the cooking appliance to a user without requiring the user to open the cooking appliance, as well as providing for the user controlling, operating, and interacting with the cooking appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander L. Clayton, Brandon Satanek, Michael Tsai, Christopher Cullen, Heng Tong Pit, Donald John Gilmore, Cristiano Vito Pastore, Matthew P. Ebrom, Pallavi Manjrekar, Bruce Wiatrak, John Doyle, Joshua Abdoo, Ariana Bruno, Neomar Giacomini, Tamara Distaso, Gianpiero Santacatterina, Seth Herndon
  • Patent number: 11687177
    Abstract: A wearable information terminal that can be worn by a user is provided with: a main body; a display that is incorporated in the main body and includes a screen; a controller that is incorporated in the main body and executes display processing onto the screen; and an operation detector that detects input operation executed by the user with respect to the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Mayumi Matsushita, Mitsuru Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 11687152
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is disclosed which includes determining a current activity of an individual, comparing movements of the individual while performing the current activity to corresponding movements in a reference activity, determining whether a performance level of respective movements of the individual while performing the current activity are within a predetermined performance range for corresponding movements in the reference activity, generating, via a generative adversarial network (GAN), a directional guidance recommendation based, at least in part, on: a comparative analysis of the movement of the individual while performing the current activity and the corresponding movement included in the reference activity, and a degree of deviation between the performance level of the at least one movement of the individual and an optimal performance level of the corresponding movement included in the reference activity, and displaying the generated directional guidance recommendation to the individual
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Atul Mene, Jeremy R. Fox, Tushar Agrawal, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
  • Patent number: 11681387
    Abstract: A touch sensor laminate according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a lower structure, a touch sensor layer stacked on the lower structure, an adhesive layer stacked on the touch sensor layer and having a Young's Modulus from 0.05 to 1 MPa, and an optical layer stacked on the adhesive layer. The touch sensor laminate has a thickness ratio of a predetermined range to provide improved folding durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Yeon Kim, Myeong Won Lee, Gwang Yong Tak
  • Patent number: 11682362
    Abstract: An afterimage compensator and a display device having the same are disclosed, and the afterimage compensator includes an image analyzer configured to determine an amount of image variation based on a change of image data, and an image shifter configured to adjust a shift interval, which is an interval between time points at which an image is shifted, according to the amount of image variation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hoon Lee, Seung Ho Park, Hee Sook Park, Kyoung Ho Lim
  • Patent number: 11681321
    Abstract: An image identification method is used to eliminate accumulated error of operation of a joystick. The joystick has an optical sensor adapted to analyze a movement of a plurality of identification dots disposed on a stick body. The image identification method includes receiving a series of detection images, setting a first identification dot of the plurality of identification dots as being a reference identification dot, and setting a second identification dot of the plurality of identification dos as being the reference identification dot and cancelling the first identification dot as being the reference identification dot when the first identification dot is near a border of the detection image. A position change of the reference identification dot in the series of detection images is used for identifying a control status of the joystick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Chao-Chien Huang, Yen-Hung Wang, Yi-Chung Chen, Hui-Hsuan Chen, Yi-Hsien Ko
  • Patent number: 11681915
    Abstract: A processor-implemented method of performing a convolution operation is provided. The method includes obtaining input feature map data and kernel data, determine the kernel data based on a number of input channels of the input feature map, a number of output channels of an output feature map, and a number of groups of the input feature map data and a number of groups of the kernel data related to the convolution operation, and performing the convolution operation based on the input feature map data and the determined kernel data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Songyi Han, Seungwon Lee, Minkyoung Cho
  • Patent number: 11676548
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a light source unit, a backlight module and a display device, wherein the light source unit comprises a printed circuit board and a plurality of light source groups, the plurality of light source groups are arranged on the printed circuit board, and each light source group at least comprises a red light source, a green light source and a blue light source; the plurality of light source groups are divided into a plurality of regions, and each region is independently controlled. According to the disclosure, the light source groups are divided into regions, and the display signals of the light source groups in each region are controlled through independent control switches, so that the backlight LED light source can be lighted regionally in high brightness and high color gamut region, and the energy consumption is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Shenzhen TCL New Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minna Yang, Jianlin Li
  • Patent number: 11676377
    Abstract: An enhanced vision system includes a first optic subsystem and a transparent photodetector subsystem disposed within a common housing. The first optic subsystem may include passive devices such as simple or compound lenses, active devices such as low-light enhancing image intensifiers, or a combination of passive and active devices. The transparent photodetector subsystem receives the visible image exiting the first optic subsystem and converts a portion of the electromagnetic energy in the visible image to a signal communicated to image analysis circuitry. On a real-time or near real-time basis, the image analysis circuitry detects and identifies structures, objects, and/or individuals in the visible image. The image analysis circuitry provides an output that includes information regarding the structure, objects, and individuals to the system user contemporaneous with the system user viewing the visible image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: EOTech, LLC
    Inventors: Jon Burnsed, Stephen Styonavich, Michael Iosue
  • Patent number: 11670064
    Abstract: A method includes detecting presence of a handheld device in proximity of a touch enabled device and negotiating communication capabilities between the handheld device and a digitizer system of the touch enabled device. At least one of the handheld device and the digitizer system is configured to match a defined communication capability of the other of the at least one of the handheld device and digitizer system. Input from the handheld device is tracked via an electrostatic communication channel between the handheld device and the digitizer system based on the defined communication configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC.
    Inventors: Arie Gur, Amir Zyskind, Ilan Geller
  • Patent number: 11656775
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes apparatuses and methods for virtualizing isolation areas of solid-state storage media. In some aspects, a storage media accelerator determines, via a storage media interface, a geometry of solid-state storage media. The accelerator selects, based on the geometry, an area of the solid-state storage media as an isolated unit of storage. A physical address of the isolated unit of storage is then mapped to a virtual address. The accelerator exposes, via the virtual address, the isolated unit of storage through a host interface to enable host access of the isolated unit of storage. The accelerator may also remap the isolated unit of storage to other areas of the solid-state storage media without host interaction. By so doing, the accelerator may provide virtualized isolation and partitioning functionalities to a host, while efficiently handling lower-level storage media functions, such as wear leveling and load balancing, without host involvement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Marvell ASIA PTE, LTD.
    Inventors: Scott Furey, Liping Guo, Salil Suri, Yingdong Li
  • Patent number: 11656728
    Abstract: Some embodiments include fabricating a narrow border of a projected capacitive (PCAP) touchscreen. Some embodiments include a vertical electrode on a cover glass coupled to a first set of traces within the narrow border, and printing a first insulating black mask (BM) layer on the cover glass, that includes a first opening above an electrode terminus of the vertical electrode. Some embodiments further include printing a portion of a conductive black via (BV) in the first opening, coupling the conductive BV to the electrode terminus and a first silver trace of the first set of silver traces. Some embodiments include combining the cover glass with a sensor glass, where the first set of silver traces substantially overlaps a second set of silver traces of the sensor glass within the narrow border, where the overlapped sets of silver traces are separated by a shield layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: ELO TOUCH SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Zhijun Lu, Xin Gu, Jun Ma
  • Patent number: 11653879
    Abstract: A blood pressure measuring device includes a device main body; a curler configured to bend along a circumferential direction of a wrist of a living body, configured to come into contact with a portion of the wrist at least between a dorsal side and a palmar side; a strap provided to the device main body, and further configured to be mounted on the wrist; a sensing cuff arranged in a region of the wrist where arteries exist; a back plate provided on a side of the sensing cuff nearer to the curler; a rubber plate provided between the curler and the back plate and configured to elastically deform; a pressing cuff provided on a side of the curler nearer to the strap; and a cuff provided on a side of the curler nearer to the living body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD., OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro Hamaguchi, Takeshi Kubo, Yoshihiko Sano, Takanori Nishioka, Kentaro Mori, Yu Higashimura
  • Patent number: 11656462
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to display systems and, more particularly, to augmented reality display systems. In one aspect, an adaptive lens assembly includes a lens stack configured to exert polarization-dependent optical power to linearly polarized light. The lens stack includes a birefringent lens and an isotropic lens contacting each other to form a conformal interface therebetween. The adaptive lens assembly is configured to be selectively switched between a plurality of states having different optical powers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: MAGIC LEAP, INC.
    Inventors: Ravi Kumar Komanduri, Chulwoo Oh