Patents Examined by Viet D Pham
  • Patent number: 10732493
    Abstract: An immersive all-in-one PC system includes a housing having an outer wall, in inner wall connected to the outer wall, and a cavity between the outer and inner walls. The inner wall has one or more surfaces defining a chamber within the housing. The housing includes at least one entranceway bridging the outer and inner walls for a person to enter and exit the chamber. A projector screen is disposed internally of the outer wall and arranged to project images onto the chamber side of the inner wall for providing an immersive viewing experience to a person situated inside the chamber. A computer system is disposed at least partially within the cavity with the computer system being connected to the projector system for controlling the projected images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Inventor: Liang Kong
  • Patent number: 10701350
    Abstract: A head-mounted display apparatus may include a left display subsystem and a right display subsystem, and the left and right display subsystems may each have a display screen and a lens configured to focus light from the display screen at an exit pupil of the head-mounted display apparatus. The head-mounted display system may also include an actuation subsystem configured to change relative positioning of the left and right display subsystems based on received data indicative of an inter-pupillary distance of a user. Various other methods, systems, and devices are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Ryan Michael Ebert
  • Patent number: 10672331
    Abstract: Provided herein may be a display device and a method of driving the display device. The display device may include pixels including first pixels and second pixels in a pixel area, scan lines coupled with the pixels, and configured to supply scan signals to the pixels, a first emission control line coupled to the first pixels, and configured to supply a first emission control signal to the first pixels, a second emission control line coupled to the second pixels, and configured to supply a second emission control signal to the second pixels, and a display driver configured to supply the first emission control signal to the first emission control line before supplying the second emission control signal to the second emission control line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Woong Kim, Jong Won Park
  • Patent number: 10665646
    Abstract: A splicing screen is provided, and includes a flexible screen, an LED screen and a flexible circuit board. The flexible screen has an opening running through the flexible screen, and the LED screen is arranged in the opening. A signal line in the LED screen is bonded to the flexible circuit board, and a signal line in the flexible circuit board is bonded to the flexible screen. The present disclosure further provides a display device and a mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Le Yang, Haiping Zhang
  • Patent number: 10646205
    Abstract: The present embodiments relate generally to methods for providing viewing access to an ultrasound image feed generated at an ultrasound imaging machine. A multi-use display device may form a first link-layer connection with the ultrasound image machine for transmitting commands that control imaging parameters of the ultrasound image feed. The multi-use display device may then: determine link-layer connection parameters that allow the ultrasound imaging machine to form a second link-layer connection with a receiving device (the receiving device having no link-layer connection with the ultrasound imaging machine), and provide the connection parameters to the receiving device. The ultrasound imaging machine forms a second link-layer connection with the receiving device, based the connection parameters. The second link-layer connection is then used for receiving, at the receiving device, the ultrasound image feed controlled by the multi-use display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Clarius Mobile Health Corp.
    Inventors: Kris Dickie, Laurent Pelissier, Benjamin Eric Kerby, Trevor Stephen Hansen
  • Patent number: 10630955
    Abstract: A display unit including a display area, an optical separating unit configured to separate an image displayed in the display area into images to be observed at a plurality of predetermined observation positions, respectively, a position detecting unit which detects position information of an image observer, and a driving unit which drives the display unit are provided, and the driving unit controls the image to be displayed on the display unit such that a right-eye image is observed at each of a plurality of observation positions located in the vicinity of an observer's right eye and a left-eye image is observed at each of a plurality of observation positions located in the vicinity of an observer's left eye on the basis of the position information from the position detecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Ogawa, Tomoya Yano
  • Patent number: 10620765
    Abstract: A touch sensor panel configured to detect objects touching the panel as well as objects that are at a varying proximity to the touch sensor panel. The touch sensor panel includes circuitry that can configure the panel in a mutual capacitance (near field) architecture or a self-capacitance (far field and super far field) architecture. The touch sensor panel can operate in different object sensing modes having different resolutions such as a near field mode, a far field mode, and a super-far field mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: John Greer Elias, Steven P. Hotelling
  • Patent number: 10621898
    Abstract: A multi-layer display system may include three, four, or more display panels/screens arranged in an overlapping manner, a backlight configured to provide light to the plurality of display screens, and a processing system. The processing system may be configured to display, on a first display screen of the plurality of display screens, a first image including a first gradient area, display, on a second display screen of the plurality of display screens, a second image including a second gradient area, and display, on a third display screen arranged in an overlapping manner between the first display screen and the second display screen, a third image including. The third image may include a third gradient area overlapping at least a portion of the first gradient area displayed on the first display screen and at least a portion of the second gradient area displayed on the second display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: PURE DEPTH LIMITED
    Inventors: Vijay Ramesh Prema, Alvin Buo Chieng Tea
  • Patent number: 10606400
    Abstract: A touch panel driving apparatus generates a differential signal corresponding to a detection result of a touch panel. The touch panel driving apparatus includes a driving circuit, a first integrating sampling circuit, and a second integrating sampling circuit. The first integrating sampling circuit generates a first end signal of the differential signal. The second integrating sampling circuit generates a second end signal of the differential signal. When a touch event does not occur, a level of the first end signal and a level of the second end signal are in a common mode signal range of the differential signal. When the touch event occurs, the first integrating sampling circuit pulls up the level of the first end signal out of the common mode signal range, and the second integrating sampling circuit pulls down the level of the second end signal out of the common mode signal range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignees: Industrial Technology Research Institute, Intellectual Property Innovation Corporation
    Inventors: Heng-Yin Chen, Yi-Chuan Lu, Chien-Ju Lee, Chang-Po Chao, Guan-Jung Luo, Ying-Jia Lin
  • Patent number: 10600383
    Abstract: A source driver includes an interpolation amplifier configured to generate an interpolation voltage based on a received plurality of input voltages and output the interpolation voltage to a display panel; and an input selector configured to receive a first voltage and a second voltage having a different level from the first voltage, and configured to selectively provide at least one of the first and second voltages as the plurality of input voltages in response to some of the lower bits of pixel data. The interpolation amplifier includes four conductive differential input pairs configured to receive four input voltages from among the plurality of input voltages, respectively. Each of the first differential input pair and third differential input pair comprises a first type transistor. Each of the second differential input pair and fourth differential input pair comprises a second type transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongjoo Song, Pan-soo Kim, Jin-woo Kim, Ju-hyun Ko
  • Patent number: 10593743
    Abstract: Disclosed are a light emitting diode display device and a multi-screen display device using the same, which include a minimized bezel area. The light emitting diode display device includes a substrate including a first display area and a second display area surrounding the first display area, a plurality of first unit pixels provided in the first display area and each including a plurality of subpixels each including a micro light emitting device, and a plurality of second unit pixels provided in the second display area overlapping an edge of the substrate and each including a plurality of subpixels and having a size less than a size of each of the plurality of first unit pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: HyeonHo Son, WooNam Jeong, SeungChul Lee, BuYeol Lee
  • Patent number: 10592094
    Abstract: A data processing device which includes a flexible position input portion for sensing proximity or a touch of an object such as a user's palm and finger. In the case where a first region of the flexible position input portion is held by a user for a certain period, supply of image signals to the first region is selectively stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Hajime Kimura, Hideaki Kuwabara, Koji Dairiki
  • Patent number: 10573248
    Abstract: A backlight driving device including a light source array, a driving circuit and a scanning circuit is provided. The light source array includes backlight units electrically connected to scanning lines and driving lines. The driving circuit outputs driving signals to the backlight units through the driving lines, and the driving signals respectively includes driving pulses in different time intervals. The scanning circuit outputs scanning signals to the backlight units through the scanning lines, and the scanning signals respectively includes a start pulse in at least one of the time intervals. The start pulses of the scanning signals respectively correspond to the driving pulses in the same time interval, and drive the backlight units of the each row of the light source array in time-division.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Li-Wei Mao, Tai-Chieh Huang
  • Patent number: 10552031
    Abstract: Techniques for an experience mode transition are described. Generally, an experience mode refers to a visual and functional arrangement that is presented to a user of a device. Different experience modes present different visual and functional arrangements to a user. According to various embodiments, a computing device is configured to operate in multiple experience modes and may transition between different experience modes and based on a variety of different triggering events. Generally, a transition between different experience modes causes a visual and/or functional reconfiguration of a user experience on a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Miron Vranjes, Chaitanya Dev Sareen, Jeremy Bowen, Jesse Clay Satterfield, Robert J. Jarrett, Alex Snitkovskiy, Zachary G. Herman, Song Zou, Mohammed Amirali Samji, Christopher Doan, Nils Anders Sundelin, Michael H. Krause, Yaou Wei
  • Patent number: 10545662
    Abstract: An electronic device having a touch sensing module according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a touch sensing module; a non-volatile memory for storing gesture information, which has gesture types defined according to signal values that are to be output from the touch sensing module, in order to determine a gesture type input by the user on the touch sensing module; and a host control unit for transmitting the gesture information, which is stored in the non-volatile memory, to a volatile memory of the touch sensing module when the touch sensing module is reset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Byeong-Jae Kim
  • Patent number: 10540026
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display module configured to display an image and to be folded about a folding axis at a folding area defined on a plane; a support member below the display module; and a protective member between the display module and the support member. The support member includes a folding part overlapping the folding area and configured to be folded about the folding axis, and the folding part includes a plurality of joint portions extending parallel to the folding axis and connected to each other. Each of the joint portions includes a support surface supporting the display module, and when the support member is folded, a cusp point is formed between adjacent ones of the support surfaces on a cross-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Changmin Park
  • Patent number: 10534476
    Abstract: A compensation method for an induced amount in a touch sensor and a touch panel thereof are provided. The compensation method uses a fake finger circuit to simulate the situations when a user touches the sensing nodes of the touch sensor with a finger, and obtains the gain coefficient of each of the sensing nodes, which are used to compensate for the induced capacitance generated by the sensing nodes as a result of being touched by an external object. In this way, the extra effects caused by the difference in basic capacitance can be eliminated by the gain coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: Sung-Han Wu, Ming-Hung Tsai, Che-Chia Hsu
  • Patent number: 10521051
    Abstract: An input device (100) is configured to detect force being applied to an input region (120) of the device (100) by an input object (140), in addition to the position of the input object (140) using touch sensing methods. The input device (100) applies a position-based jitter force filter to the force sensor data to compensate for a non-uniform response across the input device (100), as well as the movement of an input object (140).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ying Wang, Earl Peng, Jingwei Tan
  • Patent number: 10515595
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel, a backlight, a sensor, and a processor configured to drive the backlight unit so as to provide the display panel with light. The processor acquires a current duty for driving the backlight unit based on pixel information on an input image, acquires a gain value of the current duty based on ambient illumination sensed by the sensor and a ratio of a black pixel value included in the input image, and drives the backlight unit by applying the acquired gain value to the current duty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hwa-seok Seong, Hui-jung Lee
  • Patent number: 10503333
    Abstract: A touch panel including a substrate, first electrodes, second electrodes, and an insulating layer is provided. Each first electrode includes first pad portions and first connection portions, and each first connection portion connects two adjacent first pad portions. Each second electrode includes second pad portions and second connection portions, and each second connection portion connects two adjacent second pad portions. The first electrodes and the second electrodes are located on the same side of the substrate, and the first connection portions and the second connection portions cross each other. The insulating layer is located between the first connection portions and the second connection portions. The first electrodes and the second electrodes include a metal mesh layer and a transparent conductive layer. At least one of the first connection portions and the second connection portions includes the metal mesh layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: HENGHAO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tzu-Jung Chiang, Shan-Chen Huang, Yung-Chih Liu, Ching-Fang Wong