Patents Assigned to CO
  • Patent number: 11518467
    Abstract: To be able to compactly dispose an airbag device at a front portion of a saddled vehicle. An airbag device for a saddled vehicle including: an inflator; an airbag adapted to be expanded by gas discharged from the inflator; and, a retainer accommodating the airbag, the airbag being deployed upward from an opening of the retainer, in which the retainer is disposed between a meter provided in front of a handle for steering and a headlight provided in front of the meter in a side view of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Sato
  • Patent number: 11521327
    Abstract: Disclosed is a detection target positioning method and device. The method comprises: acquiring an original image and pre-processing the original image to obtain a gradation of each pixel in a target gradation image corresponding to a target region including a detection target; calculating first gradation sets corresponding to rows of pixels of the target gradation image and second gradation sets corresponding to columns of pixels of the target gradation image; and determining rows of two ends of the detection target in a column direction according to the first gradation sets, determining columns of two ends of the detection target in a row direction according to the second gradation sets, and determining a center of the detection target according to the row of two ends of the detection target in the column direction and the columns of two ends of the detection target in the row direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fuyin Wang, Ruoyu Huang, Min Peng, Yue Li
  • Patent number: 11520187
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device are provided. The liquid crystal display panel includes a substrate comprising a first substrate and a second substrate, a plurality of spacers comprising a plurality of first spacers and a plurality of second spacers, and at least one retaining wall disposed between the first spacer and the second spacer or between the second spacers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Huihua Liao
  • Patent number: 11520340
    Abstract: A lane information management method for managing lane information using a processor is provided. This method includes acquiring road map information and information on a travel history that is represented by a travel trajectory on a road map, determining, using a plurality of the travel histories, whether or not a lane connected to an intersection is in a multiple lane form in which two or more lines of vehicles are formed on a single lane, and managing the lane information, including a result of determination of the multiple lane form in the lane information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Kojo, Motonobu Aoki, Takura Yanagi, Hiroyuki Takano
  • Patent number: 11521884
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes an apparatus. The apparatus includes a chuck for placing an object thereon, a gas passage extending along a periphery of an outer sidewall of the chuck and separating the chuck into an inner portion and a sidewall portion, and a plurality of gas holes through the sidewall portion and configured to connect a gas external to the chuck to the gas passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ian Hsieh, Che-fu Chen, Yan-Hong Liu
  • Patent number: 11522644
    Abstract: An acknowledgement information sending method and apparatus is provided. A network device determines and sends downlink scheduling signaling, where the downlink scheduling signaling is used to schedule first downlink data to a terminal, the first downlink data is downlink data corresponding to acknowledgement information fed back on a same uplink control channel, and the downlink scheduling signaling is used to determine a first threshold, a second threshold, or a third threshold. The terminal receives the downlink scheduling signaling sent by the network device, determines, based on the first threshold, the second threshold, or the third threshold, the acknowledgement information corresponding to the first downlink data, and sends the acknowledgement information corresponding to the first downlink data to the network device on the same uplink control channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao Sun, Bingyu Qu
  • Patent number: 11522714
    Abstract: A product for participating in a block chain system includes: a network interface configured to communicate, by using a first network, with participants of the block chain system to share block chain data, the block chain data including at least one of an ownership record block and an ownership registration block for the product; an output circuitry configured to output a notification signal; and a processor configured to determine, during a booting operation of the product, whether ownership of the product is registered in the block chain data through the network interface and to control the output circuitry to output a message requesting registration of an ownership of the product based on a determination that the ownership of the product is not registered in the block chain data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Myung-sik Choi
  • Patent number: 11520444
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and an input sensor on the display panel, the input sensor including sensing electrodes, signal lines connected to the sensing electrodes, an insulating layer on the signal lines, and inspection lines on the insulating layer and electrically connected to each other, each of the inspection lines respectively overlapping a corresponding one of the signal lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Jin Yang, Hyunsik Park
  • Patent number: 11521196
    Abstract: A system for cashless payment of goods or services is provided which includes at least one payment unit disposed in at least one automat or machine, having at least one transmitting/receiving unit for short range communication; a processing unit; and a memory, wherein the automat or machine is connected to one or more other automats or machines via a short range communication means, at least one mobile device also having a transmitting/receiving device for both short range communication and long range communication, a processing unit and a memory. Many other detailed configurations, functionalities, systems, processes and alternatives thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Walter Hanke—Mechanische Werkstätten GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Uwe Hartl
  • Patent number: 11521305
    Abstract: Provided are an image processing method and device, a mobile terminal, and a storage medium. The method includes: acquiring a first image output by an image sensor; responsive to that a first signal value of the first image after being processed exceeds a saturation value of a first bit width at a preset image processing stage, recording the first signal value of the processed first image as a second signal value with a second bit width, the second bit width being greater than the first bit width; and mapping the second signal value recorded with the second bit width to a third signal value recorded with the first bit width to obtain a second image. Through the method, an operation of increasing a bit width can be used to retain more information of an image and improve the quality of the image, and an implementation is simple and effective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jing Xu
  • Patent number: 11518268
    Abstract: A control system is a control system that controls transfer of electric power between a power grid and a secondary battery that is mounted in a vehicle and stores electric power for travel and includes a determiner configured to determine whether a state in which charging electric power or discharging electric power is equal to or less than a threshold continues for a predetermined time on the basis of a detection result of the charging electric power with which the secondary battery is charged or the discharging electric power discharged from the secondary battery, and a controller configured to cause the transfer of electric power between the power grid and the secondary battery to stop when the determiner determines that the state in which the charging electric power or the discharging electric power is equal to or less than the threshold continues for the predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Daisuke Tsutsumi
  • Patent number: 11517809
    Abstract: A game device includes a board surface configured to allow articles of a first type and a second type to be placed, and for the articles of the first type and the second type placed on the board surface, acquires first game information associated with the article of the first type or second game information associated with the article of the second type. The device executes a game based on the acquired first game information, and changes a state of acquisition of information from an article on the board surface to one of a first state and a second state according to the progress of the game, the first state in which the first game information is acquired from the article of the first type, the second state in which the second game information is acquired from the article of the second type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: BANDAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru Higuchi, Reina Fukuoka, Satoshi Takeda, Yuki Kadota, Kenichiro Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11518432
    Abstract: Disclosed is zero point compensation method and device for EPS. The method includes: acquiring a value of lateral distance when a vehicle travels along an ideal path and obtaining a smoothed lateral distance value, for each control cycle; calculating a longitudinal movement distance value of the vehicle for each control cycle; performing linear fitting to obtain a linear relationship between the longitudinal movement distance value and the smoothed lateral distance value; calculating a zero point compensation angle for the EPS based on a first parameter in the linear relationship and a preset steering wheel transmission ratio, and compensating a steering control angle; and determining that the zero point compensation angle passes verification when a minimum residual error is less than a preset acceptable deviation. In this way, the time required for calibration can be reduced, and the accuracy and effectiveness of the control algorithm can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing IDRIVERPLUS Information Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shibin Zhu, Bo Yan, Cheng Xu, Fang Zhang, Xiaofei Li, Dezhao Zhang, Xiao Wang, Shuhao Huo
  • Patent number: 11520684
    Abstract: The application provides a method and an apparatus for testing an autonomous vehicle, and a storage medium, where the method includes: obtaining detection information of the autonomous vehicle, where the detection information is configured to indicate the test result obtained when the detecting apparatus in the autonomous vehicle tests the autonomous vehicle; further, generating a test interface according to the obtained detection information, and displaying the test interface, so that the tester can visually check various test information of the autonomous vehicle during the road running test, thereby not only saving a labor cost, but also improving a test efficiency of the road running test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Apollo Intelligent Driving Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yue Cui, Yaling Zhang, Ji Tao, Hongshun Shen
  • Patent number: 11522204
    Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack, a first cooling line configured to circulate a first coolant that passes via the fuel cell stack, a first radiator disposed on the first cooling line, a valve configured to switch a flow path of the first coolant to the fuel cell stack or the first radiator, and a controller connected to the valve and configured to set a target temperature at an inlet of the fuel cell stack and a correction coefficient for controlling an opening degree of the valve, measure a first coolant temperature at an outlet of the fuel cell stack and a second coolant temperature at an outlet of the first radiator, calculate the opening degree of the valve based on the first coolant temperature, the second coolant temperature, the target temperature, and the correction coefficient, and correct the correction coefficient based on comparison of a third coolant temperature at the inlet of the fuel cell stack and the target temperature, in response to the opening degree being within a first ran
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Kyung Choi, Jong Bo Won
  • Patent number: 11521424
    Abstract: An electronic device and a control method therefor are disclosed. A control method for an electronic device according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: when a preset event is detected, acquiring a user image by photographing a user; acquiring a facial image including the user's face from the photographed user image and storing the facial image; and when a user input for identification of the facial image is received, providing the stored facial on the basis of at least one of a time and a place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Heewon Park
  • Patent number: 11521850
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to an, exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes: forming a semiconductor layer on a substrate in a chamber; and forming a semiconductor layer on a substrate in a chamber. Forming the insulation layer includes: (a) injecting precursors that include a metal into a surface of the semiconductor layer; (b) removing precursors that are not adsorbed; (c) injecting reactants onto the surface of the semiconductor layer; and (d) removing residual reactants. The semiconductor layer includes a semiconductor material that has a layered structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Hyung Lim, Hyung Jun Kim, Sun Hee Lee, Seung Gi Seo, Whang Je Woo
  • Patent number: D971609
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gakuto Takahashi, Mikiyasu Ishikura, Michael Shadovitz
  • Patent number: D971637
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Shenzhen Caihehao Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zexiong Zheng
  • Patent number: D971901
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Shenzhen Bestqi Innovation Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Menghong Xie