Patents Examined by A Owens
  • Patent number: 11923327
    Abstract: A silicon integrated circuit. In some embodiments, the silicon integrated circuit includes a first conductive trace, on a top surface of the silicon integrated circuit, a dielectric layer, on the first conductive trace, and a second conductive trace, on the dielectric layer, connected to the first conductive trace through a first via.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Rockley Photonics Limited
    Inventors: Michael Lee, John Paul Drake, Ying Luo, Vivek Raghunathan, Brett Sawyer
  • Patent number: 11921412
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a projection screen and a projection screen are provided. The method includes: preparing a substrate; under a first preparation condition, forming a reflective layer by vacuum plating above the substrate; and under a second preparation condition, forming a diffusion layer by the vacuum plating on the reflective layer. The second preparation condition is different from the first preparation condition, and a sputtering power in the second preparation condition is higher than a sputtering power in the first preparation condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Hongxiu Zhang, Wei Sun, Kejian Cui, Yi Li
  • Patent number: 11923326
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a bump structure includes forming a passivation layer over a substrate. A metal pad structure is formed over the substrate, wherein the passivation layer surrounds the metal pad structure. A polyimide layer including a polyimide is formed over the passivation layer and the metal pad structure. A metal bump is formed over the metal pad structure and the polyimide layer. The polyimide is a reaction product of a dianhydride and a diamine, wherein at least one of the dianhydride and the diamine comprises one selected from the group consisting of a cycloalkane, a fused ring, a bicycloalkane, a tricycloalkane, a bicycloalkene, a tricycloalkene, a spiroalkane, and a heterocyclic ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Ching-Yu Chang, Ming-Da Cheng, Ming-Hui Weng
  • Patent number: 11917304
    Abstract: There is provided an optical distance measurement system including an image sensor and a processing unit. The processing unit is configured to generate an image to be calculated according to at least one image captured by the image sensor, wherein different image regions of the image to be calculated correspond to different exposure times thereby improving the accuracy of the distance calculation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventor: Guo-Zhen Wang
  • Patent number: 11917150
    Abstract: Provided is an encoder which includes circuitry and memory. Using the memory, the circuitry splits an image block into a plurality of partitions, obtains a prediction image for a partition, and encodes the image block using the prediction image. When the partition is not a non-rectangular partition, the circuitry obtains (i) a first prediction image for the partition, (ii) a gradient image for the first prediction image, and (iii) a second prediction image as the prediction image using the first prediction image and the gradient image. When the partition is a non-rectangular partition, the circuitry obtains the first prediction image as the prediction image without using the gradient image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Kiyofumi Abe, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma, Ryuichi Kanoh, Chong Soon Lim, Ru Ling Liao, Hai Wei Sun, Sughosh Pavan Shashidhar, Han Boon Teo, Jing Ya Li
  • Patent number: 11917875
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including an active area having pixels and a non-active area including a pad region. A pad electrode is disposed in the pad region and includes a first pad electrode and a second pad electrode disposed on the first pad electrode. A first insulating pattern is interposed between the first and second pad electrodes. In a plan view, the first insulating pattern is positioned inside the first pad electrode, and a portion of the second pad electrode overlapping the first insulating pattern protrudes further from the substrate in a thickness direction than a portion of the second pad electrode not overlapping the first insulating pattern. The second pad electrode directly contacts a portion of the upper surface of the first pad electrode. In a plan view, an area of the second pad electrode is greater than an area of the first pad electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Kyung Youk, Chan Jae Park, Min Soo Kim, Yoon A Kim, Sang Duk Lee, Chel Gou Lim
  • Patent number: 11916039
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for facilitating interconnecting semiconductor devices. In one example, a method of interconnecting a first substrate to a second substrate is provided. The method includes forming a first plurality of contacts on the first substrate. The method further includes forming an insulative layer on the first substrate. The method further includes forming a second plurality of contacts on the second substrate. The method further includes joining the first plurality of contacts to the second plurality of contacts to form interconnects between the first substrate and the second substrate. When the first and second substrates are joined, at least a portion of each of the interconnects is surrounded by the insulative layer. Related systems and devices are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Teledyne FLIR Commercial Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard E. Bornfreund, Edward K. Huang
  • Patent number: 11917893
    Abstract: A mask plate, a method for manufacturing a mask plate, and a method for manufacturing an organic light-emitting device are disclosed. The mask plate includes a substrate and a first opening portion and a second opening portion formed on the substrate. The first opening portion includes a first edge and a second edge, an extending line of the first edge and an extending line of the second edge intersect at a first vertex to form a first corner, the second opening portion is at the first corner and protrudes outward, and an edge of the second opening portion intersects with the first edge and the second edge. The first opening portion and the second opening portion are used for evaporation on a display area of an organic light-emitting device, and the second opening portion is used to compensate for a corner of the display area during evaporation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peng Xu, Jiangtao Deng, Fengli Ji
  • Patent number: 11914164
    Abstract: An optical engine module and a projection device are provided. The optical engine module includes a light source unit, a first diffusion element, a polarizing beam splitting element, a second diffusion element, and a light valve. The light source unit emits a light beam. The first diffusion element is disposed on a transmission path of the light beam. The polarizing beam splitting element is disposed on the transmission path of the light beam. The first diffusion element is disposed between the polarizing beam splitting element and the light source unit. The second diffusion element has at least one optical surface to reflect and diffuse the light beam. The light beam forms an illumination beam after passing through the second diffusion element, and the illumination beam has an optical image matching angle. The light valve is disposed on a transmission path of the illumination beam. The light valve converts the illumination beam to an image beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Yi-Chien Lo
  • Patent number: 11916097
    Abstract: A display apparatus with a detection device comprising: a substrate having a first principal surface and a second principal surface opposite to the first principal surface; a plurality of inorganic light-emitting elements provided on the first principal surface in a display region of the substrate; a first electrode facing the first principal surface of the substrate with the inorganic light-emitting elements interposed between the first electrode and the first principal surface; a first planarizing layer provided between the substrate and the first electrode and covering at least a side surface of the inorganic light-emitting elements; and a second electrode facing the second principal surface of the substrate and configured to output a signal corresponding to a change in distance between the second electrode and the first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masanobu Ikeda, Yasuhiro Kanaya
  • Patent number: 11909968
    Abstract: Provided is an encoder which includes circuitry and memory. Using the memory, the circuitry splits an image block into a plurality of partitions, obtains a prediction image for a partition, and encodes the image block using the prediction image. When the partition is not a non-rectangular partition, the circuitry obtains (i) a first prediction image for the partition, (ii) a gradient image for the first prediction image, and (iii) a second prediction image as the prediction image using the first prediction image and the gradient image. When the partition is a non-rectangular partition, the circuitry obtains the first prediction image as the prediction image without using the gradient image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Kiyofumi Abe, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma, Ryuichi Kanoh, Chong Soon Lim, Ru Ling Liao, Hai Wei Sun, Sughosh Pavan Shashidhar, Han Boon Teo, Jing Ya Li
  • Patent number: 11909959
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and devices of processing a block according to a merge candidate list, the method comprising: constructing a first list according to motion information of neighboring blocks of a current block; obtaining prediction information of the current block; when the prediction information of the current block indicates that a sub-block prediction is applied to the current block, obtaining a uni-prediction candidate for the current block according to the first list; using, the uni-prediction candidate for the current block to perform inter prediction of the current block. According to embodiment of the present disclosure, the regular merge list can be directly used and there is no need to explicitly generate the uni-prediction merge candidate list for sub-block prediction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Timofey Mikhailovich Solovyev, Semih Esenlik, Jianle Chen, Anand Meher Kotra, Biao Wang, Han Gao
  • Patent number: 11910010
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an intra-prediction method and to an encoder and decoder using same. The intra-prediction method according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: deriving a prediction mode of a current block; and generating a prediction block with respect to the current block on the basis of the prediction mode of the current block. When the prediction mode of the current block is an intra-angular prediction mode, values of boundary samples from among left boundary samples and upper boundary samples of the prediction block, which are not positioned in a prediction direction of the intra-angular prediction mode, are derived on the basis of reference samples positioned in the prediction direction of the intra-angular prediction mode, and on the basis of adjacent reference samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Joonyoung Park, Seungwook Park, Jaehyun Lim, Jungsun Kim, Younghee Choi, Byeongmoon Jeon, Yongjoon Jeon
  • Patent number: 11910712
    Abstract: The present application relates to a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, an organic optoelectronic diode and a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: LT MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hye-Su Ji, Seong-Jong Park, Won-Jang Jeong
  • Patent number: 11908818
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a conductive pad over the semiconductor substrate, a conductive bump, a conductive cap over the conductive bump, and a passivation layer. The conductive pad is over the semiconductor substrate. The conductive bump is over the conductive pad, wherein the conductive bump has a stepped sidewall structure including a lower sidewall, an upper sidewall laterally offset from the lower sidewall, and an intermediary surface laterally extending from a bottom edge of the upper sidewall to a top edge of the lower sidewall. The conductive cap is over the conductive bump. The passivation layer is over the semiconductor substrate and laterally surrounds the conductive bump, wherein the passivation layer has a top surface higher than the intermediary surface of the stepped sidewall structure of the conductive bump and lower than a top surface of conductive cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng-Yu Wu, Ching-Hui Chen, Mirng-Ji Lii, Kai-Di Wu, Chien-Hung Kuo, Chao-Yi Wang, Hon-Lin Huang, Zi-Zhong Wang, Chun-Mao Chiu
  • Patent number: 11899349
    Abstract: An apparatus for image projection is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus may include an image projection device, a sealed housing, and a cooling system. A sealed housing may be configured to protect an image projection device from a foreign element. A sealed housing may include an image output window. A cooling system may include a cooling pad and a coolant reservoir. A cooling system may be configured to modulate the temperature of the image projection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Clinton Chappell, McNamara Marlow Pope, III, Rodney Daniel Sparks
  • Patent number: 11899227
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a solar reflecting film and a preparation method thereof. The solar reflecting film includes a substrate and a functional layer stacked on each other. The functional layer includes a first reflecting layer, a barrier layer, and a second reflecting layer stacked on the substrate in order. The barrier layer includes a first barrier layer and a second barrier layer stacked on the first barrier layer. The first barrier layer is metal fluoride, inorganic non-metallic oxide, metal oxide or a combination thereof. The second barrier layer is metal oxides, metal nitrides, semiconductor doped compounds or a combination thereof. And a material of the first barrier layer is at least partially different from that of the second barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: NINGBO RADI-COOL ADVANCED ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., NINGBO RUILING ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS INSTITUTE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ronggui Yang, Shaoyu Xu, Minghui Wang, Huailun Zhai, Yulei Yan, Zhengjie Yin, Jinling Zhao
  • Patent number: 11901794
    Abstract: A horizontal shaft electric powerhead includes an electric motor, a battery, a housing, and a base plate. The electric motor includes a horizontal output shaft configured to rotate about a horizontal axis of rotation and has a power rating of 2,500 or fewer watts. The battery includes a plurality of lithium-ion battery cells and is coupled to the electric motor. The housing has a standard cross-sectional footprint so that the electric powerhead has substantially the same volume as a comparable small internal combustion engine. The base plate is configured to be fastened to a mounting surface and includes a plurality of openings arranged in a standard horizontal shaft engine support pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Briggs & Stratton, LLC
    Inventor: David Schulenberg
  • Patent number: 11899348
    Abstract: An attraction system of an amusement park includes a viewing area, a virtual area, a beam splitter positioned to enable visibility of a portion of the viewing area through the beam splitter and visibility of a portion of the virtual area via reflection off the beam splitter, and a controller. The controller is configured to generate image data based on a distortive parameter associated with a first element disposed in the viewing area and transmit the image data to cause display of a second element in the virtual area. The distortive parameter is indicative of a distortion of an appearance of an object visible through the first element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventor: Akiva Meir Krauthamer
  • Patent number: 11894325
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer that has a main surface, an electrode pad that is formed on the main surface, a rewiring that has a first wiring surface connected to the electrode pad and a second wiring surface positioned on a side opposite to the first wiring surface and being roughened, the rewiring being formed on the main surface such as to be drawn out to a region outside the electrode pad, and a resin that covers the second wiring surface on the main surface and that seals the rewiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Manato Kurata