Patents Examined by Abbas I Abdulselam
  • Patent number: 11960091
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, a computer program product, and a wearable device for controlling display of content. The method is performed in a wearable device (10) comprising a head mounted display having a display region (12). The method comprises causing (S12) to display a first visual content (32) on a first portion (14) of the display region, corresponding to an eye gaze direction (22) of the user (20). The method comprises determining (S13) to transmit a second visual content (34) to one or more external display devices (40a-40 n) based on presence of the one or more external display devices (40a-40 n) in a field of view, FoV, of the wearable device (10). Further, the method comprises sending (S14) a request to at least one of the one or more external display devices (40a-40 n) to display the second visual content (34). The method further comprises causing (S15) to display the second visual content (34), at least outside the first portion (14) of the display region (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Tommy Arngren, Andreas Kristensson, Peter Ökvist, Jonas Pettersson
  • Patent number: 11953803
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a method for controlling voltages of a liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) two-dimensional array which includes a plurality of pixel sets, and the plurality of pixel sets include a first pixel set and a second pixel set. The method includes: determining a plurality of bit sequences, where the plurality of bit sequences include a first bit sequence and a second bit sequence; controlling a voltage of the first pixel set by using the first bit sequence; and controlling a voltage of the second pixel set by using the second bit sequence, where the first pixel set and the second pixel set are in different phase cycles in a port direction of the LCoS two-dimensional array, the first pixel set and the second pixel set have a same phase, and duty ratios of the first bit sequence and the second bit sequence are the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zeshan Chang, Lei Mao, Liangjia Zong, Tong Li, Hong Yang
  • Patent number: 11955049
    Abstract: A display panel and a corresponding driving method are provided, including at least an N?1th stage demultiplexing subcircuit and an Nth stage demultiplexing subcircuit. The N?1th stage demultiplexing subcircuit includes at least M N?1th stage demultiplexing units, wherein M and N are both integers not less than 2. By disposing at least two stages of the demuxing subcircuits in cascade, one signal can time-sharingly multiplex to a plurality of signals and correspondingly exponentially reduce a number of signal wirings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zuomin Liao, Songpo Xiang
  • Patent number: 11957008
    Abstract: A display substrate and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes a base substrate and a plurality of sub-pixels on the base substrate. Each sub-pixel includes a pixel circuit and pixel circuits are in columns in a first direction and rows in a second direction. The sub-pixels includes a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel which are directly adjacent in the second direction. A first capacitor electrode in the first sub-pixel and a first capacitor electrode in the second sub-pixel are in a same layer and are spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuangbin Yang, Bo Cheng, Mengmeng Du, Xiangdan Dong
  • Patent number: 11948528
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a driving method of a cholesteric liquid crystal display. It includes the steps in the following: driving each scan line by a dynamic driving scheme (DDS) including an Evolution phase; refreshing a frame of the cholesteric liquid crystal display by a full refresh mode, each scan line driven N times during the Evolution phase in the full refresh mode; and refreshing a part of the frame by a partial-refresh mode, each scan line driven M times in the Evolution phase in the partial-refresh mode, wherein M is greater than N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: IRIS OPTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Liang Tsai, Wu-Chang Yang, Chi-Chang Liao
  • Patent number: 11942046
    Abstract: The present application discloses a display module, an integrated circuit and a display apparatus. The display module includes: a display panel including data lines and power lines; and a first capacitor electrically connected to one or more of the power lines, wherein the first capacitor is configured to at least partially offset a variation of a power voltage on each of the one of more power lines caused by a data voltage on a corresponding one of the data lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: XIAMEN TIANMA DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chengxu Li
  • Patent number: 11941174
    Abstract: The disclosed system may include a support structure dimensioned for a user's hand. The system may also include transmitting electrodes coupled to a first finger portion of the support structure and may further include receiving electrodes coupled to a second, different finger portion of the support structure. The system may also include a controller that is coupled to the support structure and that is communicatively connected to the transmitting and receiving electrodes. The controller may also be configured to cause the transmitting electrodes to transmit a signal, detect at least some of the transmitted signal at the receiving electrodes and, based on the detected signal, determine that at least two fingers of the user's hand are touching each other. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Shiu Sang Ng, Yanjun Ma, Wolf Kienzle, Hrvoje Benko
  • Patent number: 11941173
    Abstract: A marker projector mounted on a vehicle forms a marker image on a forward road surface. A camera mounted on a wearable device, which is worn by a driver, captures an image of a landscape including the marker image. A device position and attitude sensor detects a position and an attitude of the wearable device based on a position of the marker image. The image processor determines a display position of the image on a display unit based on the detected position and attitude of the wearable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11937465
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of display technology, and in particular, to an array substrate, a display panel and a display device thereof. The array substrate includes a substrate and a plurality of sub-pixels on the substrate. Each sub-pixel includes a pixel circuit. The pixel circuit includes a plurality of transistors. The plurality of transistors includes at least one oxide transistor. The array substrate further includes: an oxide semiconductor layer on the substrate, the oxide semiconductor layer comprising a channel region of the oxide transistor; a first planarization layer on the substrate and covering at least a portion of the oxide semiconductor layer; a barrier part on the side of the first planarization layer away from the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD
    Inventors: Libin Liu, Jiangnan Lu
  • Patent number: 11922899
    Abstract: A method for identifying a dynamic resolution for an application (150) of an electronic device (100) is provided. The method includes identifying, by the electronic device, a base resolution for a window of the application (150), wherein the window includes a plurality of views; identifying, by the electronic device, a plurality of resolutions respectively corresponding to the plurality of views based on the base resolution and at least one characteristic of each of the plurality of views; applying, by the electronic device, the plurality of resolutions to the plurality of views, respectively; and displaying, by the electronic device, the plurality of views in the plurality of resolutions, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sulabh Rastogi, Hemanth Chenna, Dileep Pudi, Pioush Kumar, Pankaj Chanchlani, Saurabh Pareek
  • Patent number: 11907422
    Abstract: A method for setting up a communication intended for at least one terminal of at least one second user via analysis of eye movements of a first user. The method is implemented by a device for setting up a communication via analysis of the eye movements of the first user. The device possesses at least one camera, and at least one region of interest is associated, via an identification datum, with the at least one terminal of the at least one second user. The method includes: capturing eye movements with the camera; analysing the captured eye movements; evaluating a duration for which the analysis of the eye movements indicates that a gaze of the user remains directed towards the region of interest; and, when the evaluation indicates that this duration is longer than a threshold, transmitting at least one first message to the at least one terminal identified via the identification datum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Orange
    Inventors: Jean Cartigny, Thomas Maherault
  • Patent number: 11909145
    Abstract: A detecting circuit of an external display device includes a first connector, a display circuit configured to provide a display signal to the external display device through the first connector, a switch circuit, a power supply circuit configured to provide power needed for operating the display circuit through the switch circuit when the switch circuit is on, and a control circuit configured to turn on the switch circuit upon detecting the external display device so as to connect the power supply circuit to the display circuit. When the switch circuit is on, the control circuit accumulates a duration or a number of times of detection that the external display device is continually not detected, and then turns off the switch circuit to disconnect the power circuit from the display circuit when the duration reaches a time threshold or the number of times of detection reaches a count threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: GETAC TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kuan-Yu Chen, Yao-Wei Yang, Hsueh-Mao Cheng
  • Patent number: 11910678
    Abstract: A display panel including a display area including a first display area and a second display area; and a non-display area at least partially surrounding the display area, the non-display area including a first fan-out area located on one side of the display area along a first direction, the first fan-out area including a plurality of fan-out lines the second display area being located on at least one side of the first display area along a second direction, both the first display area and the second display area including a plurality of data lines extending along the first direction and arranged along the second direction, the data lines being electrically connected the fan-out lines, the data lines in the second display area being electrically connected to the fan-out lines through a connecting line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wenshuai Zhang
  • Patent number: 11902503
    Abstract: Systems and methods for rendering a 3D image are provided. The system receives texture and depth data (depth map) for an image. The system generates, based on the image data, a plurality of folded focal planes matrices. For each respective pixel matrix, the system preprocesses pixel values in the respective focal pixel plane matrix to generate a respective preprocessed matrix, wherein the respective preprocessed matrix clusters together pixel values of the respective folded focal plane matrix based on the depth data for the image. The system generates phase functions based on a plurality of the preprocessed matrices. The system configures a spatial light modulator of the SLM device in accordance with the generated phase functions. The system then provides the plurality of the preprocessed matrices as input to the SLM device to generate for display a 3D representation of the received image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
    Inventors: Seppo Valli, Pekka Siltanen
  • Patent number: 11889729
    Abstract: A display device includes a short ring TFT, wherein the short ring TFT includes a semiconductor layer, a first gate electrode, a second gate electrode, a first gate insulating film provided between the semiconductor layer and the first gate electrode, and a second gate insulating film provided between the semiconductor layer and the second gate electrode, one of a pair of adjacent lead-out wiring lines is electrically connected to a source region of the semiconductor layer, the other of the pair of adjacent lead-out wiring lines is electrically connected to a drain region of the semiconductor layer, one of the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode is electrically connected to the source region or the drain region, and the other of the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode is electrically connected to a threshold value control wiring line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Okabe, Takeshi Yaneda
  • Patent number: 11886267
    Abstract: An electronic device incorporating a liquid crystal display (LCD) screen comprises at least one at least one radio frequency (RF) antenna mounted behind a LCD panel of the LCD screen, and a processor. The RF antenna includes a directional transmit RF antenna that transmits an RF signal through the LCD panel to impinge on a human user, and includes a receive antenna configured to receive a RF signal reflected from tissue of the human user. The processor processes the reflected RF signal to generate a processed signal indicative of presence or absence of the human user, and responsive to the processed signal, controls an operating mode of the electronic device and/or enables control of the device by the human user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Advanced Telesensors, Inc.
    Inventors: Sajol Ghoshal, David Kramer, Jaime Martinez
  • Patent number: 11889726
    Abstract: A display device, includes: a display area including an upper side, a lower side, a left side, a right side, and inclined corner portions where the upper, lower, left, and right sides meet; a demultiplexing circuit unit adjacent to the lower side of the display area and the corner portion connected thereto; and a scan transmission line which extends toward the display area from an outer side of the left side and overlaps with the demultiplexing circuit unit outside the corner portion, wherein the demultiplexing circuit unit includes a demultiplexer transistor, and the scan transmission line is formed of a different conductive layer from an electrode of a demultiplexer transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Han Sung Bae, Se Ho Kim, Sun Ja Kwon, Dong Wook Kim, Jun Yong An, Sang Moo Choi, Jun Won Choi
  • Patent number: 11880629
    Abstract: A display control method and an apparatus applied to a first device that supports projection. When the first device determines that the first device is in a state of performing projection onto a second device, the first device receives a first instruction to run a first application in a foreground, and when the first device determines that the first device is in the display state of performing projection onto the second device, the first device determines, based on the first instruction, a second application that is running in the background on the first device and that has same attribute information as the first application, and simultaneously projects a running interface of the first application and a running interface of the second application onto a display interface of the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hejin Gu
  • Patent number: 11880628
    Abstract: A screen mirroring display method implemented by a first electronic device, where the method includes displaying a first display interface, receiving a screen mirroring instruction for projecting the first display interface onto a second electronic device, determining a first target control in the first display interface in response to the screen mirroring instruction, and sending a first message to the second electronic device, where the first message includes a drawing instruction of the first target control to prompt the second electronic device to draw a first screen mirroring interface according to the drawing instruction, where the first screen mirroring interface includes the first target control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhenhua Fan, Yuan Cao, Xi Wei
  • Patent number: 11876112
    Abstract: Provided are a display panel and a spliced display device. The display panel includes pixel rows and spacing areas. The pixel rows include a type-A pixel row adjacent to a first panel edge and type-B pixel rows including a first type-B pixel row. The spacing areas correspond to and are adjacent to the type-B pixel rows, and close to the first panel edge. The pixel row includes light-emitting devices and pixel circuits. The pixel circuit includes a first part and a second part. In the type-A pixel row, the first part is located at a side of the light-emitting device close to the first panel edge, and the second part is located in the spacing area corresponding to the first type-B pixel row. In at least one type-B pixel row, the pixel circuit is located at a side of the light-emitting device close to the first panel edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tenggang Lou, Ximin Qi