Patents Examined by Abbas I Abdulselam
  • Patent number: 11295698
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a connector for a display device and a relevant display device. The connector includes an input cable interface for connecting an input cable to receive an input mixed signal, a signal processor for processing a first signal in the mixed signal received via the input cable interface to obtain a video signal for display, a signal separator for separating a second signal from the mixed signal and to generate a DC voltage based on the second signal, a video signal output interface for connecting a display interface of the display device to output the video signal, and a power output interface for connecting a power supply interface of the display device to output the DC voltage generated by the signal separator to the display device. Externally-connection interfaces and connection wires are reduced by using one cable to transmit signals of multiple properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianting Wang, Rui Guo, Hao Zhou, Boxiao Lan, Jianzi He
  • Patent number: 11288029
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display apparatus and a method of controlling the same, the display apparatus including: a plurality of display modules arranged in up and down directions, and configured to switch between a first state, the first state being a folded state and a second state, the second state being an unfolded state; a plurality of joining units each comprising a hinge provided between the plurality of display modules and configured to join adjacent display modules; a driver including a wire supporting the plurality of display modules, and configured to drive the plurality of display modules to switch to the first state or the second state by adjusting a length of the wire; and a pair of coupling guides provided on lateral sides of the plurality of display modules and configured to guide adjacent display modules to switch between the first state and the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungyong Joo, Jeongil Kang, Sunjin Park, Sungbum Jung
  • Patent number: 11276351
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including an opening and a plurality of pixels that display an image, a crack detection line disposed along a periphery of the opening, and a plurality of data lines connected to the plurality of pixels. The crack detection line is connected to one of the plurality of data lines, and detects a crack at the periphery of the opening through a single pixel array connected to the one of the plurality of data lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Sae Lee, Won Kyu Kwak, Ki Myeong Eom
  • Patent number: 11276366
    Abstract: Disclosed is each display apparatus interconnected in series based on a DisplayPort standard. Each of the display apparatus includes a processor configured to request a front-stage display apparatus to confirm whether a first image signal is normally transmitted during an operation for displaying an image based on the first image signal of a first source device received from the front-stage display apparatus, control to display the image based on the first image signal received from the front-stage display apparatus in response to receiving a confirmation signal confirming whether the first image signal is normally transmitted from the front-stage display apparatus, and control to receive a second image signal of a second source device from a rear-stage display apparatus in response to not receiving the confirmation signal from the front-stage display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyunseok Kim, Junghyuk Kim, Daegun Kim, Sujin Lee
  • Patent number: 11263935
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic display device and an information display method of same, the electronic display device enabling recognition by means of a tactile sensation or three-dimensional visual recognition with respect to an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: DOT INCORPORATION
    Inventors: Ju Yoon Kim, Ji Ho Kim, Hyeon Cheol Park
  • Patent number: 11256295
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel and a back cover which supports the display panel on a rear surface of the display panel and includes a plurality of openings and a length of a lower edge of the back cover is larger than a length of an upper edge of the back cover. Therefore, when the display device is rolled, a rolling position of the display device may be guided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Moonsun Lee, Mi-Na Shin, ChounSung Kang, SunBok Song, GeunChang Park
  • Patent number: 11243403
    Abstract: An electronic device has an electrically adjustable optical layer. Displays and other optical components may be supported by a housing structure. The housing structure may form a handheld device housing, a head-mounted housing, or other housing for the electronic device. Control circuitry in the electronic device may adjust the electrically adjustable optical layer. The control circuitry may reduce light transmission for the electrically adjustable optical layer to hide the optical components, may increase light transmission to reveal the optical components while the optical components are being used to receive light or to output light, and may otherwise adjust the electrically adjustable optical layer to exhibit a desired set of optical characteristics depending on the mode of operation of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Wilson, James W. Vandyke, Matthew S. Rogers
  • Patent number: 11238832
    Abstract: An electronic device, according to various embodiments of the present invention, comprises: a display comprising a first region exposed on the front surface of the electronic device and a second region accommodated within the electronic device or exposed to the exterior of the electronic device; at least one sensor for detecting a change in the display structure of the display; at least one display processor for controlling the driving of the display; and a main processor, wherein the main processor identifies a display area in which image data is to be displayed on the display, according to the change in the display structure of the display on the basis of sensing information transmitted from the at least one sensor, determines a frame rate of the at least one display processor on the basis of the change in the display area, and drives the display at the determined frame rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jungchul An, Jongkon Bae, Sungho Lee, Hanchul Jung, Youngin Choi, Donghyun Yeom, Minwoo Yoo
  • Patent number: 11231784
    Abstract: Touch-based input devices, such as a stylus, can provide feedback in the form of shear forces applied to the user. A stylus can produce shear forces that act on a user to provide unique tactile sensations. For example, a shear device can be included at a grip region of a stylus to provide shear sensations at the user's hands (e.g., fingers). The shear forces can be unaligned forces that urge one part of the user's hand in one direction and another part of the user's hand in an opposite direction or that tend to maintain the other part of the user's hand in a stationary location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: David H. Bloom, Benjamin G. Jackson, Steven J. Taylor
  • Patent number: 11221679
    Abstract: An electronic device receives, at an application-independent module, user interface information from an application. The user interface information corresponds to one or more displayed user interface elements with one or more dimensions defined by an application-specific module of the application. The electronic device receives an input directed toward one or more of the displayed user interface elements, and, at the application-independent module, determines one or more tactile outputs to be generated based on a magnitude of the input and the one or more dimensions defined by the applications-specific module. Using the one or more tactile output generators, the electronic device generates the determined one or more tactile outputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Julien Y. Robert, Tyler M. Fox, Camille Moussette, Viktor Miladinov, Jean-Pierre M. Mouilleseaux, Madeleine S. Cordier
  • Patent number: 11222609
    Abstract: Disclosed is a local dimming liquid crystal display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Doo-seop Choi, Gi-yeong Gim, Young-su Moon, Young-hoon Jeong
  • Patent number: 11205401
    Abstract: A power-saving method for switching High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) ports on a sink device is provided. The sink device has a first HDMI port initially being enabled for displaying and a second HDMI port being disabled for displaying. The power-saving method includes the steps of using the reference signals to locate the VSYNC active edge in each frame generated by a source device connected to the second HDMI port; turning on the power to the second HDMI port during a power-on region corresponding to the VSYNC active edge in each frame and turning off power otherwise; obtaining information related to a high bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP) in the power-on region; and displaying video data from the source device based on the HDCP information when enabling the second HDMI port connected to the source device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: You-Tsai Jeng, Kai-Wen Cheng, Chin-Lung Lin, Yi-Cheng Chen, Te-Chuan Wang, Chi-Chih Chen, Szu-Hsiang Lai, Tai-Lai Tung, Keng-Lon Lei
  • Patent number: 11205365
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an image data transmission apparatus having synchronous data transmission mechanism. Output stage circuits respectively receive and store image data corresponding to a part of a display frame. A primary switch circuit is coupled to a primary output stage circuit of the output stage circuits so as to maintain a control voltage of a control terminal at a first level when a primary frame aligning signal having the latest timing is not received from the primary output stage circuit, and switches the control voltage to a second level when the primary frame aligning signal is received. The output stage circuits output the image data to an image data receiving apparatus to display the display frame synchronously when the output stage circuits receive the control voltage having the second level through voltage transmission paths having the same signal transmission time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Pui-Kei Leong
  • Patent number: 11204257
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for automatic calibration of rate gyroscope sensitivity are described. One exemplary method includes receiving a first plurality of measurements from a gyroscope and a second plurality of measurements from at least another sensor including at least one accelerometer, generating an orientation estimate of the device and a plurality of orientation corrections based on the first and second plurality of measurements, generating an estimate of a sensitivity of the gyroscope based on the orientation estimate, the plurality of orientation corrections and the first plurality of measurements, and calibrating at least the gyroscope based on the estimate of the sensitivity. In an example, the at least another sensor may include an accelerometer and/or a magnetometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: CLOUDNAV INC.
    Inventor: Erik Anderson
  • Patent number: 11200869
    Abstract: A method and system of providing a wearable expanded display system for portable computing devices is disclosed. The method includes connecting a head-mounted display system to the portable computing device and anchoring a virtual projection of content from the portable computing device to a screen of the portable computing device to provide the user with an augmented reality viewing experience. The virtual projection can present the content in an enlarged view with richer content options than the smaller screen of the portable computing device. The position of the virtual projection will adapt to changes in pose of the screen to maintain the anchored relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Nathan Lee Post, Carlos J P Chavez, Deborah Janette Schulz, Ashley Raine Philbrick, Eric David Schroeder, Gabriel Carlos Fernandez, Snehal Desai, Rachel Elizabeth Csabi, Ruthie D. Lyle, Courtney St. Martin
  • Patent number: 11200833
    Abstract: An image display device includes: a signal input unit to which a first signal or a second signal is supplied using a signal cable in accordance with prescribed setting information, the signal cable having a plurality of transmission lines of prescribed transmission characteristics; a transmission line control unit configured to change a destination to which a signal is supplied using the plurality of transmission lines, in accordance with a transmission line setting for setting at least a portion of the plurality of transmission lines as transmission lines which transmit the first signal; an image control unit configured to generate an image signal from the first signal supplied using the transmission lines in accordance with a transmission format setting for designating a format for transmitting the first signal using the transmission lines; and a setting control unit configured to change the transmission line setting and the transmission format setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Akio Ishiwata
  • Patent number: 11200749
    Abstract: A device is configured to estimate a gaze target of a user of an augmented reality headset based on vehicle sensor data and headset sensor data. The device is configured to generate visualization data based on the gaze target. Responsive to determining that the gaze target is inside a first vehicle, the visualization data includes a first visual depiction of a first point of interest that is outside the first vehicle. The first point of interest includes at least a portion of a particular route of a particular vehicle. The particular vehicle includes the first vehicle or a second vehicle. Responsive to determining that the gaze target is outside the first vehicle, the visualization data includes a second visual depiction of a second point of interest that is inside the first vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: James Joseph Bonang, William J. Wood, Thomas John Stepp
  • Patent number: 11194415
    Abstract: The present invention relates to touch sensor systems and methods incorporating an interpolated variable impedance touch sensor array and specifically to such systems and methods for indirect force-aware touch control. An exemplary method for receiving an adjustment gesture formed on or about a plurality of sensor panels on a plurality of faces of a device includes detecting two or more touches at a first time at the plurality of sensor panels and determining that the touches at the first time are arranged in a pattern corresponding to a predetermined gesture. The method further includes determining a relative pressure between the touches, associating the gesture with a user interface element (that accepts an adjustment input based on the relative pressure between the two or more touches) and providing an input to the user interface element based on the gesture and relative pressure between the touches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Sensel, Inc.
    Inventors: John Aaron Zarraga, Alexander Meagher Grau, Bethany Noel Haniger, Bradley James Bozarth, Brogan Carl Miller, Ilya Daniel Rosenberg, James Frank Thomas, Mark Joshua Rosenberg, Peter Hans Nyboer, Reuben Eric Martinez, Scott Gregory Isaacson, Stephanie Jeanne Oberg, Timothy James Miller, Tomer Moscovich, Yibo Yu
  • Patent number: 11189220
    Abstract: A display device includes a control circuit, an array of LED zones, and an array of driver circuits that are distributed in the display area. The driver circuits are arranged in groups that are connected in a serial chain by a set of communication lines. The group of driver circuits are configurable between a serial communication mode and a parallel communication mode. In the serial communication mode, each driver circuit receives an incoming signal on an input pin, processes the signal through serial communication logic to generate an outgoing signal, and outputs the outgoing signal to an output pin such that the driver circuits serially process the incoming signal. In the parallel communication mode, each driver circuit transfers the incoming signal from the input pin to the output pin bypassing the serial communication logic such that all driver circuits in the group can process the incoming signal in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Huayuan Semiconductor (Shenzhen) Limited Company
    Inventors: Junjie Zheng, Richard Landry Gray, Chih-Chang Wei, Li-lun Chi
  • Patent number: 11181951
    Abstract: An information device system includes a portable information device to which a first chassis and a second chassis are connected, and a keyboard. The portable information device has a foldable display, and a pair of cover plate parts covering a hinge device at both sides, a tip surface being disposed at a position projecting to an inner side in a bending direction of the display than a surface of a bending part of the display as the first chassis and the second chassis rotate. The keyboard has a width along one edge portions equal to or larger than an interval at which the pair of cover plate parts is provided, based on a placement state of being placed at a usage position specified by a top surface of the first chassis, and is provided with an elastic member at corner parts opposed to the pair of cover plate parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ushioda, Muneki Sugiyama, Yoshiki Hiranouchi, Hiroaki Nukaga, Hiroaki Kinoshita