Patents Examined by Abhishek Sarma
  • Patent number: 11366542
    Abstract: First electrodes are formed on an insulation surface in such a manner that the adjacent first electrodes are connected in a first direction and are separated in a second direction intersecting the first direction. Second electrodes are formed on an insulation surface in such a manner that the adjacent second electrodes are connected in the second direction and are separated in the first direction. Third electrodes are formed in regions in which the third electrodes overlap with the first electrodes and do not overlap with the second electrodes in such a manner that the adjacent third electrodes are connected in the second direction and are separated in the first direction. A flexible insulation layer is formed between the first electrodes and the third electrodes. An area of each of the third electrodes is less than an area of each of the first electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tomohiko Naganuma, Mitsuhide Miyamoto, Chunche Ma
  • Patent number: 11361579
    Abstract: An optical fingerprint recognition circuit and a display device are provided, which includes a first thin film transistor, a first switching unit, a second switching unit, a reset compensation unit, a storage capacitor, and a photodiode. The reset compensation unit resets a voltage of the gate of the first thin film transistor under the control of a reset signal, and the voltage is set to a sum of a predetermined voltage and a threshold voltage of the first thin film transistor through a reference voltage under the control of the reset signal, thereby compensating the threshold voltage. After the photodiode receives the light signal and changes the voltage according to the light signal, the first thin film transistor generates a corresponding current according to the voltage of its gate, which is independent of the threshold voltage. The accuracy of a recognition signal is ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuan Zheng
  • Patent number: 11353961
    Abstract: A tactile presentation device comprising: a contact face; a plurality of electrodes arranged along the contact face; a first control unit controlling operations of the electrodes for detecting contact or approach of an object toward the contact face; a second control unit controlling operations of the electrodes for presenting a tactile sense to the contact face; and a third control unit causing a part of the plurality of the electrodes to be controlled by the first control unit, sequentially changing the electrode to be controlled by the first control unit to another electrode among the plurality of the electrodes, and causing electrodes other than the electrode that is controlled by the first control unit to be controlled by the second control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Haga, Daisuke Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 11347277
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display assembly, a method of using the display assembly, and an electronic device, which uses the display assembly, for detecting an identification surface of an object (e.g., a fingerprint) using a detection signal, which penetrates the object and reflects a target signal representative of at least part of the identification surface (e.g., the orthographic projection of the fingerprint) onto an identification area on a display. A signal receiver (i.e., comprising a signal receiver) then detects the target signal. The target signal can be used by a processor to further authenticate whether it corresponds to an authorized user. The display assembly includes a display having an identification area, a signal transmitter (i.e., comprising a signal transmitter) configured to generate a detection signal when an object is within a preset distance of the identification area, and a signal receiver configured to detect the target signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Haiping Zhang
  • Patent number: 11348363
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fingerprint scanning method and a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes a first fingerprint scanning module and a second fingerprint scanning module. The method includes: monitoring an operation performed on a scanning area of the first fingerprint scanning module; when an operation instructing to enter a preset fingerprint application scenario is monitored, transmitting a wake-up instruction to the second fingerprint scanning module. The wake-up instruction is configured to instruct the second fingerprint scanning module to enter an operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xianping Zhu
  • Patent number: 11347060
    Abstract: A device comprising a first side for facing a user of the device, a second side opposite to the first side, a sensor operable to output gaze data representative of a gaze direction of the user, a display device and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to control the display device to control display of an image intended to be displayed on the second side of the device on the basis of the gaze data in order to reduce light being directed towards a pupil of the user from the first side of the device by the display of the image. Also described is a method of controlling such a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Arm Limited
    Inventors: Daren Croxford, Roberto Lopez Mendez
  • Patent number: 11341348
    Abstract: Hand biometric systems and methods use digital fingerprints generated from images of at least a portion of hand. These systems and methods may perform various digital fingerprint related processes including induction (acquiring of the hand biometric data, generation of a digital fingerprint and storing in a database) and authentication (a process of using the digital fingerprint of the hand to perform biometrics which are known processes that may be performed using digital fingerprints, and may even be control anonymous access to controlled areas or vehicle. The hand biometric system and method combines these processes with a particular set of hardware to perform the hand biometrics process that is novel and provides benefits and capabilities not achievable by other existing biometric systems and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: ALITHEON, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Saxon Ross, Evan Murphy Keech, David Justin Ross, Will Charles Shannon, Mark Tocci
  • Patent number: 11328537
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of authenticating a user by means of an electronic device comprising a user output interface. The present disclosure also relates to a corresponding electronic device and to a computer program product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: FINGERPRINT CARDS ANACATUM IP AB
    Inventors: Carsten Juncker, Klaus S. Andersen
  • Patent number: 11328043
    Abstract: Technology described herein can be embodied in a method for preventing access to a secure system based on determining a captured image to be of an alternative representation of a live person. The method includes capturing a first image and a second image of a subject illuminated by electromagnetic radiation in a first and a second wavelength ranges, respectively. The method also includes extracting, from the first image, a first portion representative of a sclera region of the subject, and from the second image, a second portion representative of the same region. It is determined that each of the first portion and the second portion includes features representative of vasculature in the sclera region, and in response, the subject in the image is identified to be an alternative representation of a live person. Upon search identification, the method includes preventing access to the secure system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yash Joshi, Vikas Gottemukkula
  • Patent number: 11328166
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of authenticating a user by means of an electronic device comprising a user output interface. The present disclosure also relates to a corresponding electronic device and to a computer program product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: FINGERPRINT CARDS ANACATUM IP AB
    Inventors: Carsten Juncker, Klaus S. Andersen
  • Patent number: 11322105
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, an active matrix substrate (100) includes a display region (DR) defined by a plurality of pixel regions (P) arranged in a matrix and a peripheral region (FR) located around the display region. The active matrix substrate includes a substrate (1), a first TFT (10), and a second TFT (20). The first TFT is supported by the substrate and disposed in the peripheral region. The second TFT is supported by the substrate and disposed in the display region. The first TFT includes a crystalline silicon semiconductor layer (11), which is an active layer. The second TFT includes an oxide semiconductor layer (21), which is an active layer. The first TFT and the second TFT each have a top-gate structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuo Kikuchi, Hideki Kitagawa, Hajime Imai, Toshikatsu Itoh, Masahiko Suzuki, Teruyuki Ueda, Kengo Hara, Setsuji Nishimiya, Tohru Daitoh
  • Patent number: 11322109
    Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of a narrow bezel display. The narrow bezel display has a structure in which output terminals of gate circuits are connected to jumping units through wires having a multistage path, thereby reducing the bezel size of a display. A dielectric layer may be disposed under the multistage path without placing another wire layer thereunder to prevent non-uniform capacitance between the wires and an underlying wire layer. Thus, a dimming phenomenon may be prevented during operation of the display or a short circuit may be prevented during an electrostatic test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daehoon Kim, Yuseok Jung
  • Patent number: 11321959
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device. The electronic device according to an embodiment includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a display driver IC that is electrically connected with the display panel and that displays contents using the plurality of pixels, a support structure disposed under one surface of the display panel and having an opening part formed therein through which a partial area of the one surface is exposed, a shielding structure disposed under at least part of the partial area of the display exposed through the opening part, the shielding structure being electrically connected with a ground area provided in the electronic device so as to block noise generated from the display panel driven by the display driver IC, and an ultrasonic sensor disposed under at least part of the shielding structure. Besides, it may be permissible to prepare various other embodiments speculated through the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeonggyu Jo, Bongjae Rhee, Joohan Kim, Bokyung Sim, Yongwon Lee, Daekwang Jung, Chihyun Cho
  • Patent number: 11308310
    Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments may include an image sensor including a plurality of photodiodes, a display including a plurality of patterned openings, and a processor. The processor may be configured to control the electronic device to: acquire, through the image sensor, a first image using a plurality of incident light beams for a subject which pass through at least one of the plurality of openings, at least some of the plurality of incident light beams overlapping each other; acquire a second image representing the subject from the first image using a transfer function corresponding to the plurality of openings; and acquire information on the subject using the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jineui Lee, Youngmin Seo, Yongcheol Park, Youngsoo Lee
  • Patent number: 11307409
    Abstract: A method of tracking a gaze of an eye includes tracking the gaze of the eye in a first tracking mode. Glint data of at least one glint of the eye is obtained during at least a portion of tracking the gaze of the eye in the first tracking mode. The glint data is in a time domain and includes a time series of a spatial descriptor associated with the at least one glint. The glint data is transformed into a frequency domain to generate a glint frequency spectrum. A stability of the at least one glint is determined based on the glint frequency spectrum. If the at least one glint is determined to be unstable, tracking of the gaze of the eye is switched from the first tracking mode to a second tracking mode that is different from the first tracking mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Idris S. Aleem
  • Patent number: 11302112
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a memory storing a plurality of fingerprint reference data files and one or more sensors identifying whether a mechanical support condition of the electronic device is a hand supported condition or a surface supported condition. A fingerprint sensor receives fingerprint data while the electronic device is in the mechanical support condition. One or more processors select a prioritized fingerprint data reference file from the plurality of fingerprint reference data files as a function of the mechanical support condition and authenticate an authorized user of the electronic device by comparing the fingerprint data to the prioritized fingerprint data reference file before comparing the fingerprint data to any other fingerprint reference data files of the plurality of fingerprint reference data files. The prioritized fingerprint reference data file can also be selected as a function of a geometric form factor of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Amit Kumar Agrawal, Caio Luiz Leal Chagas do Nascimento, Mahadevan Ayalur
  • Patent number: 11301037
    Abstract: The present application provides a virtual reality interaction method. The virtual reality interaction method includes acquiring a reference pupil image of a user; determining a pupil position in the reference pupil image; determining a gaze point in a virtual image based on the pupil position in the reference pupil image and a mapping relationship between first coordinates in a first coordinate system of the reference pupil image and second coordinates in a second coordinate system of the virtual image; and executing an operation based on a determination that the gaze point is in an activatable region of the virtual image and a determination of a gaze state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiankang Sun, Hao Zhang, Lili Chen, Minglei Chu, Guixin Yan, Guobing Yin, Hongzhen Xue, Fuqiang Ma
  • Patent number: 11301707
    Abstract: A texture recognition device and a driving method of a texture recognition device (100) are provided. The texture recognition device has a touch side, and includes: a light source array, an image sensor array and a light valve structure; the image sensor array is configured to receive light emitted from the light source array and then reflected to the image sensor array by a texture for a texture image collection; the light valve structure is disposed on a side of the light source array close to a touch side and is configured to control a first region to be in a light transmission state in response to a control signal, so as to allow light emitted from the light source array to pass through the first region to form a first photosensitive light source in the light transmission state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haisheng Wang, Xue Dong, Lei Wang, Xiaoliang Ding, Yingming Liu
  • Patent number: 11301708
    Abstract: An image sensing circuit includes a plurality of readout circuits and a pre-charge control circuit. Each of the readout circuits is coupled to a sensing line among a plurality of sensing lines and configured to receive a sensing voltage among a plurality of sensing voltages through the corresponding sensing line, wherein at least one of the readout circuits is further configured to receive at least one first pre-scan voltage through the corresponding sensing line prior to reception of the sensing voltage. The pre-charge control circuit, coupled to the readout circuits, is configured to perform a plurality of steps. The steps include receiving the at least one first pre-scan voltage from the at least one readout circuit; calculating a first pre-charge voltage according to the at least one first pre-scan voltage; and pre-charging the sensing lines to the first pre-charge voltage before the readout circuits receive the sensing voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Jung-Chen Chung, Jen-Yi Lin, Min Huang
  • Patent number: 11294510
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for assisting object control using a two-dimensional camera, comprising the steps of: acquiring a two-dimensional image of a user's body from a two-dimensional camera; and determining a control target area with reference to a candidate target area specified on the basis of two-dimensional relative coordinate points respectively corresponding to a first body part and a second body part of the user in the two-dimensional image, wherein the candidate target area and the control target area are determined on a reference surface established with respect to the two-dimensional camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: VTOUCH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seok Joong Kim