Patents Examined by Adam J Snyder
  • Patent number: 11107380
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a gate driver-on-array (GOA) unit and a method of driving the same, a GOA circuit, and a display apparatus. The GOA unit includes a pulling-up circuit, a pulling-down circuit and an output holding circuit. The pulling-up circuit is configured to output a gate scanning signal from the output terminal, under the control of a trigger signal, a first control signal and a second control signal. The output holding circuit is configured to hold the gate scanning signal output from the output terminal, under the control of the trigger signal, the first control signal and the second control signal. The pulling-down circuit is configured to reset the gate scanning signal and hold the gate scanning signal in a reset state for a set time period, under the control of the trigger signal, the first control signal and the second control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Bo Wang
  • Patent number: 11106288
    Abstract: An electronic communications method includes receiving, by a device, electronic information. The electronic communications method further includes receiving, by the device, additional electronic information. A time period between receiving the electronic information and the additional electronic information is less than another time period between receiving the electronic information and the additional electronic information by using a standard keyboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Inventor: John Walter Downey
  • Patent number: 11093033
    Abstract: A brain computer interface system includes a wearable interface, an eye tracking device, and a client device for determining what object a user is looking at on an electronic display. The client device determines a region on the electronic display based on an estimated user gaze direction received from the eye tracking device. For each virtual object in the gaze region, the client device displays a visual stimulus with a unique frequency. The client device receives from the wearable interface an electrical potential signal measured at the user's brain and evoked by a visual stimulus on the electronic display. The client device identifies the object in the gaze region with a stimulus frequency matching a frequency derived from the potential signal, and executes instructions relating to the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu-Te Wang, Mark Allan Chevillet
  • Patent number: 11073949
    Abstract: A display method includes (a) capturing an image including a hand, (b) determining a first distance as a distance between the hand and an operation surface, (c) recognizing a shape of the hand based on the image, and (d) displaying an operation icon selected in accordance with the shape of the hand out of a plurality of operation icons on the operation surface in a case of a separate state in which the first distance exceeds a first distance threshold value determined in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Otani, Akira Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11062657
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel having a curved side or a polygonal side, the display panel including a plurality of pixels in a display region, a gate driver including a plurality of normal stages connected to each other for outputting gate signals to the pixels via a plurality of gate lines, and a plurality of dummy stages between some of the normal stages, and a data driver providing data signals to the pixels via a plurality of data lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Bae Bae, So-Young Lee, Won-Se Lee
  • Patent number: 11056032
    Abstract: A display system may display image frames. The system may include multiple sets of laser dies. Each set of laser dies may emit a respective set of beams of light to a photonic integrated circuit. Each set of beams may include light in at least three wavelength ranges that include visible and/or infrared wavelengths. Channels in the photonic integrated circuit may receive the sets of beams with a first pitch and may emit the set of beams with a second pitch that is finer than the first pitch and at a given angular separation to tangential and sagittal axis scanning mirrors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Arman Hajati, Robert S. Upton, Yuval Gerson
  • Patent number: 11050464
    Abstract: Disclosed is a first portable electronic device for facilitating a proximity based interaction with a second portable electronic device based on a plurality of gestures. The first portable electronic device includes at least one first sensor device configured to generate at least one of a first sensor data, a second sensor data, and a third sensor data, a first transceiver configured for communicating with a second transceiver associated with the second portable electronic device, and a first processor configured for detecting a pre-tap gesture based on the first sensor data, entering the first portable electronic device in an interaction mode based on the detecting of the pre-tap gesture, detecting a proximity based event based on the second sensor data, performing a predetermined action, detecting a post-tap gesture, determining if the post-tap gesture is detected within a predetermined time period, and performing one of an acceptance and a rejection of the predetermined action based on the determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL FORTE GROUP LLC
    Inventors: Patrick L Carter, Laura M Rangel, Julie E Sternberg
  • Patent number: 11050968
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device may include a display, a processor operatively connected to the display and configured to generate display data to be output on the display, a display driver integrated circuit configured to output, on the display, the display data received from the processor, wherein the display driver integrated circuit is configured to apply a color transformation value of the same or different magnitude to display data based on a distance from a specified point of the display to a location where the display data are to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Kon Bae, Dong Hwy Kim, Yo Han Lee, Hong Kook Lee, Dong Kyoon Han
  • Patent number: 11043162
    Abstract: A organic light-emitting diode (OLED) on Silicon product includes a circuit board, a central control board and an OLED on Silicon display panel located on the circuit board. A core control module and a timing control module are integrated in the central control board. The OLED on Silicon display panel has a display region, a gate row driving region, a source signal driving region, and a bonding region. OLED display pixels are provided in the display region. A gate row driving circuit is integrated in the gate row driving region. A source signal driving circuit is integrated in the source signal driving region. The bonding region is a region where the OLED on Silicon display panel is bound to the central control board. The OLED on Silicon product simplifies the processing process, reduces the cost and overall size of the product, and increases the area proportion of the display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: SEEYA OPTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Qian, Tieer Gu, Wenhui Zou, Tong Wu, Qi Li
  • Patent number: 11023086
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a first body; a second body arranged side by side with the first body in a first direction; a hinge unit connecting the first body and the second body and configured to vary an angle defined by the first body and the second body; a flexible display unit including a first area provided in one surface of the first body, a second area provided in one surface of the second body, and a third area provided in an area corresponding to the hinge unit; and a touch sensor in the flexible display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yunsuk Jung, Seounghwan Seol, Hangyu Oh
  • Patent number: 11023045
    Abstract: A system for recognizing user gestures according to a muscle active signal detected from the user's wrist and a method thereof are provided. After detecting a target muscle active signal from a wrist of a user, the system obtains a target feature signal when the measured amplitude exceeds a predetermined value of the target muscle active signal, generates target feature data in accordance with the target feature signal, and uses a gesture classification model to classify the target feature data for recognizing the user's gestures. The proposed system and the method can let users easily wear this muscle active signal detecting device at the correct position for recognizing gestures accurately, and can achieve the effect of recognizing gestures with lower power consumption and lower costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventors: Meng Kun Liu, Zhao Wei Qiu, Yu Ting Lin, Chao Kuang Kuo, Chi Kang Wu
  • Patent number: 11010584
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel array substrate, a sensing element substrate, and a display medium layer. The display medium layer is disposed between the pixel array substrate and the sensing element substrate. The sensing element substrate includes a substrate, a switch element, an insulation layer, an electrically conductive layer, a signal line, a sensing layer, and an electrode layer. The switch element is disposed on the substrate. The insulation layer covers the switch element. The electrically conductive layer is disposed on the insulation layer. The signal line is electrically connected to the electrically conductive layer. The sensing layer covers a top surface of the electrically conductive layer, a first side of the electrically conductive layer, and a second side of the electrically conductive layer. The electrode layer covers the sensing layer. The electrode layer is electrically connected to the switching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Shin-Shueh Chen, Che-Chia Chang, Shu-Wen Tzeng, Yi-Wei Chen, Pao-Yu Huang
  • Patent number: 10997908
    Abstract: An electronic device having a display and a sensor and methods for operating the same are provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a display disposed on a surface of the housing, a sensor mounted under the display inside the housing to detect light received through the display, and a processor electrically connected with the display and the sensor, wherein the processor is configured to determine an illuminance of an outside of the housing using detection data obtained by the sensor while the display displays an image and relevant information between the display and the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun-Taek Jang, Eun-Sook Seo, Dong-Kyoon Han, Tae-Woong Lee, Dong-Hui Kim, Hong-Kook Lee, Kwang-Tai Kim, Dong-Hyun Yeom
  • Patent number: 10996785
    Abstract: A touch display device and a touch display panel are provided. The touch display panel includes a bend area adjacent to the periphery of the touch display panel, and touch lines disposed in the bend area have zigzag shapes that extend at angles with respect to a bend axis about which the bend area is bent. A first dielectric layer includes a compensation pattern that is located in the bend area and includes an opening that extends in a direction parallel to the bend axis. A second dielectric layer protrudes into the opening of the compensation pattern in a depth direction. During bending of the bend area, this configuration disperses force applied to portions of the touch lines and the dielectric layers in the bend area. This can consequently prevent both cracking due to bending and moisture permeation due to cracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yangsik Lee, JiHyun Jung, DeukSu Lee, JaeGyun Lee, Ruda Rhe, Jeonghoon Lee, Su Chang An
  • Patent number: 10997914
    Abstract: A system may include a display panel that includes number of pixels that display image data on a display. The system may also include a circuit that measures a voltage associated with a light-emitting diode (LED) of a pixel of the number of pixels in response to the LED receiving a current. In addition to the circuit, the system may employ data processing circuitry that may generate a calibrated prediction model based at least in part on the voltage and the current, such that the calibrated prediction model predicts a change in voltage performance of the LED as the LED ages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Injae Hwang, Jiye Lee, Yifan Zhang, Hyunwoo Nho, Sun-Il Chang, Junhua Tan, Jie Won Ryu, Hyunsoo Kim, Myungjoon Choi, Shiping Shen, Kingsuk Brahma, Jesse A. Richmond
  • Patent number: 10990228
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an input device comprising a flat panel defining an array of control surfaces, a support disposed on a side of the panel, and a substantially flat film layer placed between the panel and the support defining an array of capacitive sensors, wherein each control surfaces comprises backlightable luminous surfaces and are disposed on a surface of the panel facing towards an operator, wherein each capacitive sensor forms a measuring capacitance assigned to one control surface, wherein the panel has a light-conducting layer covering the luminous surfaces, wherein a lighting means is provided for each control surface for backlighting the associated luminous surface of the control surface while transmitting light through the light-conducting layer, wherein the support forms a web which protrudes towards the panel and is connected to the panel in order to fix the film layer structure between the panel and the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: PREH GMBH
    Inventors: David Heurich, Matthias Lembach, Ronald Schmidt
  • Patent number: 10983349
    Abstract: A method of operating a wearable heads-up display that in use is worn on a head of a subject user includes projecting light to an eye of the subject user and detecting an ambient light condition in an environment of the wearable heads-up display by an ambient light sensor. The method includes measuring a pupil size of the eye of the subject user and determining a target luminous flux based on an output of the ambient light sensor and the pupil size. A current luminous flux of the light projected to the eye of the subject user is adjusted based on the target luminous flux.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Oliver, Bergen Fletcher
  • Patent number: 10976871
    Abstract: A touch display device can include a touch panel including a plurality of touch electrodes including a first touch electrode and a second touch electrode, the first touch electrode being adjacent to and electrically isolated from the second touch electrode; and a touch-sensing circuit configured to drive the touch panel and sense a touch or touch coordinates, in which an outline portion of the first touch electrode and an outline portion of the second touch electrode have different shapes within a boundary area between the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yangsik Lee, JiHyun Jung, SuChang An, JaeGyun Lee
  • Patent number: 10976546
    Abstract: The present invention provides a head-up display apparatus capable of both long-distance display and short-distance display. A functional film 51 is mounted on a glare trap part 50 of a head-up display apparatus 1. In order to display a first virtual image 9a, a first image display device 30a projects a first image onto a windshield 3 via the glare trap part. In order to display a second virtual image 9b having a different display distance, a second image display device 30b generates a second image on the functional film and projects the second image onto the windshield. For the functional film 51, a variable transmittance film having a light transmittance that varies according to the applied voltage or a transparent self-luminous film in which an irradiated portion emits light when irradiated with a laser beam of a specific wavelength is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Nagano, Nozomu Shimoda
  • Patent number: 10971071
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display panel includes a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel for respectively emitting differently colored lights, each of the sub-pixels including a switching transistor connected to a data line, and having a gate electrode configured to receive a scan signal, a driving transistor connected to the switching transistor, an emission control transistor connected to the driving transistor, and having a gate electrode configured to receive an emission control signal, an emission control line connected to the gate electrode of the emission control transistor, an organic light emitting diode connected the emission control transistor, and coupling capacitor including a first electrode including a portion of the emission control line, and a second electrode including an anode of the organic light emitting diode overlapping the portion of the emission control line, wherein capacitances of a first capacitor including the coupling capacitor of the first sub-pixel and a se
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jung-Hoon Shim