Patents Examined by Afroza Chowdhury
  • Patent number: 11602684
    Abstract: A system for tracking one or more peripherals operable by a user in a real environment includes: a camera, mountable upon the user, operable to capture images of the real environment, a feature identification unit operable to identify features in images belonging to a first set of images captured by the camera, a peripheral identification unit operable to identify the image position of one or more peripherals in one or more images belonging to a second set of images captured by the camera, and a position determining unit operable to generate first position information for the camera in the real environment in dependence upon one or more of the identified features, and to generate respective second position information for the one or more peripherals relative to the camera in dependence upon the identified image position of the one or more peripherals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Sharwin Winesh Raghoebardajal
  • Patent number: 11599229
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a display panel having a plurality of pixel regions, a first insulating layer on the display panel, having a first refractive index, and having a plurality of first openings defined in regions which overlap the plurality of pixel regions, a second insulating layer directly on the first insulating layer and having a plurality of second openings defined in regions which correspond to the plurality of first openings, and a third insulating layer covering the display panel, the first insulating layer, and the second insulating layer and having a second refractive index higher than the first refractive index, wherein the third insulating layer may overlap the plurality of pixel regions on a plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jungha Son, Gee-Bum Kim, Sangwoo Kim, Kijune Lee, Taekyung Ahn, Byung Han Yoo, Jaeik Lim, Chaungi Choi
  • Patent number: 11599148
    Abstract: Consistent with disclosed embodiments, systems, methods, and computer readable media including instructions for implementing hybrid virtual keys in an extended reality environment are disclosed. Embodiments may include a processor to receive signals from a touch-sensitive surface, wherein a wearable extended reality appliance may virtually project a plurality of virtual activatable elements on the touch-sensitive surface. The plurality of virtual activatable elements virtually projected on the touch-sensitive surface may be a proper sub-set of a group of virtual activatable elements, based on the action of a user. The processor may receive touch inputs from the user via the touch-sensitive surface and identify one of the plurality of virtual activatable elements. The processor may cause a change in virtual content based on the identified virtual activatable element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: MULTINARITY LTD
    Inventors: Tamir Berliner, Tomer Kahan, Eli Elhadad
  • Patent number: 11592940
    Abstract: A touch display apparatus includes a first sensing element, a flexible display device, and a second sensing element. The flexible display device is disposed below the first sensing element. The flexible display device is located between the first sensing element and the second sensing element. The second sensing element includes a pressure sensing layer and a reaction force layer. The pressure sensing layer is located between the flexible display device and the reaction force layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Hung-Wei Tseng, Chen-Cheng Lin, Yi-Chun Kuo
  • Patent number: 11592715
    Abstract: An electronic device has a display screen and a driver chip disposed on a driver area of the display screen. A fan-out area of the display screen has interconnects configured to provide electrical accesses to display elements of the display area. The driver chip includes a first edge, a second edge, and a row of electronic pads proximate to the first edge. The electronic pads have a first subset of end pads at a first end of the first row, a second subset of end pads at a second opposite end of the first row, and a subset of intermediate pads located between the first subset and second subset of end pads. The first subset of end pads physically contact a first subset of interconnects from the first edge, and the subset of intermediate pads physically contact a second subset of interconnects from the one or more second edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: PARADE TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yueh-Lin Yang, Quan Yu, Haijun Chen, Tatao Hsu, Jonathan Huang
  • Patent number: 11592978
    Abstract: A touch sensor system includes touch sensors, drive-sense circuits (DSCs), memory, and a processing module. A DSC drives a first signal via a single line coupling to a touch sensor and simultaneously senses, when present, a second signal that is uniquely associated with a user. The DSC processes the first signal and/or the second signal to generate a digital signal that is representative of an electrical characteristic of the touch sensor. The processing module executes operational instructions (stored in the memory) to process the digital signal to detect interaction of the user with the touch sensor and to determine whether the interaction of the user with the touch sensor compares favorably with authorization. When not authorized, the processing module aborts execution of operation(s) associated with the interaction of the user with the touch sensor. Alternatively, when authorized, the processing module facilitates execution of the operation(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.
    Inventors: Patrick Troy Gray, Gerald Dale Morrison, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Richard Stuart Seger, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11586309
    Abstract: A touch screen display includes a display, a video graphics processing module, electrodes integrated into at least a portion of the display, and drive-sense circuits coupled to the electrodes. The drive-sense circuits, when enabled and concurrent with the display rendering frames of data into the visible images, detect changes in electrical characteristics of electrodes. At least some drive-sense circuits monitor sensor signals on at least some electrodes. A sensor signal includes a drive signal component and a receive signal component. The at least some drive-sense circuits generate the drive signal components of the sensor signals. The receive signal component is a representation of a change in an electrical characteristic of an electrode of the at least some electrodes when a corresponding drive signal component is applied to the electrode. The change in the electrical characteristic of the electrode is indicative of a proximal touch to the touch screen display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.
    Inventors: Patrick Troy Gray, Gerald Dale Morrison, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Richard Stuart Seger, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11570289
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive vibration processing method can be applied to a mobile terminal including an application processor, a pressure sensor, and a vibration motor. The method can include: in a first state of the mobile terminal, notifying directly, with the pressure sensor, the vibration motor to generate vibration, when pressure received by the pressure sensor exceeds a threshold, the first state including a state where the application processor is in sleep; and in a second state of the mobile terminal, notifying, with the pressure sensor, the application processor to control the vibration motor to generate vibration, when pressure received by the pressure sensor exceeds the threshold, the second state including a state where the application processor is awake. A timely response is therefore ensured when vibration is needed, and it can also be ensured that various vibrations are handled normally during system operation to avoid abnormal vibration feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yinghong Liu, Guilin Zhong, Ju Tang
  • Patent number: 11567566
    Abstract: A gaze monitoring system comprising: an eye tracker comprising; a camera having an optical axis; a first IR source configured to illuminate a user's eyes; the first IR source located relatively near the optical axis of the camera; and at least one second IR source configured to illuminate the user's eyes, the at least one second IR source located relatively far from the camera's optical axis, in a position such that when the gaze angle is too large to get corneal reflection images of the first IR source, the image reflection of the at least one second IR source is visible by the camera, as a corneal reflection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: CONTROLRAD SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: Haim Zvi Melman
  • Patent number: 11562669
    Abstract: A tiled display device includes a first display substrate including a plurality of light emitting areas defined by one or more banks, a second display substrate adjacent to the first display substrate and including a plurality of light emitting areas, a coupling member coupling the first display substrate and the second display substrate, and a color conversion substrate including a plurality of light transmitting areas corresponding to the plurality of light emitting areas of each of the first display substrate and the second display substrate, and a plurality of light blocking areas between the plurality of light transmitting areas and corresponding to the one or more banks or the coupling member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Duk Sung Kim
  • Patent number: 11561638
    Abstract: There is provided a touch force sensor including a first drive electrode, a second drive electrode and a receiving electrode. The first drive electrode is used to form a first capacitance with the receiving electrode. The second drive electrode is used to form a second capacitance with the receiving electrode. The receiving electrode shields the first drive electrode such that when a conductor approaches the receiving electrode, only the second capacitance is changed but the first capacitance is not changed. The first capacitance is changed only when the conductor gives a force upon the receiving electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventor: Chi-Chieh Liao
  • Patent number: 11562698
    Abstract: A display panel includes multiple pixel units that are arranged regularly. A pixel circuit is connected with a scanning signal line and a data signal line. The pixel circuit receives a data voltage transmitted by the data signal line and outputs a corresponding current to a light emitting device under a control of the scanning signal line. When a first light emitting unit is in a black state, the data signal line provides a reference black state voltage to a pixel circuit of the first light emitting unit. The driving method of the display panel includes: providing, by the data signal line, a first black state voltage to a pixel circuit of a second light emitting unit when the first light emitting unit emits light and the second light emitting unit is in the black state. The first black state voltage is less than the reference black state voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsanghong Wang, Guixiang Zhu, Hsinwei Huang, Mancheng Zhou, Yao Liang
  • Patent number: 11556308
    Abstract: An information processing system includes: an image display apparatus provided in a space and configured to display an image; a sensor apparatus carried by a user who is present in the space and configured to output a signal for detecting position information of the user in the space; and an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to store a plurality of pieces of position information of a plurality of users including the user, who are in present in the space, in association with the plurality of users, the plurality of users being detected based on signals output from a plurality of sensor apparatuses including the sensor apparatus, and control environment effect production that supports communication between the plurality of users by the image displayed by the image display apparatus, based on each of the plurality of pieces of position information of the plurality of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Haruki Murata
  • Patent number: 11558196
    Abstract: Examples of privacy preserving authentication are provided. A system may obtain a first input from a user on a touchpad. The touchpad may include a sensor array with multiple force sensitive resistors. Further, the system may identify a set of sensor electrodes of the sensor array that may be actuated on receiving the first input. The system may further determine a region of interest on the touchpad. Furthermore, the system may construct various matrices indicative of position, pressure, and directional characteristics associated with the user input. Furthermore, the system may generate a feature vector based on processing the matrices through a neural network. Furthermore, the system may generate an encrypted feature vector based on encrypting the feature vector by using a private key of the user and a homomorphic encryption function. The system may further provide an authorized access to the user based on performing authentication of the user using the encrypted feature vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: ACCENTURE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Amin Hassanzadeh, Aditi Maheshwari
  • Patent number: 11543912
    Abstract: A touch detection method, suitable for a touch display panel including multiple sensing pads, is disclosed. The sensing pads are divided into groups and each of the groups includes at least two columns of the sensing pads. The touch detection method includes following steps. In a first mode, the sensing pads are scanned group-by-group for detecting whether a touch event occurs on a touch identified group. In a second mode, the sensing pads are scanned column-by-column to identify a touch position of the touch event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsiang-Ting Chen, Yun-Hsiang Yeh, Yen-Heng Chen
  • Patent number: 11520383
    Abstract: A touchpad device includes a substrate, a circuit board, a connection plate, a resilient member, a triggering member, a first balance bar, a second balance bar, a first swing plate, and a second swing plate. The circuit board is disposed above the substrate and includes a trigger switch. The connection plate has a hollow hole corresponding to the trigger switch. The resilient member is disposed between the substrate and the circuit board. The triggering member corresponds to the hollow hole. The first balance bar is disposed between a first side of the connection plate and the substrate, and the second balance bar is disposed between a second side of the connection plate and the substrate. The swing plates are disposed between the substrate and the circuit board and are pressable to move with respect to the substrate, thereby driving the triggering member to move toward the trigger switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: CHICONY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Po-Hsin Li
  • Patent number: 11513345
    Abstract: Provided is a device and method for designing a light guide plate pattern, the device including a camera configured to capture a liquid crystal display device module mounted in a curved display device, a mura position detector configured to detect a position of mura on the basis of image information and luminance information captured by the camera, a mura shape detector configured to detect shape of the mura on the basis of the image information and the luminance information captured by the camera, a dot pattern density adjuster configured to adjust a density of dot patterns of a light guide plate based on a shape for removing the mura corresponding to the shape of the mura generated in the liquid crystal display device module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: KORTEK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong Kyu Kim, Seong Hwa Lee
  • Patent number: 11513647
    Abstract: A display panel, a method for manufacturing the same and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a substrate and a packaging layer. An edge of a first side of the packaging layer has a first slope. Touch lines are disposed on a side of the packaging layer away from the substrate, an extending direction of at least a portion of the touch lines is crossed with an extending direction of the edge of the packaging layer with the first slope. The touch lines include first lines, second lines and a first insulating layer. The second lines are electrically coupled to the first lines through vias in the first insulating layer. An orthographic projection of at least a portion of the first lines on the substrate is not overlapped with an orthographic projection of a portion of the packaging layer with the first slope on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guoyi Cui, Tao Gao, Yulin Wang, Rui Hou, Yinbo Xian
  • Patent number: 11500506
    Abstract: A display device including: a display panel; and a digitizer overlapped by the display panel, wherein the digitizer includes a base layer, a folding area, first circuit patterns disposed on a first surface of the base layer and extending in a first direction, a plurality of first dummy patterns disposed in regions defined by the first circuit patterns, second circuit patterns disposed on a second surface of the base layer and extending in a second direction that intersects the first direction, and a plurality of second dummy patterns disposed in regions defined by the second circuit patterns, the second dummy patterns include a plurality of first lower dummy patterns, which do not overlap the folding area, and a plurality of second lower dummy patterns, which overlap the folding area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Kishimoto, Seok Won Jang, Yong Chan Jeon, Hyun Been Hwang
  • Patent number: 11494022
    Abstract: A force-sensing touch panel (31) is described which includes a layer structure stacked in a thickness direction between first and second surfaces. The layer structure includes from first surface to second surface, a number of first electrodes (7) and a number of second electrodes (8), a layer of piezoelectric material (9), and a number of third electrodes (30). The first and second electrodes (7, 8) are configured to define a coordinate system for sensing a location of a force applied to the touch panel in a plane perpendicular to the thickness direction. The third electrodes (30) are configured such that signals received from the first, second and third electrodes (7, 8, 30) enable determining unique locations corresponding to two or more forces applied to the touch panel (31) concurrently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Cambridge Touch Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael Astley, Arokia Nathan, Constantinos Tsangarides, Paridhi Sharma, Antonio Afonso Bras Ferreira Marques, Xiang Cheng, Jiahao Li