Patents Examined by Alexander Eisen
  • Patent number: 11596339
    Abstract: A user-specific model of muscular activity can be used to control an external device based on muscular activity within a limb of a user. The user-specific model of muscular activity can include single movements and corresponding one or more primary muscle patterns. New single movements can be added to the user-specific model of muscular activity can be by a system that includes a processor by receiving user-specific EMG signals (including one or more EMG patterns that indicate a single movement); decomposing the user-specific EMG signals into the one or more EMG patterns in EMG feature space that indicate the single movement; and updating the user-specific model of muscular activity to include the single movement and corresponding one or more primary muscle patterns based on the one or more EMG patterns in EMG feature space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Platon Lukyanenko, Matthew R. Williams, Dustin J. Tyler
  • Patent number: 11592942
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining a touch input are provided. The systems and methods generally include measuring the peak voltage at an electrode over a measurement period and determining a touch input based on the peak voltage. The systems and methods can conserve computing resources by deferring digital signal processing until after a peak electrode capacitance has been sampled. The systems and methods are suitable for capacitive sensors using self-capacitance and capacitive sensors using mutual capacitance. The systems and methods are also suitable for capacitive buttons, track pads, and touch screens, among other implementations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: ALSENTIS, LLC
    Inventor: David W. Caldwell
  • Patent number: 11594191
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of display technologies, and provides a gamma circuit. The gamma circuit includes: a plurality of positive gamma voltage output terminals, a plurality of negative gamma voltage output terminals in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of positive gamma voltage output terminals, and a plurality of voltage conversion circuits. Each of the voltage conversion circuits is configured to output a negative gamma reference voltage to the negative gamma voltage output terminal based on a positive gamma reference voltage output by the positive gamma voltage output terminal corresponding to the negative gamma voltage output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd., BOE Technology GroUp Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xueguang Hao, Yongda Ma, Hongfei Cheng
  • Patent number: 11592943
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining a touch input are provided. The systems and methods generally include measuring the peak voltage at an electrode over a measurement period and determining a touch input based on the peak voltage. The systems and methods can conserve computing resources by deferring digital signal processing until after a peak electrode capacitance has been sampled. The systems and methods are suitable for capacitive sensors using self-capacitance and capacitive sensors using mutual capacitance. The systems and methods are also suitable for capacitive buttons, track pads, and touch screens, among other implementations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: ALSENTIS, LLC
    Inventor: David W. Caldwell
  • Patent number: 11586296
    Abstract: An information handling system keyboard extends plural feet from a bottom surface to reduce contaminants at the bottom surface that might scratch a touchscreen display and retracts the plural feet when resting on the touchscreen display to place a non-scratch and contaminant free surface against the touchscreen display. In one embodiment, the plural feet automatically retract when in proximity to a display surface, such as in response to a magnetic sensor integrated in the keyboard that senses a magnet integrated in the display or in response to a command from an information handling system having an integrated display on which the keyboard rests. In one embodiment, the keyboard integrates accelerometers to automatically extend the plural feet during accelerations and retract the plural feet when the keyboard rests on a display after accelerations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: John Trevor Morrison, Jace W. Files
  • Patent number: 11586330
    Abstract: A touch sensing module includes: a first sensing coil and a second sensing coil, each having inductance varying in response to an applied force touch; a first pad having capacitance varying in response to an applied contact touch, disposed closer to the second sensing coil than to the first sensing coil, and electrically connected to the first sensing coil to constitute a first resonance circuit; and a second pad having capacitance varying in response to the applied contact touch, disposed closer to the first sensing coil than to the second sensing coil, and electrically connected to the second sensing coil to constitute a second resonance circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Yun Kim, Gye Won Lee
  • Patent number: 11587523
    Abstract: A circuit device includes: a selection signal output circuit configured to output a selection signal based on first to fourth driving sequences in demultiplex driving, and a data line driving circuit configured to output first to fourth data signals to a data signal supply line in order of the first to fourth driving sequences. In the first driving sequence, the selection signal output circuit activates an i-th selection signal, and the data line driving circuit outputs an i-th data signal to an i-th data line. At this stage of operation, after the first to fourth driving sequences, a rewriting operation in which the selection signal output circuit activates the i-th selection signal, and the data line driving circuit outputs the i-th data signal to the i-th data line is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kota Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 11587521
    Abstract: Gate Driver on Array (GOA) circuit and display device solving problem of electrical stress easily biasing threshold voltage of thin film transistor (TFT), are provided. The GOA circuit including m cascaded GOA units, wherein an nth GOA unit includes a pull-up control unit, a pull-up unit, a compensation control unit, and a pull-down unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yan Xue
  • Patent number: 11579691
    Abstract: A wearable computing device generates a volumetric visualization at a first position that is located in a three-dimensional space. The wearable computing device includes a volumetric source configured to create the volumetric visualization. The wearable computing device includes one or more sensors configured to determine movement of the wearable computing device. A movement of the wearable computing device is identified by the wearable computing device. Based on the movement the wearable computing device adjusts the volumetric source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: KYNDRYL, INC.
    Inventors: Mauro Marzorati, Gary Francis Diamanti, Jeremy R. Fox, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
  • Patent number: 11579466
    Abstract: A method of simulating volumetric 3D display, includes: acquiring a display variable of a virtual display screen in a volumetric 3D display simulation space, the virtual display screen comprising a plurality of stereo pixels, the display variable comprising a voxel parameter of the plurality of stereo pixels, and the voxel parameter comprising a size in a first direction of the plurality of stereo pixels, a size in a second direction of the plurality of stereo pixels, and a size in a third direction of the plurality of stereo pixels; determining a display state parameter of a first stereo pixel of the plurality of stereo pixels for an object to be displayed according to the display variable; and simulating display of the object to be displayed according to the display state parameter. A computer-readable storage medium and a volumetric 3D display simulation apparatus are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yaoyu Lv, Hongzhen Xue, Guixin Yan, Fuqiang Ma, Lili Chen, Hao Zhang, Zhanshan Ma, Shuo Zhang
  • Patent number: 11580925
    Abstract: Provided are a display panel and manufacturing method thereof, control method and display apparatus. The display panel includes a first substrate including first base substrate and driving structure layer, and a second substrate including second base substrate and black matrix layer, driving structure layer includes multiple switching transistors, the display panel includes multiple pixel units, each pixel unit includes a switching transistor. One side of black matrix layer close to first substrate is provided with multiple groove structures corresponding to multiple pixel units one-to-one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xingliang Li, Jian Zhang, Xiaoning Jiang, Peng Li, Wenyu Li
  • Patent number: 11574447
    Abstract: A method for capturing real-world information into a virtual environment is provided. The method is suitable for a head-mounted device (HMD) located in a physical environment, and includes the following operations: providing the virtual environment, wherein a real-world content within the virtual environment is captured from a part of the physical environment corresponding to a perspective of the HMD; tracking a feature point which located within the physical environment and moved by a user, so as to define a selected plane of the real-world content by projecting a moving track of the feature point onto the real-world content; capturing image information corresponding to the selected plane; and generating a virtual object having an appearance rendered according to the image information, in which the virtual object is adjustable in size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Sheng-Cherng Lin, Chien-Hsin Liu, Shih-Lung Lin
  • Patent number: 11574608
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel including a plurality of horizontal lines each including a plurality of pixels, a timing controller configured to output a polarity control signal representing a polarity corresponding to each of the plurality of horizontal lines and having a value inverted by n horizontal line units, and a source driver configured to generate a timing pulse signal sequentially representing a data charging time of each of the plurality of horizontal lines and to output a data voltage, having a polarity corresponding to each of the plurality of horizontal lines, to the display panel on the basis of the timing pulse signal. When a value of the polarity control signal is inverted, the source driver generates the timing pulse signal including a data charging time corresponding to a count value obtained by counting a number of horizontal lines after a polarity is inverted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Beophee Kim, Sungjin Lim, Yongjoo Song, Chulho Choi, Hanchiang Su, Yichien Wen
  • Patent number: 11567325
    Abstract: Electronic display devices include digital and analog control of pixel intensity. A digital pixel control circuit and an analog pixel control circuit are provided within each pixel. The digital pixel control circuit employs digital PWM techniques to control a number of subframes within each frame during which a driving current is supplied to a light emitting element within the pixel. The analog pixel control circuit controls the level of the driving current supplied to the light emitting element within the pixel during the frame. In one example, the digital pixel control circuit and the analog pixel control circuit may together control pixel intensity with the analog pixel control circuit providing additional in-pixel bits for increased color depth. Alternatively, the digital pixel control circuit may control pixel intensity and the analog pixel control circuit may control non-uniformity compensation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Ilias Pappas, William Thomas Blank, Ramakrishna Chilukuri, Michael Yee
  • Patent number: 11561652
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining a touch input are provided. The systems and methods generally include measuring the peak voltage at an electrode over a measurement period and determining a touch input based on the peak voltage. The systems and methods can conserve computing resources by deferring digital signal processing until after a peak electrode capacitance has been sampled. The systems and methods are suitable for capacitive sensors using self-capacitance and capacitive sensors using mutual capacitance. The systems and methods are also suitable for capacitive buttons, track pads, and touch screens, among other implementations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: ALSENTIS, LLC
    Inventor: David W. Caldwell
  • Patent number: 11562707
    Abstract: The display control circuit includes a drive signal generation circuit that generates a gate drive signal, a scanning line drive circuit that supplies the gate drive signal to the scanning line, and a first wire through which the gate drive signal from the drive signal generation circuit is supplied to the scanning line drive circuit. The drive signal generation circuit includes a first potential supply circuit that supplies, to the first wire, a first potential equal to or lower than an off-potential of the pixel transistor, a second potential supply circuit that supplies, to the first wire, a second potential lower than the first potential, a third potential supply circuit that supplies, to the first wire, a third potential higher than the first potential, and a fourth potential supply circuit that supplies, to the first wire, a fourth potential equal to or higher than an on-potential of the pixel transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tadayoshi Katsuta, Yoshikazu Hashiba
  • Patent number: 11562703
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. The display device comprises a display panel, a backlight unit, and a processor for driving the backlight unit so as to provide light to the display panel, wherein the processor is capable of acquiring a current duty for driving the backlight unit, on the basis of pixel information of an area excluding a text area in an input image, and driving the backlight unit on the basis of the acquired current duty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huijung Lee, Hwaseok Seong, Gangmo Koo, Younghun Jo
  • Patent number: 11561404
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments regarding a head-mounted device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiwook Han, Taehyoung Kim, Minhyuk Nam
  • Patent number: 11562681
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a display substrate, a driving method thereof and a display device. The display substrate includes: a base substrate with a hole in a hole region of the base substrate; a plurality of first signal lines, on a first side of the hole; and a plurality of second signal lines, on the other side of the hole distal to the first side; a plurality of first switch units, at terminals of the plurality of first signal lines proximal to the hole and electrically coupled to the plurality of first signal lines in one-to-one correspondence; a plurality of second switch units, at terminals of the plurality of second signal lines proximal to the hole; a plurality of connection lines comprising a plurality of first connection lines, a plurality of second connection lines and a plurality of third connection lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ting Li, Yuanjie Xu, Bo Wu, Zhonglin Cao, Pengcheng Zang, Jing He, Yadong Zhang, Yao Li
  • Patent number: 11556011
    Abstract: An image display system may include an image display device, and first and second attachments. The image display device may include a frame wearable on a user's face, a display unit, display controlling unit causing the display unit to display an image, and a joint portion provided on the frame, capable of having the first attachment mounted thereon, capable of having the second attachment mounted thereon, and capable of selectively having one of the first and second attachments mounted thereon when the image display device is used. The first attachment may include an engaging portion capable of engaging with a use's head and a first attaching portion that attaches the engaging portion to the joint portion. The second attachment may include a fixing portion fixable to headwear covering the user's head and a second attaching portion that attaches the fixing portion to the joint portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: SUNCORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Nakamura