Patents Examined by Alexander Eisen
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Patent number: 11543892Abstract: A computing device, such as a wearable device, may include at least two electrodes mounted on a body. The computing device may determine an electrical signal associated with a circuit that includes the at least two electrodes and the user. A pressure applied to at least one electrode of the at least two electrodes may be determined from the electrical signal, and at least one function of the computing device may be implemented, based on the pressure.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Dongeek Shin, Shahram Izadi, Shwetak N. Patel
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Patent number: 11545078Abstract: A gate driver circuit and a display device including the gate driver circuit are disclosed. The gate driver circuit includes a stage for outputting at least two gate signals. The stage comprises, a first output buffer for outputting a first gate signal in response to a voltage of a Q node and the voltage of a Qb node; a second output buffer for outputting a second gate signal in response to the voltage of the Q node and the voltage of the Qb node; and a first diode circuit disposed between the Q node and the second output buffer.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jaeyi Choi
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Patent number: 11538432Abstract: An input stage configured to differentially amplify an input signal and an output signal, a first current mirror and a second current mirror configured to receive a differential current from the input stage, an output stage including first and second output transistors, respectively including a gate connected to the first and second current mirrors, and a slew rate compensation circuit configured to (i) mirror a comparison current generated by comparing a voltage of a first input signal with a voltage of a second input signal, and (ii) provide the mirrored comparison current to the gate of the first or second output transistor.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: DB HiTek, Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hak Jin Jung, Eun Ji Youn, Pyung Sik Ma
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Patent number: 11536968Abstract: The image display apparatus includes an optical system configured to introduce light from a display surface of a display element to an observer. The optical system includes in order from the display element toward the observer, a first phase plate, a semi-transmissive reflective surface, a lens, a second phase plate, and a polarization beam splitter. The display element is configured to make, at a central portion of the display surface, luminance in a normal direction in which a normal to the display surface extends higher than that in a specific direction tilted outward with respect to the normal direction, and to make, at a most edge portion of the display surface, the luminance in the normal direction lower than that in the specific direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masakazu Tohara
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Patent number: 11538405Abstract: The pixel driving circuit includes a current control circuit and a gating circuit. The current control circuit is configured to transmit a driving current signal to an element to be driven. The gating circuit is configured to transmit a second voltage signal from a second voltage signal terminal to the element to be driven such that the element to be driven continuously emits light or transmit a third voltage signal from a third voltage signal terminal to the element to be driven such that the element to be driven intermittently emits light, under the control of a scan signal from a scan signal terminal, a reset signal from a reset signal terminal and a second data signal from a second data signal terminal.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.Inventors: Lijun Yuan, Can Zhang, Ning Cong, Wei Li, Can Wang, Jinfei Niu, Jingjing Zhang, Minghua Xuan
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Patent number: 11539929Abstract: An optical device includes a first waveguide having a first side and an opposing second side, a spatial light modulator configured to project image light, one or more lenses disposed between the spatial light modulator and the first waveguide, and a first in-coupler coupler coupled with the first waveguide. The spatial light modulator is positioned on the first side of the first waveguide. The first in-coupler is positioned to receive the image light projected by the spatial light modulator and transmitted through the one or more lenses and to redirect at least a first portion of the image light so that the first portion of the image light enters the first waveguide and undergoes total internal reflection inside the first waveguide.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.Inventors: Weichuan Gao, Ying Geng
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Patent number: 11531202Abstract: An optical combiner, configured for use in a mixed-reality display system that combines holographic and real-world images, includes an assembly of see-through waveguides that are arranged in a stack to provide full color holographic images from constituent RGB (red, green, and blue) color components received from a holographic image source. Each waveguide—one per RGB color component—includes an in-coupling DOE (diffractive optical element), an intermediate DOE, and an out-coupling DOE that are disposed on internal surfaces of the stacked waveguides in the optical combiner. Each of the out-coupling DOEs incorporates a diffractive lens functionality to render the out-coupled holographic images at a set depth on the mixed-reality display. In an illustrative non-limiting example, the out-coupling DOE may provide a half diopter of negative lens power to set the optical focus of the holographic images at 1.33 m.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: David Bohn, Tuomas Vallius, Jani Kari Tapio Tervo
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Patent number: 11528455Abstract: An information processing device which controls one projector and another projector includes: a display unit which displays a first operation screen for managing the one projector and a second operation screen for managing the another projector; an input unit which accepts an operation on the first operation screen and the second operation screen; and a control unit which controls the one projector and the another projector, based on the operation accepted by the input unit. When the information processing device is switched from a first state where the first operation screen is operable to a second state where the second operation screen is operable, the control unit causes the second operation screen where an item corresponding to a predetermined item selected on the first operation screen in the first state is selected, to be displayed in the second state.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2021Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Toshiyuki Sakai
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Patent number: 11527591Abstract: A light emitting device comprising a plurality of pixels is provided. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a light emitting element, a first transistor having a drain region connected to the light emitting element, and a second transistor having a drain region connected to a gate electrode of the first transistor. The plurality of pixels include a first pixel and a second pixel, which are adjacent to each other in a first direction. A source region of the second transistor of the first pixel and a source region of the second transistor of the second pixel share one diffusion region, and a source region, a gate electrode, and the drain region of the first transistor of the first and second pixels are sequentially arranged in one of a positive direction and a negative direction in the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hiromasa Tsuboi
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Patent number: 11526024Abstract: A novel detachable holographic apparatus incorporates a dedicated upper shelf section that orients a portable electronic device's display screen to face downward after being inserted into the dedicated upper shelf section of the apparatus. The upper shelf section is created with a smartphone holder made of a rectangular center opening surrounded by a surrounding frame. The rectangular center opening allows the portable electronic device's display screen to project an image downward from the dedicated upper shelf section. The novel detachable holographic apparatus also incorporates a transparent display sheet or a one-way mirror sheet underneath the dedicated upper shelf section at a 45-degree angle relative to the surface of the portable electronic device's display screen, which in turn engender partial optical refractions and/or reflections of the image originating from the portable electronic device's display screen to form a hologram near the transparent display sheet or the one-way mirror sheet.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: DoubleMe, Inc.Inventor: Heekwan Kim
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Patent number: 11526006Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a half-mirror film for displaying a projection image having high adhesiveness, a laminated glass in which wrinkle generation of the half-mirror film is suppressed or furthermore has high adhesiveness, and an image display system using the laminated glass. The problem is solved by providing a half-mirror film for displaying a projection image including a transparent support; and a selective reflection layer reflecting light in a wavelength selective manner, in which the transparent support has an absolute value of 10 nm or less of an in-plane phase difference at a wavelength of 550 nm and a heat seal layer disposed on an opposite surface of a surface having the selective reflection layer, the heat seal layer contains a thermoplastic resin, and a mixed layer in which components of the transparent support and the heat seal layer are mixed is formed between the transparent support and the heat seal layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Rikio Inoue, Shusuke Arita, Wataru Majima, Takao Taguchi, Yujiro Yanai, Taketo Otani
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Patent number: 11525953Abstract: A light guide plate according to one or more embodiments may include a plurality of optical path deflectors arranged in a matrix. Each of the plurality of optical path deflectors may include a plurality of optical path deflector sets. The plurality of optical path deflectors may include a first cell and a second cell located periodically. The first cell may include a first deflector that deflects light within a first angle range. The first cell may be free of a second deflector that deflects light within a second angle range adjacent to the first angle range. The second cell may be free of the first deflector and may include the second deflector.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2022Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventor: Yasuhiro Tanoue
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Patent number: 11521571Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device including a plurality of pixels each of which includes a memory is provided. The display device includes a plurality of signal lines connected to the plurality of pixels, a signal line drive circuit configured to provide a data signal to one of the memories through one of the signal lines, a readout circuit configured to read the data signal in the memory through the signal line, and an output wire configured to externally output the data signal read by the readout circuit without passing through the signal line drive circuit.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2021Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Yutaka Mitsuzawa, Tatsuya Ishii
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Patent number: 11521531Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, and a panel driver including N registers, where N is an integer greater than 1. The panel driver is configured to divide the display panel into N first detection regions, to perform a first still image detection operation on each of the N first detection regions by using the N registers, to divide the display panel into N second detection regions different from the N first detection regions by using a result of the first still image detection operation, and to perform a second still image detection operation on each of the N second detection regions by using the N registers.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hong Soo Kim, Jin Young Roh, Se Hyuk Park, Hyo Jin Lee, Jae Keun Lim, Jun Heyung Jung
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Patent number: 11521560Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including a display panel displaying an image, a source driver supplying a source voltage to the display panel, and a display driver integrated circuit (DDI) including a timing controller controlling the source driver. The timing controller may be configured to identify information associated with a luminance of the image and to set a source bias current for controlling a slew rate of the source voltage based on the luminance of the image. Besides, various embodiments as understood from the specification are also possible.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jongkon Bae, Yunpyo Hong, Yohan Lee, Donghwy Kim, Dongkyoon Han
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Patent number: 11520158Abstract: In an optical system, a first optical section having positive power, a second optical section provided with a first diffractive element and having positive power, a third optical section having positive power, and a fourth optical section provided with a second diffractive element and having positive power are disposed along a light path of image light emitted from an image light generation device. A first intermediate image of the image light is formed between the first optical section and the third optical section, a pupil is formed in the vicinity of the third optical section, a second intermediate image of the image light is formed between the third optical section and the fourth optical section, and the fourth optical section collimates the image light to form an exit pupil. The first diffractive element and the second diffractive element are in a conjugate relation or a roughly conjugate relation.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2021Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsutaka Ide, Masatoshi Yonekubo
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Patent number: 11520146Abstract: An image in a predetermined hue is displayed at a display surface, and is emitted as image light. The image light is guided to a display position by an optical system, and is deflected by a diffraction optical element. The emitted image light includes light emitted from a first position of the display surface and light emitted from a second position of the display surface. A deflection angle at which the light emitted from the first position is diffracted by the diffraction optical element is larger than a deflection angle at which the light emitted from the second position is diffracted by the diffraction optical element. Of the image light in a wavelength range expressing the hue, a wavelength peak of the light emitted from the first position is present on a long wavelength side with respect to a wavelength peak of the light emitted from the second position.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Toshiyuki Noguchi
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Patent number: 11513590Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for discovering and positioning content into augmented reality space. A method includes forming a three-dimensional (3D) map of surroundings of a user of an augmented reality (AR) head mounted display (HMD); determining a depth-wise location of a gaze point of a user based on eye gaze direction and eye vergence; determining a visual guidance line pathway in the 3D map; guiding an action of the user along the visual guidance line pathway at one or more identified focal points; and rendering a mixed reality (MR) object along the visual guidance line pathway at a location corresponding to a direction of the user's gaze.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2019Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: PCMS Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Jussi Ronkainen, Jani Mantyjarvi
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Patent number: 11513589Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program product maintains the ability of an electronic headset to localize and orient itself in space upon a loss of tracking by a SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) system by switching to an auxiliary tracking mode upon detection of a loss of accurate tracking by the SLAM system. In one example, the auxiliary tracking mode is based upon detection of a fingerprint on a flat surface imaged by one or more cameras in the headset. The fingerprint is defined by a pattern of photographically-identifiable features on the flat surface, such as a pattern of colors and/or textures. In another example, the auxiliary tracking mode is based upon a location of the headset as obtained from an external LPS (local positioning service) and an orientation of the headset as measured by an IMU (inertial measurement unit) provided in the headset.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2018Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Reavire, Inc.Inventor: Jeff Gullicksen
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Patent number: 11500216Abstract: Disclosed are a method and device for adjusting a pupil distance of a virtual reality display device. The method adjusts a second pupil distance on a virtual reality display device by means of a first pupil distance of a user wearing the virtual reality display device, the first pupil distance referring to a pupil distance of the user wearing the virtual reality display device, and the second pupil distance being used as a distance between focal points of two lenses of the virtual reality display device; the method comprises: detecting whether the first pupil distance and the second pupil distance match; if the first pupil distance and the second pupil distance do not match, then executing a preset matching operation on the virtual reality display device. The present application solves the technical problem of a virtual reality display device being bulky and heavy.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: PIMAX TECHNOLOGY (SHANGHAI) CO., LTDInventor: Zhibin Weng