Patents Examined by Amare Mengistu
  • Patent number: 11182066
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display for detecting touch input, and at least one processor for recognizing a type of an auxiliary input device placed on the display. A method for utilizing the electronic device includes detecting via a touch screen a type of an auxiliary input device placed on a display based on a configuration of at least one or more conductors on the auxiliary input device, detecting an input event generated by the auxiliary input device, and executing via a processor at least one function of an executing program corresponding to the detected input event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo-Kun Choi, Jun-Suk Oh
  • Patent number: 11175697
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate having a display area with a display device to display an image, and a non-display area around the display area. The non-display area has a bending area bent about a bending axis. An encapsulation layer is located over the display area. A touchscreen layer is located over the encapsulation layer and includes a touch electrode. A touch wire is connected to the touch electrode, and extends from an upper portion of the encapsulation layer, and at least partially into the bending area. A fan-out wire configured to apply an electric signal to the display area and is at least partially disposed in the bending area. The touch wire and the fan-out wire are on different layers from each other in the bending area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jintae Jeong, Byungsun Kim, Chiwook An, Jaeyong Lee
  • Patent number: 11163395
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a touch sensor and a method for sensing a touch using the same, the touch sensor including a substrate, a first sensor and a plurality of second sensors provided on the substrate and configured to sense a location and a force of a touch, wherein the first sensor is disposed in a central area of one surface of the substrate, the plurality of second sensors are arranged to surround the first sensor, and a width of the plurality of second sensors increases as a distance from the central area increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventors: Won Ki Hong, Jong Seo Lee
  • Patent number: 11158241
    Abstract: A display device including: an image determiner configured to determine whether a still image is displayed by comparing first partial image data that is a portion of image data of a previous frame with second partial image data that is a portion of image data of a current frame at a first time of a first mode in which a non-moving image is displayed, and determine whether the still image is displayed by comparing first frame data that is all image data of a previous frame with second frame data that is all image data of a current frame at a second time of a second mode in which a moving image is displayed; a display panel including pixels that receive a data signal corresponding to image data; and a panel driver configured to change a frequency at which the pixels are driven according to the first and second modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Gyu Lee, Seung Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 11150759
    Abstract: A book (1) is described. The book has front and back covers (2, 3) and a plurality of pages (5) bound between the covers. The book includes capacitive touch elements (9) disposed on the inside (10, 14) of the back cover and/or the front cover. The book also includes at least one output device (7), such as a speaker, and a controller (18). The controller is configured to cause the or at least one of the output devices to output a signal in dependence upon position of a user's digit (31: FIG. 6) on a page overlying the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Inventor: Kate Stone
  • Patent number: 11150737
    Abstract: The disclosed wrist-tracking apparatus includes (1) a wristband dimensioned to be donned on a wrist of a user of an artificial reality system and (2) a set of Time of Flight (ToF) sensors coupled to the wristband, wherein each of the ToF sensors comprises (A) an emitter that emits a modulated pulse of energy, (B) a receiver that facilitates detecting a reflection of the modulated pulse of energy, and (C) a processing circuit communicatively coupled to the emitter and the receiver, wherein the processing circuit calculates a time of flight for the modulated pulse of energy based at least in part on the modulated pulse of energy and the reflection. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Farshid Salemi Parizi, Wolf Kienzle, Eric Michael Whitmire
  • Patent number: 11144164
    Abstract: The position detection method includes the steps of (a) obtaining a first taken image by imaging a pointing element with an operation surface as a background using a first camera while performing illumination with a first illumination section disposed so that a shadow of the pointing element on the operation surface is not substantially imaged by the first camera, (b) obtaining a second taken image by imaging the pointing element with the operation surface as a background using a second camera disposed at a different position from a position of the first camera while performing illumination with a second illumination section disposed so that the shadow of the pointing element on the operation surface is not substantially imaged by the second camera, and (c) detecting a position of the pointing element with respect to the operation surface using the first taken image and the second taken image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Otani, Akira Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11143868
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) image display apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of light sources; a spatial light modulator configured to modulate light from the plurality of light sources according to 3D image information; and a focusing optical system configured to focus an image formed by the spatial light modulator onto a focal plane. The plurality of light sources may be arranged such that multiple focal points, respectively corresponding to the plurality of light sources, are formed on the focal plane near a pupil of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wontaek Seo, Geeyoung Sung, Sunil Kim, Bongsu Shin, Changkun Lee, Hongseok Lee
  • Patent number: 11144170
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel and a display module. The display panel includes a display area; a non-display area surrounding the display area, wherein the non-display area includes a bending area adjacent to the display area and a bonding area away from the display area; and a power line, wherein the power line includes a first type of power line and a second type of power line positioned in the bending area; wherein the first type of power line and the second type of power line are disposed at different layers in the bending area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chenghao Bu
  • Patent number: 11132937
    Abstract: A display driver for driving a display panel includes a first driving circuit configured to output a first image signal to a first output pad, and a second driving circuit configured to output a second image signal to a second output pad; and the first driving circuit is further configured to output a reference image signal to the second driving circuit in response to a power down signal, and the second driving circuit is further configured to output the reference image signal output from the first driving circuit to the second output pad in response to the power down signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: MagnaChip Semiconductor, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Jo Shin, Hyung Pil Kim
  • Patent number: 11132950
    Abstract: Provided is an electro-optical device including a display region including a pixel circuit and a data line corresponding to the pixel circuit, a data line drive circuit configured to output a gradation voltage, and a first capacitor configured to hold a gradation voltage output from the data line drive circuit, and the capacitor is provided in the display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ota, Takeshi Koshihara
  • Patent number: 11126309
    Abstract: A touch input device configured to operate a system of a motor vehicle includes a cover plate composed of a cover plate material having a plate top side and a plate underside, and also includes a touch sensor surface. The plate top side includes an operating surface, where the plate underside of the cover plate faces the touch sensor surface. The plate underside has at least one beveled surface arranged obliquely with respect to the touch sensor surface such that a clearance is formed between the plate underside and the touch sensor surface. The operating surface at least partly projects beyond the clearance and a filling body composed of at least one filling material is arranged in the clearance, where the filling material has a permittivity for electric fields that corresponds to a permittivity of the cover plate material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Daniel Wiedemann, Matthias Lindner, Gabriel Hairer
  • Patent number: 11121187
    Abstract: An OLED display according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a substrate that includes a display area and a non-display area; a pixel circuit that is disposed in the display area; organic light emitting diodes and barrier ribs that are disposed on the pixel circuit; an encapsulation layer that covers the pixel circuit, the organic light emitting diodes, and the barrier ribs; and a color filter that is disposed on the encapsulation layer, wherein the encapsulation layer comprises an edge area that is adjacent to the non-display area in the display area and a center area not directly adjacent to the non-display area and having the edge area disposed therebetween, the color filter comprises a first color filter, a second color filter, a third color filter, and color filter overlapped portions where the first color filter, the second color filter, and the third color filter are overlapped, and the color filter overlapped portions are disposed in areas where the barrier ribs are disposed, and a thickness of the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Inventors: Hyeon Bum Lee, Jin Ho Ju
  • Patent number: 11120741
    Abstract: The present application discloses a current-driven display device which employs internal compensation, by which a non-emission period can be shortened without causing the luminance of display elements to be unstable. During a period in which a voltage on a data signal line Dj is written to a pixel circuit, transistors M4 and M6 are controlled to be in an OFF state, and transistors M2, M3, and M5 are controlled to be in an ON state. As a result, a drive transistor M1 is diode-connected, a source terminal thereof is disconnected from a high-level power line ELVDD, and a gate terminal thereof and an anode of an organic EL element OLED are connected to an initialization voltage supply line Vini. Consequently, a gate voltage Vg of the drive transistor M1 and an anode voltage Va of the organic EL element OLED are initialized, and first and second capacitors C1 and C2 respectively hold a voltage corresponding to the voltage on the data signal line Dj and a threshold voltage of the drive transistor M1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Seiji Umezawa
  • Patent number: 11119569
    Abstract: An approach is provided in which the approach captures a set of sensory data corresponding to a first user traversing over a physical terrain in a physical world. The approach uses the set of sensory data to create a set of instructions to emulate the physical world by a locomotion system. The approach invokes the locomotion system to emulate the physical terrain utilizing the set of instructions while a second user is positioned on the locomotion system and using a virtual reality device to traverse through a virtual world.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yahel Nachum, Chowdhury Annur, Aashil Patel
  • Patent number: 11119591
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a first substrate, a spacer provided on the first substrate, a second substrate on the spacer, a pixel provided on the second substrate and configured to display an image, a sensing part including a first electrode provided between the first substrate and the spacer and a second electrode provided between the spacer and the pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Inventors: Jong Ho Hong, Won Il Choi, Bek Hyun Lim, Hye Jin Joo
  • Patent number: 11119595
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a touch display panel and a method for manufacturing the same. The display panel includes: an active area disposed on a substrate and including a light emitting device; a raised area disposed on the substrate, located at a periphery of the active area and including a stacked structure; and a touch sensor disposed on a side of the active area and the raised area away from the substrate, wherein the touch sensor is electrically insulated from the active area and is in electrical contact with the raised area; wherein a thickness of the active area matches a thickness of the raised area to ensure a uniform thickness of the touch display panel, and the raised area is electrically insulated from the active area, and a touch signal sensed by the touch sensor is transmitted via the raised area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen Tan, Tianyi Cheng, Fei Yu, Meng Li, Tiaomei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11112611
    Abstract: A display has an image generator; a partially transmissive mirror having a curved surface; a beam splitter to reflect incident light toward the curved surface; and an optical image relay that defines a path to relay light to a curved focal surface of a partially transmissive mirror, the curved focal surface is between a curved reflective surface of the partial mirror and the beam splitter. A prism has a folding surface in the optical path for light from the image generator, wherein an aperture stop for the relay lies within the prism. A first plano-aspheric lens, against the prism input surface, guides light from the image generator toward the folding surface; a second plano-aspheric lens, in optical contact against the prism output surface, directs light to the curved focal surface. The relay, curved mirror, and beam splitter form an exit pupil for viewing the scene with a 2D image superimposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Raytrx, LLC
    Inventors: David Kessler, Michael H. Freeman, Jordan Boss, Mitchael C. Freeman, Steven Yeager
  • Patent number: 11112900
    Abstract: A method for controlling an in-vehicle user interface includes: providing a vehicle window that serves as an input/output module engaged with at least one of a computing device, a camera and a multimedia device; monitoring whether a change of an air pressure at a neighboring area of the vehicle window is beyond a predetermined threshold range; sensing a touch input via the vehicle window; and generating, in response to the change of the air pressure and the touch input, a control signal of the input/output module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Chung Hoon Cho, Seung Ho Jeong, Ji Won Yun, So Young Kim, Min Young Yoon
  • Patent number: 11106037
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for displaying a first portion of a video, the first portion comprising a subset of the video that fits in a display area of a computing device. The systems and methods further detect movement of the computing device during playback of the first portion of the video, calculate a rotation of the display of the first portion of the video based on a direction of the movement, and cause the display of the first portion of the video to rotate relative to the direction of movement to display a second portion of the video, the second portion comprising a subset of the video that is associated with the direction of movement and that was at least partially not visible in the first portion of the video when displayed in the display area of the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Bamberger, Matthew Hanover, Nathan Litke, Michael Brian Murray