Patents Examined by Amit Chatly
  • Patent number: 11573655
    Abstract: A display device, includes: a display panel having short sides and long sides; and a touch sensor on the display panel and including a sensing area and a non-sensing area around the sensing area, wherein the touch sensor includes: a first touch electrode unit including a plurality of first touch electrodes in the sensing area, arranged in a direction in which the short sides of the display panel extend, and each including a first opening; a second touch electrode unit including a plurality of second touch electrodes in the sensing area, arranged in a direction in which the long sides of the display panel extend, and each including a second opening; and a pressure sensor including a strain gauge, at least a part of the strain gauge being located in the sensing area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jang Hui Kim, Ga Young Kim, Jung Mok Park, A Ra Jo
  • Patent number: 11573420
    Abstract: An augmented display system with dynamic see-through transmittance control is disclosed. The augmented display system includes: an augmented display screen; a tandem electrochromic (EC) filter disposed over the augmented display screen. The tandem EC filter includes a first window having a dominant first transmittance characteristic and a second window having a dominant second transmittance characteristic; and an augmented display transmittance controller configured to individually control the activation of the first window and the second window of the tandem EC filter, wherein the augmented display transmittance controller is configured to: determine from an ambient light sensor output the transmittance required from the first window and the second window for a selected augmented display luminance; and apply appropriate drive voltage waveforms to the first window and the second window to achieve the determined transmittance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Kalluri R. Sarma, Brent D. Larson, Kenneth Leiphon
  • Patent number: 11567616
    Abstract: An interactive cord includes one or more touch-sensitive areas configured to detect user input and one or more non-touch-sensitive areas. An outer cover of the interactive cord includes a set of conductive lines braided together with one or more of a plurality of non-conductive lines at the touch-sensitive area. The set of conductive lines defines a plurality of intersections that each form a capacitive touchpoint at the touch-sensitive area. An inner core of the interactive cord includes at least the set of conductive lines and at least one of the plurality of non-conductive lines at the non-touch-sensitive area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Munehiko Sato, Ivan Poupyrev, Shozo Harada, Shiho Fukuhara
  • Patent number: 11567598
    Abstract: A display panel has a mounting hole. The display panel includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a first insulating isolation layer located between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The first conductive layer includes a first crack detection line and a first electrode connected to each other. The second conductive layer includes a second crack detection line and a second electrode connected to each other. The first electrode and the second electrode constitute a capacitor. The mutual-sensing capacitor is disposed outside of the mounting hole. The capacitor is configured to detect whether there is a crack in a portion of the display panel located around the mounting hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. CHENGDU, BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuwu Hu, Yangsheng Liu, Hwang Kim, Wei Lin
  • Patent number: 11567396
    Abstract: A projection apparatus according to the present invention, includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: a control unit configured to control to project an image on a projection surface; a detection unit configured to detect an operation performed on the projection surface using a pointer; and a processing unit configured to perform generation and editing of a graphic in response to the operation, wherein the processing unit is able to edit a first graphic formed using a first pointer and a second graphic formed using a second pointer independently of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toru Koike
  • Patent number: 11537024
    Abstract: A method for driving an electro-optic display, the display having at least one display pixel coupled to a storage capacitor, the method include applying a waveform sequence to the at least one display pixel and connecting the storage capacitor to a first bias voltage, and maintaining a last frame voltage level on the display pixel after the completion of the applied waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: E INK CALIFORNIA, LLC
    Inventors: Craig Lin, Haiyan Gu
  • Patent number: 11536961
    Abstract: A process display system includes a display terminal including a first processor and a process management system that includes a second processor and that communicates with the display terminal. The first processor or the second processor performs control of whether to update display of process information regarding a process. The process information is displayed by the display terminal. The control is performed on a basis of a change level of the process information on the display terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kodai Suzuki, Ami Kanzaki, Kei Arakawa
  • Patent number: 11520457
    Abstract: Techniques for cursor position based on focus of a glasses device are described and are implementable to enable cursor positioning and repositioning between different visual regions displayed by a glasses device. The described implementations, for example, track changes in focus orientation of a user of a glasses device and reposition and/or activate a cursor based on the changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Alexandre Neves Creto, Amit Kumar Agrawal
  • Patent number: 11513651
    Abstract: A detecting device includes a plurality of first electrodes extending in a first direction and a plurality of second electrodes extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the first electrodes and the second electrodes being disposed facing each other with an insulating layer interposed therebetween, a first electrode selection circuit configured to supply a drive signal to the first electrodes, and a detection circuit configured to detect capacitance generated between the first electrodes and the second electrodes due to the drive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Fumihoru Nakano
  • Patent number: 11513652
    Abstract: A display device includes a display layer on which a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area are defined and a sensor layer on which a plurality of sensor units are defined. The plurality of sensor units includes a first sensor unit overlapping the display area and a second sensor unit overlapping the display area and the non-display area. The second sensor unit includes a first portion and a second portion expanded from the first portion, and the first portion has a shape that is the same as a shape of which a portion is removed from the first sensor unit, and a width of the second sensor unit in a first direction is greater than a width of the first sensor unit in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeongyun Han, Jong-Hwa Kim, Kyungsu Lee
  • Patent number: 11507233
    Abstract: A touch display device includes a touch sensor and having a touch area and a non-display area at a side of the touch area. The non-display area include a touch driving part. The touch display device includes: a plurality of driving electrodes in the touch area, the plurality of driving electrodes connected to each other through at least one bridge line to constitute a plurality of row touch driving lines; a plurality of sensing electrodes crossing the plurality of driving electrodes in the touch area; and at least one driving routing line from the at least one bridge line connecting the plurality of driving electrodes, wherein the at least one driving routing line extends from the touch area to the non-display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyang-Myoung Gwon, Ji-Hyun Jung, Deuk-Su Lee, Su-Chang An, Jae-Gyun Lee, Ru-Da Rhe
  • Patent number: 11509783
    Abstract: A numerical key unit 70 mounted in a mounting portion 12 of an image forming apparatus 1 and card reader of inputting information to the image forming apparatus 1 includes a casing 71 mounted on the mounting portion 12, an operating key 100 comprised of a hardware key capable of inputting information on a numerical value, a substrate 73 provided inside the casing 71, a main assembly-side cable 76 connected to a connector 85 mounted on the substrate 73 and electrically connecting the image forming apparatus 1 and the numerical key unit 70, and a first opening 71a through which the main assembly-side cable 76 is inserted. The first opening 71a is provided on a bottom of the casing 71 so that in a thickness direction of the substrate 73, the main assembly-side cable 76 is exposed to an outside of the casing 71 from a surface on a side opposite from a surface where the operating key 100 is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kozo Toda
  • Patent number: 11507240
    Abstract: A touch sensor comprises a first electrode, a second electrode arranged spaced apart from the first electrode, and an insulator arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is energized, and an energy difference exists between the first electrode and the second electrode. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a stressed electrode. When the stressed electrode is not stressed, no electrical signal is generated, and when the stressed electrode is stressed, the stressed electrode deforms at a stressed point and changes the distance between the stressed point and the other electrode to generate a tunneling current, and the touch sensor generates the electrical signal according to whether the tunneling current is generated. Therefore, the invention solves a limitation of the conventional touch sensor in touching and provides good touching sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: HIGGSTEC INC.
    Inventors: Yi-Han Wang, Tzu-Chien Lin, Chui-Xiang Chiou, Hung-Yu Tsai
  • Patent number: 11494036
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a press sensing assembly and a terminal device. The press sensing assembly includes: an emitting element including a first side and a second side thereopposite and emitting an ultrasonic wave; a receiving element disposed adjacent to the emitting element, receiving a reflected wave of the reflected ultrasonic wave; and a reflecting pad disposed the first side and the receiving element, and a first surface of the reflecting pad abutting the emitting element and the receiving element, wherein when the second side and/or the receiving element are/is pressed, a region of the reflecting pad corresponding to the pressed region deforms, and a medium density in a deforming region increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chunjie Lou
  • Patent number: 11481044
    Abstract: An input device comprises a depressible element with two switches including a first switch configured to generate a first signal when the depressible element is depressed by a threshold distance and a second switch configured to generate a second signal indicating when the depressible element is depressed by the threshold distance and the second switch is in an active state. One or more processors may be configured to receive the first signal from the first switch; configure the second switch to change from an inactive state to an active state in response to receiving the first signal; receive the second signal from the second switch in the active state; determine whether the second signal indicates that the depressible element is depressed by the threshold distance; and generate event data confirming that the depressible element is depressed by the threshold distance in response to receiving the second signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Jan Stoeckli, Nicolas Ramond, Olivier Egloff, Regis Croisonnier, Laurent Plancherel
  • Patent number: 11474655
    Abstract: A touch panel device includes a plurality of transmission electrodes and a plurality of reception electrodes disposed in a sensing region on a substrate, the transmission electrodes and the reception electrodes forming a sensor cell, wherein the sensing region has a non-rectangle shape, a plurality of the sensor cells is arranged in the sensing region in a row direction and in a column direction, and each sensor cell has a region shape according to a shape of the sensing region such that number of the sensor cells in respective rows is the same and number of the sensor cells in respective columns is the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Futaba Corporation
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Fuyuki, Yuichi Tabata, Akio Miyajima
  • Patent number: 11474616
    Abstract: A keyboard comprising a top case and a bottom case comprised of a transparent material and including: a plurality of recesses each configured to receive one of a plurality of light emitting diodes (LED); a plurality of cavities that extend linearly and radially from a middle portion of the bottom case toward an outer edge of the keyboard, where light emitted by the LEDs is directed radially towards and out of the outer edge of the keyboard, due in part to the emission pattern of the corresponding LED and by adjacent cavities of the plurality of cavities; and a plurality of screw bosses configured to receive screws that securedly couple the top case to the bottom case, wherein the bottom case is coupled to the top case forming an outer housing for the keyboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Anthony Vuillemin, Ming-Hsiang Weng, Feng-Hao Lin, Sebastien Gadelle
  • Patent number: 11463090
    Abstract: A touch keyboard includes a keyboard touch electrode module and keyswitches arranged along lengthwise and widthwise directions. The keyboard touch electrode module includes plural key electrode matrixes one-to-one corresponding to plural key projection areas for the keyswitches. The key electrode matrixes are arranged along the lengthwise direction and the widthwise direction. At least two key electrode matrixes unaligned in the widthwise direction are identical to each other. The key electrode matrix includes plural electrodes arranged alternately at an electrode interval. A size of the electrode in the widthwise direction is defined by a function of the electrode interval, a key pitch between two widthwise-adjacent ones of the key projection areas, and an electrode row number covered within the key pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Wei-Yan You, Chin-Lung Chan, Po-Yueh Chou
  • Patent number: 11455083
    Abstract: A control method of an electronic apparatus is provided. The control method includes: displaying, on a display of the electronic apparatus, a first user interface (UI) for setting a display mode, from among a horizontal mode and a vertical mode, for each of one or more sources providing images to the electronic apparatus; storing information on a display mode corresponding to a first source, based on receiving, through the first UI, a first user input for setting the display mode corresponding to the first source of the one or more sources; and controlling at least one of the display or a motor of the electronic apparatus so that the display is operated in one of the horizontal mode or the vertical mode according to the stored information on the display mode corresponding to the first source, based on receiving a second user input for providing an image through the first source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junsik Choi, Seokho Ban
  • Patent number: 11442279
    Abstract: A glasses-type device can include a display part configured to emit image light serving as an image source of a virtual image; a diffraction element configured to reflect and diffract the image light at a predetermined angle; and a first holographic optical element disposed on at least a portion of glass of the glasses-type device, in which the first holographic optical element is configured to cancel dispersion of the image light that is reflected and diffracted by the diffraction element, and reflect the light in which dispersion is canceled to display a virtual image corresponding to the image light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seungyong Shin, Changkyu Hwang, Seungsu Yang, Hwi Kim, Sangyoon Kim