Patents Examined by Andre L Matthews
  • Patent number: 11977680
    Abstract: A virtual reality glove includes a gloved shaped substrate including a palm area and a finger area connected with the palm area, a plurality of conductive circuits disposed on the glove shaped substrate, a plurality of tactile feedback units disposed on and electrically connected with the plurality of conductive circuits respectively, and a data processing unit installed on an end of the palm area away from the finger area and electrically connected with the plurality of conductive circuits. The glove shaped substrate is flexible, and the conductive circuits are curved. A method for manufacturing the virtual reality glove is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: Avary Holding (Shenzhen) Co., Limited., QING DING PRECISION ELECTRONICS (HUAIAN) CO., LTD
    Inventor: Shi-Jie Zhong
  • Patent number: 11961490
    Abstract: Disclosed is a driving circuit, a display panel and a display device. The driving circuit includes a plurality of cascaded driving units, where a first staged driving unit includes a forward and backward scan control module, a node signal control module, an output control module, a first voltage stabilizing module, a first pull-down module, a second pull-down module and an electrical leakage control module. The electrical leakage control module is configured to maintain a voltage level of an output signal of the forward and backward scan control module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chao Tian, Yanqing Guan
  • Patent number: 11935503
    Abstract: A method includes sensing a plurality of luminance values associated with ambient light from a physical environment. The plurality of luminance values quantifies the ambient light arriving at a see-through display. The method includes obtaining a plurality of semantic values respectively associated with a plurality of portions within image data. The plurality of portions includes a first portion of the image data and a second portion of the image data. The method includes identifying a first one of the plurality of semantic values that satisfies a criterion. The first one of the plurality of semantic values is associated with the first portion of the image data. The method includes mapping, based on a function of a portion of the plurality of luminance values, the image data to predetermined display characteristics of the first portion of the image data within a performance threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Sivalogeswaran Ratnasingam, Anselm Grundhoefer, Ralf Habel
  • Patent number: 11928999
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display device and a method of driving the same, and more specifically, to a display device for preventing a user from recognizing a change in luminance when a frame frequency is changed, and a method of driving the same. A display device of the present disclosure includes a display panel including a plurality of pixel regions, a gate driver configured to sequentially supply light emission control signals to horizontal lines of the display panel, a data driver configured to supply a data signal corrected by a source voltage to the display panel, and a dimming controller configured to control whether to gradually change a frame frequency and gamma correction data according to a duty ratio of the light emission control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won-Seok Song, Su-Bin Park, Sung-Chang Park, Kyeong-Min Moon
  • Patent number: 11915628
    Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment includes a display, a first power module that outputs a first power, and a second power module that outputs a second power. The first power and the second power are supplied to the display. The first power module is configured to cut off the first power when an amount of input current exceeds an overload criterion, to identify whether the second power module is abnormal based on the second power, and to change the overload criterion from a first threshold current amount to a second threshold current amount that exceeds the first threshold current amount, in an abnormal state of the second power module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jaeeun Kim, Sungyong Joo, Jiwon Lee
  • Patent number: 11893175
    Abstract: One or more examples of the present disclosure relate generally to systems and methods for canceling mutual capacitive effects in a capacitance measurement. Some examples relate to providing a driven shield during capacitance measurement. Some examples relate to providing such a driven shield using rail-to-rail voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Microchip Technology Incorporated
    Inventor: Anders Vinje
  • Patent number: 11893915
    Abstract: An image sticking test method and an image sticking test device. The image sticking test method includes: acquiring a first correspondence between a source-drain current of a preset drive transistor and time within a first preset time after a voltage of the preset drive transistor in an array substrate is switched from a first preset voltage to a second preset voltage; acquiring a second correspondence between a source-drain current of the preset drive transistor and time within a second preset time after the voltage of the preset drive transistor is switched from a third preset voltage to the second preset voltage; and acquiring a first image sticking test curve of the array substrate according to the first correspondence, the second correspondence and an image sticking evaluation formula, where the first image sticking test curve is a correspondence between time and an image sticking evaluation value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: KUNSHAN GO-VISIONOX OPTO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Dongfang Zhao, Zhe Du, Shuang Guo, Xun Liu, Zidong Guo
  • Patent number: 11890096
    Abstract: A method for measuring flicker fusion threshold. Set a measurement scheme, including setting N 8-shaped digital frames in a background light area that flickers within a set frequency. Set ten groups of different frequency combinations being applied to the N 8-shaped digital frames. Assign each frequency in each group of the frequency combinations with a stroke of the 8-shaped digital frame. Randomly select, for each of the N 8-shaped digital frames, one from the ten groups of the frequency combinations. Determine the value of each frequency in each group of frequency combinations in the N groups of frequency combinations. Recognize, by the subject, the flickering digits on the N 8-shaped digital frames in the background light area within the set frequency range. Determine the range of the flicker fusion threshold or the final flicker fusion threshold of the subject according to the result that can be seen by the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Civil Aviation University of China
    Inventors: Ruishan Sun, Jing Chen, Luping Gao, Jingqiang Li, Chen Zeng, Xingchen Yan, Xiong Chen, Di Wu
  • Patent number: 11880499
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for creating an observation video are described. The observation video may comprise a viewport that moves in coordination with motion of an HMD user's head and that shows portions of VR content being output to the HMD user at different times. For each of those times, motion data from the HMD may be used to determine a position, orientation, and/or shape of the viewport. The observation video may also include an element that represents the HMD user, which element may comprise a video element video isolated from video of the user captured by a camera, and/or which may comprise an animated avatar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Science Applications International Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew W. Wilson, Ari J. Hollander
  • Patent number: 11862122
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a display device and another display device. The display device includes a display panel. The display panel has a functional display area. The functional display area includes a pixel. The pixel includes a white pixel and multiple display pixels. The display pixels surround at least a part of the white pixel, and the white pixel includes a pixel electrode. The another display device includes another display panel. The another display panel has a functional display area, and the functional display area includes a pixel and a signal line. The pixel includes a white pixel and multiple display pixels. The signal line includes a branch, and the branch is electrically connected to one of the display pixels. The display device and the another display device of the disclosure is capable of reducing the problem of diffraction or having a better optical sensing effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Chia-Hao Tsai, Ming-Jou Tai, Yi-Shiuan Cherng, Yu-Shih Tsou, You-Cheng Lu, Yung-Hsun Wu
  • Patent number: 11837125
    Abstract: A display panel, a method for detecting a display panel and an electronic device are provided. a display panel are provided, including a display area and a peripheral region surrounding the display area; a plurality of bonding pads in the peripheral region; a lighting pad in the peripheral region; a plurality of source signal lines at least in the display region; a plurality of source signal line leads in the peripheral region and electrically connected to the plurality of source signal lines and electrically connected to the plurality of bonding pads; a plurality of sub-pixel columns in the display region and electrically connected to the plurality of source signal lines; and a detection circuit, arranged in the peripheral region and between the plurality of binding pads and the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qianqian Zhang, Liangliang Liu, Liman Peng, Zhiyong Xue, Le Gao
  • Patent number: 11830426
    Abstract: An image display device of the present invention comprises a display and a power supply unit, and the power supply unit comprises: a first voltage detection unit that detects an input AC voltage by using a first resistance element; a second voltage detection unit that detects an input AC voltage by using a differential circuit having a capacitor element and a second resistance element; a converter that converts the level of the input voltage on the basis of a switching operation of a switching element so as to output a DC voltage; and a control unit that may control the switching element in the converter to be turned on, on the basis of a first signal detected by the first voltage detection unit or a second signal detected by the second voltage detection unit. As such, the present invention operates stably even when an AC voltage of a square wave is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Dohoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11815689
    Abstract: A downsized electronic device with an eye tracking function is provided. The electronic device with an eye tracking function includes a display device, an infrared light source, and an optical system. The display device includes a display element and a light-receiving element; the infrared light source has a function of emitting infrared light; the light-receiving element has a function of detecting the infrared light reflected by an eyeball; and the optical system includes a first optical element positioned on an optical path through which an image from the display element enters the eyeball and a second optical element positioned on an optical path through which the reflected infrared light enters the light-receiving element. The light-receiving element is integrated with the display device and thus, the electronic device can have a reduced size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisao Ikeda, Yoshiyuki Kurokawa, Hiromichi Godo
  • Patent number: 11816279
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a device for piezoelectric sensing. According to an embodiment, a device comprises a touch surface, a plurality of piezoelectric sensors, wherein the plurality of piezoelectric sensors includes at least a first subset of piezoelectric sensors and a second subset of piezoelectric sensors, and a wakeup circuitry. The wakeup circuitry may be configured to: obtain the electrical signal from each piezoelectric sensor in the plurality of piezoelectric sensors; assign a positive sign to electrical signals obtained from the first subset of piezoelectric sensors and assign a negative sign to electrical signals obtained from the second subset of piezoelectric sensors; produce a sum signal by summing the obtained electrical signals according to the assigned signs; compare the sum signal to a preconfigured condition; and in response to the sum signal fulfilling the preconfigured condition, provide a wakeup signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: AITO BV
    Inventor: Jukka Riihiaho
  • Patent number: 11817066
    Abstract: In an example in accordance with the present disclosure, a display device is described. The display device includes a display screen to display content. The display device has a first mode and a second mode. A first mode brightness scale, which defines a range of available brightness values for the display screen, is different than a second mode brightness scale. The display device includes a display controller to select a brightness scale for the display device based on a current mode of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Timothy P. Guynes, Richard J. Krill, Fu Teng Shih
  • Patent number: 11810526
    Abstract: An e-paper display apparatus including an e-paper display panel is provided. The e-paper display panel includes multiple pixel circuits arranged in an array. Each of the pixel circuits includes a transistor device. The transistor device is an oxide thin-film transistor. A set of signal waveforms for driving the pixel circuits to display image pages includes multiple frames. In a low panel frequency mode, the number of the frames is less than ten.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Wei-Tsung Chen, Xue-Hung Tsai
  • Patent number: 11804165
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device and brightness compensating method. The liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal display panel; a touch sensor, configured to convert a press position and a press force of a user into an electrical signal; a touch control board, configured to scan and analyze electrical signal; a mainboard, configured to receive the scanned electrical signal and transmit a drive voltage instruction and a compensation voltage instruction; a logic board, comprises a code storage device storing a grayscale compensation table and an electrical level controller providing the liquid crystal display panel with a compensation voltage according to compensation voltage message, the compensation voltage is configured to make a rotation angle of liquid crystals of a press region greater than a rotation angle of liquid crystals of a non-press region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Lei Chen
  • Patent number: 11798462
    Abstract: Light emitting diode display panels with an open loop amplifier resulting in better brightness accuracy and matching between multiple light emitting diode strings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Mohammad J. Navabi-Shirazi, Ming Gu, Alejandro Lara Ascorra, James E. Brown
  • Patent number: 11783786
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a display device, a switch assembly configured to switch a signal source of a display signal for the display device, a processor connected to the switch assembly and configured to provide signal to the display device through the switch assembly in a first mode, and a controller connected to the switch assembly and configured to provide the display signal to the display device through the switch assembly in a second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventor: Ming Gao
  • Patent number: 11749216
    Abstract: A display device includes a display, an illuminance sensor, an IR sensor disposed at a lower side of the display device, a memory to store correction data set by respective reflectance, and a processor. The processor is configured to calculate a reflectance of a floor surface, in an environment in which the display device is arranged, based on a sensing value of the IR sensor, obtain correction data corresponding to the calculated reflectance from stored correction data of the memory, correct an illuminance value sensed by using the illuminance sensor according to the obtained correction data, and control an operation of the display based on the corrected illuminance value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hojune Yoo, Minsup Kim, Kyoungshin Jin, Jaemyung Hur