Patents Examined by Andre L Matthews
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11749149
    Abstract: This application discloses a method for detecting residual image of a display panel, including: controlling a display panel to display a checkerboard image including pure-color sub-images, gray scales of two adjacent pure-color sub-images are a first gray scale and a second gray scale; controlling, after the checkerboard image has been displayed for a first time period, the display panel to display a detection image with a predetermined gray scale; controlling a reference display panel to display a calibration image including first and second matrix images, a gray scale of each first matrix image is the same as the predetermined gray scale, gray scales of each second matrix image includes a third gray scale being the same as the predetermined gray scale and a fourth gray scale different from the predetermined gray scale; comparing the detection image and the calibration image to obtain a residual image level of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: KunShan Go-Visionox Opto-Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Zhijuan Huang, Zhixiang Wang
  • Patent number: 11733755
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a stylus includes one or more electrodes and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying first logic for transmitting signals wirelessly to a device through a touch-sensor of the device. The stylus has a first power mode in which components of the stylus for receiving signals from or transmitting signals to the device are powered off; a second power mode in which components of the stylus for receiving signals from the device are powered on at least periodically and components of the stylus for transmitting signals to the device are powered off; and a third power mode in which components of the stylus for transmitting signals to the device are powered on at least periodically. The media further embodies second logic for transitioning the stylus from one of the first, second, and third power modes to another one of the first, second, and third power modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shahrooz Shahparnia, Trond Jarle Pedersen, John Logan, Vemund Kval Bakken, Kishore Sundara-Rajan
  • Patent number: 11728810
    Abstract: An operator control device for a vehicle, and a method for operating such an operator control device is disclosed. The operator control device is for controlling safety-relevant functions. To this end, the operator control device has at least one user interface having at least one user input panel for user input and a sensor system for identifying a user input in the area of the user input panel, wherein the sensor system has at least one capacitive sensor device having a first, electrically conductive sensor structure and a second, capacitive sensor device having a second, electrically conductive sensor structure, the sensor structures being arranged beneath the user interface in the area of the user input panel. The first sensor structure and the second sensor structure are each configured in comb-like and/or meanderous fashion and arranged in intermeshing fashion at least in a subarea of the user input panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventor: Sascha Staude
  • Patent number: 11726626
    Abstract: A device includes an AC coupling circuit, a sense-regulation circuit, an inbound data processing module, an outbound data processing module, and a communication circuit. The AC coupling circuit receives a sense signal from, and transmits a transmit signal to, a touch screen of a computing device. The sense-regulation circuit generates a receive error signal based on the sense signal and a representation of transmit data. The inbound data processing module converts transmit data into a representation of the transmit data. The outbound data processing module converts the receive error signal into receive data. The communication circuit receive the transmit data from, and sends the receive data to, another computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SigmaSense, LLC.
    Inventors: Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Michael Shawn Gray
  • Patent number: 11720223
    Abstract: A wearable display system can automatically recognize a physical remote or a device that the remote serves using computer vision techniques. The wearable system can generate a virtual remote with a virtual control panel viewable and interactable by user of the wearable system. The virtual remote can emulate the functionality of the physical remote. The user can select a virtual remote for interaction, for example, by looking or pointing at the parent device or its remote control, or by selecting from a menu of known devices. The virtual remote may include a virtual button, which is associated with a volume in the physical space. The wearable system can detect that a virtual button is actuated by determining whether a portion of the user's body (e.g., the user's finger) has penetrated the volume associated with the virtual button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: MAGIC LEAP, INC.
    Inventors: Adrian Kaehler, John Adam Croston
  • Patent number: 11715441
    Abstract: Provided are a virtual reality display device, a host device, a system and a data processing method. The virtual reality display device includes a display panel and a drive chip, wherein the drive chip includes a first processing module and a drive module; the first processing module is configured to decode an image to be decoded with a third color depth sent by a second processing module in a virtual reality host device to obtain a first image with a first color depth and a second image with a second color depth, the third color depth is greater than or equal to the first color depth, and the second color depth is less than the first color depth; the drive module is configured to generate a first data voltage corresponding to the first image and a second data voltage corresponding to the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wenyu Li, Jinghua Miao, Lili Chen, Hao Zhang, Shaolei Zong, Xin Duan, Jigang Sun, Wei Sun
  • Patent number: 11704834
    Abstract: Techniques for calibrating cameras and displays are disclosed. An image of a target is captured using a camera. The target includes a tessellation having a repeated structure of tiles. The target further includes unique patterns superimposed onto the tessellation. Matrices are formed based on pixel intensities within the captured image. Each of the matrices includes values each corresponding to the pixel intensities within one of the tiles. The matrices are convolved with kernels to generate intensity maps. Each of the kernels is generated based on a corresponding unique pattern of the unique patterns. An extrema value is identified in each of the intensity maps. A location of each of the unique patterns within the image is determined based on the extrema value for each of the intensity maps. A device calibration is performed using the location of each of the unique patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Alexander Sours, Zhiheng Jia, Hans Brandon Wach
  • Patent number: 11688361
    Abstract: In an example method, one or more processing devices receive encoded image data, and cause visual content to be presented on a display device according to the encoded image data. Further, the one or more processing devices receive measurement data regarding the visual content presented on the display device, and determine, based on the measurement data, one or more first perceptual quantizer (PQ) codes corresponding to the visual content presented on the display device. Further, the one or more processing devices determine, based on the encoded image data, one or more second PQ codes, and determine one or more metrics indicative of a performance characteristic the display device based on the first PQ codes and the second PQ codes. The one or more processing devices store a data item including the one or more metrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bjorn S. Hori, Pranav Sodhani, Krasimir D. Kolarov
  • Patent number: 11682366
    Abstract: A display device having an optical sensor includes a display panel including display pixels; and a sensor controller; and sensor pixels, wherein the sensor pixels include an optical sensor located on a first area of the display panel, the display pixels display a pattern including a plurality of markers in the first area, the sensor pixels image the pattern to generate a first image, the sensor controller divides the first image into sub-images corresponding to the markers, the sensor controller calculates first representative coordinates obtained by adding an integer part and a decimal part with respect to the sub-images, a unit of the integer part is the number of the sensor pixels, and each of the integer part and the decimal part independently includes a first dimensional value for a first direction and a second dimensional value for a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kee Yong Kim
  • Patent number: 11663984
    Abstract: A method and a device for adjusting brightness are provided. The method includes that: when a change in ambient brightness is detected, a target screen brightness a screen is to achieve is acquired. An adjustment parameter for adjusting the screen from current screen brightness to the target screen brightness is determined based on the target screen brightness. The adjustment parameter includes at least an adjustment duration. While adjusting screen brightness, change progress information of the screen brightness is displayed synchronously on an interface displayed on the screen, according to the adjustment duration in the adjustment parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yongqiang Jia
  • Patent number: 11662785
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for managing thermal dissipation in a display of an information handling system includes: emitting, by a light source of the display, a visible light within the display, the visible light associated with a heat within the display; receiving, by an absorption layer of the display, the visible light within the display, the absorption layer coupled to a display cover of the display; absorbing, by the absorption layer, a portion of the visible light comprising a light leakage from the display; absorbing, by the absorption layer, a portion of the heat within the display; and transferring, by the absorption layer, the portion of the heat into the display cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Deeder Aurongzeb, Andrew T. Sultenfuss
  • Patent number: 11657782
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a pixel array, an optical modulator, a controller, and at least one memory device storing a frame memory. The optical modulator modulates the light emitted from the pixel array to corresponding angles. The controller generates images of a scene with different lighting profiles corresponding to different viewing angles according to information stored in the frame memory. The frame memory stores color information and material information of objects in the scene. The display apparatus displays the images through the first pixel array at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Sumi, Keiko Edo, Jian-Cheng Chen, Toshihiko Araki
  • Patent number: 11657746
    Abstract: The invention more particularly relates to a method and device for controlling a segmented electrophoretic display. Such displays, preferably covered by the invention, comprise a layer (or a film) of microcapsules containing colored particles suspended in a fluid or a gas, the same layer being sandwiched between two electrodes: at least one first electrode having the shape of the segment to be displayed a second transparent electrode made by a conductive layer of indium tin oxide (ITO) for example. Alternative electrodes based on a thin film of carbon nanostructures, silver or copper wires can also be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: THALES DIS FRANCE SAS
    Inventor: Stephane Touvet
  • Patent number: 11630495
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a method for controlling the same are provided. The display apparatus includes a display unit, a light sensor, a cooling fan, and a controller. The light sensor is configured to detect an ambient light and generate a brightness value indicating brightness of the ambient light. The cooling fan is configured to generating a fluid flow in the display apparatus. The controller is configured to monitor the brightness value per a time period and control a rotational speed of the cooling fan based on the brightness value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: DYNASCAN TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Tsun-I Wang, Ching-Chun Wu, Chia-Liang Yang
  • Patent number: 11631351
    Abstract: Disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure are a current detection device and a display device. The current detection device includes: a plurality of detection circuits; the detection circuit includes: a feedback compensation circuit and a current detection circuit; and the feedback compensation circuit is configured to generate a noise inversion signal by inverting a noise AC signal generated on the predetermined power line in the display panel and to provide the noise inversion signal to a first end of the current detection circuit; and the current detection circuit is configured to output a detection signal to the signal output end according to the noise inversion signal, the signal on the detection line and the signal of the reference voltage end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xinshe Yin, Xinbin Han, Jianchao Zhu, Guangliang Shang
  • Patent number: 11616941
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an electronic display assembly includes a sensor array located on one side of a circuit board and an electronic display array located on an opposite side of the circuit board from the sensor array. The sensor array includes a plurality of sensor pixel units. Each sensor pixel unit includes a plurality of sensor pixels. The electronic display array includes a plurality of display pixel units. Each display pixel unit includes a plurality of display pixels. Each particular one of the plurality of sensor pixel units is mapped to a corresponding one of the plurality of display pixel units such that display pixels of each particular one of the plurality of display pixel units display light corresponding to light captured by sensor pixels of its mapped sensor pixel unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Mark A. Lamkin, Kyle Martin Ringgenberg, Jordan David Lamkin
  • Patent number: 11592931
    Abstract: A display panel includes common electrodes in an active area and a first driving circuit on one side of the active area and a second driving circuit on the other side of the active area. First read-out lines are electrically connected to the common electrodes, respectively, and to the first driving circuit. Second read-out lines are electrically connected to the second driving circuit, and to the first read-out lines, respectively. An output signal of phototransistors may be detected using read-out lines connected to a common electrode serving as a touch sensor, such that touch sensing and photosensing can be performed using the shared read-out line. No disconnection areas are provided between the read-out lines driven by the different driving circuits, or the disconnection areas are distributed. Abnormalities in image quality due to the disconnection areas are prevented, and a sensing function using the shared read-out lines is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: HyunGon Kim, DukKeun Yoo
  • Patent number: 11593057
    Abstract: A dynamic information tag is disclosed for performing a dynamic information tag operation. The dynamic information tag includes a tag housing, the tag housing being sized to fit within a recess of an information handling system configured for receipt of a static information tag; a control and connection portion; and, a display coupled to the control and connection portion, the display being controlled via the control and connection portion to present information handling system information, the information handling system information comprising dynamic branding information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: John C. Donachy, Richard A. Crisp
  • Patent number: 11580922
    Abstract: A display device dynamically determines pixel settle times to reduce a display latency. The display device includes a backlight unit (BLU) for providing light for displaying an image, a plurality of pixels for modulating the light provided by the BLU, and a controller circuit for controlling the BLU and the plurality of pixels. The controller circuit determines a settle time from display data for a current display frame and display data for a previous display frame, and turns on the BLU based on the determined settle time. The determined settle time corresponding to an expected amount of time for the plurality of pixel to transition from a first state corresponding to the display data for the previous display frame to a second state corresponding to the display data for the current display frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Klement, Cheonhong Kim, Wonjae Choi