Patents Examined by Aneeta Yodichkas
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Patent number: 11354036Abstract: Embodiments herein provide a method for configuring a touch screen keyboard in an electronic device. The method includes identifying a type of one or more applications running in the electronic device. The method includes receiving an input event on the one or more applications. The method includes generating the touch screen keyboard based on the identified type of the at least one application in response to the input event. Further, the method includes displaying the touch screen keyboard on the screen of the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Inventors: Gaurav Kumar Bhardwaj, Mohit Kumar, Sandeep Singh Spall, Vinay Kumar, Kaushal Prakash Sharma, Prajeet Thakur, Pramesh Dahiya, Vipul Krishan Dhunna
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Patent number: 11355024Abstract: Methods for administering and taking a test using a headpiece supported on a person's head. A test is directed to the headpiece and includes real displays. A sequence of the real displays and fake displays are displayed on a display in front of the person's face. An encrypted code is provided, which when decrypted, provides places of the real displays in the display sequence. The encrypted code is decrypted to obtain the places of the real displays in the display sequence. A light valve assembly in the viewing portion is controlled to assume, when a real display is being displayed, a first state in which the person is able to view the display through the light valve assembly and thus the real display and assume, when a fake display is being displayed, a second state in which the person is prevented from viewing the display through the light valve assembly.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Intelligent Technologies International, Inc.Inventor: David S Breed
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Patent number: 11348537Abstract: A novel information processing device that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. The inventor has thought of a structure including an input portion configured to supply the positional information of a pointer, an arithmetic device configured to determine a first region based on the positional information of a pointer and generate the image information so that the luminance of an image displayed in the first region is increased, and a display portion for displaying the image information.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yoshiharu Hirakata
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Patent number: 11335235Abstract: A display driving method and a display driving device are disclosed. The display driving method includes the steps of: setting an image signal to be inputted, so that when the image signal is driven on a display panel, a first sub-pixel showing a positive polarity is displayed, and other sub-pixels are not displayed; copying the set image signal by the logic board and inputting the set image signal to the display panel; and finally inputting a gate drive signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2017Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignees: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED, CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Dongsheng Guo
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Patent number: 11334311Abstract: An example method of an electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure may include indicating that a first screen related to a first application operating in a background state is being displayed in an external electronic device, connected to the electronic device, based on data transmitted from the electronic device; and displaying an object floating on a second screen being displayed on the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2021Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyunkyoung Kim, Woonghee Park, Saetbyeol Lee, Bongkyu Kim, Tae Hyung Kim, Hyung-Jun Ahn, Kwang-Yong Lee, Sang-Hun Lee
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Patent number: 11327577Abstract: A system and method for transmitting an input value to a computing device are included herein. The method includes detecting sensor data in a stylus. The method also includes detecting a gesture event with the stylus. In addition, the method includes generating an input value based on the sensor data and the gesture event. Furthermore, the method includes sending the input value from the stylus to a computing device.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: James Trethewey, Charlie Case, Jr., Jorge Martinez
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Patent number: 11322111Abstract: The present disclosure provides a driving method of a display device and a display device. The driving method of the display device includes: inputting a gate signal with a length of a first duration to each of gate lines; and inputting a data signal to each of data lines to drive the display device for displaying. Among M data lines crossing the gate line in a direction of the gate line from a signal input terminal to an terminal away from the signal input terminal, a start time at which an mth data line input with the data signal is delayed by a second duration, relative to the start time at which a first data line closest to the signal input terminal of the gate line is input with the data signal, and the second duration is less than the first duration.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignees: Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Xueqin Wei, Chunyang Nie, Ke Dai, Ruilian Li, Lixin Zhu, Bingbing Yan, Yan Yang, Wen Chieh Huang, Ching Hua Hung, Wei Sun, Rui Liu, Ming Chen
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Patent number: 11322094Abstract: A display panel, a display device, and a driving method are disclosed, the display panel includes display regions, the display regions include a first display region and a second display region, the display panel further includes a first light-emission control scan driving circuit and a second light-emission control scan driving circuit, and the driving method includes: in the first sub-frame, providing a first start signal to the first light-emission control scan driving circuit to display, and providing a second start signal to the second light-emission control scan driving circuit not to display, in the second sub-frame, providing the first start signal to the first light-emission control scan driving circuit again to display, and providing the second start signal to the second light-emission control scan driving circuit not to display; the second start signal and the first start signal are applied independently, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Yue Long, Weiyun Huang, Chao Zeng, Yao Huang, Meng Li
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Patent number: 11315526Abstract: A multi-view (MV) transportation hub information system is provided, which includes: a MV display including one or more multi-view (MV) pixels, wherein each MV pixel is configured to emit beamlets in different directions; a sensing system configured to detect a first location of a first blob and a second location of a second blob; an input node configured to receive a first attribute of a first viewer and a second attribute of a second viewer; and a system controller configured to perform user tagging to tag the first blob with the first attribute and to tag the second blob with the second attribute. The system controller controls the MV pixels to project a first image based on the first attribute to the first viewer tagged with the first blob, and to project a second image based on the second attribute to the second viewer tagged with the second blob.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2021Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Misapplied Sciences, Inc.Inventors: Albert Han Ng, David Steven Thompson, David Randall Bonds, Ayon Sen
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Patent number: 11289051Abstract: An electronic device may have a display with an array of pixels configured to display images for a user. The electronic device may have an ambient light sensor for gathering ambient light information. Control circuitry in the electronic device may adjust the brightness level of an image being displayed by the display based on ambient light measurements from the ambient light sensor. The ambient light sensor may be formed from an ambient light sensor module that is aligned with an opening in an opaque masking layer in the display. One or more antireflection layers may be interposed between an inwardly facing surface of the display and an opposing external surface of the ambient light sensor module. The ambient light sensor module may have a light attenuator and other optical structures.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Vrinda Thareja, Arpit B. Mehta
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Patent number: 11287908Abstract: A pressing device for a touchpad includes a base unit, an upper board unit, and an intermediate unit. The upper board unit includes a trigger switch aligned with the abutment portion of the base unit. The intermediate unit has a surrounding frame member, two positioning members, two connecting members, and a actuating member that are interconnected by a plurality of linking ribs. When the upper board is pressed at a position above one of the surrounding frame member and the connecting members, one of the connecting members is moved relative to the actuating member by virtue of the linking ribs, and the actuating member provides a force to convert the trigger switch from an initial state to a triggered state.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2021Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: SUNREX TECHNOLOGY CORP.Inventors: Shih-Pin Lin, Chun-Chieh Chen, Ling-Cheng Tseng, Yu-Shuo Yang
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Patent number: 11289017Abstract: A pixel circuit, a related driving method and a display panel are provided. The pixel circuit, which is a 7T1C type circuit includes a storage capacitor (Cst), a first transistor (T1), a second transistor (T2), a third transistor (T3), a fifth transistor (T5), and a first lighting element (R).Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shiqi Liu
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Patent number: 11276370Abstract: A display device including a display unit including a scan line, a data line, and a pixel, a gate driver supplying a scan signal, and a source driver supplying a data voltage, in which the source driver includes a gamma voltage generator generating different gamma voltages in response to a gamma enable signal, a digital-to-analog converter generating the data voltage corresponding to a gray scale value using the gamma voltages, and a source buffer outputting the data voltage, the gamma voltage generator includes a first resistor string setting a range of the gamma voltages, gamma buffers outputting selected voltages among divided voltages within the voltage range, and a second resistor string including tabs to divide a voltage between the tabs to generate the gamma voltages, and at least some of the gamma buffers are turned on in a first period and are turned off in a second period.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2020Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Su Bin Kim, Se Byung Chae
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Patent number: 11275476Abstract: A touch sensing unit, includes a plurality of first sensing electrodes and a plurality of second sensing electrodes intersecting with and insulated from the plurality of first sensing electrodes. The plurality of first sensing electrodes includes a plurality of first sensor portions and a plurality of first connection portions connecting each of the plurality of first sensor portions with one another. The plurality of second sensing electrodes includes a plurality of second sensor portions a plurality of stem sensors extended from the plurality of second sensor portions, and a plurality of second connection portions connecting each of the plurality of sensor portions with one another. Each of the plurality of first sensor portions includes a plurality of depressions indented inwardly. Each of the plurality of stem sensors is disposed such that it is at least partially surrounded by a respective depression of the plurality of depressions.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2021Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Gyeong Nam Bang, Chang Ho Lee, Hye Yun Han, Young Bae Jung
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Patent number: 11262799Abstract: A flexible display screen system and method includes an article that has a flexible material configured to cover at least a portion of a person's anatomy or at least a portion of an object. At least one flexible display screen is secured on the flexible material. A computer system is configured to provide image information for controlling a display of images on the flexible display screen. The computer system is configured to control the display of images on the flexible display screen in response to the sensor signal. The sensor may sense flexing of the flexible display screen or flexible material. Alternatively or in addition, the flexible display screen or flexible material may be controlled to flex, in response to the images displayed on the flexible display screen.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Inventors: Gregory A. Piccionelli, Ted R. Rittmaster
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Patent number: 11262963Abstract: Multiple different entertainment offerings are made available to a user can be played back via at least one pair of electronic data glasses in a motor vehicle. The system analyzes how well the route characteristics of an upcoming route to a destination and/or how well the respective route characteristics of a road network in the vicinity of the motor vehicle match the entertainment offerings provided. The entertainment offerings are varied depending on the analysis.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2018Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: AUDI AGInventor: Marcus Kuehne
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Patent number: 11257454Abstract: A shift register, a method for driving the shift register and a display apparatus are provided. The shift register includes a noise reduction control circuit and a pull-up node noise reduction circuit. The noise reduction control circuit is connected with a first clock signal terminal that receives a first clock signal, a gate drive signal output terminal that outputs a gate drive signal, a noise reduction control terminal, and a noise reduction control node. The pull-up node noise reduction circuit is connected with the noise reduction control circuit, the noise reduction control terminal, and a pull-up node.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2019Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignees: Beijing BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ji Dong, Bingqing Yang, Wenjun Xiao, Haoliang Ji, Zhiying Bao, Xiaoxiao Chen, Bo Feng, Shijun Wang, Wenkai Mu, Chao Gao
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Patent number: 11257428Abstract: The present disclosure provides a mixed compensation pixel circuit, control method, and display device, the mixed compensation pixel circuit includes an internal compensation circuit and an external compensation circuit. The internal compensation circuit includes a first thin film transistor, a second thin film transistor, a third thin transistor, and a fourth thin transistor, the external compensation circuit includes a fifth thin transistor. By optimizing the pixel circuit architecture, the present disclosure does not have an NTFT with a positive long-term relative voltage, improves the stability of the circuit, simplifies the compensation process, and improves the accuracy of compensation.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Inventor: Zhenfei Cai
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Patent number: 11256367Abstract: Grip detection can be beneficial for an electronic device to ignore unintended contacts on a touch sensitive surface. Examples of the disclosure provide various ways for identifying an input patch as a grip. In some examples, identifying an input patch as a grip comprises determining whether the input patch satisfies one or more grip identification criteria. In some examples, identified grips are saved in a grip database. In some examples, the identified grips are filtered out of touch images. In some examples, when baseline touch data for a touch-sensitive is updated, the touch processor can forgo updating the baseline for portions of the touch sensitive surface associated with the identified grips.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Mayank Garg, Apexit Shah
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Patent number: 11250749Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display device capable of reducing a stress cumulative deviation and preventing image sticking with respect to a boundary between first and second display areas separately driven according to the shape and use environment of a display panel, and a display device may include: a panel displaying an image through a display area composed of a plurality of pixels and having a variable shape; a panel driver for driving the panel; and an image processor for dividing the display area into a first display area and a second display area when the shape of the panel is changed, determining a boundary neighboring region including a first boundary neighboring region and a second boundary neighboring region, and modulating data corresponding to the boundary neighboring region using a result of analysis of an image corresponding to the boundary neighboring region.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seong-Min Choi, Jin-Young Oh, Eun-Kyung Hong, Min-Jae Yoo, Jae-Yoon Kim