Patents Examined by Brandi N Thomas
  • Patent number: 11531247
    Abstract: A display module and an electronic device are provided, the display module including: an upper substrate including a first electrode provided on the substrate, and a plurality of projections provided on a first surface of the upper substrate and arranged in a matrix; a lower substrate including a second electrode provided on the lower substrate, and a plurality of grooves provided on a first surface of the lower substrate; and an inverted emulsion. The first surface of the upper substrate is on the first surface of the lower substrate, each projection matches a groove corresponding thereto to form an accommodating space, and the inverted emulsion is filled in the accommodating space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhenhua Lv, Zhidong Wang, Xiaoling Xu, Yang You, Ning Jia, Yun Qiu
  • Patent number: 11523759
    Abstract: Systems and methods for educational analysis optimization. The system includes a camera, a processor and memory. The memory stores instructions to execute a method. The method begins with receiving a request from a user at a client device to begin a stimulus session. Then, video recording of the user for the stimulus session is initialized. Next, calibrations for emotions and gaze are set. Then, one or more stimuli are presented to the user. Cues and reactions are recorded and mapped to content that was displayed during the times of recorded reactions and cues. The recordings are post-processed for educational analysis and feedback is provided to the user. The feedback and analysis can be optimized using a predictive artificial intelligence model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Biometric Edge Inc.
    Inventors: Elie Venezky, Jimmy Claude Brake, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11520211
    Abstract: An electro-optic assembly includes a layer of electro-optic material configured to switch optical states upon application of an electric field and an anisotropically conductive layer having one or more moisture-resistive polymers and a conductive material, the moisture-resistive polymer having a WVTR less than 5 g/(m2*d).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventor: Darwin Scott Bull
  • Patent number: 11520179
    Abstract: The invention provides an electrophoretic medium comprising at least two types of particles having substantially the same electrophoretic mobility but differing colors. The invention also provides article of manufacture comprising a layer of a solid electro-optic medium, a first adhesive layer on one surface of the electro-optic medium, a release sheet covering the first adhesive layer, and a second adhesive layer on an opposed second surface of the electro-optic medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Gregg M. Duthaler, Karl R. Amundson, Barrett Comiskey, Alberto Goenaga, John E. Ritter, Michael L. Steiner, Robert W. Zehner
  • Patent number: 11513370
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for heating a lens to mitigate fogging. The methods can include identifying a temperature of the lens, identifying an ambient temperature of an environment of the lens, determining whether the lens is susceptible to fogging based at least on the temperature of the lens and the ambient temperature of the environment of the lens, and in response to determining that the lens is susceptible to fogging, causing a heating element to apply heat to the lens to mitigate fogging of the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Lineage Logistics, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Frank Eckman
  • Patent number: 11500193
    Abstract: Provided are an optical modulation device, a method of operating the same, and an apparatus including the optical modulation device. The optical modulation device may include a mirror area, a nano-antenna area, and an active area located between the mirror area and the nano-antenna area, and a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes for changing physical properties of the active area may intersect each other to form a cross-point array structure. The plurality of first electrodes may be included in the mirror area or may be provided separately from the mirror area. The plurality of second electrodes may be included in the nano-antenna area and may be provided separately from the nano-antenna area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sunil Kim, Byunggil Jeong
  • Patent number: 11500261
    Abstract: An electrophoretic display and a driving method thereof are provided. The electrophoretic display includes a display panel and a driving circuit. The display panel includes an electrophoretic unit and a driving substrate. The electrophoretic unit includes a plurality of electrophoretic particles. The driving substrate is disposed below the electrophoretic unit. The driving circuit is coupled to the driving substrate. The driving circuit sequentially provides a first reset signal and a second reset signal to the driving substrate during a reset period to reset the plurality of electrophoretic particles. The first reset signal sequentially includes a first sub-balanced signal and a first sub-mixed signal. The second reset signal sequentially includes a second sub-balanced signal and a second sub-mixed signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Hsin-I Wu, Chien-Hung Chen, Chen-Kai Chiu, Chih-Yu Cheng
  • Patent number: 11500260
    Abstract: The present invention has as an object to, by controlling how oil injected into a liquid drop control device wet spreads, make it harder for bubbles to remain in a cell. A liquid drop control device of the present invention is characterized in that in at least one substrate, there is a gap between an end face of a lyophobic layer and a seal material and the lyophobic layer and the seal material make contact with each other in at least one place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Hara, Tomoko Teranishi, Akihiko Shibata
  • Patent number: 11490802
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus includes a data acquisition unit, a storage unit, and a correction unit. The data acquisition unit includes a concave mirror and an optical scanner configured to deflect light from a light source to guide to a reflective surface of the concave mirror. The data acquisition unit is configured to acquire a first data set group in an A-scan direction by performing optical coherence tomography on a subject's eye placed at a subject's eye position or a conjugate position of the subject's eye position using light reflected by the reflective surface. The storage unit is configured to store correction data for correcting an incident angle of the light at the subject's eye position depending on a deflection angle of the light by the optical scanner. The correction unit is configured to generate a second data set group by correcting at least a part of the first data set group based on the correction data stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoichi Hirose, Tatsuo Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11490803
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems of evaluating test-retest precision using fractional rank precision or mean-average precision, comprising: a) collecting a test and a retest result of each subject, wherein the results are described in feature space(s) and collected from a vision test machine; b) selecting, a first test result of a first subject; c) calculating distances from the first test result to the retest result of each subject; d) assessing, a similarity between the first test result and the retest result of each subject by ranking the distances in a non-descending order; e) assessing a rank precision for the first subject based on a rank of a distance from the first test result to the retest result of the first subject; f) repeating b), c), d), and e) for each subject; and evaluating, the test-retest precision based on the rank precision for each of the plurality of subjects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Adaptive Sensory Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Dorr, Luis A. Lesmes
  • Patent number: 11493821
    Abstract: A writing apparatus including a first electrode, a layer of piezoelectric material; and a layer of electrophoretic material positioned between the first electrode and the layer of piezoelectric material, wherein stress on the layer of piezoelectric material results in optical changes in the layer of electrophoretic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: E INK CALIFORNIA, LLC
    Inventors: Haiyan Gu, Hanan Liu, HongMei Zang
  • Patent number: 11484197
    Abstract: A computer program is disclosed for performing the following method: recording images of a response of a left pupil to a stimulus thereby resulting in a first set of sequential images; recording images of a response of a right pupil to the same stimulus at the same time as the first images were recorded, thereby resulting in a second set of sequential images; displaying on a display simultaneously the first set of images and the second set of image, wherein the two sets of images are synchronized, and wherein a center of the left pupil of each image from the first set of sequential images is aligned with a center of the right pupil from the second set of sequential images on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Neuroptics, Inc.
    Inventors: Kamran Siminou, Claudio Privitera
  • Patent number: 11487103
    Abstract: An electrowetting device has an active matrix substrate including a plurality of first electrodes arrayed in a matrix shape, a plurality of TFTs, a plurality of first wiring lines extending along a row direction, and a plurality of second wiring lines extending along a column direction. The plurality of TFTs are disposed so as to have at least one of first and second relative arrangements. The first relative arrangement is a relative arrangement where two or more TFTs that are connected to any one of the plurality of first wiring lines alternately include, along the row direction: TFTs that are connected to the first electrodes belonging to one of a pair of rows adjoining the one first wiring line; and TFTs that are connected to the first electrodes belonging to the other row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kei Ikuta
  • Patent number: 11484194
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system and method for testing and analysis of visual acuity and changes using an acuity model, the acuity model generated based on one or more acuity chart design parameters and candidate acuity parameters calculated using the acuity test data of the subject, the acuity model comprising a chart-specific psychometric function determined using a family of multiple-optotype psychometric functions, and wherein the acuity model is configurable to estimate possibility of obtaining the acuity test data of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: ADAPTIVE SENSORY TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Luis Andres Lesmes
  • Patent number: 11471041
    Abstract: A dark adapted perimetry method includes the steps of at least partially photobleaching an eye, selectively illuminating a plurality of stimulus target light sources at a predetermined luminance, and recording a response data including triggering an input device in response to the selective illumination. The plurality of stimulus target light sources define a stimulus target array positioned within a concave array guide. Each stimulus target light source is illuminated by a respective LED complex light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Medmont International Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Paul Lichtenauer, Robert Heavyside
  • Patent number: 11467408
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for presenting virtual objects on a limited number of depth planes using, e.g., an augmented reality display system. A farthest one of the depth planes is within a mismatch tolerance of optical infinity. The display system may switch the depth plane on which content is actively displayed, so that the content is displayed on the depth plane on which a user is fixating. The impact of errors in fixation tracking is addressed using partially overlapping depth planes. A fixation depth at which a user is fixating is determined and the display system determines whether to adjust selection of a selected depth plane at which a virtual object is presented. The determination may be based on whether the fixation depth falls within a depth overlap region of adjacent depth planes. The display system may switch the active depth plane depending upon whether the fixation depth falls outside the overlap region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: William Hudson Welch, Paul M. Greco, Rony Abovitz, Yonatan Munk, Samuel A. Miller
  • Patent number: 11464406
    Abstract: A wavefront device produces adjustable amplitudes in optical path differences and adjustable axis orientation angles. two substantially identical wave plates have a wavefront profile of at least the third order Zernike polynomial function which are not circularly symmetric, as denoted by Z(i,j) where i?3 and j?0. The wave plates are mounted in rotatable mounts with their optical centers substantially aligned with each other. An subjective wavefront refraction instrument and method are provided to correct low and high order aberrations of the eye, using the adjustable wave plates that have astigmatism and higher order Zernike function optical path difference wavefront profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Inventor: Shui T. Lai
  • Patent number: 11468855
    Abstract: An electrophoretic medium comprises a fluid, a first, light scattering particle (typically white) and second, third and fourth particles having three subtractive primary colors (typically magenta, cyan and yellow); at least two of these colored particles being non-light scattering. The first and second particles bear polymer coatings such that the electric field required to separate an aggregate formed by the third and the fourth particles is greater than that required to separate an aggregate formed from any other two types of particles. Methods for driving the medium to produce white, black, magenta, cyan, yellow, red, green and blue colors are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen J. Telfer, Stephen Bull, Jennifer M. Morrison, Luke M. Slominski, David Darrell Miller, Olga Vladimirova Barykina-Tassa, Christopher L. Hoogeboom, Ana L. Lattes, Lee Yezek, Brandon MacDonald, Kosta Ladavac, Craig A. Herb
  • Patent number: 11467454
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide an electronic paper display screen, a display device and a bonding method. The electronic paper display screen includes a substrate, the substrate including a display region and a bonding region on at least one side of the display region and adjacent to the display region, an electronic paper, the electronic paper being disposed in the display region and including an electronic ink conduction portion, the electronic ink conduction portion being at an edge of the electronic paper close to the bonding region and extending to the bonding region of the substrate, a bonding electrode disposed in the bonding region of the substrate, and a chip-on-film, the chip-on-film being electrically connected to the bonding electrode, and an end of the chip-on-film close to the display region being between the substrate and the electronic ink conduction portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mingchun Qi
  • Patent number: 11461936
    Abstract: A wearable mixed reality system comprising a camera input system, and image projection system capable of being worn by a user, and a processor in communication with the camera input system and the image projection system. The processor may be capable of receiving a real-world image from the camera input system and simultaneously displaying at least a portion of the real-world image and an augmented image on the image projection system such that a user views the portion of the real-world image and the augmented image simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Raytrx, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Hayes Freeman, Richard C. Freeman, Mitchael C. Freeman, Chad Boss, Jordan Boss