Patents Examined by Bryan Earles
  • Patent number: 12386417
    Abstract: Configurations are disclosed for presenting virtual reality and augmented reality experiences to users. An augmented reality display system comprises a handheld component housing an electromagnetic field emitter, the electromagnetic field emitter emitting a known magnetic field, the head mounted component coupled to one or more electromagnetic sensors that detect the magnetic field emitted by the electromagnetic field emitter housed in the handheld component, wherein a head pose is known, and a controller communicatively coupled to the handheld component and the head mounted component, the controller receiving magnetic field data from the handheld component, and receiving sensor data from the head mounted component, wherein the controller determining a hand pose based at least in part on the received magnetic field data and the received sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Woods
  • Patent number: 12373027
    Abstract: A system that detects the location of a user gaze at a display and in response to the duration of the gaze exceeding a threshold, auto-playing content on the display. The system may also determine gaze event data associating the gaze event with the source of the content the user is gazing at. Other information may also be associated with the gaze event such as user ID, time/duration data, or the like. Various actions can be taken in response to the gaze event such as auto-playing of content, outputting a visual indication of the detected gaze, interpreting detected speech using the gaze event data, data aggregation, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Rohit Prasad, Arushan Rajasekaram, Furqan Muhammad Khan, Rajiv M Reddy
  • Patent number: 12361899
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a backlight device. A display system includes: a display driver; a light source driver that drives the backlight device, based on luminance information that sets a luminance of a plurality of light source elements; and a display controller. The light source driver causes the plurality of light source elements to emit light, based on a light-emission frame update that is faster than an image frame update. The light source driver causes the plurality of light source elements to emit light in an i-th light-emission frame. At this point, the luminance information of the light source element corresponding to a scan area scanned by the display driver in the i-th light-emission frame, of the plurality of light source elements, is updated, based on image data in the scan area at a timing before the i-th light-emission frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yota Sasaki, Hironori Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 12353651
    Abstract: A method for predicting a drawn point of a stylus includes obtaining a plurality of reported points of a stylus, determining a reported point prediction model based on the reported points, performing prediction using the reported point prediction model to obtain at least one predicted point, and drawing the at least one predicted point and displaying the drawn predicted point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Da Wu, Yedong Wang, Rui Yan, Feng Sun
  • Patent number: 12356828
    Abstract: A display device, which includes a display panel including a plurality of first light emitting devices, a plurality of second light emitting devices, a plurality of third light emitting devices, and an input sensing part disposed on the display panel and including sensing parts. A distance between a first light emitting device, of the plurality of first light emitting devices, and an third light emitting device, of the plurality of third light emitting devices, is greater than a distance between the first light emitting device and an adjacent second light emitting device, of the plurality of second light emitting devices, and a width of a sensing part disposed between the first and third light emitting devices adjacent to each other is greater than a width of a sensing part disposed between the first and second light emitting devices adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Lyong Bok, Kicheol Kim
  • Patent number: 12281936
    Abstract: A processing method includes: obtaining an ambient light detection value through an ambient light detection module; obtaining display information of a first display module; and based on the display information, adjusting the ambient light detection value to obtain an ambient light adjustment value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventor: Yukun Wang
  • Patent number: 12277903
    Abstract: A display device including: a pixel unit including pixels for generating light in response to a first power and a second power; a power supply for supplying the first power to a first power line and the second power to a second power line; and a protection circuit for discharging a voltage of the first power line and the second power line when the pixels are in a turn-off state, and putting the first power line and the second power line in a high impedance state after a predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoon Young Lee
  • Patent number: 12279506
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes: a substrate including pixel areas and a pixel separating area; a plurality of pixels; a plurality of spacers in the pixel separating area and spaced apart from each other; and a touch electrode unit disposed over the plurality of pixels and spacers. The touch electrode unit includes first touch electrodes arranged in a first direction and second touch electrodes arranged in a second direction. The touch electrode unit includes a plurality of touch pattern unit blocks repeatedly arranged. Each touch pattern unit block includes portions of each of neighboring first touch electrodes and portions of each of neighboring second touch electrodes. The spacers of each touch pattern unit block corresponds to a plurality of spacer pattern unit blocks repeatedly arranged. Each spacer pattern unit includes at least one spacer and is smaller than the touch pattern unit block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwangmin Kim, Wonkyu Kwak, Kiwook Kim, Dongsoo Kim, Joongsoo Moon, Hyunae Park, Jieun Lee, Changkyu Jin
  • Patent number: 12271548
    Abstract: A method includes generating, by a first drive-sense circuit of circuitry of an electronic pen, a first error signal corresponding to an electrical characteristic of a first orientation capacitor of the electronic pen; and generating, by a second drive-sense circuit of the circuitry, a second error signal corresponding to an electrical characteristic of a second orientation capacitor. The method further includes subtracting, by a first subtraction module, the first and second error signals to produce a first difference error signal; receiving, by the circuitry, a self-signal transmitted by one or more electrodes of a touch screen via a primary conductor of the electronic pen; transmitting, by the circuitry, a ring back signal to the touch screen via the primary conductor in response to the self-signal; and transmitting, by the circuitry, the first difference error signal to the touch screen via a secondary conductor of the electronic pen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.
    Inventors: Patrick Troy Gray, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand
  • Patent number: 12262617
    Abstract: A display device including a window having a light shielding region and a transmission region, a display panel disposed under the window, and an input detection sensor disposed therebetween and including first electrodes, second electrodes, first signal lines connected to one ends of the first electrodes, second signal lines connected to one ends of the second electrodes, and third signal lines connected to the other ends of the second electrodes. Each of first to nth first signal lines includes bent parts bent multiple times, resistances of the bent parts decrease in a first direction, the first to nth first signal lines are connected to the first electrodes that are arranged farther away from the bent parts in the first direction, and the bent parts of the first to nth first signal lines overlap the light shielding region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-hwa Kim, Kyungsu Lee, Jeongyun Han
  • Patent number: 12253670
    Abstract: An image generation system for providing a ghost image free head-up display, the system comprising a display screen having a front surface and a back surface, a picture generation unit for projecting an image towards the display screen for reflection towards a predetermined eye box, and a field lens, wherein the picture generation unit is configured to project light through the field lens such that light is incident on the front surface of the display screen forming a first virtual image, wherein a portion of the light is transmitted through the display screen and is incident on the back surface of the display screen forming a second virtual image, wherein the first and second virtual images have an offset, wherein the field lens is configured such that the offset is below a threshold magnitude and the first and second virtual images are substantially overlaid as viewed from the eye box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Cambridge Enterprise Limited
    Inventors: Daping Chu, Yuanbo Deng
  • Patent number: 12229350
    Abstract: An electronic pen is provided that is enhanced in strength such as not to be bent or broken even when made to be thinner (smaller in diametric size). A connection section holds a core body at one end thereof and holds a circuit board at the other end thereof. The circuit board is accommodated in a board protecting pipe, which is fitted to the connection section. The board protecting pipe is provided with a side opening, and an operation on an electronic part on the circuit board accommodated therein and a work on an electronic circuit formed on the circuit board can be performed through the side opening. An electronic pen main body section wherein the core body and the circuit board and the board protecting pipe are united together through the connection section is accommodated in a casing, to constitute the electronic pen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takenori Kaneda, Kenichi Ninomiya, Takayuki Arai, Kohei Tanaka, Ryuto Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 12217673
    Abstract: A pixel circuit includes a light-emitting element, a driving circuit, a first light-emitting control circuit, a compensation control circuit and a resetting circuit. The resetting circuit is configured to write an initial voltage into the first electrode of the light-emitting element under the control of a first light-emitting control signal, the first light-emitting control circuit is configured to control the first electrode of the light-emitting element to be electrically connected to the first terminal of the driving circuit under the control of a second light-emitting control signal, and the compensation control circuit is configured to control the control terminal of the driving circuit to be electrically connected to the first terminal of the driving circuit under the control of a first scanning signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yao Huang, Tianyi Cheng, Ming Hu, Weiyun Huang, Benlian Wang, Doyoung Kim, Long Ma
  • Patent number: 12210681
    Abstract: An artificial-reality system comprising (1) a wearable dimensioned to be donned on a body part of a user, wherein the wearable comprises (A) a set of electrodes that detect one or more neuromuscular signals via the body part of the user and (B) a transmitter that transmits an electromagnetic signal, (2) a head-mounted display communicatively coupled to the wearable, wherein the head-mounted display comprises a set of receivers that receive the electromagnetic signal, and (3) one or more processing devices that (1) determine, based at least in part on the neuromuscular signals, that the user has made a specific gesture and (2) determine, based at least in part on the electromagnetic signal, a position of the body part of the user when the user made the specific gesture. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: For Sander Lam, Xiangyu Kong
  • Patent number: 12189849
    Abstract: A processor is configured to compare a captured image captured by a camera of a transmissive display device, information representing a position of marking performed on the captured image displayed on another display device, a region of a real space in which a display image is displayable by the transmissive display device, and the position of the marking in the real space, display information representing the position of the marking in the real space, acquire a detection result obtained by detecting a visual line of a user of the transmissive display device, compare the detection result of the visual line with the position in the real space of the marking or information representing the position in the real space of the marking, and change the marking or a display state of the information representing the position of the marking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Takeshi Kamiya
  • Patent number: 12189431
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a first housing; a second housing movably coupled to the first housing; a third housing movably coupled to the second housing; a flexible display on at least a portion of the first housing, the second housing, and the third housing; at least one sensor; one or more electromagnets; at least one processor operatively coupled to the at least one sensor; and a memory operatively coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to: detect, through the at least one sensor, a state change in at least one of first arrangement of the first housing with respect to the second housing or second arrangement of the third housing with respect to the second housing, and, based on the state change, control magnetism of at least one electromagnet among the one or more electromagnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Donghan Lee, Jongah Kim, Jeongmin Park, Heewoong Yoon, Kihyuk Lee, Jeongho Cho, Gwangho Choi
  • Patent number: 12182343
    Abstract: A virtual reality tracker includes a first part and a second part. The first part includes a plurality of first light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and an inner measurement unit (IMU). The inertial measurement unit is used for measuring the acceleration and the triaxial angular velocity of the first part. The second part includes a plurality of second light-emitting diodes. Moreover, the first part and the second part are connected by a flexible component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chun-Kai Huang, Chih-Chien Chen, Yan-Ru Chen
  • Patent number: 12175041
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a display unit, a touch unit, a display driver configured to drive the display unit and including a synchronization signal generator, and a touch driver configured to drive the touch unit and including a synchronization signal receiver and a touch signal adjuster, wherein the synchronization signal generator is configured to generate a first synchronization signal supporting a frequency of a display signal applied to the display unit based on input frame frequency information and a second synchronization signal supporting the frequency of the display signal and including the frame frequency information, based on the frame frequency information and the first synchronization signal, and wherein the synchronization signal receiver is configured to receive the horizontal synchronization signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Hun Park, Ji Hoon Kim, Yong Sub So
  • Patent number: 12164710
    Abstract: A method of controlling a wearable device worn on a finger of a user, includes: sensing a contact by a second finger of the user via an outer surface electrode located on an outer circumferential surface of the wearable device worn on a first finger of the user; based on the sensing of the contact, measuring an impedance between the outer surface electrode and an inner surface electrode that is in contact with the first finger of the user; identifying a type of the second finger based on the impedance; and controlling an operation of the wearable device based on the type of the second finger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Byeongwook Yoo
  • Patent number: 12164688
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for transient-based decoding of neural signals. In one aspect, a device such as a brain-computer interface (BCI), includes at least one processor configured to receive a plurality of neural signals from a subject. The at least one processor can detect, from the plurality of neural signals, first neural activity unique to a first defined temporal window corresponding to an onset phase of an intended action of the subject. The at least one processor can detect, from the plurality of neural signals, second neural activity unique to a second defined temporal window, occurring after the first temporal window and corresponding to an offset phase of the intended action. The at least one processor can generate at least one output indicative of the intended action, responsive to detecting at least one of the first neural activity or the second neural activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Brian Dekleva, Jennifer Lynn Collinger