Patents Examined by Bryan Earles
  • Patent number: 11960663
    Abstract: A reconfigurable computer mouse is disclosed. The reconfigurable mouse includes a base module that has a cover disposed in a back section of the base module, a receiving portion of a locking system disposed on a side of the base module, a front sliding lock disposed in a front section proximal to a front edge of the base module, a multi-pivot system disposed in the front section of the base module, and a button clicking module mounted on the multi-pivot system, and a case module formed in shape of a shell, the case module arranged to be placed on the base module and be secured to the base module using a magnetic attaching system and the locking system, where the multi-pivot system is arranged to pivot in front/back and left/right directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Andéol Georges Gabriel Rigaldiès, Léo Zeender, Cyril Yves Anthony Drezet
  • Patent number: 11957026
    Abstract: A display device including a window, a display panel, and an input detection sensor disposed therebetween and including a first electrode extending in a first direction, a second electrode extending in the first direction, a third electrode intersecting with the first and second electrodes while insulated therefrom, a first signal line electrically connected to an end of the first electrode, a second signal line electrically connected to an end of the second electrode, and a third signal line and a fourth signal line electrically connected to a first end and a second end of the third electrode, respectively, in which each of the first and second signal lines includes a first part and a second part extending in the first direction and disposed between the first part of the first signal line and the second part of the first signal line in a second direction crossing the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-hwa Kim, Kyungsu Lee, Jeongyun Han
  • Patent number: 11935490
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a gate line, a data line, and a pixel at a crossing region of the gate line and the data line, a timing controller configured to generate a gate driving control signal, a data driving control signal, and a power control signal based on a display period corresponding to a time interval of frames, a gate driver configured to provide a gate signal to the pixel through the gate line based on the gate driving control signal, a data driver configured to provide a data signal to the pixel through the data line based on the data driving control signal, and a power supply configured to generate a power voltage to drive the pixel, and configured to adjust the power voltage based on the power control signal during the display period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Si-Beak Pyo, Won-Ju Shin, Kyung-Ho Hwang
  • Patent number: 11935473
    Abstract: In a display device that changes the number of light emissions per frame period, a display control circuit outputs a control signal specifying an emission period included in a frame period to an emission control line driver circuit. The emission control line driver circuit adds sequential delays to the control signal and thereby generates signals to be applied to the emission control lines. When leading and trailing frame periods have the same proportion of emission periods but include different numbers of emission periods, the leading and trailing frame periods are intervened by a transition frame period having a different proportion of emission periods from the leading frame period. This configuration prevents flickering caused by the changing of the number of light emissions per frame period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yousuke Nakamura, Masaaki Nishio, Noriyuki Tanaka, Hongbing Weng
  • Patent number: 11927756
    Abstract: A head-mounted display (HMD) device is provided. The HMD device includes a transparent member, a display, at least one sensor, and at least one processor functionally connected to the display and the at least one sensor. The at least one processor is configured to obtain information on a surrounding environment of the HMD device via the at least one sensor, set a focus space generated based on a designated location, determine at least one first object positioned inside the focus space and at least one second object positioned outside the focus space, based on the information on the surrounding environment and the focus space, and display, via the display, a virtual image in an area of the transparent member, wherein the at least one second object is seen in the area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eunsu Jeong, Ilgeun Bok, Chulsang Chang
  • Patent number: 11914151
    Abstract: An optical device, a method of detecting inclination of a three-dimensional object, and a method of detecting a line-of-sight. The optical device includes a light source configured to irradiate an object with light, a detector configured to detect a position of the light reflected by the object, and circuitry configured to output data of a degree of inclination of the object obtained based on the position of the light and a prescribed parameter, and change the prescribed parameter based on the position of the light. The above methods include irradiating an object with light, detecting a position of the light reflected by the object, outputting data of a degree of inclination of the object obtained based on the position of the light and a prescribed parameter, and changing the prescribed parameter based on the position of the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Saori Yoshida, Suguru Sangu
  • Patent number: 11899923
    Abstract: An information handling system touchpad includes an application area with a display to present control icons of an application executing on the information handling system, such as camera and microphone icons to control camera and microphone functions of a videoconference application or a calculator user interface. The touchpad accepts inputs at the control icons with a predetermined touch, such as a tap or a double tap. The touchpad continues to provide cursor touch inputs across the full touch surface, including over the control icons by applying separate touch logic to isolate control icon inputs, such as isolating finger taps as control icon inputs when control icons are presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Barry Paul Easter, Andelon Xuan Tra
  • Patent number: 11899875
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides an electronic device and a display method thereof. The electronic device comprises: a touch processor and a display driver. The touch processor is configured to generate touch information. The display driver is coupled to the touch processor and configured to: receive the touch information sent by the touch processor; send first indication information to the touch processor when the electronic device is in a first operation mode, the first indication information indicating that image data to be displayed is determined by the display driver; determine first image data according to the first operation mode and the touch information; and drive a display screen to display according to the first image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanni Jiang, Guoqiang Wu
  • Patent number: 11893170
    Abstract: A method of positioning a laser pointer light source and a display device are provided. The method of positioning the laser pointer light source includes obtaining first position information and second position information of the laser pointer light source, obtaining first photosensitive information and second photosensitive information, and determining target position information. The present invention determines the target position information according to the first position information, the second position information, the first photosensitive information, and/or the second photosensitive information, which positions the laser pointer light source and distinquishes the laser pointer light source at different positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang Rao, Leli Peng
  • Patent number: 11874461
    Abstract: The present specification describes methods and systems for tracking vision performance, using various techniques such as and not limited to electrooculography. A modular device is integrated with frames of eyeglasses that can be worn by a user. The device incorporates one or more biosensors such as EOG sensors. EOG recording may be used to estimate eyelid and eye motion, and eye gaze direction. The modular device may be fitted into new eyewear or retrofitted into existing eyewear for tracking eyes of the wearer. Embodiments of the present specification provide systems and methods to enable seamless integration of eye tracking into everyday life to maximize productivity and performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Sphairos, Inc.
    Inventors: Syed Khizer Rahim Khaderi, Mohan Komalla Reddy
  • Patent number: 11874978
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided, which includes a panel configured to identify a position of a stylus pen, a communication module configured to transmit/receive a communication signal to/from the stylus pen, and at least one processor configured to, based on detection of the stylus pen by the panel, perform a first operation based on the position of the stylus pen identified by the panel, based on non-detection of the stylus pen by the panel, identify at least one of information about the position of the stylus pen or information indicating whether a button of the stylus pen is pressed, included in at least one communication signal received through the communication module from the stylus pen, and perform a second operation based on at least one of the information about the position of the stylus pen or the information indicating whether the button of the stylus pen is pressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventors: Byunghoon Kang, Sanghui Park, Changbyung Park, Joohoon Lee, Hyunsuk Choi
  • Patent number: 11861111
    Abstract: A touch sensing display device and a driving method thereof for improving touch noise characteristics during moving image driving are discussed. The touch sensing display device can include a display panel including touch electrodes and subpixels defined by data lines and gate lines, and a timing controller configured to output an average data value and a touch synchronization signal in which display driving periods and touch driving periods are alternately time-divided, a touch controller configured to output a charge remover capacitance compensation value, a charge remover voltage compensation value, and a gain compensation value according to the average data value. Further, the touch sensing display device can include a power controller configured to output a charge remover voltage according to the charge remover voltage compensation value, and a touch driving circuit configured to sense a touch signal from each touch electrode and output a touch sensing value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kil Tae Kim
  • Patent number: 11854511
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for reducing latency in augmented reality displays. A display controller receives, from a GPU, a stream of image pixels of a frame of virtual content to be presented on a display of a display device. The stream of image pixels is received via a high-speed bulk interface that transfers data at least as fast as can be consumed by the display. As the stream of image pixel is received, the display controller converts each respective image pixel from a data format used to transmit the stream of image pixels via the high-speed bulk interface to a data format that is compatible for display by the display. Each converted image pixel is stored in a pixel cell of the display, after which the frame is presented on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Wagner, Igor Komir, Dominik Schnitzer, Alex Feinman, Heinrich Fink
  • Patent number: 11852840
    Abstract: A display device including a meta surface is provided. The display device includes an image provider comprising a spatial light modulator configured to modulate light according to image information, wherein the image provider is configured to provide the light comprising the image information; an optical element configured to focus the light from the image provider; and a meta surface deflector positioned between the image provider and the optical element to deflect the light, and change a deflection direction of the light according to a polarization of the light so that a first position of the light of a first polarization focused by the optical element is different than a second position of the light of a second polarization orthogonal to the first polarization focused by the optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seokil Moon, Sangeun Mun, Sunil Kim, Wontaek Seo, Geeyoung Sung, Bongsu Shin, Daeho Yang, Hongseok Lee, Seunghoon Han
  • Patent number: 11849621
    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: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwangmin Kim, Wonkyu Kwak, Kiwook Kim, Dongsoo Kim, Joongsoo Moon, Hyunae Park, Jieun Lee, Changkyu Jin
  • Patent number: 11829531
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a human-computer interaction method and system. The method includes following operations: by a motion sensor, sensing a hand movement to generate a movement signal; by a camera module, capturing a plurality of images of the hand movement; by at least one processor, generating a plurality of feature values according to the movement signal adjusted based on hand movement information, wherein the hand movement information is generated by analyzing the plurality of images of the hand movement; and by the at least one processor, controlling a virtual object by a first hand gesture determined by a hand gesture determination model according to the plurality of feature values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Han Hsieh, Tzu-Yin Chang
  • Patent number: 11830437
    Abstract: Narrowing of a picture-frame of a display device that can perform switching between vertical scanning directions is implemented. A gate driver (21) includes a shift register (211) including a plurality of unit circuits including n unit circuits connected to write control lines; a first scanning order switching circuit (212) including a plurality of first switching circuits respectively corresponding to the plurality of unit circuits; and a second scanning order switching circuit (213) including n second switching circuits connected to initialization control lines. The first scanning order switching circuit (212) controls operation of the shift register (211) based on scanning order instruction signals. Each second switching circuit applies, based on the scanning order instruction signals, an output signal from a unit circuit on a previous stage side or an output signal from a unit circuit on a subsequent stage side, as a second scanning signal, to an initialization control line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Yokoyama, Nobuyuki Taya
  • Patent number: 11822717
    Abstract: A method for recognizing a state of an eye for a laser device. The method includes reading in an eye parameter using the laser device, which represents a movement of the eye. The eye parameter is compared with a first and/or with a second reference parameter in order to obtain a comparison result. A type of movement of the eye is determined using the comparison result, which represents a saccadic eye movement when the eye parameter has a greater value than the first reference parameter. The type of movement represents a smooth eye movement when the eye parameter has a value which corresponds to the second reference parameter and at most to the first reference parameter. A viewing direction is ascertained as a function of the determined type of movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Herrmann, Johannes Meyer, Matthias Falk
  • Patent number: 11817067
    Abstract: A display driving circuit for driving a display panel, including a first memory configured to store main image data received from outside of the display driving circuit; a second memory configured to store first additional image data in a normal mode, and to store second additional image data in an Always On Display (AOD) mode having lower power consumption than the normal mode; a normal mode controller configured to operate in the normal mode according to the first additional image data stored in the second memory; and an AOD mode controller configured to operate in the AOD mode according to the main image data stored in the first memory and the second additional image data stored in the second memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Unki Park, Minsik Kim, Hyeonsu Park, Jonghyuk Lee, Hyunwook Lim, Woohyuk Jang
  • Patent number: 11809615
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for facilitating operations. In some examples, computer systems provide indications that educate and/or guide users for performing an operation. In some examples, computer systems perform a first operation based on a first type of user input corresponding to a first hardware input device and perform a second operation based on a second type of user input corresponding to the first hardware input devices. In some examples, computer systems adjust audio output of an emergency siren based on detecting a particular type of event. In some examples, computer systems display different types and/or sizes of notifications based on an operating mode of a respective computer system. In some examples, computer systems forgo performing one or more operations when a respective computer system operates in a low power mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Taylor G. Carrigan, Edward Chao, Paul T. Nixon, Kevin M. Lynch