Patents Examined by Calvin C Ma
  • Patent number: 11782535
    Abstract: A system determines if a keyboard, video, and mouse mode is activated, and if so then determines whether a human interface device command is to switch from a first host. In response to determining that the human interface device command is to switch from the first host, the system redirects the human interface device command to a display monitor and switches video and universal serial bus input from the first host to the second host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Boon Kiat Law, Vui Khen Thien
  • Patent number: 11782595
    Abstract: A portable device having a display, the display including a main surface area, a first curved surface area extending from a first side of the main surface area, and a second curved surface area extending from a second side of the main surface area that is opposite the first side, a sensor configured to detect a state of the portable device, and a controller configured to control the display to display a user interface (UI) on one of the first curved surface and the second curved surface based on the state detected by the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-hyun Ryu, Youn-ho Choi, Yong-Ho Kim, Jin La, Yong-gook Park, Yu-dong Bae, Ae-young Lim, Kyung-ho Jeong
  • Patent number: 11776477
    Abstract: A pixel circuit of a display panel is provided, including a first, second, third, fourth, fifth switch, a first capacitor and a diode. The first switch is connected with a positive supplied power voltage. The second switch is connected with the first switch and a data line. The third switch is connected with the first and second switch, generating an emission current as a driving transistor. First end of the first capacitor is connected with the first, second and third switch. Second end of the first capacitor is connected with the third, fourth and fifth switch. The fifth switch is connected with a first initial voltage. Anode of the diode is connected with the third and fourth switch while its cathode is connected with a negative emission source voltage. By configuration of the disclosed pixel circuit, a power rail emission current is independent, without being involved with initial voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Sheng-Wen Hsiao
  • Patent number: 11769442
    Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting display apparatus including a display panel configured to display an image, a driving circuit configured to drive the display panel, a timing controller configured to control the driving circuit, and a compensation circuit configured to correct an accumulation period difference of accumulated data to compensate deterioration of an element included in the display panel based on fluctuation of a driving frequency for driving the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Inventor: Seung Ju Jo
  • Patent number: 11755125
    Abstract: Presently provided is a keyboard and stabilizer mechanism, the stabilizer mechanism has a first housing slidingly receiving a first slider and a second housing slidingly receiving a second slider. A wire has arms extending through openings in the housings and into the sliders. The stabilizer mechanism also has at least one of biasing members in the sliders, wire holders extending from the housings, and extensions extending from the sliders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: NORBAUER & CO. LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Norbauer, Bo Noergaard Klerk
  • Patent number: 11740660
    Abstract: A portable display device is provided in which two display panels are joined to each other to form a single screen when two panel housings are unfolded from a folded state. The portable display device includes at least two panel housings and display panels that are mounted on the panel housings, respectively. When the panel housings are unfolded, the display panels are joined to each other to form a single screen. The distance between the display panels when the display panels are contiguous to each other is less than 3 mm and the distance between input units or between input sensors is less than 3 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SCEABIQ Inc.
    Inventor: Si-Han Kim
  • Patent number: 11740786
    Abstract: A portable device having a display, the display including a main surface area, a first curved surface area extending from a first side of the main surface area, and a second curved surface area extending from a second side of the main surface area that is opposite the first side, a sensor configured to detect a state of the portable device, and a controller configured to control the display to display a user interface (UI) on one of the first curved surface and the second curved surface based on the state detected by the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-hyun Ryu, Youn-ho Choi, Yong-Ho Kim, Jin La, Yong-gook Park, Yu-dong Bae, Ae-young Lim, Kyung-ho Jeong
  • Patent number: 11736843
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a display layer including light-emitting elements disposed on a substrate, and a sensor electrode layer disposed on the display layer. The sensor electrode layer includes a first sound electrode and a second sound electrode; a vibration layer electrically contacting the first sound electrode and the second sound electrode and being deformed in response to a first sound driving voltage applied to the first sound electrode and a second sound driving voltage applied to the second sound electrode; and sensor electrodes disposed on the vibration layer. The sensor electrodes sense an input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Seok Seo, Jung Hun Noh, Seung Lyong Bok, Yi Joon Ahn, Sun Mi Yu, Jin Oh Kwag
  • Patent number: 11726609
    Abstract: A touch-sensitive apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a touch-sensitive element comprising an array of electrodes having a first electrode and a second electrode, the second electrode spatially intersecting the first electrode at an intersection point; and measurement circuitry configured to: measure the mutual capacitance at the intersection point of the first and second electrodes; measure the self-capacitance of the first electrode, and measure the self-capacitance of the second electrode; and processing circuitry configured to: determine the presence of a touch on the touch-sensitive element on the basis of a comparison of the measured mutual capacitance at the intersection point to a first threshold and on the basis of a combination of the measured self-capacitance of the first electrode and the measured self-capacitance of the second electrode being greater than or equal to a second threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: TouchNetix Limited
    Inventors: Peter Timothy Sleeman, Stephen William Roberts
  • Patent number: 11723581
    Abstract: An electromyography (EMG) sensor for a wearable device, such as a prosthetic device attachable to a residual limb, includes a flexible substrate comprising an elongated portion and an electrode portion. At least two electrodes are disposed at a surface of the electrode portion of the flexible substrate, and leads from the at least two electrodes extend through the elongated portion of the flexible substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Hugh M. Herr, Seong Ho Yeon
  • Patent number: 11726622
    Abstract: A display device is provided. A display device comprises a substrate, a plurality of pixels disposed on the substrate and having a first emission area and a second emission area configured to emit light, a plurality of optical sensors disposed on the substrate and comprising a light-sensing transistor having a first sensing channel configured to sense light, a bank disposed on the pixels and the optical sensors, and a touch conductive layer disposed on the bank and having touch electrodes, wherein the touch conductive layer comprises light transmitting portions disposed between the first emission area, the second emission area, and the touch electrodes, and the light transmitting portion overlaps the bank and the light-sensing transistor in a thickness direction of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Seung Lyong Bok
  • Patent number: 11714498
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic pen core body including a tip component portion coupled to an axis component portion. At least one end of the axis component portion in an axial direction is made of a material that is harder than a material from which the tip component portion is made. The axis component portion includes a recessed hole and a fitting portion directly or indirectly fitted to a pen pressure detector. The tip component portion includes a tip portion protruding from the one end of the axis component portion in the axial direction, a coupling core portion disposed within the recessed hole and coupled to an inner wall surface of the recessed hole of the axis component portion, and a second ring-shaped end surface that contacts a first ring-shaped end surface of the axis component portion. The first ring-shaped end surface is covered by the second ring-shaped end surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Ryoji Kamiyama, Toshihiko Horie, Masamitsu Ito, Daisuke Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11703981
    Abstract: The present application provides a touch display panel. In the touch display panel, a frame is provided with a first accommodation space, a first accommodation slot, and a second accommodation slot; a display pane disposed in the first accommodation space, infrared emitting modules disposed in the first accommodation slot and at a periphery of a light-emitting side of the display panel; and infrared receiving modules disposed in the second accommodation slot and at the periphery of the light-emitting side of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Aimin Dai, Hao Zhao
  • Patent number: 11688359
    Abstract: A display device and a driving method of the same are proposed, the display device including first and second display panels displaying one image in a division manner; first and second data drivers supplying data voltages to the first and second display panels, respectively; first and second scan drivers supplying scan signals to the first and second display panels, respectively; and first and second timing controllers controlling the first and second data drivers and the first and second scan drivers, respectively, wherein the first data driver latches a first data signal output from the first timing controller in a first direction and converts the first data signal to a first data voltage to be outputted, and the second data driver latches a second data signal output from the second timing controller in a second direction and converts the second data signal to a second data voltage to be outputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byunggwan Ko, Hongbin Kim
  • Patent number: 11687200
    Abstract: A display panel, a display device and a control method are provided. The display panel includes a display area and a non-display area, a base substrate, and touch electrodes on a side of the base substrate facing a light-exiting surface of the display panel. The display area includes a first display area and a second display area that at least partially surrounds the first display area, the touch electrodes are at least distributed in the display area, the touch electrodes at least include a first touch electrode located in the first display area, the first touch electrode includes at least one first touch electrode unit, and the first touch electrode unit includes at least one hollowed part, along a direction perpendicular to the base substrate, the hollowed part runs through the first touch electrode unit, and the first touch electrode is a self-capacitive touch electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Houfu Gong, Zhenhua Liang, Han Wu, Zhenyuan Zhang, Jun Li, Zhihua Yu
  • Patent number: 11687113
    Abstract: A pointing device includes: a substrate; an operation member that is provided tiltably with respect to the substrate, and includes a protrusion protruded from one of an inner wall and an outer wall; and a rotation member that is provided rotatably on the substrate, and includes a hole which the protrusion enters when the rotation member overlaps the operation member; wherein the rotation member rotates in conjunction with the operation member when the protrusion contacts an edge of the hole according to rotation of the operation member, wherein the hole is formed in a range in which the protrusion is movable by tilt of the operation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Arita, Tamotsu Koike
  • Patent number: 11681987
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wall-mounted decorative digital calendar device designed to be hung on a wall of the home or office. The calendar device has a touchscreen display for displaying a calendar including dates, days, holiday information, daylight saving information, and other customized event information. The touchscreen also enables users to add information to the displayed calendar using a virtual keyboard. The device is configured to pair with a smartphone and a cloud storage for synchronizing calendar entries. The calendar device connects to a smartphone via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, ensuring users can upload information to the calendar at any desired time and have it saved to a cloud database. The device eliminates the need for pen and paper or physical calendars, offering a much easier method of keeping track of birthdays, holidays, special events, and much more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Inventor: Antronio Smith
  • Patent number: 11681405
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes a base layer, a first electrode unit, second electrode units, and a first strain gauge. The first electrode unit includes first touch electrodes arranged on the base layer along a first direction and electrically connected to each other along the first direction. The second electrode units are spaced apart from one another along the first direction. Each of the second electrode units includes second touch electrodes arranged on the base layer along a second direction intersecting the first direction and electrically connected to each other along the second direction. Each of the second touch electrodes includes a first opening. The first strain gauge includes first resistance lines electrically connected to each other along the first direction. Each of the first resistance lines is disposed in a respective first opening disposed in a first row among the first openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jang Hui Kim, Ga Young Kim, A Ra Jo
  • Patent number: 11681371
    Abstract: An eye tracking system comprising a controller configured to receive a reference image of an eye of a user and a current image of the eye of the user. The controller is also configured to determine a difference between the reference image and the current image to define a differential image. The differential image has a two dimensional pixel array of pixel locations that are arranged in a plurality of rows and columns. Each pixel location has a differential intensity value. The controller is further configured to calculate a plurality of row values by combining the differential intensity values in corresponding rows of the differential image and to determine eyelid data based on the plurality of row values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Tobii AB
    Inventors: Joakim Zachrisson, Simon Johansson, Mikael Rosell, Daniel Wrang
  • Patent number: 11678553
    Abstract: The touch display panel of the disclosure includes a first substrate, a first display electrode, a spacer and a first touch electrode. The first display electrode is disposed on the first substrate. The spacer is disposed on the first substrate. The first touch electrode is disposed on the first substrate, wherein the first touch electrode has a first bridge part, and at least a portion of the first bridge part is overlapped with the spacer from a top view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Hsiao-Lang Lin, Jui-Jen Yueh