Patents Examined by Calvin C Ma
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Patent number: 11232748Abstract: A display may have an array of pixels each of which has a light-emitting diode such as an organic light-emitting diode. A drive transistor and an emission transistor may be coupled in series with the light-emitting diode of each pixel between a positive power supply and a ground power supply. The pixels may include first and second switching transistors. A data storage capacitor may be coupled between a gate and source of the drive transistor in each pixel. Signal lines may be provided in columns of pixels to route signals such as data signals, sensed drive currents from the drive transistors, and predetermined voltages between display driver circuitry and the pixels. The switching transistors, emission transistors, and drive transistors may include semiconducting-oxide transistors and silicon transistors and may be n-channel transistors or p-channel transistors.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2021Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Chin-Wei Lin, Hung Sheng Lin, Shih Chang Chang, Shinya Ono
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Patent number: 11221672Abstract: The present invention provides an asymmetric EEG-based coding and decoding methods for BCIs, the BCI system includes an evoked stimulus module, an acquisition module and an EEG signal data set including a training set Xk and a testing sample Y, and an EEG signal decoding module; the evoked stimulus module sends a hybrid coding visual stimulus to subjects to evoke a specific EEG signal as required; the acquisition module obtains data information by amplifying and filtering the EEG signal so as to constitute EEG signal module; the decoding module coverts the data information into an instruction set for outputting the coding method of the present invention uses asymmetric characteristics of brain electrophysiological activity response to stimulus, combines with coding strategies such as SDMA, CDMA, FDMA and phase division multiple access coding.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2018Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: TIANJIN UNIVERSITYInventors: Minpeng Xu, Dong Ming, Xiaolin Xiao
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Patent number: 11222584Abstract: Disclosed is a timing controller including a coordinate data generation circuit configured to generate X coordinate emission data for each data line group and Y coordinate emission data for each gate line group, a selection circuit configured to output the X coordinate emission data during an X coordinate field and to output the Y coordinate emission data during a Y coordinate field, and a control data generation circuit configured to output control data for allowing each pixel to emit light in units of the data line groups based on the X coordinate emission data during the X coordinate field and allowing each pixel to emit light in units of the gate line groups based on the Y coordinate emission data during the Y coordinate field, wherein the X coordinate emission data for each data line group and the Y coordinate emission data for each gate line group have random color.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2021Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.Inventors: You Jin Kwon, Sang Kwon Kim, Chang Sung Hong, Pyeong Keun Oh, Jun Ho Kwak
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Patent number: 11221673Abstract: An analysis device according to the present invention includes a memory, and processing circuitry coupled to the memory and configured to analyze data indicating a biosignal by using a predetermined analysis technique and an updated parameter corresponding to the predetermined analysis technique every time the parameter is updated, control a display to display an analysis result obtained together with an interface capable of changing display modes in response to user's operation, and update the parameter based on change in the display modes for the interface.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Osamu Saisho, Shingo Tsukada, Kentaro Tanaka, Makoto Nakayama, Takashi Okada
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Patent number: 11216116Abstract: A control method is provided, including: obtaining input information, where the input information includes a capacitance signal and report point coordinates generated when a user performs an operation on a terminal screen; using report point coordinates in a previous frame as report point coordinates in a current frame if it is determined that a capacitance signal in the current frame and a capacitance signal in the previous frame that are in the input information meet a preset condition; or using report point coordinates in a previous frame as report point coordinates in a current frame if it is determined that the report point coordinates in the current frame and report point coordinates in a first frame that are in the input information meet a preset condition.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2018Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuanchun Shi, Chun Yu, Lihang Pan, Xin Yi, Weigang Cai, Siju Wu, Xuan Zhou, Jie Xu
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Patent number: 11195490Abstract: A method includes: determining, by a computing device, historic eye data of a user; determining, by the computing device, a current eye condition of the user based on: current data from a photodiode sensor of a smart contact lens worn by the user; current data from an image sensor of the smart contact lens worn by the user; and the historic eye data of the user; and adjusting, by the computing device, a transmittance of the smart contact lens worn by the user based on the determined current eye condition.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventor: Sarbajit K. Rakshit
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Patent number: 11188160Abstract: A wireless controlling system including a smart ring and an identification program installed in a mobile device is disclosed. The ring includes an MCU, a six-axis accelerometer, a transmitting unit and a storage. The storage stores multiple gesture models respectively corresponding to different moving trajectories. When a user moves with the ring, the six-axis accelerometer continuously detects a set of moving signals of the ring. The MCU continuously determines whether the set of moving signals matches any moving trajectory of the gesture models. When a gesture model is matched, the MCU sends a gesture command corresponding to the matched gesture model to the mobile device through the transmitting unit. The mobile device analyzes the gesture command to obtain a corresponding operation command through the identification program, and the mobile device is being controlled to execute a corresponding function in accordance with the operation command.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2021Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: ROCKROCKET CO., LTD.Inventor: Yung-Hao Liu
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Patent number: 11169637Abstract: A detection device includes: a substrate having a sensor region in which photosensors are arranged in a first direction and a second direction. In the sensor region, the substrate includes: read control scan lines extending in the first direction and configured to transmit read control signals; and output signal lines extending in the second direction. The photosensors includes: dummy elements comprising first photodiodes and arranged along a contour of the sensor region; and detection elements comprising second photodiodes and arranged on an inner side of a dummy region in which the dummy elements are arranged. The dummy elements are coupled to neither the read control scan lines nor the output signal lines. The detection elements are coupled to the read control scan lines and the output signal lines and are configured to, after receiving the read control signals, output signals generated by the first photodiodes to the output signal lines.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2021Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Akihiko Saitoh
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Patent number: 11169638Abstract: A method for scanning a touch screen includes: scanning the touch screen in a first scanning manner, the first scanning manner using a first report rate; and switching to a second scanning manner to scan the touch screen in response to detecting that the touch screen is touched in the first scanning manner, the second scanning manner using a second report rate. The number of scan regions into which the touch screen is divided in the first scanning manner is smaller than that of scan regions into which the touch screen is divided in the second scanning manner, and the first report rate is greater than or equal to the second report rate.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2019Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.Inventor: Tsang-chih Wu
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Patent number: 11161326Abstract: A laminated curved article [102] comprising a first substrate [102a] consisting an outer face and a ceramic masked [104] inner face along the periphery, one or more interlayers [102c] disposed on the inner face of the first substrate [102a], a second substrate [102b] disposed on the interlayer [102c] and one or more electroluminescent devices [116] connected to connector element [126] and provided in the ceramic masked [104] inner face of the first substrate [102a] and the second substrate [102b]. The one or more electroluminescent devices [116] comprising a dielectric layer [116a] disposed on a luminescence layer [116b], wherein both the dielectric layer [116a] and luminescence layer [116b] are sandwiched together by a multilayer consisting of a conductive layer [116c], an insulating layer [116d] and a protective layer [116e].Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2018Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Arunvel T, Jyothi Latha Tamalapakula, Robin C Jayaram, Monisha Dhanabal, Samson Richardson D
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Patent number: 11163375Abstract: A slider structure for a keyboard comprising a housing, a depressible actuator disposed in the housing, and a chambered track configured to receive a balance bar structure, the balance bar structure operable to provide a structural support that resists a key cap coupled to the frame from tilting as a force applied at any point on the top surface of the key cap. When the depressible actuator is depressed, the depressible actuator is operable to push the balance bar structure causing the balance bar structure to rotate within the chambered track. The frame and depressible actuator are comprised of a rigid material and the chambered track is comprised of a compliant material that attenuates sound caused by the rotating of the balance bar structure within the chambered track.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.Inventors: Feng-Hao Lin, Kuan Chieh Liang, Yu-Chun Sun
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Patent number: 11156831Abstract: An eye-tracking system for performing a pupil-detection process, the eye-tracking system configured to: receive image-data comprising a plurality of pixel-arrays, each pixel-array having a plurality of pixel locations and an intensity-value at each of the pixel locations; for each pixel location of a region of pixel locations: define an intensity-value-set comprising the intensity-values at the pixel location for two or more of the plurality of pixel-arrays; and determine the pixel location to be an excluded pixel location if the intensity-value-set does not satisfy an intensity condition; and exclude the excluded pixel locations from the pupil-detection process.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Tobii ABInventors: Mikael Rosell, Simon Johansson, Johannes Kron
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Patent number: 11158256Abstract: A display may include an array of organic light-emitting diode display pixels having transistors characterized by threshold voltages subject to transistor variations. Compensation circuitry may be used to sense a current from selected display pixels. A display pixel may include a drive transistor, a gate setting transistor for driving a reference voltage onto the gate terminal of the drive transistor, a data loading and current sensing transistor for connecting the drive transistor to a data/current-sensing line, a light-emitting diode, an emission control transistor coupled between the drive transistor and the diode, and an anode resetting transistor for selectively resetting the anode terminal of the diode. During in-frame current sensing operations, the emission control transistor may be turned off to decouple the drive transistor from the diode, thereby blocking off any residue current and lateral leakage current that may be present at the diode.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Chin-Wei Lin, Fan Gui, Hung Sheng Lin, Hyunwoo Nho, Jie Won Ryu, Junhua Tan, Kingsuk Brahma, Majid Gharghi, Mohammad Reza Esmaeili Rad, Shinya Ono, Yun Wang, Zino Lee
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Patent number: 11150753Abstract: A display device includes a pixel including a first electrode, an emission layer, and a second electrode, a buffer layer disposed on the pixel, a first insulating pattern disposed on the buffer layer, and a second insulating pattern disposed on the first insulating pattern and having an island shape. The pixel, the buffer layer, the first insulating pattern, and the second insulating pattern are disposed in a thickness direction, and the second insulating pattern overlaps the pixel in the thickness direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Sun Hee Lee, Sun Ho Kim, Hyun Jun Kim, Ju Chan Park, Hyun Kim
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Patent number: 11144134Abstract: A mouse device includes a casing, a main circuit board and two replaceable switch modules. Each replaceable switch module includes a switch circuit board and a micro switch on the switch circuit board. Moreover, plural electrical contacts are disposed on a bottom surface of the switch circuit board. The replaceable switch modules are connected with corresponding pogo pin connectors on the main circuit board through the electrical contacts. The micro switches are optical micro switches or mechanical micro switches.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2021Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.Inventor: Zi-Hao Liao
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Patent number: 11143899Abstract: A portable device and method of manufacturing a display device includes a display panel having a glass substrate and a polarizer adhered to the glass substrate, a touch panel which is made of resin material and adhered to the polarizer of the display panel by a first adhesive material, and a front window which is made of glass and adhered to the touch panel by a second adhesive material. One of the first adhesive material and the second adhesive material is an adhesive sheet, and an other of the first adhesive material and the second adhesive material is an ultraviolet-curing adhesive material.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2020Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Eiji Oohira
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Patent number: 11144146Abstract: An exemplary embodiment provides a flat panel display including: a first display panel and a second display panel facing each other; a display element disposed between the first display panel and the second display panel; a common electrode configured to transfer a common voltage and including a plurality of common electrode pads; a light blocking member; and a plurality of sensing wires connected to the common electrode to transfer a sensing signal, wherein the sensing wires overlap the light blocking member.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2020Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Inventors: Yun Min Seo, Bum Lee
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Patent number: 11132097Abstract: A device that can autonomously scan a sensor panel is disclosed. Autonomous scanning can be performed by implementing channel scan logic. In one embodiment, channel scan logic carries out many of the functions that a processor would normally undertake, including generating timing sequences and obtaining result data; comparing scan result data against a threshold value (e.g., in an auto-scan mode); generating row count; selecting one or more scanning frequency bands; power management control; and performing an auto-scan routine in a low power mode.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2020Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Minh-Dieu Thi Vu, Thomas James Wilson, Christoph H. Krah
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Patent number: 11127858Abstract: One of the objects is to improve display quality by reduction in malfunctions of a circuit. In a driver circuit formed using a plurality of pulse output circuits having first to third transistors and first to fourth signal lines, a first clock signal is supplied to the first signal line; a preceding stage signal is supplied to the second signal line; a second clock signal is supplied to the third signal line; an output signal is output from the fourth signal line. Duty ratios of the first clock signal and the second clock signal are different from each other. A period during which the second clock signal is changed from an L-level signal to an H-level signal after the first clock signal is changed from an H-level signal to an L-level signal is longer than a period during which the preceding stage signal is changed from an L-level signal to an H-level signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Atsushi Umezaki
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Patent number: 11126295Abstract: An electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface displays a user interface of a first software application that is updated at a first display rate. While displaying a first frame of the user interface in accordance with the first display rate, the device detects respective movement of a touch input across the touch-sensitive surface. An application-independent touch processing module of the device selects a respective touch location of the touch input that was detected during the respective movement to identify as a representative touch location for the respective movement based on touch-processing criteria for the first software application, and sends to an application-specific portion of the first software application touch location information for the touch input that identifies the respective touch location as the representative touch location for the respective movement. The first software application updates the user interface in accordance with the touch location information.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2020Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Bruce D. Nilo, David Michael Chan, Jacob A. Xiao, Jason Clay Beaver