Patents Examined by Carl Adams
  • Patent number: 11579722
    Abstract: Display layers and touch sensor layers may be overlapped by enclosure walls in an electronic device. The electronic device may have a front wall and opposing rear wall and curved sidewalls. The front wall and the curved sidewalls may be formed from a glass layer or other transparent member. A touch sensor layer and display layer may extend under the glass layer with curved sidewalls. A touch sensor layer may also extend under the opposing rear wall. A foldable electronic device may have a flexible transparent wall portion that joins planar transparent walls. Components may be interposed between the transparent planar walls and opaque walls. Display and touch layers may be overlapped by the transparent walls and the transparent flexible wall portion. Touch sensor structures may also be overlapped by the opaque walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Isaac W. Chan, Chun-Hao Tung, Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Sunggu Kang, John Z. Zhong
  • Patent number: 11573639
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for localizing one or more effects in a haptic interface with a user interface having a primary zone and at least one secondary zone are provided. When a desired haptic effect is generated within the primary zone, unwanted resultant haptic effects in the at least one secondary zone may be suppressed. A primary actuator is located in the primary zone, and at least one secondary actuator is located in the at least one secondary zone. At least one controller selectively and controllably generates the haptic effect produced by the primary actuator in the primary zone, and selectively and controllably actuates the at least one secondary actuator within the at least one secondary zone to generate a suppression effect therein. The at least one secondary actuator can be used to localize and/or amplify the haptic effect through constructive and/or destructive interference. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: IMMERSION CORPORATION
    Inventors: Majid Sheikholeslami, Danny A. Grant, Lionel Bravard, Christopher Ullrich, Vahid Khoshkava, Jamal Saboune, Juan Manuel Cruz Hernandez
  • Patent number: 11570485
    Abstract: A system has a plurality of machine-readable tags and includes a server system for synchronizing the display of interactive mobile content on a user device with a destination of a vehicle. Each machine-readable tag encodes an address and is mounted within the vehicle for access by users in the vehicle. The system receives a request from the user device, generated by scanning one of the machine-readable tags, and determines the destination of the vehicle. A coupon corresponding with the destination of the vehicle is selected and provided. The users that have selected the coupon for download are determined, each of the users who have downloaded the coupon are notified of the identities of the other users who downloaded the coupon, and transportation of all of the users is facilitated to the location of the restaurant so they may utilize the coupon which each of them downloaded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Digital Seat Media, Inc.
    Inventors: Cameron Fowler, Matthew Sullivan
  • Patent number: 11561752
    Abstract: Devices for mitigating or stopping noise or surface current on a display are provided. An electronic device including a display may include a display substrate, a mid-support plate that is adjacent to the display substrate, and a lower support plate that is adjacent to the mid-support plate. A space exists between the mid-support plate and the lower support plate. The mid-support plate includes one or more electromagnetic band gap (EBG) structures formed through the mid-support plate, one or more electromagnetic band gap structures mounted onto the mid-support plate, or both. The one or more electromagnetic band gap structures may mitigate or stop surface current flow across the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mahmoud N. Mahmoud, Cheung-Wei Lam, Ali Foudazi, Le Wang, Qianyi Zhao, Kedi Zhang, Xingchao C. Yuan, Jon F. Housour, Gary Chung
  • Patent number: 11562706
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a pair of substrates including a display area in which pixels are arranged, pixel electrodes and memories provided in the pixels, signal lines supplied with digital signals, switching elements connecting the memories and the signal lines, scanning lines supplied with scanning signals, a first driver unit, and a second driver unit. The first driver unit is provided in a peripheral area around the display area, and supplies the digital signal to the signal line. The second driver unit is provided in the peripheral area, and supplies the scanning signal to the scanning line. In the display device, at least a part of the first driver unit is provided between the display area and the second driver unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Takehiro Shima
  • Patent number: 11556299
    Abstract: The present application relates to a method for seamless splicing of a special-shaped display screen, including: dividing the special-shaped display screen into a number of regular quadrilateral modules and a number of special-shaped modules; calculating a number of LED light pieces on a first side of a regular quadrilateral module after division; determining the number of the LED light pieces arranged on the first side of the regular quadrilateral module; calculating a number of LED light pieces arranged on a second side of the regular quadrilateral module, and the second side is adjacent to the first side; and continuing for the number of special-shaped modules obtained above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: YAHAM OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Weiqi Jiao, Weicai Yang, You Zeng, Xiaodong Wei
  • Patent number: 11557252
    Abstract: A stage circuit including: an output circuit for supplying a voltage of a first or second power supply to an output terminal in response to voltages of first and second nodes; an input circuit for controlling voltages of the second node and a third node; a first signal processor for controlling the voltage of the first node; a second signal processor configured to control the voltage of the first node in response to an output voltage of a third signal processor and a signal supplied to a third input terminal; and the third signal processor for controlling the voltage of the second node. The third signal processor includes: a third capacitor coupled between the first power supply and the second node; and a third transistor coupled between the first power supply and the third input terminal, and including a gate electrode coupled to the second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hwan Soo Jang
  • Patent number: 11556180
    Abstract: A system includes sensor-actuator units fixed onto a plate to be actuated according to at least one predetermined vibratory mode, each sensor-actuator unit having an electromechanical actuator and a deformation or vibratory speed sensor, wherein the electromechanical actuator and the sensor are colocated on the surface, that is to say that the measurement by the sensor is performed in immediate proximity to the electromechanical actuator, this proximity being such that the actuator and the sensor can respectively actuate and measure the same predetermined vibratory mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignees: HAP2U, UNIVERSITÉ DE LILLE
    Inventors: Frederic Giraud, Christophe Giraud-Audine, Michel Amberg, Betty Lemaire-Semail, Bruno Challiol
  • Patent number: 11556178
    Abstract: A haptic feedback method includes: driving a haptic feedback film layer to switch between at least two vibration modes, wherein the at least two vibration modes include a first vibration mode and a second vibration mode, a first position is different from a second position in a first direction, and the first position is a position of a first point when the haptic feedback film layer vibrates in the first vibration mode, and the second position is a position of the first point when the haptic feedback film layer vibrates in the second vibration mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuju Chen
  • Patent number: 11551602
    Abstract: A display system includes a rendering engine, a display driver, an image source, and display optics. The rendering engine receives a non-uniform resolution distribution pattern and generates one or more rendered pixels. The display driver receives the one or more rendered pixels and generates one or more display driver pixels. The image source device receives the one or more display driver pixels and generates an image. And the display optics receives the image and provides a display optics image having a space-variant resolution that follows the non-uniform resolution distribution pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: INNOVEGA INC.
    Inventors: Jay Marsh, Mark Freeman, Jerome Legerton, Steve Willey
  • Patent number: 11537208
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to determining intent for the interaction by calculating a center of effort for the applied forces. Movement of the points of virtual contacts and the center of effort are then monitored to determine a gesture-type intended for the interaction. The number of points of virtual contacts of the feeler zones and proximities between the points of virtual contacts are used to determine a degree of precision of a control object-gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Ultrahaptics IP Two Limited
    Inventors: Pohung Chen, David S. Holz
  • Patent number: 11513600
    Abstract: A portable information handling system integrates a keyboard having plural sensors configured at each of keyboard key positions to detect key inputs made with presses at the key positions by deflection of a glass cover having a reduced thickness at each key position. Haptic devices, such as piezo actuators, actuate at sensor sensed inputs to reinforce end user input touch feedback over the feedback provided by deflection of the glass cover. In one embodiment, the plural sensors are incorporated in a membrane having OLED illumination that identifies the key value at each key position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert D. Hrehor, Jr., Jace W. Files, John Trevor Morrison
  • Patent number: 11508801
    Abstract: A display device includes: scan lines extending in a first direction; data lines extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction and receiving data voltages; first driving voltage lines extending in the second direction and receiving a first driving voltage; second driving voltage lines extending in the second direction and receiving a second driving voltage different from the first driving voltage; and pixels connected to the scan and data lines. Each of the pixels includes first, second, and third subpixels arranged in the first direction. The first driving voltage lines and the second driving voltage lines are alternately arranged in the first direction. A location of the first driving voltage line in a first pixel differs from a location of the second driving voltage line in a second pixel. The second pixel is adjacent to the first pixel in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Hyun Park, Min Jae Jeong, Seon Young Choi, Jun Ki Jeong, Jae Hyung Cho
  • Patent number: 11500602
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display method, including: receiving a task list, the task list includes at least one display task, and the display task includes identification information of a video resource corresponding to the display task; displaying the video resource defined by a first target task according to the first target task, where the first target task is a display task, in which the identification information of the display terminal serving as a host is the same as that of a current display terminal; and sending a display trigger signal to a display terminal serving as a slave in the first target task, where the display trigger signal is for controlling the display terminal receiving the display trigger signal to display the video resource defined by the first target task. The present disclosure further provides a display control method, a display terminal, a server and a display system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yang Qin, Peng Li, Shuyi Li, Wenjuan Li, Guangyu Shao, Hong Wang, Yiming Lei
  • Patent number: 11500480
    Abstract: A computer input device including a housing including a first side and a second side that is spaced apart from the first side, and a ball partially positioned within and rotatable relative to the housing. At least a portion of the ball extends through an aperture in the first side. The computer input device also includes a user-operable actuator accessible from the second side of the housing and configured to eject the ball from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: ACCO Brands Corporation
    Inventors: Erik Campbell, Ching-Wei Chang
  • Patent number: 11494044
    Abstract: A display device includes: a base member; first sensing electrodes disposed on the base member and electrically connected to a first sensing line, wherein the first sensing electrodes include first and second ends facing and spaced apart from each other; a second sensing electrode disposed between the first and second ends of the first sensing electrodes on a same layer as the first sensing electrodes and electrically connected to a second sensing line; and a connection electrode to electrically connect the first and second ends of the first sensing electrodes to each other without overlapping regions between each of the first and second ends of the first sensing electrodes and the second sensing electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Jin Yang, Hyun Sik Park, Hwan Hee Jeong
  • Patent number: 11494737
    Abstract: A method for distributing an interactive digital event program to a plurality of user devices comprising: receiving a request for an interactive digital event program from a first user device, the request received in response to scanning a first tag having a machine-readable code with the first user device; determining that the first tag belongs to a first group of tags to which a first version of the interactive digital event program is to be distributed; providing the first user device with the first version of the interactive digital event program, the first version of the interactive digital event program to include at least one dynamic content element that is capable of being updated while an event is in progress; and updating the at least one dynamic content element in the first version of the interactive digital event program in response to a predefined trigger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Digital Seat Media, Inc.
    Inventors: Cameron Fowler, Matthew Sullivan
  • Patent number: 11481039
    Abstract: Provided is a system for recognizing a user hand gesture and providing virtual reality content based on deep learning using transfer learning. The system includes a head mounted display (HMD) configured to display, to a user, virtual reality content based on a hand gesture, a hand gesture sensor configured to acquire hand data of the user, and a controller device configured to receive the hand data and convert the received hand data into hand gesture data, manage a hand gesture recognizer on the basis of deep learning, and perform content execution management.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yeong Jae Choi, Seung Joon Kwon, Sang Woo Seo
  • Patent number: 11474628
    Abstract: A touch display module, a display device and a method for controlling the touch display module to display a predetermined color in a screen-off state are provided. The touch display module includes a display module, a touch module and a circular polarizer which are sequentially stacked. The touch module includes a substrate. A predetermined included angle exists between a direction of a first phase difference generated by ambient light irradiating the substrate and a direction of a second phase difference generated by the ambient light irradiating the circular polarizer, the predetermined included angle makes a sum of the first phase difference and the second phase difference a predetermined phase difference. In a screen-off state of the touch display module, when the ambient light enters the touch display module, the predetermined phase difference enables only light with a predetermined color to be reflected from the touch display module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wenxiao Niu
  • Patent number: 11475409
    Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed that enable a mobile device to use an encoded tag to initiate and maintain communications with at least one remote server; wherein the encoded tag is positioned to identify a point of interest, and in response to using the mobile device to scan the encoded tag, communications regarding the point of interest may be initiated such that a single encoded tag may be used to obtain and update recorded information about the point of interest, to notify others about an issue related to the point of interest, to log into the system, and to wait to be alerted about an issue related to the point of interest; wherein if an issue relating to a point of interest has been reported, the system and method may monitor the reported issue to ensure that an action has been taken to address the reported issue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Digital Seat Media, Inc.
    Inventors: Cameron Fowler, Matthew Sullivan