Patents Examined by Carolyn R Edwards
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Patent number: 11758335Abstract: An air-pulse generating device includes a membrane structure, a valve structure, and a cover structure. A chamber is formed between the membrane structure, the valve structure and the cover structure. An air wave vibrating at an operating frequency is formed within the chamber. The valve structure is configured to be actuated to perform an open-and-close movement to form at least one opening. The at least one opening connects air inside the chamber with air outside the chamber. The open-and-close movement is synchronous with the operating frequency.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: xMEMS Labs, Inc.Inventors: Jemm Yue Liang, Wen-Chien Chen, Jye Ren
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Patent number: 11755274Abstract: A hybrid input networked subwoofer includes a traditional line-in analog audio input for receiving analog audio content from non-networked audio source devices together with wired and/or wireless network interfaces for receiving digital audio content from one or more networked audio devices.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Lenbrook Industries LimitedInventor: Matthew Simmonds
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Patent number: 11743659Abstract: An air-pulse generating device includes a membrane structure, a valve structure, and a cover structure. A chamber is formed between the membrane structure, the valve structure and the cover structure. An air wave vibrating at an operating frequency is formed within the chamber. The valve structure is configured to be actuated to perform an open-and-close movement to form at least one opening. The at least one opening connects air inside the chamber with air outside the chamber. The open-and-close movement is synchronous with the operating frequency.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: xMEMS Labs, Inc.Inventors: Jemm Yue Liang, Wen-Chien Chen, Jye Ren
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Patent number: 11736862Abstract: An audio system and method of using the audio system to augment spatial audio rendition is described. The audio system can include a device to receive user inputs designating positions on an augmented reality view of a listening environment. Sound source icons can be presented in the augmented reality view at the designated positions. The sound source icons can visually represent sound sources at locations in the listening environment that correspond to, but are different than, the positions. One or more processors of the audio system can apply head-related transfer functions, which correspond to the locations in the listening environment, to audio input signals to generate binaural audio signals. The audio system can include a headset that uses the binaural audio signals to render spatialized audio localizing sounds to the locations in the listening environment. Other aspects are also described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Aram M. Lindahl
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Patent number: 11722823Abstract: Provided is a speaker, including a frame; a vibration unit fixed to the frame; and a magnetic circuit unit provided with a magnetic gap. The magnetic circuit unit includes a yoke and a magnet; the vibration unit includes a diaphragm and a voice coil; the diaphragm includes a dome and a suspension; the suspension includes an inner edge, an outer edge, a suspension portion, and an extension portion; the diaphragm includes a structural layer and a metal layer; the inner edge includes a first recess, and the extension portion includes a second recess; and the voice coil is electrically connected to the metal layer through the first recess, and the metal layer is electrically connected to an external circuit through the second recess. With this structure, an internal space of the speaker is saved, reducing material cost and improving reliability.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.Inventor: Huhu Yang
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Patent number: 11709648Abstract: A distributed audio processing system is disclosed, for providing users with the capability of producing a personalized audio mix of a plurality of signals from a plurality of audio sources. The system includes a wireless transmitter for each audio source and, for each user, a wireless receiver. The receiver comprises a programmable audio signal processor configured to process and mix a plurality of audio tracks received via a radio broadcast of a multi-track audio signal comprising the audio signals from the plurality of sources, said processing and mixing being programmable via received commands, instructions and/or parameters. The transmitters are configured to process the audio signals received from their respective sources, according to received commands, instructions and/or parameters. According to an embodiment, a user may provide commands, instructions and/or parameters to any of the receivers and/or transmitters of the system.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: TYXIT SAInventors: Gaétan Fuchs, Raphaël Buache
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Patent number: 11698686Abstract: A control method is provided, which is applied to an electronic apparatus including an input device. The control method includes the following steps: detecting whether a setup program exists or not, wherein the setup program includes a plurality of adjusting information; detecting whether the setup program is executed or not, when the setup program exists; receiving a selecting instruction, when the setup program is executed; generating a control signal according to the selecting instruction and the adjusting information; receiving an input signal generated by the input device; and delaying and processing the input signal according to the control signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.Inventor: Chien-Yi Wang
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Patent number: 11696064Abstract: A whistling sound suppression method includes: obtaining an ambient audio signal, the ambient audio signal being a sound signal in a surrounding environment of an earphone; filtering the ambient audio signal according to a preset first filter group to obtain a first audio signal; obtaining an ear canal audio signal, the ear canal audio signal being a sound signal when the first audio signal propagates in an ear canal; and filtering a subsequently obtained ambient audio signal according to a preset second filter group to obtain a second audio signal in response to the ear canal audio signal meets a whistling condition.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignees: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd., Beijing Xiaomi Pinecone Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Lingsong Zhou
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Patent number: 11681435Abstract: A graphical user interface accessible to a user and suitable for receiving a user-supplied movement direction or selection input through a directional controller to manage focus, including: a plurality of objects configured in a hierarchical structure; a first focus transfer element configured to transfer the focus from the currently focused object when the user supplied movement direction is received from the directional controller; and a second focus transfer element configured to transfer the focus from the currently focused object when the selection input is received from the directional controller.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignees: Kinoma, Inc., Sony Group CorporationInventors: Sean D. Allen, J. Peter Hoddie
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Patent number: 11675493Abstract: A system and method for electronic collaboration including receiving, by a first digitizer of a first host, a mode switch notification, based on the mode switch notification, changing a mode of the first host to a collaborative mode, sending local content, by the first host, displayed on a multipurpose display screen of the first host to one or more collaboration hosts, receiving, by the first host, published content from the collaboration hosts, displaying the published content and the local content concurrently on the multipurpose display screen of the first host, and updating the multipurpose display screen with updated local content and received published content.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLCInventors: David Andrew Bowden, Aidan O Mahony
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Patent number: 11644971Abstract: A method and a device for displaying a keyboard, and a storage medium thereof are provided. The method is applied to a terminal and includes that the terminal generates, in response to receiving a trigger for displaying separate keyboards, at least two separate keyboards with display areas separated from each other on a screen of the terminal, where the at least two separate keyboards are generated respectively based on corresponding keyboard panels. Furthermore, the method includes that the terminal displays keyboard keys on each of the at least two separate keyboards, where the keyboard keys displayed on all the at least two separate keyboards constitute keyboard keys displayed on an unseparated keyboard.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.Inventors: Runhua Guo, Lin Fan, Zhanwei Luo
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Patent number: 11615749Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a gate driver, a data driver and an emission driver. The display panel includes a pixel. The gate driver outputs a data write gate signal having a corresponding active level and a data initialization gate signal having a corresponding active level to the pixel in a writing frame, outputs the data write gate signal not having the corresponding active level and the data initialization gate signal not having the corresponding active level to the pixel in a holding frame and outputs the data write gate signal having the corresponding active level and the data initialization gate signal not having the corresponding active level to the pixel in a writing compensation frame. The data driver outputs a data voltage to the pixel. The emission driver outputs an emission signal to the pixel.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hui Nam, Hyo Jin Lee, Jinyoung Roh, Sehyuk Park
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Patent number: 11604391Abstract: To suppress a malfunction of a circuit due to deterioration in a transistor. In a transistor which continuously outputs signals having certain levels (e.g., L-level signals) in a pixel or a circuit, the direction of current flowing through the transistor is changed (inverted). That is, by changing the level of voltage applied to a first terminal and a second terminal (terminals serving as a source and a drain) every given period, the source and the drain are switched every given period. Specifically, in a portion which successively outputs signals having certain levels (e.g., L-level signals) in a circuit including a transistor, L-level signals having a plurality of different potentials (L-level signals whose potentials are changed every given period) are used as the signals having certain levels.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.Inventor: Hajime Kimura
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Patent number: 11604578Abstract: A touch control method includes steps of detecting a plurality of contact points being touched on a touch panel at a certain time; obtaining a plurality of distances between each two of the plurality of contact points; selecting a largest distance smaller than a predetermined distance among the distances; selecting the contact points falling into a first circular area formed by the two end points of the largest distance in the touch panel as a first contact point cluster and recognizing them as a first touch point; determine the first coordinate of the first touch point; selecting a second contact point cluster among the remaining contact points, by the same way, and recognizing them as a second touch point; obtaining the second coordinate of the second touch point; and performing data processing on a corresponding position of an image display area according to the first and/or second coordinate.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: BenQ CorporationInventors: Chin-Jui Chi, Pei-Wen Huang
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Patent number: 11599208Abstract: The present invention provides a touch sensitive processing apparatus for detecting an electronic board eraser. The touch sensitive processing apparatus connects to a touch panel. The touch panel includes parallel first electrodes and parallel second electrodes, each of the first electrodes intersects with the second electrodes to form multiple intersection areas. The touch sensitive processing apparatus includes: a driving circuit connecting to the first electrodes; a sensing circuit connecting to the first electrodes and the second electrodes; and a processor connecting to the driving circuit and the sensing circuit.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventor: Shang-Tai Yeh
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Patent number: 11597097Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile security basic control device (15) of a robot (1), comprising a hand-held housing (16), an emergency stop switching means (17) arranged at the housing (16), a communication device (18) for establishing a link in terms of control between the mobile security basic control device (15) and a robot controller (12) of the robot (1), and further comprising a holder (19) connected to the housing (16), which is designed to mount the mobile security basic control device (15) on a mobile terminal (20). Said mobile terminal has a terminal control system (21) and a multi-touchscreen (22), which is designed to transmit inputs to the terminal control system (21) via the multi-touchscreen (22).Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2017Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: KUKA Deutschland GmbHInventor: Martin Riedel
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Patent number: 11568787Abstract: Methods and apparatuses relating to controlling an emission of a display panel. In one embodiment, a display driver hardware circuit includes row selection logic to select a number of rows in an emission group of a display panel, wherein the number of rows is adjustable from a single row to a full panel of the display panel, column selection logic to select a number of columns in the emission group of the display panel, wherein the number of columns is adjustable from a single column to the full panel of the display panel, and emission logic to select a number of pulses per data frame to be displayed, wherein the number of pulses per data frame is adjustable from one to a plurality and a pulse length is adjustable from a continuous duty cycle to a non-continuous duty cycle.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Inventors: Kapil V. Sakariya, Tore Nauta, Hopil Bae, Henry C. Jen
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Patent number: 11568776Abstract: A gate driver includes a plurality of active stages and a plurality of dummy stages. The active stage is configured to output a plurality of gate signals to a display region. The dummy stage is c connected to respective active stages and configured to output a plurality of dummy carry signals to the respective active stages. The active stage is configured to output the plurality of gate signals and a plurality of active carry signals. The plurality of dummy stages are configured to output the plurality of dummy carry signals, respectively, and not to output any gate signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Inventor: Junghwan Hwang
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Patent number: 11552135Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, an input sensing unit, input sensing pads, a shift register, and a multiplexer circuit. The display panel includes a display area and a non-display area. The input sensing unit is disposed on the display panel. The input sensing unit includes sensing electrodes and signal lines respectively connected to the sensing electrodes. The input sensing pads are disposed in the non-display area. The input sensing pads include control signal pads and a sensing pad. The shift register array is configured to receive a start signal and at least one clock signal through some of the control signal pads, and to sequentially activate first selection signals. The multiplexer circuit is configured to selectively connect the signal lines to the sensing pad in response to the first selection signals.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hai-Jung In
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Patent number: 11537238Abstract: A method, device and system for touch recognition are disclosed. The method includes: acquiring touch information corresponding to a first touched position on a touched surface when a touch operation is performed at the first touched position; acquiring a continuous-touch condition of the first touched position according to the touch information corresponding to the first touched position; and updating a corresponding touch-operation identifier according to the continuous-touch condition of the first touched position to recognize the touch operation, and performing a touch response to a corresponding touch operation according to the touch-operation identifier as updated.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: GOERTEK INC.Inventors: Quanyong Gu, Zhuocheng Li