Patents Examined by Carolyn R Edwards
  • Patent number: 11521564
    Abstract: An image display processing method for a display device, an image display processing device, a display device, and a non-volatile storage medium are provided. The display device includes a backlight unit and a display panel, the backlight unit includes a plurality of backlight blocks and is driven by a local dimming mode, and the image display processing method includes: obtaining initial backlight data of each of the plurality of backlight blocks corresponding to a display image; performing a peak driving process on the initial backlight data of each of the plurality of backlight blocks by a graphics processing unit to obtain adjusted backlight data of each of the plurality of backlight blocks; and providing the adjusted backlight data to the backlight unit by the graphics processing unit so that the display panel displays the display image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenyu Li, Jinghua Miao, Yukun Sun, Xuefeng Wang, Zhifu Li, Bin Zhao, Xi Li, Lixin Wang, Qingwen Fan, Jianwen Suo, Yali Liu, Hao Zhang, Lili Chen, Zhihua Ji, Jinbao Peng, Ziqiang Guo, Xiurong Wang
  • Patent number: 11508790
    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: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-hwa Kim, Kyungsu Lee, Jeongyun Han
  • Patent number: 11493993
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include presenting, via a user interface, a sensory cue, and receiving, from neuromuscular sensors of a wearable device, various neuromuscular signals generated by a user wearing the wearable device, where the user generates the neuromuscular signals in response to the sensory cue being presented to the user via the user interface. The method may also include interpreting the received neuromuscular signals as input commands with respect to the sensory cue provided by the user interface, such that the input commands initiate performance of specified tasks within the user interface. The method may also include performing the specified tasks within the user interface according to the interpreted input commands. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ran Rubin, Jason Lowell Reisman, Robert Phillips Cochran, Naor Brown, Nitzan Bartov, Joshua Duyan, Daniel Wetmore, Alexandre Barachant, Adam Berenzweig, Jeffrey Scott Seely, Christopher Anderson
  • Patent number: 11495152
    Abstract: A method of diagnosing connectivity and operational problems between a digital parallel RGB video input device and a digital parallel RGB video display includes transmitting control signals from the input device to the display device, executing the control signals on the display device, generating and transmitting diagnostic signals to a diagnostics processor, and determining if the display is functioning correctly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Kostal of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul W. Kissel, Xiaozhong Duan
  • Patent number: 11474692
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic device including a display and a processor operationally connected with the display to control the display. The processor displays a first execution screen corresponding to a first application on a main region, displays a second execution screen corresponding to a second application, on a first sub-region among a plurality of sub-regions displaying execution screens corresponding to a plurality of applications other than the first application, and increases a size of the first sub-region based on an input to the second application to display the increased first sub-region as an expanded first sub-region. The expanded first sub-region is overlapped with at least a portion of the main region and/or at least a portion of a second sub-region which is a sub-region other than the first sub-region, and the expanded first sub-region is visually displayed as an upper layer than the main region and the second sub-region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangeun Lee, Dasom Kim, Joonhwan Kim, Jieun Yang
  • Patent number: 11474622
    Abstract: The FreeStylus device is a simple solution embodying an effective design. The stylus consists of two main parts, a cardboard tube and a rubber tip. The cardboard tube is constructed of four layers and acts as the core structure of the stylus. The outermost layer is designed to be smooth and visually appealing. The following inner two layers of cardboard are thicker and act as the main structure of the tube. An extremely thin sheet of aluminum foil is the final layer. The aluminum foil layer acts as an excellent conductor for consistent touch sensitivity. Contacting this foil layer and pressed into the end of the tube is a silicone tip. This combination is ideal for transferring the user's electromagnetic field to the touch screen. With this silicone tip, consistent and crisp operation is easily attainable regardless of the touch screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventors: Scott Wasser, Colin Henderson
  • Patent number: 11467677
    Abstract: An input pen is disclosed including a wood shaft, a mounting hole that is formed at an axial center of the wood shaft, and an input body that is rod-shaped and is mounted in the mounting hole, and wherein an inner side surface of the mounting hole and an outer side surface of the input body are fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masashi Sakagami, Kazuhiko Furukawa, Hisanori Yanagi
  • Patent number: 11460930
    Abstract: A system for navigating a host device, including a host device, a display serving as a graphical user interface (GUI), and a keyboard with navigational control functions is disclosed. The keyboard comprises at least a frame, a plurality of keys, one or more key-top touch sensors, one or more edge touch sensors, and a keyboard communication interface. The keyboard is an all-in-one input device capable of operatively receiving text inputs, mouse cursor inputs, and gesture inputs from a user, sending them to the host device, and controlling a GUI of the host device. Advantageously, the keyboard may replace a conventional keyboard and mouse without sacrificing the individual functionality of either apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: PFU America, Inc.
    Inventor: Yuki Kasahara
  • Patent number: 11455035
    Abstract: In example implementations, a virtual reality (VR) system is provided. The VR system includes a head mounted display (HMD), a hand wearable interface, a wireless communication interface, and a processor. The HMD is to display a computer generated artificial world. The wireless communication interface is to establish a wireless communication path. The processor is communicatively coupled to the HMD, the hand wearable interface, and the wireless communication interface. The processor is to receive an indication that a touch screen device is located from a locator device in the HMD or the hand wearable device, to establish a wireless connection to the touch screen device via the wireless communication interface, and to receive an input via the touch screen device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Horii, Mithra Vankipuram, Ian N. Robinson
  • Patent number: 11455091
    Abstract: A display device includes a display section, a folding support part, and a display controller. The display section includes first and second display areas. The folding support part is configured to cause the display section to switch between a folded position and an unfolded position. The display controller controls the display section so that when the display section is in the unfolded position, the display section displays a first object in the first display area and displays a second object in the second display area, when the display section is in the folded position, the display section displays the first object and the second object in the first display area, and a position of the second object with respect to the first object in the folded position is different from a position of the second object with respect to the first object in the unfolded position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakanishi, Toshifumi Sakai
  • Patent number: 11455014
    Abstract: Provided is a foldable display device. The foldable display device includes a housing comprising a folding area, a first unfolding area adjacent to the folding area, and a second unfolding area adjacent to the folding area and under the first unfolding area; a display panel located at the first unfolding area and the second unfolding area that is capable of providing light through a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a shutter layer on the display panel in the first unfolding area that controls whether light is transmitted; a window on the shutter layer; and a shielding layer located at the second unfolding area that is capable of blocking the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hwan Jin Kim, Sang Gu Kim
  • Patent number: 11449210
    Abstract: An image providing method performed by a computing apparatus includes acquiring a first image group including at least a portion of a series of images generated for continuous volumes with a first slice thickness belonging to a subject, providing, as a current viewing image, one image of the first image group or one image of a second image group including images generated for continuous volumes with a second slice thickness belonging to the subject, and in response to a first specific input of an input device, repeatedly updating an image provided as the current viewing image with an individual image provided for a subsequent viewing based on a directivity given for the first specific input and, in response to a second specific input of the input device, switching the current viewing image between an image of the first image group and an image of the second image group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: VUNO, INC.
    Inventors: Woong Bae, Seung Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 11442622
    Abstract: A password input method is disclosed. The password input method is conducted by a microprocessor of a touch sensitive password input device, wherein the touch sensitive password input device comprises a touchscreen and a circuit, and the circuit comprises a memory and the microprocessor. In case of the password input method according to the present invention being conducted, the touch sensitive password input device is controlled to guide a visually impaired person to successfully complete a password input operation with high security.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: CASTLES TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chia-Che Tsai, Shih-Chun Wu
  • Patent number: 11416096
    Abstract: A capacitive touch sensing device, with: (i) a logical array of capacitive buttons have a number R of rows and a number C of columns; (ii) a first node coupled to a first column in the number C of columns, the first node for receiving a first transmit voltage; (iii) a second node coupled to a second column in the number C of columns, the second node for receiving a second transmit voltage; (iv) a number of intermediate nodes between the first node and the second node, wherein each intermediate node is coupled to a respective column in the number C of columns; and (v) circuitry for applying a respective different voltage to each of the intermediate nodes in response to the first transmit voltage and the second transmit voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Kangcheng Xu, Jun Zhang
  • Patent number: 11410620
    Abstract: A method of driving an active matrix electrowetting on dielectric device including thin-film-transistors to increase the switching frequency of the propulsion electrodes beyond what is typical for line-by-line active matrix driving. By grouping gate lines and simultaneously driving those gate lines as a gate block, a frame update can be completed much faster and, as a consequence, the overall drive frequency at the propulsion electrodes can be increased substantially. The faster drive frequency improves the performance of electrowetting devices, especially when used with aqueous droplets having a high ionic strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Nuclera Nucleics Ltd.
    Inventor: Ian French
  • Patent number: 11402948
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first input module located at a first region, a second input module located at a second region, a detection module, and a processing module. The detection module is configured to transmit a first signal to the first region and the second region and receive a second signal returned based on the first signal. The processing module is connected to the detection module and configured to analyze the second signal to obtain an analysis result, and shield input information of the first input module or the second input module according to the analysis result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhou Yu, Zhihu Wang
  • Patent number: 11393383
    Abstract: A display control device includes: a circle setting unit that sets a reference circle that serves as the reference for a scale mark layout; a scale mark position determining unit that determines the position of a scale mark on the reference circle; a rectangle setting unit that sets a number display rectangle of the size corresponding to the number of digits of the indication number indicating the value corresponding to the scale mark; a rectangle position determining unit that determines the layout position of the number display rectangle from the position of the scale mark, using a calculating formula that has been set on the basis of the size of the reference circle and the size of the number display rectangle; and a number display unit that displays a number in the number display rectangle, and the calculating formula is designed so that, in a case where a straight line extending through the center of the reference circle on a display screen is set as a symmetrical axis, number display rectangles for disp
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirohiko Higuchi, Kenichi Ogawa, Keiko Imamura
  • Patent number: 11386845
    Abstract: A pixel unit circuit includes a light emitting element, a first end thereof being coupled to a low level input end; a storage capacitor module, a first end thereof being coupled to a direct current voltage input end; a driving transistor, a gate electrode thereof being coupled to a second end of the storage capacitor module, and a first electrode thereof being coupled to a second end of the light emitting element; a first control module, coupled to a gate line, a data line and the gate electrode of the driving transistor, configured to control whether the gate electrode of the driving transistor is connected to the data line under the control of the gate line; and a potential control transistor, a gate electrode and a first electrode thereof being coupled to the first electrode of the driving transistor, the second electrode thereof being grounded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shengji Yang, Xue Dong, Xiaochuan Chen, Hui Wang, Yanming Wang, Pengcheng Lu, Wei Liu, Huijuan Wang, Minghua Xuan
  • Patent number: 11372457
    Abstract: A touchpad module includes a base plate, a touch member, a switch, an elastic element, a first supporting element and a second supporting element. The base plate includes a triggering part. The touch member is located over the base plate. The switch is disposed on the touch member and aligned with the triggering part. The elastic element is located under the base plate. The elastic element includes a fixed part, a first swingable part and a second swingable part. The fixed part is fixed on the base plate. The first swingable part includes a first contact structure. The second swingable part includes a second contact structure. When an external force is exerted on the touch member, the touch member is swung toward the base plate relative to the first supporting element, and the second swingable part is swung away from the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.
    Inventors: Chao-Wei Lee, Wei-Chiang Huang
  • Patent number: 11367404
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a device and a method for controlling backlight, and a display device. The device for controlling backlight, comprising: a first controlling circuit configured to receive a first power supply signal for controlling a display device to be turned on or off, and generate an output signal for causing a backlight module of the display device to be turned off, in response to the first power supply signal being in a first status for controlling the display device to be turned off; and a second controlling circuit configured to receive the first power supply signal, and generate an output signal for causing the backlight module to be turned on again after being kept in a turned off state for a predetermined time period, in response to the first power supply signal being in a second status for controlling the display device to be turned on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianting Wang, Zhanchang Bu, Shou Li, Hengyu Yan, Xiaokang Hou