Patents Examined by Carolyn R Edwards
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11360631
    Abstract: A configurable, force-sensitive input structure for an electronic device is disclosed. The input structure has a metal contact layer, a sense layer positioned below the metal contact layer, and a drive layer capacitively coupled to the sense layer. The input structure may also have a compliant layer positioned between and coupled to the sense layer and the drive layer, a rigid base layer positioned below the drive layer, and a set of supports positioned between the metal contact layer and the rigid base layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: John B. Morrell, Ron A. Hopkinson, Peter M. Arnold, Mikael M. Silvanto, William F. Leggett
  • Patent number: 11360603
    Abstract: A convenient electronic device or the like is provided. The power consumption of an electronic device or the like is reduced. An electronic device or the like having high visibility regardless of the brightness of external light is provided. An electronic device or the like that can display both a smooth moving image and an eye-friendly still image is provided. Such an electronic device is an electronic device including a first display portion, a second display portion, and a control portion. The control portion is configured to make the first display portion and the second display portion individually display two or more of a first image, a second image, and a third image at a time. The first image is displayed with reflected light, the second image is displayed with emitted light, and the third image is displayed with light including both reflected light and emitted light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Kensuke Yoshizumi
  • Patent number: 11343060
    Abstract: An intelligent backhaul radio is disclosed, which can operate by zero division duplexing for use in PTP or PMP topologies, providing for significant spectrum usage benefits among other benefits. Specific system architectures and structures to enable active cancellation of multiple transmit signals at multiple receivers within a MIMO radio are disclosed. Further disclosed aspects include the adaptive optimization of cancellation parameters or coefficients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SKYLINE PARTNERS TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Kevin J. Negus, James A. Proctor, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11340781
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display, at least one processor, and a memory. The memory is configured to store instructions that when executed enable the processor to control the display to display an execution screen of application stored in the memory. The instructions also enable the processor to identify an occurrence of an event for displaying an execution screen of the virtual keyboard application while displaying the execution screen of the application. The instructions further enable the processor to, based on the occurrence of the event, identify at least one color value related to the at least one element included in the execution screen of the application, and control the display to display the execution screen of the virtual keyboard application corresponding to the at least one identified color value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seokwon Kim, Jinseok Kim, Dami Jeon
  • Patent number: 11327579
    Abstract: An electronic pen includes a first casing, a second casing disposed within the first casing, and an electronic pen main body unit incorporating an electronic pen function disposed within the second casing, in which the electronic pen main body unit includes a side switch unit having an operating element exposed on a side surface of the second casing, and an operating opening portion is disposed in a side surface of the first casing, and the operating opening portion exposes the operating element exposed on the side surface of the second casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mamoru Ogata, Kenichi Ninomiya
  • Patent number: 11320940
    Abstract: Disclosed is a touch control device. The touch control device includes a touch panel having a curved surface shape of multiple curvatures. The touch control device includes a base including a metal complex, an electrode groove formed in a touch area of the base, a plurality of sensor electrodes formed on the electrode groove, each including a conductive material, a via hole penetrating the base, a connection electrode connecting the plurality of sensor electrodes through the via hole and an integrated circuit coupled to the base and connected to the sensor electrodes to sense a change in capacitance of the sensor electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, SEOYON ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sihyun Joo, Nae Seung Kang, Jungsang Min, Jongmin Oh, Sam Min Park, Jun Sam Choi
  • Patent number: 11322063
    Abstract: A scan driving circuit and a driving method thereof, and a display device are disclosed. The scan driving circuit includes: a control circuit, a scanning circuit group and a first processing circuit group. The control circuit is configured to generate and output a keyword signal to the first processing circuit group, to control a scan order of respective scanning circuits in the scanning circuit group; the first processing circuit group is configured to generate a scan enable signal according to the keyword signal, and output the scan enable signal to a scanning circuit corresponding to the keyword signal in the scanning circuit group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHONGQING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuai Chen, Zhi Zhang, Xiuzhu Tang, Heecheol Kim, Xing Dong, Zhenguo Tian, Shuang Hu, Taoliang Tang, Jingpeng Zhao
  • Patent number: 11320933
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touch panel, a touch display screen, and a display apparatus. The touch panel includes a base substrate, a touch structure disposed on the base substrate, at least one shielding conductive plate, and a shielding trace connected to the at least one shielding conductive plate. An orthographic projection of an electrode control line in the touch structure on the base substrate overlaps an orthographic projection of the shielding conductive plate on the base substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignees: Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qin Zeng, Taofeng Xie, Wei Zhang, Zhao Dong
  • Patent number: 11294509
    Abstract: Multi-driving in touch sensing allows for reduced errors of the touch sensing by grouping touch electrodes according to sizes of their coupling capacitances and multi-driving them by group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mohamed Gamal Ahmed Mohamed, Mun Seok Kang
  • Patent number: 11287326
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for calibrating display devices, such as head-mounted augmented reality (AR) devices. For each of a set of primary color light sources disposed in a unit, measurement points are obtained including chromaticity and luminance values as a function of temperature of the unit and drive currents of the primary color light sources. The measurement points are converted to an XYZ color space to produce XYZ values. For each of a set of target luminances and a set of discrete temperatures, primary luminances are calculated for each of the set of primary color light sources, and the drive currents and the XYZ values are interpolated or extrapolated for each of the primary luminances to obtain calculated currents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventor: Marshall Charles Capps
  • Patent number: 11270627
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method acquiring and transmitting compensation data and an intelligent terminal. The method for acquiring and transmitting the compensation data includes: respectively encoding a screen body module and compensation data to obtain a first identifier corresponding to the screen body module and a second identifier corresponding to the compensation data, and the second identifier corresponding to the first identifier; identifying the first identifier of the screen body module; acquiring the compensation data that has the corresponding second identifier according to the first identifier; storing the compensation data in a data driving circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: KUNSHAN GO-VISIONOX OPTO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Feng Chen
  • Patent number: 11263978
    Abstract: A display device comprises a substrate, a data link line, a power link line, and a dummy pattern. The substrate includes a display area in which pixels are arranged and a non-display area outside the display area. The data link line is positioned in the non-display area to deliver a predetermined signal to the pixels. The power link line is spaced apart from the data link line at a predetermined distance in the non-display area and delivers a predetermined power to the pixels. The dummy pattern is positioned between the data link line and the power link line in the non-display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Boeun Jo, Sangho Kim, Taekyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 11263851
    Abstract: Some aspects of the present invention relate to a system for providing a plurality of RFID detectors or readers in zones of an exhibition facility and a wearable RFID tag. Some aspects relate to RFID tags including regular identification data and VIP status. Some aspects relate to RFID readers detecting the presence of an RFID tag in their proximity and triggering an event based on that detection. Some aspects relate to headwear illumination and the synchronized illumination of a plurality of illuminated headwear devices over a network connection. Some aspects relate to electronically-enhanced headwear comprising a microprocessor unit and connected electronic attachments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventor: Michael K. Proctor
  • Patent number: 11263980
    Abstract: A display apparatus including a display panel, a gate driver, a data driver, an emission driver, and a driving controller. The display panel includes a pixel including a switching element of a first type and a switching element of a second type. The driving controller determines a driving frequency of the switching element of the first type to be a first driving frequency and a driving frequency of the switching element of the second type to be a second driving frequency less than the first driving frequency in a low frequency driving mode. The driving controller determines the second driving frequency based on a difference of a luminance of a writing frame in which the data voltage is written in the pixel and a luminance of a holding frame in which the written data voltage in the pixel is maintained without writing the data voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sehyuk Park, Hyojin Lee, Jinyoung Roh
  • Patent number: 11244080
    Abstract: A method is provided. The method may include displaying content on a touch screen of the computing device, wherein the touch screen comprises a flexible touch screen display, detecting an obstruction of the content on one or more areas of the touch screen, wherein a user's view of the content is obstructed by the obstruction, determining obstructed content in the areas based on the detected obstruction, and determining a display configuration for a portion of the obstructed content. The method may further include detecting a deformed condition of the touch screen in which the obstruction is positioned within a display angle of the image projection device, rendering display content for concurrent display with unobstructed content of the touch screen, wherein the rendered display content corresponds to the obstructed content, and projecting the rendered display content onto the obstruction for viewing in superposition within a user's field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sarbajit K. Rakshit, John M. Ganci, Jr., Martin G. Keen, James E. Bostick
  • Patent number: 11238768
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a pixel circuit and a driving method thereof, a display substrate, and a display device, the present disclosure belongs to the field of displaying. The pixel circuit includes a gate line, a data line, a first charging sub-circuit, a second charging sub-circuit and a display sub-circuit; the first charging sub-circuit is configured to be controllable to output a data signal from the data line to a charging node and to store the data signal from the data line; and the second charging sub-circuit is respectively connected to the charging node, the gate line and the display sub-circuit, and is configured to be controllable to output a data signal from the charging node to the display sub-circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Mi, Yanna Xue, Zhiying Bao, Yong Zhang, Lu Bai, Gang Hua, Jingpeng Wang, Haobo Fang, Lingxiang Yuan
  • Patent number: 11238817
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for pixel signal conversion are provided. The method includes: based on an initial first subpixel signal, an initial second subpixel signal, and an initial third subpixel signal of a pixel signal, obtaining a corresponding first stimulus value signal, second stimulus value signal, and third stimulus value signal. When converted pixel signals are applied to a hybrid-color display consisting of subpixels of four colors of W, R, G, and B, a display effect is closer to actual representation of original hybrid colors of R, G, and B, to alleviate a color shift defect of a large view angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventor: Chih Tsung Kang
  • Patent number: 11216088
    Abstract: An electronic pen is provided that is enhanced in strength such as not to be bent or broken even when made to be thinner (smaller in diametric size). A connection section holds a core body at one end thereof and holds a circuit board at the other end thereof. The circuit board is accommodated in a board protecting pipe, which is fitted to the connection section. The board protecting pipe is provided with a side opening, and an operation on an electronic part on the circuit board accommodated therein and a work on an electronic circuit formed on the circuit board can be performed through the side opening. An electronic pen main body section wherein the core body and the circuit board and the board protecting pipe are united together through the connection section is accommodated in a casing, to constitute the electronic pen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takenori Kaneda, Kenichi Ninomiya, Takayuki Arai, Kohei Tanaka, Ryuto Sakamoto