Patents Examined by Carolyn R Edwards
  • Patent number: 11068142
    Abstract: A display section is configured to be set in a folded position and an unfolded position. When the display section is in the folded position, a display controller causes the display section to display, within a first display area, a plurality of objects and specific images linked to an N number of objects out of the plurality of objects, the specific images being used to receive an operation. When the display section is in the unfolded position, the display section displays the plurality of objects within the first display area and simultaneously to display, within the second display area, specific images linked to an M number of objects out of the plurality of objects, M being larger than N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakanishi, Toshifumi Sakai
  • Patent number: 11068223
    Abstract: An operation reception device (200) comprising: a display unit (101) for switching between and displaying a plurality of screens; a display control unit (102) for controlling the switching of the screens on the display unit (101) in a prescribed sequence; and a main control unit (103) for controlling the screen switching sequence. When the main control unit (103) receives a switching instruction from a first screen and a screen having an operation permission for changing the setting content of a sequence control device exists, switching to the screen having an operation permission is not carried out; instead, switching to a screen not having an operation permission is carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Hidehiko Sekimoto
  • Patent number: 11037508
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pixel driving circuit, a display panel and methods for driving the same. The pixel driving circuit includes: at least two driving sub-circuits, each configured to generate driving current based on a compensated data signal; at least two light-emitting control sub-circuits coupled to the at least two driving sub-circuits respectively, each of the at least two light-emitting control sub-circuits is configured to output driving current generated by one of the at least two driving sub-circuit coupled thereto; a writing control sub-circuit electrically coupled to the at least two driving sub-circuits and a data writing sub-circuit; and the data writing sub-circuit configured to compensate for a data signal and write the compensated data signal into the at least two driving sub-circuits sequentially under control of the writing control sub-circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang Li, Yunzhi Wang, Yun Luo, Xiaoming Feng, Minyang Deng
  • Patent number: 11030964
    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: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP 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: 11024257
    Abstract: An image display method of an Android platform based display device includes: monitoring the state of a mouse coupled to the display device to acquire a corresponding mouse event; creating a mouse cursor layer according to the acquired mouse event, and reporting a processing request of the mouse cursor layer to an upper level; and having a processor of the display device enable an auxiliary processing thread in response to the processing request of the mouse cursor layer to process the processing request of the mouse cursor layer so as to display a corresponding mouse cursor on a display screen of the display device. The image display method and the display method of the present invention effectively increase the response speed for a mouse cursor event, preventing lagging in displaying a mouse cursor and enhancing user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventor: Jing Bin Wang
  • Patent number: 11016302
    Abstract: A mixed reality display comprising: at least one lens, where the at least one lens has a reflective element, the at least one lens comprising a plurality of pixels; at least one display capable of projecting one or more images onto at least a portion of the at least one lens; and a dynamic opacity system, where the dynamic opacity system is capable of making at least one pixel opaque in the portion of the at least one lens onto which the one or more images are projected, while any portion of the at least one lens onto which no image is projected remains see-through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: RAYTRX, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Hayes Freeman, Richard C. Freeman, Mitchael C. Freeman, Chad Boss, Jordan Boss, Brian Santee, David Cary
  • Patent number: 11016575
    Abstract: A computing device can include a processor; memory accessible by the processor; a display operatively coupled to the processor; and an input tool that mounts to a side of the display, where the input tool includes an axis and a wheel rotatable about the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas Perelli, Cuong Huy Truong
  • Patent number: 11004382
    Abstract: A backlight source and a manufacture method thereof, a display device are provided. The backlight source includes a base substrate, the base substrate is divided into a plurality of light emitting regions, and at least one of the plurality of light emitting regions comprises a plurality of light emitting elements, a first common polar line, and a second common polar line. Light emitting brightness of at least one of the light emitting regions is adjustable independently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yafei Li, Bo Gao, Pei Li, Guangquan Wang, Haiwei Sun, Ming Chen, Xue Dong, Wenjia Sun, Jinxing Liu
  • Patent number: 10996753
    Abstract: A multi-mode eye-tracking system allows independent control of a set of illuminators while providing accurate calculations of both corneal reflections and pupil centers. One illumination mode includes alternating back and forth between a pair of illuminators during successive time segments, then activating both illuminators after a predetermined time interval. One eye-tracking mode includes alternating back and forth between a pair of illuminators during successive time segments, but selecting a single illuminator for activation during successive time segments in the event that a previous computation was unsatisfactory for a given illuminator. One illumination mode includes activating a single illuminator based on the lateral position of the gaze point on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: EyeTech Digital Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. Chappell, James Wesley Rogers, Jr., Miles Manning
  • Patent number: 10997884
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method to correct for visual artifacts in a virtual reality (VR) video image where there is significant motion of the video image as a result of user actions. A user may request that the video image be moved, such as a through motion detected through a VR device, i.e., turning the head, or through a request to an application, i.e., joystick feedback to a gaming application. The video image motion can cause stutter and jitter visual artifacts, when the video frame buffer uses a synchronization constraint, such as vertical synchronization (VSync). When the VSync is disabled, a tearing visual artifact can be present. This disclosure presents a frame buffer handling process that operates with VSync disabled. The process allows the display refresh rates to operate at higher frequencies, while correcting for significant motion of the video image, i.e., tearing, through shifting back certain pixels within the scanout frame buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Nvidia Corporation
    Inventor: David Cook
  • Patent number: 10991772
    Abstract: A touch display panel including a thin-film transistor substrate comprising a thin-film transistor, a pixel defining layer disposed on the thin-film transistor substrate and including a first opening, a light emitting structure disposed in the first opening, a thin film encapsulation layer covering the light emitting structure and the pixel defining layer, a first metal pattern disposed on the thin film encapsulation layer, a first insulation pattern disposed on the first metal pattern and having a plane area the same as or smaller than that of the first metal pattern, a second metal pattern disposed on the first insulation pattern, and a second insulation layer disposed on the second metal pattern and the thin film encapsulation layer, and contacting the first metal pattern, the first insulation pattern, and the second metal pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yang-Ho Jung, Chul-Won Park, Jeong-Min Park, Beung-Hwa Jeong
  • Patent number: 10991771
    Abstract: A display device including a window having a light shielding region and a transmission region, a display panel disposed under the window, and an input detection sensor disposed therebetween and including first electrodes, second electrodes, first signal lines connected to one ends of the first electrodes, second signal lines connected to one ends of the second electrodes, and third signal lines connected to the other ends of the second electrodes. Each of first to nth first signal lines includes bent parts bent multiple times, resistances of the bent parts decrease in a first direction, the first to nth first signal lines are connected to the first electrodes that are arranged farther away from the bent parts in the first direction, and the bent parts of the first to nth first signal lines overlap the light shielding region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Inventors: Jong-hwa Kim, Kyungsu Lee, Jeongyun Han
  • Patent number: 10983695
    Abstract: A method for managing focus in a graphical user interface using a directional controller that allows a directional or selection input. The method comprising: determining whether the input is directional or selection; determining whether there is a sibling object of a currently focused object in a given direction of the input if the input is directional; transferring the focus to the sibling object if there is a sibling object in the given direction; transferring the focus to an ancestor object of the currently focused object if there is no sibling object in the given direction; determining whether the currently focused object is a group; transferring the focus to a descendant object of the currently focused object if the currently focused object is a group and the input is selection; and selecting the currently focused object if the currently focused object is not a group and the input is selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignees: Kinoma, Inc., Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Sean D. Allen, J. Peter Hoddie
  • Patent number: 10976799
    Abstract: An electronic device includes one or more sensors to determine when the device is in use (e.g., being held or worn by the user) and when the device is not in use (e.g., is in a pocket or purse). Examples of such sensors include a capacitive sensor, a thermal sensor, a light sensor, etc. The device can be placed in a mount that allows the device to be more easily worn by the user. The mount extends the capabilities of the sensors on the device so that the sensors on the device can sense information through (or notwithstanding) the mount. The mount also optionally changes the viewpoints of one or more of the sensors, such as by re-directing a sensor that points to the side of the device so that rather than sensing information at the side of the mount information at the bottom of the mount is sensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: John J. Gorsica, IV, Rachid M. Alameh
  • Patent number: 10978168
    Abstract: A shift register unit, a method of driving the same, a gate driving circuit and a display device are provided. The shift register unit includes a pull-up node control circuit, a first pull-down node control circuit, a second pull-down node control circuit, a pull-down node switching control circuit, and a gate driving output circuit. The pull-down node switching control circuit is configured to control the first control voltage signal to be written into the first pull-down node and control the second control voltage signal to be written into the second pull-down node under the control of a frame reset control signal. The gate driving output circuit is configured to control a gate driving signal outputted by a gate driving signal output terminal under the control of the voltage signal of the pull-up node, the voltage signal of the first pull-down node, and the voltage signal of the second pull-down node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignees: HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tong Yang, Yongxian Xie
  • Patent number: 10969916
    Abstract: A capacitive sensing array includes a first transmitter electrode, a plurality of first receiver electrodes, a second transmitter electrode, and a plurality of second receiver electrodes disposed in a first row of the array. The first transmitter electrode is disposed in a first column of the array and is coupled to a first transmitter channel. The first receiver electrodes are disposed in a second column of the array, adjacent the first transmitter electrode, and are coupled to a respective one of a plurality of first receiver channels. The second transmitter electrode is disposed in a third column of the array and is coupled to a second transmitter channel. The second receiver electrodes are disposed in a fourth column of the array, adjacent the second transmitter electrode, and are coupled to a respective one of the first receiver channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: David Hoch, Adam L. Schwartz, Joseph Kurth Reynolds
  • Patent number: 10969892
    Abstract: A display panel comprises a light-emission elements array including a plurality of light-emission elements which corresponds to a plurality of pixel regions arranged in a display region; an encapsulating film covering the light-emission elements array; a touch sensor disposed over the encapsulating film; and a touch protective film covering the touch sensor, wherein the touch protective film includes a material containing core-shell structured particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jangryang Kim
  • Patent number: 10957271
    Abstract: A display device includes a first data driver which is disposed at an upper side of a display panel and supplies a data signal to data lines of a plurality of data lines, a second data driver which is disposed at a lower side of the display panel and supplies a data signal to remaining data lines of the plurality of data lines, and a signal controller which outputs a corrected image signal, based on a first lookup table which stores a correction value of a first input image signal for the first data driver and a second lookup table which stores a correction value of a second input image signal for the second data driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Suk Jin Park, Yoon Gu Kim, Jae Hyoung Park, Akihiro Takegama
  • Patent number: 10942630
    Abstract: First and second touch-sensitive screens are included in an operator control apparatus for a motor vehicle with the second screen arranged at a distance from the first screen. A control device generates a first graphical element on the first screen and a second graphical element on the second screen with at least the first graphical element able to be depicted on both screens. The control device can receive a predetermined change command from at least one of the first and second screens and thereafter a predetermined drag command from a user and to take the change command as a basis for depicting the first graphical element on the second screen and to take the drag command for the depiction on the second screen as a basis for adjusting a relative orientation of the first graphical element and the second graphical element in relation to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Tahar Bouaziz, Simone Paula
  • Patent number: 10937374
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. In one aspect, the device includes a display panel including a display region and a non-display region and a housing accommodating the display panel therein. The device also includes a light sensing unit interposed between the display panel and the housing, the light sensing unit facing the display panel in the non-display region. The light sensing unit is configured to detect light that is totally reflected from the display panel and is emitted from a side of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cheol Hwan Eom