Patents Examined by Chayce R Bibbee
  • Patent number: 11556185
    Abstract: A system uses a barometer to determine both a user interface event and a change in elevation. Portable devices are often limited by space to provide a user with features that make a product useful. The system uses the barometer to measure air pressure within a cavity of a housing of a wearable device. The cavity is enclosed by a cover that appears as a physical button. The cover is attached to the housing by a flexible seal that allows the cover to move in response to changes in air pressure or physical touch. If movement of the cover causes a change in air pressure in the cavity beyond a threshold, the change is interpreted to be a user input event. Otherwise, the change in air pressure is determined to be a change in altitude. Using a barometer to determine user input allows for a compact wearable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Sarah Graber, Douglas W. Moskowitz
  • Patent number: 11539926
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image projection device outputting an image to a screen comprises an input unit receiving an image from an outside, a sensor unit sensing a viewer's position and gaze direction, a controller correcting the received image into a preset model based on the viewer's position and gaze direction sensed by the sensor unit, and an output unit outputting the preset model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Inventors: Seon Kyu Yoon, Sung Kuk Chun, Ha Mong Shim, Sungjoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11513594
    Abstract: A method for operating smart glasses includes an input unit and/or output unit and a gaze detection arrangement, wherein the gaze detection arrangement detects any eye movement of an eye including the steps of irradiating at least one wavelength-modulated laser beam to the eye, detecting an optical path length of the emitted laser beam based on laser feedback interferometry of the emitted laser radiation with backscattered radiation from the eye, detecting a Doppler shift of the emitted and backscattered radiation based on the laser feedback interferometry, and detecting an eye velocity based on the Doppler shift, and wherein the input unit and/or output unit is operated based on the optical path length and/or the eye velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: TRUMPF PHOTONIC COMPONENTS GMBH, ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Petersen, Thomas Alexander Schlebusch, Johannes Meyer, Hans Spruit, Jochen Hellmig
  • Patent number: 11500234
    Abstract: A display device includes a panel, a backlight, and an adhesive tape. The backlight is placed under the panel. The adhesive tape has a light blocking property and is bonded to an end face of the panel and the backlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiromichi Tanaka, Takeshi Kaneki
  • Patent number: 11481038
    Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for using gesture recognition to control medical hardware and software. In aspects, an activation signal may be received by an input processing system, such as a gesture recognition system, a voice recognition system, or a touch-based system. After receiving the activation signal, user input may be received by the input processing system. The user input may be processed to determine a current or applicable context. Based on the context, one or more actions corresponding to the user input may be identified. The input processing system may then cause the identified action(s) to be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Hologic, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy N. Wells, Shawn St. Pierre
  • Patent number: 11455139
    Abstract: An electronic device and method are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes a display, a wireless communication circuit, and electrical connector and a processor. The processor implements the method, including: detecting whether the electronic device is communicatively connected to an external display device through a wireless communication circuit or an electrical connector, when the electronic device is communicatively disconnected from the external display device, displaying, on the display, a first user interface for configuring a first screen timeout time associated with the display, when the electronic device is communicatively connected to the external display device, displaying a first screen on the display, and displaying a second screen on the external display device, the second screen different from the first screen, and displaying, on the external display device, a second user interface for configuring a second screen timeout time related to the external display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Byoungho Jung, Chihyun Cho, Hyewon Koo, Yongjin Kwon, Byungseok Jung
  • Patent number: 11436955
    Abstract: Techniques and systems are described for dynamic modification of digital signage based on device edge analytics and engagement. For instance, the described techniques enable content output of a signage device to be dynamically modified based on different environmental conditions, such as human behaviors indicating likely interest in an instance and/or type of content. Further, different types of sensor data are utilized to automatically detect such behaviors, such as via sensor mounted to and/or adjacent a signage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: James Joseph Stoklosa, Kalyanaraman Balasubramaniam Krishnan
  • Patent number: 11435833
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a detection sensor which detects a wave motion coming from an object present within a predetermined range and outputs a detection signal; an object detection unit which detects an object present within the predetermined range based on the detection signal output from the detection sensor; a gesture detection unit which detects a gesture according to the movement of the object based on the detection signal output from the detection sensor; and a detection resolution control unit which sets the detection resolution of the detection sensor to a first resolution when detecting the object present within the predetermined range, and sets the detection resolution of the detection sensor to a second resolution higher in resolution than the first resolution when detecting the gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Kosugi
  • Patent number: 11429212
    Abstract: A touch detection device is provided and includes driving electrodes for detecting an external proximity object, extending in first direction and arranged in second direction; first voltage line extending in second direction; second voltage line extending in second direction; third voltage line extending in second direction, third voltage line being narrower in than first voltage line and second voltage line in width; and switching circuit for electrically connecting driving electrodes and first voltage line, second voltage line, or third voltage line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Daisuke Ito, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Makoto Hayashi, Yasuyuki Teranishi, Tadayoshi Katsuta
  • Patent number: 11409367
    Abstract: An apparatus for manipulating an object includes first and second gesture controllers, each operatively connected to the object and structured and programmed such that, in a first-action active state, each can causes a first action to be carried out on the object by an appropriate first-action gesture made in the gesture controller. Only one of the first and second gesture controllers at any given time is capable of being in the first-action active state, and the first-action active state is transferable between the first and second gesture controllers upon the detecting of a first-action transfer gesture by one of said first gesture controller and said second gesture controller. Specific gesture control apparatus and methods for manipulating an object are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Nanotronics Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew C. Putman, John B. Putman, Paul Roossin
  • Patent number: 11409361
    Abstract: A computer device is provided that includes a display device, and a sensor system configured to be mounted adjacent to a user's head and to measure an electrical potential near one or more electrodes of the sensor system. The computer device further includes a processor configured to present a periodic motion-based visual stimulus having a changing motion that is frequency-modulated for a target frequency or code-modulated for a target code, detect changes in the electrical potential via the one or more electrodes, identify a corresponding visual evoked potential feature in the detected changes in electrical potential that corresponds to the periodic motion-based visual stimulus, and recognize a user input to the computing device based on identifying the corresponding visual evoked potential feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew D. Wilson, Hakim Si Mohammed, Christian Holz, Adrian Kuo Ching Lee, Ivan Jelev Tashev, Hannes Gamper, Edward Bryan Cutrell, David Emerson Johnston, Dimitra Emmanouilidou, Mihai R. Jalobeanu
  • Patent number: 11402063
    Abstract: A wearable device is provided which includes: a head-mounted display, a C-shaped wearing assembly matching a head contour of a human body, and a connection assembly, the C-shaped wearing assembly being made of a deformable material; wherein an end of the connection assembly is connected to an end of the C-shaped wearing assembly, the other end of the connection assembly is connected to the head-mounted display via a connection shaft, an axial line of the connection shaft passing through a center of gravity of the head-mounted display; wherein the other end of the C-shaped wearing assembly is snapping into the occipital bone of the human body, such that the head-mounted display fits with the face of the human body. The present disclosure may ensure that the head-mounted display in the wearable device is closely attached to the face of the user, thereby preventing light leakage, wearing comfortlessness, and etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhanshan Ma, Wenhong Tian, Dong Chen, Hao Zhang, Lili Chen, Zhiyu Sun
  • Patent number: 11402871
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media containing instructions for causing at least one processor to perform operations for integrating a moveable input device with a virtual display projected via a wearable extended reality appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: MULTINARITY LTD
    Inventors: Tamir Berliner, Tomer Kahan, Orit Dolev, Doron Assayas Terre, Aviv Burshtein
  • Patent number: 11391944
    Abstract: The present disclosure proposes an information processing device, an information processing method and a program, which are capable of, while virtual reality content is displayed, informing a user of positional relationship between the user and a boundary region of a space in which the user can act in the real space. The information processing device comprising: an obtaining unit that obtains body information of a user; and an output control unit that, while virtual reality content is displayed by a display unit, causes a sign indicating positional relationship between the user and a boundary region of a second real space in which the user can act in a first real space in which the user is located, the boundary region having been determined on the basis of the body information of the user, to be displayed with the sign superimposed on the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinichi Kawano
  • Patent number: 11385730
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for detecting a black area of dynamic image content in an electronic device are provided. The electronic device may include a housing, a display device exposed through a portion of the housing, a recess disposed inside the housing and extending along a length of the housing, an electronic pen insertable into the recess and removable therefrom, at least one processor located inside the housing and operatively connected to the display device, and a memory operatively connected to the at least one processor. The memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to identify whether the electronic pen is removed from the recess in a low-power mode, receive information related to the electronic pen when the electronic pen is removed from the recess, and execute an application, based on at least a portion of the information related to the electronic pen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangmin Shin, Jikwang Kang, Yeojeong Yoon, Yeunwook Lim
  • Patent number: 11380283
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic apparatus including a flexible display having at least a portion thereof positioned at a first surface of the electronic apparatus and changing in size to be exposed according to driving of a motor, a first sensor configured to sense a pressure applied to at least one of the first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface, and a controller configured to sense a first input to at least one of the first surface and the second surface, and, when a pressure corresponding to the first input satisfies a predetermined condition, control, based on the first input, a size of the display to be exposed at the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hongjo Shim, Seounghwan Seol, Youngmo Kim, Sungwook Chang
  • Patent number: 11380253
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The display device has sub-pixels of multiple colors. In one aspect, the organic light emitting display device detects sub-pixels which are positioned at the edges of the panel. Data for the sub-pixels on the edges are reduced so that colors on the edges are less observable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Yeon Yang, Geun-Young Jeong, Takeshi Kato, Myung-Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 11372447
    Abstract: A trigger device is provided. The trigger device includes a controller, a screen assembly, an extendible support assembly operable to support the screen assembly, and a drive assembly operable to drive the support assembly. The drive assembly is provided with a first contact, and the support assembly is provided with a second contact movable relative to the second contact. During retraction or extension of the support assembly, the first contact and the second contact move relative to each other between a contacting state and a separating state. The controller determines whether the support assembly is in the retraction state or the extension state according to the contacting state or the separating state of the first contact and the second contact, so as to control display of the screen assembly. A smart bracelet is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN ROYOLE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Le Liao, Xinyuan Xia
  • Patent number: 11360547
    Abstract: An operating method of the display device includes detecting, through at least one sensor, at least one sensing value corresponding to the at least one sensor, identifying a touch area on the display device that is touched by a mobile device, based on the at least one sensing value, receiving status information about an operation that is being executed by the mobile device, from the mobile device, and performing a function corresponding to the identified touch area, based on the received status information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Suhwan Jin, Kunsok Kang, Daeyeon Yun, Seungil Yoon, Eungsik Yoon, Taedon Hwang
  • Patent number: 11354016
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for a user interface paging operation includes: generating a pagination design pattern rendered on a web page as a plurality of virtual buttons displayed on a display screen of a device, wherein each virtual button is mapped to actions related to graphical elements of the pagination design pattern; moving the series of virtual buttons about at least a portion of the periphery of the display screen of the device; locating the display of the plurality of virtual buttons to positions within a periphery of the display screen of the device; subsequent to locating the display of the plurality of virtual buttons to positions within the periphery of the display screen of the device, receiving user input specifying selection of a first virtual button of the plurality of virtual buttons; and responsive to receipt of the user input: performing the action mapped to the first virtual button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Asako Ono, Tohru Hasegawa, Hiroaki Uetsuki, Shunsuke Ishikawa, Kenta Watanabe, Yasuyuki Tominaga, Issei Yoshida