Patents Examined by Chineyere D Wills-Burns
  • Patent number: 10712813
    Abstract: Technology is provided for a tracking constellation assembly for use in a virtual reality system. The tracking constellation assembly includes a translucent panel having an outward facing surface, and an inward facing surface and a mounting surface each opposite the outward facing surface. The translucent panel is substantially opaque to visible light and translucent to infrared light. The assembly includes a flexible circuit board including first and second opposed surfaces. A spacer interconnects the first surface of the flexible circuit board and the mounting surface of the translucent panel. Infrared light emitting diodes are connected to the flexible circuit board and positioned to direct light through the translucent panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jared I. Drinkwater, Robin Michael Miller, Boyd Drew Allin
  • Patent number: 10706947
    Abstract: The present application provides a shift register unit including: an input sub-circuit coupled to an input terminal, an first voltage terminal and an pull-up node; an output sub-circuit coupled to the pull-up node and art first clock terminal; a first storage sub-circuit having two terminals respectively coupled to the pull-up node and an output terminal; a first reset sub-circuit coupled to an reset terminal, an second voltage terminal, the pull-up node and the output terminal; a second reset sub-circuit coupled to a second clock terminal and a pull-down node; a pull-down sub-circuit coupled to the pull-down node, the second voltage terminal and the output terminal; and a spacing sub-circuit coupled to the pull-up node, the pull-down node and the second voltage terminal. The present application further provides a driving method of a shift register unit, a gate driving circuit and a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jie Zhang, Jun Fan
  • Patent number: 10699852
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided, which includes a substrate, a protruding pattern, a first conductive pattern, an insulating layer, and a second conductive pattern. The protruding pattern is disposed on the substrate. The first conductive pattern is disposed on the substrate and covers the protruding pattern. The insulating layer is disposed on the first conductive pattern. The insulating layer includes an opening overlapping at least a portion of the protruding pattern. The second conductive pattern is disposed on the insulating layer. The second conductive pattern is connected to the first conductive pattern through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hwan-hee Jeong, Yong-hwan Park, Yeontae Kim, Taejoon Kim
  • Patent number: 10699648
    Abstract: A method of compensating for efficiency degradation of an OLED in an array-based semiconductor device having arrays of pixels that include OLEDs, including determining for a plurality of operating conditions interdependency curves relating changes in an electrical operating parameter of said OLEDs and the efficiency degradation of said OLEDs, the plurality of operating conditions can include temperature or initial device characteristics as well as stress conditions to more completely determine interdependency curves for a wide variety of OLEDs. In some cases interdependency curves are updated remotely after fabrication of the array-based device. Some embodiments utilize degradation-time curves and methods which do not require storage of stress history.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Ignis Innovation Inc.
    Inventor: Gholamreza Chaji
  • Patent number: 10691264
    Abstract: A projection display apparatus includes a light valve that modulates illuminating light on the basis of image data to output the modulated light, an illuminating unit including a light source, and a plurality of optical members for illumination that generate the illuminating light on the basis of light from the light source to guide the illuminating light to the light valve, a projection lens that projects the modulated light from the light valve on a projection surface, and allows detection light to enter from a direction opposite to a travelling direction of the modulated light, and an imaging device that is disposed at a location optically conjugated with the light valve, and allows the detection light to enter through the projection lens. The plurality of optical members for illumination have optical property of reducing a noise component that affects the detection light and arises inside the illuminating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji Miura
  • Patent number: 10665397
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided, which includes a substrate, a protruding pattern, a first conductive pattern, an insulating layer, and a second conductive pattern. The protruding pattern is disposed on the substrate. The first conductive pattern is disposed on the substrate and covers the protruding pattern. The insulating layer is disposed on the first conductive pattern. The insulating layer includes an opening overlapping at least a portion of the protruding pattern. The second conductive pattern is disposed on the insulating layer. The second conductive pattern is connected to the first conductive pattern through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hwan-hee Jeong, Yong-hwan Park, Yeontae Kim, Taejoon Kim
  • Patent number: 10649219
    Abstract: A virtual or augmented reality headset is provided having a frame, a pair of virtual or augmented reality eyepieces, and an interpupillary distance adjustment mechanism. The frame includes opposing arm members and a bridge positioned intermediate the opposing arm members. The adjustment mechanism is coupled to the virtual or augmented reality eyepieces and operable to simultaneously move the eyepieces to adjust the interpupillary distance of the eyepieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Masamune Kaji, Michael John Slipy, Shigeru Natsume
  • Patent number: 10642407
    Abstract: An apparatus classifies touch events. The apparatus includes a touch sensitive surface configured to generate a touch event when an object touches the touch sensitive surface. The touch event entails a mechanical vibration upon contact with the surface. The apparatus includes a touch event detector configured to detect the onset of a touch, and a touch event classifier configured to classify the touch event to identify the object used for the touch event. The mechanical vibration is created via any one of finger parts including a tip, a pad, a fingernail, and a knuckle, each of which has a unique feature different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Carnegie Mellon University
    Inventors: Christopher Harrison, Julia Schwarz, Scott E. Hudson
  • Patent number: 10642040
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a frame, an image display device, and a dimming device. The frame is mounted onto a head of an observer. The image display device is attached to the frame. The dimming device is configured to adjust the amount of outside light that comes from the outside. Light transmittance of a partial area of the dimming device is changed based on a signal for displaying an image on the image display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Mukawa
  • Patent number: 10635291
    Abstract: Thumb+pen inputs are described herein, to improve the functionality of touch enabled devices for accepting bimanual input in situations where the device is gripped or supported by one of the user's hands, leaving only one hand free. The thumb of an engaging hand is identified and controls are placed within its range of motion to enhance the functionality provided by the free hand. The actions of the thumb can be used to determine how pen actions made using the other hand are interpreted. Alternatively, the pen can indicate an object through pointing, while the thumb indirectly manipulates one or more of its parameters through touch controls. Marking menus, spring-loaded modes, indirect input, and conventional multi-touch interfaces are applied with respect to the bimanual input mode in which one hand is positioned to hold or support the device, and the other hand is free to improve device operability and accessibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth P. Hinckley, Michel Pahud, William Arthur Stewart Buxton, Ken Pfeuffer
  • Patent number: 10636355
    Abstract: An electronic device includes processors that generate image data. The electronic device also includes an electronic display that displays the image data over a first frame duration by programming a first row of display pixels with the image data. The electronic display also displays the image data over the first frame duration by causing the first row of display pixels to emit light for an emission duration that is based at least in part on a first luminance of the image data. The electronic display further displays the image data over the first frame duration by resetting the first row of pixels at least two times before an end of the first frame duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hung Sheng Lin, Mohammad Ali Jangda, Injae Hwang, Rui Zhang, Shengkui Gao, Hyunwoo Nho, Wei H. Yao, Mohammad Hajirostam
  • Patent number: 10627909
    Abstract: A simulation adapter can be attached to a real-world physical object and adapted to communicate one or more characteristics and/or simulation events associated with the real-world physical object to a simulation device. The simulation device is adapted to generate a simulation experience based upon the one or more characteristics of the real-world physical object and/or the simulation events associated with the real-world physical object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Arana, Benjamin F. Havey, Edward Drake, Alexander C. Chen
  • Patent number: 10629137
    Abstract: A display device is provided, including a display panel and a backlight component configured to provide a backlight to the display panel and a display controller. The backlight component includes a standby display backlight component and a normal display backlight component with the standby display backlight component being configured to provide the backlight to the display panel during a standby display mode. The display controller includes a display driver, a data memory, a signal switcher, and a mode controller configured to control the display panel to switch between a normal display mode and the standby display mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pan Li, Yong Qiao
  • Patent number: 10607568
    Abstract: A method for processing virtual pointer movement. The method and related components that, when active in an application or virtual environment as a whole, will aid a user in tasks that would require more effort and dexterity with currently implemented pointers. The method uses three operations (separated into two components, Smooth Pointer and Aim Assist Area) that result in a systematic asynchronous movement of a controller and its interface counterpart. Smooth Pointer, responsible for the pointer's stability, is a group of features that manage the process of smoothing the controller's rotation and final virtual pointer position by using a continuous interpolation process. Furthermore, Aim Assist Area is the component (based on two methods: Magnetism and Friction) that describes how the pointer will suffer interferences from the environment to help users have more stability while aiming at elements available in the interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRÔNICA DA AMAZÔNIA LTDA.
    Inventors: Alvaro Augusto Braga Lourenço, Taynah De Araujo Miyagawa, Juscelino Tanaka Saraiva
  • Patent number: 10592032
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a display panel and a display device for improving touch sensitivity of the display device, improving structural stability of the display device, and extending service life of the display device. The display panel provided by the disclosure comprises: a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite to each other; a plurality of force sensitive touch units located between the first substrate and the second substrate, each of said plurality of force sensitive touch units being electrically connected to a touch circuit of the display panel; wherein each of said force sensitive touch units includes: a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer arranged in parallel to each other, and a compressible insulating layer filled between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Quanhua He, Lingyun Shi, Hao Zhang, Tiankuo Shi, Xiaobo Xie, Jian Bai, Chao Yu
  • Patent number: 10586496
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display device including: a display panel including a plurality of pixels and light emission control transistors; a data driver configured to supply data signals to the pixels through data lines; a scan driver configured to supply scan signals to the pixels through scan lines; a temperature detector; a first power supply configured to supply drive voltages to the pixels; a light emission controller configured to set the light emission control transistors to a turned-on state; and a timing controller configured to determine a drive mode of the display panel, wherein the scan driver and the data driver supply scan signals and data signals to the pixels at a first frame frequency in a first drive mode, and to supply scan signals and data signals to the pixels at a second frame frequency, lower than the first frame frequency, in a second drive mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jitae Kim, Jihye Kim, Woori Seo
  • Patent number: 10580594
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided, which includes a substrate, a protruding pattern, a first conductive pattern, an insulating layer, and a second conductive pattern. The protruding pattern is disposed on the substrate. The first conductive pattern is disposed on the substrate and covers the protruding pattern. The insulating layer is disposed on the first conductive pattern. The insulating layer includes an opening overlapping at least a portion of the protruding pattern. The second conductive pattern is disposed on the insulating layer. The second conductive pattern is connected to the first conductive pattern through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hwan-hee Jeong, Yong-hwan Park, Yeontae Kim, Taejoon Kim
  • Patent number: 10580383
    Abstract: Virtual reality glasses are provided, which may include: a glasses body that can be assembled with an external electronic device that plays virtual reality content; and a data connection line. The data connection line includes a first connection plug at a first end, the first connection plug being engaged with a first interface on the glasses body to detachably connect the data connection line with the glasses body. The data connection line also includes a second connection plug at a second end, the second connection plug being adapted to a second interface of the external electronic device. The virtual reality glasses and the data connection line in the present disclosure are detachably connected such that the data connection line can be separated from the glasses body of the virtual reality glasses, improving the versatility of virtual reality glasses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hao Jiang, Shun Wang, Wenhui Ding, Huiming Zhang
  • Patent number: 10571951
    Abstract: An input/output operation device includes an actuator detection circuit part, a drive circuit part, a drive control calculation processing part that controls the drive circuit part, and a rotation body on which the actuator is installed. The actuator includes a movable unit freely rotatable independently about two axes orthogonal to each other, a fixed unit supporting the movable unit for free rotation, and a drive part driving the movable unit with respect to the fixed unit. The detection circuit part outputs a position signal corresponding to a position of an operation part. The drive circuit part controls the drive part. The rotation body rotates about a rotation axis, in which the control calculation processing part controls the drive of the operation part through use of a coordinate system stationary with respect to a reference rotation angle of the rotation body at different rotation angles of the rotation body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teruyuki Takizawa, Hironori Tomita, Hideki Shirane, Jiro Seki, Takeshi Nakazawa
  • Patent number: 10564761
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for determining a pitch and yaw of an elongated interface object relative to a proximity sensitive surface. In one aspect, a proximity image is received having proximity image data from which it can be determined which areas of the proximity sensitive surface sensed the elongated interface object during a period of time. A proximity blob is identified in the proximity image and the proximity image is transformed using a plurality of different transformations to obtain a plurality of differently transformed proximity images. A plurality of features is determined for the identified blob in the transformed proximity images and the pitch of the elongated interface object relative to the proximity sensitive surface is determined based upon the determined features and a multi-dimensional heuristic regression model of the proximity sensitive surface; and a yaw is determined based upon the pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Qeexo, Co.
    Inventors: Christopher Harrison, Julia Schwarz, Robert Bo Xiao