Patents Examined by Chineyere D Wills-Burns
  • Patent number: 11237665
    Abstract: A control device configured for use in a load control system to control one or more electrical loads may comprise an actuation member having a front surface defining a touch sensitive surface configured to detect a point actuation along at least a portion of the front surface, a touch sensitive circuit, and a control circuit. The touch sensitive device may comprise one or more receiving capacitive touch pads located behind the actuation member and arranged in a linear array adjacent to the touch sensitive surface. The control circuit may be configured to operate using different filtering techniques based on the state/mode of the control device and/or based on whether the positions of point actuations by a user along the touch sensitive surface indicate a fine tune or gross adjustment by the user. For example, the control circuit may generate an output signal using light/no filtering or using heavy filtering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: James P. Steiner, Dinesh Sundara Moorthy, Christoph Porwol
  • Patent number: 11237686
    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: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hwan-hee Jeong, Yong-hwan Park, Yeontae Kim, Taejoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11237664
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a driving method and device of a touch display panel. The driving method includes: acquiring image data of an image to be displayed; judging whether the acquired image data is a reloaded picture with a default polarity mode; performing polarity adjustment on the image data when judging that the image data is a reloaded picture with a default polarity mode; and driving the touch display panel to display image according to the image data after polarity adjustment. Wherein the default polarity mode includes: the polarities of image data corresponding to each two adjacent data lines are opposite, while the polarities of image data corresponding to the same data line are the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignees: Hefei BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhixiang Fang, Liangliang Zheng, Guanglei Yang, Peng Ding
  • Patent number: 11231823
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, including: a display unit including a display area, the display area being configured to display an image; and a touchscreen unit including a facing area and an outer area, the facing area facing the display area, the outer area being outside of the facing area. An area of the touchscreen unit is attached to the display unit, the area including the facing area and the outer area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo Aoki, Shuichi Tatemori, Nobuyuki Shigeno
  • Patent number: 11232282
    Abstract: A control circuit, coupled to a system processor and a display panel, includes a touch control circuit, a display control circuit and a fingerprint control circuit. The touch control circuit is configured to detect a finger touch on the display panel. The display control circuit is configured to control the display panel to display at least one light spot which indicates a position of the finger touch. The fingerprint control circuit is configured to perform fingerprint sensing through at least one fingerprint sensor corresponding to the position of the finger touch, and send fingerprint image data to the system processor, wherein the fingerprint image data corresponds to sensing signals received from the at least one fingerprint sensor. Wherein, each of the above steps is performed by the control circuit by keeping a display part of the system processor in a sleep status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Huan-Teng Cheng
  • Patent number: 11226675
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus and a method for adaptively configuring a user interface in an electronic device. According to various embodiments, an electronic device may comprise: a memory for storing instructions; a communication interface; and at least one processor connected to the communication interface and the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: receive at least one signal which is transmitted by an external electronic device and is used to determine a user's characteristic related to the electronic device and the external electronic device, in response to detection of the user's input in the external electronic device; determine a field of view (FOV) for the user on the basis of the at least one signal; and execute the stored instructions in order to display a content for virtual reality (VR) on the basis of the determined FOV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yeon Hee Roh, Dong Ho Koo, Hyeon Ju Lee, Stephanie Ahn, Young Hak Oh
  • Patent number: 11226700
    Abstract: A shift register circuit, a driving circuit, a display device and a driving method. The shift register circuit including P shift registers that are cascaded and a bypass output circuit, wherein each of the P shift registers includes a first scan output terminal, the first scan output terminal is configured to output a first scan signal, the bypass output circuit includes Q control terminals and a second scan output, the Q control terminals of the bypass output circuit are configured to receive the first scan signal, and the bypass output circuit is configured to output a second scan signal under control of the first scan signal received by the Q control terminals respectively, P is an integer greater than or equal to 2, and Q is an integer less than or equal to P.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignees: ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Wang, Jigang Sun
  • Patent number: 11222942
    Abstract: A display device includes: pixel columns including pixels arranged along a first direction; pixel rows including pixels arranged along a second direction crossing the first direction; data lines connected to respective pixel columns, each of the data lines including a first sub-data line provided at one side of a corresponding pixel column and a second sub-data line provided at another side of the corresponding pixel column; scan lines extending along the second direction and connected to respective pixel rows; and a power line to supply driving power to the pixels, one of the pixels of the pixel columns is connected to the first sub-data line, and a pixel adjacent to the pixel connected to the first sub-data line is connected to the second sub-data line, and the first sub-data line and the second sub-data line in the same pixel column are on different layers from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Won Choi, Jun Yong An, Yun Kyeong In, Won Mi Hwang
  • Patent number: 11222602
    Abstract: A display device and a method of driving same in which the display device includes: a display panel including first and second display areas; a processor to generate first image data corresponding to the first and second display areas in a first mode, and generate second image data corresponding to the first display area in a second mode; and a display driver to control the display panel to display an image corresponding to the first image data in the first and second display areas according to a first frame period in the first mode, and to display an image corresponding to the second image data in the first display area according to a second frame period in the second mode. The second frame period is shorter than the first frame period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Won Tae Kim
  • Patent number: 11209656
    Abstract: A method including determining a maximum luminance location of a display based on a field of view of an eye of a user of the display, and driving a plurality of light sources in the display based on locations of the plurality of light sources with respect to the maximum luminance location of the display. The plurality of light sources is controlled to have different luminance levels in different display zones corresponding to different zones on the retina of the eye of the user. In some examples, the display zones of the display system that have higher luminance levels can be dynamically changed based on the field of view or the gaze direction of the eye of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Min Hyuk Choi, Zhiming Zhuang, Wonjae Choi, Cheonhong Kim
  • Patent number: 11210996
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) display system includes: a computer host, configured to determine a data path layout and a power path layout of the LED display system; a forward device, configured to forward a displayed data of the computer host; and an LED display device, having at least an LED display module, wherein each LED display module includes a connection interface, configured to receive the displayed data and transmit the displayed data to a first LED display module of a plurality of LED display modules to execute the data path layout; a display unit, configured to display the displayed data; a logic unit, configured to receive the displayed data to drive the display unit; and a control unit, configured to control the display unit via the logic unit to determine a scanning frequency or a brightness setting of the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Wei-Lun Liu
  • Patent number: 11204673
    Abstract: There are provided a touch substrate and a display device, the touch substrate includes touch elements arranged in rows and columns, each of the touch elements includes first electrode blocks coupled together by a connection part and second electrode blocks coupled together by a bridge part, the bridge part crosses the connection part, and an insulation layer is provided between the connection part and the bridge part, the touch elements include a first touch element close to an arc-shaped edge of the touch substrate and a second touch element far away from the arc-shaped edge of the touch substrate, a cross point of the connection part and the bridge part in the first touch element is far away from the arc-shaped edge, and a cross point of the connection part and the bridge part in the second element is at a center position of the second touch element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Qing Gong
  • Patent number: 11194161
    Abstract: A head-wearable spectacles device for determining one or more gaze-related parameters of a user is disclosed. In one example, the device includes a spectacles body having a middle plane and configured for being wearable on a user's head, and at least a left and a right ocular opening, wherein both ocular openings define a bounding cuboid having an upper surface, a lower surface, a left lateral surface, and a right lateral surface. The upper surface of the bounding cuboid is oriented perpendicular to the middle plane of the spectacles body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Pupil Labs GmbH
    Inventors: Moritz Kassner, Kai Dierkes, Marc Tonsen
  • Patent number: 11194425
    Abstract: A method for responding to a touch operation is provided, relating to the field of human-computer interaction. The method includes the following. The touch operation on a touch screen is received. Determine an operation area where the touch operation occurs, where the touch screen includes a first operation area and a second operation area, and the operation area is at least one of the first operation area and the second operation area. Determine an operation type of the touch operation. Determine whether to respond to the touch operation according to the operation area and the operation type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: SHENZHEN HEYTAP TECHNOLOGY CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Chunqiao Hua, Guojun Sun
  • Patent number: 11187907
    Abstract: A system included in an augmented reality (AR) headset prevents reduction in legibility of a near-eye image display for observation in combination with an observer's visual exterior view. The system includes a near-eye image source from which emanates near-eye image-carrying light and which is positioned out of the observer's direct visual exterior view. A dimming matrix display including multiple pixels is positioned so that the observer can see though them a scene in an exterior view. A partly transparent optical element is positioned so that the observer can see the scene in the exterior view and reflect the near-eye image-carrying light to provide an image for observation by the observer. A dimming controller controls amounts of scene-carrying light propagating through the multiple pixels from the locations in the scene and thereby prevents wash-out of the near-eye image when outside illumination is very bright.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: LC-TEC Displays AB
    Inventors: Jesper Osterman, Fredrik Kihlborg, Terry J. Scheffer
  • Patent number: 11176873
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) display system includes: a computer host, configured to determine a data path layout and a power path layout of the LED display system; a forward device, configured to forward a displayed data of the computer host; and an LED display device, having at least an LED display module, wherein each LED display module includes a connection interface, configured to receive the displayed data and transmit the displayed data to a first LED display module of a plurality of LED display modules to execute the data path layout; a display unit, configured to display the displayed data; a logic unit, configured to receive the displayed data to drive the display unit; and a control unit, configured to control the display unit via the logic unit to determine a scanning frequency or a brightness setting of the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Wei-Lun Liu
  • Patent number: 11170194
    Abstract: A control circuit configured to control a display panel under normal display includes a display driver circuit, a touch sensing circuit and a fingerprint sensing circuit. The touch sensing circuit, coupled to the display driver circuit, is configured to detect a predetermined touch gesture on the display panel and determine a position of the display panel on which the predetermined touch gesture is detected. The fingerprint sensing circuit, coupled to the touch sensing circuit, is configured to perform fingerprint sensing on at least one zone corresponding to the position when the predetermined touch gesture is detected, in order to perform a specific function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Huan-Teng Cheng, Wei-Lun Shih, Huang-Chin Tang
  • Patent number: 11170709
    Abstract: Full color displays that include optical thin film layers with a controllable reflectance are provided. The layers allow for the overall transparency and display properties of each side of the display to be controlled, allowing for augmented reality displays virtual reality displays, two-sided signage, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hack, Michael Stuart Weaver
  • Patent number: 11170723
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for displaying information to a user, comprising: an emission device (12, 13) arranged to emit light so as to display information to a user (18), the emission device (12, 13) being adapted to emit the light in a pulsed manner so that the intensity of the light varies between a high value and a low value, a selective viewing device (16) comprising a panel, the panel being adapted so that the user can view the light (11?) which is emitted by the emission device through that panel so as to visually perceive the information being displayed, the panel having a variable transparency which can be varied between a state of high transparency and a state of low transparency, the system being adapted to synchronize the emission device (12, 13) and the selective viewing device (16) so that the states of the emission device emitting light at a high-intensity value and the states of the panel of the selective viewing device of high transparency overlap in time, the emission device being ad
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
    Inventors: Ivan C. Baines, Moritz Kreysing
  • Patent number: 11157081
    Abstract: A wearable apparatus for display glasses, according to certain embodiments, can include a display that includes a pair of screens configured to be mounted in front of respective eyes of a face of a wearer of the apparatus. The display can be configured to provide a display of information to the wearer. The information can include at least two options for selection. The wearable apparatus can also include a brain monitor configured to track brain wave activity of the wearer. The apparatus can further include a processor configured to identify one of the at least two options as selected based on the brain wave activity tracked by the brain monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SHENZHEN YUNYINGGU TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jing Gu