Patents Examined by Christopher E Leiby
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Patent number: 11862068Abstract: A display device may include: a first pixel coupled to a first scan line, a first data line, and a first sensing line; a second pixel coupled to the first scan line, a second data line, and a second sensing line; a first sensing channel corresponding to the first pixel and including a first sampling capacitor; and a second sensing channel corresponding to the second pixel and including a second sampling capacitor. During a first period, the first sensing channel may store a first sampling signal in the first sampling capacitor while the first sensing line is coupled to the first sensing channel, and the second sensing channel may store a second sampling signal in the second sampling capacitor while the second sensing line is disconnected from the second sensing channel.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Sung Hwan Kim
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Patent number: 11850941Abstract: The display control apparatus for presenting information on a display unit presenting a virtual image in front of a moving body through a transparent member includes an information acquiring unit configured to acquire information about an obstacle around the moving body, a display image generation unit configured to generate, based on the information about the obstacle acquired by the information acquiring unit, data of an indicator image which points in a direction of the obstacle in the virtual image and which moves in the direction of the obstacle to approach the obstacle, and an output unit configured to output the indicator image generated by the display image generation unit to the display unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Yuuki Suzuki, Hiroshi Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 11854460Abstract: A shift register unit, a driving circuit, a display device, and a driving method are disclosed. The shift register unit includes a first input circuit, a second input circuit, an output circuit, a first control circuit, and a second control circuit. The first input circuit is electrically connected to a first node, and is configured to transmit an input signal to the first node; the second input circuit is electrically connected to the first node and a second node, and is configured to control a level of the second node; the first control circuit is electrically connected to the second node and a third node, and is configured to control a level of the third node; and the output circuit is electrically connected to the third node and an output terminal, and is configured to output an output signal to the output terminal.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2023Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventor: Can Zheng
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Patent number: 11832946Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to controlling display attributes within a visual interface for enhancing stimuli and responses of a user. In one embodiment, a method includes selecting display attributes related to a first layer of an image and a second layer of the image, wherein the image is associated with an interface to control a component. The method also includes oscillating, at a frequency, between first values of the display attributes for displaying the first layer. The method also includes oscillating, at a harmonic of the frequency, between second values of the display attributes for displaying the second layer in parallel with the first layer until detecting a selection associated with the interface.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Chungchih Chou, Muhamed Farooq, Ercan Mehmet Dede
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Patent number: 11820228Abstract: Provided are a control system and method using an in-vehicle gesture input, and more particularly, a system for receiving an occupant's gesture and controlling the execution of vehicle functions. The control system using an in-vehicle gesture input includes an input unit configured to receive a user's gesture, a memory configured to store a control program using an in-vehicle gesture input therein, and a processor configured to execute the control program. The processor transmits a command for executing a function corresponding to a gesture according to a usage pattern.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung Joon Ahn, Myung Bin Choi, Kyung Hoon Kim, Seung Hwan Lee
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Patent number: 11820225Abstract: A vehicle display device includes: a display part having a front-side display part, a rear-side display part and an upper-side display part provided inside a vehicle cabin, each of the front-side display part, the rear-side display part and the upper-side display part having a display face; a detection part that detects an orientation and a posture of an occupant; and a control part that selects a display face in accordance with the orientation and the posture of the occupant detected by the detection part, and controls display by the display part such that information is displayed at the selected display face. The display face of the upper-side display part is provided at a roof head lining inside the vehicle cabin.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akira Sasaki, Eisuke Ando, Misako Hayashima, Saki Kitoh, Masahiro Yamashita
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Patent number: 11808946Abstract: A diaphragm for performing image position correction of a virtual image projectable onto a windshield of a vehicle by a head-up display. A first positioning mark, a second positioning mark, and a calibration mark are attached to a disk of the diaphragm. The disk is transparent at least in the region of the first positioning mark, the second positioning mark, and the calibration mark, so that a first image including the first positioning mark and a first positioning pattern recorded directly through the disk and output on the vehicle side, a second image including the second positioning mark and a second positioning pattern output on the vehicle side, mirrored by a mirror of the diaphragm and recorded through the disk.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: AUDI AGInventor: Alexandr Kuznetsov
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Patent number: 11807090Abstract: A test system for detecting impairment aboard a motor vehicle includes an electronic control unit (ECU) and sensors in communication therewith. The sensors are positioned within a vehicle interior, and include at least a touch screen and a microphone, and possibly an eye-tracking camera. In response to receiving a start request indicative of a requested start event of the motor vehicle, the ECU executes instructions to initiate a cognitive response test via the sensors. The ECU determines a test score of a driver during the test while the motor vehicle remains off, compares the test score to baseline scores to determine a passing or failing test result, and executes a control action aboard the motor vehicle in response to the passing or failing test result. The ECU may disable or immobilize the motor vehicle in response to the failing test result.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Patrick Minjeur, David H. Clifford
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Patent number: 11801853Abstract: An onboard display device is installed in a vehicle configured to enable autonomous driving. The onboard display device includes an information acquisition section and a display control section. In a case in which the vehicle attempts to merge from a traveling lane into a merging destination lane during autonomous driving, the information acquisition section acquires information regarding a point at which the attempt will be aborted, before the vehicle arrives at the point. The display control section displays the information regarding the point that is acquired by the information acquisition section, before the arrival at the point. at a display portion that is provided within a vehicle cabin of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satoaki Takabatake, Junji Miyazaki, Koji Kimura, Yuki Yoshida, Ryo Ogata, Tadashi Morishita
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Patent number: 11805689Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a base substrate having an active area and a peripheral area adjacent to the active area. A plurality of pixels is disposed on the active area. The electronic apparatus also includes a plurality of power lines connected to the pixels. A power pad is disposed on a peripheral area and is configured to receive a power voltage. A power pattern is disposed on the peripheral area and connecting the power lines to the power pad. A plurality of sensing electrodes is disposed on the pixels in the active area. A plurality of sensing pads is disposed on the peripheral area and is electrically connected to the sensing electrodes. The sensing pads overlap with the power pattern.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2023Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Youngjin Cho, Yangwan Kim, Joong-Soo Moon, Minwoo Byun, Changkyu Jin
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Patent number: 11803277Abstract: A glazing unit of a vehicle or building, which has at least one glass pane or polymer film, wherein a capacitive sensor is arranged on a first surface of the or a glass pane or polymer film, which sensor includes a first sensor section and a second sensor section spaced at a distance therefrom on the first surface, which second sensor section acts as a signal readout section, wherein during operation of the sensor, an electrical field is generated between the first and second sensor section, which field partially penetrates the glass pane or polymer film, wherein a material property compensation electrode is provided on the second surface of the same glass pane or polymer film, opposite the second sensor section.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2019Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Gabor Varga, Bastian Klauss, Michael Zeiss, Christian Effertz
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Patent number: 11797114Abstract: Disclosed are a light emitting display device, a light emitting display panel, a driving circuit, and a driving method. A light emitting display device, a light emitting display panel, a driving circuit, and a driving method with an embedded touch sensor are provided in which a data voltage and a first reference voltage are supplied to a plurality of data lines and a plurality of reference electrodes which are arranged in the light emitting display panel in a first driving period, and a second reference voltage different from the first reference voltage is supplied to one or more of the plurality of reference electrodes in a second driving period different from the first driving period.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: SeYoung Kim
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Patent number: 11798481Abstract: A pixel circuit for an electronic display may include a memory to store a digital data signal indicative of a value within a data range. The pixel circuit may also include a light-emitting diode to emit light based at least in part on the digital data signal. The pixel circuit may also include an initialization transistor to initialize the pixel circuit before the light-emitting diode emits light and a driving transistor to activate based at least in part on the digital data signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yingkan Lin, Tien-Chien Kuo, Bilin Wang, Kanghoon Jeon, Ivan Knez, Chun-Yao Huang
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Patent number: 11798758Abstract: A steering switch device includes a display arranged on a front side of a steering wheel of a vehicle to show a function in a switching manner, an input unit to receive an operation, and a control unit to execute the function shown on the display based on the operation received by the input unit. A steering switch system includes the steering switch device and a display device to show a view related to the display of the steering switch device.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHOInventor: Shintaro Mizuno
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Patent number: 11787289Abstract: A vehicle input device comprises an operation detection section configured to detect input to an onboard unit allocated to one operation section of plural of operation sections provided in a vicinity of a driving seat due to the one operation section being operated, a preliminary action detection section configured to detect a preliminary action directly prior to the one operation section being operated, and a notification section configured to notify an occupant of information relating to the onboard unit allocated to the one operation section in a case in which the preliminary action has been detected by the preliminary action detection section.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki Kozono, Shu Nakajima, Takeshi Nawata
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Patent number: 11787288Abstract: Examples are disclosed for systems and methods for user interfaces of a vehicular environment, especially for autonomous vehicles wherein an orientation or attention of the vehicle occupants is not constrained to a direction of motion. In one embodiment, a system for providing visualizations within a vehicular environment comprises at least one touch-sensitive display device positioned adjacent to at least one seat within the vehicular environment and configured to display the visualizations to an occupant of the at least one seat, the at least one touch-sensitive display device moveable from a first position in front of the seat to a second position at an interior wall of the vehicular environment.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATEDInventors: Jason B. Johnson, Timothy Raymond VanGoethem, Alexander Efimov
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Patent number: 11763739Abstract: Provided by the present disclosure are a method and device for adjusting brightness and an OLED display. The method includes: receiving an instruction for adjusting the brightness of the OLED display; and adjusting the light emitting control signal according to the brightness value of the OLED display which is needed to be adjusted in the instruction. The duty ratio of one pulse period in the light emitting control signal is correspondingly adjusted by one unit each time the brightness of the OLED display needs to be adjusted by one unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xiaohuan Chang, Lei Feng, Shuiming Lv, Guoqiang Wu
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Patent number: 11763704Abstract: The present invention relates to a support substructure for fastening a display tile to a support structure of a tiled display, the support substructure being characterized in that it is linked to the support structure by means of a first mechanism allowing movements of the display tile in a plane parallel to the nominal plane (XY) of the tiled display independently of the presence or absence of adjacent display tiles.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignees: BARCO N.V., BARCO CONTROL ROOMS GMBHInventors: Tom Adriaan Gerard Dewaele, Frank Michael Fischer, Stephan Frank Henry
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Patent number: 11763781Abstract: An information display apparatus capable of reducing the viewpoint movement of a driver and achieving safer driving in consideration of the relationship between the traveling speed and the stopping distance of a vehicle is provided. The information display apparatus is configured to display image information in a transportation and comprises a HUD apparatus disposed between a windshield of the transportation and an instrument panel of the transportation. The HUD apparatus detects a viewpoint position of a driver; and displays a virtual image of the image information in front of the transportation by reflecting light emitted from the HUD apparatus to display the image information by the windshield. The HUD apparatus is configured to set a display position of the virtual image in accordance with movement of the viewpoint position of the driver who is driving the transportation.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Koji Hirata, Akio Misawa, Takumi Nakada
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Patent number: 11740750Abstract: An input sensing circuit includes a base film. A plurality of first sensors are disposed on the base film. A plurality of second sensors are disposed on the base film. An input sensing driver is configured to sense a capacitance value between a first sensor of the plurality of first sensors and a second sensor of the plurality of second sensors. A pressure sensing part is in contact with the first sensor and the second sensor and includes a synthetic resin and a conductive material.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Minsoo Kim