Patents Examined by David D. Davis
  • Patent number: 11961322
    Abstract: Provided are a force sensor, a display device including the same, and a method of driving the same. The force sensor includes a first base substrate and a second base substrate facing each other; first force sensor electrodes extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction on the first base substrate; second force sensor electrodes extending in the second direction and arranged in the first direction on the second base substrate; and a sensor hole configured to transmit light. Any one of the first force sensor electrodes includes a first sub-force sensor electrode disposed on a first side of the sensor hole and a second sub-force sensor electrode disposed on a second side opposite to the first side of the sensor hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee Seomoon, Won Ki Hong, Hyeon Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 11959775
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device and an information processing method that enable simple and appropriate calibration. When a pen-type device incorporating an inertial measurement unit such as an IMU is moved and a drawn image corresponding to a track is displayed, calibration is implemented on the basis of a measurement value of the inertial measurement device in one stationary attitude and a latitude and an absolute azimuth of the inertial measurement device at that time when the pen-type device is inserted into a pen stand to be fixed in a predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Kimishima, Kosei Yamashita, Toru Amano, Tetsuro Sato
  • Patent number: 11954312
    Abstract: An input device includes a touch panel having an operation surface and configured to receive a touch input and a hover input by an operation body; a display device configured to display a plurality of selection items; a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to highlight a selection item, a selection of the selection item being made by the hover input from the plurality of selection items, confirm the selection of the selection item by the hover input in a case where a duration during which the selection item is selected by the hover input reaches a first predetermined threshold, and confirm a selection of the selection item by the touch input in a case where the touch input is detected on the selection item before the duration reaches the first predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiki Nakamura, Hiroshi Shigetaka, Hirofumi Kuga, Masahiro Takata, Yasuji Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 11952032
    Abstract: To display information appropriately without making an occupant feel annoyed, a steering operation element 10 of a vehicle 2 includes a hub part 31 provided rotatably with respect to a vehicle body 15; an extending part 32 extending radially outward from an outer circumference of the hub part; an outer edge part 33 provided on an outer edge of the extending part; a display 40 provided on the hub part; at least one first light source 27A provided on the extending part; and an interface control device 41 configured to control the display and the first light source, wherein the interface control device is configured to cause the display to display an image corresponding to at least one of vehicle state information indicating a state of the vehicle and environment information indicating a surrounding environment of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Aoki, Yosuke Shimizu, Takeyuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11941176
    Abstract: Methods and systems used in calibrating the position and/or orientation of a wearable device configured to be worn on a wrist or forearm of a user, the method comprises sensing a plurality of neuromuscular signals from the user using a plurality of sensors arranged on the wearable device, and providing the plurality of neuromuscular signals and/or signals derived from the plurality of neuromuscular signals as inputs to one or more trained autocalibration models, determining based, at least in part, on the output of the one or more trained autocalibration models, a current position and/or orientation of the wearable device on the user, and generating a control signal based, at least in part, on the current position and/or orientation of the wearable device on the user and the plurality of neuromuscular signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Alexandre Barachant
  • Patent number: 11943981
    Abstract: A display substrate and display apparatus are provided. The display substrate includes: a base substrate, including a display area and a bezel area; a plurality of pixel units located in the display area and arranged in an array along a row direction and a column direction on the base substrate; a plurality of scanning signal lines; a gate driver circuit located in the bezel area; a plurality of load compensation units located in the bezel area, the plurality of load compensation units are located between the gate driver circuit and the plurality of pixel units; and a plurality of scanning signal lead wires located in the bezel area and configured to transmit a scanning signal output by the gate driver circuit to the scanning signal lines, where at least one of the scanning signal lead wires crosses at least one of the load compensation units in the row direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo Wei, Hongjun Zhou, Lili Du
  • Patent number: 11934592
    Abstract: A position indicator that indicates a position is disclosed. The position indicator includes a casing of an electronic pen, a position indicating part, a tracker, and a grip part configured to be gripped by a user. The position indicating part is disposed at one end of the casing. The position indicating part, in operation, indicates the position. The tracker, in operation, causes an external device to detect the position in a three-dimensional space. The grip part is orthogonal to the casing of the electronic pen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Munakata, Hiroshi Tamano, Yuanhao Chen
  • Patent number: 11921387
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display panel and a display device using the display panel. By connecting a plurality of second scan lines in parallel, resistance between output terminals of chips on film (COF) and first scan lines are reduced, and differences between output resistances of the COF corresponding to different first scan lines are reduced, so differences between signals in different first scan lines are reduced, and uneven display problems in existing display panels are solved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bangqing Xiao, Sen Xu
  • Patent number: 11914797
    Abstract: Provided is an image display apparatus that includes a display displaying a three-dimensional image such that a three-dimensional object looks as if in a space defined by a member constituting an external surface and that the three-dimensional object is visible from multiple directions around the display, a motion detector detecting a motion of the display caused by an external force, a motion calculation unit calculating a motion of the three-dimensional object caused by the motion of the display based on the motion detected by the motion detector, a display control unit changing the three-dimensional image displayed on the display based on the calculation by the motion calculation unit, and a force sense control unit causing a force sense presentation unit to present a sense of force based on the calculation by the motion calculation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanobu Omata, Kaoru Koike, Yuichi Miyagawa, Hisataka Izawa, Itaru Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11899884
    Abstract: An example electronic device may include a fingerprint sensor, a touch sensor, a memory, and a processor. The processor may be configured to determine whether a touch input is generated, determine whether the generated touch input continues for a given time or more, generate first data by accumulating the touch input generated based on the touch input continuing for the given time or more, determine whether an inputted fingerprint corresponds to a registered fingerprint of a registered user, analyze the first data using a first AI model based on the inputted fingerprint corresponding to the registered fingerprint, analyze the first data using a second AI model based on the inputted fingerprint not corresponding to the registered fingerprint, identify a form of the touch input based on the first data, and perform a function and/or execute a user interface corresponding to the identified form of the touch input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyunbin Park, Junhyuk Lee, Jin Choi
  • Patent number: 11899860
    Abstract: An electronic device may include: a first communication circuit for connecting first communication with a remote input device positioned in the electronic device; a second communication circuit for connecting second communication with an external display device; a wireless charging coil for sensing a change in a magnetic field signal of a remote input device, and outputting an electrical signal according to the change in a magnetic field signal; and a processor electrically connected to the first communication circuit, the second communication circuit, and the wireless charging coil, wherein the processor determines detachment of the electronic device of a remote input device, receives, through wireless communication, a button input signal of the remote input device and sensor data of the remote input device, and can activate one from among a plurality of interactions on the basis of the button input signal and/or the sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Inhyung Jung, Banghyun Kwon, Sangheon Kim, Jiwoo Lee
  • Patent number: 11899843
    Abstract: An indirect haptic device includes a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface, and a plurality of haptic electrodes and a plurality of island electrodes arranged on the top surface. The device further includes a plurality of transmit electrodes and a plurality of receive electrodes arranged on the bottom surface, a position sensor, and a friction modulator. The device further includes a control device configured to apply bipolar electrical signals to the plurality of transmit electrodes to detect touch locations of a user's appendage and to modulate the friction between the user's appendage and the touch surface. Each of the plurality of haptic electrodes are substantially aligned with and capacitively coupled to a corresponding two of the plurality of transmit electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Tanvas Magic Inc.
    Inventors: James E. Colgate, Mondher Cherif, David J. Meyer, Craig Shultz
  • Patent number: 11891491
    Abstract: A writing feel improving sheet comprising a base material and a writing feel improving layer with which a touch pen is brought into contact, wherein when a touch pen having a pen tip of 0.5 mm diameter is used to bring the pen tip into contact with a surface of the writing feel improving layer with which the touch pen is brought into contact and the touch pen is then linearly slid at a speed of 1.6 mm/second while applying a load of 200 g to the touch pen and maintaining an angle formed between the touch pen and the surface at 45°, a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of frictional force generated between the pen tip and the surface is 80 mN or more and 300 mN or less, wherein the frictional force is measured between a point at which a sliding distance is 10 mm and a point at which the sliding distance is 100 mm. The writing feel improving sheet makes it possible to well reproduce the writing feel experienced when writing on paper with a ballpoint pen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Hoshino, Tomoo Orui
  • Patent number: 11886669
    Abstract: A sensor system includes a first electrode serving as a primary electrode with a controller electrically and physically coupled to the first electrode. Computer executable instructions execute software commands on the controller causing the controller to apply a voltage to the first electrode to generate an electric field around the first electrode. A second electrode has at least a portion of the second electrode being disposed within the electrical field generated by the first electrode, and the second electrode operates while being physically decoupled from the controller. The electrical field generated by the first electrode induces a corresponding charge on the second electrode, and proximity of a conductive material on or near the first or second electrode alters the electrical signal received back by the controller from the first electrode to allow for sensing the conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition LLC
    Inventor: Dwayne Van'tZelfde
  • Patent number: 11889581
    Abstract: A processor of an electronic device connects a first short-range wireless communication circuit with a peripheral device, forms a cluster including the electronic device and at least one external electronic device, wherein the electronic device and the at least one external electronic device are registered to a same user account, transmits information associated with the peripheral device to the at least one external device included in the cluster through the second short-range wireless communication, selects an external electronic device responding to the transmitted information, from among the at least one device included in the cluster, establishes a wireless data communication path with the selected external electronic device, receives input information from the peripheral device through the short-range wireless communication circuit, and transmits the received input information or control information corresponding to the received input information to the external electronic device through the wireless da
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventors: Haewook Oh, Doosuk Kang, Yongju Kim, Youngmin Yoo, Seongjun Lee, Buseop Jung, Kunyoung Choi
  • Patent number: 11887541
    Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of scanning lines; a plurality of data lines; a plurality of light-emission control lines; a plurality of pixel circuits each including a light-emitting element; a scanning line drive circuit that drives the scanning lines based on a first clock signal; a data line drive circuit that drives the data lines; a light-emission control line drive circuit that drives the light-emission control lines based on a second clock signal; and a display control circuit that outputs at least the first and second clock signals. The display control circuit classifies a frame period into a scanning period and a pause period, and during the pause period, the display control circuit stops the first clock signal and makes a frequency of the second clock signal lower than that during the scanning period. This further reduces the power consumption of the display device that performs low-frequency driving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Seiichi Uchida
  • Patent number: 11872886
    Abstract: A display system includes a display device, an optical device, and an operation receiver. The display device is switchable between an emitting state where first image light is allowed to be emitted from the display device and a non-emitting state where the first image light is not allowed to be emitted from the display device. The optical device is switchable between a reflecting state where light coming from a back of the mobile body is reflected from the optical device and a transmitting state where the light passes through the optical device. The operation receiver switches between a first mode where the display device is in the emitting state while the optical member is in the transmitting state and a second mode where the display device is in the non-emitting state while the optical member is in the reflecting state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norihiro Imamura, Kenji Nagatomi, Keiichi Matsuzaki, Hirofumi Hoshida
  • Patent number: 11860654
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method, and computer program product embodiments for modifying the functionality of an alternating current (AC) controlling device. An example computer-implemented method includes determining whether an electrical terminal of an AC controlling device is connected to a grounded conductor. In response to determining that the electrical terminal is connected to the grounded conductor, the example computer-implemented method includes generating a first control signal configured to permit the AC controlling device to perform a function. In response to determining that the electrical terminal is not connected to the grounded conductor, the example computer-implemented method includes generating a second control signal configured to prevent the AC controlling device from performing the function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: ROKU, INC.
    Inventor: Gregory Mack Garner
  • Patent number: 11852842
    Abstract: A diffractive optic reflex sight (DORS) is provided for aiming devices in which a virtual image, such as a reticle, is produced and appears in the distance of a user's view when looking through the reflex sight. A light source illuminates a diffractive optical element (DOE) that includes a modulation pattern that generates a patterned illuminations corresponding with the virtual image. A reflective image combiner then reflects the patterned illumination so that the virtual image appears in the distance of the viewer's view. The DORS optical design system is mechanically and optically stable for precision aiming across a range of environmental conditions and in different use scenarios or applications including use in rapidly changing temperatures, varying light conditions, and a wide range of user proficiencies. The DORS optical design system is a readily manufacturable aiming and sighting device for a wide range of applications from handguns to astronomical telescopes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Marsupial Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: William P Parker
  • Patent number: 11847256
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices and non-transitory, computer-readable storage mediums are disclosed for a wearable multimedia device and cloud computing platform with an application ecosystem for processing multimedia data captured by the wearable multimedia device. In an embodiment, a wearable multimedia device determines a projection area of a laser projector, the projection area having an inner region and a border region at least partially enclosing the inner region. Further, the device projects, using the laser projector, a virtual interface (VI) on a surface. In particular, the device determines, based on sensor data from a camera and/or a depth sensor, a position of the surface relative to the projection area. Further, the device projects the VI on the surface based on the position of the surface. Further, the device determines that a portion of the VI coincides with the border region, and in response, modifies a visual appearance of that portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Humane, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Luke Kocienda, Imran A. Chaudhri