Patents Examined by Deeprose Subedi
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Patent number: 11226707Abstract: A touch screen panel is provided, which includes a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of first etched lines, a plurality of second electrodes, and a plurality of second etched lines. The first electrodes are formed along a first direction and separated by the first etched lines. The second electrodes are formed along a second direction and separated by the second etched lines. A largest width of the first and second etched lines is C, and each of a plurality of overlapping regions formed by projecting the first and second etched lines in a third direction have an area less than or equal to C squared. The first, second, and third directions are perpendicular to each other.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.Inventors: Chien Hsien Yu, Chien Min Lai, Chin Hsueh Fang
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Patent number: 11226708Abstract: A touch electrode is provided in the disclosure, including a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer. The first electrode layer includes a plurality of first electrodes. Each of the first electrodes includes a plurality of first electrode wires and a plurality of first axis wires, in which each of the first axis wires is connected to and perpendicular to the first electrode wires. The second electrode layer is electrically insulated and located above or beneath the first electrode layer. The second electrode layer includes a plurality of second electrodes. Each of the second electrodes includes a plurality of second electrode wires, and the second electrodes are spaced apart from each other and connected to each other in parallel. The material of the first and the second electrode layers is metal nanowires. A touch panel and a touch display, including the touch electrode described herein, are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2021Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.Inventors: Yi-Peng Gan, Cheng-Chieh Li, Qin-Xue Fang, Yong-Bin Ke, Si-Dian Chen
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Patent number: 11223719Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to various directional input units of a mobile communication terminal, where such directional input units receive a single user input or multiple concurrent user inputs and then acquires at least one selecting (user) sub-input therefrom while a terminal is in its powered-off state or its off-state. After acquiring the selecting user sub-input, a terminal runs at least one pre-selected operation which is selected from a set of multiple pre-selected operations and which matches the selecting user sub-input when a terminal powers on from its powered-off state or wakes up from its off-state. A directional input unit may acquire the selecting user sub-input from a movement of at least a portion thereof, a contact between at least a portion thereof and a user body part, or the like. As a result, a terminal can provide a user with more seamless operations.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Inventors: Youngtack Shim, Jae lark Jung, Jae kyu Lee
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Patent number: 11209946Abstract: A touch sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a substrate layer, and sensing electrodes arranged on the substrate layer. The sensing electrodes includes a stacked structure of a transparent oxide electrode layer and a metal layer, and has an optical ratio of 5 or less. A structure of high transmittance and low reflectance can be implemented by a control of the optical ratio of the sensing electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2021Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.Inventors: Sung Jin Noh, Han Tae Ryu, Do Hyoung Kwon, Sang Jin Park, Jun Gu Lee
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Patent number: 11194394Abstract: A computer input device system that includes a finger-wearable input unit that is capable of providing inputs in a two-dimensional plane or in three-dimensional space, and that is capable of transitioning between registering inputs along a two-dimensional plane or in a three-dimensional space. The finger-wearable unit can be made up of separable modules and links that allow for reconfiguration of the finger-wearable unit according to a user's needs.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Magnima LLCInventors: Anoop Molly Joseph, Chaithanya Mouli
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Patent number: 11194397Abstract: The disclosed touch-simulation apparatus includes (1) a set of opposing surfaces and (2) an electric actuator assembly coupled between the set of opposing surfaces, wherein (A) the electric actuator assembly includes an actuator layer and (B) a set of mechanical amplifiers coupled between opposing sides of the actuator layer and the set of opposing surfaces. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventors: Dongsuk Shin, Kevin Shimasaki, Daniele Piazza
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Patent number: 11194432Abstract: A display device includes: a base layer including a display area and a non-display area; a circuit element layer disposed on the base layer; a display element layer disposed on the circuit element layer; a plurality of signal pads disposed on the base layer, wherein the plurality of signal pads are spaced a predetermined interval from each other, and are electrically connected to the circuit element layer; and an input sensing layer including a conductive layer and an input insulation layer, wherein the conductive layer is disposed on the display element layer, and the input insulation layer covers the conductive layer and a portion of each of the signal pads. Each of the signal pads includes a first pad portion and a second pad portion, wherein the first pad portion overlaps the input insulation layer, and the second pad portion does not overlap the input insulation layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Keonwoo Kim, Deukjong Kim, Hyunwoo Kim, Dong-Hyun Lee, Sangmi Jeon, Joohye Jung
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Patent number: 11184985Abstract: A touch structure and a method of manufacturing the touch structure are provided. The method includes: forming a first conductive layer on a base substrate; forming a second conductive layer on the first conductive layer; and patterning the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer to respectively form a first conductive layer pattern and a second conductive layer pattern; the first conductive layer pattern is formed after the second conductive layer pattern is formed, and the first conductive layer pattern and the second conductive layer pattern are different from each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2018Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jing Wang, Zouming Xu, Xiaodong Xie, Lei Zhang, Xianlin Ding, Qitao Zheng, Tsung Chieh Kuo, Dong Li, Qicheng Chen, Ting Zeng, Ming Zhang, Seong Cho Lee, Lingyan Wu, Guiyu Zhang
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Patent number: 11183150Abstract: A display system includes a display device and a rendering device having a plurality of individually-controllable illumination regions. The rendering device is to render a frame for display at the display device during a frame period, to determine a gaze position of a user relative to the display device for the frame period, and to set, for each illumination region, an illumination configuration to be applied by the display device for the illumination region during at least one of the frame period or a subsequent frame period based on a classification of the illumination region that is representative of a location of the gaze position relative to the illumination region.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: ATI TECHNOLOGIES ULCInventors: Ed Callway, David Glen
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Patent number: 11169648Abstract: A touch electrode, a touch display panel, and a touch display device are provided in embodiments of the present disclosure. The touch electrode includes a plurality of touch electrode groups, the plurality of touch electrode groups is arranged to extend linearly along a same extending direction and parallel to one another in a direction orthogonal to the extending direction, each touch electrode group includes a plurality of touch sub-electrodes arranged in series along the extending direction; each touch sub-electrode has a plurality of first conductive wires located therein, and a plurality of second conductive wires extending outward from an edge thereof, and respective second conductive wires of the plurality of touch sub-electrodes in each touch electrode group are at least partially connected with one another.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2020Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Xuwu Hu, Yangsheng Liu, Wei Lin, Xingjiang Liang
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Patent number: 11169646Abstract: A touch panel is provided. The touch panel includes a substrate, a metal mesh, and a touch electrode layer. The substrate includes at least two dielectric layers and a wiring layer disposed between the two dielectric layers. The wiring layer is provided with conductive lines, and the conductive lines are perpendicularly intersected with each other. The conductive lines are disposed below the metal mesh. The touch electrode layer is provided with touch electrodes arranged in an array. A bezel area of the touch panel is not provided with the conductive lines. The conductive lines located in the bezel area of the touch panel are disposed below the metal mesh. The conductive lines are rhombus-shaped. The conductive lines are arranged in an array, and the touch electrodes are electrically connected to the conductive lines through a plurality of first via holes.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Inventor: Zesheng Chen
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Patent number: 11164512Abstract: Systems and methods to achieve desired color accuracy, power consumption, and gamma correction in an array of pixels of a micro-LED display. The method and system provides an array of pixels, wherein each pixel comprising a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in a matrix and a driving circuitry configured to provide an individual emission control signal to each sub-pixel of each pixel in the array of pixels to independently control a emission time and a duty cycle of each sub-pixel.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: VueReal Inc.Inventor: Gholamreza Chaji
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Patent number: 11164526Abstract: A display device including pixels is provided. Each of the pixels includes a first transistor having a gate electrode connected to a first node, a first electrode connected to a second node, and a second electrode connected to a third node, a second transistor having a gate electrode connected to a first scan line, a first electrode connected to a data line, and a second electrode connected to the second node, and a third transistor having a first gate electrode connected to the first scan line, a second gate electrode, a first electrode connected to the first node, and a second electrode connected to the third node. The second gate electrode may be in a floating state, and the third transistor may be aged to alleviate a leakage current in order to improve image generation.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Keun Woo Kim, Mee Jae Kang, Han Bit Kim, Thanh Tien Nguyen, Yong Su Lee, Jae Seob Lee
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Patent number: 11157121Abstract: In a conductive member in which a first electrode layer is positioned closer to a touch surface side compared to a second electrode layer, the first electrode layer includes a plurality of first sensing electrodes aligned in a first direction, each of the first sensing electrodes has a plurality of first electrode lines and has a first electrode width W1, the second electrode layer includes a plurality of second sensing electrodes aligned in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, each of second sensing electrodes has a plurality of second electrode lines and a plurality of non-connection lines insulated from the plurality of second electrode lines, and has a second electrode width W2, and the second electrode width W2 is larger than the first electrode width W1.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2020Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Masaya Nakayama
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Patent number: 11157080Abstract: There is provided a detection device, including: a non-contact sensor unit that detects a shape of a finger; and a mounting unit that mounts the non-contact sensor unit on a hand at a more distal position than a carpal area. Generation of occlusions may be prevented and operations that utilize a shape of user's fingers may be detected more reliably, while a mounted component and an operating procedure may also be simplified.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hitoshi Nakamura, Noriyuki Suzuki, Kensuke Kitamura
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Patent number: 11157076Abstract: A display system is disclosed. The display system includes a display, an eye-tracking sensor, and a processor communicatively coupled to the display and the eye-tracking sensor. The computing device receives data from the eye-tracking sensor, determines, based on the eye-tracking data, whether a user's eye is looking at a display in the display system, and based on whether the eye is determined to be looking at the display, controls a power consumption of the display.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventor: Yu Jiang Tham
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Patent number: 11152453Abstract: Provided are a touch display panel and a display device. The touch display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate. In a non-display area, multiple first conductive structures and multiple metal wires are configured on one side of the first substrate facing to the second substrate, and multiple second conductive structures are configured on one side of the second substrate facing to the first substrate. Each first conductive structure is electrically connected to a respective second conductive structure. Each first conductive structure includes a first transmit electrode and a first gasket structure that is disposed between the first transmit electrode and the first substrate. The first transmit electrode is electrically connected to a metal wire and the respective one second conductive structure. The first gasket structure includes multiple first recessed portions.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: XIAMEN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhuan Gao, Xinzhao Liu
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Patent number: 11132094Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a plurality of first sensing electrodes, a plurality of second sensing electrodes, a plurality of first sensing lines, a plurality of second sensing lines, and a connection line connecting two second sensing patterns, which are spaced apart from each other, of one second sensing electrode of the second sensing electrodes. Each of the first sensing lines includes a trench line connected to one first sensing electrode of the first sensing electrodes and crossing the connection line so as to be insulated from the connection line. The connection line includes a plurality of line parts spaced apart from each other with the trench line therebetween on a plane and a bridge part on a layer different from that on which the line parts are on, the bridge part connecting the line parts to each other and having conductivity less than that of the trench line.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2020Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sunghee Kim, Sung-Jin Yang, Hyunsik Park, Chungi You, Sungho Cho
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Patent number: 11126314Abstract: The present application discloses a touch substrate having a touch electrode area and a peripheral area. The touch substrate includes a base substrate and a mesh conductive layer in the peripheral area of the touch substrate. The mesh conductive layer is configured to be connected to ground to discharge electrostatic charge in the touch substrate.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2017Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jian Tian, Ming Zhang, Tsungchieh Kuo, Shifeng Xu, Xujie Zhang, Tengfei Zhong, Min He, Xiaojuan Hu, Jing Wang, Xinbin Tian
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Patent number: 11119325Abstract: A near eye display device includes a display and a first waveguide element, the first waveguide element including a light incoming surface, a light exiting surface, a reflective inclined surface and beam splitting elements. An image beam provided by the display enters the first waveguide element via the light incoming surface and is reflected by the reflective inclined surface in the first waveguide element to the beam splitting elements, and is split by the beam splitting elements and leaves the first waveguide element via the light exiting surface. The reflective inclined surface has a first reflectivity distribution in a first incident angle range and a second reflectivity distribution in a second incident angle range. An angle in the second incident angle range is greater than an angle in the first incident angle range, and the first reflectivity distribution has a greater reflectivity average value than the second reflectivity distribution.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2020Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Chih-Wei Shih, Chung-Ting Wei, Chuan-Te Cheng