Patents Examined by Doon Y. Chow
  • Patent number: 12094068
    Abstract: Example systems, devices, media, and methods are described for presenting a virtual experience using the display of an eyewear device in augmented reality. A content delivery application implements and controls the detecting of beacons broadcast from beacon transmitters deployed at fixed locations and determining the current eyewear location based on the detected beacons. The method includes retrieving content and presenting a virtual experience based on the retrieved content, the beacon data, and a user profile. The virtual experience includes playing audio messages, presenting text on the display, playing video segments on the display, and combinations thereof. In addition to wireless detection of beacons, the method includes scanning and decoding a beacon activation code positioned near the beacon transmitter to access a beacon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Ashwani Arya, Alex Feinman
  • Patent number: 12085829
    Abstract: A method for driving electro-optic displays including a layer of electro-optic material disposed between a common electrode and a backplane including an array of pixel electrodes, each coupled to a pixel transistor. The method for driving includes apportioning a displayable region of the electro-optic display into N BRAID line groups, where each of the N BRAID line groups is associated with a frame buffer. The method also includes receiving first image data comprising optical state data for the entire displayable region of the electro-optic display, and sequentially writing subsets of the first image data to each of the N frame buffers, wherein each of the N frame buffers is written with data corresponding to the corresponding BRAID line group. The method also includes sequentially updating portions of the displayable region of the electro-optic display based on the data in each of the N frame buffers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: E INK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bryan Hans Chan, Craig Lin
  • Patent number: 12079039
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display panel including a folding area foldable with respect to a folding axis and a non-folding area which is adjacent to the folding area, a support plate facing the display panel, and a digitizer which faces the display panel with the support plate therebetween and detects a first external input. The digitizer includes a plate including a reinforcing fiber, a first conductive layer on a first surface of the plate, and a second conductive layer on a second surface of the plate which is opposite to the first surface of the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Kishimoto, Dasom Gu, Yonghyuck Lee, Hongkwan Lee, Yongchan Jeon, Chul Ho Jeong, Hyunjun Cho, Eungil Choi, Sohra Han
  • Patent number: 12039900
    Abstract: A method of calibrating a head-up display system includes training a neural network to predict warp maps for an occupant perspective of a single graphical image projected onto a windshield of the vehicle, projecting, with a digital light projector, a graphical image onto the windshield, capturing, with a camera in proximity to the digital light projector, the graphical image projected onto the windshield, locating, with an occupant monitoring system, an occupant eye ellipse position, predicting, with the neural network, a warp map for an occupant perspective of the projected graphical image based on the location of the digital light projector, the occupant eye ellipse position and a shape of the windshield, applying, with the controller, the warp map to the graphical image projected by the digital light projector, and projecting, with the digital light projector, a corrected graphical image based on the predicted warp map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Manoj Kumar Sharma, Joseph F. Szczerba, Thomas A. Seder, John P. Weiss
  • Patent number: 12039935
    Abstract: A pixel circuit can include a driving element connected to a first node, a second node and a third node; a first switch element supplying an initialization voltage to the second node; a second switch element supplying a data voltage to a fourth node; and a capacitor connected between the third node and the fourth node. Also, the pixel circuit can further include a third switch element supplying a reference voltage to the third node; a fourth switch element supplying a pixel driving voltage to the first node; a fifth switch element electrically connecting the fourth node with the second node; a light emitting element driven to emit light based on a current supplied through the driving element; and a sixth switch element configured to electrically connect the third node with a fifth node connected to an anode electrode of the light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyu Jin Kim, Dong Hyun Lee
  • Patent number: 12033587
    Abstract: A display driving apparatus includes a source driving circuit supplying a first source signal to a first display area to display a first image and supply a second source signal to a second display area to sense characteristics of a pixels of the second display area when a display panel operates in a hybrid mode, the second display area being in a turn-off state during the hybrid mode, a gate driving circuit supplying a gate pulse to first gate lines of the first display area and supply the gate pulse to target gate lines of the second display area, a timing controller transferring first image data for the first image and sensing data for sensing to the source driving circuit and compensate for second image data for a second image which is to be displayed after the first image, based on a target compensation value obtained from a sensing result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: LX Semicon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Do Hoon Lee, Hyun Kyu Jeon, Ji Won Lee, Jung Eun Baek, Jae Chan Cho
  • Patent number: 12027101
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including pixels; an eye tracker configured to determine a gaze point on the display panel by tracking a gaze of a user; and a timing controller configured to determine a luminance variable region of the display panel based on the gaze point, and to decrease a luminance of the luminance variable region. The timing controller is configured to decrease the luminance of a point in the luminance variable region more as the point in the luminance variable region is farther from the gaze point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Young-Il Kim
  • Patent number: 12020508
    Abstract: A computing system may receive an image captured by a camera, and determine based on (1) one or more regions in the image that include a portion of a body of a user, and (2) a camera pose of the camera, a three-dimensional volume constraint that stems from the camera pose in which an elbow of the user is likely to be located. The system may infer, based on at least the three-dimensional volume constraint, an elbow pose of the user, wherein the elbow pose includes a location associated with an elbow of the user in three-dimensional space. The system may determine the location associated with the elbow is outside the three-dimensional volume constraint, and in response to the determination, adjust the inferred elbow pose. The system may generate, based on the adjusted elbow pose, a body pose of the user that includes at least the adjusted elbow pose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Samuel Alan Johnson, Mahdi Salmani Rahimi, Benjamin Antoine Georges Lefaudeux, Kishore Venkateshan
  • Patent number: 11996046
    Abstract: A display panel is disclosed. The display panel including a plurality of pixels each including a plurality of sub pixels, the respective sub pixels including a light-emitting device and a driving circuit. Driving circuits included in a display panel may be realized with six N-type metal-oxide-semiconductor thin film transistors (NMOS TFTs) and one Oxide TFT, or realized with five P-type metal-oxide-semiconductor thin film transistors (PMOS TFTs) and two Oxide TFTs making low frequency driving possible, and because the number of TFTs and scan drivers are reduced, manufacturing cost, bezel size and power consumption can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiwoo Kim, Seoungyong Park, Yongkoo Her, Byungduk Yang, Taeil Jung
  • Patent number: 11994911
    Abstract: A flexible display window and an electronic device having the same are provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first rigid portion and a flexible portion, at least one outer layer that covers the first rigid portion and the flexible portion, a display device including a screen including a first portion exposed through the first rigid portion and a second portion extended from the first portion and exposed through the flexible portion, at least one processor electrically coupled to the display device, and a memory electrically coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the outer layer includes a polymer layer, a glass layer interposed between the polymer layer and the screen, and an adhesive layer interposed between the polymer layer and the glass layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Younggyun Kim, Heecheul Moon
  • Patent number: 11995274
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mask, a display panel, and a method for manufacturing thereof. The display panel includes a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area, and the peripheral area comprises a wiring area and a bonding area. The wiring area is provided with a first ground wiring. In the present invention, the first ground wiring is routed through a double-layer or multi-layer metal wiring, and an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection effect can be achieved in the use of a finished product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xianjin Ge
  • Patent number: 11997435
    Abstract: A projector includes a first acquisition unit, a second acquisition unit, a first determination unit, and a display control unit. The first acquisition unit sequentially acquires a first captured image and a second captured image on a display surface. The second acquisition unit acquires a first brightness value and a first position of a bright point contained in the first captured image and a second brightness value and a second position of a bright point contained in the second captured image. The first determination unit determines whether the second brightness value is larger than the first brightness value by a first threshold or more and the second position is closer to a camera than the first position. The display control unit displays a display image containing a drawn image showing a drawn line by a pointer when a determination result is negative, and displays a display image not containing the drawn image when the determination result is positive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroki Senshiki
  • Patent number: 11966659
    Abstract: Techniques for context-based display of content and alert based on distance on a multi-display system are described. For instance, the described techniques can be implemented to determine a device context based on one or more of a first instance of media content displayed on a first display device positioned at a first surface of a client device or an environment in which the client device is positioned. Based on the device context, the described techniques enable output of a second instance of media content via a second display device positioned at a second surface of the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Amit Kumar Agrawal, Rahul Bharat Desai
  • Patent number: 11960088
    Abstract: A head-mounted display (HMD) for improved field of view (FOV) is provided. The head-mounted display (HMD) may include a display element to provide display light. The head-mounted display (HMD) may also include a lens element to provide display light to a user of the head-mounted display (HMD). The head-mounted display (HMD) may further include an optical element comprising at least one waveguide to provide improved central or peripheral field of view (FOV) for the user of head-mounted display (HMD). In some examples, the waveguide may be part of central optics and/or peripheral optics. The waveguide may have a planar waveguide profile or a curved waveguide profile. In some examples, the waveguide may be stacked or may include a graded index (GRIN) layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Miaomiao Xu, Brian Wheelwright, Ying Geng
  • Patent number: 11960327
    Abstract: The display control method for an electronic device with a foldable screen according to an embodiment of this application includes: The electronic device determines a first use posture of using the electronic device by a user, and locks a first screen in response to the first use posture; and when detecting a photographing scenario of a camera and a flip operation performed by the user of the electronic device, the electronic device detects whether an object approaches the electronic device, and in response to a detection result, switches from performing displaying on the first screen to performing displaying on a second screen, or maintains the first screen on and the second screen off. In embodiments of this application, intelligent screen locking or automatic screen switching can be implemented based on different application scenarios, to implement an intelligent terminal device, and improve use performance of the terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huajian Tian, Xiaoxiao Chen, Wancheng Hu, Jing Cheng
  • Patent number: 11935499
    Abstract: A display device driver and a driving method thereof are provided. The display device driver includes a display panel, a source driver, and a timing control chip, wherein the display panel is configured to present at least two load types of display images, the source driver is signally connected to the display panel, and the timing control chip includes a data detection module and a data processing module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongyu Qiao, Bo Xiao
  • Patent number: 11921957
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed are directed to a computing system that performs steps for providing follow-the-leader tapping control signals to one or more tapping devices. The computing system captures an interaction between a first user device and a user of the first user device. The computing system then generates a tapping control signal configured to instruct a tapping device to interact with a second user device based on the captured interaction. Subsequently, the computing system transmits the tapping control signal to the tapping device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Osborn, Joshua Edwards, Latika Gulati
  • Patent number: 11915504
    Abstract: A home user interface (UI) system for managing digital ink is provided. The home UI system includes a plurality of state sensors capable of detecting a state in a house or a change in the state, and a plurality of home-use devices that are provided in the house or that form part of the house and that each include a handwriting sensor capable of detecting handwriting made by a person. The home UI system further includes one or more notification units that are configured to notify the person of the existence of the home-use device or a detectable region of the handwriting sensor of the home-use device. The home UI system further includes a controller which, when it is determined that a notification is necessary from a detection result of one or more of the state sensors, instructs at least one of the notification units to carry out the notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobutaka Ide, Mu-Tzu Chen, Sadao Yamamoto, Philipp Daniel Schongen, Peter Bacher
  • Patent number: 11914778
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image; and a vibration generating device configured to vibrate the display panel to generate sound, wherein the vibration generating device includes: a first sound generating device at a rear surface of the display panel, and outputting a first sound; and a second sound generating device around the first sound generating device, and outputting a second sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: SeYoung Kim, Sungsu Ham, Joongsup Han
  • Patent number: 11900855
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a compensation circuit are provided. The display apparatus includes a display screen, a sound reproduction device and a power supply circuit. The power supply circuit includes a rectifier circuit and a compensation circuit. The rectifier circuit is used to convert an alternating current to a direct current. The compensation circuit is used to compensate for a parasitic signal of a synchronous rectification MOSFET in the rectifier circuit, thereby reducing heat generated by the MOSFET.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: HISENSE VISUAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhenhua Pang