Patents Examined by Duane N Taylor, Jr.
  • Dynamic graphics rendering based on predicted saccade landing point
    Patent number: 11474599
    Abstract: A method for predicting eye movement in a head mounted display (HMD). The method including tracking movement of an eye of a user with a gaze tracking system disposed in the HMD at a plurality of sample points. The method including determining velocity of the movement based on the movement of the eye. The method including determining that the eye of the user is in a saccade upon the velocity reaching a threshold velocity. The method including predicting a landing point on the display of the HMD corresponding to a direction of the eye for the saccade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Young, Javier Fernandez Rico
  • Display device
    Patent number: 11475835
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a first transistor that controls an amount of current received from a first power supply voltage line connected via a second node to an organic light emitting diode in response to a voltage of a first node, a second transistor connected between a data line and the second node and that includes a first gate electrode connected to a first scan line, a light emitting line connected to a gate electrode of at least one light emitting transistor located in a current path between the first power supply voltage line and the organic light emitting diode, and a seventh transistor connected between one of at least one second gate electrode of the second transistor and the light emitting line. Accordingly, a threshold voltage of a switching transistor included in each of the plurality of pixels may be negatively shifted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyo Jung Kim, Tae Young Kim, Yong Sung Park, Jong Woo Park, Mi Seon Seo, Keun Soo Lee, Ki Ju Im, Dae Youn Cho, Young Tae Choi, Hyun Cheol Hwang
  • Electronic device for adjusting image quality of display device and method for operating the same
    Patent number: 11470293
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method of controlling the same are provided. The electronic device may include a display; a communication circuit; a camera; and at least one processor configured to: based on an execution of a compensation application for performing compensation on an image of a display device, control the display to output guide information including an interface indicating the electronic device to move to meet an image capturing condition for capturing an image of a partial area of a display device connected through the communication circuit; and based on the compensation of the image of the display device being completed, output a first image of the display device before the compensation and a second image of the display device after the compensation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jaesung Park, Jiman Kim, Junhee Woo, Seongwoon Jung
  • Touch screen panel and fabrication method thereof
    Patent number: 11467699
    Abstract: A touch screen panel includes first and second sense cells on a same layer and coupling patterns that couple adjacent ones of the first sense cells and adjacent ones of the second sense cells to each other, respectively. The coupling patterns do not cross with each other, thereby improving the ability of the coupling patterns to withstand static electricity. A dummy line formed of a same material as the sense cells may be formed between the first and second sense cells, and the dummy line is electrically coupled to a guard ring located in an area outside of a display area of the touch screen panel, making it possible to overcome the effects of static electricity applied to the front surface of the touch screen panel as well as the side surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Do-Youb Kim, Won-Kyu Kwak, Brent Jang
  • Display device
    Patent number: 11460963
    Abstract: A display device includes a display module including a display panel and an input sensing layer on the display panel, and a flexible circuit film connected to the display module. The flexible circuit film includes a base film, a sensor connection wire, a ground wire, an insulating layer, a first conductive layer, and a cover tape. The sensor connection wire is on the base film and is electrically connected to the input sensing layer. The ground wire is on the base film, and the insulating layer covers the sensor connection wire. The first conductive layer is on the insulating layer and is electrically connected to the ground wire, and the cover tape is on the first conductive layer and is electrically connected to the ground wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bongil Kang, Jun-Young Ko, Gayeon Yun
  • Touch display module, electronic apparatus, and touch position detection method
    Patent number: 11442585
    Abstract: A touch display module includes a display panel and a touch sensing layer. The touch sensing layer is embedded in the display panel and includes a plurality of sensing electrode groups. The sensing electrode groups are sequentially arranged along a first axial direction. One of the sensing electrode groups includes a first electrode block, a second electrode block, and a third electrode block spaced apart from each other. The first electrode block is located at a same side of the second electrode block and the third electrode block in the first axial direction and is located between the second electrode block and the third electrode block in a second axial direction perpendicular to the first axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: TPK Touch Solutions (Xiamen) Inc.
    Inventors: Mingchuan Lin, Wenhung Wang, Chuan Chih Fu, Tai Shih Cheng
  • Optical film and front panel of image display apparatus, image display apparatus, mirror with image display function, resistive film-type touch panel, and capacitance-type touch panel having optical film
    Patent number: 11435502
    Abstract: An optical film, a front panel of an image display apparatus, the image display apparatus, a mirror with an image display function, a resistive film-type touch panel, and a capacitance-type touch panel which have the optical film can be provided. The optical film includes at least a first resin film, an adhesive layer disposed on one side of the first resin film, and a second resin film disposed on the adhesive layer, and the adhesive layer contains a polysaccharide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Nakazawa, Yutaka Nozoe, Keigo Ueki
  • Electronic apparatus
    Patent number: 11429238
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes a base substrate through which a hole is defined, a cover portion, a first sensing electrode, a second sensing electrode, a dummy electrode, and a ground line. The cover portion surrounds the hole and includes at least one cover pattern. The first sensing electrode includes first sensing patterns. The second sensing electrode includes second sensing patterns. The dummy electrode includes dummy patterns disposed between the first sensing patterns and the second sensing patterns. The ground line is electrically connected to the cover portion through at least some of the dummy patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyungsu Lee, Jong-Hwa Kim, Jeongyun Han
  • Electronic device with sensing strip
    Patent number: 11429147
    Abstract: An electronic device may have an elongated sensing strip. Control circuitry may use the sensing strip to gather air gesture input from the fingers or other body part of a user. The electronic device may have a housing. The housing may have portions such as upper and lower portions that rotate relative to each other about an axis. A hinge may be used to couple the upper and lower portions together. The sensing strip may extend parallel to the axis and may be located on the lower portion between keys on the lower portion and the axis or on the upper portion between the edge of a display in the upper portion and the axis. The sensing strip may have a one-dimensional array of sensor elements such as capacitive sensor elements, optical sensor elements, ultrasonic sensor elements, or radio-frequency sensor elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Adam T. Garelli, Dinesh C. Mathew, Senem E. Emgin
  • Display device having touch sensor
    Patent number: 11429223
    Abstract: A display device having a touch sensor that enables the size of a bezel area to be reduced is disclosed. The display device is configured such that a display area is spatially divided into first and second touch areas, and first sensing-routing lines, connected to touch electrodes in the first touch area, and second sensing-routing lines, connected to touch electrodes in the second touch area, are not disposed in side and upper bezel areas but are alternately disposed in a lower bezel area. Consequently, it is possible to reduce the size of the side bezel area and the upper bezel area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Gyun Lee, Ji-Hyun Jung, Su-Chang An, Ru-Da Rhe, Hyang-Myoung Gwon
  • Wearable electronic devices having an inward facing input device and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 11429232
    Abstract: A wearable electronic device is provided herein. The wearable electronic device includes a body defining an aperture therethrough. The aperture is sized and shaped to receive a finger of a user. The wearable electronic device further includes a computer processor and an input device at least partially extending from an inner surface of the body. The input device is movable between a first position and a second position. Movement of the input device between the first position and second position provides an input to the processor. The electronic wearable device also includes a transmitter coupled to the computer processor and configured to send electronic transmissions to an external electronic device. The electronic transmissions correspond to the input. The electronic wearable device also includes a power source for providing power to the computer processor, the input device and the transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Jason T. Griffin
  • Display apparatus and head mounted display
    Patent number: 11422376
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a guide element, and an incident optical system causing light from a display element to enter the guide element. The guide element includes a first light guide part guiding the light from the incident optical system in a first direction and a second light guide part guiding the light from the first light guide part in a second direction intersecting with the first direction. The first light guide part has mirrors disposed along the first direction and guiding the light to the second light guide part by reflection. The mirrors include a first mirror and a second mirror. Each of the first and second mirrors has a first reflection region and a second reflection region having a higher reflectance than the first reflection region. Light having transmitted through the first reflection region of the first mirror enters the second reflection region of the second mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Keiichiro Ishihara
  • Touch display device
    Patent number: 11409400
    Abstract: A touch display device includes a base substrate having a display area and a non-display area, a plurality of light emitting elements disposed in the display area, an encapsulation layer dispose to cover the plurality of light emitting elements, a plurality of touch electrodes having a mesh shape and disposed on the encapsulation layer, and a plurality of lens layers having a convex shape and disposed inside the touch electrode while being disposed on the encapsulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keongjin Lee, Byungjoo Lee, Juhoon Jang, Ara Yoon, Woonchan Moon
  • Display controller, display system including the display controller, and method of operating the display controller
    Patent number: 11403983
    Abstract: A display chipset structure that is based on an integrated display controller is provided. The display controller includes including a display processor comprising a first digital circuit, and configured to receive image data from an application processor (AP) and output the image data to a first component driver chip configured to drive a gate line and a source line of a display panel; and a touch processor comprising a second digital circuit, and configured to receive touch data from a second component driver chip configured to drive sensing electrodes of a touch panel. The display controller is implemented as one semiconductor chip and separated from each of the first and second component driver chips, and the display processor and the touch processor communicate with each other through an internal interconnection of the one semiconductor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changju Lee, Yoonkyung Choi, Jinbong Kim, Junho Huh
  • Current drain reduction in AR/VR display systems
    Patent number: 11402898
    Abstract: In some embodiments, eye tracking is used on an AR or VR display system to determine if a user of the display system is blinking or otherwise cannot see. In response, current drain or power usage of a display associated with the display system may be reduced, for example, by dimming or turning off a light source associated with the display, or by configuring a graphics driver to skip a designated number of frames or reduce a refresh rate for a designated period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventor: Tal Mor
  • Operation control apparatus
    Patent number: 11402921
    Abstract: A spatial sensing region is set in accordance with a spatial sensing function of a first operation detection unit included in a first operation device, and another spatial sensing region is set in accordance with a spatial sensing function of a second operation detection unit included in a second operation device. The first operation device and the second operation device are arranged in a vehicle interior. For example, when the second operation detection unit of the second operation device detects a forward movement of a hand, it is determined that an operator intends to operate the first operation device and control is performed such that a display screen of the first operation device is turned on, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Keisuke Abe
  • Display device including position input function
    Patent number: 11402956
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device 10 includes pixel electrodes 11g that are spaced apart from each other, touch electrodes 14, each of which forms a capacitance with a finger, which is a position input body performing position input, to detect a position of input by the finger, which is the position input body, a touch line 15 that is sandwiched between adjacent pixel electrodes 11g and is connected to the touch electrodes 14, and at least two source lines 11j that extend parallel to the touch line 15. The source lines 11j transmit image signals to the pixel electrodes 11g. The source lines 11j are disposed such that one of the two pixel electrodes 11g is sandwiched between the touch line 15 and one of the two source lines 11j and another one of the two pixel electrodes 11g is sandwiched between another one of the two source lines 11j and the touch line 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masakatsu Tominaga, Masahiro Yoshida
  • Display device including position input function
    Patent number: 11397496
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device 10 includes pixel electrodes 11g that are spaced apart from each other, touch electrodes 14, each of which forms a capacitance with a finger, which is a position input body performing position input, to detect a position of input by the finger, which is the position input body, a touch line 15 that is sandwiched between adjacent pixel electrodes 11g and is connected to the touch electrodes 14, and at least two source lines 11j that extend parallel to the touch line 15. The source lines 11j transmit image signals to the pixel electrodes 11g. The source lines 11j are disposed such that one of the two pixel electrodes 11g is sandwiched between the touch line 15 and one of the two source lines 11j and another one of the two pixel electrodes 11g is sandwiched between another one of the two source lines 11j and the touch line 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masakatsu Tominaga, Masahiro Yoshida
  • Fingerprint recognition touch sensor and electronic apparatus including the same
    Patent number: 11392242
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes a plurality of parallel transmitting lines extending in a first direction, a plurality of parallel receiving lines extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a transmitting driver configured to, in a first mode, apply first driving signals of a first voltage, to the plurality of transmitting lines, and in a second mode, apply second driving signals of a second voltage, to the plurality of transmitting lines, the second voltage being different than the first voltage. The touch sensor further includes a signal output unit configured to receive touch signals from the plurality of receiving lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinmyoung Kim, Dongkyun Kim, Jaechul Park
  • Sensor
    Patent number: 11392254
    Abstract: A sensor includes a base member and a sensor sheet. The sensor sheet includes a film sheet, a plurality of sensor electrodes laid on the film sheet, a plurality of wiring lines laid on the film sheet to conduct electricity to the plurality of sensor electrodes, and a detection part and a tail part. The detection part is held on the base member and includes the plurality of sensor electrodes. The tail part extends from the detection part in a manner so as to face a bottom surface of the base member and includes the plurality of wiring lines. The tail part includes a bent portion bent on a bottom surface periphery of the base member toward the bottom surface of the base member. The plurality of wiring lines extending through the bent portion are laid on an outer bent surface of the bent portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SEKISUI POLYMATECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shinichi Tomooka