Patents Examined by Eboni N Giles
  • Patent number: 10892735
    Abstract: A passive wireless sensor includes a substrate having at least one Microelectromechanical system (MEMS) piezoelectric resonator thereon. The MEMS piezoelectric resonator includes a piezoelectric layer between a top metal or semiconductor layer (top electrode layer) and a bottom metal or semiconductor layer (bottom electrode layer). The top electrode layer is a patterned top electrode layer including at least a first electrode for sensing an electrical signal and a second electrode for providing a ground reference. An antenna is connected to the first and/or second electrode for wirelessly transmitting the electrical signal and for receiving a wireless interrogation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Reza Abdolvand, Seyedeh Hediyeh Fatemi, Mohammad Modarres-Zadeh
  • Patent number: 10873375
    Abstract: The present invention provides a receiver. In one embodiment, the receiver includes a receive portion employing transmission signals from a transmitter having multiple antennas and capable of providing channel estimates. The receiver also includes a feedback generator portion configured to provide to the transmitter a pre-coder selection for data transmission that is based on the channel estimates, wherein the pre-coder selection corresponds to a grouping of frequency-domain resource blocks. The present invention also provides a transmitter having multiple antennas. In one embodiment, the transmitter includes a transmit portion coupled to the multiple antennas and capable of applying pre-coding to a data transmission for a receiver. The transmitter also includes a feedback decoding portion configured to decode a pre-coder selection for the data transmission that is fed back from the receiver, wherein the pre-coder selection corresponds to a grouping of frequency-domain resource blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Eko N. Onggosanusi, Badri Varadarajan, Anand Ganesh Dabak
  • Patent number: 10860103
    Abstract: A virtual, augmented, or mixed reality (xR) session is hosted in a physical environment. Physiological measurements of an individual wearing a Head-Mounted Device (HMD) are captured while the individual participates in the xR session. An environmental context of the xR session is determined based on measurements of environmental properties of the physical environment. Physiological states of the individual are determined based on the physiological data. Multiple physiological states may be determined by independent chains that evaluate independent physiological data streams. The environmental context and the physiological states are combined, according to data fusion techniques such as algebraic voting, to determine a physiological classification of the individual. The xR session is modified based on the physiological user classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventor: Ray Vivian Kacelenga
  • Patent number: 10789583
    Abstract: A double screen apparatus includes a frame housing, a first screen, a second screen, an audio output device, a first data port, a second data port, a controller, and a power supply unit. The first screen and the second screen are perimetrically mounted within the frame housing. The audio output device that emits audio data and the first and second data port that exchange audio and video data are integrated onto the frame housing. The controller controls the first screen, the second screen, the audio output device, the first data port, and the second data port so that controller can optimize the functionality of the double screen apparatus. The first screen, the second screen, the audio output device, the first data port, and the second data port are electronically connected to the controller and electrically connected to the power supply unit that supplies a flow of direct current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Inventor: Ryan Wilson Leborys
  • Patent number: 10775889
    Abstract: A force input/haptic output interface for an electronic device can include a force input sensor and a haptic actuator. In one example, the force input sensor and the haptic actuator are accommodated on a frame positioned below an input surface. In many examples, the frame includes relieved portions that redirect and/or concentrate compression or tension in the haptic actuator into the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Alex J. Lehmann, Robert Y. Cao, Dinesh C. Mathew, Mikael M. Silvanto, Qiliang Xu, Paul X. Wang, Robert J. Lockwood
  • Patent number: 10775920
    Abstract: A driving method of a touch display panel includes: selectively operating in a display mode and a touch detecting mode; when operating in the display mode during a first frame period, processing a first frame to generate an image processing indicator of a second frame for indicating an image processing level of the second frame; when operating in the touch detecting mode during the first frame period, generating a control signal when a touch is detected; wherein when the control signal is generated, processing the second frame according to an image processing indicator of the first frame for indicating an image processing level of the first frame when operating in the display mode during a second frame period, instead of using the image processing indicator of the second frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Shing-Chia Chen, Yi-Long Yang
  • Patent number: 10763924
    Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a transmitting device and a receiving device each including a plurality of antennas. A plurality of streams are subjected to spatial multiplexing and are transmitted in a downlink in which packets are transmitted from the transmitting device to the receiving device. In the transmitting device, each of the plurality of transmission streams is divided into a plurality of bit-series groups having decoding characteristics to which priority levels are assigned, the bit-series groups are subjected to encoding processes and modulating processes in accordance with the priority levels and further subjected to weighting and synthesizing, and each of the plurality of transmission streams in which a plurality of bit series items are synthesized with one another is spatially multiplexed and transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryou Sawai
  • Patent number: 10742590
    Abstract: An online delivery servicing system includes a server that functions with a customer computing device to obtain delivery confirmation request information associated with an online gift purchased by a customer for a recipient in which the delivery confirmation request information is associated with a quantity of delivery confirmation messages to be transmitted to a recipient of the online gift and a period of elapsed time for each delivery confirmation message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: E2INTERACTIVE, INC.
    Inventors: Brett R. Glass, Karl Joseph Geisler
  • Patent number: 10742452
    Abstract: Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide noise reduction between proximate networks by minimizing interference from nearby network communication. A processing module determines a performance condition of a network and communicates with one or more nodes at a nearby network based on the performance condition of the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Lantiq Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Feliciano Gomez Martinez, Joon Bae Kim, Khashayar Mirfakhraei, Imran Hajimusa
  • Patent number: 10721004
    Abstract: A method of detecting a direction of arrival of at least one interference signal interfering a wanted signal in a plurality of received signals involves receiving, by a number of antennas of an antenna array, a number of signals, identifying an interference signal in the received signals, applying a beam forming signal processing technique to the identified interference signal, and detecting the direction of arrival from the results of the beam forming signal processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: ASTRIUM GMBH
    Inventor: Jean-Jacques Floch
  • Patent number: 10692424
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses an organic electroluminescent display panel, a driving method thereof and a display device, where the dimming mode is taken to drive and each frame of scanning time is divided into the display area scanning time and the front-back porch time. Where each line of pixel circuits located in the display area of the organic electroluminescent display panel are scanned during the display area scanning time; and the drive circuit is adjusted during the front-back porch time. Where the front-back porch time is less than the display area scanning time, and the front-back porch time is the common multiple of the respective clock signal cycles in the gate drive circuit of the organic electroluminescent display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: SHANGHAI TIANMA AM-OLED CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongxu Xiang, Yue Li, Zeyuan Chen, Xiangzi Kong, Xingyao Zhou, Chuanli Leng, Yuan Li
  • Patent number: 10673501
    Abstract: A communications terminal may include: a plurality of antennas; and a selection circuit configured to select at least one antenna of the plurality of antennas as a transmit antenna for a transmission to a radio communications network, wherein a selection of the transmit antenna may be based on a selection criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Thorsten Clevorn, Christian Drewes, Jan Ellenbeck, Juergen Kreuchauf
  • Patent number: 10641800
    Abstract: Provided are devices for electrical connectors to provide indication that the electrical connectors are not energized. Devices include a first indicator that includes a first indication technology that is configured to provide a first visual indication corresponding to a voltage of a primary conductor and a second indicator that includes a second indication technology that is different from the first indication technology and that is configured to provide a second visual indication corresponding to the voltage of the primary conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew P. Galla, Harry G. Yaworski
  • Patent number: 10643547
    Abstract: Transition to an electric power saving mode is performed without giving a user of a projector the false awareness that the projector is failing, a flicker phenomenon is suppressed and an image with a brightness in the electric power saving mode being is immediately projected, first to third electric powers electric power values which become smaller in this order are used as light source electric power, and a controller that, upon acceptance of an input for selecting the third electric power, causes the second electric power to be supplied to the light source and decreases an amplitude of the image signal, and after elapse of a fixed time, causes the third electric power to be supplied to the light source is included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Michitaka Naitou
  • Patent number: 10627683
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a display region, and a non-display region adjacent to the display region. The display region includes a first display region and a second display region, the first display region includes first pixels arranged in an array, the second display region includes second pixels arranged in an array, and the number of pixels in any one row of the first pixels is less than the number of columns of the second pixels. The display panel further includes a gate driver circuit arranged in the non-display region and first signal lines, each of the first signal lines is connected with the gate driver circuit, and at least one of the first signal lines provides a row of first pixels with a control signal; a resistance compensation unit is disposed on at least one of the first signal lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: SHANGHAI TIANMA AM-OLED CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yana Gao, Yue Li, Renyuan Zhu, Dongxu Xiang, Xingyao Zhou
  • Patent number: 10629116
    Abstract: A display device and its display method are provided. The display device includes a pixel array and a grating; the pixel array includes a plurality of columns of pixels with each pixel comprising at least two sub-pixels; each column of sub-pixels is formed by cyclically arranged sub-pixels of at least three colors, and an amount of sub-pixels in each column of sub-pixels are the same and a size of each sub-pixel is the same; an upper edge of each sub-pixel in an odd column is aligned with that of a sub-pixel in another odd column and an upper edge of each sub-pixels in an even column is aligned with that of a sub-pixel in another even column, and a pre-set length of longitudinal offset is provided between sub-pixels in odd columns and sub-pixels in even columns; colors of any adjacent sub-pixels are different from each other; light-blocking areas of the grating blocks a partial area of the pixel array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Renwei Guo, Xue Dong
  • Patent number: 10616714
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer readable media for wireless device zoning using micro-location data are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: Vivek L. Atreya, Shashi Hosakere Ankaiah, Poornima Munirajaiah, Pavan Kumar Chikmagalur Siddegowada
  • Patent number: 10613657
    Abstract: An array substrate, a display panel and a display device are provided. The array substrate includes: multiple gate lines and multiple data lines, where the gate lines are insulated from and intersect with the data lines, which define multiple pixel units; a pixel electrode layer, where the pixel electrode layer includes multiple pixel electrodes, and the pixel electrodes are disposed in the pixel units; a common electrode layer, where the common electrode layer includes multiple common electrodes, and the common electrode serves as a touch electrode; and multiple auxiliary electrodes, where the auxiliary electrode is electrically connected to the touch electrode, is disposed in a different conductive layer from the pixel electrode, and overlaps with at least one of the pixel electrodes. In this way, the storage capacitance is increased, and the display device has an improved display effect as compared with the conventional technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Inventors: Lingxiao Du, Qijun Yao, Hong Ding
  • Patent number: 10614680
    Abstract: A motion sensing cargo net assembly includes a netting having a perimeter edge and a central area. A housing is mounted on the netting and a control circuit is mounted in the housing. A power supply is electrically coupled to the control circuit. A motion sensor is mounted in the housing is electrically coupled to the control circuit and a speaker is electrically coupled to the control circuit. The speaker emits an audible alarm sound when the motion sensor is turned on and detects movement of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Inventor: David D. Adams
  • Patent number: 10600374
    Abstract: The present invention provides a DC voltage conversion circuit and a liquid crystal display device. The DC voltage conversion circuit comprises a voltage dividing unit, a voltage conversion unit, a first subtractor, an adder, a second subtractor, and a pulse width modulation unit. The pulse width modulation unit is used for correspondingly adjusting the duty ratio of the pulse signal outputted when a voltage outputted from the output terminal of the second subtractor is smaller than or greater than a preset voltage difference, and the output voltage and the feedback voltage are increased or decreased until the voltage outputted from the second subtractor output is equal to the preset voltage difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xianming Zhang