Patents Examined by Fred Tzeng
  • Patent number: 11698695
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a chip on flex (COF), a touch assembly, and a display device. The chip on flex includes a flexible base provided with a first opening, the flexible base includes a bonding area provided with a plurality of metal bonding pads; on the flexible base, a spacing area with a preset range is provided between the first opening and the bonding area; wherein, the flexible base is provided with a reinforcement sheet thereon, the reinforcement sheet is located on a portion of the flexible base other than the first opening, the spacing area and the bonding area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuerui Gong, Jiangsheng Wang, Yong Yu, Chang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11688355
    Abstract: A lighting control data generation method for generating lighting control data for controlling light sources in a HUD device includes: a measurement point specifying step for specifying measurement points in accordance with the brightness of light from a light source at each of output levels set to different values by a light source control unit which controls the light source with reference to lighting control data; and an output characteristic acquisition step for acquiring output characteristics by performing interpolation between the specified measurement points, wherein in the measurement point specification step, measurement points of a first specific point number are specified in a high-brightness mode in which the required brightness exceeds a threshold value, and measurement points of a second specific point number larger than the first specific point number are specified in a low-brightness mode in which the required brightness is the threshold value or low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON SEIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Tsuchida, Yasuhiro Yamakawa, Masanori Endo, Takashi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11688360
    Abstract: An overcurrent protection circuit and display drive device, comprising: when input current of a front end corresponding to a logic signal experiences overcurrent, preventing the input current of the front end experiencing overcurrent from being transmitted to a drive chip, thereby preventing damage to the drive chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventor: Xiaoyu Huang
  • Patent number: 11669175
    Abstract: A mouse as an example of an electronic equipment can be used in medical settings and includes a housing that can be gripped by a hand, a substrate which is arranged in a space in the housing and on which an electronic circuit component for calculating a state of the mouse is mounted, and an optical element (lens) which is arranged in a part of a bottom portion (housing bottom portion) of the housing and through which image light from outside enters. The optical element and the electronic circuit component are connected by a transmission unit capable of transmitting the image light. The substrate is arranged so as to be separated from the housing bottom portion upward in a Z direction by a distance between a lower surface of the housing bottom portion and a lower surface of the electronic circuit component in the Z direction and/or by a distance between an upper surface of the housing bottom portion and a lower surface of the substrate in the Z direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Susa Inc.
    Inventor: Yukinori Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11669182
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method of driving a touch panel which includes a plurality of touch sensing electrodes and a plurality of display pixels. Each of the display pixels includes a light emission element and a driving transistor. Each of the touch sensing electrodes is coupled to the light emission element of at least one of the plurality of display pixels and served as an electrode of the light emission element. The method includes transmitting a first driving signal to at least one of the touch sensing electrodes during a touch sensing period, wherein the touch sensing electrode is coupled to a first power receiving terminal of the corresponding display pixel; transmitting a first power supply voltage to the first power receiving terminal during a display period; and controlling the light emission element of the corresponding display pixel to keep turned on when the first driving signal is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yi-Ying Lin, Chih-Chang Lai
  • Patent number: 11656466
    Abstract: A display method and system includes a module that intercepts the lightfield from an ambient Real World Scene in an observer's direct line-of-sight, 102, and then routes it through a spatial light modulator where the Scene forms an image. During a first portion of the frame time, selective pixels corresponding to the real world scene image on the SLM are modulated for their transparency or opacity and routed to the observer's eye. In a second portion of the frame time, a Digital computer generated Virtual image is created by spatially multiplexing a second illuminant on the same SLM and then routing it to the observer's eye. The resultant time-averaged image, as perceived by the observer, has the Real World Scene modulated for both its Transparency/opacity and also blended with computer generated Digital Virtual image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Sajjad A. Khan
    Inventor: Sajjad Ali Khan
  • Patent number: 11644931
    Abstract: A touch panel and a method of manufacturing the touch panel are provided. The touch panel includes a substrate comprising a wiring area and a sensor area, a sensing pattern located on a surface of the substrate in the sensor area, and a wiring line located on the surface of the substrate in the wiring area and electrically connected to the sensing pattern. The sensing pattern includes a plurality of first fine metal lines arranged irregularly in a mesh, and a first photosensitive layer pattern residue located between at least two of the first fine metal lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Cho, Cheol Kyu Kim, Sung kyun Park, Sun Haeng Cho
  • Patent number: 11640061
    Abstract: A near eye display system including a display screen, a graphic processing unit, a lens group, a focal length adjustment device, an interpupillary distance adjustment device, a detection unit, and a control unit is provided. Positions of a left-eye image and a right-eye image to be displayed on the display screen may be adjusted based on lateral displacement amounts of a left-eye lens and a right-eye lens, such that centers of the left-eye image and the right-eye image are respectively aligned with centers of the left-eye lens and the right-eye lens. Sizes (magnification) of the left-eye image and the right-eye image to be displayed on the display screen may be adjusted based on longitudinal displacement amounts of the left-eye lens and the right-eye lens, such that sizes of a visual left-eye image and a visual right-eye image seen by a user are identical. Operation methods thereof are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Yao-Tsung Chang, Chen-Yi Liang
  • Patent number: 11635832
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method of driving a touch panel. The touch panel includes a plurality of touch sensing electrodes and a plurality of display pixels. Each of the plurality of display pixels includes a light emission element and a driving transistor. Each of the touch sensing electrodes is coupled to the light emission element of at least one of the plurality of display pixels. The method includes transmitting a first driving signal to at least one of the touch sensing electrodes served as an electrode of the corresponding light emission element during a touch sensing period, wherein the touch sensing electrode is coupled to a first power receiving terminal of the corresponding display pixel; and transmitting a first power supply voltage to the first power receiving terminal during a display period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yi-Ying Lin, Chih-Chang Lai
  • Patent number: 11625159
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, an electronic input device includes a knob assembly defining an annular cavity and including a magnetically attractable armature. The electronic input device also includes a ratchet assembly disposed within the annular cavity and includes a ring magnet. The electronic input device includes a clutch mechanism that has a friction disc assembly, and an electromagnet configured to generate a magnetic field that shifts the friction disc assembly between a first position in which the friction disc assembly prevents rotation of the ratchet assembly and a second position in which the ratchet assembly is free to rotate with the knob assembly. The ring magnet of the ratchet assembly interacts with the magnetically attractable armature to generate a ratcheting feedback in response to rotation of the knob assembly when the friction disc assembly is in the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Baptiste Merminod, Davin O'Mahony, Antoine Merminod
  • Patent number: 11622447
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels; a first flexible printed circuit board attached to the display panel and electrically connected thereto; a first printed circuit board attached to the first flexible printed circuit board and electrically connected thereto; a data driver which applies a data voltage to the plurality of pixels, receives a voltage flowing to the plurality of pixels and generates mobility sensing information based on the voltage flowing to the plurality of pixels; and a timing controller which detects a first misalignment between the first printed circuit board and the first flexible printed circuit board, and a second misalignment between the display panel and the first flexible printed circuit board, based on the mobility sensing information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Myoung Seop Song
  • Patent number: 11619816
    Abstract: A head-mounted display according to the present disclosure includes an imaging light generating device that emits imaging light, and a half mirror that reflects the imaging light and transmits external light. The imaging light is incident on the half mirror as light of a predetermined polarization state, and, with respect to the light of the predetermined polarization state, reflectance of a first polarization by the half mirror is lower than reflectance of a second polarization by the half mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mitsutaka Ide
  • Patent number: 11614807
    Abstract: A mouse device includes a casing, a key module and a stopping assembly. The key module includes a switch and a keycap. When the keycap is in a pressable state and the keycap is pressed in response to an external force, the keycap is moved toward the switch to trigger the switch. The stopping assembly is disposed within the casing and aligned with the key module. The stopping assembly includes a movable block, a push block and a stopper. While the movable block is pushed and moved in response to a pushing force, the push block is correspondingly moved. While the push block is moved, the stopper is pushed by the push block, and the stopper is moved toward a region between the keycap and the switch. When the keycap is stopped by the stopper, the keycap is switched from the pressable state to a non-pressable state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.
    Inventor: Shun-Biao Fan
  • Patent number: 11600458
    Abstract: A haptic generator in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a driving signal generator and a haptic device. The driving signal generator may be configured to receive a sound signal and generate a driving signal including an impact driving signal and an inertia driving signal. The haptic device may be configured to generate impact vibrations pursuant to the impact driving signal and generate rotational inertia vibrations pursuant to the inertia driving signal, the rotational inertia vibrations being different from the impact vibrations. The impact driving signal and the inertia driving signal may be generated based on different properties of the sound signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventor: Seong Ho Shin
  • Patent number: 11579445
    Abstract: A head-up display is configured to project an image on a transparent reflection member to cause an observer to visually recognize a virtual image, and includes a display device configured to display the image, and a projection optical system configured to project the image displayed by the display device as the virtual image for the observer. The projection optical system is configured to form an image as an intermediate image, and includes a first lens configured to condense light, and a first optical element configured to diffuse light. The first lens and the first optical element are disposed in this order along an optical path from the display device. The first lens is inclined with respect to a reference beam which is defined as a beam reaching a center of a viewpoint region of the observer and corresponding to a center of the virtual image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTRLLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kuzuhara, Hiroaki Okayama
  • Patent number: 11573670
    Abstract: A touch device is provided, including a first substrate and a circuit substrate. The first substrate includes a touch sensing structure and a plurality of first electrodes. The touch sensing structure is disposed on the first substrate. The first electrodes are arranged along a first direction. The first electrodes are disposed on the first substrate and electrically connected to the touch sensing structure, a first gap is formed between two adjacent first electrodes, and a minimum distance between the two adjacent first electrodes is a gap distance. The circuit substrate is partially overlapping the substrate in a vertical projection direction, the circuit substrate including a plurality of second electrodes corresponding to the first electrodes. One of the two adjacent first electrodes has a first electrode side edge facing the first gap. One of the second electrodes has a second electrode side edge located in the first gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chia-Hsiung Chang, Yang-Chen Chen, Kuo-Chang Su, Hsia-Ching Chu
  • Patent number: 11567318
    Abstract: An eye monitoring system is included in a headset of a virtual reality system or of an augmented reality system. The eye monitoring system determines distances between the eye monitoring system and portions of a user's eye enclosed by the headset. The eye monitoring system projects a temporally periodic pattern of light onto the user's eye via a sensor. The eye monitoring system determines a distance between the eye monitoring system and locations of the user's eye based on a phase shift of the periodic pattern of light captured by each pixel of the sensor. From the determined distances, the eye monitoring system determines features of the user's eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Hall, Xinqiao Liu
  • Patent number: 11562710
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a light emitting device and a display apparatus, The light emitting device includes a substrate, and a first electrode, a light emitting layer and a second electrode which are sequentially disposed on the substrate, an electrochromic substrate is disposed on the second electrode; the light emitting device further includes a chromaticity instrument, a processor, and a driver; the chromaticity instrument is configured to acquire chromaticity of light emitted by the light emitting device; the processor is configured to calculate compensated chromaticity for the light emitted by the light emitting device according to the chromaticity of the light emitted by the light emitting device acquired by the chromaticity instrument, and calculate an electrical signal according to the compensated chromaticity for the light emitted by the light emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignees: FUZHOU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junxiang Lu, Moli Sun, Guiguang Hu, Shaojun Sun, Xia Chen, Fadian Le
  • Patent number: 11550432
    Abstract: A system providing various improved perceptions techniques for haptic feedback above interactive surfaces that require no contact with either tools, attachments or the surface itself is described. A range of receptors in a perceiving member which is part of the human body is identified to create substantially uniformly perceivable feedback. A vibration frequency that is in the range of the receptors in the perceiving member is chosen and dynamically altered to create substantially uniformly perceivable feedback throughout the receiving member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: ULTRAHAPTICS IP LTD
    Inventors: Thomas Andrew Carter, Sue Ann Seah
  • Patent number: 11537182
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a display panel, a chip and a flexible circuit board. The display panel includes a panel body and at least two signal transmission circuits. The signal transmission circuit includes a line input terminal used for binding to a flexible circuit board, which is disposed at the peripheral area, a signal transmission line, and a line output terminal used for binding to a chip, which is disposed at the peripheral area. At least two of the line output terminals are arranged in a two-dimensional array. The present invention can reduce the impedance of a part of the signal transmission line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Gonghua Zou, Yucheng Lu, Xiang Yang