Patents Examined by Grant Sitta
  • Patent number: 12374257
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display device, a gamma correction circuit, and a display driving method that are capable of reducing a level at which a boundary between a normal area and an optical area is perceived by a user by correcting image data based on a gamma curve selected based on an area where a subpixel to which image data is to be supplied is disposed among a first gamma curve for the first driving area, a second gamma curve for the second driving area, and a third gamma curve for the boundary driving area, and outputting corrected image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Boyun Jung, BoGun Seo, Kyu-Jin Kim, SeungTaek Oh, Donggun Lee
  • Patent number: 12361873
    Abstract: Provided is a drive control circuit, which includes an input circuit (10), a first output circuit (11) and a second output circuit (12). An input circuit (10) is configured to control the potentials of a first node (N1) and a second node (N2) under the control of a signal input terminal (INT) and a clock signal terminal. The first output circuit (11) is configured to output a first power supply signal supplied by a first power supply line (VGH1) to a first output terminal (OUT1) under the control of a first node (N1), or to output a second power supply signal supplied by a second power supply line (VGL1) to the first output terminal (OUT1) under the control of a second node (N2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yanping Ren, Hongting Lu, Lian Xiang, Xingyu Chen, Chao Yang, Yan Yang
  • Patent number: 12361895
    Abstract: A display apparatus according to the present invention comprises a substrate including a display area having a plurality of sub-pixels and non-display area surrounding the display area; a shielding layer on the substrate; a driving transistor in the sub-pixel above the shielding layer, the driving transistor including a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode; a light emitting diode in each sub-pixel; and a plurality of signal lines in the non-display area; wherein the signal line includes a first line and a second line, the first line being made of same material as the shielding layer, and the second line being made of same material as the gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Su-Jin Hwang, Mi-Young Son, Hong-Jae Shin
  • Patent number: 12362055
    Abstract: Techniques disclosed herein relate to providing guidance for configuring a medical device to a user in response to detected gestures of the user. In some embodiments, the techniques involve obtaining sensor data indicative of one or more gestures of a user of a medical device, and detecting a configuration procedure being performed on the medical device by the user based on the sensor data, where the configuration procedure includes a sequence of tasks to be performed by the user to configure the medical device. The techniques also involve determining one or more tasks of the configuration procedure that have been performed by the user based on the sensor data, identifying a subsequent task of the configuration procedure to be performed by the user based on the one or more tasks, and generating guidance information for performing the subsequent task of the configuration procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Salman Monirabbasi, Di Wu, Neha J. Parikh, Yuxiang Zhong, Maria Diana Miller
  • Patent number: 12353636
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and processor-readable media for hand-on-wheel gesture controls are described. A steering wheel is virtually segmented into a plurality of radial segments. Each segment is assigned a semantic meaning. Control commands related to control functions are mapped to different virtual segments of the steering wheel. When a user performs a gesture on the steering wheel, the system recognizes the gesture and selects a control function based on the location of the hand relative to the steering wheel. In various embodiments, on-wheel hand gestures, on-wheel hand location, and voice commands may be used in various combinations to enable a user to perform a wide selection of functions using a small number of unique commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenshu Luo, Sachi Mizobuchi, Wei Zhou, Wei Li
  • Patent number: 12333198
    Abstract: A display method according to an aspect of the present disclosure including: sequentially displaying M different pattern images GOP, by a display device configured to display a display image, when an operation mode of the display device is a first operation mode, M being a natural number; correcting the display image based on a first captured image group acquired by imaging the M different pattern images GOP; sequentially displaying N different pattern images GOP by the display device when the operation mode of the display device is a second operation mode different from the first operation mode, N being a natural number smaller than the M; acquiring a second captured image group acquired by imaging the N different pattern images; and correcting the display image based on the second captured image group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Fumiya Horikawa
  • Patent number: 12333759
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a method of identifying a position of a controllable device includes receiving visual data from an image sensor on a wearable device, generating, by an object recognition module, identification data based on the visual data, and identifying, using the identification data, a first three-dimensional (3D) map from a map database that stores a plurality of 3D maps including the first 3D map and a second 3D map, where the first 3D map is associated with a first controllable device and the second 3D map is associated with a second controllable device. The method includes obtaining a position of the first controllable device in a physical space based on visual positioning data of the first 3D map and rendering a user interface (UI) object on a display in a position that is within a threshold distance of the position of the first controllable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Shengzhi Wu, Alexander James Faaborg
  • Patent number: 12318148
    Abstract: A system for tracking a hand within a surgical environment is disclosed. The system comprises a hand covering including an opening to receive the hand and a plurality of trackable regions that each include at least one tracking feature. The system further comprises a tracking unit including one or more sensors configured to detect a location of each tracking feature. The system further comprises a processor configured to cause the system to receive the location of each tracking feature from the tracking unit, determine a position and an orientation of each trackable region of the hand covering, and calculate an overall position, orientation, and/or pose of the hand. Various actions or settings may be controlled within the surgical workspace by utilizing particular gestures or movements that are identified by the system via the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignees: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC., SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG, SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LIMITED
    Inventor: Constantinos Nikou
  • Patent number: 12321538
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic pen including a housing that is cylindrical and configured to incorporate an electronic pen function part that includes a circuit board. The housing has a side opening formed on a side surface of the housing. The side opening is configured to accommodate a side switch. The electronic pens also includes a side attachment member configured to be attached to the side opening of the housing. A first axial end of the side attachment member includes an engagement part that engages with the housing, and a second axial end of the side attachment member includes a pressed part. The housing incorporates a pressing mechanism part that presses the pressed part of the side attachment member attached to the side opening, toward the first axial end of the side attachment member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mamoru Ogata, Kenichi Ninomiya
  • Patent number: 12299238
    Abstract: A proximity sensor including a structure suspending at least one lens above a circuit board, light emitters operable to project light beams through the lens along a common projection plane, light detectors operable to detect amounts of light arriving through the lens at the detector, wherein an object in the projection plane reflects light from an emitter to one or more of the detectors, and wherein each emitter-detector pair, including one of the emitters and one of the detectors, when synchronously activated, is expected to generate a greater detection signal at the activated detector than the other detectors, were they to be synchronously activated with any of the emitters, when the object is located at a specific 2D location in the projection plane corresponding to the emitter-detector pair, and a processor identifying gestures performed by the object based on amounts of light detected by the detector of each emitter-detector pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Neonode Inc.
    Inventors: Stefan Johannes Holmgren, Jan Tomas Hartman, Tom Richard Berglind, Lars Bertil Sparf, Jonas Daniel Justus Hjelm, Jon Elis Gösta Karlsson, Per Carl Sture Rosengren, Gunnar Martin Frõjdh, Joseph Shain, Xiatao Wang, Clarence Ray King, III, Oscar Ritzén Praglowski de Radwan
  • Patent number: 12300169
    Abstract: The present invention overcomes image defects such as the brightness inclination or smears by reducing the line resistance of a power source bus line which supplies electricity to organic EL elements. A plurality of pixels which are arranged in a matrix array is connected to power source lines, and the plurality of power source lines are connected to a power source bus line. Both ends of the power source bus line are connected to a power source part via a FPC. By supplying electricity to both ends of the power source bus line from the power source part, the line resistance of the power source bus line can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Tokuda, Hiroshi Kageyama, Masamitsu Furuie
  • Patent number: 12292299
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for providing augmented reality content corresponding to a translation in association with travel. The program and method provide for receiving, by a messaging application running on a device of a user, a request to scan an image captured by a device camera; obtaining, in response to receiving the request, a travel parameter associated with the request, and an attribute of an object depicted in the image; determining, based on the travel parameter and the attribute, to perform a translation with respect to the object; performing, in response to the determining, the translation with respect to the object; and displaying an augmented reality content item, which includes the translation, with the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Virginia Drummond, Jean Luo, Alek Matthiessen, Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis
  • Patent number: 12288516
    Abstract: A display module includes a display panel, at least one bonding circuit board, a plurality of chip-on-films, and a plurality of buffer devices. The at least one bonding circuit board each include first differential lines, and a first differential line includes a P-polarity differential sub-line and an N-polarity differential sub-line. An end of a chip-on-film is connected to the first differential line, and the other end of the chip-on-film is connected to the display panel. The buffer devices are arranged on the bonding circuit board, a buffer device is connected to ends, proximate to the chip-on-film, of the P-polarity differential sub-line and the N-polarity differential sub-line, and the buffer device is configured to reduce signal reflection between the first differential line and the chip-on-film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignees: Hefei BOE Joint Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenchao Bao, Yue Wu, Huihui Li, Miao Liu, Cheng Xu, Jingbo Xu
  • Patent number: 12265748
    Abstract: According to an example embodiment, an electronic device outputs, on a second display screen, a page layout output on a first display screen along with another page layout grouped together with the page layout in response to a screen switch from the first display screen to the second display screen having a greater display area than a display area of the first display screen, and switches the grouped page layouts in response to a swipe input being detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gisoo Lee, Sangheon Kim, Changdo Kim, Taeyong Moon, Hyeongtaek Im, Yeunwook Lim
  • Patent number: 12249276
    Abstract: A display device prevents an increase in chip size and cost by calculating an APL value without a frame memory connected to a timing controller and includes a display panel, a timing controller configured to control an operation of the display panel, a memory configured to store image data of an image frame, and a processor configured to calculate an average picture level (APL) value using the image data stored in the memory, and transfer the calculated APL value to the timing controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Byung Woo Ryu, Joon Duk Jang
  • Patent number: 12248723
    Abstract: According to an example embodiment, an electronic device outputs, on a second display screen, a page layout output on a first display screen along with another page layout grouped together with the page layout in response to a screen switch from the first display screen to the second display screen having a greater display area than a display area of the first display screen, and switches the grouped page layouts in response to a swipe input being detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gisoo Lee, Sangheon Kim, Changdo Kim, Taeyong Moon, Hyeongtaek Im, Yeunwook Lim
  • Patent number: 12243459
    Abstract: A flip-flop circuit is provided. A driver circuit is provided. The flip-flop circuit includes first to fifth input terminals and first to third output terminals, the first input terminal is supplied with a first trigger signal, the second input terminal is supplied with a second trigger signal, the third input terminal is supplied with a batch selection signal, the fourth input terminal is supplied with a first pulse width modulation signal, and the fifth input terminal is supplied with a second pulse width modulation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouhei Toyotaka, Kazunori Watanabe, Susumu Kawashima, Daisuke Kubota, Tetsuji Ishitani, Akio Yamashita
  • Patent number: 12242880
    Abstract: A display apparatus for a vehicle includes: first, second, and third displays located in the vehicle, a first signal processing device comprising a first processor configured to perform signal processing for the first display and the second display, and a second signal processing device comprising a second processor configured to perform signal processing for the third display. The first processor is configured to execute first, second, and third virtual machines on a hypervisor in the first processor. The first virtual machine is configured to transmit, from at least one of the second virtual machine or the third virtual machine to the second signal processing device, a remote processing request, receive image data processed by the second signal processing device in response to the remote processing request, and control at least one of the first display or the second display to display an image related to the received image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jaegu Yoon, Heemin Lee, Sunhee Lim, Daeyoung Jeong, Dongwoo Han, Dongkyu Lee, Dukyung Jung
  • Patent number: 12236508
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes a controller. The controller is configured to flip text included in an illustration drawn by a first user on a virtual screen in virtual space to be legible as seen from a virtual camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke Kikuchi, Wataru Kaku, Aiko Sawado, Mina Funazukuri
  • Patent number: 12229344
    Abstract: Enabling gesture input includes obtaining hand tracking data based on one or more camera frames, detecting a contact event between a first finger and a second finger based on the hand tracking data, and determining a first contact location on the first finger and a second contact location on the second finger. In accordance with a determination that the first contact location and the second contact location are within a first predefined gesture zone for a first gesture, an input action is enabled corresponding to the first gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Belyaev, Bhavin Vinodkumar Nayak, Daniel J. Brewer, Itay Bar Yosef, Julian K. Shutzberg, Matthias M. Schroeder