Patents Examined by Ibrahim A. Khan
  • Patent number: 10816806
    Abstract: An eyepiece optical system is configured to emit image light that is emitted from a plurality of display elements and corresponds to a plurality of areas being divided, to a position corresponding to an eye of an observer, wherein a first optical member of a complex type disposed at a position closest to an emitting side corresponding to at least two areas of the plurality of areas has a first optical surface on the emitting side, and the first optical surface is expressed by one curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tokito Yamaguchi, Masayuki Takagi, Toshiaki Miyao, Akira Komatsu, Takashi Takeda
  • Patent number: 10802324
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a double vision display method includes: constructing a first image signal and a second image signal for a combination of image frames that includes a first raw image frame and a second raw image frame; alternately inputting the first image signal and the second image signal for each combination of image frames to a display panel; switching, when the first image signal is inputted to the display panel, a light transmission position of a liquid crystal grating according to the first image signal, to form a corresponding first double vision grating state; and switching, when the second image signal is inputted to the display panel, the light transmission position of the liquid crystal grating according to the second image signal, to form a corresponding second double vision grating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wei Wei
  • Patent number: 10803795
    Abstract: A display panel, a method for preparing the same, and a display device are provided. The display panel, comprises a base substrate; a first insulating layer and a second insulating layer which are sequentially disposed on the base substrate, wherein a direction of a film stress of the first insulating layer is the same as a direction of a film stress of the second insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignees: ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liman Peng, Yan Wu, Qi Liu
  • Patent number: 10775626
    Abstract: A head worn display device is disclosed. Each of two display assemblies includes a first waveguide with a field of view and a second waveguide with a field of view, where the fields of view are overlapped to generate a combined field of view for each of the display assemblies. Each of the display assemblies further includes a first collimator and a second collimator, where each collimator is configured to direct illumination through the waveguide stack along a single axis, and where each collimator is rotated a select angle to offset the combined field of view to merge collimator pupils and generate a seamless total field of view for each of the display assemblies. Each of the display assemblies are rotated a select angle to offset the respective total fields of view along the single axis and generate a seamless wide field of view for the head worn display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric P. Stratton, Wyatt Lee Hendrick, Robert D. Brown
  • Patent number: 10762828
    Abstract: The present disclose provides a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a display area, a non-display area surrounding the display area, at least one notch, a cathode layer, a peripheral bus, and shift registers. A first non-display area and a second non-display area are oppositely disposed, and a third non-display area and a fourth non-display area are oppositely disposed. A cathode layer includes a cathode connection portion. A peripheral power bus is connected to the cathode connection portion in a cathode contact region. A first cathode contact region and first shift registers are located in a notched non-display area and are overlapped with each other. A second cathode contact region is located in the fourth non-display area. A width of the first cathode contact region in a first direction is less than a width of the second cathode contact region in a second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yangzhao Ma, Yujiao Liang
  • Patent number: 10756303
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light emitting device including a plurality of organic electroluminescent sections each including a first reflective layer, an organic light emitting layer and a second reflective layer in this order, and a light extraction surface from which light emitted from each of the organic electroluminescent sections through the second reflective layer is extracted. The second reflective layer includes a first metal layer, a transparent layer and a second metal layer in this order from the organic light emitting layer side, and in each of the organic electroluminescent sections, a microcavity structure is formed by a structure that includes a first reflective interface on the organic light emitting layer side of the first reflective layer, a second reflective interface on the organic light emitting layer side of the first metal layer, and a third reflective interface on the organic light emitting layer side of the second metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventor: Toshihiro Fukuda
  • Patent number: 10747076
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a display panel, a method for making the display panel, and a method for controlling the display panel. The display panel comprises: multiple gate lines and multiple data line crossing the multiple gate lines to form multiple pixel regions; multiple pixel electrodes in the multiple pixel regions; multiple first thin film transistors in the multiple pixel regions, the gates of the multiple first thin film transistors are connected to the gate lines, and the sources and the drains are connected to the data lines and the pixel electrodes respectively; and a second thin film transistor between and connecting two adjacent pixel electrodes, wherein the second thin film transistor is in a non-conducting state when the display panel is under normal operation, and the second thin film transistor is in a conducting state when the display panel is under a power failure condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guanghui Hong, Qiang Gong
  • Patent number: 10739599
    Abstract: A Predictive, Foveated Virtual Reality System may capture views of the world around a user using multiple resolutions. The Predictive, Foveated Virtual Reality System may include one or more cameras configured to capture lower resolution image data for a peripheral field of view while capturing higher resolution image data for a narrow field of view corresponding to a user's line of sight. Additionally, the Predictive, Foveated Virtual Reality System may also include one or more sensors or other mechanisms, such as gaze tracking modules or accelerometers, to detect or track motion. A Predictive, Foveated Virtual Reality System may also predict, based on a user's head and eye motion, the user's future line of sight and may capture image data corresponding to a predicted line of sight. When the user subsequently looks in that direction the system may display the previously captured (and augmented) view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Alexander Shpunt
  • Patent number: 10733940
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device can include an organic light-emitting element; a driving transistor connected in series with the organic light-emitting element, the driving transistor and the organic light-emitting element being between a first driving power supply line for supplying a first driving voltage and a second driving power supply line for supplying a second driving voltage lower than first driving voltage; a first transistor configured to turn on based on an i-th scan signal and supply a data voltage to a first node, where i is a natural number greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to N, and N is a number of scan-lines; a capacitor between the first node and a gate electrode of the driving transistor, the capacitor is configured to supply a turn-on signal of the driving transistor to the gate electrode of the driving transistor based on the data voltage; and a second transistor configured to turn on based on a (i?1)-th scan signal and supply a first reference voltage to a secon
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Taekyeong Lee
  • Patent number: 10730216
    Abstract: An injection moulding apparatus and method for producing a moulded article is disclosed herein. In a described embodiment, the method comprises: (i) securing a layer of film to a part of a first mould half at step 504; (ii) adjusting relative position of the first mould component and a second mould component to an initial moulding position at step 506 to define a mould cavity; (iii) injecting molten moulding material into the mould cavity at step 508 to enable the molten moulding material to contact the layer of protective film; (iv) moving a movable core at step 510 to compress the molten moulding material in the mould cavity; and (v) cooling the compressed molten moulding material at step 514 to bond the layer of film to the cooled moulding material to form the moulded article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Uniplas Enterprises Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Soe Zen Njoo, Kar Cheong Lim
  • Patent number: 10719136
    Abstract: A resilient element and a keyboard structure are disclosed. The resilient element has a top surface, a dent portion and a conducting post. The dent portion is located on the top surface and has an accommodating space. The conducting post has a post volume and is located beneath the dent portion. When the conducting post is pressed, at least a portion of the post volume enters the accommodating space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignees: CHICONY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., FUJITSU CLIENT COMPUTING LIMITED
    Inventors: Fei-Wu Wu, Pin-Fan Chuang, Hideyuki Fujikawa, Naoshige Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 10714035
    Abstract: A display device capable of setting an optimal output enable value according to a color pattern and a method for driving the display device. A timing controller is configured to receive an image signal from an external source, identify a color pattern and set an output enable value corresponding to the identified color pattern. A scan driver is configured to receive the output enable value and generate a first scan signal having a first turn-on signal and a second scan signal adjacent to the first scan signal and having a second turn-on signal. The scan driver may adjust an interval between the first turn-on signal and the second turn-on signal based on the output enable value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Jun Park, Kyun Ho Kim, Shim Ho Yi, Yong Jin Shin, Yu Chol Kim
  • Patent number: 10712887
    Abstract: A display device includes a signal supply part, a substrate including a display region and a second region having a width increase section, a display line on the display region and through which a signal for display is transmitted, a line on the first region and through which a signal is transmitted, a signal receive part on the second region, a display lead line connected to the signal supply part and an end of the display line close to the signal supply part, a first lead line connected to the signal supply part and an end of the line close to the signal supply part, and a second lead line connected to the signal receive part and another end of the line opposite from the end of the line close to the signal supply part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masahiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10705652
    Abstract: A method of providing a user defined user keypad and a mobile terminal supporting the same are provided. The method includes displaying guide information when entering a user keypad setting mode, determining a designation range for the user keypad according to a user interaction inputted based on the guide information, computing a key arrangement of the user keypad in response to the determined range, and configuring the user keypad according to the computed key arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo Ram Nam Goong, Hwang Joon Lee
  • Patent number: 10705614
    Abstract: An electronic device may include: a rotation detection module configured to detect rotation parameters of a rotating body; a haptic module configured to generate vibration according to a vibration pattern; a display configured to display a user interface; a memory; and a processor electrically connected with the rotation detection module, the haptic module, the display, and the memory. The memory may store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to: determine vibration parameters based on the rotation parameters detected by the rotation detection module; generate a vibration pattern based on the vibration parameters; and output a user interface corresponding to the generated vibration pattern on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangwon Shim, Joonsung Han, Minkoo Kang
  • Patent number: 10698478
    Abstract: A display apparatus including: a display configured to include a curved display surface; a processor configured to process an image signal to be displayed as an image on the display; a detector configured to detect a position of a user; and a controller configured to determine a blind region, which cannot be seen by the user at a current position of the user, within the curved display surface based on the current position of the user detected by the detector, and to control the processor to adjust a display state of the image displayed on the curved display surface in accordance with the determined blind region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Eun-nim Cho
  • Patent number: 10691219
    Abstract: A region of space may be monitored for the presence or absence of one or more control objects, and object attributes and changes thereto may be interpreted as control information provided as input to a machine or application. In some embodiments, the region is monitored using a combination of scanning and image-based sensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Ultrahaptics IP Two Limited
    Inventor: David S. Holz
  • Patent number: 10692451
    Abstract: A liquid crystal controller is provided for a liquid crystal panel having a plurality of pixels, each of which includes a memory element and a display element. The memory element is configured to hold electric potential depending on an image signal and is configured to change the held electric potential based on activation of an enable signal. The display element is configured to be applied voltage depending on the electric potential which the memory element holds. The liquid crystal controller is configured to: hold off outputting the enable signal, for a period th before polarity of AC voltage applied to the display element is inverted and a period (tr+ts) after the polarity of the AC voltage is inverted; and hold off inversion of the polarity of the AC voltage, for an output period of the enable signal and the period th after the output period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Ono, Fumiaki Ochiai
  • Patent number: 10672347
    Abstract: A display device has a plurality of sub-pixels, and includes a circuit substrate, a plurality of micro light-emitting semiconductor elements, a light conversion layer and an opposite substrate. The micro light-emitting semiconductor elements are disposed separately on the circuit substrate and configured corresponding to the sub-pixels. The light conversion layer has a plurality of light conversion portions disposed respectively corresponding to at least partial of the micro light-emitting semiconductor elements. The light emitted from the micro light-emitting semiconductor element corresponding to the sub-pixel passes through the light conversion portion to generate white light. The opposite substrate is disposed at one side of the light conversion layer away from the circuit substrate. In another display device, the light emitted from the micro light-emitting semiconductor element passes through the light conversion layer to generate white light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: ULTRA DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventor: Hsien-Te Chen
  • Patent number: 10671178
    Abstract: A keyboard device is applied to an electronic apparatus and includes a main body, a connection base, a first tilt sensor, a second tilt sensor, and a processor. The connection base is rotatably connected to the main body and configured to detachably be engaged to the electronic apparatus. The first tilt sensor is disposed on the main body and configured to generate first tilt data. The second tilt sensor is disposed on the connection base and configured to generate second tilt data. The processor is electrically connected to the first tilt sensor and the second tilt sensor, and is configured to calculate angle difference data according to the first tilt data and the second tilt data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi-Hung Wang, Tzu-Chuan Liang, Wei-Chih Cheng