Patents Examined by Ibrahim Khan
  • Patent number: 11442579
    Abstract: A method for accidental touch prediction using machine learning (ML) classification is provided. The method includes determining, by an electronic device, a mutual data index of a sensor data using a first ML model. Further, the method includes recognizing whether the sensor data corresponds to an object touch or a non-object touch based on the mutual data index. Further, the method includes performing, by the electronic device, one of detecting that the electronic device is in a pocket mode and providing an object touch notification on a touch screen of the electronic device in response to determining that the sensor data corresponds to the object touch, and recognizing whether the sensor data corresponds to an accidental touch or a non-accidental touch using at least one second ML model based on touch data in response to determining that the sensor data corresponds to the non-object touch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ankit Agarwal, Sunil Rathour, Harshit Oberoi, Nitesh Goyal, Nitin Kishorbhai Tanwar, Vipin Khushu, Choice Choudhary
  • Patent number: 11435851
    Abstract: One variation of a method for characterizing inputs includes: scanning an array of sense electrodes at a first resolution to generate a first force image; detecting a first force input in the first force image; in response to a first geometry dimension of the first force input exceeding a first threshold, characterizing the first force input as a non-stylus input type; in response to the first geometry dimension of the first force input remaining below the first threshold: scanning the array of sense electrodes at a second resolution; detecting a second force input in a second force image; and, in response to a ratio of a force magnitude of the second force input to a geometry dimension of the second force input exceeding a second threshold, characterizing the first force input as a stylus input type; and outputting a location and a type of the first force input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Sensel, Inc.
    Inventors: Ilya Daniel Rosenberg, John Aaron Zarraga, Tomer Moscovich
  • Patent number: 11429195
    Abstract: The present subject matter relates to self-healing keyboards. In an example implementation, a self-healing keyboard of an electronic device comprises a self-healing film having a self-healing layer disposed over a keyboard. The self-healing layer is composed of polyurethane, epoxy vinyl ester, epoxy, polyurethane microcapsules filled with silane compound, and a polysiloxane mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kuan-Ting Wu, Hung-Ming Chen, Chih Chen Hung
  • Patent number: 11430392
    Abstract: In a display device, first to second data lines, first to second data transfer lines, first to fourth capacitance elements, a power supply line to which a fixed voltage is supplied, a first switch provided between the first data transfer line and the second capacitance element, a second switch provided between the power supply line and the second capacitance element, a third switch provided between the second data transfer line and the fourth capacitance element, a fourth switch provided between the power supply line and the fourth capacitance element, a first power supply supplying the fixed voltage to one end of the power supply line, and a second power supply supplying the fixed voltage to another end of the power supply line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Tamura
  • Patent number: 11428931
    Abstract: A display device includes: a light projection device configured to project light including an image; an optical mechanism provided on a path of the light and configured to be capable of adjusting a distance from a predetermined position to a position at which the light is formed as a virtual image; and a control device configured to control the light projection device. The control device corrects a position of an image formed based on an external environment of a vehicle when a distance between a gazing point of an occupant of the vehicle and a vanishing point of a travel lane of the vehicle is less than a predetermined distance, and suppresses the correction of the position of the image when the distance between the gazing point and the vanishing point is equal to or greater than the predetermined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi Higashiyama, Takuya Kimura, Shinji Kawakami, Tatsuya Iwasa, Yuji Kawashima
  • Patent number: 11423853
    Abstract: The disclosed system increases resolution of a display. The display operates at a predetermined frequency by displaying a first image at a first time and a second image at a second time. A selective screen disposed between the display and the camera includes multiple light transmitting elements. A light transmitting element A redirects a first portion of light transmitted by the display. A light transmitting element B allows a second portion of light transmitted by the display to reach the camera. The selective screen increases the resolution of the display by operating at the predetermined frequency and causing a first portion of the first image to be shown at the first time, and a second portion of the second image to be shown at the second time. The camera forms an image from the first portion of the first image, and the second portion of the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Unity Technologies SF
    Inventors: Joseph W. Marks, Luca Fascione, Kimball D. Thurston, III, Millie Maier, Kenneth Gimpelson, Dejan Momcilovic, Keith F. Miller, Peter M. Hillman, Jonathan S. Swartz, Carter Bart Sullivan
  • Patent number: 11397497
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are related to a touch sensitive device. The touch sensitive device includes a panel with a surface including a tactile interface, where the tactile interface has surface variations forming a tactile pattern. In one aspect, tactile interaction with the tactile pattern produces an energy signature representative of the surface variations. In one aspect, the touch sensitive device further includes an electro-mechanical transducer configured to generate an electrical output signal in response to detecting the energy signature. In one aspect, an output of the electro-mechanical transducer is connectable to a processor configured to produce a control signal based on the electrical output signal of the electro-mechanical transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Knowles Electonics, LLC
    Inventors: Charles King, Jay Cech
  • Patent number: 11378799
    Abstract: A display device and an imaging system are provided. The display device includes a double-sided display module, a reflective component, and a curved mirror. The double-sided display module includes first and second light-exiting surfaces. In a first direction, light emitted from the first light-exiting surface is projected to a first position on the curved mirror. The reflective component at least reflects light emitted from the second light-exiting surface to a second position on the curved mirror. In a second direction, the curved mirror reflects the light emitted from the first light-exiting surface and the light emitted from the second light-exiting surface and reflected by the reflective component, to form a first virtual image and a second virtual image. Along the first direction, the first virtual image is spaced apart from the second virtual image, and the first direction intersects the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuefeng Gu, Jiandong Wang
  • Patent number: 11380246
    Abstract: An electroluminescent display device comprises subpixels each including a pixel driving circuit driven in accordance with an initialization period, a sampling period and a light emission period. The pixel driving circuit includes a light emitting diode, a driving transistor including a gate connected to a first node, a drain connected to a second node, and a source connected to a third node, a first switching circuit turned on for the initialization period, providing an initialization voltage to the first node and providing a fixed voltage to the third node, a second switching circuit turned on for the sampling period, applying a data voltage to the third node and providing the initialization voltage to an anode of the light emitting diode, and a light emitting control circuit controlled by an emission signal and turned on for the light emission period to provide a high potential voltage to the third node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaesung Kim, Kiwoo Kim, Sungwook Chang, Hyungsoo Kim
  • Patent number: 11377805
    Abstract: User-actuated switches that are integrated into the vehicle's interior, such as on the steering wheel, are re-purposed to control operational aspects of a snow plow and/or sand/salt spreader connected to the vehicle. A mode switch is interposed between the user-actuated switches and the vehicle chassis wiring, and also connects to a control system that controls a spreader, and/or a hydraulic subsystem that controls operational aspects of the snow plow. In a normal mode, the mode switch restores the factory connection between the user-actuated switches and the vehicle chassis wiring. In this mode, the user-actuated switches control the vehicle or peripheral functions, such as cruise control, the audio subsystem, or the like. In a snow mode, the mode switch connects the user-actuated switches to the control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Inventor: James Patrick Godwin, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11361716
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pixel sensing circuit and a panel driving device, and more particularly, to a pixel sensing circuit and a panel driving device for effectively compensating for differences of characteristics of sensing channel circuits depending on locations where the sensing channel circuits are disposed in an integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Kim, Young Bok Kim, Young Ho Shin
  • Patent number: 11353992
    Abstract: According to various embodiments of the present invention, an electronic device comprises a display panel including a touch sensor, and a processor, wherein the processor can be configured to: acquire a user input inputted in a designated area of the display panel through the touch sensor; identify a pattern corresponding to the form of the user input; perform a designated operation based on the user input when the pattern corresponds to a first designated condition; check the time during which the user input is maintained with respect to the designated area when the pattern corresponds to a second designated condition; determine the designated area as an ineffective input area on the basis of checking for whether the time corresponds to a designated time range; and ignore the user input inputted through the ineffective input area, or another input related to the user input. In addition to the various embodiments disclosed in the present invention, other various embodiments are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sanghun Kwak, Mansung Kim, Changjin Kim, Jungwon Kim, Jaehyun Baek
  • Patent number: 11345237
    Abstract: A drive mode selector for a drivetrain of a vehicle, a vehicle comprising such a drive mode selector, and a method of selecting a drive mode of a drivetrain. The drive mode selector comprises a controller for receiving a selection signal from a gesture sensor, the selection signal being indicative of a drivetrain drive mode associated with an identified selection gesture made by a user. The controller is also for receiving a status signal indicating a status of at least one vehicle component. The controller is configured to cause the drivetrain to enter the drive mode indicated by the selection signal when the status signal indicates that the drive mode can be selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Jaguar Land Rover Limited
    Inventor: Parag Satam
  • Patent number: 11348536
    Abstract: Provided is a detection circuit and a driving method thereof, and a display panel. The detection circuit includes: a plurality of first detection circuits, a plurality of second detection circuits, and a plurality of third detection circuits. The first detection circuit is connected to a first pin, a first control signal terminal, a first detection signal terminal, and a first gate line corresponding to the first detection circuit; the second detection circuit is connected to a second pin, a second control signal terminal, a second detection signal terminal, and a second gate line corresponding to the second detection circuit; the third detection circuit is connected to a first data line corresponding to the third detection circuit, a sensing signal line corresponding to the third detection circuit, a third detection signal terminal, and a third control signal terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignees: Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jian Wu, Lei Guo, Guangyu Li, Yingya Zhou
  • Patent number: 11341913
    Abstract: A pixel circuit includes a main-circuit that controls an organic light-emitting element by controlling a driving current to flow into the organic light-emitting element and a sub-circuit including a first compensation transistor including a gate terminal which receives a first gate signal, a second compensation transistor including a gate terminal which receives a second gate signal, and an initialization transistor including a gate terminal which receives an initialization signal. Here, in a low-frequency driving mode, a driving frequency of the first gate signal is N hertz (Hz), a driving frequency of the initialization signal is N Hz, a driving frequency of the second gate signal is M Hz, the first compensation transistor and the initialization transistor are turned on during a first time duration in N non-light-emitting periods per second, and the second compensation transistor is turned on during a second time duration in M non-light-emitting periods per second.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyo Jin Lee, Joon-Chul Goh, Sangan Kwon, Hui Nam, Jin Young Roh, Sehyuk Park
  • Patent number: 11335270
    Abstract: A display device and a compensation method of the display device are discussed. A sensing method for compensation, which is performed after a display device is powered off, includes displaying 1 black frame, charging a node M of a shift register A connected to a jth gate line of a display panel, charging a node M of a shift register B connected to a Kth gate line of the display panel, and sensing subpixels connected to the jth gate line and then sensing subpixels connected to the Kth gate line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Lokdam Baek
  • Patent number: 11314082
    Abstract: A motion signal generation apparatus includes a detector to detect one or more image features of images generated by a data processing apparatus; and a generator, responsive to an image location of the one or more detected image features and to a current simulated orientation of a head mountable display (HMD), to generate a motion signal to simulate head motion by a wearer of the HMD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew William Walker
  • Patent number: 11307713
    Abstract: A touch sensing device includes: a substrate; a first sensor disposed on the substrate; a second sensor disposed on the substrate; and a sensing circuit electrically connected to the first sensor and the second sensor. The sensing circuit is configured to compare signals sensed by the first sensor and the second sensor in accordance with an applied touch input and determine whether the applied touch input is normal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gye Won Lee, Jong Yun Kim
  • Patent number: 11307412
    Abstract: System, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium for presenting audio-based visual overlays on see-through optical assemblies. Overlays are presented by capturing, via a camera of an eyewear device, initial images of a scene, receiving an audio signal, modifying the initial images responsive to the audio signal to create overlay images, and displaying, via a see-through optical assembly of the eyewear device, the overlay images to a wearer of the eyewear device over the scene in a viewing area of the eyewear device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventor: David Meisenholder
  • Patent number: 11302262
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device includes: a data driver configured to divide one frame into an odd-numbered sub-frame and an even-numbered sub-frame, to divide frame data for implementing the one frame into odd-numbered sub-frame data and even-numbered sub-frame data, to provide the odd-numbered sub-frame data to the data lines in the odd-numbered sub-frame, and to provide the even-numbered sub-frame data to the data lines in the even-numbered sub-frame; an odd-numbered scan driver electrically connected to odd-numbered scan lines to provide an odd-numbered scan signal to the odd-numbered scan lines in the odd-numbered sub-frame; an even-numbered scan driver electrically connected to even-numbered scan lines to provide an even-numbered scan signal to the even-numbered scan lines in the even-numbered sub-frame; an emission driver to provide an emission signal to emission line groups formed by grouping the emission lines by two adjacent emission lines in the odd-numbered sub-frame and the even-numbered
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hai-Jung In, Won Kyu Kwak, Jae-Sic Lee