Patents Examined by Insa Sadio
  • Patent number: 11978392
    Abstract: A precharge method for a data driver includes steps of: outputting a display data to a plurality of output terminals of the data driver; outputting a second precharge voltage to an output terminal among the plurality of output terminals prior to outputting the display data to the output terminal, to precharge the output terminal to a voltage level closer to an output voltage; and outputting a first precharge voltage to the output terminal prior to outputting the second precharge voltage. The first precharge voltage provides a faster voltage transition on the output terminal than the second precharge voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Min-Yang Chiu, Yu-Sheng Ma, Jin-Yi Lin, Hsuan-Yu Chen, Jhih-Siou Cheng, Chun-Fu Lin
  • Patent number: 11971543
    Abstract: There is provided a display control apparatus capable of displaying a high-quality image while inhibiting a load at the time of displaying the image in front of a user. There is provided a display control apparatus including a signal processing unit that performs signal processing in which a first mode and a second mode are switchable at a first region in a screen and a region other than the first region in the screen, display being performed at a first resolution in the first mode, display being performed at a second resolution in the second mode, in which the signal processing unit performs display while reducing a resolution in the second mode toward an outer periphery of the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yusuke Onoyama
  • Patent number: 11960793
    Abstract: A method can perform a process with a method including capturing an image, determining an environment that a user is operating a computing device, detecting a hand gesture based on an object in the image, determining, using a machine learned model, an intent of a user based on the hand gesture and the environment, and executing a task based at least on the determined intent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Archana Kannan, Roza Chojnacka, Jamieson Kerns, Xiyang Luo, Meltem Oktem, Nada Elassal
  • Patent number: 11960705
    Abstract: A user terminal device and a controlling method thereof are provided. The user terminal device includes a display configured to be divided into a first area and a second area which is larger than the first area with reference to a folding line, a cover disposed on a rear side of the display, a detector configured to detect a user interaction on the display and the cover, and a controller configured to, in response to the display being folded along the folding line such that the first area and the second area face each other, control the detector to detect a user interaction through an exposure area, which is an exposed part of the second area, and the cover, and, in response to the display being folded such that the two parts of the cover face with each other with reference to the folding line, control the detector to detect a user interaction through the first area and the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong-goo Kang, Yun-kyung Kim, Yong-yeon Lee, Ji-yeon Kwak, Hyun-jin Kim
  • Patent number: 11954264
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of calibrating an electronic display screen for touchless gesture control using a calibration device, wherein the method comprises: displaying, by the electronic display screen, a calibration pattern; detecting, using at least one depth camera, a calibration device being placed on the electronic display screen and a reflection of at least a part of the calibration pattern, wherein the reflection is provided by a reflective surface of the calibration device; determining, based on the detected reflection, the position of the calibration device with respect to the displayed calibration pattern on the electronic display screen; defining a touchless gesture control input area for the electronic display screen being observable by the at least one depth camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: AMERIA AG
    Inventors: Ihor Vilkhovyi, Martin Seiler
  • Patent number: 11954258
    Abstract: A system and method for rendering AI-based haptic feedback and recommendations in a VR environment is provided. The system detects an active VR session on a VR device that renders immersive content associated with a VR environment that includes a digital avatar and a virtual object. The system acquires the immersive content based on the detection and determines physical attributes of the virtual object, scene information associated with the VR environment, and an activity of the digital avatar based on a first network-based analysis, a second network-based analysis, a third neural network-based analysis, respectively, of the content. The system further detects an interaction between the digital avatar and the virtual object in a duration of the activity, and generates a feedback signal based on the interaction, the scene information, and the physical attributes. The system further controls a haptic device based on the feedback signal to generate a haptic feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sachin Agrawal, Ayush Kumar Ghadiya, Tushar Rasal
  • Patent number: 11948536
    Abstract: A timing controller of a display set is integrated with an encoder for transport of analog signals between a display controller and source drivers of the display panel. The timing controller and integrated encoder are within an integrated circuit and are part of a chipset. The integrated circuit is located immediately after the SoC of a display set or is integrated within the SoC. A video signal sent to the timing controller chip is unpacked into sample values which are permuted into vectors of samples, one vector per encoder. Each vector is converted to analog, encoded and the analog levels are sent to the source drivers which decode into analog samples. Or, each digital vector is encoded and then converted to analog. A line buffer uses a memory to present a row of pixel information to the encoders. A mobile telephone has an integrated TCON with SSVT transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: HYPHY USA INC.
    Inventors: Eyal Friedman, Todd Rockoff
  • Patent number: 11943967
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display panel and a display device capable of reducing the reflection of external light. The display panel includes a touch sensor, disposed on an encapsulation unit, and an antireflective film disposed in a non-emission area of the touch sensor so as to overlap each other, whereby it is possible to reduce external light from being incident on the touch sensor and a routing line, and therefore it is possible to reduce the reflectance of external light without using an expensive polarizing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Sub Shin, Keun-Young Kim
  • Patent number: 11921982
    Abstract: A user terminal device and a controlling method thereof are provided. The user terminal device includes a display configured to be divided into a first area and a second area which is larger than the first area with reference to a folding line, a cover disposed on a rear side of the display, a detector configured to detect a user interaction on the display and the cover, and a controller configured to, in response to the display being folded along the folding line such that the first area and the second area face each other, control the detector to detect a user interaction through an exposure area, which is an exposed part of the second area, and the cover, and, in response to the display being folded such that the two parts of the cover face with each other with reference to the folding line, control the detector to detect a user interaction through the first area and the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong-goo Kang, Yun-kyung Kim, Yong-yeon Lee, Ji-yeon Kwak, Hyun-jin Kim
  • Patent number: 11917126
    Abstract: An augmented reality, virtual reality, or other wearable apparatus comprises an eye tracking device comprising an image sensor, a lens, and one or more processors. In some embodiments, the lens comprises a marker, and the one or more processors are configured to receive an image from the image sensor, wherein the image shows the marker, determine a distance from the image sensor to the marker based on the image, and change a calibration parameter of an eye tracking algorithm based on the distance. In some embodiments, the one or more processors are configured to receive image data from the image sensor, wherein the image data corresponds to an image as observed through the lens, determine a level or pattern of pincushion distortion in the image based on the image data, and change a calibration parameter of an eye tracking algorithm based on the level or the pattern of pincushion distortion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Tobii AB
    Inventors: Jonas Andersson, Anders Clausen, Richard Hainzl, Anders Kingbäck, Simon Olin, Mark Ryan, Daniel Tornéus, Björn Nutti, Torbjörn Sundberg, Catarina Tidbeck, Ralf Biedert, Niklas Blomqvist, Dennis Rådell, Robin Thunström
  • Patent number: 11914792
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to relates to providing command input to a machine under control. It further relates to gesturally interacting with the machine. The technology disclosed also relates to providing monitoring information about a process under control. The technology disclosed further relates to providing biometric information about an individual. The technology disclosed yet further relates to providing abstract features information (pose, grab strength, pinch strength, confidence, and so forth) about an individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Ultrahaptics IP Two Limited
    Inventors: Kevin A. Horowitz, Matias Perez, Raffi Bedikian, David S. Holz, Gabriel A. Hare
  • Patent number: 11914763
    Abstract: A system and method for conformal alignment of an aircraft-based head worn display (HWD) system defines far-field features in view of the HWD display, each far-field feature having a 3D truth position in a navigational reference frame. The aircraft GPS/IRS determines pointing vectors to each feature in the aircraft reference frame. The HWD user estimates a nominal head pose for orienting the far-field features in the HWD display, and the HWD system renders the far-field features based on the nominal head pose and pointing vectors. The rendered far-field features are aligned to their real-world 3D truth positions (either manually or with the assistance of witness cameras) and a latched pose of the HWD headtracker system determined based on a successful alignment within accuracy bounds. Based on the latched headtracker pose, the HWD headtracker alignment and the alignment of the HWD display reference frame to the aircraft reference frame are updated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher M. Boggs, Gavin P. Haentjens, William T. Kirchner, Brandon E. Wilson, Kurt I. Jaeger
  • Patent number: 11907485
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display device having a touch sensor for reducing the size of a bezel area. The display device having a touch sensor is configured such that touch electrodes and touch lines are disposed in a mesh shape on an encapsulation layer encapsulating light-emitting elements and such that some of the touch lines are connected to a touch-driving circuit via an upper bezel area, thereby reducing the size of left and right bezel areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun-Min Jo, Sung-Wook Chang
  • Patent number: 11907616
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electronic apparatus, a display apparatus and a method of controlling the same an electronic apparatus, a display apparatus and a method of controlling the same, the electronic apparatus including: a speaker configured to output a sound; a microphone configured to receive a user voice; a communicator configured to perform communication; a processor configured to: identify a state of an external apparatus through the communicator based on reception of the user voice, process the received user voice and output a sound corresponding to a process result through the speaker based on identification that the external apparatus is in a turned-off state, and control the communicator to transmit information about the received user voice to the external apparatus and request the external apparatus to process the voice based on identification that the external apparatus is in a turned-on state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hansoo Kim
  • Patent number: 11906830
    Abstract: A display device including a display panel having a first side including a display area configured to emit light and a second side opposite to the first side, a sensor having a first surface facing the display panel, a first adhesive layer disposed between the first surface of the sensor and the display panel, and a second adhesive layer disposed on a side surface of the sensor, in which the second adhesive layer and the first adhesive layer contact each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong Min Wang, Beohm Rock Choi, Yong Ho Yang
  • Patent number: 11907474
    Abstract: The present application provides an infrared touch scanning method, including: grouping transmitting lights located on a frame of an infrared touch screen to obtain at least two transmitting light groups; setting at least two scanning modes and setting one of the scanning modes as a basic scanning mode; establishing a corresponding relationship between the at least two scanning modes and a writing speed; performing a scanning using the basic scanning mode to determine a current writing speed of a user; determining a corresponding scanning mode from the scanning modes according to the corresponding relationship and the current writing speed of the user; and performing a scanning using the determined corresponding scanning mode. The present application further provides an infrared touch scanning control apparatus and a storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Anhui Hongcheng Opto-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiasen Wu, Jiangnan Gong
  • Patent number: 11899205
    Abstract: Described are various embodiments of a digital display device to render an image for viewing by a viewer having reduced visual acuity, the device comprising: a digital display medium for rendering the image based on pixel data related thereto; a complementary light field display portion; and a hardware processor operable on said pixel data for a selected portion of the image to be rendered via said complementary light field display portion so to produce vision-corrected pixel data corresponding thereto to at least partially address the viewer's reduced visual acuity when viewing said selected portion as rendered in accordance with said vision-corrected pixel data by said complementary light field display portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: EVOLUTION OPTIKS LIMITED
    Inventors: Raul Mihali, Andre Michel Daniel Merizzi, Jean-François Joly, Joseph Ivar Etigson
  • Patent number: 11903286
    Abstract: A transparent display device is disclosed, which may reduce a yellowish phenomenon in a non-display area. The transparent display device comprises a substrate provided with a display area in which a plurality of subpixels are disposed, and a non-display area adjacent to the display area, a gate driver provided in the non-display area over the substrate, including a plurality of stages, a metal line provided between the gate driver and the display area, and a trench provided between the metal line and the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soyi Lee, ChangSoo Kim, EuiTae Kim, KiSeob Shin
  • Patent number: 11899929
    Abstract: A method for customizing a key of a foldable device, a device, and a storage medium are provided. When the foldable device is in a folded state, a touchscreen of the foldable device is divided into three regions: a primary screen, a back screen, and a secondary screen. According to the method for customizing a key, the foldable device receives a first user operation used to indicate the foldable device to add a custom key on the back screen or the secondary screen, and then obtains a physical state of the foldable device. If the foldable device is in a folded state, the custom key is added on the back screen or the secondary screen based on the first user operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qingfeng Xue, Jiachen Yang
  • Patent number: 11900842
    Abstract: A device includes a backplane and a plurality of elements arranged on the backplane. The plurality of elements form an irregular pattern. The backplane includes a plurality of circuits. The plurality of elements are coupled to the plurality of circuits by conductive vias that are regularly spaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Pacific Light & Hologram, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Seamus Blackley, Watson Brent Boyett, Sylvain Marcel Colin, Robin James Green, Stephen John Hart, Margaret H. Hsu, DeaGyu Kim, Mark Anthony Loya, Benjamin Francis Neil, Kamran Qaderi, Tina Qin, Jesus Manuel Caridad Ramirez, Jayakrishna Sashidharan, Asher Zelig Sefami, Sameer Sudhir Walavalkar, Joshua D. Wiensch