Patents Examined by Insa Sadio
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Patent number: 11360626Abstract: An electronic device include a first substrate; a plurality of thin film transistors (TFTs) disposed on the first substrate and a plurality of pixel electrodes connected to the plurality of TFTs, respectively; a second substrate disposed above the first substrate; a plurality of touch electrodes disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate to detect a touch position; a ground layer disposed under the first substrate; and at least one integrated circuit (IC) configured to apply a touch-driving signal to each of the plurality of touch electrodes during a touch-sensitive period, and apply a driven shield signal having an amplitude that is equal to an amplitude of the touch-driving signal to the ground layer during the touch-sensitive period.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Inventors: Hoondo Heo, Jaehyung Park, Sujin Yun, Sungwon Hong
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Patent number: 11353956Abstract: In some embodiments, a processor of the mobile computing device may receive an input for performing a function with respect to content at the mobile device in which the content at the mobile device is segmented into at least a first command layer having one or more objects and a second command layer having one or more objects. The processor may determine whether the received input is associated with a first object of the first command layer or a second object of the second command layer. The processor may determine a function to be performed on one of the first or second objects based on whether the first command layer or the second command layer is determined to be associated with the received input, and the processor may perform the determined function on the first object or the second object.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Jonathan Kies, Robyn Teresa Oliver, Robert Tartz, Douglas Brems, Suhail Jalil
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Patent number: 11348257Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems, devices and methods for performing a surgical step or surgical procedure with visual guidance using an optical head mounted display. Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems, devices and methods for displaying, placing, fitting, sizing, selecting, aligning, moving a virtual implant on a physical anatomic structure of a patient and, optionally, modifying or changing the displaying, placing, fitting, sizing, selecting, aligning, moving, for example based on kinematic information.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2019Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Inventor: Philipp K. Lang
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Patent number: 11347283Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display unit having a display area and a non-display area, a first driver in the non-display area, a second driver in the non-display area and space apart from the first driver, a bending portion connected to the display unit, and a connector connected to the bending portion, wherein a first wire part connected to the first driver and a second wire part connected to the second driver are disposed in the non-display area, and the first wire part and the second wire part are connected to each other via a connection wire part.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Minhee Choi, Minchae Kwak, Byungsun Kim, Ilgoo Youn, Jieun Lee, Seunghan Jo, Junyoung Jo
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Patent number: 11347052Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 3, 2018Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Yusuke Onoyama
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Patent number: 11334222Abstract: A user terminal device and a displaying method thereof are provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Dong-Goo Kang, Yun-kyung Kim, Yong-yeon Lee, Ji-yeon Kwak, Yeo-jun Yoon
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Patent number: 11332011Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure pertain to a vehicle interior system comprising a base having a base surface; and a glass article coupled to the surface, wherein the glass article comprises a first portion comprising a first elastically deformed surface forming a first concave shape with a first radius of curvature from about 20 mm to about 2000 mm, and a second elastically deformed surface directly opposite the first elastically deformed surface that forms a second convex shape, wherein the second elastically deformed surface has a surface compressive stress that is less than a compressive stress at the first elastically deformed surface, and a second portion adjacent the first portion, wherein the second portion is substantially planar portion or curved.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2017Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: James Gregory Couillard, Atul Kumar, Yawei Sun, Wendell Porter Weeks
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Patent number: 11329260Abstract: A touch display device exhibiting low reflectivity is disclosed. The touch display device includes a light-blocking stack composed of at least two light-blocking color layers overlapping a plurality of touch electrodes disposed on an encapsulation unit, and a low-reflection layer disposed on the light-blocking stack, thereby absorbing external light without a separate polarizing plate, thus exhibiting low reflectivity.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae-Young Oh, Tae-Hwan Kim
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Patent number: 11322574Abstract: A display device including: a driver outside a display area; a special-shape portion on an edge of the display area, the special-shape portion being shaped like a line that is curved or oblique to an extension direction of signal lines in the display area; a plurality of first-type circuit blocks outside the special-shape portion, each of the first-type circuit blocks including a unit circuit for the driver in a rectangular region having a first side parallel to the extension direction and a second side perpendicular to, and shorter than, the first side; and a plurality of second-type circuit blocks outside the special-shape portion, each of the second-type circuit blocks including a unit circuit for the driver in a rectangular region obtained by rotating the previous rectangular region by 90°.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2018Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takehiko Kawamura, Junichi Yamada, Makoto Yokoyama
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Patent number: 11315498Abstract: A display device comprises: a display screen comprising a display surface that includes a display area and a non-display area; a charger disposed under the bottom surface of the display screen, the charger performing charging by using a magnetic field; and a panel protector disposed between the display screen and the charger, the panel protector comprising a magnetic field transmission part that overlaps with the display area in a plan view. When charging is performed through a charging area of the display area, an image is not displayed in the charging area.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2020Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Inventors: Jun Yong Kim, Sung Hoon Kim
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Patent number: 11310485Abstract: A goggle system is provided. The goggle system includes a computing device, a goggle device configured to be worn by a user and including a detector configured to simultaneously acquire image data of a subject in a first image mode and a second image mode, at least one eye assembly configured to display at least one of an image in the first image mode, an image in the second image mode, and a hybrid image including pixels of image data from the first image mode and pixels of image data from the second image mode, and a communications module configured to transmit acquired image data from the goggle device to the computing device.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: WASHINGTON UNIVERSITYInventors: Samuel Achilefu, Yang Liu, Viktor Gruev, Joseph P. Culver, Walter Akers, Adam Bauer
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Patent number: 11307426Abstract: An image display apparatus includes: a light source; a screen on which an image is formed when light from the light source is applied thereto; an optical system configured to generate a virtual image by light from the screen; an actuator configured to move the screen in an optical axis direction; a support base supporting the actuator; and a dynamic damper installed on a non-movable part on the support base.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Susumu Uragami, Hiroyuki Furuya, Akira Kurozuka, Yuta Yamamoto, Mitsutaka Yamaguchi, Yoshiro Kashiwabara
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Patent number: 11307658Abstract: In certain embodiments, a binocular system for entering commands includes a computer and a binocular eyepiece. The computer generates a virtual graphical user interface (GUI) with one or more graphical elements, where each graphical element corresponds to a command. The binocular eyepiece includes of eyepieces. Each eyepiece has an optical path that directs an image of an object towards a corresponding eye of a pair of eyes. The optical path of at least one eyepiece directs the virtual GUI towards the corresponding eye. At least one eyepiece is associated with an eye-tracker that tracks movement of the corresponding eye relative to the virtual GUI to yield a tracked eye. The computer interprets movement of the tracked eye relative to the virtual GUI as an interaction with a selected graphical element, and initiates the command corresponding to the selected graphical element.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Alcon Inc.Inventor: Martin Eil
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Patent number: 11309392Abstract: The present disclosure provides a thin film transistor, a display panel and a method for manufacturing the thin film transistor. The thin film transistor includes an active layer and a source-drain electrode layer, the source-drain electrode layer includes a first electrode having at least one first electrode strip and a second electrode having at least one second electrode strip, the at least one first electrode strip and the at least one second electrode strip are alternately arranged at intervals, and at least an insulating part of a layer where the active layer is located is provided with an insulating material, and the insulating part is located at an orthographic projection of at least a part of a region between a free end of the first electrode strip, which is proximal to the second electrode, and the second electrode, on the layer where the active layer is located.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Chunping Long, Hui Li
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Patent number: 11302284Abstract: Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for enhancing the aesthetics of user interfaces. In an implementation, a method comprises a computing apparatus receiving a command to transition a user interface to a focus assist mode. In response to the command, the computing apparatus changes an aesthetic of components of the user interface from a light aesthetic to a dark aesthetic. The method continues with receiving a subsequent command to focus on one or more of the components, in response to which the computing apparatus changes the aesthetic of the one or more of the components from the dark aesthetic to the light aesthetic, thereby allowing a user to focus on the lightened aspects of the interface.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Lily Kogan, Christopher Dee Elvoid Walker
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Patent number: 11302246Abstract: Provided are a pixel driving circuit, a driving method, a display panel and a display device. The pixel driving circuit includes: a data writing device, a voltage stabilizing storage device, a driving device and a light-emitting component; where the data writing device is configured for transmitting a data signal voltage; the driving device is configured for generating a driving current according to the data signal voltage transmitted by the data writing device; the voltage stabilizing storage device is configured for storing the data signal voltage transmitted to the driving device; the light-emitting component is configured for emitting light in response to the driving current generated by the driving device; where the voltage stabilizing storage device includes at least two voltage stabilizing storage sub-devices connected in parallel, each voltage stabilizing storage sub-device includes a capacitor, at least one of the voltage stabilizing storage sub-devices includes a switch device.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Xiamen Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Qitai Ji, Qingjun Lai, Xiao Li
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Patent number: 11301090Abstract: A touch field is created around a touchscreen display, the field is in front of a touch surface of the display and the field maps to locations on the display. An operator of a terminal during a transaction is presented with transaction interface screens that are visually rendered on the display. The operator makes interface options selections, performs screen navigation, and provides date entry field inputs by placing the operator's hand within the field without touching the touch surface of the display and making hand poses, hand movements, and/or hand gestures. The poses, movements, and/or gestures are translated into touch actions and touch inputs recognized by the transaction interface and processed as operator-provided input during the transaction.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: NCR CorporationInventors: Zachary Taylor Lasater, Gina Torcivia Bennett, Kip Oliver Morgan, Meenakshi Sreeraman
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Light-emitting device, optical apparatus, optical measurement apparatus, and image forming apparatus
Patent number: 11303097Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting unit. The light-emitting unit includes an array of multiple light-emitting element groups, each including multiple light-emitting elements. In the light-emitting unit, the multiple light-emitting element groups are sequentially driven along the array such that, for each of the multiple light-emitting element groups, the multiple light-emitting elements included in the light-emitting element group are concurrently set to a state of emitting light or a state of not emitting light.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Takashi Kondo, Tsutomu Otsuka, Takeshi Minamiru, Kazuhiro Sakai -
Patent number: 11303119Abstract: A power supply device (100) and a display device (200). The power supply device (100) comprises a drive unit (10), a power source unit (20) and a protection unit (30); the drive unit is configured to drive the display device (200); the power source unit (20) is electrically connected to the drive unit (10); the power source unit (20) is configured to provide electric energy; the protection unit (30) is electrically connected between the drive unit (10) and the power source unit (20); and the protection unit (30) is configured to prevent current recharge.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2018Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignees: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED, CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Wei Fu
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Patent number: 11292315Abstract: An air conditioning device for a vehicle and a method of controlling the same are provided. The air conditioning device includes a touch input unit which is configured to be touched, rotated by 360 degrees, and dragged by a user. A touch sensor unit includes three channel regions formed by trisecting a rotational region of 360 degrees and is configured to detect capacitance in accordance with touch areas of a first channel, a second channel, and a third channel at predetermined positions in the three channel regions. Three channel signal output units output signals from the respective channels in accordance with the recognized capacitance.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Jae-Won Heo, Jae-Sik Choi, Jin-Han Kim