Patents Examined by Insa Sadio
  • Patent number: 11301090
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Zachary Taylor Lasater, Gina Torcivia Bennett, Kip Oliver Morgan, Meenakshi Sreeraman
  • Patent number: 11303097
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Takashi Kondo, Tsutomu Otsuka, Takeshi Minamiru, Kazuhiro Sakai
  • Patent number: 11303119
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignees: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED, CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wei Fu
  • Patent number: 11292315
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jae-Won Heo, Jae-Sik Choi, Jin-Han Kim
  • Patent number: 11288881
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for providing assistance to a colorist in color grading of a virtual reality video content, called VR content. The method includes receiving the VR content being graded by a color grading station and receiving position information representative of the position of at least one hand of a colorist versus the color grading station. The method further includes generating, based on the position information, visual control information showing the position of the at least one hand of the colorist versus at least one grading control element of the color grading station and displaying the visual control information together with the graded VR content on a head mounted display carried by the colorist in order to help the colorist manipulating the at least one grading control element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Sylvain Thiebaud, Tania Pouli
  • Patent number: 11282471
    Abstract: A display driving circuit including a source driver and plural switch circuits is provided. The source driver includes plural source line and a control terminal. The source lines are electrically coupled to plural pixel units. The control terminal is for providing a control voltage. Each of the switch circuits includes a select terminal, an input terminal, and an output terminal. The select terminal is electrically coupled to the control terminal. The input terminal is electrically coupled to a supply power so as to apply a supply voltage on the input terminal. The output terminals of the switch circuits are electrically coupled to the pixel units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventor: Chih-Ying Lin
  • Patent number: 11281337
    Abstract: Touch detection using a mirror accessory may include obtaining first image data comprising a touching object and a target surface, wherein the first image data captures a scene comprising the touching object and the target surface from the viewpoint of a camera, obtaining second image data comprising the touching object and the target surface, wherein the second image data captures the touching object and the target surface as a reflection in a mirror that is separate from the target surface, determining a pose of the mirror in the scene, determining a pose of the touching object in the scene based on the first image data, the second image data, and the pose of the mirror, and estimating a touch status between the touching object and the target surface based on the determined pose of the touching object and a pose of the target surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed Selim Ben Himane, Lejing Wang
  • Patent number: 11275548
    Abstract: Display apparatus comprises a plurality of display units each hingedly linked together to form a foldable display structure, each display unit comprising a display screen with user input capability, a battery, and a wireless transceiver; and a mount unit adapted to receive and hold the display units when folded within the mount unit, the mount unit further comprising a power arrangement configured to recharge the battery of the display units when the display units are received and held within the mount unit, a first wireless transceiver for communication with the wireless transceiver of each of the display units, and a communication arrangement for communication over a communications network, wherein the display units are removeable from within the mount unit for use separated from the mount unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Inventor: Maria Francisca Jones
  • Patent number: 11269579
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit that executes: acquiring information indicating an environment surrounding a place where a plurality of movable objects is disposed, the plurality of movable objects including display units that display a picture to configure an external appearance; deciding a display content of the picture to be displayed by the display units included in the plurality of movable objects, depending on the information indicating the environment surrounding the place; and giving an instruction to cause the display units to display the picture having the decided display content, to the plurality of movable objects disposed at an area surrounding the place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinichiro Fujii, Hiroe Fukui, Takashi Goto, Tatsuya Shigekiyo, Kuniaki Jinnai, Naoto Sasagawa
  • Patent number: 11270664
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a computing device including one or more processors and a foldable display. A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores a set of instructions that when executed by at least one processor of the one more processors cause the at least one processor to detect a usage mode of the foldable electronic device, detect user input to the foldable electronic device, and control a brightness of an active area on the display based on the detected usage mode and detected user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Jiang, Michael Rosenzweig
  • Patent number: 11264586
    Abstract: The display panel of the present disclosure includes a substrate; an OLED device layer disposed on the substrate and having at least one through hole defined thereon; and a thin film package layer covering the OLED device layer and extending to the at least one through hole. As such, the thin film package layer can be attached to the OLED device layer. Attachment force of the thin film package layer can be enhanced by defining the through hole(s) in the OLED device layer and filling the through hole(s) with the thin film package layer, thereby avoiding phenomenon that films are peeled off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Caiqin Chen
  • Patent number: 11257433
    Abstract: Provided are a display panel (10) and the driving method thereof. The display panel (10) may include a first substrate (110) and a second substrate (120) opposite the first substrate (110). The first substrate (110) may include a pixel unit (100), and the pixel unit (100) may include a light emitting element (101) and a first transistor (112) for driving the light emitting element (101) to emit light. The second substrate (120) may include a second transistor (122). The second transistor (122) may be configured to have a second drift value of a second threshold voltage which has a specific relationship with a first drift value of a first threshold voltage of the first transistor (112) under same ambient condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiangbo Chen, Hongda Sun, Youngsuk Song
  • Patent number: 11256463
    Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying prioritized content using a display array are described herein. In some embodiments, a display array may include two or more display devices, which may render content thereby. If an update or change to the content occurs, or if new content is requested, then that content may be assigned a higher priority level. A computing system may include a device management system that continually monitors the availability of the various display devices of the display array, and based on the content received by an applications management system of the computing system, determines which display device should render which content. For instance, an update to content displayed on a second display device may be caused to be displayed on a first display device in response to the device management system determining that the first display device is to be used for displaying high priority content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David Edward Bliss, Michael Douglas McQueen
  • Patent number: 11249556
    Abstract: A method for single-handed microgesture input comprises receiving hand tracking data for a hand of a user. A set of microgesture targets that include software functions are assigned to positions along a length of a first finger. A visual affordance including indicators for two or more assigned microgesture targets is provided to the user. The received hand tracking data is analyzed by a gesture recognition machine. A location of a thumbtip of the hand of the user is determined relative to the positions along the first finger. Responsive to determining that the thumbtip is within a threshold distance of the first finger at a first position along the length of the first finger, an indicator for a corresponding first microgesture target is augmented, and then further augmented based on a duration the thumbtip is at the first position. Responsive to detecting a confirmation action, the corresponding microgesture target executes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Julia Schwarz, Noe Moreno Barragan, Michael Harley Notter, Sheng Kai Tang, Joshua Kyle Neff
  • Patent number: 11244649
    Abstract: Techniques are described for calibrating a device having a first sensor and a second sensor. Techniques include capturing sensor data using the first sensor and the second sensor. The device maintains a calibration profile including a translation parameter and a rotation parameter to model a spatial relationship between the first sensor and the second sensor. Techniques include determining a calibration level associated with the calibration profile at a first time. Techniques include determining, based on the calibration level, to perform a calibration process. Techniques include performing the calibration process at the first time by generating one or both of a calibrated translation parameter and a calibrated rotation parameter and replacing one or both of the translation parameter and the rotation parameter with one or both of the calibrated translation parameter and the calibrated rotation parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu-Tseh Chi, Jean-Yves Bouguet, Divya Sharma, Lei Huang, Dennis William Strelow, Etienne Gregoire Grossmann, Evan Gregory Levine, Adam Harmat, Ashwin Swaminathan
  • Patent number: 11231783
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for generating a vibrotactile sensation. The apparatus for generating a vibrotactile sensation includes a light source generating light, a vibration layer generating a vibration by receiving the light, a vibration detection unit disposed adjacent to the vibration layer to detect a vibration signal of the vibration layer, and a control unit connected to the vibration detection unit to determine the vibration of the vibration layer by using the vibration signal. Here, the vibration layer includes a thermo-elastic layer that has a first thermal expansion coefficient and a photo-thermal conversion layer that is disposed on the thermo-elastic layer and has a second thermal expansion coefficient less than the first thermal expansion coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventor: Inwook Hwang
  • Patent number: 11227413
    Abstract: An operation device sends first position information indicating a first relative position and operation information indicating an operation inputted to the accepting unit to an image display device. The image display device acquires the first position information and the operation information from the operation device and creates display image data representing a display image based on captured image data representing a captured image within a specific range and the first relative position indicated by the first position information. In the display image, a panel image is arranged in a range corresponding to a position of the accepting unit within the specific range, and a visibility of the panel image within a first range corresponding to the first relative position is lower than the visibility of the panel image outside the first range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: SUNCORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11227553
    Abstract: A first region and a second region do not include sub-pixel circuits. The second region is surrounded by a display area. The first region is surrounded by the second region. When viewed orthogonally to the display area, a plurality of signal lines are provided across the second region. The signal lines include at least either two or more of scanning signal lines, or two or more of data signal lines. The signal lines across the second region run out of an edge of the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tetsuya Ueno
  • Patent number: 11226673
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes an affective interaction apparatus, comprising an affective interaction computing module including a user intention computing processor to receive emotion-related data and an emotion state of a user; and identify a user intention based on the emotion-related data and the emotion state, the user intention including an affective intention and/or an interaction intention, the affective intention corresponding to the emotion state and including an affective need of the emotion state, the interaction intention including one or more transaction intentions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignees: Institute of Software Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Xiaoi Robot Technolgy Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongan Wang, Hui Wang, Hui Chen, Yuning Wang, Zhihao Li, Pinpin Zhu, Naiming Yao, Jiaqi Zhu
  • Patent number: 11215825
    Abstract: Provided is a wearable display apparatus including a display element, an electronic circuit board, a circuit board holder configured to hold an electronic circuit board, and an exterior case configured to accommodate the display element and the circuit board, wherein an inner seal structure is provided in a location where the circuit board holder faces an opposing connecting portion of the exterior case from an inner side thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuya Kamakura