Patents Examined by Jason Olson
  • Patent number: 9791938
    Abstract: Systems and methods for camera-based fingertip tracking are disclosed. One such method includes identifying at least one location of a fingertip in at least one of the video frames, and mapping the location to a user input based on the location of the fingertip relative to a virtual user input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Kiminobu Sugaya, Andrew Sugaya
  • Patent number: 9785261
    Abstract: Described herein are architectures, platforms and methods for NFC-based operations in a stylus device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Anand S. Konanur, Anchit Dixit, Rohit Mittal, Shwetank Kumar, Ulun Karacaoglu, Songnan Yang
  • Patent number: 9778749
    Abstract: This document describes techniques and devices for occluded gesture recognition. Through use of the techniques and devices described herein, users may control their devices even when a user's gesture is occluded by some material between the user's hands and the device itself. Thus, the techniques enable users to control their mobile devices in many situations in which control is desired but conventional techniques do permit effective control, such as when a user's mobile computing device is occluded by being in a purse, bag, pocket, or even in another room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Ivan Poupyrev
  • Patent number: 9779480
    Abstract: This document describes techniques and apparatuses enabling view-driven consumption of frameless media. These techniques and apparatuses provide frameless media and enable a user to engage with the frameless media by orienting a viewing device within the world created by that frameless media. This orienting by the user drives what the user sees in this world and when the user sees it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Darren Mark Austin, Baback Elmieh, Douglas Paul Sweetland, Brian M. Collins, Jan J. Pinkava
  • Patent number: 9761165
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a power supply for providing power, a circuit board including an integrated circuit (IC) with a central processing unit (CPU) that processes an image signal; and a display configured to display an image corresponding to the image signal; the IC includes a power controller configured to monitor a voltage level of a core voltage provided by the power supply to the IC and adjust a phase margin of a voltage corresponding to a voltage detected by the monitoring. Thus, a phase margin may be adjusted in accordance with a voltage of an IC, thereby compensating for voltage fluctuation due to instantaneously varying ripples and thus stably driving a system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jea-hee Han
  • Patent number: 9754543
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image self-calibration method and device for LCD displays, comprising a front optical sensor and a calibration reference device. The front optical sensor is employed to calibrate the gray scale level and color temperature of the display. The calibration reference device is employed to pre-calibrate the front optical sensor. The present invention has the following advantages. Image pre-calibration is performed on the installed optical sensor before it leaves a factory, and the calibrated optical sensor directly performs gray scale level and color temperature calibration on the display. The present invention is easy to implement, can effectively inspect and calibrate images on the display, and can save human resources and reduce manufacture and maintenance time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Panoramic Imaging Solutions Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Hung Ma, Tsung-Lung Yang, Chih-Wei Kuo, Shih-Pang Wang, Meng-Han Tsai
  • Patent number: 9746933
    Abstract: A system includes a hand controller that includes a rigid ergonomic chassis; a hand strap, coupled to the right side of the ergonomic chassis; a main trigger, configured such that the main trigger is operable by an index finger of the right hand; a lower lever, fixed to the front of the rigid ergonomic chassis and below the main trigger, configured such that the lower lever is actuated by contraction of any of a middle finger, a ring finger, and a pinky finger of the right hand; a joystick, configured such that the joystick is operable by a thumb of the right hand; a tracking module that enables tracking of a position and orientation of the hand controller; and a wireless communication module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Survios, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Burba, Joseph Choi, Timothy Irving, Marc Webster, Umez Liauwala
  • Patent number: 9747865
    Abstract: A gamma correction circuit applied to a display device includes a first storage unit, a second storage unit, a first correction circuit and a second correction circuit. The first storage unit stores a first gamma look-up table, and the second storage unit stores a second gamma look-up table. The first correction circuit receives an input signal, and generates an intermediate signal corresponding to the input signal according to the first gamma look-up table. The second correction circuit receives the intermediate signal, and generates an output signal corresponding to the intermediate signal according to the second look-up table to a display panel. The first look-up table is stored to the first storage unit after the display device is powered on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: MStar Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Tung Han Sung, Shang-Chieh Wang
  • Patent number: 9741316
    Abstract: A method for displaying pixels on display devices, comprising the steps of (a) Providing virtual pixel storage means, preferably one or more virtual frame buffers (6), for temporarily storing the pixel data, (b) Receiving pixel data into the virtual pixel storage means (6) from one or more pixel sources (5), (c) Processing the pixel data stored in the virtual pixel storage means, based on characteristic display parameters characterizing the display devices; and (d) Transmitting the pixel data from the virtual pixel storage means (6) to one or more virtual displays attached to the virtual pixel storage means via a network (7), based on a network transmission protocol. The invention further relates to a system for displaying pixels on display devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Universität des Saarlandes
    Inventors: Alexander Loeffler, Luciano Pica, Jochen Miroll, Thorsten Herfet, Philipp Slusallek
  • Patent number: 9739874
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for measuring distances in two directions. The apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention may include a sensor module configured to include a light emission unit configured to emit a first wavelength beam and a second wavelength beam, a light reception unit configured to receive reflected light emitted by the light emission unit and reflected from an object and first and second beam splitters respectively disposed ahead of the light emission unit and the light reception unit and configured to transmit the first wavelength beam and reflect the second wavelength beam; and a motor configured to rotate the sensor module. Accordingly, there is an advantage in that a production cost can be reduced because distance measurement and height measurement are performed using a single module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI-LG DATA STORAGE KOREA, INC.
    Inventor: Euncheol Lee
  • Patent number: 9740349
    Abstract: A touch driving apparatus, a touch driving method, and a touch display system are provided. The touch display system includes a touch display panel, a common voltage generator, and a touch driving apparatus. The touch driving apparatus includes a driving circuit, a capacitor, and a sensing circuit. An output terminal of the driving circuit is electrically connected to a driving electrode line of the touch display panel. During a touch driving period, the driving circuit outputs a driving signal to the driving electrode line. A first terminal of the capacitor is electrically connected to a common electrode line of pixels of the touch display panel. An input terminal of the sensing circuit is electrically connected to a second terminal of the capacitor. During a touch driving period, the sensing circuit senses the common electrode line through the capacitor to detect a touch event of the touch display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Jia-Ming He, Yaw-Guang Chang
  • Patent number: 9720229
    Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a first display portion, a second display portion, and a support portion. The first display portion is capable of presenting an image to an eye of a user. The second display portion is capable of presenting an image to the other eye of the user. The support portion has a band member and a first communication member. The band member connects the first display portion and the second display portion with each other and is curved to be disposed around a head portion of the user. The first communication member is disposed in the band member and electrically connects the first display portion and the second display portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Masaru Sato
  • Patent number: 9703387
    Abstract: A method, a system, and a non-transitory computer readable medium are disclosed for real-time interaction with a user interface recognizing a gesture. The method including capturing three-dimensional (3D) data on a subject; detecting a pointing action by the subject from the 3D data; computing an initial estimate of a target region from the pointing action, the initial estimate of the target region having a defined radius around a center point; and tracking the pointing action of the subject and performing a series of iterations wherein the defined radius of the target region changes based on the detected pointing action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA LABORATORY U.S.A., INC.
    Inventors: Nandita M. Nayak, Ghassem Tofighi, Haisong Gu
  • Patent number: 9690438
    Abstract: A processing system for an input device having a sensing region overlapping an input surface and an array of sensor electrodes configured to form a plurality of proximity pixels and a plurality of force pixels. The processing system is configured to: determine a proximity image indicative of positional information for input objects; determine a force image indicative of local deflection of the input surface in response to force applied by the input objects; determine a respective group of proximity pixels from the proximity image corresponding to each input object; determine a respective group of force pixels from the force image corresponding to each determined group of proximity pixels; determine the position of each input object based on the determined groups of proximity pixels; and determine the force associated with each input object based on the determined groups of force pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Patrick Worfolk, Vijay Venkatesh Mahalingam
  • Patent number: 9690390
    Abstract: User interface devices (UIDs) for sensing position or motion of an actuator assembly in multiple degrees of freedom are disclosed. In one embodiment a UID includes a frame having a top and bottom assembly, an actuator assembly disposed within a volume between the top and bottom of the frame having magnets disposed therein, a sensor array for sensing magnetic fields from the magnets in multiple axes, and a processing element for receiving the sensed magnet fields and generating a UID output signal corresponding to a position, translation, rotation, deformation, or other action of the actuator assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: SEESCAN, INC.
    Inventors: Mark S. Olsson, David A. Cox
  • Patent number: 9691343
    Abstract: A disclosed display device comprises a data line of a display panel, a first switching circuit of the display panel, the first switching circuit including an input and a transistor to pass a test voltage from the input of the first switching circuit to a transistor electrode of the transistor, and a bridge pattern of the display panel, the bridge pattern electrically connecting the transistor electrode to the data line, the bridge pattern being in a different layer of the display panel than the transistor electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinho Lim, Jaehoon Park, Haksu Kim, Cheolhwan Lee, Kyunghyun Jeon
  • Patent number: 9678656
    Abstract: Inadvertent touch selection events from a touch screen are avoided. A threshold physical distance between a touch start and a touch end for a touch screen is set. A touch input from the touch screen is received. A determination is made as to whether or not the touch input traverses a distance that is less than or greater than the threshold physical distance. In response to determining that the touch input traverses a distance that is less or equal to the threshold physical distance, a processor activates a selection event for an item. In response to determining that the touch input traverses a distance that is greater than the threshold physical distance, the processor scrolls the plurality of scrollable items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Lucinio Santos-Gomez
  • Patent number: 9672645
    Abstract: A graph display system that represents graph nodes as grid cells in a two-dimensional grid. Graph edges are represented by placing the edge's nodes in adjacent grid cells, thus eliminating the entanglement of edges that are typically drawn as lines between scattered nodes. Relatedness of two nodes sharing an edge is indicated by the edge's weight. The display system prioritizes placement of higher weight edges such that more related information is grouped together in nearby grid cells. Any graph with n nodes and e edges can be displayed and browsed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Inventors: Kshanti Auster Greene, Thomas Allen Young
  • Patent number: 9665200
    Abstract: An optically transparent force sensor, which may be used as input to an electronic device. The optically transparent force sensor may be configured to compensate for variations in temperature using two or more force-sensitive components that are formed from materials having different temperature- and strain-dependent responses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sinan Filiz, James E. Pedder, Charley T. Ogata, John Stephen Smith, Dhaval Chandrakant Patel, Shin John Choi, Brian Q. Huppi, Christopher J. Butler, Martin P. Grunthaner
  • Patent number: 9658677
    Abstract: A touch input device includes a touch sensor and a wake-up control unit. The touch sensor includes a piezoelectric sensor and a detection signal generating unit. The touch sensor outputs sensing signals corresponding to displacement amount of a push and relaxation of the push of an operation surface, and a displacement direction. The detection signal generating unit outputs a displacement detection signal from the sensing signal. The wake-up control unit detects a push from a change in a voltage of the displacement detection signal. The wake-up control unit starts clocking upon detection of the push, and generates and outputs a wake-up signal when detecting relaxation of the push based on the change in the voltage of the displacement detection signal within a detection time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Kitada