Patents Examined by Jimmy H. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 12293028
    Abstract: An electronic pointing device such as a computer mouse may be used in gathering user input from a user. The electronic pointing device may be provided with a light source that illuminates a portion of a surface that is overlapped by the mouse and a light sensor configured to monitor movement of the electronic pointing device across the surface based on reflected light from the illuminated portion. The electronic pointing device may have an array of sensors on a housing sidewall configured to gather information on the location of a finger of the user in an area that is laterally adjacent to the electronic pointing device. The sensors may be optical sensors based on light-sources such as light-emitting diodes or lasers and light detectors. Capacitive sensors may also be used in gathering user finger input in the area laterally adjacent to the electronic pointing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Inventors: Paul X. Wang, Benjamin G. Jackson, Richard G. Huizar
  • Patent number: 12287680
    Abstract: A case for an electronic device can include a case body including an exterior surface and an interior surface, the interior surface being positioned opposite the exterior surface. The case can additionally include a button body positioned at least partially within the case body between the exterior surface and the interior surface, the button body being movable inward and outward relative to the case body along an axis of button travel. The case can further include a biasing structure having a contact surface configured to contact the button body, the biasing structure configured to bias the button body toward the interior surface along the axis of button travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Supratik Datta, Karan S. Jain, Ehsan Khajeh, Arash Akhavan Fomani, Daniel P Kumar, Eng Eow Goh, Meng Chi Lee, Gang Ning, Andrew W. Joyce, Chengrui Zhang, Stephen T. Schooley, Timothy C. Wulff, Ross D. Arriens, Hao Dong, Michael Sipper, Jenna Dancy, Deepak Sharma, Parin Patel
  • Patent number: 12287926
    Abstract: A sensor device 1A includes: an insulating substrate 11; a touch sensor TS that includes a sensor electrode 12 disposed on a first surface 15a disposed on an operation surface side; a shield electrode 131 disposed on the first surface 15a; and a detecting electrode 14 facing the shield electrode 131 and disposed on a second surface 15b different from the first surface 15a. The first surface 15a is located closer to the operation surface than the second surface 15b, the shield electrode 131 and the detecting electrode 14 constitute a pressure-sensitive sensor that detects a change in capacitance value caused by approaching of the shield electrode 131 and the detecting electrode 14, and the shield electrode 131 blocks capacitive coupling between an operator FIN and the detecting electrode 14 caused by approaching of the operator FIN to the operation surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Eriko Hayashi, Makoto Takamatsu, Yasuyuki Tachikawa, Takashi Kameshima
  • Patent number: 12283019
    Abstract: Techniques for displaying a virtual card are provided. The techniques comprise obtaining a first card face pattern, a first initial parameter, and a first association relationship corresponding to the virtual card, wherein the first initial parameter represents an initial parameter of a first display feature of a first material, and the first association relationship represents a rule by which a real-time parameter of the first display feature changes as a change of a parameter associated with a sensor in a mobile client device happens; displaying the first material in the virtual card based on the first initial parameter; detecting in real time the parameter associated with the sensor, and determining the real-time parameter of the first display feature based on the first association relationship and the parameter; and displaying the first material in the virtual card based on the real-time parameter of the first display feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: SHANGHAI BILIBILI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yunjie Ji
  • Patent number: 12284884
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel has a display region and a non-display region. The display panel includes: a substrate; a driving array layer including first pixel circuits in the non-display region and second pixel circuits in the display region; a light-emitting device layer including first light-emitting devices in the non-display region and second light-emitting devices in the display region; and a photosensitive device assembly including first photosensitive devices and second photosensitive devices in the driving array layer. The first light-emitting devices are electrically connected with the first pixel circuits and the second light-emitting devices are electrically connected with the second pixel circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignees: Wuhan Tianma MicroElectronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch., Wuhan Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nana Xiong, Bonggeum Lee, Chong Qian
  • Patent number: 12272302
    Abstract: A display, a display fabrication method, and an electronic device are provided. The display includes a light-emitting layer. The light-emitting layer includes a fingerprint display region. The fingerprint display region includes a first visible light-emitting unit and an infrared light-emitting unit. The first visible light-emitting unit is superposed on the infrared light-emitting unit. The first visible light-emitting unit is disposed on a side, close to a display surface of the display, of the infrared light-emitting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wen Wu
  • Patent number: 12249271
    Abstract: Devices and methods are provided to overdrive or underdrive a display panel to account for display pixel hysteresis due to several frames of pixel history. An electronic device may include an electronic display and processing circuitry. The electronic display includes a number of display pixels. The processing circuitry may generate image data for the display pixels. The processing circuitry may receive a current frame value of the image data targeted for a first display pixel and, based at least in part on the current frame value and a pixel history of the first display pixel—may indicate a gray level for a number of previous frames—generate a compensated value by which to drive the first pixel to overcome pixel hysteresis to reach the desired luminance at an initial response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jenny Hu, Alexandre V Gauthier, Tao Jia, Scott R Johnston, Yingying Tang, Chaohao Wang
  • Patent number: 12245371
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ultra-thin composite transparent conductive film, including: a transparent substrate; a first UV glue layer disposed on one side of the transparent substrate, pattern-imprinted and cured to form a first grid-shaped groove, the first grid-shaped groove being filled with conductive materials to form a first conductive layer; a second UV glue layer disposed on one side of the first UV glue layer away from the transparent substrate to provide a reinforced insulating support layer; and a third UV glue layer disposed on one side of the second UV glue layer away from the transparent substrate, pattern-imprinted and cured to form a second grid-shaped groove, the second grid-shaped groove being filled with conductive materials to form a second conductive layer, where a thickness of the reinforced insulating support layer is in a range of 5-10 micrometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: IVTOUCH Co., LTD
    Inventors: Xiaohong Zhou, Liangliang Ji, Yiming Yao, Linsen Chen
  • Patent number: 12236831
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pixel driving circuit and a display panel. The pixel drive circuit includes: a data writing sub-circuit, a threshold compensation sub-circuit, a driving sub-circuit and a storage sub-circuit, the data writing sub-circuit includes a fourth transistor, which includes a first electrode connected with a data line, a second electrode connected with a first terminal of the driving sub-circuit, and a control electrode connected with a first scan signal line, and the fourth transistor is an oxide thin film transistor; the threshold compensation sub-circuit is configured to compensate a threshold voltage of the driving sub-circuit in response to a second scan signal; the storage sub-circuit is configured to store a data voltage signal; the driving sub-circuit is configured to provide a driving current for a light emitting device to be driven according to voltages of the first terminal and a control terminal thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunyan Shi, Yafei Chen, Gang Wang, Qiang Fu, Erlong Song, Kai Zhang, Peng Xu, Xingrui Cai
  • Patent number: 12236845
    Abstract: A display substrate includes a first voltage line, an alternating current signal line and a second voltage line arranged on a substrate, the substrate includes a display region and a non-display region; the display substrate further includes a first conductive layer, a first insulation layer and a second conductive layer laminated one on another on the substrate, the first voltage line and the alternating current signal line are arranged on the first conductive layer, and the second voltage line is arranged on the second conductive layer; the first voltage line is lapped onto the second voltage line through a first groove penetrating through the first insulation layer; and an orthogonal projection of the second voltage line onto the substrate overlaps an orthogonal projection of the alternating current signal line onto the substrate at an overlapping region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junxiu Dai, Yang Zhou, Lu Bai, Xin Zhang, Yi Qu, Siyu Wang, Song Liu
  • Patent number: 12223866
    Abstract: A display substrate, a test method for the display substrate and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes a base substrate, a touch detection circuit layer and a pixel driving circuit layer. The display substrate includes a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region. The touch detection circuit layer includes a driving signal line and a dummy electrode line arranged side by side in the display region and insulated from each other, and both the driving signal line and the dummy electrode line extend from the display region to the non-display region. The non-display region is provided with a plurality of test pads including a first pad electrically connected to the driving signal line and a second pad electrically connected to the dummy electrode line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignees: HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guodong Liu, Peng Wu, Jideng Zhou, Yong Qian
  • Patent number: 12223871
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates a display device and a method compensating for deterioration thereof, and a mobile terminal including the display device. The display device includes: a display panel including a first pixel area, a second pixel area, and a third pixel area; a first optical device disposed below the display panel or embedded within the display panel in a predetermined sensing area on the display panel, the first optical device facing at least a portion of the first pixel area and a portion of the second pixel area when the display panel is folded or moved; and a pixel deterioration compensation circuit configured to operate to reduce a luminance difference between the first pixel area and the second pixel area by receiving sensing data from the first optical device in a deterioration sensing mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Gun Lee, Seung Taek Oh, Yong Kyun Choi, Jung Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 12216878
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a lower member disposed under the display panel. The lower member includes a support layer, a digitizer, a flexible circuit board, and a metal layer. The digitizer is disposed under the support layer having an insulating property. The flexible circuit board is connected to the digitizer. The metal layer is disposed under the digitizer, and an opening is defined through the metal layer to correspond to the flexible circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bugyoon Yoo, Yunjae Kim, Chang-Kil Lee
  • Patent number: 12219854
    Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment includes a light emitting element disposed on a substrate, and including a first electrode, an emission layer, and a second electrode; a low-reflective layer disposed on the light emitting element, and including an inorganic material; an encapsulation layer positioned on the low-reflective layer; a reflection adjustment layer positioned on the encapsulation layer; a capping layer positioned on the reflection adjustment layer; and an overcoat layer positioned on the capping layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyeon Bum Lee
  • Patent number: 12210673
    Abstract: Disclosed are a spatial positioning method of a separate virtual system, and a separate virtual system. The spatial positioning method of the separated virtual system provided by the present application, when the mobile terminal is attached to the virtual head-mounted display device and the mobile terminal performs the virtual mode, the 3DOF is determined from the first image captured by the camera, and the rotational freedom degree is obtained based on the first inertial sensor, so the spatial positioning of the virtual head-mounted display device is determined, and the spatial positioning accuracy of the mobile terminal. In addition, the man-machine interaction based on the spatial positioning enhances the game experience, thereby enhancing the performance of the head-mounted reality device separate from the mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: PIMAX TECHNOLOGY (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Zhibin Weng, Ke Zhou, Lei Chen
  • Patent number: 12213367
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a pixel having an emissive area, and a sensor having a sensing area; and an anti-reflection layer on the display panel, the anti-reflection layer including: a light blocking layer having a first opening overlapping with the emissive area, a second opening overlapping with the sensing area, and an intermediate opening between the first opening and the second opening; a color filter covering the first opening; an over-coating layer on the light blocking layer, and covering the color filter; and a light blocking pattern on the over-coating layer, and overlapping with an area between the intermediate opening and the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bokwang Song, Gee-Bum Kim, Kwang Soo Bae, Dae-Young Lee, Min Oh Choi
  • Patent number: 12210715
    Abstract: A display device including an input sensor having sensing electrodes disposed in a sensing area and signal lines. Each of the signal lines is connected to a corresponding electrode of the sensing electrodes and disposed in the line area. One signal line of the signal lines includes a first portion having a constant width, a second portion disposed outside a corner area of the sensing area, extending from the first portion, and having a width gradually increasing in a direction that is away from the first portion, a third portion extending from the second portion and having a width gradually varying in a direction that is away from the second portion, and a fourth portion extending from the third portion and having a constant width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jisu Na, Kwangmin Kim, Kiwook Kim, Yangwan Kim
  • Patent number: 12198227
    Abstract: To output a virtual smoke image, an electronic device may receive a connection request from an aerosol generating device in a state of being paired with one or more external controllers, determine a controller type of the aerosol generating device, suspend pairing with a target external controller among the one or more external controllers when the determined controller type corresponds to a type of the target external controller, perform connection with the aerosol generating device, receive sensing information about a state of the aerosol generating device, generate a virtual smoke image based on the sensing information, and output the virtual smoke image through a display of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jae Hyun Kim, Minseok Jeong, Tae Young Chung
  • Patent number: 12196960
    Abstract: An optical combiner is employed to reflect a first part and a second part of a synthetic light field towards a first eye and a second eye of user(s), respectively, whilst optically combining the first part and the second part with a real-world light field. Portion(s) of the optical combiner from which a part of the synthetic light field is reflecting towards a given eye of a given user is determined, based on a relative location of the given eye with respect to the optical combiner. Portion(s) of active optical device(s) that corresponds to the portion(s) of the optical combiner are activated, to decrease transmittance of the real-world light field passing through the portion(s) of the optical combiner towards the given eye, and/or to increase reflectance of the synthetic light field being reflected by the portion(s) of the optical combiner towards the given eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Distance Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Urho Konttori, Mikko Strandborg
  • Patent number: 12185614
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate, a pixel layer including a plurality of display devices on the substrate, an encapsulating member encapsulating the pixel layer, a light modulating layer on the encapsulating member, a functional layer on the light modulating layer, and a bonding layer located between the light modulating layer and the functional layer and to bond the light modulating layer and the functional layer, where the light modulating layer has openings corresponding to the plurality of display devices, and where the bonding layer fills the openings and has a refractive index that is greater than a refractive index of the light modulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Changmok Kim, Kwanhee Lee, Jiwon Jung, Youngseo Choi