Patents Examined by Joe H. Cheng
  • Patent number: 12260032
    Abstract: A knob apparatus includes a touch panel, a touch-sensing controller, and a knob. The touch panel has multiple touch-sensing electrodes. The touch-sensing controller is coupled to the touch-sensing electrodes of the touch panel. The touch-sensing controller detects a touch event of the touch panel through the touch-sensing electrodes. The knob has a base and a knob cap. The knob cap is pivoted on the base. The base is attached to the touch panel. Multiple conductive electrodes are disposed at different positions of the base. The touch-sensing controller detects the conductive electrodes of the base of the knob through the touch-sensing electrodes of the touch panel to learn a rotation direction of the knob cap on the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chun Yuan Liu, Yun-Hsiang Yeh, Yen-Heng Chen
  • Patent number: 12254234
    Abstract: A method and a device capable of supporting various display methods using an electronic device and/or glasses-type wearable electronic device (e.g., AR glasses) in an augmented reality (AR) are provided. An AR providing device for AR services includes a display and a processor. The processor is configured to provide content through an AR screen, detect a specified external object through the AR screen while providing the content, determine a display mode for providing the content, based on detection of the specified external object, control to display the content through a display of the specified external object, based on the determined display mode, and perform control to display the content through a virtual display area associated with the specified external object on the AR screen, based on the determined display mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngchan Woo, Donghee Kang, Choonkyoung Moon, Christian Park, Joayoung Lee, Jiwon Jeon, Hoon Han
  • Patent number: 12248630
    Abstract: A wearable computing device with bio-signal sensors and a feedback module provides an interactive mediated reality (“VR”) environment for a user. The bio-signal sensors receive bio-signal data (for example, brainwaves) from the user and include bio-signal sensors embedded in a display isolator, having a deformable surface, and having an electrode extendable to contact the user's skin. The wearable computing device further includes a processor to: present content in the VR environment via the feedback module; receive bio-signal data of the user from the bio-signal sensor; process the bio-signal data to determine user states of the user, including brain states, using a user profile; modify a parameter of the content in the VR environment in response to the user states of the user. The user receives feedback indicating the modification of the content via the feedback module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: INTERAXON INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Allen Aimone, Samuel Thomas MacKenzie, Graeme Daniel Moffat, Hubert Jacob Banville, Nicole Hélène Proulx
  • Patent number: 12242677
    Abstract: A full-area touch device includes a linkage unit disposed between a base unit and a touch control unit to drive a trigger switch of the touch control unit to be triggered by the base unit. The linkage unit is symmetrical relative to the trigger switch and includes an outer frame, an inner frame, linkage members fixed between the outer and inner frames, and a left plate and a right plate fixed to the base unit in the inner frame. A left front linkage member and a left rear linkage member are fixed between the left plate and the inner frame. A right front linkage member and a right rear linkage member are fixed between the right plate and the inner frame. A portion of an outer frame space not occupied by the base unit, the inner frame, the left plate and the right plate is defined as a floating chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: SUNREX TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Chun-Chieh Chen, Ling-Cheng Tseng
  • Patent number: 12236876
    Abstract: A display device includes a first transistor controlled using a second control signal obtained by shifting a first control signal and electrically connected between an image data signal line and a first node, a second transistor electrically connected between the first node and a second node, a third transistor controlled using the first control signal and electrically connected between the second node and a gate electrode of the second transistor, a fourth transistor controlled using a fourth control signal obtained by shifting a third control signal and electrically connected between a driving power supply line and the second node, a fifth transistor controlled using the third control signal and electrically connected to the first node, a sixth transistor controlled using the third control signal and electrically connected to a light emitting element and a first electrode of the fifth transistor, and the light emitting element connected to the first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Tetsuo Morita
  • Patent number: 12236708
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided, the display panel has a first surface on a surface of the display panel, and includes a driving circuit layer, a light source array, an image sensor array, and a black matrix layer. The light source array includes a plurality of light sources, the image sensor array includes a plurality of image sensors, the black matrix layer includes first light-transmitting openings and second light-transmitting openings. The driving circuit layer includes light-transmitting portions, and each of the first light-transmitting openings is arranged corresponding to at least one of the light-transmitting portions, and a plane size of the first light-transmitting opening in a direction parallel to the surface of the display panel is smaller than a plane size of the light-transmitting portion in the direction parallel to the surface of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yao Hu
  • Patent number: 12237071
    Abstract: An electro-optic observation device, in particular a thermal imaging device, is provided. The electro-optic observation device includes a handheld device housing, a lens group arranged in the device housing on the entrance side, an image capture unit arranged in the device housing on the image side with respect to the lens group, an image display unit arranged in the device housing, an eyepiece arranged on the exit side with respect to the image display unit, and also a control device configured to control at least the image display unit depending on user-specifically variable parameters. In addition, the electro-optic observation device includes, as input means for varying the parameters, a rotary wheel accessible on the device housing for access by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Inventors: Christoph Stark, Uwe Weber, Tammo Sebastian Lueken
  • Patent number: 12228972
    Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment comprises: an elastic member; and at least one panel from among a display panel and a touch panel which are arranged on the elastic member, wherein the elastic member includes one surface and the other surface opposite to the one surface, the elastic member includes a first area and a second area, the first area is defined as a folding area, the second area is defined as an unfolding area, the elastic member has a plurality of first grooves arranged on the one surface in the first area thereof, and the panel is arranged on the other surface of the elastic member via an adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Won Kang, Jae Seok Park
  • Patent number: 12228977
    Abstract: A display method for a device having a foldable screen includes: detecting a status of the foldable screen; displaying an application interface on one or more of a first screen of the foldable screen or a second screen of the foldable screen according to a first display policy if the status of the foldable screen is a support state or a folded state; or if the status of the foldable screen is an unfolded state, displaying the application interface on the foldable screen in the unfolded state according to a second display policy, where in the unfolded state the first screen and the second screen form a same plane or form an approximately same plane, and where the first display policy is different from the second display policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoxiao Chen, Hao Chen, Yuyan Chu, Hua Jiang, Lin Gao
  • Patent number: 12228974
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a supporting film, a flexible substrate, an integrated circuit unit, and a sensing structure. A least a portion of the flexible substrate and the integrated circuit unit respectively correspond to opposite sides of the supporting film. The sensing structure is electrically connected to the integrated circuit unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Yuan-Lin Wu, Kuan-Feng Lee
  • Patent number: 12230169
    Abstract: A flexible device includes a first layer, a second layer, and a dielectric layer disposed between the first layer and the second layer. The first layer includes a plurality of first patterns. Two adjacent ones of the first patterns have a first pitch from two edges of the two adjacent ones of the first patterns. The second layer overlaps with the first layer and includes a plurality of second patterns. Two adjacent ones of the second patterns have a second pitch from two edges of the two adjacent ones of the second patterns. The first patterns include first conductive lines, and the second patterns include second conductive lines. One of the first patterns has a first width, one of the second patterns has a second width, and a ratio of the first width to the first pitch is less than a ratio of the second width to the second pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventor: Yuan-Lin Wu
  • Patent number: 12229468
    Abstract: An electronic device, a method and a computer program product for providing a current input style and enabling a conversion of original inputs into modified inputs. The method includes identifying from device data received from an external display device, a first external display input style of the external display device and determining if the current input style of an electronic device corresponds to the first external display input style. In response to determining that the current input style of the electronic device does not correspond to the first external display input style, the method further includes converting original inputs received at the electronic device using the current input style into modified inputs corresponding to the first external display input style. The method further includes communicating the modified inputs to the external display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventor: Amit Kumar Agrawal
  • Patent number: 12223123
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are teeth-operated mouth mouses and methods of using the same. In some embodiments, the teeth-operated mouth mouse includes a mounting conforming to a row of upper teeth in the oral cavity of a user; and a plurality of sensors independently disposed at a position corresponding to an individual tooth along the mounting and wirelessly coupled to the computer for transmitting and receiving signals therebetween; wherein, each of the plurality sensors is capable of performing at least one teeth-activating task selected from the group consisting of “moving to the right”, “moving to the left”, “moving forward”, “moving backward”, and “enter”. Also provided herein are methods of operating a computer with the aid of the disclosed teeth-operated mouth mouse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Mackay Memorial Hospital
    Inventor: Yu-Jen Chen
  • Patent number: 12223134
    Abstract: A sensor unit including a housing and a contact element movably mounted along a first axis and configured to come into contact with a touch display surface. The contact element is moved along the first axis when coming into contact with the touch display surface. An acceleration sensor is movably mounted in the housing at least along the first axis. A biasing element is located on one side of the acceleration sensor and configured to bias the acceleration sensor in one of two directions along the first axis. The contact element is movably mounted on the other side of the acceleration sensor opposite the biasing element and is coupled to the acceleration sensor to move the acceleration sensor against the bias of the biasing element in the other of the two directions along the first axis when contacting the touch display surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Harman Becker Automotive Systens GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Brandt, Joerg Welke
  • Patent number: 12210703
    Abstract: A headset in the form of glasses for use in creating an augmented reality experience is implemented with a capacitive smart sensor disposed on an inside surface of an arm of the glasses. The capacitive smart sensor can be trained, using a neural network, to identify and distinguish different gestures associated with a touch event on an outside surface of the arm of the glasses. The smart sensor thus transforms the headset into a user input device without adding a touch pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Dongeek Shin, Lidan Mu, Seyed Farbod Taghizadeh Motlagh, Anuva Kulkarni
  • Patent number: 12211460
    Abstract: Provided are a driver board, a display panel, and a display apparatus. The driver board includes a driver circuit. The driver circuit includes N pixel electrodes, N pixel switches, a data switch, and a storage capacitor, N is a positive integer, and N?2. The storage capacitor includes a reference electrode and a counter electrode. A control terminal of the pixel switch receives a gating signal, a first terminal of the pixel switch is connected to the counter electrode, and a second terminal of the pixel switch is connected to the pixel electrode. The driver board further includes data lines, and each data line is connected to the counter electrode via the data switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haotian Lu, Linzhi Wang, Baiquan Lin, Zhen Liu, Kerui Xi, Kaidi Zhang, Yifan Xing, Xin Xu, Huijun Jin
  • Patent number: 12211424
    Abstract: A display panel driving circuit includes a scan driving circuit including a scan stage and a timing controller. The scan stage includes a first circuit connected to a first input node of receiving a first clock signal, a second circuit connected to a second input node of receiving a second clock signal, a third circuit connected to a third input node of receiving a carry signal, the first circuit, and the second circuit and connected to a first control node and a second control node, a pull-up transistor electrically connected to the first input node and an output node of outputting a scan signal and turned on/off by the first control node, and a pull-down transistor electrically connected to the output node and a low-level voltage line and turned on/off by the second control node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taehoon Kim, Sangan Kwon, Soon-Dong Kim, Geunjeong Park, Changnoh Yoon, Jaekeun Lim
  • Patent number: 12205553
    Abstract: A backlight device includes: a plurality of LED elements arranged in a plurality of regions including a first region and a second region; a plurality of LED drive circuits configured to generate LED drive signals configured to drive the LED elements; a control circuit configured to outputs a vertical synchronization signal and current setting data configured to set luminance of the LED elements; and a time constant circuit that delays the vertical synchronization signal by a predetermined time. The LED drive circuits includes a first LED drive circuit associated with the LED elements in the first region. The time constant circuit includes a first time constant circuit connected to the first LED drive circuit. The first LED drive circuit is configured to receive the current setting data output from the control circuit and receive the first vertical synchronization signal delayed by the first time constant circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Nariya Kanbara
  • Patent number: 12197690
    Abstract: A display device including a display area and a foldable area includes a digitizer, and a display panel arranged on the digitizer, wherein the digitizer includes a first digitizer layer, and a second digitizer layer arranged on the first digitizer layer to be in contact with the first digitizer layer, and wherein the first digitizer layer includes a first layer including a polyimide material, and a plurality of first wires arranged on the first layer to be directed in a first direction and including a graphene material, and the second digitizer layer includes a second layer including a polyimide material, and a plurality of second wires arranged on the second layer to be directed in a second direction crossing the first direction and including a graphene material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngdo Kim, Sunghoon Kim, Sungguk An, Soojung Lee, Chulho Jeong
  • Patent number: 12181648
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an image compensation device for an image for augmented reality. The image compensation device includes: a compensation function determination unit configured to determine a compensation function for compensating the luminance information of an observed image observed by a user through an optical device for augmented reality when an original image for augmented reality is output from an image output unit; and a pre-compensated image information generation unit configured to generate pre-compensated image information for augmented reality based on the compensation function determined by the compensation function determination unit and original image information for augmented reality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: LETINAR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jeong Hun Ha, Soon Gi Park