Patents Examined by Joe H. Cheng
  • Patent number: 11874580
    Abstract: An electrophoretic display including a low-modulus adhesive foam. The electrophoretic display additionally includes a conductive integrated barrier layer including a light-transmissive electrode and a moisture barrier. In some embodiments, the resulting electrophoretic display may include touch sensing, a front light, color, and a digitizing layer to record interactions with a stylus. In some embodiments, the display includes a color filter array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke Hashimoto, Kenji Nakazawa, Bamboo Tsai, Yung-Sheng Chang, JiaJiun Yeh, Hsintao Huang
  • Patent number: 11874997
    Abstract: A display device including a touch panel implements touch detection with sufficient accuracy without reducing the accuracy of a compensation process that uses an external compensation scheme. A plurality of sensor electrodes for touch detection are divided into a plurality of blocks such that each block corresponds to pixel circuits in a plurality of consecutive rows and pixel circuits in a plurality of consecutive columns. A cathode electrode is divided so as to correspond to the plurality of blocks, and each of the divided cathode electrodes is shared by a corresponding plurality of organic EL elements. A touch panel controller applies a touch driving signal to sensor electrodes belonging to a block different from a block corresponding to pixel circuits that are targets for a characteristic detection process, during a current measurement period included in a period during which the characteristic detection process is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masashi Mayumi
  • Patent number: 11874706
    Abstract: A pen analog front end includes an analog signal processing unit connected with an input sensor. The analog signal processing unit processes an analog input signal that the input sensor receives from an input device. An analog-to-digital converter converts the analog input signal into a first digital input signal. A digital signal processing unit synchronizes the first digital input signal and reference sync data preset to the input sensor and processes a position signal and a data signal of the input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chul Kim, Yun-Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 11869268
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided, the display panel has a texture touch surface, 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 a plurality of first light-transmitting openings and a plurality of second light-transmitting openings. The driving circuit layer includes a plurality of light-transmitting portions, and each of the plurality of first light-transmitting openings is arranged corresponding to at least one of the plurality of light-transmitting portions, and in a first light-transmitting opening and a light-transmitting portion that are arranged correspondingly, 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yao Hu
  • Patent number: 11862049
    Abstract: A flexible device includes a first layer including a plurality of first patterns and a second layer including a plurality of second patterns. Two adjacent ones of the plurality of first patterns have a first pitch. The second layer overlaps with the first layer. Two adjacent ones of the plurality of second patterns have a second pitch. The plurality of first patterns comprise gate lines, and the plurality of second patterns comprise conductive lines, wherein a ratio of the first pitch to the second pitch is greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to 200. One of the plurality of first patterns has a first width, one of the plurality of 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: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventor: Yuan-Lin Wu
  • Patent number: 11860361
    Abstract: There are provided a reflection film, a windshield glass, and a head-up display system capable of suppressing formation of double images of a display image. The reflection film has a linearly polarized light reflection layer in which optically anisotropic layers and isotropic layers are laminated and a polarization converting layer, and the polarization converting layer satisfies any of conditions below. (A) The polarization converting layer is a retardation layer in which the front retardation is 30 nm to 200 nm and the angle between a slow axis direction and a direction of the transmission axis of the linearly polarized light reflection layer is 35° or less. (B) The polarization converting layer is a layer in which a helical alignment structure of a liquid crystal compound is fixed, and the number of pitches x in the helical alignment structure and the film thickness y (unit ?m) of the polarization converting layer satisfy all relational expressions below. 0.1?x?1.0??(i) 0.5?y?3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Akihiro Anzai
  • Patent number: 11860696
    Abstract: A foldable electronic device has a foldable region and includes a supporting film including a recess portion in the foldable region, a flexible substrate disposed on the supporting film, a control unit disposed under the supporting film, and a biometric sensing structure electrically connected to the control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Yuan-Lin Wu, Kuan-Feng Lee
  • Patent number: 11854442
    Abstract: A cover window includes glass including a folding portion of a folding area, a planar portion, and a boundary portion between the folding portion and the planar portion, the boundary portion having a thickness that gradually becomes greater than a thickness of the folding portion as farther from the folding portion and having inclination with respect to the planar portion, and a filler disposed on a first surface of the glass. The inclination is an acute angle defined when a virtual line which is parallel to the planar portion and meets the folding portion meets the boundary portion, and is less than about 1°. A difference between a refractive index of the filler and a refractive index of the glass is within about 0.07.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Byungseo Yoon
  • Patent number: 11853505
    Abstract: A gaming input device implements a method of adjusting input polling rate in various usage scenarios to optimize performance in light of scenario-specific considerations. The device detects a usage scenario and maps it to an optimized input polling rate, then requests the optimized input polling rate from associated firmware and hardware so an adjustment can be accomplished. The automated adjustment to polling rate accounts for problems associated with various usage scenarios, such as latency and power consumption, and allows for optimization specific to each scenario.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Backbone Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Sorensen, Maneet Singh Khaira, Zachary Scott, Samuel Boegli
  • Patent number: 11841746
    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: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Won Kang, Jae Seok Park
  • Patent number: 11828914
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an optical adhesive layer, a stretchable display device and a preparing method for the optical adhesive layer. The optical adhesive layer includes: an edge region enclosing a hollow portion; a plurality of block regions distributed in the hollow portion along a first direction and a second direction; and connection ribs connecting the block regions to the edge region, wherein the connection ribs are distributed in the hollow portion in a net form, and the connection ribs include a plurality of first ribs, second ribs, and third ribs connecting the block regions with the first and second ribs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haibin Zhu, Xiaofen Wang, Jinxiang Xue, Zhongyuan Sun, Weijie Wang
  • Patent number: 11829204
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a window disposed on the display panel. The window includes a base layer including a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, a first inorganic layer disposed on the first surface of the base layer, a second inorganic layer contacting the second surface of the base layer, and a protective layer disposed either between the base layer and the first inorganic layer, or on a first portion of the first inorganic layer which is opposite to a second portion of the first inorganic layer facing the base layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngsang Park, Inseok Seo, Hung Kun Ahn, Hye-Jin Oh, Jang Doo Lee, Jungkyu Jo
  • Patent number: 11822735
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method of controlling multiple pieces of equipment are provided. The electronic device is coupled to an operating device, a first controlled device and a second controlled device. The electronic device includes an operating interface and a controlled interface. The operating interface is coupled to the operating device. The operating device includes a first operating area and a second operating area. The first operating area is configured to deliver a first operating signal. The second operating area is configured to deliver a second operating signal. The controlled interface is coupled to the first controlled device and the second controlled device. The first controlled device is controlled by the first operating signal. The second controlled device is controlled by the second operating signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Aten International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pei-Chun Lai, Kuo-Feng Kao, Chia-Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 11822720
    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: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: INTERAXON INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Allen Aimone, Samuel Thomas MacKenzie, Graeme Daniel Moffat, Hubert Jacob Banville, Nicole Hélène Proulx
  • Patent number: 11823596
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. The display device of the present disclosure comprises: a flexible display panel; a roller extending lengthily and configured such that the display panel is wound thereon or unwound therefrom; a first pipe extending lengthily in the lengthwise direction of the roller and positioned adjacent to the roller; a second pipe extending lengthily in the lengthwise direction of the roller, positioned adjacent to the roller, and facing the first pipe with respect to the roller; a first frame positioned adjacent to an end of the roller and through which at least one of the first pipe and the second pipe passes; and a first side cover facing the first frame and being coupled to an end of at least one passing through the first frame, between the first pipe and the second pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Jonggil Pyo
  • Patent number: 11815957
    Abstract: Provided is a conductive film comprising a substrate and a conductive part comprising at least a fine wire pattern formed on a first side of the substrate, wherein surface free energy SFE1 on the first side is larger than surface free energy SFE2 on a second side of the substrate opposite to the first side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tsuneharu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11815958
    Abstract: According to an example embodiment of the present disclosure, an electronic device includes a display that is flexible, has at least a portion located at a first side of the electronic device, and is changeable in size to which the display is exposed to the first side, and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to display content related to a first application in at least a portion of the display exposed to the first side, identify an event that the display exposed to the first side is expanded in size, and display content related to a second application corresponding to the first application in at least a portion of the expanded display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Shin Hui Ahn, Eui Taek Oh, Ju Hye Lee, Sang Young Cho
  • Patent number: 11809237
    Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that includes a first housing, where the first housing includes at least one first housing accelerometer and at least one first housing gyroscope, a second housing, where the second housing includes at least one second housing accelerometer and at least one second housing gyroscope, and a hinge. The hinge rotatably couples the first housing to the second housing, where a hinge angle is determined using data from the first housing accelerometer, the second housing accelerometer, the first housing gyroscope, and the second housing gyroscope if the electronic device is not in a portrait orientation where the hinge is vertical to a ground or not in motion and is determined using data from the first housing gyroscope and the second housing gyroscope if the electronic device is in portrait orientation or is in motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Renjie Cui, Ke Han, Hemin Han, Lili Ma
  • Patent number: 11809631
    Abstract: A reluctance haptic engine for an electronic device includes a core, an attractor plate, and mechanical suspension. The core and/or the attractor plate may be coupled to an input structure, such as a button cap, a trackpad cover, or a touchscreen cover. In an unactuated configuration, flexible support members maintain a gap between the core and the attractor plate. An electrical current may be applied to one or more conduction loops of the core to actuate the reluctance haptic engine and provide a haptic output by moving the input structure. The electrical current may cause a magnetic flux that results in a reluctance force that pulls the attractor and the core together and causes the input structure to move to produce a haptic output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Denis G. Chen, Timothy D. Koch
  • Patent number: 11803254
    Abstract: A flexible display apparatus and a control method therefor. The flexible display apparatus comprises: a flexible display panel (10); a bending sensor (11), that is configured to sense bending information of the flexible display panel (10); and a processor, that is coupled to the bending sensor (11), configured to receive the bending information of the bending sensor (11), and determines whether the bending information is valid bending information, and if so, then a currently running application program is controlled according to the valid bending information to perform a corresponding operation. By bending the flexible display panel (10), an application program is controlled to perform a corresponding operation, achieving a convenient, accurate, and effective operation, and improving user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong Zhu, Xiaolin Liu, Chao Sun, Yuanjie Li