Patents Examined by Joe H. Cheng
  • Patent number: 11558602
    Abstract: There is provided a head-mounted display comprising an image generator that generates an image, a pair of optical plates to be arranged in front of both eyes of an observer who observes the image, the pair of optical plates causing the image to be displayed, a first frame that holds the pair of optical plates, and a second frame including a to-be-fixed part, in which a fixing part to which the to-be-fixed part is fixed is provided at the central part of the first frame in the horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshimi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11554319
    Abstract: An operation pad (20) has an exterior plate (21) having a light-emitting unit (E1) and a touch sensor substrate (22) attached to the rear surface of the exterior plate (21). In addition, the operation pad (20) has a light source (S1) attached to the rear surface thereof and a light diffusion member (H1) that is an optical path through which light of the light source (S1) passes toward the light-emitting unit (E1). According to the structure, the structure for allowing the light-emitting unit provided on the operation pad to shine can be downsized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Masaho Morita, Kazuyuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11555696
    Abstract: A terminal such as a folding-screen smartphone includes a first body and a second body; a rotating shaft coupled to the first body and the second body, and configured to change an angle between the first body and the second body through rotation of the rotating shaft. The terminal also includes a first camera in the first body configured to photograph a target object and obtain a first image in response to a photographing instruction and a second camera in the second body configured to photograph the target object and obtain a second image in response to the photographing instruction. A processing component coupled to the first body and the second body is configured to determine the angle between the first body and the second body and obtain a target image by splicing the first image and the second image according to the angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Cong Peng
  • Patent number: 11551829
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an electronic device. The electronic device includes a stretchable substrate, a plurality of electronic elements, and at least one connection element. The electronic elements and the connection element are disposed on the stretchable substrate. The connection element is disposed between two adjacent electronic elements, and the two adjacent electronic elements are electrically connected to each other via the connection element. Each electronic element may include at least one functional unit and an electrode, wherein the electrode is in direct contact with the functional unit. The connecting element includes at least one stretchable conductive unit and at least one buffer conductive unit, wherein the buffer conductive unit contacts the electrode, and the stretchable conductive unit is electrically connected to the electrode through the buffer conductive unit. The yield strain of the stretchable conductive unit is greater than the yield strain of the buffer conductive unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hung-Yi Chen, Yen-Ching Kuo, Hong-Ming Dai, Shu-Tang Yeh, Wen-Lung Chen, Jane-Hway Liao
  • Patent number: 11550422
    Abstract: A flexible touch screen, comprising: a flexible display with a first bending line, wherein the first bending line separates the flexible display into a first part and a second part; and a first touch panel and a second touch panel disposed in different sides of the first bending line, wherein the first and the second touch panels attach to the flexible display, each of the first and the second touch panels comprises first electrodes and second electrodes which are connected with a touch sensitive processing apparatus, the first and the second electrodes intersect each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Shang-Tai Yeh
  • Patent number: 11551642
    Abstract: A display driving circuit according to an example embodiment of the inventive concept is disclosed. A display driving circuit may include an interface configured to receive a synchronization packet and image data from the outside; a memory configured to receive the image data from the interface in the command mode; a synchronization controller configured to receive the synchronization packet and generate a flag control signal and an internal synchronization signal; a flag generator configured to generate a first flag signal and a second flag signal; and an image controller configured to receive the image data from the memory in the command mode, receive the image data from the interface in the video mode, wherein the synchronization controller is configured to calculate a delay time between a generation time of the first flag signal and a reception time of the synchronization packet, and is configured to adjust a generation time of the second flag signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woojoo Kim, Seonghan Jang
  • Patent number: 11551585
    Abstract: A display-screen stretch and retraction driving mechanism and an electronic apparatus are provided. The electronic apparatus has a flexible display screen. The flexible display screen includes a first end and a second end arranged opposite to each other. The mechanism includes a housing, a driving assembly and a movable assembly. The housing is configured to be connected to the first end. The driving assembly includes a driving portion connected with the housing, and a movable portion in transmission connection with the driving portion. The movable portion is configured to move relative to the driving portion. The movable assembly is in transmission connection with the movable portion and connected with the flexible display screen. The movable assembly is configured to be driven by the driving assembly to drive the second end to move away from or close to the first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhenhua Liu
  • Patent number: 11543859
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include: a housing including an inner space; a slide structure including a reciprocating slide configured to be slidable from the housing by a predetermined reciprocating distance along a first direction; a flexible display at least partially supported by the slide structure and configured to be received in the inner space to be at least partially invisible from the outside in a slide-in state of the electronic device; and a first friction reducing structure disposed between the housing and the slide structure. The first friction reducing structure may include: a guide slit disposed in the housing in a direction parallel to the first direction and having a predetermined length; a guide protrusion configured to be guided by the guide slit in the slide structure; at least one first magnet disposed on the guide slit; and at least one second magnet disposed on the guide protrusion at a position affected by the magnetic force of the first magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myunghoon Kwak, Moonchul Shin, Seungjoon Lee, Yangwook Kim, Byounguk Yoon, Hyunju Hong
  • Patent number: 11538365
    Abstract: The present disclosure relate to a display module, comprising: a flexible panel, wherein bumps are formed along two opposing sides of the flexible panel respectively, and a size of the bumps in a thickness direction of the flexible panel is larger than a thickness of the flexible panel; two curled slide rails arranged opposite to and in parallel with each other, wherein each slide rail has a groove for receiving the bump that extends along a curling direction of the slide rail, and for each groove, a groove entry for entering the groove is formed at one end of a respective slide rail; the slide rails and a space therebetween form a receiving rail for receiving the flexible panel; each of the bumps is able to enter a respective groove of the slide rail through the groove entry of the groove and move along the groove where the bump resides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhao Li
  • Patent number: 11537222
    Abstract: A touchpad device includes a substrate, a touch panel, and a light-curing adhesive film. The substrate includes a top surface, the touch panel is disposed above the top surface of the substrate, and the touch panel includes a touchpad and a circuit board stacked with each other. The light-curing adhesive film is bonded between the touch board and the circuit board, and the light-curing adhesive film is in a cured state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: CHICONY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Po-Chun Hou, Po-Hsin Li
  • Patent number: 11532248
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. The display device includes a flexible display panel, a panel roller, wherein the flexible display panel is wound around or unwound from the panel roller, a main frame extending in a longitudinal direction of the panel roller, wherein the panel roller is coupled to the main frame, a rod extending in the longitudinal direction of the panel roller, wherein the rod is spaced apart from the panel roller and the main frame, a sub frame coupling the rod with the main frame, wherein the sub frame is coupled to the main frame, and a bracket coupled to the sub frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jonggil Pyo, Kwaneun Jin, Jaeyong Kim
  • Patent number: 11526197
    Abstract: Foldable touch screen display devices with a flexible display unit made up of segments that can be reconfigured from a compact state to an expanded state Which includes a modular rigid display that may he attached to the flexible display unit. The form factor of the compact state is roughly the size of a typical handheld phone or smaller. The form factor of the expanded state is roughly the size of a larger phone or tablet computer. A third state whereby the attached rigid display is folded. out such that its top surface is aligned with the top surface of the unfolded flexible display, may provide the use of both displays simultaneously. All folded states may include an integrated speaker and microphone. A module, coupled to at least one segment of the flexible display or the rigid display, includes a communications system, which may be used in any state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Lepton Computing LLC
    Inventor: Stephen E. Delaporte
  • Patent number: 11527179
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a roller around which the display panel is wound or unwound, a housing unit which accommodates the display panel and the roller, a head bar connected to one end of the display panel, and a support plate which supports a rear surface of the display panel, has one side fixed to the head bar, and the other side fixed to the housing unit, and forms a mesh pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: MiJin Han, SeungHee Lee, Hyosung Lee
  • Patent number: 11521521
    Abstract: A display apparatus including a housing provided with an opening; a first roll and a second roll provided in the housing and spaced apart from each other; and a display configured to be wound around the first roll and the second roll, and configured to be extracted out from the housing and retracted into the housing through the opening. The housing includes a transparent area configured to expose the display within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woosung Chung, Beomkyun Rha, Kibum Seong, Seongwook Jeong
  • Patent number: 11521520
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a roller configured to wind or unwind the display panel, a flexible cable configured to transmit an electrical signal to the display panel and including an extension part to be wound around the end of the roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: MiJin Han, SeungHee Lee, Hyosung Lee
  • Patent number: 11520404
    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: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: INTERAXON INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Allen Aimone, Samuel Thomas MacKenzie, Graeme Daniel Moffat, Hubert Jacob Banville, Nicole Hélène Proulx
  • Patent number: 11520379
    Abstract: A foldable display device includes a flexible substrate; a display layer disposed on the flexible substrate; a first display region, a second display region, and a foldable region disposed between the first display region and the second display region; a biometric sensing structure overlapping the flexible substrate from a top view and having a biometric sensing region; and a supporting film disposed under the flexible substrate and including a recess portion in the foldable region. A total area of the biometric sensing region is less than or equal to a total area of the flexible substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Yuan-Lin Wu, Kuan-Feng Lee
  • Patent number: 11513415
    Abstract: A foldable electrophoretic display that is flexible and may be folded in a book-like fashion. Foldable electrophoretic display modules that can be separately manufactured and incorporated into a variety of foldable devices with differing functionality as needed by the consumer. In some embodiments, the resulting foldable 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: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke Hashimoto, Kenji Nakazawa, Bamboo Tsai, Yung-Sheng Chang, JiaJiun Yeh, Hsintao Huang
  • Patent number: 11514825
    Abstract: A window includes a base layer including a first non-folding region; a second non-folding region; a folding region disposed between the first non-folding region and the second non-folding region in a first direction; and at least one first recessed portion overlapping the folding region and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, a first nano pattern layer disposed in the at least one first recessed portion, and including first protrusion patterns; and a first soft portion disposed on the first nano pattern layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung-Man Kim, Minsang Koo, Sanghoon Kim, Yuri Kim, Min-Hoon Choi, Seongjin Hwang
  • Patent number: 11506821
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haibin Zhu, Xiaofen Wang, Jinxiang Xue, Zhongyuan Sun, Weijie Wang