Patents Examined by Jonathan A Boyd
  • Patent number: 12761771
    Abstract: A data display method, a data display apparatus, a mobile terminal, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes displaying a real-time image acquired by a mobile terminal, a preset positioning mark, and a preset virtual object in a target page of the mobile terminal, a first display region corresponding to the preset positioning mark being fixed in the target page; adjusting a second display region corresponding to the preset virtual object in the target page in response to movement of the mobile terminal; and in response to a relationship between the second display region and the first display region being determined as meeting a preset condition, displaying interaction information related to a target user logging in the target page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2026
    Assignee: BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haiqiang Jiang, Haiyang Guo, Chen Zhao, Dongdong Zuo, Shuji Lin, Mengyuan Han, Yanting Hua
  • Patent number: 12763007
    Abstract: A pixel circuit includes a light emitting element, a first switching element including a control electrode connected to a second node, a first electrode connected to a third node and a second electrode connected to the light emitting element, a second switching element including a control electrode connected to a first node, a first electrode receiving a power and a second electrode connected to the second node, a third switching element including a control electrode receiving the gate signal, a first electrode receiving the data voltage and a second electrode connected to the first node, a driving element including a control electrode receiving a reference voltage, a first electrode receiving the power and a second electrode connected to the third node, a first capacitor receiving the ramp signal and connected to the first node and a second capacitor receiving the emission signal and connected to the second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2025
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2026
    Assignees: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)
    Inventors: Byungchang Yu, Oh Kyong Kwon, Kyunghoon Chung, Youn Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 12743169
    Abstract: A position indicator is provided for use in an input system including the position indicator and a sensor, wherein the sensor includes an array of electrodes and is configured to detect a position of the position indicator on the array of electrodes. The position indicator includes an indicator controller configured to determine data including one of pressure information indicative of a pressure applied to a tip of the position indicator, switch information indicative of an operation state of a switch provided on the position indicator, identification information of the position indicator, tilt information of the position indicator, or rotation information of the position indicator. The position indicator includes a transmitter configured to transmit the data to the sensor as digital data using a wireless communication protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2026
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Oliver P. King-Smith, Bernardus H. Smit, Peyman Hadizad
  • Patent number: 12737082
    Abstract: A touch sensing device includes a sensor configured to receive sensing values from a plurality of touch electrodes arranged in an active area; a coordinate calculator configured to calculate touch coordinates based on the sensing values; and a data generator configured to generate virtual touch data in a non-active area outside an edge area of the active area when a touch is detected in the edge area of the active area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2026
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chan Hee Han
  • Patent number: 12737086
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a touch sensor panel including a substrate, a plurality of conductive layers including a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer, a plurality of vias from the first conductive layer to the second conductive layer, and control circuitry mounted to a printed circuit. The control circuitry can include touch sensing circuitry. The first conductive layer can include a plurality of touch electrodes. The second conductive layer can be separated from the substrate by at least the first conductive layer and can include a bonding region with a plurality of bond pads for interconnection with the plurality of touch electrodes. The printed circuit can be separated from the substrate by at least the plurality of conductive layers and can be bonded to the plurality of bond pads by a conductive bonding material between the second conductive layer and the printed circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Karan S. Jain, Eric E. Gemnay, Sung Yul Chu, Ming-Ling Yeh, Abhilash Goyal, Jigar M. Patel
  • Patent number: 12738011
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method, a computing device and a storage medium. This method includes: collecting a first image having a first bounding box of a target object and a second image having a second bounding box of the target object; calculating a reference scale proportion between two bounding boxes; generating a plurality of scale proportions associated with the reference scale proportion; scaling the second bounding box according to each scale proportion to obtain a third bounding box for extracting a first image block from the first image; extracting a second image block from the second image according to the second bounding box; and performing similarity calculation on the first image block and the second image block corresponding to each scale proportion to screen out at least one scale proportion so as to calculate a prediction value of the collision time with the target object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2026
    Assignee: Beijing Tusen Zhitu Technology Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Zehao Huang, Xiaolong Cheng, Naiyan Wang
  • Patent number: 12737054
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a touch control system are disclosed. In one aspect a touch screen interface on a mechanical keyboard is disclosed. A touch sensing area on a keyboard having mechanical key mechanisms also provides a touch sensing surface. Touch position on the keyboard is detected and used to control a user interface. Unique touch sensing systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2025
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2026
    Assignee: I-INTERACTIVE LLC
    Inventor: David L. Henty
  • Patent number: 12725235
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus performs color matching of gradation values of the same target color acquired in each of two different states. The image processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires, in a first state, first color values of patches respectively corresponding to first gradation values and second color values of patches respectively corresponding to second gradation values. The processing circuitry acquires, in a second state, third color values of patches respectively corresponding to the first gradation values. The processing circuitry calculates a first corrected gradation value. The processing circuitry acquires, in the second state, a fourth color value of a patch corresponding to the first corrected gradation value and fifth color values of patches corresponding to third gradation values. The processing circuitry acquires calculates a second corrected gradation value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Atsushi Moriwaki
  • Patent number: 12724493
    Abstract: Methods of interpreting navigating user interfaces on multiple devices based on spatial orientations of a user's hand are provided. The method includes receiving, from one or more sensors of a wrist-wearable device, data associated with performance of an in-air hand gesture by a hand of a wearer of the wrist-wearable device. The method further includes in accordance with a determination that the data indicates that the hand of the wearer is in a first orientation when the in-air hand gesture was performed, causing performance of a first operation at the wrist-wearable device. The method further includes in accordance with a determination that the data indicates that the hand of the wearer is in a second orientation when the in-air hand gesture was performed, causing performance of a second operation at a head-wearable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Szeyin Lee, Willy Huang, Joseph Davis Greer, Sheng Shen, Chengyuan Yan
  • Patent number: 12711896
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display device and a driving method thereof. The display device has a first working mode and includes a display panel and a driving circuit board electrically connected to the display panel. In the first working mode, the driving circuit board is configured to perform an overcurrent protection on the display panel when a current in the signal line is greater than a preset current during at least two consecutive frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Qiuling Tian
  • Patent number: 12711653
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for ascertaining a position of a motor vehicle (1; 4) or of an object (2). The method includes: optically recording data of a traffic environment having multiple motor vehicles (1; 2; 4); detecting a reflection (3; 5) of at least a portion of a specific one of the motor vehicles (1; 2; 4) on the object (2) in the data; ascertaining at least one prominent area of the specific motor vehicle (1; 4) in the reflection; and ascertaining the position of the specific motor vehicle (1; 4) or of the object (2) using the prominent area in the reflection (3; 5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: DR. ING. H. C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESLLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Manuel Vogel
  • Patent number: 12711886
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel in which a plurality of gate lines are arranged in a first direction, and a plurality of subpixel arrays each including a plurality of subpixels are arranged in the first direction; a gate driving circuit including a first gate driving circuit located in one edge of the display panel and a second gate driving circuit located in another edge of the display panel, the first gate driving circuit and the second gate driving circuit sharing one gate line connected to one subpixel array; and a timing controller for controlling the gate driving circuit to operate in a defect detecting mode to detect a defect in the display panel during a blank periods in which at least one of the plurality of subpixels of the display panel does not emit light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jisu Choi, Jinwoo Lee, Kyunghyun Lim
  • Patent number: 12705941
    Abstract: This disclosure includes techniques for controlling smart home devices upon entering a home with a fingerprint sensor in a doorbell device. After capturing a fingerprint of a digit of a guest and sending the fingerprint to a server device, the server device matches the fingerprint of the digit to an entry in a guest fingerprint database for a first user. The server device sends an operational command to a smart home device separate from the doorbell device and located at a same premises as the doorbell device. In response to receiving the operational command from the server device, the smart home device performs an action corresponding to the operational command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: Resideo USA LLC
    Inventors: José Miguel Díaz Arriaga, Rodolfo Piña Ramírez, César Rodríguez Esqueda, Edgar Abraham González Romero, José Luis García Hernández
  • Patent number: 12707733
    Abstract: The present application provides an array substrate and a display panel; the array substrate includes a display unit and a light sensing unit. A first electrode plate and a second electrode plate of a first capacitor of the light sensing unit are both transparent electrode plates, the first electrode plate is formed from a newly-added transparent conductive layer, the second electrode plate is served by a common electrode of the display unit, and the display unit and the light sensing unit work alternately in time-division within a time period of one frame to alleviate a problem of low aperture ratio in an existing display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zhitao Lu
  • Patent number: 12700353
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a pixel; a scan driver configured to provide a first scan signal and a second scan signal to the pixel; and a controller configured to provide a first scan control signal for generating the first scan signal and a second scan control signal for generating the second scan signal to the scan driver, wherein the second scan signal includes an active pulse in an active period having a constant time length and at least one dummy pulse in a vertical blank period having a variable time length, and wherein an interval between the active pulse and a first dummy pulse of the second scan signal is different from an interval between the first dummy pulse and a second dummy pulse of the second scan signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong-Kyu Kim, Youngwoon Choi, Seyun Kim, Sungjae Park, Seungho Park, Namjae Lim
  • Patent number: 12700339
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel and a display panel driver. The display panel includes a first display area and a second display area disposed adjacent to the first display area. The display panel driver is configured to output a first data voltage to the first display area and a second data voltage to the second display area. When the first display area operates in a public mode and the second display area operates in a private mode, the first data voltage is different from the second data voltage for a same grayscale value. A viewing angle of a display image displayed in the private mode is narrower than a viewing angle of a display image displayed in the public mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiyoun Kim, Sangan Kwon, Namjeong Kim, Jihye Kim, Haneul Kim, Hongsoo Kim, Changnoh Yoon, Sukhun Lee
  • Patent number: 12682639
    Abstract: A method for detecting urine formed elements based on deep learning and context relation includes performing video capture on a labeled urine sample to obtain a labeled urine video; extracting an image from the labeled urine video to obtain single-frame image data with a time sequence n; and labeling position and category of a formed element on the single-frame image data to obtain a formed element dataset, and dividing the formed element dataset into a training set and a testing set. The method also includes constructing a urine formed element detection and classification model, and comparing and identifying functions, and using the training set and the testing set to train the model. The method further includes performing video capture on a to-be-detected urine sample in the visual field of the microscopic imaging device to obtain a to-be-detected urine video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOYING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bairui Li, Heqing Lian
  • Patent number: 12682848
    Abstract: A display substrate and a display device are disclosed. The display substrate includes a base substrate and a plurality of sub-pixels located thereon. Each sub-pixel includes a pixel circuit and a pixel electrode electrically connected thereto, and each pixel circuit includes a driving sub-circuit. The pixel electrode includes a main electrode part and a first electrode extension part extending therefrom. The display substrate includes first type of sub-pixels. The main electrode part of each sub-pixel of the first type of sub-pixels is not overlapped with a control electrode of the driving sub-circuit of the sub-pixel or an electrode part directly electrically connected to the control electrode, and the first electrode extension part of each pixel electrode is at least partially overlapped with the control electrode or the electrode part. The first type of sub-pixels include at least two sub-pixels configured to emit light of different colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignees: ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qianqian Zhang, Liangliang Liu, Zhiyong Xue, Liman Peng, Yan Wu, Sihui Duan, Le Gao
  • Patent number: 12669877
    Abstract: This application discloses a device display control method, an electronic device, and a communication system, and relates to the field of wireless remote control technologies. This can accurately determine a presentation position of a displayed object (for example, a cursor) corresponding to a control device on a display device and provide better device control experience for a user. In this solution, the presentation position of the displayed object is determined based on a position that the control device points to on a display. Therefore, in both a single-display device scenario and a multi-display device scenario, convenient, immersive, and precise device control experience can be brought to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhengyuan Hu, Weiting Zhai, Rongyou Jia, Haowei Xu, Shufeng Wang, Yuxin Yang, Meng Xue, Xuewen Zhao, Nanxue Gong
  • Patent number: 12663880
    Abstract: Aspects concern a virtual reality control device comprising one or more sensors configured to sense sensor data allowing determining the 3D position of the virtual reality control device in 3D space, at least one rotary wheel switch; and an output interface configured to output the sensor data from the one or more sensors and information about a rotation of the at least one rotary wheel switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: RAZER (ASIA-PACIFIC) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Wooi Liang Chin, Kah Yong Lee, Gil Jr Palma Guerrero, Pengfei Gao