Patents Examined by Jonathan A Boyd
  • Patent number: 12773302
    Abstract: An intraoral shape acquisition device 1 capable of accurately acquiring an intraoral shape of a saliva, blood or other adherent area or a subgingival margin area includes a scanner 111 for acquiring an intraoral shape by imaging the inside of the mouth and an air blower 113 for blowing compressed air, the air blower 113 being capable of The air blower 113 blows the compressed air against the object to be imaged when the scanner 111 performs the imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2026
    Assignee: DSi Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Sato
  • Patent number: 12776261
    Abstract: A stage circuit according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes first, second, third, and fourth input terminals, an input part configured to transmit a carry signal to a second node in response to the clock signal, a first signal processing part configured to selectively transmit the on-voltage and the carry signal to a first node in response to the clock signal and the first signal processing part including a capacitor connected between the first node and the second node, and a switching element electrically connecting the second node to a fourth node, a second signal processing part configured to control a voltage of a third node in response to a voltage of the second node, and an output part configured to selectively output the on-voltage and the off-voltage as a scan signal depending on the voltage of the third node and a voltage of the fourth node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2025
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chae Han Hyun
  • Patent number: 12769415
    Abstract: A display device including: a touch array including a plurality of touch electrodes; and a touch driver configured to sense a touch adjacent to the touch array, wherein the touch driver transmits, to an external device, uplink signals in which different position information are included through at least some of the touch electrodes in a first time period, and receives, from the external device, position information of the external device on the touch array in a second time period after the first time period, and wherein the position information of the external device is calculated by the external device, using the uplink signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Inventors: Keum Dong Jung, Jang Hui Kim, Bo Hwan Lee
  • Patent number: 12769407
    Abstract: A multifunctional device combining a wireless computer mouse and a charging case for headphones is provided. The device housing is made of two parts hingedly connected such that they are fixed in a closed position through a horizontal axis integrated into mating surfaces of the parts on the side where the mouse slides. The mouse control elements are in one or both parts, and a cradle for the headphones with a power supply system is in the second part. The device comprises a detachable contact connection configured to: power the mouse components and charge the headphones when the housing is closed; cut off power to the mouse components and continue charging the headphones when the housing is open and the headphones are in the cradle; cut off power to the mouse components and activate the Bluetooth modules when the housing is open and the headphones are removed from the cradle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2025
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Inventor: Pavel Anatolevich Yakimov
  • 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: 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: 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: 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