Patents Examined by Joseph R. Haley
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Patent number: 11665388Abstract: A display apparatus, a method for executing an application thereof, an external device remotely controlling the display apparatus, and a method for providing an application control screen thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes a display that displays an application execution screen, the application execution screen displaying an application; a communication unit that communicates with an external server and an external device that remotely controls the display apparatus; and a control unit that transmits to the external device a generation signal that instructs the external device to generate an application control screen in response to receiving an input command to execute the application, controls the communication unit to receive a command from the external device input through the application control screen, and operates the application according to the received command.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Joo-youn Kim, Yong-hwan Kwon
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Patent number: 11662841Abstract: An extended reality (XR) handheld controller to operate with a head-mounted display (HMD) device and information handling system includes the HMD device having an HMD processor, a data storage device, and an HMD display device to present to a user an XR image of an environment and the XR handheld controller may include a handheld controller microcontroller, a handle portion, a multimodal joystick, and a fingerprint reader formed into the multimodal joystick, wherein the multimodal joystick provides directional input when the fingerprint reader detects a user's fingerprint and the user tilts the multimodal joystick in a direction, and wherein the multimodal joystick provides push-button input when the fingerprint reader does not detect the user's fingerprint and the user presses a side of the multimodal joystick.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Dell Products, LPInventors: Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert, Thomas Marcus Hinskens, Loo Shing Tan, Gerald Rene Pelissier, Martin Douglas Sawtell
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Patent number: 11662766Abstract: A touch-sensitive screen, in particular for use in a motor vehicle, is described. The screen comprises a rigid cover layer with a roughened surface, a polarization layer arranged beneath the cover layer, a touch sensor layer arranged beneath the polarization layer, and a display of the touch-sensitive screen.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: E.SOLUTIONS GMBHInventor: Jens Rasmussen
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Patent number: 11657641Abstract: A biometric sensing device and a display apparatus including the same are provided. The biometric sensing device includes a first thin film transistor, a second thin film transistor, and a photodiode. The first thin film transistor has a gate. The second thin film transistor has a semiconductor layer and a non-gate electrode terminal. The non-gate electrode terminal is electrically connected to the gate of the first thin film transistor. The photodiode contacts a semiconductor layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2022Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Innolux CorporationInventors: Yu-Tsung Liu, Te-Yu Lee
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Patent number: 11657643Abstract: A fingerprint sensing device including a plurality of pixel blocks is provided. The pixel blocks are arranged in an array. Each of the pixel blocks includes a conversion gain. At least two of the conversion gains are different, and the pixel block located in a central location of the array has a minimum conversion gain.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2022Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Shu-Fang Wang, Dong-Hai Huang
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Patent number: 11657642Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a biometric image using an optical biometric imaging arrangement including a set of micro lenses adapted to redirect incoming light onto a photodetector pixel array, the method comprising: capturing a biometric image including a set of sub-images using an optical biometric imaging device; estimating a spatial transformation between the at least one biometric sub-image and corresponding masking calibration sub-images; applying the spatial transformation to retrieved illuminance calibration sub-images adapted for illuminance calibration for captured biometric sub-images to align the illuminance calibration sub-images with the biometric image; and normalizing the biometric sub-images using the aligned calibration sub-images for providing a normalized biometric image based on the normalized biometric sub-images.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: FINGERPRINT CARDS ANACATUM IP ABInventor: Arne Husth
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Patent number: 11645864Abstract: To provide an imaging device capable of reducing discomfort caused by visible light. A light source can emit the visible light and invisible light as irradiation light. An imaging unit captures an image of an irradiation region irradiated with the irradiation light to acquire an image. A processor causes the imaging unit to acquire a detection image in a first irradiation mode in which the invisible light is emitted from the light source, and determines whether a biometric object is presented in the irradiation region based on the detection image. When the biometric object is presented, the processor causes the imaging unit to acquire the biometric image obtained by copying the biometric object as the image in a second irradiation mode in which the visible light and the invisible light are emitted from the light source.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yusuke Matsuda, Naoto Miura, Akio Nagasaka, Yo Nonomura, Keiichiro Nakazaki
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Patent number: 11635891Abstract: The invention relates to an input device (6) for operating a multimedia device (4) depending on the position of a user's finger on a pressure plate (24) comprising: the pressure plate (24) which comprises a bottom side (50) and a top side (48) opposite the bottom side (50), on which the user can move their finger, a regular grid (15) made of tactile elements (26) which can be haptically sensed by the finger of the user and which are formed on the top side (48) of the pressure plate (24), and a sensor (62) arranged on the bottom side (50) of the pressure plate (24) which is set up to transmit a button selection signal (42) to the multimedia device (4) depending on the position of the finger on the top side (48).Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignees: FM MARKETING GMBHInventor: Ferdinand Maier
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Patent number: 11625943Abstract: A fingerprint sensing apparatus including a first substrate, a light sensing structure, a second substrate, a lens layer, a filler, and a first light shielding layer is provided. The light sensing structure is disposed on a sensing area of the first substrate. The lens layer is disposed on the second substrate. The lens layer has multiple first convex portions and a first concave portion. The filler is disposed between the lens layer and the light sensing structure. The refractive index of the filler is greater than the refractive index of the lens layer. The first light shielding layer is disposed between the second substrate and the lens layer. A solid of the first light shielding layer overlaps the first convex portions of the lens layer. An opening of the first light shielding layer overlaps the first concave portion of the lens layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Jui-Ping Yu, Che-Wei Lin
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Patent number: 11625903Abstract: A sensing device includes a plurality of sensing sets having a plurality of lenses and a plurality of sensing units. The sensing units are configured to collect reflected light which pass through the lenses. Each sensing set adopts a structure which includes one sensing unit and multiple lenses for providing fingerprint sensing with high accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: InnoLux CorporationInventors: Chandra Lius, Yu-Tsung Liu
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Patent number: 11625944Abstract: A fingerprint recognition system is disposed below a screen assembly of an electronic device and includes a light-emitting diode (LED), an image sensor, and a light shielding member. A light emitting surface of the LED faces the screen assembly and is configured to emit an optical signal. A photosensitive surface of the image sensor faces the screen assembly, where the optical signal received by the image sensor includes a fingerprint optical signal returned after being emitted by the LED to a finger, to generate a fingerprint image. The light shielding member is located between the LED and the image sensor, to block a part of signal light emitted by the LED.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2020Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Jiao Lin, Xu Peng, Xiujuan Wan
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Patent number: 11615641Abstract: A fingerprint identification module is provided. The fingerprint identification module includes: a base substrate, a first conductive layer, and a third conductive layer that are laminated sequentially. The first conductive layer includes a first signal line and a second signal line, wherein the first signal line extends along a first direction and is connected to a gate of a reset transistor in a pixel sensing circuit, and the second signal line extends along the first direction and is connected to a gate of a switch transistor in the pixel sensing circuit. The third conductive layer includes a first conductive portion configured to form a first electrode of a photodiode in the pixel sensing circuit, wherein an orthographic projection of the first conductive portion on the base substrate does not overlap with orthographic projections of the first signal line and the second signal line on the base substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mingdong Wang, Xuan Feng, Yunke Qin, Jiabin Wang, Yangbing Li, Ping Zhang, Lei Wang
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Patent number: 11605240Abstract: Designs of a sensor module with fewer number of pins are described. According to one aspect of the designs, a sensor module operates on a predefined number of clocks in a clock signal in contrast of rising or falling edges of clocks or pulses thereof commonly relied upon in a prior art sensor module, thus reducing considerably the requirements on the clock signals needed to support the sensor module. More importantly, the pins of the sensor module are far fewer than those in a prior art system. Subsequently, the complexity of supporting circuits for the sensor module in the sensor module of the present invention can be simplified.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: CMOS Sensor, Inc.Inventors: Hui Wei, Weng Lyang Wang
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Patent number: 11605238Abstract: A fingerprint identification module may include an array substrate (201), a plurality of point light sources (202) on the array substrate (201), and a plurality of photosensors (203) on the array substrate (201). The array substrate (201) may include a switch array (204) and a light emitting unit array (205) on the switch array (204). The plurality of point light sources (202) is configured to emit light to irradiate different regions of a finger at different times.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2018Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Rui Xu, Xue Dong, Haisheng Wang, Yingming Liu, Lei Wang, Changfeng Li, Pinchao Gu, Xueyou Cao, Wei Liu, Xiaoliang Ding, Xiaoquan Hai
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Patent number: 11600098Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus and a method for fingerprint imaging. The apparatus includes: a light source configured to generate light, wherein a light intensity distribution of the light generated by the light source conforms to a preset encoding mode; a sensing surface on which the light generated by the light source forms a signal light with fingerprint information; and an imaging module configured to image the signal light to obtain a fingerprint image. Embodiments of the present disclosure can encode the fingerprint image by the encoding mode and can “encrypt” the fingerprint image by the encoding mode, thus a clear fingerprint image can be obtained by decoding based on obtaining the preset encoding mode, which can effectively improve the security of fingerprint imaging.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: SHANGHAI HARVEST INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Lee Ya-Ti Chang
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Patent number: 11599609Abstract: A system, device and method for fingerprint authentication using a watermarked digital image is provided. A device includes a display device including a touch screen configured to detect fingerprints; and, a controller. The controller: generates, at the display device, an image that includes, in one or more given areas, image-embedded fingerprint information; detects, at one or more portions of the touch screen respectively corresponding to the one or more given areas, user-fingerprint information representing a fingerprint; implements a comparison between the user-fingerprint information and the image-embedded fingerprint information; and when the comparison between the user-fingerprint information and the image-embedded fingerprint information is successful, implement an access process.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2017Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventor: Marcin Jasinski
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Patent number: 11600099Abstract: A biological feature identification device includes a display device and a sensing device. The display device includes multiple pixels arranged along a first direction. The pixels each has a sub-pixel having a display element and a switch element. The sensing device includes multiple sensing units arranged along a second direction. The sensing units each has a sensing element. When the spatial frequency relation is |4*(RE/100)?(1/SU)|>A, the first and second directions are the same, and the biological feature identification device satisfy the criteria: A<|4*(RE/100)?(1/SU)|<B. When the spatial frequency relation is |4*(RE/100)?(1/SU)|?A, the first and second directions form an angle, and the biological feature identification device satisfy the criteria: A<|4*(RE/100)?{1/[SU*Cos(?)]}|<C. RE is the resolution of the display device, SU is the sensing unit size, ? is the angle, 0°<?<90°, B and C>A, and A is not equal to zero.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Shuo-Hong Wang, Chao-Chien Chiu, Shang-Wei Hsieh
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Patent number: 11600102Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection device includes a plurality of light-receiving elements configured to receive light, and a light guide portion one surface of which faces the light-receiving elements. The light guide portion includes a plurality of light guide paths provided throughout from the one surface to the other surface of the light guide portion, and a light-absorbing portion having higher absorbance of the light than that of the light guide paths. When viewed from a direction in which the light-receiving elements and the light guide portion are stacked, more than one of the light guide paths overlap one of the light-receiving elements.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Yasushi Tomioka, Kazuki Matsunaga, Toshiyuki Higano, Kazuhiro Nishiyama
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Patent number: 11587307Abstract: A control method includes collecting a biometric image through a sensing area of a biometric recognition sensor provided at a control button of an electronic apparatus, in response to a press operation of a user on the control button; determining whether the biometric image meets a condition; in response to determining that the biometric image meets the condition, allowing the control button to be moved from a first position to a second position; and in response to determining that the biometric image does not meet the condition, prohibiting the control button from being moved from the first position to the second position.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITEDInventor: Ying Gao
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Patent number: 11587352Abstract: A fingerprint detection control circuit, a fingerprint detection control method and a display device. The fingerprint detection control circuit includes a sensing circuitry, a resetting circuitry, a control circuitry and a conversion circuitry. The control circuitry provides a switch control signal to a control end of the resetting circuitry under the control of a first control signal. The resetting circuitry provides a resetting voltage to a conversion control end under the control of a potential at its control end. The conversion circuitry converts a photovoltage signal into a corresponding current signal under the control of a potential at the conversion control end when a first voltage end is electrically connected to a first signal output end, and outputs the current signal via the first signal output end.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Xinlan Yang, Wenkai Mu, Yi Liu, Shijun Wang, Jun Fan, Bo Feng, Yang Wang, Zhan Wei, Tengfei Ding, Yingzi Wang