Patents Examined by Kebede T Teshome
  • Patent number: 11402908
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for selecting an item using a brain wave signal are disclosed. The method for selecting an item includes: receiving, by a receiver, information on at least one item from a service point; displaying, by a display, the received information on a predetermined area in a mobility; in response to the displayed information, collecting, by a sensor, a brain wave signal for at least one passenger in the mobility for a predetermined time; and determining, by a controller, the passenger's choice by analyzing the collected brain wave signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, SOOKMYUNG WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY—ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jeong Su Kang, Suh Yeon Dong
  • Patent number: 11393413
    Abstract: Disclosed are an image brightness adjustment method, an image brightness adjustment device, an image brightness adjustment system and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes the steps of: subsequent to receiving an image signal to be displayed, performing noise reduction processing on the image signal to be displayed, and obtaining the image signal to be displayed after noise reduction; comparing the image signal to be displayed before noise reduction with the image signal to be displayed after noise reduction, and obtaining a signal-to-noise ratio; calculating a compensation intensity coefficient according to the signal-to-noise ratio, and determining an attribute value of each region of an image to be displayed; and adjusting a brightness of the image to be displayed according to the compensation intensity coefficient and the attribute value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SKYWORTH-RGB ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhilin Xiao
  • Patent number: 11376585
    Abstract: A drive circuit and its drive method, and a panel and its drive method are provided. The drive circuit includes a step-up unit, a plurality of signal input terminals and a signal output terminal. The step-up unit includes a first module, a second module and a first capacitor. The first module is configured to transmit a signal of a third signal input terminal to a first electrode of the first capacitor. The second module is configured to transmit a signal of a fourth signal input terminal to a second electrode of the first capacitor at a first time period which generates a voltage difference between two electrodes of the first capacitor, and to transmit the signal of the fourth signal input terminal to the second electrode of the first capacitor at a second time period which further increases a signal of the first electrode of the first capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Shanghai AVIC OPTO Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kerui Xi, Xiaohe Li, Feng Qin, Jine Liu, Tingting Cui, Baiquan Lin
  • Patent number: 11360591
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a display panel and a manufacturing method thereof. The method includes: forming a main gate and a sub-gate on a glass substrate, wherein at least a portion of the sub-gate includes a light transmissive area; sequentially forming a gate insulating layer, a semiconductor layer, and a second metal layer on the sub-gate, patterning the semiconductor layer to obtain a main active layer and a sub-active layer, and patterning the second metal layer to obtain a main source/drain and a sub-source/drain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nian Liu, Macai Lu, Lei Wen
  • Patent number: 11334164
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an enclosure having a transparent cover defining a touch-sensitive surface, a display positioned within the enclosure and below the transparent cover, and a haptic device configured to produce a haptic output along the touch-sensitive surface. The haptic device may include a battery element electrically coupled to the display, a magnetic element, and a coil assembly fixed with respect to the enclosure and configured to induce an oscillatory movement of the battery element parallel to the display to produce the haptic output. In other examples, the coil assembly may be coupled to the battery element and the first and second magnetic elements may be fixed with respect to the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody C. Fu, Erik G. de Jong, Christopher R. Pasma, Katharine R. Chemelewski, Rex T. Ehman, Brad W. Simeral
  • Patent number: 11330091
    Abstract: A device having a hand-held form factor (e.g., smartphone, tablet computer) has a transparent display that allows viewing of real world content through the display, while rendering virtual content to the display. The display may take the form of a touch-sensitive display, allowing user input directly through physical interaction with the display. The display may include a pair of major outer-most faces and a pair of inner faces, one of the inner faces angled to reflect light from a projector, outward via one of the major outer-most faces. The gap may advantageously be formed via a pocket extending inwardly from an edge of an optical substrate that comprise the touch-sensitive display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Inventor: Dylan Appel-Oudenaar
  • Patent number: 11315483
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for tracking eye movement and gaze direction using infrared light are described. The method includes projecting infrared light from at least one pixel in the display screen to the eye of the user, detecting a plurality of reflections of the infrared light from the eye, determining the relative intensity of each of the plurality of the reflections, identifying, from the plurality of reflections, a region of the eye that corresponds to a relatively low intensity reflection, and determining a position of the eye based on the region of the eye that corresponds to the relatively low intensity reflection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Martin Joseph Kiik
  • Patent number: 11314363
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes: a base layer; a first electrode member including first touch electrodes arranged on the base layer along a first direction and electrically connected in the first direction, the first touch electrodes including first openings; a second electrode member including second touch electrodes arranged on the base layer along a second direction intersecting the first direction and electrically connected in the second direction, the second touch electrodes including second openings; a first strain gauge including first resistance lines disposed in the first openings and electrically connected in the first direction; and a second strain gauge including second resistance lines, which are disposed in the second openings and electrically connected in the second direction, wherein the first electrode member may be insulated from the second electrode member, and wherein the first strain gauge may be insulated from the second strain gauge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seong Mo Hwang
  • Patent number: 11294427
    Abstract: An interactive head-mounted display includes a U-shaped headband that rests atop the crown of a user's head. At each end of the headband is an earpiece and a housing containing various electronics for operating and interacting with a designated wireless phone. Pivotally attached to an end of the headband is an arcuate, translucent shield that is suspended in front of the wearer's eyes. When wearing a connected device, a user can display on the shield any graphics generated by the phone, initiate a telephone call, transmit a text message, or initiate any other task that can be performed on the wireless phone, but without using the hands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Inventors: Christen K Medulla, Michael J Medulla
  • Patent number: 11282421
    Abstract: A method of detecting a pixel defect for detecting a defect of a pixel including first to fourth transistors, connected to a data line, and receiving a scan signal and an initialization control signal includes turning on the first through fourth transistors by changing the scan signal and the initialization control signal to have a turn-on voltage level in an inspection period, detecting an inspecting current flowing in a path corresponding to the first through fourth transistors using a current detector that is connected to the data line, determining that a threshold voltage of the second transistor is within a normal range when the inspecting current is within a reference range, and determining that the threshold voltage of the second transistor is out of the normal range when the inspecting current is out of the reference range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gunwoo Yang, Yongbin Kim, Hyun Young Choi
  • Patent number: 11275457
    Abstract: In some implementations, a joystick includes a control unit having a first surface and a handle positioned at an angle adjacent to the first surface. The handle can have a second surface and is operably connected to the control unit. The joystick can further include a heating element, a blower, and one or more vent openings in at least one of the first surface and the second surface. The blower can move air warmed by the heating element through the at least one vent opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Inventor: Nathan Jerome Mayer
  • Patent number: 11269187
    Abstract: A first object present in the visual field of a user is detected together with the position of the first object. A virtual image linked with the first object in advance is displayed together with the first object. A second object operable by the user is detected together with the position of the second object. When an overlapping positional relation viewed from the user between the first object and the second object is a first positional relation, a display form of the virtual image is differentiated from a display from in a second positional relation different from the first positional relation. Consequently, it is possible to perform flexible display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Tanaka, Yuya Maruyama
  • Patent number: 11269188
    Abstract: An HMD is coupled to a smart phone. The HMD displays a first image overlapping an external scene in a left display unit, and displays a second image corresponding to the first image overlapping the external scene in a right display unit. The smart phone includes a display panel displaying a third image, a first detector detecting that at least one of the first image and the second image overlaps the third image, and an adjustment unit adjusting, based on a detection result of the first detector, at least one of the first image and the second image such that the third image is visible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Kobayashi, Yuichi Mori
  • Patent number: 11263458
    Abstract: An Augmented Reality (AR) device or gear or glasses, includes one or more imagers to capture images of an area-of-interest. A processor performs computer vision analysis or image recognition analysis, and detects one or more marine animals in a body of water; and estimates their relative location, and further classifies them or estimates their properties. The detected and estimated information is then conveyed to the user, as an Augmented Reality layer of information that is super-imposed on the real-life field-of-view that is observed by the user. Optionally, additional indicators are used to convey the information, such as audio output, haptic output, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventor: Jonathan Vidal
  • Patent number: 11256087
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an eye tracking device for tracking movements of an eye comprising, a viewing plane for displaying a projection of an image to the eye of a user, an image module placed on a same side of the viewing plane as the eye, at least one illuminator for illuminating the eye, a control unit adapted to receive an image captured by the image module, and calculate a viewing angle of the eye, a holographic optical element (HOE), wherein a HOE is placed between the eye and the viewing plane, wherein the image module is adapted to capture an image of the HOE, and wherein the HOE is adapted to direct at last a first portion of incident light reflected from the eye, in a first angle towards the image module, the first angle being different from an angle of the incidence of the incident light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Tobii Ab
    Inventors: Daniel Tornèus, Peter Schef, Magnus Arvidsson, Peter Blixt, Fredrik Mattinson
  • Patent number: 11216126
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touch screen and a manufacturing method thereof, a display substrate, and a touch display device. The touch screen includes: at least one metal mesh layer and electrostatic leading lines, wherein each metal mesh layer includes a plurality of electrodes insulated from each other, and the electrostatic leading lines extend among the plurality of electrodes of the at least one metal mesh layer and are connected to grounding wires, wherein the electrostatic leading lines are arranged to be insulated from the plurality of electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tengfei Zhong, Shifeng Xu, Xinxiu Zhang, Min He, Bin Pang, Xiaodong Xie, Lei Zhang, Yuan Li
  • Patent number: 11206019
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of touch technologies, and in particular, to a capacitance detection circuit, a capacitance detection method, a touch chip, and an electronic device. The capacitance detection circuit includes: a control module, a charge transfer module, a processing module, a drive module, and a cancellation module. The control module is configured to control the drive module to charge a capacitor to be detected. The cancellation module is configured to perform M times of charge cancellations on the capacitor to be detected. The charge transfer module is configured to convert a charge of the capacitor to be detected, subject to the M times of charge cancellations, to generate an output voltage. The processing module is configured to determine, according to the output voltage, a capacitance variation of the capacitor to be detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hong Jiang
  • Patent number: 11195000
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to facilitate swipe gesture detection. In one example, a method includes detecting tactile input on a touchscreen using at least one of a plurality of sensors associated with a touchscreen. The method further includes storing, in a buffer, an indication of the tactile input. The method further includes determining whether the buffer stores pattern information that matches one of a plurality of predetermined gesture patterns, where the pattern information includes the indication. The method further includes performing an action associated with the one of the plurality of predetermined gesture patterns when the pattern information is determined to match the one of the plurality of predetermined gesture patterns. Related systems are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: FLIR Belgium BVBA
    Inventor: Oliver Hawker
  • Patent number: 11188149
    Abstract: When a predetermined image is displayed for a user such that the user is able to visually recognize the image, the user sight line direction is detected, a part assumed to be present in the detected user sight line direction is set to a first image, an image complementary to the first image for the predetermined image is set to a second image, the positions of the retinas of the eyes of the user are scanned with laser light from a retinal scanning display unit fitted to the head of the user and the first image is focused on a position away from the position of the eyes of the user by a first distance and is displayed. The second image is displayed on the surface of the panel of a panel display unit in a position away from the user by a second distance shorter than the first.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI
    Inventors: Shoji Yamada, Toshio Katsuyama
  • Patent number: 11188175
    Abstract: A display system comprises a light source assembly, a display assembly, a camera assembly, and a controller. The light source assembly is configured to generate visible light and infrared light. The display assembly is configured to generate image light using the visible light and to generate tracking light using the infrared light. The tracking light and the image light pass through a beam splitter prior to being projected into a local area. The camera assembly is configured to capture one or more images of the local area illuminated with the tracking light. The images are illuminated with the tracking light that passes through the beam splitter prior to be being captured by the camera assembly. The controller is configured to calculate depth information for objects in the local area using the one or more images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Mohsen Shahmohammadi