Patents Examined by Kwin Xie
  • Patent number: 11287897
    Abstract: The present invention provides a motion detecting system, which includes a light source module, a plurality of image sensors and a control unit. The light source module illuminates at least one object. The image sensors respectively detect the object under the light emitted by the light source module to generate a plurality of detection results. The control unit is coupled to the image sensors, and generates a control command according to the detection results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: Ting-Yang Chang, Yen-Min Chang, Nien-Tse Chen
  • Patent number: 11289055
    Abstract: A display device and an operating method thereof are provided. The display device includes a display panel, a connector, a controller and a multiplexer. The display panel is configured to simultaneously display a plurality of images of a plurality of external hosts. The connector is configured to connect at least one peripheral apparatus. The controller is coupled to the display panel, the connector and the external hosts, and configured to generate a control signal. The multiplexer is coupled between the controller, the connector and the external hosts, and configured to switch an access right of the at least one peripheral apparatus to one of the external hosts according to the control signal. The controller receives switching information from the external hosts and generates the control signal according to the switching information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Feng-Yuan Chen, Chou-Chieh Chang, Kang-Ming Peng, Cheng-I Shih
  • Patent number: 11282868
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an array substrate, which includes a first signal line and a second signal line arranged on a substrate as different layers that are insulating and spaced apart from each other, wherein one end of the first signal line includes a first conductive section, one end of the second signal line includes a second conductive section, the first conductive section and the second conductive section are electrically connected through a connecting structure, and wherein orthographic projections of an area where the first conductive section is located and an area where the second conductive section is located overlap at least partially. The array substrate can reduce the possibility of occurrence of circuit break between signal lines and improve the effect of connection between different signal lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lin Li, Yanbin Xu
  • Patent number: 11275443
    Abstract: The disclosed system may include a substructure configured to support various components, an actuator configured to provide substantially linear motion along a specified axis in response to an electrical input, an input component hingedly coupled to the substructure, where the input component is configured to receive input from a user, and a mechanical linkage coupled to the input component and to at least a portion of the actuator. The mechanical linkage may be configured to translate the substantially linear motion provided by the actuator to a rotary force applied to the input component via the mechanical linkage. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Elizabeth Tu, Lorenz Henric Jentz, Khaled Boulos, Derrick Readinger, Robert Carey Leonard
  • Patent number: 11269183
    Abstract: According to examples, an apparatus may include a camera, a transparent panel, and a processor being mounted on a housing to be mounted on a user's head. The processor may access an image captured by the camera of a label and spatial markers displayed on a screen of a computing device, determine data identified in the label, communicate the determined data to an information source, receive, from the information source, information corresponding to the determined data, determine locations of the spatial markers with respect to a display area of the panel, identify a section of the display area defined by the spatial markers, and display an item corresponding to the received information on the panel outside of the identified section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventor: Benjamin Eli Brown
  • Patent number: 11256461
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises a communication module, a display, a processor, and a memory, wherein the memory can control the communication module such that the processor performs a communication connection for screen sharing with an external electronic device, can acquire display information of the external electronic device from the external electronic device, can generate one or more pieces of transmission screen information on the basis of at least the display information of the electronic device or the display information of the external electronic device, and can determine the resolution or the screen ratio of the transmission screen information on the basis of at least the screen ratio of the external electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Donghyun Jo, Taehyung Kim, Jinbong Ryu, Myeongseok Lee, Sanghun Lee, Donghyun Yeom
  • Patent number: 11257459
    Abstract: Electronic device including display; memory storing instructions; and one or more processors configured to execute stored instructions to identify event for enabling display; in response to identification of event, identify, based on display setting, whether timing of identification of event is within first time period of a day or second time period of the day; in response to identifying that timing of the identification of the event is within the first time period of the day, control the display to display a first color through the display enabled by the event, based on the display setting; and in response to identifying that the timing of the identification of the event is within the second time period of the day, control the display to display a second color representing a temperature lower than a temperature of the first color through the display enabled by the event, based on the display setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Inventors: Hoyoung Lee, Namin Kim
  • Patent number: 11256352
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion for forming an image on a sheet; a display portion that displays a predetermined display for accepting, through touch operation, start of a predetermined operation of the apparatus; a position detector that detects a touched position when the touch operation is carried out; and a controller that controls the predetermined operation on the basis of the touched position detected by the position detecting portion. The controller executes the predetermined operation when the predetermined display is made on the display portion, and the position detecting portion detects the touched position, and the controller does not execute the predetermined operation when the predetermined display is not made on the display portion due to display failure, and the position detecting portion detects the touched position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Minoru Akazawa
  • Patent number: 11257877
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device capable of reducing the thickness and the weigh thereof. In an organic light-emitting diode display device having a touch sensor, a plurality of routing lines, which are connected respectively to a plurality of touch sensors disposed on an encapsulation unit, are disposed on different planes so as to overlap each other and are electrically connected to each other through a plurality of routing contact holes. Thereby, a connection fault between the routing lines is prevented. In addition, through the provision of the touch sensors above the encapsulation unit, a separate attachment process is unnecessary, which results in a simplified manufacturing process and reduced costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Hyuk Won, Min Joo Kim, Jae Won Lee, Sang Hoon Pak, Byong Hoo Kim, Sang Heun Lee, Hyang Myoung Gwon, Jeong Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 11243622
    Abstract: A location of contact with a touch sensitive device is determined. Output signals associated with a plurality of electrodes such as formed on a single layer of the touch sensitive device are measured to identify a first electrode positioned at an approximate location of contact with the touch sensor. An output signal associated with a different electrode that is separated from the first electrode is measured to determine an undesired signal amount, such as due to deflection. An undesired single amount associated with the first electrode may be estimated based on the undesired signal amount measured at the other electrode. The signal amount measured at the first electrode is then compensated by the estimated undesired signal amount. The location of contact with the touch sensor is then determined based on the compensated signal amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Elo Touch Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel C. Kent, Selina Li
  • Patent number: 11243630
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display apparatus with integrated touch screen and a method of manufacturing the display apparatus, which prevent short circuit between touch electrodes. The display apparatus with integrated touch screen including a light emitting layer disposed on a substrate, an encapsulation layer disposed on the light emitting layer, a plurality of touch electrodes disposed on the encapsulation and spaced apart from each other, and an upper PAC layer disposed on the plurality of touch electrodes. The upper PAC layer is patterned to be disposed on the plurality of touch electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hyangmyoung Gwon, Minjoo Kim, Sungjin Kim, Jaehyung Jang
  • Patent number: 11237656
    Abstract: A touch display panel and an electronic device are provided, the touch display panel includes a first data line, a second data line, a first touch line, a second touch line, a first sub-pixel column, a second sub-pixel column, a third sub-pixel column, and a fourth sub-pixel column. A distance from the first sub-pixel column to the first data line a right side of the first sub-pixel column is a first distance, a distance from the second sub-pixel column to the first data line on a left side of the second sub-pixel column is a second distance, and the first distance is smaller than the second distance. A distance from the third sub-pixel column to the second data line is a third distance, a distance from the fourth sub-pixel column to the second data line is a fourth distance, and the third distance is greater than the fourth distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Le Zhang, Yanyan Yin, Weixiong Chen, Xuchen Yuan, Hong Liu, Pengcheng Tian, Hanqing Liu
  • Patent number: 11221708
    Abstract: Some disclosed embodiments relate, generally, to shaping a waveform of a reference signal used by a driver of a touch sensor to limit electromagnetic emissions (EME) emitted by a touch sensor during a sensing operation. Some disclosed embodiments relate, generally, to a DAC referenced touch sensor driver and controlling an amount of EME emitted at a touch sensor using shapes of reference signals used by a touch detector to detect touches at the touch sensor. Some disclosed embodiments relate, generally, to compensating for effects of foreign noise at a touch sensor. And more specifically, to changing a shape of a reference signal based on a change to a sampling rate made to compensate for foreign noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Microchip Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Fredrik Jonsson, Richard P. Collins, Lionel Nicolas Portmann
  • Patent number: 11216091
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a light emitting touchpad device including a circuit board, a plurality of sensing elements, a light guiding plate, a plurality of first spacing blocks, and a plurality of second spacing blocks. The sensing elements are disposed on the circuit board. Each of the first spacing blocks and each of the second spacing blocks are respectively disposed on a bottom surface and a top surface of the light guiding plate, and are all located in a nil-light spot area of the light guiding plate. A spacing distance between two adjacent first spacing blocks is a third length. A spacing distance between two adjacent second spacing blocks is a fifth length. A position of any one of the second spacing blocks corresponds to a position between two of the first spacing blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: CHICONY POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hsuan-Wei Ho, Yueh-Heng Lee
  • Patent number: 11204643
    Abstract: A method, executed at a controller for adapting a virtual object model, and a controller for executing the suggested method, where the method comprises acquiring of a virtual object model of a relevant virtual object and acquiring of at least one real object model of a relevant real object. Matching, according to at least one matching criteria, at least a part of the virtual object model to at least a part of one of the at least one real object model, selecting the best matching real object, and modifying at least a part of the virtual object model with respect to the at least part of the selected real object model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: José Araújo, Lars Andersson, Soma Tayamon
  • Patent number: 11184526
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display panel comprising a plurality of image display pixels and a plurality of image sensing elements, each image sensing element being disposed between the plurality of image display pixels, an optical element disposed on an upper portion of the display panel, the plurality of image sensing elements being configured to sense an incident light through the optical element, and a processor configured to control the panel device to display an image generated based on the sensed incident light, receive a user input corresponding to a partial area of the displayed image, control the optical element to magnify the partial area of the displayed image, and control the panel device to display a magnified image of the partial area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sunghyun Jang, Donguk Kang, Jaephil Koo, Seun Ryu
  • Patent number: 11175766
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display apparatus capable of sensing a pen touch without malfunction even when a user's hand or palm touches the display apparatus. The display apparatus includes a touch driving circuit dividing a plurality of touch electrodes arranged in a display panel into a plurality of touch groups, supplying a common voltage to the plurality of touch electrodes at each of a plurality of display periods, and sensing a position of a touch pen through some of the plurality of touch electrodes at each of a plurality of pen sensing periods, wherein the touch driving circuit supplies an uplink signal to some of the plurality of touch groups at each of at least one pen position sensing period among the plurality of pen sensing periods and senses a downlink signal transmitted from the touch pen through the touch groups to which the uplink signal has been supplied to generate pen touch raw data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: ChangHwan Seo, NamKyun Cho, SeungChul Park, Eunji Seo
  • Patent number: 11169693
    Abstract: Systems and methods for navigating between images of multiple exams using gestures performed on a touch sensitive input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Evan K. Fram
  • Patent number: 11143497
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, an electronic device and a computer program for determining bending of a flexible display. The flexible display comprises two parallel capacitive layers and an isolator layer between the two parallel capacitive layers, wherein each capacitive layer comprises multiple capacitive electrodes pairs. The method measures capacitance values of the capacitive electrodes pairs. And then the method determines the bending of the flexible display based on the result of measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ying Cao, Jun Su, Yin Xia, Ting Yin
  • Patent number: 11137838
    Abstract: A method for storing user data according to various embodiments comprises the steps of: receiving a first event signal from an electronic pen; when a first pen input through the electronic pen is detected on a display area where first screen data is displayed, during a first mode operation performed on the basis of the first event, generating first user data according to the first pen input; displaying second screen data on the display area on the basis of a user input on the display area; when a second pen input through the electronic pen is detected on the display area where the second screen data is displayed, generating second user data according to the second pen input; receiving, from the electronic pen, a second event signal corresponding to the first event signal; and storing the first user data and the second user data that are associated with each other, during a second mode operation performed on the basis of the second event signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-Hwa Kim, Hee-Woon Kim, Hyung-Joo Jin