Patents Examined by L. Williams
  • Patent number: 12326633
    Abstract: A front light source and a display device are disclosed, and the front light source includes a housing extending along a first direction, and a side wall of the housing having an opening extending along the first direction; a supporting frame, located inside the housing and extending along the first direction, where the supporting frame includes a supporting surface; a light bar, where the light bar extends along the first direction and is attached to the supporting surface; and a side of the light bar far away from the supporting surface has a plurality of light-emitting units arranged along the first direction; a polarizing lens located between the light bar and the opening and extending along the first direction; where the polarizing lens includes: a light incident surface, a light exiting surface, a first reflective curved surface and a second reflective curved surface, extending along the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yue Guo, Yanjun Sun, Minghui Zhang, Yaohui Wang, Zhengang Gao, Longyue Gao, Qian Zhang, Dongyu Liu
  • Patent number: 12321089
    Abstract: A wavelength conversion element includes a wavelength conversion layer configured to convert first light in a first wavelength band into second light in a second wavelength band different from the first wavelength band, the wavelength conversion layer including a scattering element no higher than 5% in volume ratio and having a first surface, a second surface intersecting the first surface, and a third surface intersecting the second surface and different from the first surface, an optical element including glass having a first refractive index lower than a second refractive index of the wavelength conversion layer, the optical element having contact with the first surface and the second surface, and a low-refractive index layer having a third refractive index lower than the first refractive index of the glass, the low-refractive index layer having contact with the third surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiaki Hashizume
  • Patent number: 12311831
    Abstract: A headlamp leveling device and a headlamp leveling method. The headlamp leveling device may include a control voltage generator that generates a control voltage based on a width of a pulse, a control integrated circuit (IC) that controls a rotation direction of a motor by comparing a voltage level of a feedback voltage with a voltage level of the control voltage, a shaft position detector that generates a voltage corresponding to a position of the shaft moving with rotation of the motor, and a feedback voltage generator that generates the feedback voltage based on a voltage generated to correspond to the position of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ji Eung Lee
  • Patent number: 12297981
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a strip-like high flexibility region and a strip-like low flexibility region arranged alternately in a direction. The high flexibility region includes a flexible light-emitting panel. The low flexibility region includes the light-emitting panel and a support panel having a lower flexibility than that of the light-emitting panel and overlapping with the light-emitting panel. It is preferable that the light-emitting panel include an external connection electrode and that a length in the direction of a low flexibility region A that overlaps with the external connection electrode be longer than a length in the direction of a low flexibility region B that is closest to the region A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Hirakata, Akio Endo
  • Patent number: 12298618
    Abstract: The present application discloses a display module, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The display module includes a display panel and a polarizer, and the display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer; wherein the first substrate includes a bonding section located in a stepped sub-area of the display module, a black shielding layer is provided on one side of the extension section of the polarizer, and an orthographic projection of the black shielding layer on the first substrate at least covers the bonding section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Guangnan Zou
  • Patent number: 12293896
    Abstract: A particle beam system includes: a multi-beam particle source configured to generate a multiplicity of particle beams; an imaging optical unit configured to image an object plane in particle-optical fashion into an image plane and direct the multiplicity of particle beams on the image plane; and a field generating arrangement configured to generate electric and/or magnetic deflection fields of adjustable strength in regions close to the object plane. The particle beams are deflected in operation by the deflection fields through deflection angles that depend on the strength of the deflection fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss MultiSEM GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Zeidler, Hans Fritz, Ingo Mueller, Stefan Schubert, Arne Thoma, András Major
  • Patent number: 12293893
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for an electron source according to the present disclosure includes steps of: (A) cutting out a chip from a block of an electron emission material, (B) fixing a first end portion of the chip to a distal end of a support needle, and (C) sharpening a second end portion of the chip. The step (A) includes forming first and second grooves which constitute first and second surfaces of the chip in the block by irradiating a surface of the block with an ion beam. The first end portion of the chip includes the first surface and the second surface with the surfaces forming an angle ? of 10 to 90°. The step (B) includes forming a joint between the distal end of the support needle and the first end portion of the chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignees: Denka Company Limited, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Chatani, Daisuke Ishikawa, Jie Tang, Tadakatsu Ohkubo, Shuai Tang, Jun Uzuhashi, Kazuhiro Hono
  • Patent number: 12289951
    Abstract: An object of one embodiment of the present invention is to provide a more convenient highly reliable light-emitting device which can be used for a variety of applications. Another object of one embodiment of the present invention is to manufacture, without complicating the process, a highly reliable light-emitting device having a shape suitable for its intended purpose. In a manufacturing process of a light-emitting device, a light-emitting panel is manufactured which is at least partly curved by processing the shape to be molded after the manufacture of an electrode layer and/or an element layer, and a protective film covering a surface of the light-emitting panel which is at least partly curved is formed, so that a light-emitting device using the light-emitting panel has a more useful function and higher reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Kaoru Hatano
  • Patent number: 12287872
    Abstract: One example method includes integrating user space applications with kernel space events including primitives. The events are intercepted in kernel space and processed in user space. The events can be stored in a session cache that allows a holistic view of behavior to be determined with regard to resources of the computing system. The events in the session cache can be correlated to user or process behavior by provided a time-based view of the events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Joel Christner, Nicole Reineke, Farida Shafik
  • Patent number: 12281786
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a light distribution element and a lamp, the light distribution element is configured to distribute light for a light source, and the light distribution element includes at least two first light distribution modules arranged along a height direction of the light distribution element, the at least two first light distribution modules surround the light source in a circumferential direction, each of the at least two first light distribution modules includes a light incident surface and a light output surface that are away from each other, and the light incident surface is arranged opposite to the light source, each of the at least two first light distribution modules has a divergent light configuration from the light incident surface to the light output surface; and a depression region is between two adjacent first light distribution modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignees: SUZHOU OPPLE LIGHTING CO., LTD., OPPLE LIGHTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shengjie Qiao, Guolong Ni
  • Patent number: 12282184
    Abstract: A method of forming an optical device is provided that can include forming a backside reflector layer, and forming a cladding layer on the backside reflector layer. The method can further include forming a grating layer on the cladding layer, and forming a receiving reflector layer on the cladding layer. The receiving reflector layer can include an opening for receiving optical signal to at least the grating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tai-Chun Huang, Stefan Rusu
  • Patent number: 12283452
    Abstract: Provided is a charged particle beam apparatus capable of realizing a highly reliable insulating structure. This charged particle beam apparatus emits a charged particle beam from a charged particle beam emission device onto a sample, detects charged particles generated from the sample, and creates a sample image or processes the sample. The charged particle beam emission device is provided with a charged particle source and a shield arranged in an interior of a metal housing that is filled with an insulating gas, and an acceleration electrode arranged below the charged particle source, power being supplied to the acceleration electrode via the shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Morita, Takashi Kubo, Minoru Sakamaki, Shuhei Ishikawa, Shunichi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 12278833
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for testing a malware detection machine learning model. The method trains a malware detection model using a first dataset containing malware samples from a particular time period. The trained model is then tested using a second dataset that is a time shifted version of the first dataset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: UAB 360 IT
    Inventors: Justas Rafanavičius, Aleksandr Ševčenko, Mantas Briliauskas
  • Patent number: 12276413
    Abstract: This document describes techniques directed to active thermal-control of a floodlight and associated floodlights. As described, an example floodlight includes a first heat-transfer subsystem that uses a fully enclosed heat sink to transfer heat from an array of LEDs to a first housing component of the floodlight. The floodlight further includes a second heat-transfer subsystem to transfer heat from one or more PSUs to a second housing component of the floodlight. Described techniques include using thermistors located throughout the floodlight to actively monitor a temperature profile within the floodlight and, if one or more operating-temperature thresholds are violated, reducing power consumption within the floodlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ihab A. Ali, Duen Hsing Hsieh
  • Patent number: 12278082
    Abstract: A pulsed generator of electrically charged particles includes a vacuum chamber; wherein the vacuum chamber is configured to maintain an internal operating pressure between 10-6 mbar and atmospheric pressure; the vacuum chamber is configured to accommodate a photocathode and an anode, the photocathode and the anode being separated by an adjustable distance less than or equal to 30 mm; the vacuum chamber includes a window enabling pulsed light to reach firstly a rear face of the photocathode; the anode is arranged downstream of the photocathode and has an orifice suitable for the passage of electrically charged particles; the generator of electrically charged particles includes a system to apply a difference in potential between the photocathode and the anode, the voltage being configured to accelerate the charged particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT À L'ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ÉNERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Marie Geleoc, Jean-Philippe Renault, Thomas Oksenhendler
  • Patent number: 12276827
    Abstract: A light source useful for architectural lighting, general lighting, street lighting, or other lighting applications includes a plurality of light emitting diodes. A least some light emitting diodes can be sized between 30 microns and 500 microns. A plurality of micro-optics sized less than 1 millimeter are positioned over at least some of the plurality of light emitting diodes. A controller may be connected to selectively power groups of the plurality of light emitting diodes to provide different light beam patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventors: Sudhir Subramanya, Willem Sillevis-Smitt, Frederic Diana, Charles Schrama, Alan McReynolds, Yifeng Qiu
  • Patent number: 12271238
    Abstract: An illuminated touch module includes a base sheet, a light-shielding sheet, a light guide plate, a light-emitting element, and a cover plate. The base sheet is disposed on a circuit board and has a light reflection area. The light-shielding sheet is disposed above the base sheet and has a side surface and a notch recessed from the side surface. An opening of the notch is aligned with an edge of the base sheet. The light guide plate is embedded in the notch and located above the light reflection area. The light guide plate has a light guide pattern formed by microstructures and has a light incident surface. The light-emitting element is disposed on the circuit board and has a light outputting surface facing the light incident surface and the light guide pattern. The cover plate covers above the light guide plate and the light-shielding sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Chicony Power Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chen-Hao Chiu
  • Patent number: 12273452
    Abstract: The purposes of the present invention are to improve safety of data transmission and a data transfer rate and to reduce an increase in costs for the improvement. An encryption unit 111 of a transmission device 1 generates encrypted data that allow plain data thereof to be uniquely identified A segmentation unit 121 segments the encrypted data into two types of basal signal point number information on the basis of map data provided by a map management unit 122. A basal signal point number generation unit 113 generates basal signal point number information used as information to be transmitted, on the basis of a set of the two types of information, i.e. horizontal basal signal point number information and vertical basal signal point number information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Tamagawa University and Tamagawa Academy
    Inventor: Kentaro Kato
  • Patent number: 12264013
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) for indicating stored goods (102), particularly for an automated storage rack (100), which comprises at least one lighting device (12) with a plurality of separately controllable lighting elements (14). The lighting device (12) is configured in a bar-shaped manner, has a plurality of lighting elements (14) which are arranged with an offset from one another in a row (16) along the bar-shaped lighting device (12) and are orientated substantially vertically downwards. The lighting device (12) extends in a first horizontal direction (y) and can be moved in a second horizontal direction (x).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Hanel GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Harald Ellwanger
  • Patent number: 12262668
    Abstract: Provided is a fan grow light. The fan grow light is configured to be mounted in a tent. The fan grow light includes a lamp board assembly and a fan assembly disposed on the lamp board assembly. The fan assembly is able to promote air circulation in the tent. The fan grow light can promote air circulation in the tent, enable plants to breathe better, inhibit molds, and promote plant growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: SINOWELL (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jia Luo, Yunfei Duan, Liang Zhou