Patents Examined by Mark Edwards
  • Patent number: 10631079
    Abstract: A computer peripheral includes a stylus having a capacitive stylus nib and an earpiece dock. An earpiece is removably dockable at the earpiece dock. The earpiece includes a speaker, an earpiece battery, and a wireless radio configured to communicatively couple with a host device. The computer peripheral further includes a charger configured to receive power, and while the earpiece is docked, to use the power to charge the earpiece battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Prajakta Ashish Kulkarni, Ashish Arvind Kulkarni
  • Patent number: 10627898
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for a user to control a device. According to the invention, the method comprises the following steps:—identification of a device located in a viewing direction of the user (100) by means of analysis of at least one image obtained by an image sensor (111) and containing at least part of the user's (100) face; determination of an oral instruction; transmission of a command associated with the determined oral instruction to the device identified. The invention also relates to a control device (110) in which such a method can be carried out, as well as a system (110, 121, 122) and a motor vehicle (130) comprising such a device (110).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Inventor: Achraf Ben-Hamadou
  • Patent number: 10620714
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to configuration based operation modes. In some examples, a mobile computing device may include an integrated physical keyboard and an integrated display. The mobile computing device may include a memory resource comprising executable instructions to determine a configuration of the mobile computing device. The mobile computing device may include a memory resource comprising executable instructions to disable the integrated display and enable an operation mode permitting utilization of the physical keyboard with a non-integrated display based on the configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Alexander Wayne Clark
  • Patent number: 10621953
    Abstract: A method and an electronic device for controlling display refresh rate of an electronic device include operations as follows. When there is at least one foreground application currently running is a predefined application of a white list, a predefined refresh rate of the at least one foreground application is obtained and a target refresh rate of a display screen of the electronic device is determined according to the predefined refresh rate of the at least one foreground application. A frame buffer of the electronic device is controlled to send frame data to be displayed to the display screen at the same frequency as the target refresh rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongpeng Yi, Deliang Peng, Shengjun Gou, Xiaori Yuan, Gaoting Gan, Zhiyong Zheng, Hai Yang
  • Patent number: 10620664
    Abstract: A foldable display panel, a display device, an image compensation method and an image compensation device are provided. The foldable display panel includes a first display panel and a second display panel which are foldable toward each other along a joining edge, and each of sub-pixels on the two display panels has an optical information detecting function. In a case that the first display panel and the second display panel are in a folded state, each of the sub-pixels on one display panel is used for detecting optical information of a corresponding sub-pixel on the other display panel, to perform optical compensation on the sub-pixel. Since optical information detection and image compensation are performed in a case that the foldable display panel is in the folded state, the use of the foldable display panel is not affected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: SHANGHAI TIANMA AM-OLED CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang Yang, Bojia Lv, Xiangzi Kong
  • Patent number: 10613645
    Abstract: Features of the present disclosure solve the above-identified problem by implementing techniques to detect the contact or proximity of a stylus to a display screen of a computer device in the absence of pressure information within the constraints of existing pen protocols. To this end, a digitizer associated with the display screen of the computer device may determine when the stylus is touching (or significantly close) the screen when a signal communication between the pen and digitizer exceeds a threshold (e.g., time or voltage).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Connor Lawrence Weins, David Abzarian
  • Patent number: 10599236
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, a trackpad may be provided. The trackpad may include: a sensor configured to sense a position of a plurality of fingers; and a mode determination circuit configured to select in which mode of a plurality of modes to operate the trackpad based on an output of the sensor. The plurality of modes may include at least two of the following modes: a cursor mode; a steering mode; and a virtual mouse mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: RAZER (ASIA-PACIFIC) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Russell David Thompson, Jesse Michael Recinos, Michael Rodney Dilley
  • Patent number: 10600347
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an organic light emitting display device that performs sensing and compensation for a characteristic value of a subpixel, and provide the organic light emitting display device that detects whether a sensing environment has a defect via transceiving a signal between a controller and a data driver before sensing is performed in a period in which the characteristic value of the subpixel is sensed, and controls sensing of the characteristic value of the subpixel according to detection of whether the sensing environment has a defect. According to the present disclosure, an error of sensing data due to a defect in the sensing environment may be prevented and an image abnormality due to compensation performed based on erroneous sensing data may be prevented, by detecting a defect in the sensing environment and stopping sensing of the characteristic value of the subpixel when the sensing environment has a defect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: MooKyoung Hong
  • Patent number: 10585278
    Abstract: A method of generating a surface model of a physical environment includes obtaining an image of the physical environment. The method also includes generating a planar polygon mesh from at least the image. The method further includes extracting a boundary polygon of the planar polygon mesh. Moreover, the method includes generating a convex hull for the boundary polygon of the surface mesh. In addition, the method includes generating a minimal area oriented boundary polygon from the convex hull. The method may also include generating a maximal area oriented internal polygon inside of the boundary polygon of the planar polygon mesh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventor: Victor Ng-Thow-Hing
  • Patent number: 10580111
    Abstract: A device includes a digitizer in communication with a touch sensor and configured to generate touchscreen data indicative of an ink stroke, a processor configured to generate image data for rendering on a display panel, and a display controller configured to receive the image data and to generate pixel control signals for the display panel from the image data. The display controller includes a memory to store frame data derived from the image data by the display controller, and an ink rendering engine configured to generate ink image data from the touchscreen data while the processor resides in a sleep mode. The ink rendering engine is coupled to the memory to store the ink image data in the memory as the frame data such that the pixel control signals direct the display panel to render the ink stroke while the processor remains in the sleep mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Robert Millar Patterson, William Hong Vong
  • Patent number: 10571744
    Abstract: A display may have a pixel array such as a liquid crystal pixel array. The pixel array may be illuminated by a backlight unit that includes an array of light-emitting diodes. A backlight brightness selection circuit may select brightness values for the light-emitting diodes. The backlight brightness selection circuit may select the brightness values based on image data, based on brightness values used in previous image frames, based on device information, and/or based on sensor information. The backlight brightness selection circuit may select the backlight brightness levels to mitigate visible artifacts such as flickering and halo. The backlight levels selected by the backlight brightness selection may be modified by a power consumption compensation circuit. The power consumption compensation circuit may estimate the amount of power consumption required to operate the backlight using the target brightness levels and may modify the target brightness levels to meet maximum power consumption requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sean C. Chang, Tobias Jung, Marc Albrecht, Abdeslam Hafidi, Jun Qi, Duane M. Petrovich, Mingxia Gu, Xiang Fang, Pierre-Yves Emelie, Wei H Yao
  • Patent number: 10558265
    Abstract: An input device having flexibility includes a display portion, a touch panel, a haptic element, a haptic controller, and a control portion. The touch panel is configured to acquire information on the size of a user's body part operating the input device and transmit the information to the control portion. The control portion is configured to receive the information, generate information on the positioning of a plurality of buttons, and transmit the information to the display portion. The display portion is configured to display the plurality of buttons on the basis of the received information. The haptic controller is configured to transmit information on a haptic effect to the haptic element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kasahara, Hideaki Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 10551936
    Abstract: A gesture control system includes a processor, the processor in communication with a plurality of sensors. The processor is configured to perform the steps of detecting, using the plurality of sensors, a gesture in a volume occupied by a plurality of occupants, analyzing a prior knowledge to associate the gesture with one of the plurality of occupants, and generating an output, the output being determined by the gesture and the one of the plurality of occupants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Edge 3 Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart Yamamoto, Matt Conway, Graeme Asher, Matt McElvogue, Churu Yun, Tarek El Dokor, Josh King, James E. Holmes, Jordan Cluster
  • Patent number: 10534454
    Abstract: A system, including: a computing device that executes an interactive application and generates and transmits image frames; a head-mounted display (HMD) that receives and presents the image frames, wherein the HMD includes a magnetic emitter that emits a magnetic signal having a synchronization encoding synchronized to the received image frames; a controller device that includes a magnetic sensor that detects the magnetic signal, wherein the controller device processes the detected magnetic signal to determine magnetic position data and read the synchronization encoding, wherein the controller device uses the synchronization encoding to generate corresponding timing data indicating a timing of the magnetic position data based on the synchronization encoding, wherein the controller device transmits the magnetic position data and the corresponding timing data to the computing device; wherein the computing device uses the magnetic position data and the corresponding timing data to determine the location and/or or
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Stafford, Takeo Matsukawa, Yuichiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10528169
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pixel circuit, a driving method thereof, a display module, a driving method thereof and a display device. The pixel circuit includes a touch pixel driving sub-circuit. The touch pixel driving sub-circuit includes a pixel driving circuit, a control circuit and a photosensitive touch circuit. The photosensitive touch circuit outputs a touch sensing current signal. The pixel driving circuit is configured to extract a threshold voltage signal of a driving transistor, and output the threshold voltage signal. The control circuit is configured to control whether or not a touch sensing current signal output end is to be electrically connected to a touch display signal line under the control of a touch reading control end, and control whether or not a compensation signal output end is to be electrically connected to the touch display signal line under the control of a display compensation control end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhanjie Ma
  • Patent number: 10528194
    Abstract: The touch screen panel may include: a touch sensor that outputs sensing data through n output channels (“n” is a natural number equal to or larger than 2); a noise measuring unit that calculates a noise value of an m-th output channel (“m” is a natural number smaller than “n”) and a noise value of an m+1-th output channel by using the sensing data outputted from the touch sensor during a predetermined period; and a noise eliminating unit that produces noise eliminated data of the m+1-th output channel by using sensing data of the m-th output channel, sensing data of the m+1-th output channel, the noise value of the m-th output channel, and the noise value of the m+1-th output channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ja Seung Ku
  • Patent number: 10521048
    Abstract: Disclosed is a touch window including a substrate, an electrode part on the substrate, a wire electrically connected with the electrode part, a wire pad to connect the wire with the electrode part, and a reinforcement electrode making contact with the wire pad. Provided is a touch device including a touch window, and a driving unit on the touch window, in which the touch window includes an electrode part to sense a position, a wire electrically connected with the electrode part, a wire pad to connect the wire with the electrode part, and a reinforcement electrode making contact with the wire pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joon Hyuk Yang, Jae Hong Lee, Yu Hong Jeon
  • Patent number: 10520742
    Abstract: A head-mounted display includes an electronic display configured to output image light, an optics assembly configured to direct image light in a first band from the electronic display to an eye box, an eye tracking unit configured to generate eye tracking information, and a beamsplitter configured to redirect light in a second band reflected from the eye box toward the eye tracking unit and transmit the image light in the first band. The beamsplitter includes a first region and a second region, and a first portion that joins the first region and the second region is curved such that an angle between the first region and the optical axis is larger than an angle between second region and the optical axis, and the beamsplitter is positioned along the optical axis between the optics assembly and the electronic display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yusufu Njoni Bamaxam Sulai, Brian Wheelwright, Jacques Gollier, Alexander Sohn
  • Patent number: 10503269
    Abstract: A system for performing a pinch and hold gesture is described. The system includes a head-mounted display (HMD) and a glove, which is worn by a hand of the user. Each finger segment of the glove includes a sensor for detecting positions of the finger segment when moved by the hand. The system includes a computing device interfaced with the HMD and the glove. The computing device analyzes data from the sensors of the finger segments to determine that a pinch and hold gesture is performed by at least two of the finger segments. Moreover, the computing device generates image data that is communicated to the HMD, such that a scene rendered on the HMD is modified to render a visual cue indicative of a location in the scene at which the pinch and hold gesture is associated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Roger Stafford, Richard L. Marks
  • Patent number: 10490114
    Abstract: An electronic paper display apparatus including an electronic paper display panel and a driver apparatus is provided. The electronic paper display panel displays image frames and includes a plurality of display modes. The driver apparatus is electrically connected to the electronic paper display panel. The driver apparatus determines what display mode the electronic paper display panel is in according to image data. The driver apparatus selects a driving signal to drive the electronic paper display panel to display the image frames according to the display mode of the electronic paper display panel. The image data is encoded according to one of a plurality of encoding methods to include information related to the display mode of the electronic paper display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Kuo-Han Hsu, Mu-Chen Tan