Patents Examined by Mark Edwards
  • Signal adjusting device, signal adjusting method, and test equipment
    Patent number: 11404024
    Abstract: A signal adjusting device and method, and a test equipment. The signal adjusting device includes: a level controller, a level circuit, a comparison circuit and a selecting circuit. The level circuit is electrically connected with the selecting circuit; the level controller is configured to perform a level adjustment to a first signal, so as to generate a level signal, and the generated level signal is outputted by the level circuit; the comparison circuit is configured to: determine that the level signal meets a preset condition, and generate and output a corresponding feedback signal to the selecting circuit, in response to determining that the level signal satisfies the preset condition; and the selecting circuit is configured to output, as an adjusted signal, the level signal corresponding to the feedback signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: CHONGQING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Yup Min, Zhi Zhang, Xiuzhu Tang, Shuai Chen, Taoliang Tang, Zhenguo Tian, Xuebo Liang, Shuang Hu, Lijun Xiong, Xing Dong
  • Electronic pen mainboard and electronic pen
    Patent number: 11402929
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an electronic pen mainboard and an electronic pen. The electronic pen mainboard includes a mainboard ground, a ground line, a radio frequency signal feeder line, an antenna and a radio frequency chip. The antenna includes a radiating part distributed in an S shape; a ground part connected with the radiating part and connected with the mainboard ground through the ground line; and a transceiving part connected with the radiating part and connected with the radio frequency chip through the radio frequency signal feeder line. On a plane where the mainboard ground is located, the ground line is perpendicular to the radio frequency signal feeder line. The radio frequency chip is responsible for radio communication to realize remote wireless connection and control of each function; and the antenna is responsible for transmitting and receiving a radio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Yang, Tao Li, Enhui Guan
  • Display element, display device, and electronic device
    Patent number: 11404008
    Abstract: A display element includes a light-emitting unit of a current drive type, and a drive unit that drives the light-emitting unit, in which the drive unit includes a capacitance unit, a drive transistor that causes a current corresponding to a voltage held by the capacitance unit to flow through the light-emitting unit, and a write transistor that writes a signal voltage to the capacitance unit, the drive transistor and the write transistor are formed in a state of being separated by an element isolation region, on a semiconductor substrate, and a capacitance generated in a portion where the drive transistor and the write transistor face each other through the element isolation region functions as at least a part of the capacitance unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Kei Kimura
  • Keyboard movement changes virtual display orientation
    Patent number: 11402871
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media containing instructions for causing at least one processor to perform operations for integrating a moveable input device with a virtual display projected via a wearable extended reality appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: MULTINARITY LTD
    Inventors: Tamir Berliner, Tomer Kahan, Orit Dolev, Doron Assayas Terre, Aviv Burshtein
  • Touch sensor
    Patent number: 11397488
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes a base layer and a wiring formed in a display area among a vertex region of the base layer and made of a transparent or translucent material at least partially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ju In Yoon, Sungwoo Yu, Gun Young Lee
  • Button supply
    Patent number: 11392215
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods of providing power and/or data to devices at a touch panel are disclosed including a method of manufacturing a touch panel for a touchscreen, comprising the steps of: plotting at least one wire, on a layer of adhesive over a transparent substrate that comprises at least one through hole, in a predetermined pattern that comprises a first portion that extends over the substrate and a further portion that extends over a region of a transparent support that extends over at least a region of the through hole; providing touch electrodes for a touch panel of a touchscreen via the first portion of the plotted wire; and providing a plurality of electrical connectors for a user input device secured at the through hole, via the further portion of the plotted wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: ZYTRONIC DISPLAYS LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew Morrison, Christopher Graham John Caldwell
  • Information processing device, information processing method, and program
    Patent number: 11391944
    Abstract: The present disclosure proposes an information processing device, an information processing method and a program, which are capable of, while virtual reality content is displayed, informing a user of positional relationship between the user and a boundary region of a space in which the user can act in the real space. The information processing device comprising: an obtaining unit that obtains body information of a user; and an output control unit that, while virtual reality content is displayed by a display unit, causes a sign indicating positional relationship between the user and a boundary region of a second real space in which the user can act in a first real space in which the user is located, the boundary region having been determined on the basis of the body information of the user, to be displayed with the sign superimposed on the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinichi Kawano
  • Touch device and display device for providing haptic feedback
    Patent number: 11392207
    Abstract: A touch device includes a substrate, multiple first electrodes, multiple second electrodes, multiple third electrodes, and a control circuit. The control circuit senses a touch position based on a first signal from the first electrodes. The control circuit transmits a second signal to the second electrodes based on the touch position, such that the second electrodes provide a first haptic feedback which is parallel to a top surface of the substrate. The control circuit also transmits a third signal to the third electrodes based on the touch position, such that the third electrodes provide a second haptic feedback along with a normal vector of the top surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: A.U. VISTA INC.
    Inventors: Chao-Hsien Lin, Tung-Tsun Lin, Ching-Huan Lin
  • Scribing shaft sensors
    Patent number: 11385727
    Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, an electronic input device is described. The electronic input device includes a scribing shaft disposed within a housing, the scribing shaft to translate along a longitudinal axis as a result of contact with a substrate. The electronic input device also includes an input sensor. The input sensor includes a plate secured within the housing. The plate elastically deforms responsive to the translation of the scribing shaft. A full-bridge strain gauge of the input sensor is disposed on a surface of the plate. The full-bridge strain gauge detects a deformation of the plate and outputs a corresponding signal, which corresponding signal varies dependent upon the amount of deformation of the plate. The input sensor also includes a failure protection device to limit the deformation of the plate to within a predetermined amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Fred Charles Thomas, III, Jon Anderson, Owen Richard
  • Touch substrate, method of manufacturing the same, and touch apparatus
    Patent number: 11385750
    Abstract: The present application provides a touch substrate, a method of manufacturing a touch substrate and a touch apparatus. The touch substrate includes a plurality of first touch electrodes and a plurality of second touch electrodes intersecting with each other. Each of at least part of the plurality of first touch electrodes includes a plurality of first electrodes disposed along a first direction and a first connection part connecting adjacent first electrodes. The first connection part includes at least one first connection line extending along the first direction and configured to connect the two first electrodes adjacent in the first direction. The first connection line has a curved line shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignees: HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guiyu Zhang, Lei Zhang, Zouming Xu
  • Electronic device
    Patent number: 11385737
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a cover plate, a display module, and a touch module. The touch module includes a substrate, a touch sensing layer, and a trace. The substrate includes a main body portion and an extending portion connected to each other. The main body portion is located between the cover plate and the display module. The extending portion extends to a side of the display module away from the cover plate. The touch sensing layer is disposed on the main body portion. The trace is coupled to the touch sensing layer and extends on the extending portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: TPK Touch Systems (Xiamen) Inc.
    Inventors: Junjie Zheng, Yanjun Xie, Junping Yang
  • Method of controlling operation mode using electronic pen and electronic device for same
    Patent number: 11385730
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for detecting a black area of dynamic image content in an electronic device are provided. The electronic device may include a housing, a display device exposed through a portion of the housing, a recess disposed inside the housing and extending along a length of the housing, an electronic pen insertable into the recess and removable therefrom, at least one processor located inside the housing and operatively connected to the display device, and a memory operatively connected to the at least one processor. The memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to identify whether the electronic pen is removed from the recess in a low-power mode, receive information related to the electronic pen when the electronic pen is removed from the recess, and execute an application, based on at least a portion of the information related to the electronic pen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangmin Shin, Jikwang Kang, Yeojeong Yoon, Yeunwook Lim
  • Pad electrode part and touch sensor therewith
    Patent number: 11379074
    Abstract: A pad electrode part includes a plurality of pad electrodes transmitting a sensing signal of a sensing cell part to a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB). The pad electrode includes a plurality of widthwise arrangement groups arranged spaced apart in a width direction, and the plurality of widthwise arrangement groups are arranged to be spaced apart in a longitudinal direction as well. A pad electrode of the first widthwise arrangement group and a pad electrode of the second widthwise arrangement group have a same area but different lengths and widths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ju In Yoon, Keon Kim, Jaehyun Lee
  • Surface modeling systems and methods
    Patent number: 11378798
    Abstract: A method of generating a simulation of a physical object in an image of a 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 (MAOBP) inside of the boundary polygon of the planar polygon mesh. The MAOBP is utilized to generate a 3-D surface model of the physical object, and the 3-D surface model is used to generate a simulation involving an interaction with the 3-D surface model of the physical object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventor: Victor Ng-Thow-Hing
  • Organic light emitting display device and driving method thereof
    Patent number: 11380253
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The display device has sub-pixels of multiple colors. In one aspect, the organic light emitting display device detects sub-pixels which are positioned at the edges of the panel. Data for the sub-pixels on the edges are reduced so that colors on the edges are less observable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Yeon Yang, Geun-Young Jeong, Takeshi Kato, Myung-Ho Lee
  • Partially-reflective cover for a smart home device
    Patent number: 11360252
    Abstract: Various embodiments of smart devices are determined herein. A smart device can include a housing and an electronic display. The smart device can further include a cover, housed by the housing, through which the electronic display is visible. The cover can include a glass layer, wherein the glass layer is the outermost layer of the cover that is adjacent an ambient environment of the smart home device. The cover can further include an optical coating layer, deposited directly onto a surface of the glass layer, that comprises a plurality of sublayers. The optical coating layer can include alternating non-metallic oxide layers having different refractive indexes. The sublayers can vary in thickness such that the optical coating layer reflects light from the ambient environment through the glass layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Leslie Greene, Ranhee Chung, Sung Kyun Bai, William Dong, Maj Isabelle Olsson, Liana Kong, Justin Wodrich, Prathik Muppidi, Dongkyu Lee
  • Display device and multiplexer circuit thereof
    Patent number: 11355045
    Abstract: A multiplexer circuit includes a first switch unit and a second switch unit. The first switch unit is electrically connected to a first data line and a first pixel circuit, and configured to turn on according to a first signal in a first time duration. The second switch unit is electrically connected to the first data line and a second pixel circuit, and configured to turn on according to a second signal in a second time duration. The first time duration and the second time duration substantially start or end at a same time, so that the first time duration and the second time duration have overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rong-Fu Lin, Chi Yu, Chih-Fu Yang, Jie-Chuan Huang, Sung-Yu Su
  • Wearable accessory device charging
    Patent number: 11340715
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: detecting, at a wireless charger integrated into an electronic device, a connection of a wearable accessory device, wherein the wireless charger is positioned proximate to a probable user contact position; and transmitting, using the wireless charger and during a period when the connection is established, a charge to the wearable accessory device; wherein the wearable accessory device is worn by a user during the connection. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Russell Speight VanBlon, Nathan J. Peterson, Mark Patrick Delaney, John Carl Mese, Arnold S. Weksler
  • Touch substrate and display panel
    Patent number: 11340729
    Abstract: Provided are a touch substrate and a display panel. The touch substrate includes a base; multiple touch units provided on the base, each touch unit includes a driving electrode and a sensing electrode, the driving electrode includes a first main body portion and multiple first limb portions positioned on an edge of the first main body portion, the first limb portions are connected to the first main body portion; the sensing electrode includes a second main body portion and multiple second limb portions positioned on an edge of the second main body portion, the second limb portions are connected with the second main body portion; orthographic projections of the first and second limb portions on the base are alternately engaged with each other, at least parts of profiles of opposite edges of the first limb portions and the second limb portions are arcuate and substantially consistent with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Qing Gong
  • Display and touch driver system
    Patent number: 11334187
    Abstract: A display and touch driver system including a plurality of display and touch drivers and a wire circuit is provided. The plurality of display and touch drivers are connected in cascade. The plurality of display and touch drivers are configured to synchronously drive a display and touch panel to perform a touch sensing operation. Each of the display and touch drivers includes an operational amplifier. The operational amplifier includes a first stage and a second stage. An output node of the first stage is coupled to an input node of the second stage. The output nodes of the first stages of the operational amplifiers are connected together via the wire circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Yi Chen Tzung, Yaw-Guang Chang