Patents Examined by Mark Edwards
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11327614
    Abstract: A fingerprint recognizable touch display panel includes a display panel, a touch layer, and a fingerprint recognizing layer disposed in the touch area. The touch layer includes touch driving electrodes and touch sensing electrodes. The fingerprint recognizing layer includes first fingerprint recognizing electrodes and second fingerprint recognizing electrodes. The first fingerprint recognizing electrodes and the second fingerprint recognizing electrodes do not overlap with the touch driving electrodes. When touch control function is implemented, the first fingerprint recognizing electrodes and the second fingerprint recognizing electrodes are both multiplexed to touch driving electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Bi Chen
  • Patent number: 11327312
    Abstract: A display system can include a head-mounted display configured to project light to an eye of a user to display augmented reality image content to the user. The display system can include one or more user sensors configured to sense the user and can include one or more environmental sensors configured to sense surroundings of the user. The display system can also include processing electronics in communication with the display, the one or more user sensors, and the one or more environmental sensors. The processing electronics can be configured to sense a situation involving user focus, determine user intent for the situation, and alter user perception of a real or virtual object within the vision field of the user based at least in part on the user intent and/or sensed situation involving user focus. The processing electronics can be configured to at least one of enhance or de-emphasize the user perception of the real or virtual object within the vision field of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Nastasja U. Robaina, Nicole Elizabeth Samec, Christopher M. Harrises, Rony Abovitz, Mark Baerenrodt, Brian Lloyd Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11330241
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for focusing in virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) devices based on gaze tracking information are described. Embodiments of a VR/AR head-mounted display (HMD) may include a gaze tracking system for detecting position and movement of the user's eyes. For AR applications, gaze tracking information may be used to direct external cameras to focus in the direction of the user's gaze so that the cameras focus on objects at which the user is looking. For AR or VR applications, the gaze tracking information may be used to adjust the focus of the eye lenses so that the virtual content that the user is currently looking at on the display has the proper vergence to match the convergence of the user's eyes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: D. Amnon Silverstein
  • Patent number: 11301104
    Abstract: A wiring structure that includes first wiring parts which are formed of conductive wires and second wiring parts which are formed of thicker conductive wires than the conductive wires of the first wiring parts and are connected to the first wiring parts is formed by offset printing which includes the following processes. First printing process: First conductive ink for forming the first wiring parts is transferred from a first blanket to a base. Second printing process: Second conductive ink for forming the second wiring parts is transferred from a second blanket, which is different from the first blanket, to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Akitoshi Sakaue, Yutaka Takezawa
  • Patent number: 11301080
    Abstract: A sensor region of a touch sensor may include active and inactive sensor regions. The inactive sensor regions may include one or more routing connectors electrically connected to the active sensor regions, electrically connected to connection forming elements, and/or electrically connected to tracking lines. System and touch displays may include touch sensors with such sensor regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventors: Rob Ann Beuker, Mark Cheng, Yona Tsai, Samuel Daniel Brunet
  • Patent number: 11301095
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a touch screen, a method for manufacturing a touch screen, and a display device. The method for manufacturing a touch screen including providing a substrate, forming a first conductive layer on the substrate, patterning, by using a first mask, the first conductive layer to form at least one first touch electrode, the first touch electrode including a first touch structure and a first wiring connected to the first touch structure, forming a dielectric layer on the first conductive layer, forming a second conductive layer on the dielectric layer, and patterning, by using a second mask, the second conductive layer to form at least one second touch electrode, the second touch electrode including a second touch structure and a second wiring connected to the second touch structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignees: HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuncheng Zhu, Jing Wang, Xianlin Ding, Xiaodong Xie, Min He, Jian Tian, Dong Li, Qitao Zheng, Guiyu Zhang, Xinbin Tian
  • Patent number: 11295647
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a drift control circuit, a drift control method, a gate driving unit, a gate driving method and a display device. The drift control circuit includes: a first drift control sub-circuit configured to, during noise releasing performed by the first pull-down module, control first electrodes of pull-down transistors included in the second pull-down module to be coupled to a first control voltage terminal, which is configured to input a first voltage to the first pull-down module during noise releasing performed by the first pull-down module; and a second drift control sub-circuit configured to, during noise releasing performed by the second pull-down module, control first electrodes of pull-down transistors included in the first pull-down module to be coupled to a second control voltage terminal, which is configured to input the first voltage to the second pull-down module during noise releasing performed by the second pull-down module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignees: HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ruifang Du, Xiaoye Ma, Xiaofang Gu, Donghui Zhang, Guodong Liu
  • Patent number: 11294185
    Abstract: A display system can include a head-mounted display configured to project light to an eye of a user to display augmented reality image content to the user. The display system can include one or more user sensors configured to sense the user and can include one or more environmental sensors configured to sense surroundings of the user. The display system can also include processing electronics in communication with the display, the one or more user sensors, and the one or more environmental sensors. The processing electronics can be configured to sense a situation involving user focus, determine user intent for the situation, and alter user perception of a real or virtual object within the vision field of the user based at least in part on the user intent and/or sensed situation involving user focus. The processing electronics can be configured to at least one of enhance or de-emphasize the user perception of the real or virtual object within the vision field of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Nastasja U. Robaina, Nicole Elizabeth Samec, Christopher M. Harrises, Rony Abovitz, Mark Baerenrodt, Brian Lloyd Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11287920
    Abstract: A touch control screen includes a flexible substrate including a touch control area, a routing area and a bonding area, wherein a plurality of bending passages is disposed between the touch control area and the routing area; a first electrode chain and a second electrode chain are intersected with and insulated from each other and located in the touch control area; a signal wire is electrically connected to the first electrode chain or the second electrode chain at one end, and extended to the bonding area at the other end. Parts of the flexible substrate corresponding to the routing area and the bonding area are bent in respect to the bending passages to the back of the flexible substrate at positions corresponding to the touch control area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xiaoliang Feng
  • Patent number: 11281326
    Abstract: An encoder may be configured to receive a first input from a user. The encoder may include a first user input area. A configurator may be configured to communicate with the encoder and the encoder may be configured to communicate with a CPU. The encoder may receive the first input from the user at the first user input area based on an encoder configuration defined by the configurator. The encoder may communicate the first input to the CPU based on the encoder configuration defined by the configurator. A panel may be configured to receive a first input from a user. The panel may include a plurality of input areas. A portable computing device may comprise a configurator. The portable computing device may be configured to communicate with a CPU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Grayhill, Inc.
    Inventors: Matt Huner, Kevin Dooley, Torsten Chase, Robert Kerner, Kenneth G. Mages, Robert Piotr Obrochta, Andrew Wood Polk, IV, Patrick Charles Leighton, Cheng-Yu Hsu
  • Patent number: 11276747
    Abstract: There is provided a display device. The display device includes a first data line on a first interlayer insulating layer over a substrate, a first power line and a second power line on a second interlayer insulating layer, the second interlayer insulating layer covering the first data line, and a plurality of pixels. A first pixel among the plurality of pixels includes a display element including a pixel electrode, an opposite electrode, and an intermediate layer between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode, the second power line being connected to the opposite electrode, and a driving thin film transistor between the substrate and the display element and including a driving semiconductor layer, a driving gate electrode, a driving source electrode, and a driving drain electrode, the first interlayer insulating layer covering the driving gate electrode, and the first power line being connected to the driving source electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kangmoon Jo, Dongwoo Kim, Sungjae Moon, Junhyun Park, Ansu Lee
  • Patent number: 11275472
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display device and a terminal. The display device includes a display panel and a touch layer. The touch layer includes a plurality of first touch electrodes and a plurality of second touch electrodes disposed in a same layer and not in contact with each other. The first touch electrodes and the second touch electrodes are alternately arranged in a first direction. The second touch electrodes include a plurality of touch units arranged in a second direction and connected with each other. Surface areas of the plurality of touch units in the same second touch electrode are not equal. The invention reduces a width of a flexible circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Inventors: Jiexin Zheng, Qikun Liu
  • Patent number: 11268565
    Abstract: A foldable device includes a flexible display including first, second, and third portions; a body including first, second, and third support portions which respectively supports the first, second, and third portions; a hinge including a first rotation axis which connects the first support portion to the third support portion, and a second rotation axis which connects the second support portion to the third support portion; and a slot hole which is rotatably coupled with the first and second rotation axes, and which moves the first rotation axis and the second rotation axis when the first support portion and the second support portion rotate with respect to the third support portion. The first and second rotation axes allow the first and second support portions to rotate with respect to the third support portion when the flexible display changes from an open state to a closed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-dong Bae, Ho-seong Seo, Wataru Kaihotsu, Toshikazu Takayanagi, Jin-hyoung Park
  • Patent number: 11269464
    Abstract: An electronic pen includes a tubular casing, and a first coupling member and a second coupling member that are coupled to each other in a hollow portion of the casing in an axial direction of the casing. In the axial direction, the first coupling member and the second coupling member are coupled to each other, and in a coupling portion between the first coupling member and the second coupling member, a welded portion that attaches the first coupling member and the second coupling member to each other is formed. The first coupling member is coupled to a core. The second coupling member holds a printed circuit board. The core of the core-side component is made of a conductive material. The second coupling member includes a conductor that supplies, to the core, a signal from a signal transmitting circuit on the printed circuit board with a battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei Tanaka, Hiroyuki Fujitsuka, Kenichi Ninomiya, Takenori Kaneda, Gunji Ishihara, Takashi Yamaguchi, Taketoshi Ito, Shuanglei Li
  • Patent number: 11269185
    Abstract: A display system can include a head-mounted display configured to project light to an eye of a user to display augmented reality image content to the user. The display system can include one or more user sensors configured to sense the user and can include one or more environmental sensors configured to sense surroundings of the user. The display system can also include processing electronics in communication with the display, the one or more user sensors, and the one or more environmental sensors. The processing electronics can be configured to sense a situation involving user focus, determine user intent for the situation, and alter user perception of a real or virtual object within the vision field of the user based at least in part on the user intent and/or sensed situation involving user focus. The processing electronics can be configured to at least one of enhance or de-emphasize the user perception of the real or virtual object within the vision field of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Nastasja U. Robaina, Nicole Elizabeth Samec, Christopher M. Harrises, Rony Abovitz, Mark Baerenrodt, Brian Lloyd Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11262843
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pair of keyboard/mouse gloves and a control method thereof, where the pair of keyboard/mouse gloves include a left-handed keyboard/mouse glove and a right-handed keyboard/mouse glove that are matched for use and have a same structure, a glove body, a control chip, a plurality of sensor groups, and a display. The sensor group is disposed inside the glove body and respectively sleeved on each finger, and the sensor groups are connected to the control chip after being connected to each other through a data communication line. The control chip receives a single signal or a signal combo from each sensor group for key position analysis, and transmits a key position analysis result to the display for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventor: Xu Chang
  • Patent number: 11257441
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling screen backlight, the method includes: determining a basic setting value V0, where the basic setting value V0 is a value set for backlight brightness of a first screen and backlight brightness of a second screen; calculating a setting value V1 of the backlight brightness of the first screen and a setting value V2 of the backlight brightness of the second screen respectively based on V0; and adjusting the backlight brightness of the first screen and the backlight brightness of the second screen according to V1 and V2 respectively. Further disclosed are a device for controlling screen backlight, a multi-screen terminal, a storage medium, a method and device for setting screen backlight, and a multi-screen terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: XI'AN ZHONGXING NEW SOFTWARE CO., LTD
    Inventor: Jianping Wang