Patents Examined by Mark W Regn
  • Patent number: 10948993
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes a computing system receiving hand configuration data associated with a user of an artificial reality application. The system may determine, based on the hand configuration data, that two fingers of a virtual left hand and two fingers of a virtual right hand of the user are extended. The system may determine that those fingers define a quadrilateral in a virtual environment, with the two fingers of the virtual left hand defining a first corner of the quadrilateral and the two fingers of the virtual right hand defining an opposite corner of the quadrilateral. The system may generate, based on the quadrilateral and a viewpoint of the user in the virtual environment, an image that captures a scene in the virtual environment. The system may then display the generated image in the virtual environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventor: Alexandros Alexander
  • Patent number: 10948949
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus having a hole area and a controlling method of are provided. More particularly, an electronic apparatus having a hole area which may enlarge an image or application screen through analysis and a method for controlling a hole area of an electronic apparatus are provided. Some embodiments provide an electronic apparatus having a hole area, capable of analyzing an edge (or edge of an application screen) of an image and displaying on one of an entire area or a main area and a method for controlling a hole area of the electronic apparatus. In addition to above, various exemplary embodiments are available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-moo Lee, Seung-min Choi, Dae-hyun Kim, So-young Kim, Min-sik Kim, Geon-soo Kim, Jin-wan An, Ji-woo Lee, Hyun-suk Choi
  • Patent number: 10943538
    Abstract: Provided is a scan driving circuit including a plurality of unit scan driving circuits, at least one of the plurality of unit scan driving circuits including: a first transistor configured to receive a prior scan signal in synchronization with a first clock signal and to respond to an enable level of the prior scan signal to output a second clock signal as a corresponding scan signal during one cycle of the first clock signal; a second transistor coupled between the first transistor and a first voltage; and a third transistor coupled to a gate of the second transistor and configured to be turned on by a first signal. A width of a first wire configured to transfer the first clock signal and a width of a second wire configured to transfer the second clock signal are larger than that of a third wire configured to transfer the first signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ki-Myeong Eom
  • Patent number: 10944389
    Abstract: A processing system for an input device comprises drive circuitry configured to generate a fixed voltage for a common voltage electrode of the input device during a display update period, and generate a sensing signal for the common voltage electrode during an input sensing period, the sensing signal having a duty cycle and a mean value, wherein the duty cycle minimizes a difference between the fixed voltage and the mean value. An input device comprises one or more common voltage electrodes and a coupled processing system. The processing system is configured to drive the one or more common voltage electrodes with a fixed voltage during a display update period, and a sensing signal during an input sensing period. The sensing signal has a duty cycle and a mean value, the duty cycle configured to minimize a difference between the mean value and the fixed voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Guozhong Shen, Petr Shepelev
  • Patent number: 10944934
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for channel switching in an interactive smartboard including receiving a channel switching request to switch from a first channel to a second channel; detecting a state of a system associated with the second channel; and when the state of the system associated with the second channel is a sleep state or a dormant state, according to the channel switching request, switching a touch receiving service to the system associated with the second channel and switching a current display from the first channel to the second channel, and waking up the system associated with the second channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignees: Guangzhou Shiyuan Electronics Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Shirui Electronics Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Changjun Wu
  • Patent number: 10936128
    Abstract: The sensor device includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, an electrode substrate, a first support, and a second support. The first conductive layer is formed to be deformable sheet-shaped. The second conductive layer is disposed to be opposed to the first conductive layer. The electrode substrate includes multiple first electrode wires and multiple second electrode wires and is disposed to be deformable between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, the multiple second electrode wires being disposed to be opposed to the multiple first electrode wires and intersecting with the multiple first electrode wires. The first support includes multiple first structures, the multiple first structures connecting the first conductive layer and the electrode substrate. The second support includes multiple second structures, the multiple second structures connecting the second conductive layer and the electrode substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroto Kawaguchi, Shogo Shinkai, Kei Tsukamoto, Tomoko Katsuhara, Hayato Hasegawa, Fumihiko Iida, Takayuki Tanaka, Tomoaki Suzuki, Taizo Nishimura, Hiroshi Mizuno, Yasuyuki Abe
  • Patent number: 10936100
    Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments includes a first structure capable of moving between a closed state and an open state with regard to a second structure, a second structure, a flexible touchscreen display layer comprising a planar portion and a bendable portion, a processor operatively connected to the flexible touchscreen display layer, and a memory operatively connected to the processor. The memory stores instructions that when executed, enable the processor to perform operations of displaying at least one first object in a first area of the planar portion and displaying at least one second object in a second area of the planar portion in the closed state, and displaying the at least one object in the first area and displaying the at least one second object in a third area of the bendable portion in the open state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongsik Park, Gidae Kim, Jungjin Kim, Hyoseok Na, Jongchul Choi
  • Patent number: 10921602
    Abstract: A head-mounted device (HMD) whose circumference is dynamically adjustable to conform to different head sizes and shapes is disclosed herein. The HMD includes a front-end and back-end housing. The front-end housing includes a first compute unit, and the back-end housing includes a second compute unit. The HMD also includes two adjustable flex fit arms that connect the front-end housing to the back-end housing. The HMD has an enclosed rounded boundary that is placeable around a user's head. The HMD also includes a nested flexible cable ribbon, which is nested within a cavity of one of the arms and which includes both a static bend and a dynamic bend. The bend radius for the dynamic bend is larger than the bend radius of the static bend. The dynamic bend enables the nested flexible cable ribbon to expand or contract when the circumference of the enclosed rounded boundary changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Paul Williams, Trevor Grant Boswell, Leonardo Aldana
  • Patent number: 10909950
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an emission controller, a driving method thereof, and a display device. The emission controller includes a first processing module, a second processing module, a third processing module, an output module and a shift control module. The first processing module generates a first signal in response to a first control signal, a second control signal and a second signal. The second processing module generates a second signal in response to the first control signal and the first signal. The third processing module generates third and fourth signals in response to the second control signal, the second and first signals. The output module provides emission control signal in response the first and fourth signal. The shift control module provides a shift control signal in response to the first and fourth signal, or provides a shift control signal in response to the first and third signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: SHANGHAI TIANMA AM-OLED CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yana Gao, Xingyao Zhou, Yue Li, Dongxu Xiang, Renyuan Zhu, Zhonglan Cai, Juan Zhu, Gaojun Huang, Yilin Xu
  • Patent number: 10902810
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an array substrate gate driving unit and an apparatus thereof, a driving method and a display apparatus. The array substrate gate driving unit includes: an input circuit, connected with an input signal terminal and a pull-up node PU; a pull-down circuit, connected with a first voltage signal terminal and the pull-up node PU; a pull-down control circuit, connected with the pull-down circuit via a pull-down node PD; an output circuit, connected with a clock signal terminal CLK, a second voltage signal terminal and a control circuit; a reset circuit, connected with a reset signal terminal Reset, the first voltage signal terminal and the pull-up node PU; and the control circuit, connected with the pull-up node PU and the output circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mingfu Han, Guangliang Shang, Xing Yao, Seung Woo Han, Jiha Kim, Haoliang Zheng, Lijun Yuan, Zhichong Wang
  • Patent number: 10895915
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can cause a report to be rendered on a user interface. The report comprises writing of a user. The writing of the user is determined based upon a first signal. The first signal is transmitted responsive to motion of a finger of the user from a sensor coupled to a finger of the user. The sensor is communicatively coupled to a first wireless transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Inventor: Logan Amstutz
  • Patent number: 10885848
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a pixel driving circuit, a driving method thereof, and a display device. The pixel driving circuit comprises: a light emitting element and a driving transistor, a gate of the driving transistor being electrically coupled to a second node, a drain of the driving transistor being electrically coupled to a first node, and a source of the driving transistor being electrically coupled to the light emitting element; a first controlling circuit electrically coupled to the second node; a second controlling circuit electrically coupled to the first node and the second node; a third controlling circuit electrically coupled to a first voltage signal terminal and the first node; a first energy storing circuit electrically coupled to the second node and a third node; a first adjusting circuit electrically coupled to the third node, a fourth node and a second voltage signal terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignees: CHONGQING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hailong Wu, Xiuzhu Tang, Taoliang Tang, Shuai Chen, Xing Dong, Lijun Xiong, Zhenguo Tian, Qiyuan Wei, Shuang Hu
  • Patent number: 10878762
    Abstract: A luminance compensating method of a display device, a luminance compensating device, a display device and a storage medium. The display device includes a backlight module and a display panel, the display panel includes a plurality of portions, the backlight module includes a plurality of backlight units, and the plurality of backlight units respectively correspond to the plurality of portions. The method includes: setting luminance values of the plurality of backlight units of the backlight module to an identical set luminance value, and setting gray level data of a plurality of pixel units of the display panel to an identical set gray level value; measuring light-emitting luminance values of the plurality of portions of the display panel to obtain a first luminance matrix of the display panel, in a case where the plurality of backlight units emit light; determining a compensation-coefficient matrix based on the first luminance matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tiankuo Shi, Lingyun Shi, Yifang Chu, Yilang Sun, Zhihua Ji, Yue Li, Chuanjun Liu
  • Patent number: 10878765
    Abstract: A plurality of signal lines are classified into k signal line groups (where k is an integer equal to or greater than 2). When the k signal line groups are supplied with an image signal during a horizontal scanning period, a driving unit supplies some of the k signal line groups with a precharge signal and subsequently an image signal, and does not supply the remainder of the k signal line groups with the precharge signal and supplies the remainder of the k signal line groups with the image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinsuke Fujikawa, Nariya Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10871836
    Abstract: A wearable device is disclosed. The wearable device can comprise a housing; a crown; a proximity sensor; and a processor. The crown can be configured to receive input from a user. The proximity sensor can be configured to generate a field of view encompassing a first area adjacent to the housing and further configured to generate an output signal corresponding to whether an object is present within the field of view. The processor can be configured to determine, based on the output signal, whether the input corresponds to an intentional input or an unintentional input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: David D. Dashevsky, Prashanth Holenarsipur, Stephen N. Sweet
  • Patent number: 10853015
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. An electronic device according to one embodiment can comprise: a first display for displaying first content; a second display sliding on the first display and displaying second content; and a processor configured to display at least one piece of content related to the first content and the second content on the first display and the second display according to the overlapping of the first display and the second display according to the sliding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Ah Kong, Yong-Yeon Lee, Yeo-Jun Yoon, Yun-Kyung Kim
  • Patent number: 10852548
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device is connectable to a wearable device which includes a plurality of devices each having a directionality. The electronic device includes a processor. The processor sets a usage form of the wearable device. The usage form includes the directionality of each of the plurality of devices. When the usage form is set to change from a first form to a second form, the processor changes a setting of the directionality of all of the plurality of devices to reverse the directionality of each of the plurality of devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Dynabook Inc.
    Inventor: Shigeki Kizaki
  • Patent number: 10854150
    Abstract: A display device includes a display section (11) having a first display surface and a second display surface (S1, S2) facing each other. The display section (11) includes a first display panel (111) disposed on the first display surface (S1) side, and including a plurality of light emitting elements, and a second display panel (112) disposed on the second display surface (S2) side, and including a plurality of light control elements each performing light control for control of transmission or reflection of incident light performing reflective image display utilizing the reflection of the incident light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukinori Hidaka, Ken Ootsuka, Naoto Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 10845660
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes: a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region; multiple gate lines; and multiple data lines. The gate lines include regular gate lines and irregular gate lines. In the display region, the regular gate lines and the irregular gate lines are extended in a first direction, and a length of a part of the regular gate line in the display region is greater than a length of a part of the irregular gate line in the display region. The data lines include regular data lines and irregular data lines, and an extension direction of the regular data lines and the irregular data lines intersects with the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: XIAMEN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huangyao Wu, Wei Wu, Xiufeng Zhou, Poping Shen
  • Patent number: 10838247
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a display functional layer, first electrodes, pixel electrodes, second electrodes, a drive circuit, and a conductive body. The second substrate faces the first substrate. The display functional layer is provided between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first electrodes are provided between the first substrate and the second substrate. The pixel electrodes face the first electrodes between the first substrate and the second substrate. The second electrodes overlap the first electrodes through the display functional layer. The drive circuit supplies drive signals to a pair of the first electrode, wherein the drive circuit supplies a first electric potential to one of the pair of first electrodes and supplies a drive signal having a second electric potential different from the first electric potential to the other of the pair of first electrodes simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa, Hiroshi Mizuhashi