Patents Examined by Matthew A Eason
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Patent number: 12687891Abstract: A flexible display window and an electronic device having the same are provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first rigid portion and a flexible portion, at least one outer layer that covers the first rigid portion and the flexible portion, a display device including a screen including a first portion exposed through the first rigid portion and a second portion extended from the first portion and exposed through the flexible portion, at least one processor electrically coupled to the display device, and a memory electrically coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the outer layer includes a polymer layer, a glass layer interposed between the polymer layer and the screen, and an adhesive layer interposed between the polymer layer and the glass layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2024Date of Patent: July 21, 2026Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Younggyun Kim, Heecheul Moon
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Patent number: 12677098Abstract: A speaker structure includes a magnetic conductive carrier plate, a magnetic assembly, an outer frame and a vibration assembly. The magnetic assembly locates on the magnetic conductive carrier plate and forms a magnetic gap area. The outer frame locates on the magnetic assembly. The vibration assembly includes a flexible circuit unit, a vibrating unit and a voice coil. The flexible circuit unit includes an outer fixed rack, a connecting rack and an inner fixed rack. The thickness of the outer fixed rack is greater than connecting rack. The thickness of the connecting rack is greater than inner fixed rack. The flexible circuit unit locates on the magnetic assembly. The outer fixed rack disposes on the outer frame. The voice coil disposes on the inner fixed rack of the flexible circuit unit. The voice coil locates within the magnetic gap area. The vibrating unit disposes on the flexible circuit unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2024Date of Patent: July 7, 2026Assignee: MERRY ELECTRONICS (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.Inventors: LiGuo Rao, ChunLong Zheng, MingYa Luo
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Patent number: 12676110Abstract: A pixel driving circuit, a pixel driving method and a display device are provided. The pixel driving circuit is used for driving a light emitting element, the pixel driving circuit includes a driving circuit and a reset circuit; the reset circuit is electrically connected to a first terminal of the driving circuit or a second terminal of the driving circuit, and is configured to initialize a potential of the first terminal of the driving circuit or a potential of the second terminal of the driving circuit in an initialization phase; the driving circuit is configured to control connection between the first terminal of the driving circuit and the second terminal of the driving circuit under the control of a potential of a control terminal of the driving circuit.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2022Date of Patent: July 7, 2026Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Xilei Cao, Benlian Wang
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Patent number: 12670844Abstract: This application provides an electronic device, including a backplane, a flat panel, a mini-LED lighting panel, and a diffusion panel. The flat panel is located between the backplane and the mini-LED lighting panel, a light mixing space is formed between the mini-LED lighting panel and the diffusion panel, and light emitted by the mini-LED lighting panel is incident on the diffusion panel through the light mixing space. The mini-LED lighting panel includes a plurality of sub-mini-LED lighting panels, and each sub-mini-LED lighting panel includes a connector. The sub-mini-LED lighting panel may be directly electrically connected to a drive module of the electronic device, or may be indirectly electrically connected to a drive module of the electronic device through another sub-mini-LED lighting panel.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2022Date of Patent: June 30, 2026Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhihua Liao, Yamin Zhou, Defu Shi
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Patent number: 12670880Abstract: A display device is provided, which includes a display panel. The display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a cholesteric liquid-crystal (ChLC) layer, and a driving circuit section. A plurality of first electrodes formed on the first substrate extend in a first direction. A plurality of second electrodes formed on the second substrate extend in a second direction different from the first direction. The ChLC layer is formed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The driving circuit section is configured to apply a plurality of alternating-current (AC) voltage pulses to pixel circuits at intersections between the first electrodes and the second electrodes. The driving circuit section is further configured to perform a full screen reset procedure to the display panel followed by a pulse-width modulation (PWM) scanning procedure to control cholesteric molecules within the pixel circuits to enter a focal conic state.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2025Date of Patent: June 30, 2026Assignee: IRIS OPTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yu Sheng Ho, Hui Cheng Lin, Chia Che Wu, Wu Chang Yang, Chi Chang Liao
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Patent number: 12669861Abstract: An information processing device according to the present disclosure includes: an acquisition unit that acquires first information indicating a state of fingers of a user and second information indicating rotation of a wrist of the user; and a determination unit that determines an output mode of content output from a device on a basis of the state of the fingers of the user indicated by the first information and rotation of the wrist of the user indicated by the second information.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2023Date of Patent: June 30, 2026Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Masao Kondo, Junichi Shimizu, Miyu Iwafune
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Patent number: 12669707Abstract: An eyewear comprising a heads-up display provides information to a user without the user losing focus on a work area is presented. The eyewear further includes magnification devices that are oriented within the eyewear to magnify the work area. The heads-up displays information provides information to the user in a manner such that the user may view the provided information without changing their orientation or eyes.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2024Date of Patent: June 30, 2026Assignee: Designs for Vision, Inc.Inventors: Richard E. Feinbloom, Matthew D. Siedman, Matthew A. Kenyon, Moty Solomon, Kenneth Koscheka
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Patent number: 12659664Abstract: A device which is configured to receive a signal from a mobile device, pass that signal through to an automobile head unit, filter out and decode some audio-related information from the signal the device receives from the mobile device, and pass that audio-related information to a portable speaker. Preferably, a delay is calculated and added, either by the device or by the portable speaker, such that audio that emits from the portable speaker is synchronized with audio that emits from the head unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2022Date of Patent: June 16, 2026Assignee: TRULLI ENGINEERING, LLCInventors: Steven Price, Jake Maciejewski, Peter Alexander Tomich
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Patent number: 12656986Abstract: A display system includes a category determination unit configured to determine a category on the basis of a result of estimating attributes of a person included in an image captured within a visible range of a display screen of a display device that displays content. The display system also includes a display control unit configured to cause the display device to display a list of the content, which is generated according to the category based on a viewing tendency of the content.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2024Date of Patent: June 16, 2026Assignee: Sharp NEC Display Solutions, Ltd.Inventor: Taku Maruta
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Patent number: 12659674Abstract: A hearing aid focusing system is provided to enables a user to hear an environmental sound. The focusing system adaptively adjusts a hearing aid in response to visual information about a user environment from one or more image capture devices. The focusing system analyzes images captured of the environment to identify one or more sources of sound that warrants user attention. Once a sound source is pinpointed and determined to be significant for the user, microphones of the hearing aid are automatically adjusted as needed in vertical and/or horizontal directions toward the sound source.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2023Date of Patent: June 16, 2026Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Brant L. Candelore, James R. Milne, Justin Kenefick, William Clay
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Patent number: 12651558Abstract: A light emitting device includes a first data line, a first light emitting unit, and a first driving circuit. The first driving circuit is coupled between the first light emitting unit and the first data line. The first driving circuit has a first switch coupled to the first data line. The first switch is controlled to have a first turn-on action and a second turn-on action continuously. During a first time interval between the first turn-on action and the second turn-on action, the first light emitting unit is emitted in at least two first emission periods.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2024Date of Patent: June 9, 2026Assignee: Innolux CorporationInventor: Hirofumi Watsuda
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Patent number: 12646484Abstract: A motion detection section detects a motion exceeding a permissible limit in a wide-viewing-angle image displayed on a head-mounted display. A field-of-view restriction processing section restricts a field of view for observing the wide-viewing-angle image in a case in which the motion exceeding the permissible limit has been detected in the wide-viewing-angle image. An image provision section provides, for the head-mounted display, the wide-viewing-angle image in which the field of view has been restricted.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2024Date of Patent: June 2, 2026Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventor: Yasushi Okumura
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Patent number: 12632204Abstract: An amplification data display method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: displaying a plate display area and an integrated data display area; displaying, in the plate display area, plates where nucleic acid amplification reactions have been performed; and displaying amplification data in the integrated data display area, wherein: two or more plates are displayed in the plate display area; each of the plates includes a plurality of reaction wells; the amplification data are generated from the reaction wells by the nucleic acid amplification reactions; and amplification data for a plurality of reaction wells selected from the reaction wells of two or more of the displayed plates are displayed in the integrated data display area.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2025Date of Patent: May 19, 2026Assignee: SEEGENE, INC.Inventors: Kyung Hyun Min, Gyeong Mo Gu
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Patent number: 12626407Abstract: A computing system including one or more processing devices configured to calibrate an eye-tracking camera. Calibrating the eye-tracking camera includes receiving lens tolerance range data associated with intrinsic parameters and position parameters of a pancake lens, and further includes receiving image data of one or more ground-truth features. Calibrating the eye-tracking camera further includes, over a plurality of solver iterations, computing estimated values of the intrinsic parameters and position parameters. In each solver iteration, the one or more processing devices compute one or more estimated feature locations based on the image data and perturbed values of the intrinsic parameters and position parameters. The one or more processing devices evaluate a loss function based on the one or more estimated feature locations and ground-truth locations. The one or more processing devices update the perturbed values.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2024Date of Patent: May 12, 2026Assignee: Lemon Inc.Inventors: Chien Hung Lu, Bowei Zhang
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Patent number: 12625663Abstract: Systems and methods for generating images of composited displays are described. A system for generating composite displays may include a first display, a camera positioned and oriented such that a view angle of the camera includes both the first display and a terminal display, and at least one memory including instructions. The at least one processor may be operatively connected to the first display, the camera, and the at least one memory, and configured to execute the instructions to perform operations. The operations may include causing the camera to capture an image of the first display and the terminal display to the at least one memory during a time at which the terminal display is outputting information pertaining to a respective entry and the first display is outputting further information pertaining to the respective entry.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2025Date of Patent: May 12, 2026Assignee: Jackpocket LLCInventors: Eric Parker, Redza Shah, Cameron Navarre, Milan Smart, James Mansour
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Patent number: 12625548Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that mitigate eye tracking loss. For example, a process may capture sensor data of a 3D region. The process may further generate eye tracking data comprising a 3D position of an eye based on tracking the 3D position of the eye. The 3D position may be updated over time based on the captured sensor data. The process may further detect a condition interfering with updating the 3D position of the eye based on the captured sensor data. The process may further update the eye tracking data using a smoothed 3D position of the eye. The smoothed 3D position may be determined based on previously-tracked 3D positions of the portion of the eye and a current 3D position of the portion of the eye determined based on current sensor data.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2024Date of Patent: May 12, 2026Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Christian W Gosch, Riley C Borgard, Sheila M Santos, Ritesh Gangadhar Sholapur, Sabine Webel
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Patent number: 12620358Abstract: A pixel of a display device includes a first transistor including a gate connected to a gate node, a first terminal connected to a drain node, and a second terminal connected to a source node, a second transistor configured to transfer a first power supply voltage to the gate node in response to an initialization signal, a third transistor configured to diode-connect the first transistor in response to a write signal, a fourth transistor configured to transfer a second power supply voltage to the source node in response to the write signal, a fifth transistor configured to transfer the first power supply voltage to the drain node in response to an emission signal, a capacitor including a first electrode connected to a data line, and a second electrode connected to the gate node, and a light emitting element including an anode connected to the source node, and a cathode which receives the second power supply voltage.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2025Date of Patent: May 5, 2026Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd., University-Industry Cooperation Group of Kyung Hee UniversityInventors: Jiyoung Lee, Hyoungsik Nam, Hyunyoung Choi, Hyung Uk Cho, Hyeonseong Cho, Yeonhak Pyo
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Patent number: 12619388Abstract: A display apparatus includes a memory storing first apparatus information corresponding to the display apparatus and instructions, a sensor, a display, a communication interface, and at least one processor operatively connected to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to, based on detecting connection with an external display apparatus through the sensor, receive second apparatus information corresponding to the external display apparatus from the external display apparatus, generate integrated apparatus information based on the first apparatus information and the second apparatus information, and control the communication interface to transmit the integrated apparatus information to a source apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2024Date of Patent: May 5, 2026Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Nakwon Choi, Sunyoung Kim, Youngwook Kim, Sooyeoun Yoon, Dongho Lee, Yongjoo Lee, Bumho Chun, Jaewon Jung, Suan Choi, Saerom Hong
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Patent number: 12620354Abstract: A display device includes a light emitting diode disposed in a pixel; and an emission control transistor disposed in the pixel, and controlling on and off of the light emitting diode according to an emission control signal for each frame, wherein the frame includes a first duty cycle to a K-th duty cycle each of which sets an on-duty period and an off-duty period, and wherein the on-duty period of the first duty cycle is longer than the on-duty period of each of the second to K-th duty cycles.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2023Date of Patent: May 5, 2026Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ri Yu, Bong-Hwan Kim, Un-Seon Lee
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Patent number: 12607851Abstract: A method for calibrating, in an at least largely automatic manner, a virtual retinal scan display for a pair of smart glasses including multiple exit pupils that are spaced apart from one another, in particular without overlapping, in a provided pupil plane of the virtual retinal scan display. In at least one calibration step, an eye-like camera is automatically translated and/or rotated in the provided pupil plane of the virtual retinal scan display in such a way that at least two exit pupils of the virtual retinal scan display, preferably all exit pupils of the virtual retinal scan display, are each sequentially captured from different positions and/or angles of the eye-like camera.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2023Date of Patent: April 21, 2026Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Maximilian Rutz, Christian Nitschke, Henning Kaestner, Jens Weber, Julian Heinzelmann, Simon Pick