Patents Examined by Matthew A Eason
  • Patent number: 12783063
    Abstract: A virtual reality control systems includes a base, a dynamic carrier that is disposed on the base and is configured to move along at least one rotational axis, and a control device that is connected to the dynamic carrier and is configured to determine a virtual rotation angle corresponding to a virtual operation, convert the virtual rotation angle into a carrier rotation angle, and control the rotational movement of the dynamic carrier based on the carrier rotation angle. The angle conversion function maps a virtual angle range to a carrier angle range in a nonlinear manner, such that the virtual rotation angle is within the virtual angle range and the carrier rotation angle is within the carrier angle range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2025
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: COOLER MASTER TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Chun-Ta Chen, Yao Shiao, Shang-Che Lee, Ming-Wan Lien
  • Patent number: 12786308
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a display, a bending detector configured to detect bending of the display, a processor electrically connected to the display and the bending detector, and a memory electrically connected, directly or indirectly, to the processor. The processor may be configured to divide the display into a first area and a second area when entering to a flex mode in response to detecting the bending of the display while an application is executed, output a content element of the application to the first area of the display, and output, to the second area of the display, a control element corresponding to one or more items of a level lower than a first level included by a menu item of the first level that is mapped to the flex mode in the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyemi Yu, Won Lee
  • Patent number: 12784624
    Abstract: The disclosure describes a display device for examining the short-circuit/open-circuit status of a source line of a display panel and an integrated circuit thereof. The integrated circuit includes analog front-end (AFE) circuits and multiplexer groups. Each AFE circuit includes a non-inverting input terminal coupled to a first predetermined voltage and an inverting input terminal. Each multiplexer group includes multiplexers. Each multiplexer includes a first terminal coupled to one source line of the display panel and second terminals given by different settings. The source line is configured correspondingly to one of the different settings by electrically connecting the first terminal and a selected second terminal. One of the second terminals is coupled to the inverting input terminal of one of the AFE circuits corresponding to one of the multiplexer groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2025
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yao-Chung Chang, Chih-Chang Lai, Yi-Cheng Yuan
  • Patent number: 12771081
    Abstract: An electrical connector verification system including a microphone for detecting a first sound generated by an engagement of a locking mechanism of an electrical connector and for generating a first signal representative of the first sound, a processor for generating a control signal in response to the first signal matching a second signal representative of a second sound generated in response to a correct engagement of the locking mechanism of the electrical connector above a certainty threshold, and a user interface for displaying an indication of a correctly seated electrical connector in response to the control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Dillon, Wuhua Yang, Jeffrey D Kucera, Dalong Gao, Xiang Zhao
  • Patent number: 12762994
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a driving controller and a data driver. The driving controller divides input image data into a plurality of partial image data corresponding to a plurality of display areas of the display panel, calculates local loads corresponding to the plurality of partial image data, determines a scale factor based on the local loads, and applies the scale factor to the input image data to generate a data signal. The data driver converts the data signal to a data voltage and outputs the data voltage to the display panel. The scale factor for a center display area corresponding to a center of the display panel among the plurality of display areas is determined differently from the scale factor for an edge display area corresponding to an edge of the display panel among the plurality of display areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2025
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungjae Park, Seunghwan Park, Namjae Lim, Youngwoon Choi, Seungho Park, Jinho Lee
  • Patent number: 12754588
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display panel including a folding area foldable with respect to a folding axis and a non-folding area which is adjacent to the folding area, a support plate facing the display panel, and a digitizer which faces the display panel with the support plate therebetween and detects a first external input. The digitizer includes a plate including a reinforcing fiber, a first conductive layer on a first surface of the plate, and a second conductive layer on a second surface of the plate which is opposite to the first surface of the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Kishimoto, Dasom Gu, Yonghyuck Lee, Hongkwan Lee, Yongchan Jeon, Chul Ho Jeong, Hyunjun Cho, Eungil Choi, Sohra Han
  • Patent number: 12748460
    Abstract: A wearable ring for a human user, the device includes an interior loop of the ring, an exterior loop of the ring surrounding the interior loop, an interior space between the interior loop and the exterior loop. Disposed within the ring are a plurality of sensors arranged within the interior space at predetermined intervals along a circumference of the ring, such that when the exterior loop is moved closer to the interior loop at a particular point along the circumference of the ring through interaction with the exterior loop, a change detected by at least one of the sensors identifies an area near the particular point as an interaction with the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2026
    Assignee: Sesame AI, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew DeVoe, Justin Alvey
  • Patent number: 12747980
    Abstract: Provided are a system and a method for detecting fire event in underground utility tunnels based on acoustics. The system is for early detection of fire situations in an underground facility based on sound. The system includes a sound acquisition device that is installed in the underground facility and collects acoustic signals in real time, and a fire situation early detection server that predicts occurrence of electric sparks and infers a fire risk based on the acoustic signal collected by the sound acquisition device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2026
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventor: Byung Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 12743125
    Abstract: The invention discloses a neck-mounted wearable computer and a using method thereof; the neck-mounted computer is firstly hung around neck, then neck-mounted smart glasses are mounted on ears and nose bridge from the head downwards, all the wearing completed; an automatic magnetic connection device automatically connects neck-mounted smart glasses and batteries between glasses and neck-mounted computer and/or the host's data transmission line for conduction, realizing human-computer interaction with neck-mounted wearable computer in standing, walking, sitting and lying posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2026
    Inventor: Xiaosong Xiao
  • Patent number: 12737038
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to techniques for using interface mechanisms to recover from inaccurate predictions. One example method includes obtaining input data including user activity data and determining a recommendation for a user. The recommendation is based on the input data and historical activity data of a plurality of users. The method includes generating a user interface (UI) including selectable UI elements. In accordance with a determination that the recommendation satisfies a first confidence threshold, the selectable UI elements includes a first set of selectable UI elements. Alternatively, in accordance with a determination that the recommendation satisfies a second confidence threshold, the selectable UI elements includes a second set of selectable UI elements. The method further includes causing a display of the head-mounted device to present the UI and the recommendation and, at least, the first set of selectable UI elements or the second set of selectable UI elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2025
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2026
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Yan Xu
  • Patent number: 12730476
    Abstract: Disclosed is a smart ring device including: a sensor, an outer ring, an inner ring disposed inside the outer ring, a printed circuit board disposed between the outer ring and the inner ring, and a first protrusion protruding from one surface of an inner part of the inner ring in a central direction of the smart ring device, the printed circuit board may include a first light receiving element disposed in a first position of the outer ring, and a first light emitting element disposed at a second position of the outer ring, and configured to transmit a first signal of a first frequency band, wherein the first protrusion may include a first part protruding from the first light emitting element in a first direction facing the center of the smart ring device, and a second part connected to the first part, and protruding from the first light receiving element in a second direction facing the center of the smart ring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2025
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeehoon Lee, Eungi Min, Seonho Han, Younghyun Kim, Jeongmin Park
  • Patent number: 12726770
    Abstract: This application provides a speaker module and an electronic device. The speaker module includes a first speaker and a second speaker. The first speaker includes a first magnetic circuit assembly, a first voice coil, and a first diaphragm assembly. The first magnetic circuit assembly includes a first magnetically conductive yoke and a first magnet. The first voice coil is disposed around the first magnet and connected to the first diaphragm assembly. The second speaker is stacked with the first speaker in a reverse direction. The second speaker includes a second magnetic circuit assembly, a second voice coil, and a second diaphragm assembly. The second magnetic circuit assembly includes a second magnetically conductive yoke and a second magnet. The second voice coil is disposed around the second magnet and connected to the second diaphragm assembly. The magnetic circuit poles of the first and second magnets are in the same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: Honor Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dengcheng Sun, Jinhua Liu, Yunhai Li
  • Patent number: 12710815
    Abstract: Examples relate to display systems and techniques for reducing visual artifacts in field sequential color displays. A system includes a field sequential color display device that presents visual content according to a first display configuration, and an eye tracking subsystem that detects rapid eye movements. The system predicts a duration of a detected rapid eye movement and temporarily modifies display parameters during the predicted duration according to a second display configuration that reduces color breakup artifacts. The second configuration can include reducing content opacity through optical filter control, adjusting display brightness or contrast, or modifying color data at region boundaries to use monochromatic colors. After the predicted duration, the system returns to presenting content according to the first display configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Candace Elise Peacock, Katherine Elizabeth Mussel
  • Patent number: 12694811
    Abstract: A driving module includes N driving circuits connected in series; the driving circuit includes an input terminal; N is a positive integer; input terminals of first a stages of driving circuits included in the driving module are electrically connected to an initial voltage line; a is a positive integer; an input terminal of an nth stage of driving circuit included in the driving module is electrically connected to an output terminal of an (n?m)th stage of driving circuit included in the driving module through an input cascade line; n and m are positive integers, and m is less than n; the driving module further includes at least one connection line, there is an overlapping portion between an orthographic projection of the connection line on the base substrate and an orthographic projection of the initial voltage line on the base substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignees: HEFEI BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Maoxiu Zhou, Lei Guo, Ke Dai, Chunxu Zhang, Min Cheng, Xiaoting Jiang, Haipeng Yang
  • Patent number: 12687891
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Younggyun Kim, Heecheul Moon
  • Patent number: 12677098
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: MERRY ELECTRONICS (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: LiGuo Rao, ChunLong Zheng, MingYa Luo
  • Patent number: 12676110
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xilei Cao, Benlian Wang
  • Patent number: 12670844
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhihua Liao, Yamin Zhou, Defu Shi
  • Patent number: 12670880
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2025
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: IRIS OPTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Sheng Ho, Hui Cheng Lin, Chia Che Wu, Wu Chang Yang, Chi Chang Liao
  • Patent number: 12669861
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masao Kondo, Junichi Shimizu, Miyu Iwafune