Patents Examined by Matthew Eason
  • Patent number: 12236069
    Abstract: Apparatus and method are provided that are capable of controlling a display in response to reliable detection of a sliding movement operation of a pointer (e.g., a user's finger) that passes through an end of a display region. The apparatus and method utilize a position detection sensor, which is superposed on the display and configured to detect the pointer's position discretely and successively at a predetermined time interval. Based on a first position detected by the position detection sensor and a second position detected, at the predetermined time interval since the detection of the first position, by the position detection sensor, which together indicate a moving operation of the pointer, it is determined whether the moving operation of the pointer has crossed an end of the display region. If it is so determined, a passed end position of the display region is calculated based on the first and second positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kobori, Sadao Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 12236819
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods for augmenting a physical writing surface. In various implementations, a device includes a display, a non-transitory memory and one or more processors coupled with the display and the non-transitory memory. In various implementations, a method includes presenting, via the display, a pass-through representation of a physical writing surface that corresponds to an application installed on the device. In some implementations, the method includes detecting a difference between the physical writing surface and an electronic record stored in association with the application. In some implementations, the method includes overlaying an element on the pass-through representation of the physical writing surface based on the difference between the physical writing surface and the electronic record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Thomas G. Salter, Anshu Kameswar Chimalamarri
  • Patent number: 12236840
    Abstract: A display apparatus, an electronic apparatus, and an operating method thereof are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minji Kim, Jinho Kim, Jaejun Sim, Geunyoung Yu, Minju Lee
  • Patent number: 12228976
    Abstract: This application provides a keyboard apparatus. The keyboard module is stacked on the base and is in sliding fit with the base. The first plate is rotatably connected to one end of the base, where a first rotating part is formed between the first plate and the base. The second plate is rotatably connected to one end of the first plate that is away from the base. A second rotating part is formed between the second plate and the first plate. The third plate is rotatably connected to one end of the keyboard module that is close to the first plate, and is fastened to the second plate. The third plate is configured to carry a tablet device, where a third rotating part is formed between the third plate and the keyboard module. At least one of the rotating parts of the keyboard apparatus is provided with a damping structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haiyu Cheng, Jianqiang Xu, Fan Wang, Yuyin Wang, Jianwei Zeng
  • Patent number: 12230198
    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 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Yeon Yang, Geun-Young Jeong, Takeshi Kato, Myung-Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 12223909
    Abstract: A pixel driving circuit includes: a driving transistor connected to a first node, a second node and a third node; a first light-emitting control unit connected to the second node; a second light-emitting control unit connected to the third node and a fourth node; a first reset unit connected to the fourth node, and configured to load a second power supply voltage to the fourth node in response to a scan signal. One end of the light-emitting element is connected to the fourth node, and the other end of the light-emitting element is used for loading the second power supply voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tingliang Liu, Huijuan Yang, Linhong Han, Xiaoqing Shu, Maoying Liao, Xiangdan Dong
  • Patent number: 12216519
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for detecting whether a wearable device is being worn by a user. The system transmits a radio signal from a first communication device of a wearable device to a second communication device of the wearable device and measures a signal strength associated with the radio signal received by the second communication device. The system compares the signal strength to a threshold value and generates an indication of a wear status associated with the wearable device based on comparing the signal strength to the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Heger, Dunxu Hu, Eric Nachtigall, Gerald Nilles, Ugur Olgun, Praveen Babu Vadivelu
  • Patent number: 12219260
    Abstract: A display device, a method, and a non-transitory computer readable medium for modulating capturing view are provided, the display device is wearable on a user's head and includes an image capturing module, a motion capturing module, and a control module; the image capturing module captures an environment image, the image capturing module is movably arranged; the motion capturing module obtains an inclined angle through measuring a posture of the user's head; the control module compares the inclined angle to a predetermined angle, to obtain an angle difference between the inclined angle and the predetermined angle, and controls the image capturing module to move to adjust a position when the angle difference is greater than an angle threshold value, rendering a degree of overlapping of a field of view of the image capturing module and a field of view of the user reaches a predetermined degree of overlapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jia-Lin Tan
  • Patent number: 12217676
    Abstract: A pixel circuit of a display device includes first to sixth thin-film transistors, and first and second capacitors. The first thin-film transistor generates a driving current, the sixth thin-film transistor is connected between a light-emitting element and the first thin-film transistor and controls a transfer of the driving current, and the second capacitor is connected between a gate electrode of the sixth thin-film transistor and the light-emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoungju Shin, Yangsoo Kim, Jungkook Park, Jaeyoung Oh, Woojin Lee, Jaeho Jung
  • Patent number: 12216957
    Abstract: A tiled display device comprises a first display device and a second display device, each including a display area including pixels and a non-display area adjacent to the display area, a coupling area disposed between the first display device and the second display device, a viewing distance detector detecting a viewing distance between the tiled display device and a user, and a luminance compensator compensating luminance of the pixels adjacent to the coupling area based on a size of the coupling area and the viewing distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: So Young Kwon
  • Patent number: 12198615
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of pixels. The pixels are configured to be operated in a plurality of frame periods. Each of the frame periods includes at least two first emission periods corresponding to a first scan signal and at least two second emission periods corresponding to a second scan signal. Each of the pixels includes a light emitting diode and a driving circuit coupled to the light emitting diode. In a same frame period, a first pixel of the plurality of pixels is emitted in the at least two first emission periods and a second pixel of the plurality of pixels is emitted in the at least two second emission periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventor: Hirofumi Watsuda
  • Patent number: 12197632
    Abstract: A virtual head-up display which is displayed to a user with a head-mounted display, wherein at least some elements of the HUD are displayed substantially stationary in respect of the head's coordinates at the edge of the user's field of vision, even if the head is moved is provided. A tracking device captures at least one hand and/or finger movement by the user as a gesture. The gesture is detected and processed as an interaction with at least one element of the HUD. Direct interaction with the naked hand allows the user to operate, very intuitively, elements of the HUD, even close to his face. Direct interaction with the HUD by means of gestures represents a disruptive break with previous approaches to the implementation of a HUD for VR and AR applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Robert Wilde
  • Patent number: 12190826
    Abstract: A gate driving circuit from which stable gate signals may be output by minimizing a leakage current of turned-off transistors in case that pull-down transistors output a gate signal and a carry signal of a low-level voltage. Some transistors in the gate driving circuit include two transistors in series to reduce leakage current in an off state, and capacitors are further included to reduce leakage current. Therefore voltages at nodes can be better controlled, and so that the output gate and carry voltages can be stably controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngwan Seo, Haemin Kim, Geunho Lee
  • Patent number: 12174377
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose an image processing method for a head-mounted display device, an apparatus and an electronic device. The method includes: acquiring a to-be-processed image and eyeball-tracking information; determining a first region of interest of an eyeball on the to-be-processed image according to the eyeball-tracking information; assigning a weight value to each pixel point in the to-be-processed image, wherein weight values of pixel points located in the first region of interest are higher than weight values of pixel points located in other regions which are regions other than the first region of interest; adjusting a pixel value of each pixel point according to the weight value corresponding thereto so as to obtain a processed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Qingdao Pico Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dongzhuang Yu
  • Patent number: 12170052
    Abstract: Provided are a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a pixel circuit and a light-emitting element. The pixel circuit includes a drive module and a first initialization module. The drive module is configured to generate a drive current. The first initialization module is configured to supply a first initialization voltage to a first node. The first node is connected to the light-emitting element. A first control terminal of the first initialization module is configured to transmit the first initialization voltage to the first node in response to a first scan control signal. A display period of the display panel includes a first display stage and a second display stage. In the first display stage, a total effective-pulse duration of the first scan control signal is T1. In the second display stage, the total effective-pulse duration of the first scan control signal is T2. T1<T2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Shanghai Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuqi Hu, Jujian Fu
  • Patent number: 12161029
    Abstract: In a display device, a through-hole and a surrounding region surrounding the through-hole are provided inside an edge of a display region, in which there are provided a first bypass wiring line formed in a first metal layer and bypassing the through-hole in the surrounding region, a first divided wiring line formed in the first metal layer and divided onto one side and the other side of the through-hole, a second bypass wiring line formed in a second metal layer and bypassing the through-hole in the surrounding region, and a second divided wiring line formed in the second metal layer and divided onto one side and the other side of the through-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsunori Tanaka, Takeshi Yaneda
  • Patent number: 12159149
    Abstract: A gesture operation method includes a terminal device that starts an application. When a conflict exists between a gesture supported by the application and a default gesture of an operating system of the terminal device, the terminal device enables a standby gesture for the conflicted default gesture of the operating system such that a user can use different functions defined by the operating system and the application for the conflicted gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: PETAL CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chuanfeng Chen
  • Patent number: 12148400
    Abstract: A multi-screen display includes a plurality of display screens, a data port, a data expansion module, a plurality of decoders, and a plurality of data converters. The data port is for connecting to external devices to receive display data. The data expansion module is for expanding the display data into a plurality of separate routes corresponding to the plurality of display screens. Each decoder is electrically connected to the data expansion module. Each decoder is corresponding to one of the plurality of routes of display data respectively, and each decoder is used for receiving its corresponding route of display data and decoding it into a first data. Each data converter is electrically connected to a corresponding decoder and a corresponding display screen. Each data converter is for receiving the first data and converting it into a second data, and then providing the second data to the corresponding display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Inventor: Chaoyuan Xiong
  • Patent number: 12147631
    Abstract: A method for interacting with controls in a graphical user interface (GUI), including recording user interface gestures performed by a user, for each recorded gesture: when the gesture includes the user virtually touching a specific GUI control, applying the gesture to the specific GUI control; and when the gesture is performed without the user virtually touching a specific GUI control, identifying a particular GUI control that the user is gazing at and applying the gesture to that particular GUI control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Neonode Inc.
    Inventors: Björn Thomas Eriksson, Sven Robert Pettersson, Stefan Johannes Holmgren, Xiatao Wang, Rozita Teymourzadeh, Per Erik Lindström, Emil Anders Braide, Jonas Daniel Justus Hjelm, Erik Anders Claes Rosengren
  • Patent number: 12148374
    Abstract: A control device includes a memory and a processor. The memory is configured to store a time comparison table. The processor is configured to determine whether a displayed image is a still image. When the displayed image is determined to be a still image, the time comparison table is queried for a corresponding still image judgment duration according to an average pixel level and a type of the still image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignees: Hefei BOE Joint Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaolong Wei, Song Meng, Jingbo Xu, Pan Li, Wenchao Bao