Patents Examined by Matthew Eason
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Patent number: 12125429Abstract: Disclosed is a display device and a method for controlling a device. The display device includes a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) modules arranged in a matrix, a plurality of driver integrated circuits (ICs) configured to drive the plurality of LED modules, and a controller connected to a plurality of first line driver ICs arranged on a first line, among the plurality of driver ICs, and configured to provide a signal for controlling the plurality of driver ICs through the plurality of first line driver ICs arranged on the first line. Each of the plurality of driver ICs is connected to at least one adjacent driver IC. The signal for controlling each of the plurality of driver ICs comprises, for each LED module corresponding to each of the plurality of driver ICs, a channel signal for controlling each channel of the LED module, and a scan signal for controlling each scan line of the LED module.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2022Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Taeho Kim, Sangkyun Im, Minhoon Lee, Joowhan Lee
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Patent number: 12124620Abstract: Devices and methods for optimizing electronic device usage by visualizing access history on a display of the electronic device while the device is in sleep mode are provided. The electronic device usage alert method includes collecting electronic device access history on an electronic device, obtaining electronic device access statistics from the electronic device access history, generating a visual representation of the electronic device access statistics, and displaying the visual representation on an always on display (AOD) of the electronic device. The AOD is active only when the electronic device is asleep. Reducing usage of electronic devices or certain applications have many advantages including mitigating the user addiction of electronic devices or applications.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2021Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Qiang Xu, Wei Li
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Patent number: 12124757Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes at least one processor and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage includes instructions executable by the at least one processor to identify a motion vector of a cursor presented on a first display and, based on identification of the motion vector, present the cursor on a second display located in a direction indicated by the motion vector.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2022Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Robert J. Kapinos, Scott Li, Robert James Norton, Jr., Russell Speight VanBlon
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Patent number: 12118936Abstract: A pixel circuit may comprise: a first transistor having a first terminal connected to a data line and to which a data signal is applied and a gate terminal connected to a scan line and to which a scan signal is applied; a third transistor having a gate terminal connected to a second terminal of the first transistor and a second terminal connected to a light emitting device; a capacitor having a second terminal commonly connected to the second terminal of the first transistor and the gate terminal of the third transistor; and a second transistor having a second terminal commonly connected to a first terminal of the capacitor and a first terminal of the third transistor, a first terminal connected to a first power supply voltage, and a gate terminal connected to an emission line to which an emission signal is applied.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2023Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignees: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)Inventors: Chun Won Byun, Chan Mo Kang, Nam Sung Cho, Byong Deok Choi, Yong Duck Kim
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Patent number: 12118162Abstract: A touch display drive circuit, a drive method and a touch display panel. The display panel includes: M rows and N columns of touch display units; the M rows and N columns of touch display units form K partitions along a column direction, and each partition includes m rows and N columns of touch display units; the touch display drive circuit includes a control module and M×N multiplex selection modules. By dividing the display panel into a plurality of partitions and providing a multiplex selection module for each touch display unit, the touch signal can be written into other partitions while controlling the display be written into one partition.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2023Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITEDInventors: Yuanjie Yang, Haijiang Yuan
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Patent number: 12111964Abstract: A power wheelchair [4] includes moveable components, motors, a drive controller [6] operatively connected to the motors, and a drive manager device [8] operatively connected to the drive controller [6]. The drive manager device [8] is configured to communicate with an input collection/display unit (IC/DU) 10 via a first communication interface, the IC/DU [10] operable by a user in the power wheelchair. The drive manager device [8] is configured to communicate with a caregiver unit [12] via a second communication interface, the caregiver unit [12] operable by a caregiver. The drive manager device [8] is configured to determine a command made by the user or the caregiver by processing command data received in a communication with the IC/DU [10] or the caregiver unit [12]. The drive manager device [8] is configured to cause voltage to be applied to the drive controller [6] to cause the drive controller [6] to interact with the motors to actuate at least one of the moveable components.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2022Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: Life Drive LLCInventors: John Patrick Sexton, Shawn Patrick Sexton, Mary Kathryn Bryson Sexton
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Patent number: 12111478Abstract: A facial interface for a head-mounted display, which is to be worn on a head of a user, includes an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion engages an upper facial region above eyes of the user. The lower portion that engages a lower facial region below the eyes of the user. The lower portion has a lower shear compliance in that is greater than an upper shear compliance of the upper portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2023Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Dustin A. Hatfield, Kristi E. Bauerly
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Patent number: 12112673Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes p pixel unit groups, and each of the p pixel unit groups includes q rows of pixel units, both p and q being integers greater than or equal to 2. Pixel units in a same group are simultaneously supplied with a gate scan signal by a same shift register, and pixel units in a same group and in a same column are supplied with data voltage signals through different data lines, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2021Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignees: Beijing BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Chongyang Zhao, Yingmeng Miao, Zhihua Sun, Feng Qu, Xiaochun Xu
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Patent number: 12106699Abstract: A display system supporting a privacy function and a display control method are disclosed. The method includes the following. A first light source driving signal is provided to a display through a first signal path of a switch circuit to drive the display to display a first image in a first display mode. A trigger signal is generated in response to a user operation. A second light source driving signal is provided to the display through a second signal path of the switch circuit in response to the trigger signal to drive the display to display a second image in a second display mode. The first signal path is different from the second signal path. A screen brightness of the display in the second display mode is lower than a screen brightness of the display in the first display mode.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2022Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventor: Fang-Wei Chang
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Patent number: 12092832Abstract: A device for adjusting the degree of tightness is provided. The device is for a first strap element and a second strap element. The device includes an outer adjustment element, an inner adjustment element, and an intermediate adjustment element. The inner adjustment element is disposed inside the outer adjustment element. The intermediate adjustment element is disposed between the inner adjustment element and the outer adjustment element. The first strap element includes a first hollow region, and the second strap element includes a second hollow region. The inner adjustment element passes through the first hollow region and the second hollow region to adjust the degree of overlapping of the first hollow region and the second hollow region.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Chun-Feng Yeh, Chun-Lung Chen, Chun-Nan Huang, Bing-Kai Huang, Jia-Cheng Chang
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Patent number: 12093474Abstract: Provided is a pen data storage apparatus that stores pen data including at least coordinate data regarding a position instructed and input by an electronic pen, in units of the pen data, in which each piece of the stored pen data includes function identification information that identifies a processing function for the pen data.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2023Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ipei Hung, Akiyuki Kake, Kizuku Ishimaru
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Patent number: 12086349Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a touch device, and a main controller that processes a pen input and a touch input. The touch device includes a touch sensor for detecting a contact position of a finger and a contact position of a pen on a screen of a display, a wireless communication for detecting an approach of the pen and a position of the pen on the screen, and a detection controller operable, in a state where an approach of the pen is detected and the pen is not in contact with the screen and the finger is in contact with the screen, to detect in a first mode in which pen input detection and touch input detection are performed in a time-division manner, and to change the mode to a second mode in which the pen input detection is performed for an entire detection period.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2023Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventor: Asahi Tokyo
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Patent number: 12087226Abstract: Display panel and driving method thereof, and display device are provided. The display panel includes sub-pixels. Each sub-pixel includes a pixel circuit and a light-emitting element. The pixel circuit includes a driving transistor, a data input module, a threshold compensation module, and a bias adjustment module. First electrode of the driving transistor is connected to the data input module and the bias adjusting module. First terminal of the data input module is connected to a data signal, a second terminal of the data input module is connected to the first electrode of the driving transistor. First terminal of the bias adjustment module is connected to a bias adjustment signal, a second terminal of the bias adjustment module is connected to the first electrode of the driving transistor. The threshold compensation module is connected between a gate of the driving transistor and a second electrode of the driving transistor.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2023Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignees: Wuhan Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd., Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai BranchInventors: Mengmeng Zhang, Gaojun Huang, Yana Gao, Xueqi Tian, Xingyao Zhou
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Patent number: 12073028Abstract: Techniques of identifying gestures include detecting and classifying inner-wrist muscle motions at a user's wrist using micron-resolution radar sensors. For example, a user of an AR system may wear a band around their wrist. When the user makes a gesture to manipulate a virtual object in the AR system as seen in a head-mounted display (HMD), muscles and ligaments in the user's wrist make small movements on the order of 1-3 mm. The band contains a small radar device that has a transmitter and a number of receivers (e.g., three) of electromagnetic (EM) radiation on a chip (e.g., a Soli chip. This radiation reflects off the wrist muscles and ligaments and is received by the receivers on the chip in the band. The received reflected signal, or signal samples, are then sent to processing circuitry for classification to identify the wrist movement as a gesture.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2023Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Dongeek Shin, Shahram Izadi, David Kim, Sofien Bouaziz, Steven Benjamin Goldberg, Ivan Poupyrev, Shwetak N. Patel
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Patent number: 12072751Abstract: A wearing state detection method, a wearing state detection device, and a wearable device are provided. The method detects a wearing state of the wearable device and includes: emitting, by the light emitting unit, light of at least two different wavelengths to a subject in a time division manner; receiving, by the light receiving unit, reflected light corresponding to light of each wavelength after being reflected by the subject; obtaining intensity of reflected light corresponding to the light of each wavelength respectively; calculating a fluctuation range of a light intensity ratio, which is a ratio between intensity of the reflected light corresponding to light of the at least two different wavelengths received by a same light receiving unit; and determining that the device is in a wearing state when the fluctuation range is greater than or equal to a first threshold.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2022Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Wanruonan Zhao
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Patent number: 12061830Abstract: The invention disclosed provides a novel solution to the problems of the prior art. The device provides a low-cost active display system capable of use in many free-standing configurations. The device incorporates a modular design that has both reusable and non-reusable elements. The modular design further accommodates specially designed display screens which are electronically modified to match different battery configurations to maximize battery life. The device incorporates various sensors to recognize certain ambient conditions, customer proximity and customer approach direction. In one embodiment, the display largely remains dormant until a first long range trigger signal is detected, at which time the device reactivates the modified display and a second short range trigger signal is detected which then retrieves content from the memory to display it. The result is drastically extended battery life and reduced maintenance cost.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2022Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: Glass-Media, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Corey Black, Nic Joseph Logan, Andrew Bernett Davis
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Patent number: 12051360Abstract: A display device includes a luminance correction unit that corrects input data based on a dimming code value and outputs correction data, a gamma correction unit that corrects the correction data and generates output data, a gamma voltage generator that generates gamma voltages depending on a first voltage code value, a data driver that converts the output data into data voltages based on the gamma voltages, and a controller that supplies the dimming code value and the input data to the luminance correction unit and provides the first voltage code value to the gamma voltage generator. The controller compares a highest dimming compares a highest dimming grayscale value of the output data determined by the dimming code value with a highest reference grayscale value and updates the first voltage code value with a second voltage code value.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2023Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Dowon Kim, Min-Weun Kim, Sung-Yeol Baek
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Patent number: 12050833Abstract: A method and an apparatus for screen display are provided. The method is adapted to an electronic apparatus including a processor and a memory. The method includes the following steps: installing a virtual display card driver; making one or more network connections with one or more selected apparatuses in an adjacent area; creating one or more virtual screens corresponding to the one or more selected apparatuses through the virtual display card driver; encoding one or more pictures of the one or more virtual screens to generate one or more encoded videos; and transmitting the one or more encoded videos to the corresponding one or more selected apparatuses respectively through the one or more network connections, to display the one or more pictures of the corresponding one or more virtual screens on one or more screens of the one or more selected apparatuses respectively.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2022Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.Inventor: Po-Wei Chou
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Patent number: 12046171Abstract: The electronic display board system with a modified Ethernet network according to the present invention comprises a main controller 1 provided with a main Ethernet switch 10 comprising a first main port 101 and a second main port 102; and first to Nth display units D1, D2, . . . , DN (N is an integer of 2 or more) sequentially connected with each other by an Ethernet network to receive image data transmitted from the main controller 1 to output the data on a display module 21 or transmit the data to a neighboring display unit or the main controller 1, wherein the first to Nth display units D1, D2, . . . , DN each comprise a first sub-port 201 and a second sub-port 202 to receive a first image data transmitted from the second main port 102 to transmit the data in a forward direction and to receive a second image data transmitted from the first main port 101 to transmit the data in a reverse direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2020Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: ASONE CO., LTD.Inventors: Jeong Jae Lee, Jeong Yong Lee
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Patent number: 12041835Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of pixels. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a first, a second, and a third sub pixel that are disposed in a vertical direction. A first pixel of the plurality of pixels includes: a first sub pixel of the first pixel, a second sub pixel of the first pixel, which is disposed to be spaced apart from the first sub pixel of the first pixel by a first distance, and a third sub pixel of the first pixel, which is disposed to be spaced apart from the second sub pixel of the first pixel by the first distance. A second pixel of the plurality of pixels also includes a first sub pixel and a second sub pixel, which are separated apart by a second distance that is different from the first distance.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sangkyun Im, Joowhan Lee